1 opening is all you need for black: King’s Indian

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00:00 Intro
00:54 Game 1
11:07 Game 2
17:32 Game 3
36:12 Game 4
45:22 Game 5
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[@mannylokzzz]

Alex thank you so much for this, I think the community has been requesting this for some time so it shows that you definitely listen and we appreciate it!

[@salvadormakiling7453]

Thanks it helps a lot improve my chess techniques

[@robby1816]

43:49 "open up your eyes, you bozo" is what I was yelling at the screen.

[@stellarjayatkins4749]

“As long as there’s a hole, there’s a goal.” And here I thought I was just here to learn about chess 😂

[@emilgeorgiev2684]

Dude you are may favorite commentator, "that feels like a sad move - your friends have a lot of fun with the party but, a you need to call the cops on them"...! Thats a big one right there

[@ireallydontlikethecold7887]

You're literally my favourite chess youtuber. Your content is so informative, but its also so easy to watch and entertaining. Thank you, Alex.

[@cassini270]

Nailed it

[@jaekn]

As opposed to him being your figurative favorite huh? Literally does not equate to "really," so stop teaching Vlad the impaler bad English.

[@ireallydontlikethecold7887]

The irony is that you have made a plethora of grammatical errors in your criticism @@jaekn

[@jaekn]

So you don't understand irony either. Why didn't you list the plethora of mistakes then? Maybe English isn't your first language and if so, I apologize for the comment.@@ireallydontlikethecold7887

[@nicolas5583]

As opposed to being your favorite figure, huh? Literally does not equate to equate to "really," so stop teaching Vlad the Impaler (capital I, as it is a proper noun). Almost there buddy, maybe one day you'll log onto the internet and decide to not be a complete a$$hat.@@jaekn

[@rhyssdeacon1845]

You know what I’ve been playing the kings Indian and thank you so much for explaining the A5 move is to create a strong outpost for your knight on the queen side I’ve never understood before but it makes complete sense can’t wait to start using this in these positions.

[@christian7054]

So much to learn on this channel. Improved my understanding of openings by a lot, thanks.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Excellent pep talk! Thank you.

[@thebluepill1496]

Alex, the Chess spoke for itself and you also. You have an amazing manner of presentation. You are the total package and I will enjoy watching your channel grow while learning from you at the same time.

[@banzaiburger9589]

Alex, it would be super awesome if you did a series and speed run with only KID and KIA! Thanks for this great video 🙏

[@richardthompson3296]

Thanks man. I started with London switched to jobava loved it. Was doing kings Indian for all black learned a couple opening moves of caro for king pawn. Absolutely love the caro. Now this video further help me. Can't thank you enough. 👍

[@TheBackyardProfessor]

Fantastic! Love yer humor! Great instruction, you rock!

[@MrTims2011]

Thank you for this! You re the best at explaining openings! Please do even more kings Indian since its such a complex opening with so many lines!

[@quandumphone]

Excellent work on this, thank you! You’re a great teacher!

[@Tasmanaut]

I can always get a decent setup and sometimes advantage out of the opening, but the middle game plans tend to be tricky and I run out of ideas sometimes. I needed this video

[@rileymahler4253]

Great video--very instructive games! Thank you!

[@tanderalone]

This is so wholesome, thanks a lot

[@jthefarmer298]

I love you bro!!! Thank you so much!!!! I realty needed this. I'm learning the KID and pirc and that's all I play. I appreciate you

[@saapman]

Excellent job Alex! Keep up the great work!😄

[@sharpends4279]

Awesome video. I was just wishing for this exact content

[@daryarioux9394]

Thank you! Great video 🎉

[@jakecondor997]

This is awesome. Thanks so much!

[@fightclub571]

Thanks a lot for the Kings indian series. I have just started playing the KID and your videos are always very helpful.

[@andrewmays3988]

Alex!! You're a fantastic chess instructor!! It's always a lot of fun to watch you play and listen to your commentary!!😇

[@kyz6227]

Thank you for the great content Alex!

[@idocare6538]

Dang man, I love your commentary! Lol, low key funny and no silly clickbait pix! Oh, and I found you when I looked for the Jobava, and now I am just watching whatever you put out, it just happens to be the King's India! This is very refreshing after wathing the "other" mainstream Chess content creators.

[@wrathofpunjabi]

Looks like the start of an awesome series and potential new chessable course!!!!

[@mitmaur]

I really like your teaching style! This will truly help me improve my King’s Indian! Thank you!

[@Zsazsa8484]

After coming back to chess recently, I’ve never improved more. Thank you for your videos Alex!

[@adamserrecchia3784]

Great lesson Al 👍

[@cassie4704]

i love your play & explain videos so much, it really helps to know the reasoning for the steps for a beginner such as myself 💗

[@CodeShudder]

Man, I love your videos. It feels like you're reading my mind as I'm never able to finish my "Yeah, but what about..." sentence without you explaining it.

[@HelmutsMeskonis]

Interesting video. Thank you. Kings Indian is the only opening I have been practicing playing for a while.. Thank you!

[@gregoryvolkov8819]

Love your videos man! I myself started to play King's Indian without knowing much about what to do after e5😂, so you helped a lot, thanks! And also I really like how you explain all ideas during the game, your humor makes me remember all moves much quicker haha

[@FlorentCailhol]

Can’t wait to see your future Chessable course on this 😅

[@ruthxk7844]

I enjoyed it so much!! moltes mercès!!

[@dillionaire5798]

You’re the man Alex!!

[@howlingwolf317]

I don't know how you managed to make the King's Indian of all things easily digestible and understandable, but you did it. Another excellent video. Is it possible to try to play games with increment in the future? You are clearly able to outspeed lower rated players in a time scramble but since so a lot of your time is spent explaining the ideas to us you end up with much less time than expected and no increment leads to a lot of unnecessary losses.

[@Cernii]

Great I’ve been learning this opening recently 🎉

[@Dexx112]

Great games Alex. was looking for an London opening vs King's indian

[@ishmalala]

this videos amazing thank you, been trying to learn the kings indian better i didnt realize i wasent playing it at all how its supposed to be played

[@scorpionking857]

The perfect theory opening by your opponent in game 3 was likey with the use of an opening cheat sheet that gives best move options.

[@amanuelyimer3739]

" and these are the games that you are struggling to beat " , proceeds to lose the next game

[@javiersaturno9689]

greatly waited-for video. I really hope you make a few vids on the kings indian, same as you did with the Caro. Most instructive, thanks

[@AlexBanzea]

just made another one! kzbin.info/www/bejne/iYXXaZpnq8-iqsk

[@javiersaturno9689]

I had already seen that one before! I thank you for both, man. Great content

[@daanpappelendam8600]

Thanks for the upload 💪🏼

[@Eemilkarlssonn]

from having okay ish games with Kings Indian everything just makes sense now.. great video

[@zektor7372]

Excellent job Master! You was reading my mind because i was close to ask you about a good defense against d4, and you did it. xD Thanks

[@KancerKowboy]

I found the last game the most instructive. Everyone I play brings the dark squared bishop out like this. Its rare I see any other lines at 1200ish rapid level. However, all these games were extremely instructive.

[@benvanasse3397]

Hi Alex - my favourite chess KZbinr. Your content is informative, easy to watch, and entertaining.

[@BennyKleykens]

Good stuff! After being out of the game for 30 years I'm struggling with finding an opening I like against d4. This definately could be it!

[@maqhawetyaliti-rf1nh]

Guys I’m just marking the register, just wanna make sure that we’re all here

[@Dafri2]

My favorite black opening, glad you are covering it!

[@kaidoChess]

I needed this video

[@tn9974]

Cool 1hr video with good games that give insight to my fav and first opening i learned. Helped me understand it more and play better. Now requesting video playing against kings indian defense, and playing kings indian attack as white. Subscribed❤

[@zavhoz.]

Nice videos so far. Thinking about subscribing yet. Unspotted free queen was remarkably great )

[@nikolajnguyen4273]

Hi Alex, i really like your content and The Way you Teach, i really like The Kings indian since it was my first serious opening with Black, hope to see more of your chess content! 😊

[@subhayub1]

Really enjoyed and probably make this my opening of choice against d4

[@rferstahl]

I'm going to start trying this one for sure

[@davewright8206]

others entertain or go so deep i fall asleep , you are the perfect mix of both , i absorb more from your games , bravo

[@save5132]

Are you going to make a course on this? This would be game changing! Please do it :D

[@THEULTIMATECHESSMASTER882]

Thanks for some last minute video to destroy my club with

[@DHHFanatic]

Alex , if possible try making a video tutorial on grunfeld someday if u haven't made one yet

[@meathead919]

Game 3 was really great, even if not won. Very very instructive!

[@Dean.AlAmriki]

Game 3 😂. I love this video

[@difri84]

really thank you, some time ago i asked you about teaching us what to do when white doesnt open with e5 and here you go, i don't know if it's just a coincence or you actually saw my comment but thank you very much 🙏

[@mr_mr]

Omg this forst game was brutal. Hooked!

[@shahzadahmed466]

Finally my favorite chess content creator with my favorite opening with black. Thank you so much Alex for this..❤

[@zainmalik7214]

Missed u as always. ✌️

[@tyquin1414]

Do you have a video tailored to pawn breaks in general? I can usually work out if it is immediately bad or not, but struggle with the long term play of these moves as they can quite drastically change the position.

[@richardfredlund8846]

i've played it a bit against android chess. but have been playing semislav against d4 usually (in online games). (mainly because I like Caro and it's a bit similar). But actually I might start playing this. Kings Indian does seem a lot more interesting.

[@DasParkaeffchen]

Will there be a chessable course sometimes in the future for a black "non-1.e4" opening? Already am playing your london as white, and your caro kann as black again 1.e4, and would love to have also an Alex Banzea opening for 1.d4 :D For people on the fence I can recommend everything on chessable Alex has put out. Best courses on chessabe imho.

[@thomasgrabowski2202]

Niceeee Love it :P !

[@mabagaltunay51]

bro thank you

[@davehumphreys1725]

Thanks for the interesting video Alex. It seems to me, though, that, as these are instructional videos, and you have to spend a lot of time explaining the ideas, wouldn't it be better to play with an increment? At least it would reduce the possibility of losing on time, as you did in this video.

[@amanuelyimer3739]

" and these are the games that you are struggling to beat "😂 , he made it look easy , (yep, that's the kind of games that I am struggling to beat)

[@paulmagoto8994]

Alex is the best trainer

[@hata6290]

LETS GOOOOO I LOVE THE KINGS INDIAN THANK YOU ALEX :DDDD

[@hata6290]

no bromo

[@aaronhong5615]

Hi Alex, thank you so much for your content! Are there any plans for a Chessable King's indian defense course??

[@AlexBanzea]

Zoned in on the Jobava course now, so I’m not sure yet

[@TheFrenkel]

Yes please, I would buy the KID course as well!! ❤ Chessable doesn’t have many of them especially simplified like your great Caro course 🙏

[@mcronrn]

Wow you’ve jazzed up your delivery! (I haven’t heard you in a while, so it may not be new.) whos is ur inspiration?

[@jayeeduran7227]

coach in your next video can u play the pirc defense? same position to the king's Indian defense thanks coach

[@ahmedelmaghraby3563]

Thx from Egypt ❤❤❤

[@maqhawetyaliti-rf1nh]

We also request more queens gambit and scotch videos

[@irjake]

In the last game why did you move your king to g8 rather than h8? Since you had the dark square bishop and he didn't, h8 seems safer to me (no tactics later on) is it just more principled to centralize the king in the case of an endgame? Or is there more going on?

[@anthonygross1963]

At 15:42 white could have castled queenside and won back the piece with rd8+ kg7 rxc8 after the exchanges on e5. More precise was 11…nc6.

[@AlexBanzea]

indeed!

[@ronduprey5803]

This is interesting. I always thought if center locked attack king side and if open I just lose lol

[@KancerKowboy]

It makes me smile when the bishop is happy.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

43:45 That'll be a free queen..to go with my lemonade, bro..

[@Joel-vw9mo]

Could you cover the saemish variation?(1d4 nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6(wich is the move that I have generaly played, Ik O-O is also possible but I feel like the saemish can come anyways) 5.f3

[@AlexBanzea]

there's plenty of stuff to come!

[@ChessBootCamp]

I have to say in game 3 the super-consistent opening moves, all around the 15-second mark, stank of using an external reference to me.

[@AlkhaidarAbdulpatta]

I think everyone who played Indian Just wanted to be Bobby😂

[@ciao_abhi]

15:50 "these are the kinda games that you're struggling to beat?" LOL

[@DalkSarraroZerkulin]

44 best part of the video! I thought that knight was a goner!

[@Relisoc]

15:40 does O-O-O get white out of trouble? with the idea being to retaliate with rd8 winning back the piece, as well as unpinning the knight to shut off a move like Nc6

[@AlexBanzea]

Yeah I noticed that too while I was editing 🤫

[@carron979]

15:36 long castle by white and you will also lose the white squares bishop, then your knight and other rook will be more stucked than his other rook and bishop...

[@kaidoChess]

Can we have more of these

[@user-xf8sv8uv6j]

Thanks for a really informative look at the King's Indian. Instead of running out of time due to lengthy commentaries is it possible to add the audio track after the game has been played ? And maybe even stop the video to accommodate extra chat... Then we would get a true idea of thinking time plus explanation. What ever, thanks Alex.

[@adamnorris6101]

Your so funny 😂. Funny and good

[@X-ForceBro]

Twin knight break is why would call the two knights

[@gavinmaloney2495]

Man on game 5 you said you'd talk about how you could lock down the bishop and attack the queen side! What are your thoughts on that strategy?

[@pandoradoos6469]

Could you make a video and explain the difference between the Indian and Pirc system? It looks like a small difference to me