Learn the Jobava London (Complete Guide - Ideas, Theory, and Game Examples)

[@garneau26]

Wow i stumbled upon your channel tonight and i instantly became a huge fan. I love how you put the emphasis on the positions and attacks we want to achieve, by clearly highlighting the important squares and piece movements. I feel like it actually makes it easier to remember the lines when i have a clear picture and understanding of the postition i want to achieve instead of trying to remember a whole bunch of moves in a specific order. Thanks a lot man you must have put so much work in this i greatly appreciate it

[@ChessGeek1]

Amazing to hear. I really appreciate it!

[@nizarosman68]

Excellent video you are very articulate and straight to the point thoroughly enjoyed!

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you :)

[@disclaimer5911]

I learned this one from alex banzea. Its sick when u learn what to do when your opponent does to counter that early rook kill

[@Deadeye1967]

well done for describing the theory behind everything.

[@estebanguillen6566]

I went from 800 to 1150 playing the jobava london and the scandinavian defense, LOVED THIS! If you want to coach a noobie for content hit me up! xD

[@amogeanyanwu3126]

In my honest opinion, not that it would matter or anything but drop the Scandinavian defence and pick-up something more solid like the Caro Kann. Most of the Scandinavian lines end up with black being down -1

[@irawainless5137]

@@amogeanyanwu3126 If it works, don't fix it!

[@sandykarmakar]

very nicely explained by you bro... God bless you... 😊

[@ChessGeek1]

My pleasure!!!

[@mannylokzzz]

Great breakdown with practical info, thank you so much for putting this together

[@ChessGeek1]

My pleasure

[@Grandcapi]

Very concise and precise.

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you

[@hugocruz2439]

Let's goooo! The jobava is godlike in blitz, they blunder so often or they play Nc6 early

[@ChessGeek1]

Yeah exactly, it is solid in long time controls, but in blitz you can win really quickly sometimes! Super tricky

[@andrespineda7620]

Thanks for your clear and concise explanations! I really like how you explain things. How do you annotate your board with the green rounded square shapes? I know how to create the arrows in multiple colors, but not the squares.

[@diegopobes4197]

Super. You explain clear and clever

[@GamerNate]

Just want to say thanks for this. The best short overview of the Jobava London on KZbin.

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you so much!! That is really great to hear.

[@rollrenenbangun1977]

Good explaination Man, I really enjoy your video...I subcribe to your channel

[@davidstrachan8912]

Well presented.

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you

[@ItIsYouAreNotYour]

What is your rating?

[@stefanschaller5992]

Tx for this great video!

[@TimLippert]

Nc3 is played before Bf4 in the Jobava afaik, you showed it backwards.....Bf4 then Nc3...any reason you do it like that?

[@ChessGeek1]

I think it largely transposes. Not sure there are too many ways for black to play different between bf4 and nc3?

[@TimLippert]

@@ChessGeek1 its just London if you bishop first...playing the knight first makes em think your going russian and thats the trick of it

[@Benjamin-ku1qx]

Maybe to make your opponent believe you're playing the London ?

[@PutinOnTheRitz]

At 3:21: why do you need to retreat the knight? Can't you just now play e3 instead?

[@Duckfest]

There are two important reasons why retreating the Knight (3:21) is better than e3. First of all, it prevents Qxe1. Secondly, the rules don't allow e3 to be played in that position.

[@michaelgreen7002]

The PGNs are not working for me.

[@ChessGeek1]

Oopps. Ill fix it. For now, use this link instead :www.chessgeek.org/learn-chess/openings/opening-articles/learn-the-jobava-london

[@chessvibes466]

Sir what if black pins our Knight to king by Bb4

[@Thatoneguy-12]

My opponents don’t push c5 in the beginning could you do a video on how to play without that push

[@nwngenisys8969]

You seem to be confused with this opening, the knight is the 2nd move in this opening, secondly it doesn't attack from the left, it attacks from the right, and defense from the left. Besides, most people move the first black pawn up to block the left side attack completely. You must be playing a variation of this system, but it was a very interesting video, thank you!

[@StrategicSpoon]

May I know your rating

[@ManWithoutThePants]

@@StrategicSpoon Why is that the first thing you ask instead of replying what he said if you don't agree? Isn't it a good thing that people question things?

[@StrategicSpoon]

@@ManWithoutThePants you are right👍, you opened up my eyes, i realised my mistake.

[@ManWithoutThePants]

@@StrategicSpoon Rare thing to see in internet discussion that someone says that they made a mistake. I respect that a lot. Your first question wasn't that big of a deal, but I just felt giving my input, since that's pretty common reply I see in chess related discussion. Have a great day :)

[@josephsalmonte4995]

Bortnyk is always smashing people to bits with the Jobava.

[@mikeymcmikeface5599]

good vid

[@ChessGeek1]

thanks!

[@ashwarren5053]

nice vid!

[@rv706]

This video: how to play the Jobava if Black does whatever you want.

[@Benjamin-ku1qx]

Is it check mate at 8.45 ? Black knight can take on h7 and I can't see check mate then...

[@kchlou]

As always a perfect explanation! Well done

[@qbjak1351]

8:45 thats nor checkmate bit winning a piece.

[@jarvryan]

Thank you, a really useful tutorial. I've been playing Jobava but at a bit of a loss in terms of what to do when the early reverse fried lover attack fails. Your video has really helped me in getting the right setup for the middle game with my pieces on the correct squares 🤗

[@ChessGeek1]

That's great to hear

[@kylezo]

Move 2 is Nc3

[@darensweeney5925]

Each time I try to play the Jobava, blacck almost always plays 3. ---a6. stopping everything in its tracks.

[@amogeanyanwu3126]

You can still get over that.... you shouldn't play chess for the tricks only....

[@kylezo]

3. ...a6 is a normal move in the theory of the opening, you just haven't studied it

[@VJ-pt9ch]

What application you use to analyze in this video?

[@ChessGeek1]

chessbase

[@cdunne1620]

..great video, well done, subscribed

[@ChessGeek1]

Thanks

[@shatzoren1]

Nice video, but 8:43 is not checkmate, knight takes rook and makes room for king on check by second rook

[@ralfmulde7723]

is this guy payed for speaking as quickly as he can? I disliked this and kicked it off.