A great line against the Grünfeld · Training Game

[@jangronwald40]

I very much like the way you walk the viewer through your thought processes and evaluation of the position. With this, even a fun game gets an educational scent to it. Its very rare in todays chess youtube, maybe only Jerry follows you in the quality of live commentary. Cheers!

[@raininggame7905]

Was Qxa6 playable on move 24 instead of playing 24 Qc6 Rd8 25 Qxa6 ?

[@Mirhi]

I had the same thought

[@denis.chernenko]

It was ☝️

[@AkOutLand]

I was thinking the same too.

[@jake9674]

love these videos!

[@omarhesham4461]

18:40 why didn't you play Qxa6?

[@GabrielHaller]

@19:00 why not taking on a6 still defending Rc8 and Qa4?

[@GabrielHaller]

and winning a pawn

[@spd7693]

Great game! I rarely play anything else than f3 on move 3 like this, because I don't at all understand the Grünfeld. Thus, I learned the Anti-Grünfeld and against Kings Indian my favourite variation is anyways the Sämish. So far though the only time my opponent pushed through with the Grünfeld was one time when I made the worst mistake possible - trying to just play the opening by memory.

[@somangshuchakraborty1334]

ya I was also scared of g4 counterplay , well played game sir !! , How do you sense the pawn breaks in the position ? I thought E4 instead of c4 . I thought of immediately occupying the b file with the queen trade in the middlegame or should I pile up the pressure first?

[@siraf1234]

Have you analyzed the Bg7 c6 (or c5) pawn sacs for black?

[@Hakabas01]

If you want to get games faster you'll have to play 10+5 or 10+0, the player pool is much larger there.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

10+0 is basically Blitz, horrible for training

[@Hakabas01]

@@douwehuysmans5959 that is true

[@zoe7696]

@@douwehuysmans5959 by FIDE rules 10|0 is blitz iirc

[@sillychinas]

At 2300+ you can play pretty decent level chess at 10+0 rapid. At the lower levels people do blunder a lot and misuse their time though.

[@rafewarren1034]

@@sillychinas I play rapid all you need is to make a move within 10 seconds consistently or know how to play endgames fast. I’m a 1700 in it.

[@brianbanks703]

great cheers

[@anton5646]

Do you ever feel like you are an easy opponent to prepare against because of your youtube channel?

[@amateurschach8744]

Hey, i never waitfor a game same rating. Did you edit the range of oponents?

[@krisharyan6452]

Sir please start the opening theory

[@galravid9018]

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