Chess Tips: English Opening Busted?! - Lets Do This!!

[@hritwikranjan2198]

I actually reached this system on my own by combining different elements of anti-english setups (Bb4 and what not), I didn't realise how effective of a line it was I came to until I saw the move order in this video. Just what i needed. You're the channel that we don't deserve but we need. For the first time in 9 years, I feel like I'm really improving

[@DocUK123]

Thanks for this video Mio! I just won the intermediate section (

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Glad you enjoy it and benefit from my analysis!

[@sintdm1634]

I had good results with this, thanks! Not only do you explain well, you actually also play the lines yourself, unlike some other channels who just try to sell stuff. Respect.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

That is one of my fav lines! But to be honest, if you want to “feel” one line, you have to try it out yourself! Thanks Sin 👍

[@chess-is-life]

Great great stuff! Thanks Mio! Pure selfless Chess coaching, will try this in my games

[@vffzbr]

Mio, your videos are so great, thank you very much! I've been studying this line for 2 months, and your lecture here helped me A LOT to improve this powerful weapon against 1.c4. My best regards from Brazil :-)

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks Victor! This means a lot to me! Let me just recover from corona and pneumonia then all should be easy and fine afterwards! 💪

[@vffzbr]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial Oh man, God bless you, I wish you a nice recovery with 100% health. Drink water as much as you can 😊👍🙏

[@TimJapan]

You are brilliant Miodrag. This system is dope.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Killer one! 😉

[@lorenzozanetti9058]

Excellent alternative to my reverse sicilian grand prix attack with 3...f5

[@panrudzki454]

Thanks!

[@Lategame3]

Really like this. Thank you

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thank you 🙏

[@wizardofoz10]

Excellent video, Miodrag! Thanks! It's time to go beat my club rival; he uses the English all the time :))

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Good luck man 👍

[@theturkish1373]

Thank you for sharing Miodrag.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

👍

[@bradleyreese5156]

Best system ever, thank you so much!

[@Ricardo7250]

Reverse sicilian? Now that's exactly the video that I needed ✅

[@rizka7945]

Yes! Thank you! I hate playing against the English opening and I have a terrible record against it. (Please don't tell this to my opponents, though.)

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Bumble, the following system is killer vs g3, Bg2, e3, Nge2 system! Believe me, worked with 100% of success in the past for all my students, starting from weak ones to top players!

[@lorenzozanetti9058]

@@BeFourCM i'm agree with you it's time to break all this boring system 😉

[@tobiasjacobs2093]

Tonight I am playing against a opponent that plays the English, this motivation got me here. I hope I can try this one out tonight. Theres nothing on the line since it is just a clubmatch, but hey! Let's see where it goes.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Good luck! 🍀

[@dangoldbach1232]

Thanks, great vid! I play the same system, but with the Kramnik-Shirov against 2. Nc3 instead of allowing the Four Knights.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Dan, what do you mean not to allow Four knights?

[@dangoldbach1232]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial I wait for g3 before playing Nc6, I don't like to face the Botvinnik. You can play Bc5 and wait for g3 (Hao uses this move order, and he is an English expert); if they play some central pawn moves like d3 or e3 there are improved systems for black with c6-d5 or Nf6-d5. So basically you can learn the Kramnik-Shirov Counterattack instead of the Four Knights (i.e. Botvinnik).

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Wait a sec, what if 1.c4 e5 2. Nc3 (2. g3 Nc6 followed by Bc5) play Nc6 there and what if 3.Nf3? I have to go into four knights

[@dangoldbach1232]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 then 2...Bb4 (3. Nf3?! Bxc3) avoiding 4 knights, so then we are considering 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6. 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 will transpose, noting that 5. Na4? trying to hit the bishop before it has a7 escape is a mistake after 5...e4! - the complications are near-winning for black. If 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 then 4...a6 transposes to this system.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Great point Dan!

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

Thankyou sire ji !!!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Thanks 😊

[@rizka7945]

36:15 Giri won? Sounds suspicious! :D Great stuff, thank you so much, Mio! I'll put it to test at the club tomorrow. There are a couple of decoted English opening players there.

[@rizka7945]

Or maybe this opening is so good that even Giri wins with it!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Well, believe it or not Giri won with white! Why? He was completely lost and was forced to play in order not to lose, eventually, his opponent blundered and he won, not his fault, sorry 😂😂😂

[@marsharupe8112]

the ...g5 move (25 min mark or so) reminds me of how to attack the Sicilian Dragon with the Yugoslav Attack when they play ...h5.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Similar idea :)

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

Mio, you know what would be cray zee?! Tango vs English, nuff sed!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

😂

[@scythermantis]

*What happens if White plays e3 as early as possible followed by Nf3? Can't they force the d4 break in with an advantage? That's why always thought the ...Bc5 for Black is premature for the same reason that Bc4 isn't good for White in many Sicilian lines.

[@timmcgrew515]

Exactly which line are you looking at? 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.e3 is most simply dealt with by 4...Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.cxd5 Nb4.

[@dangoldbach1232]

What do you recommend for 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. Bg2 a6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nge7 7. e3 Ba7 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4? Can't play 9...Nxd4 10. exd4 Nf5 because of Re1+ so 9...Nxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. b3 (not Be3, in particular) Nf5 12. Ne2. What is your suggestion for this one? The exchange sac idea doesn't have enough bite with a pair of knights already off. My engine is recommending some Rb8+quick b5 stuff, but my computer is old and slow haha

[@timmcgrew515]

You might try 8...Bg4 instead of 8...exd4. The critical line is probably 8...Bg4 9.Qf6 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 exd4 11.Qxb7 0-0!? 12.Bxc6 Nxc6 13.Qxc6 dxc3 14.bxc3 Bc5 with a messy position where I'm not sure I trust the computer's evaluation of the dodgy White pawn structure. At 39 ply, SF13 tones the evaluation down to +0.3, which may be within your tolerances, though YMMV. Something to experiment with, anyway. (Just an NM here ...)

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Spoke to few GMs 2600. They claim its the best for White too!

[@fyre1borne]

You do realize the mainline of English king goes to h2 after castling…….your opening is based on someone not using the English properly 😊

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

🤷‍♂️

[@borisandalfie]

Hi Miodrag. Simon from Singapore here. What will be Black's action plans and ideas, if White chooses to play botvinnik system style i.e. e4? with a great d5 outpost for White's Knight , especially?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Why do I feel donation for one video like that 😂

[@borisandalfie]

Hahaah ok

[@duncankerr8003]

Thank you for another really good video. Who was Giri's opponent at 36.30 please? Prosekhin? I can't find the game. Thank you.

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Prusikhin German GM

[@doofus9575]

I have the same question as a previous commenter. After 5. Nf3 the move 9. Nxd4 seems very critical

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Will check that out and get back to you

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

That is not a problem! Take on d4 by knight and after ed4, play 0-0, Nf5 and Rb8 (to defend on b7, threaten b5 afterwards), Black has flexible and absolutely fine position! There were few 2700 GMs who went on with that plan and had no problems at all!

[@doofus9575]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial I haven't looked at that at all so Idk if that's the solution, but I really respect you going back and answering the question. thank you sir

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Doofus When I say something it’s 100% proven! 💪💪💪

[@hritwikranjan2198]

What about Black playing a5 instead of a6 to prevent b4 and allow the bishop to retreat at the same time ?

[@sebastianreichling1286]

I guess you can do it, on the other side the b5 square gets pretty weakened.

[@bobantrifunovic7051]

Zdravo, poslednjih dana sam puno vremena posvetio gledanju Vašeg materijala....Ubeđen sam da sam gledao englesko otvaranje sa osnovnom idejom lovac na H2...sada to ne mogu nigde da pronađem, a započeo sam jednu partiju dnevnog šaha gde sam želeo da isprobam tu varijantu...Da li sam ja nešto pogrešno video? Ako možete da mi pomognete u pronalaženju materijala o ebgleskom otvaranju? Srdačan pozdrav...

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

To je u tom videu - Serbian line . Ideja sa Lc5-La7 i napad crnima kasnije

[@timmm318]

Yo I still have a Question about the traxler gambit. What is the best move after you play bishop xf2+ and the King just moves to f1 instead of taking the bishop? :)

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

For White or Black?

[@timmm318]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial for black after white plays King f1 instead of taking the bishop

[@nishantmiglani1952]

hey what happened to the Italian series ?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

It will continue, don’t worry 😉

[@theogantos2664]

Mio is going against all flags, Sicily, France, England, Latvia, Italy, a true pirate!

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Theo! We will conquer all countries and continents with our gambits 💪😉

[@nishantmiglani1952]

@@MiodragPerunovicOfficial cant wait

[@nenadlekic5196]

English

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

How on earth do you spell it? Cirklek, Zirklek, Sirklek, Circleg, Zirkleg, Sirkleg, Cirkluck, Zirkluck, Sirkluck?

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

Lol, I don’t even know what do you mean

[@tyrelljeffries2527]

GM Nicholas Serglek

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

@@tyrelljeffries2527 GM Nikola Sedlak - good friend of mine 😀

[@Glicerol]

Michael Marin will hate you :D

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

He already hates me, once mated him in blitz online with this system 😉💪

[@aarongull5]

Yasser doesn't approve. Lol

[@MiodragPerunovicOfficial]

😏 hehhe