Wow, someone listened to me. It's like my existence has meaning! Thanks!
@TremendousSax9 жыл бұрын
Good call!
@alwynsmit66264 жыл бұрын
U suggested the Benko gambit! u have good taste sir :D
@TimJapan4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you asked.
@sunrevolver3 жыл бұрын
Great call!
@dgmisal19798 жыл бұрын
Putting this together with the Benoni trilogy makes a great lesson series. Thanks so much. I've really enjoyed Jonathan's lectures. Very well prepared and presented.
@eduardodelagarza33189 жыл бұрын
I love when someone is able to explain a main line variation of an opening and its ideas. I've been playing this variation for quite a while now and I really learned a lot from this video. Specifically that white shouldn't get crazy and try to play f4, e5 and f5. I really feel that as a non-member of the chess club I shouldn't have any say on what topic will be covered on the lecture but since Jonathan encouraged us to submit some openings I would really like to see the samisch variation of the kings indian as black or a recommendation on how to play against the caro kann as white. Thank you very much for all the videos I really enjoy them!
@kmktruthserum93285 жыл бұрын
Im here because finegold got crazy honestly
@minsungkim67925 жыл бұрын
@@kmktruthserum9328 are you suggesting he wasn't before?
@deadlysilent71205 жыл бұрын
today i learned that something so small and simple shouldn't be taken for granted like the D3 square
@PinnedKnight8 жыл бұрын
I really like your way of presenting. involving the audience and your dry sense of humour. Thx for the video.
@yuvalp34035 жыл бұрын
R.I.P Pal Benko, You shall be missed.
@aitorgarcia11479 жыл бұрын
This new series of chess lectures are awesome and very well delivered! I hope to see some grunfeld ideas in the next videos. Thnks!
@losyart9 жыл бұрын
very likeable guy i like his lecture a lot
@dmtree__9 жыл бұрын
5:55 But it's not hanging, White has Qa4 at the end winning a piece :)
@yadasampatidasa86906 жыл бұрын
But what happens after Qa4+ Bd7?
@yoannhappe92816 жыл бұрын
@@yadasampatidasa8690 Qxe4 I guess...
@priyharshgangwar5 жыл бұрын
@@yadasampatidasa8690 Don't play Qa4+ directly. After Nxe4 or Bxe4 capture that minor piece first and once black recaptures then do Qa4+ winning the piece
@JosephTruelson7 жыл бұрын
Amazing lectures, I'm surprised at how well the plans are explained here.
@badrinouss9 жыл бұрын
Greate Job Jonathan, I like he bot Videos, I'm Waiting for the next
@DavidRodriguez-fj1wi9 жыл бұрын
As a chess coach I like the format of the lesson.
@guilhermezambon41599 жыл бұрын
I've just played against this variation of the Benko and I did pretty well because of this lecture. Very instructive, thank you Jonathan ;)
@hnalike77785 жыл бұрын
I understood the importance of d3 square and the move rookb1. Both key aquares as well as e5. I think its the soul of this opening. Thanks alot. A few more videos of some advanced variations will be appreciated. As we all know there isnt enough stuff about benko gambit available.
@bigbrother50249 жыл бұрын
Great lecture, thanks, keep 'em coming! Even more rewarding to watch at 0.9x speed :-) so no problem cramming a lot of information in the hour. Please keep asking quick "what's the best next move" questions even if your audience is baffled, it's a nice cue to pause the video and have a quick think.
@moseskamau9915Ай бұрын
Excellent teaching ❤
@SimsHacks7 жыл бұрын
great videos! thanks for them! -greets from Czechia by 1700 FIDE player
@WatcheroftheVoid5 жыл бұрын
very informative with simple understanding. Thanks very clearly able to listen too
@Royce15089 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lecture Jonathan, very nice again. As an idea for any next lectures, I think it would be nice to look at the Petroff defense for black. Especially I would be interested in some of blacks more aggresive lines in this opening, if those lines even exist(?).
@bombrix51959 жыл бұрын
Dear administration of the channel! I think this video should be renamed to "... Benko gambit, fianchetto variation". It would be much more precise and helpful. Like the first video of this series: "... slav, Noteboom variation". Thanks for the video)
@dariopirtea54094 жыл бұрын
Very nice explain the chess openings. I wish you continued success!
@DJrouxy8 жыл бұрын
Very nice covering ! thanks
@renehenriksen17358 жыл бұрын
Nice to get some coverage on the Benko-gambit or Volga-gambit as it is also known....
Thanks again for the insight. If we can choose i would vote for the Sicilian Kan, with 4. ... a6, without the Maroczy Bind to follow.
@VsevoPIIIАй бұрын
Off-screen, a guy's struggling on the toilet: "Ugh... not again!" You hear grunts and a strained, "Why did I eat that chili?" Someone nearby yells, "You wrestling a bear in there?
@MrLimon279 жыл бұрын
I love gambits x3
@sheikmanzoor50033 жыл бұрын
""That's kind of the biggest secrets in chess. Just don't do anything ""🔥😂
@davidlagergren78169 жыл бұрын
Some Dutsch (attacking) lines are my request. Or the Grand prix attack!
@chandrasekarplanck59348 жыл бұрын
I follow your channel. Great videos to share with us beginners.
@MLGeddy4 жыл бұрын
20:24 you forgot NA2 puting pressure to room then if knight khite tale knight black Black Bb2 double attack to both white rook and the black can win white rook in exchange of bishop or knight
@bikash77739 жыл бұрын
thanks for this video. Could you please make some video on middle game based on french defence
@SyncChrome9 жыл бұрын
Queen's Indian ftw... Petrosian variation. Seems like a good lecture for Mr.Akobian.
@wormtownpaul5 жыл бұрын
Great video! Any chance of a follow up where the gambit is declined?
@MagmaTeja9 жыл бұрын
It's amazing how you get massacred if you don't know your openings...
@peristiloperis77898 жыл бұрын
That's why I came here. I have just lost a game as white in this gambit. It's a pain.
@mejva9 жыл бұрын
I request some main Gruenfeld variations
@duumitri7 жыл бұрын
thanks so much for this one :)
@lestrelincom6 жыл бұрын
Very nice introduction to the main line of the Volga Gambit. I'll take some of your insights to build my lesson (i'm trainer too). I've juste a little problem : you gave 2 references of games in the comments of the video but you're actually showing three of them :) Can you precise which one is what ?
@soumyashekharsaha1488 жыл бұрын
please cover the benoni defence in detail. it is only the gambit
@klimtkiller9 жыл бұрын
can you do a vid on the french defence where it goes like e4 e6 d4 d5 nd2 (or nc3) dxe4 nxe4. (then i guess nf6 is correct?) it's what i play but i don't know if that is an accurate variation.
@valentijnraw9 жыл бұрын
Dat cough doe
@contestator12259 жыл бұрын
53.58 -- what if instead of Kf7 and then ..R:c7 +- black would have chosen Rc1+ Kg2 Qd1 (Qh1++) ?
@guilhermealves11095 жыл бұрын
Александр Конев White has mate nets. Instead of 1...Kf7, if 1...Rc1+ 2.Kg1 Qd1 (threatening Qh1#), White has 3.Qb8+ Kg7 (3...Kf7 4.Qe8+ follow the same) 4.Ne6+ Kh6 (4...Kf7 5.Qf8#) 5. Qf8+ Kh5 6.g4+ Kh4 7.Qh6#
@nathanmillington50038 жыл бұрын
In the final game, what could black have done differently to prevent white from gaining such an advantage? Or is it simply the case that white will always win with accurate play? thanks.
@WilliamStoner9 жыл бұрын
I understand this was designed for KZbin (looks and motions to the camera frequently), but the instructor needs to talk to the audience that's actually there and not the camera, it comes off as in insult to the audience in most cases. Refer to Ben Finegold's style, he appeals to both the camera and the audience.
@WilliamStoner9 жыл бұрын
+William Stoner Other than that this was a good topic and it was well-presented.
@MichelNabil9 жыл бұрын
he also keeps on calling his audience "The Intelligent people" when he asks them to predict the next best move... which holds a funny humor in itself yea, but also its a bit insulting to them if they didn't predict the right answer..
@bigbrother50249 жыл бұрын
+Michel Nabil Obviously he knows a lot of folks in the audience personally, so I don't think it can be insulting.
@bigbrother50249 жыл бұрын
+William Stoner True, speaking to both the audience and the camera would look more "pro". Actually the general rule is to never look into the camera, if you break the 4th wall viewers get confused and drop whatever they're doing in front of the screen :-p
@DragonBuddah9 жыл бұрын
+William Stoner I had the impression it was meant to be just a video recording, but then they allowed some people to attend it and they became "the audience".
@MachineEnterprises9 жыл бұрын
Hi, just wanted to ask, what program are you using? :)
@pointerish8 жыл бұрын
ChessBase
@antanaszilakauskis33936 жыл бұрын
Can you show the benoni against d4 Nf6 c4 c5 e3
@Jay-ro7zu6 жыл бұрын
at 22:22 Black can also play Bc2!?
@pramodnvs549 жыл бұрын
can we know how to play against the sicilian najdorf and french defense as white?
@thelonewolf439 жыл бұрын
I would like to see the closed sicilian.
@manfredbley19085 жыл бұрын
about 6:00: ...Bf5? provocates e4, which makes the weakness on d3? But e4 with a tempo makes the white position much better, coz the B. has to go back, which loses a tempo. Of course Nxe4 is not possible. he think he changed the variations! thats not a good quality. (...Nxe4 Qa4 +-)
@uberto89669 жыл бұрын
I request for Modern Scandinavian Defense or Caro-Kann
@ايمنكاظمالموسوي4 жыл бұрын
moderen benoni part 4
@RalphSalem-l4b3 ай бұрын
36:10 can we play Bd5
@optionalroux4347 Жыл бұрын
benko played f5 sometimes, maybe thats a interesting idea to weaken d5
@wartinskater6 жыл бұрын
anyone also ears somebody wailing in the background?
@krishnachaitanyag.v2327 Жыл бұрын
Yes it's good
@girishramawat32607 жыл бұрын
queen Indian defence please sir😃
@smashu28 жыл бұрын
first game is very low caliber for a 2500 player is that 2500 ELO or american rating ??
@gregbattis8 жыл бұрын
2500 in USCF is about 2300-2350-2400 FIDE somewhere in that area of rating. Generally when people talk about ratings over 2200 they mean FIDE ratings here in the US.
@abkarahmed91808 жыл бұрын
there is no concentraton in the lecture.
@samuelvavia89202 жыл бұрын
Levy hates the Benko
@danielwitt92458 жыл бұрын
The ponziani opening would have been simpler. I don't like it when grandmasters simplify matter but its got to be said player can get a bit stupid and ask for it.
@RexNunc7 жыл бұрын
Fettuccine the bishop.
@victorzaak4 жыл бұрын
so like one of the way blacks can counter it
@codebuddy3891 Жыл бұрын
So, benko is not good opening for white
@turkiyett09284 жыл бұрын
20:30 not hard
@jordge20027 жыл бұрын
how about some KIA
@SurrealSam58089 жыл бұрын
First! remember when that was a thing...
@abkarahmed91808 жыл бұрын
concentration
@DTFERNANMM3 жыл бұрын
The video is great as many other of his but he makes a very annoying throat noise every 1 or 2 sentences, he really needs to work on that