6 Best Chess Openings for Beginners | Top Moves, Plans, Strategy, Gambits, Tactics, Traps & Ideas

[@ChessTalk]

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[@anaydeshpande5219]

Could you please make a video on the London System ? It would be of great help.

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Hello sir , I saw your video and started following your tips and aslo play chess world which you told us and also i wanted to play with you , thanks .

[@learningeconomics2269]

Thanks sir for such an amazing video

[@sidesup8286]

Many decades ago, I played chess by mail with a guy in France. It was way before the internet and cell phones, and long distance phone calls were so expensive back then. We would each mail our next move in an envelope via the postal service. It took about a month for me receive his next move and a month for him to receive my next move via the mail. A game took about 14 years.

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Up Front Timestamps 0:00 Chess Openings for Beginners - Intro 0:20 White: London System 1:47 White: Italian Game 3:12 White: Closed Sicilian 4:12 About BetterHelp 5:22 Black: Kings Indian Setup 6:36 Black: Queens Gambit Declined 7:45 Black: Open Sicilian / Dragon Variation 8:52 Chess Puzzle

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Solution of chess puzzle?

[@rikbarman.7662]

Thanks

[@rbprem4268]

As a advanced player who has had lots of experience in handling beginners... I can say that this is the perfect list of openings that help beginners in their chess career

[@carefulilickwindows6881]

It was a great video. I think the Catalan opening for white should be learned as a beginner too lol it's great for beginners because it has a lot of traps and forks that people below 1200 will easily fall for.

[@GameExplorerX2609]

Oh! I am a beginner is there any advice for me pls?

[@tusharkumar8410]

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[@RonCraig]

The best move is R×b7. If K×b7 then Nd6 fork and the sweety is gone. White can easily promote to queen. If king doesn't capture then the black queen has to sacrifice itself otherwise Nc5 is checkmate. Additional point : After R×b7, if queen captures knight, first R×a7 check and then d×e4.

[@AmazingVeganOutreach]

Nice 👍🏼 I missed Rxa7 before dxe4. Thanks!

[@RonCraig]

@@AmazingVeganOutreach You're Welcome

[@shardulsonwane675]

it's a mate in two moves. Nc5, then white only have two legal moves whatever he plays we then play, Rxb7 and its a checkmate.

[@Sriprabhat7]

@@shardulsonwane675 no king can move to c6

[@yowsp4303]

@@Sriprabhat7 yes

[@aritramukherjee]

@8:54 The puzzle answer Rook capturing the b7 pawn so King has to capture to avoid checkmate. Now knight can go d6 for fork winning queen.

[@rohanbari]

I started playing Chess during the lockdown period in 2020 while attending boring online lectures. Now, I'm gonna learn it with full enthusiasm. Beginning from scratch!

[@cvijaychandrachary1000]

Solution for the puzzle: 1)Rxb7 :- Black is forced to take the rook which results in Nd6+ forking the King and the Queen thereby winning the game(because after that the Knight goes to f6 attacking black's h pawn and white's g pawn is unstoppable). 2)If Black plays any other move then Nc5# is a mate(Inorder to stop the mate you have to capture the Knight with the Queen which again leads to the above option).

[@Indrojit_Biswas]

Puzzle : 1st Rook to b7. If black King takes rook then white queen is gone. Coz knight to d6 check the Black King and attack the black queen. And from here white can easily win the game.

[@jinhub2175]

What if black king doesn't take rook?

[@Indrojit_Biswas]

​@@jinhub2175 Then what's your move? If you don't move black King after rook to b7 then knight to c5 is checkmate.

[@ranipandian2615]

Thanks a Lot Jeetendra! You’re the Best Chess tutor ever! I was struggling to play the London System Properly. This video gave me a Proper way to Learn the London.

[@gliterott]

4:16 bro knows his target audience 😂

[@AfzalSayed_gaming]

I didn't got it...

[@AssassinYTLive]

😂😂

[@piugiripatra5295]

The best move is R×b7, if king takes Rook then the knight goes to d6 and forks the king and queen. And you are winning. If any other move then Nc5 mate. If black tries to eliminate the knight by capturing with the queen. Don't straight away capture the queen. But you can gain one more pawn by first R×a7+. After king takes Rook you capture the queen. And the black pawn cannot promote because of the white king. And also you are up 2 pawns. So white is completely dominating this endgame.

[@Abhi-shek-Alpha]

Wah 👍🏻

[@maitreyimanohar3344]

Pro

[@maitreyimanohar3344]

Damnn

[@AdityaSingh-cp4zr]

If you play R×b7 the opponent will go for Q×c6 and then boom the game is over🤷

[@goodlife766]

@@AdityaSingh-cp4zr So is thé Technical mouvement good or is it not perfect ?

[@MasteringChessIndia]

Your Video Is amazing 👏 And the puzzle answer is , Rxg7 if Kxg7 , Ne6 Forks the two And if black plays a random move as Qd3 then Nf5 .

[@shahidmemonraza]

But in case black captures knight Qxe4 then rook is under attack

[@animezoneamv9116]

It's not f5 square dude. It's c5.

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[@krishasgaming8411]

The answer is : Rook into b7. The Idea is if king takes the rook, then Nd6 is a folk. And if King doesn't move and moves his queen, then Nc5 would be a checkmate because B file is covered by rook, A5 square is protected by the pawn. And also Queen can't defend it.

[@AnathiriyanVarnakulendran]

💥

[@abhishekgurjar3028]

What if black capture knight

[@Harshgupta45367]

Puzzle Solution ---> 1.Rxb7 , if Kxb7 2.Nd6+ fork wins the queen And if not Kxb7 Nc5# is mate thus he has to sacrifice his queen for knight and rook but the endgame is winning for white.

[@devillegend8240]

Brilliant bro🙌🙌

[@amarindersingh5377]

First knight to c5 check to king .king save himself to b5 for attacking soldier then white use rock to b7 (king mate)

[@mohammadayaan2542]

This is the best move I think to checkmate the king without any loss

[@SatishKumar-wq9il]

But still black kings has chance to move to kingc6

[@divyekapoor4556]

8:59 puzzle solution is 1. R×b7. Its now forced to take the rook otherwise mate with Nc5 on the next move can't be stopped and if black takes the rook 1. ...K×b7 we go for 2. Nd6+ forking the King and the Queen, a Royal Fork. If black eliminates the knight woth 1. ...Q×e4, then simple gain another pawn with 2. R×a7+ followed by d×e4 and white is completely winning.

[@FixellEmiter-yo3vf]

First knight c5 then black king b5 and rook checkmate

[@ΒασίληςΚωνσταντίνοςΙωάννου]

The best move for the puzzle is to sacrifice the Rook by taking b7 and after that, the Black King take the rook you can go for fork on d6 with Night

[@ankitkumarbhatt9148]

I think its knight C5 think abt it

[@omgupta1587]

By using knight c5 we don't get anything

[@chessy996]

Puzzle' Answer Rxb7!! Now if black king captures the rook then Nd6 and after Kc8 Nxe8 and we will be ahead in material. And if after Rxb7.. cxd3.. Nc5 # checkmate. If after Rxb7.. Qc8.. Nc5+.. Qxc5.. bxc5.. Kxb7.. dxc4 and we will be two pawns ahead.

[@Amit_0461]

For the checkmate of black, Firstly the knight will go to C5, For prevention of check the white king has only one move B5 then it goes, After that you have to take your rook to B7. Itz CHECKMATE From Bihar

[@samuelburke5330]

Pretty sure the black king can go to B6, then move over to C6 afterwards, no checkmate available at that point

[@omgupta1587]

From bihar 😂

[@arnavupadhyay1526]

5:25 - for black Opening #1 for white

[@zeebest1004]

WHITE 1. 0:20 London Opening - d4, Bf4, e3, Nf3, Bd3, c3, bNd2 2. 1:47 Italian Opening - more tactical 3. 3:12 Closed Sicilian - BLACK 4. 5:32 King’s Indian v ANYTHING! 1. … f3, Fiancetto, @ e4>… e6, Castle 4a. 6:07 Pirc - … e6, King’s Indian 5. 6:44 QG declined - e6 or c6 6. 7:45 - Open Sicilian - faster

[@balakrishna-hc7hl]

I am vedanth , i solved the puzzle and the steps are as follows - RxB7 KxB7 ND6+ Thanks

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Thank you..im from India,Mizoram and there is a school tournament tomorrow and we started today...i was so bad at the opening that in one of the rounds I lost because of it...but this video boosted my confidence for tomorrow's game

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I've been playing chess for like a week now and your contents are really helping me alot.Your videos are very informative and straight forwarded.Thank you so much for providing such contents for free.Much love ❤️

[@AyushMehta8]

hey how far have you progressed ?

[@CheesyV1676]

Rxb7 because it if Kxb7, you go Nd6+ forking the king and queen

[@kartavyagupta5815]

The best move is rxb7. If he takes you have a khight fork and there no way to stop the mate nc5 unless the queen is given or tactically captured

[@shahidmemonraza]

But this line is possible here 1. Rxb7 Qxe4 2. dxe4 Kxb7 Black is slide better... Because of 3 connected pawns..

[@kartavyagupta5815]

But i guess we have a passed pawn in the middle which can be used as decoy. at least a drawcan be achieved i guess

[@kartavyagupta5815]

I just checked with computer you xan actually desperdo the rook on a7 before taking the queen so it will be 2 on 2 and white will have apasser in the middle

[@shahidmemonraza]

@@kartavyagupta5815 it is 🥇correct I think

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[@impaul1406]

Knight c5 is the best move as it will end the game within next move 🔥

[@sayantan.d.gupta3451]

It's evadable

[@meetpatel8618]

Puzzle- 1. Rxa7 Kxa7 2. Nd6 forking the king and queen,let's assume he got that fork and play any other move that Nc5 is beautiful checkmate.

[@meetpatel8618]

I think after Rxb7 the best move for black is Qxe4. Right?

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[@animezoneamv9116]

@@ChessTalk I got a big thing to say here. Not an easy puzzle though. Of course, Rxb7 is answer, threatening Nc5# . If Kxb7, then Nd6+ and we win the queen and the game. But black has one desperate try. He can either play Qf8 or Qc6. After Nc5+, Qxc5(forced). Then bxc5. Next black had to play Kxb7. Then the most important move to play which is d4. We shouldn't take the pawn because black plays Kc6 and after Kc2, he plays Kxc5 and we play Kc3 and this is a well known draw. After we play d4, black plays Kc6. Now we play Kc2. Black plays Kd5. Finally we play Kc3. And one last moment of the game. If black plays a5, then we play a3. And once he pushes a4, we play the star move g5. And black has to move the king, we take the pawn on c4 with our king and two connected passed pawns is winning.Great puzzle sir!

[@vfsrgggdg7914]

puzzle answer rxb7 kxb7 Nc5 forked king and queen

[@Thundercatbd]

Sir , how can I play london system,when my kingdom is black??

[@s.r3084]

1.Rb7,Kb7 2.Nd6,Kc6 3.Ne8

[@namit201010]

The answer for the question It's a mate in two : Knight c5 check and the the king has two running options b6 and B5 if he goes in either ways rook b7 is game over for black

[@jamesevans8845]

Almost , Rxb7 threatening Nc5# next move, no solid way to prevent mate or give a check for black so king has to take then Nd6+ with the fork on the queen.

[@Noir0rioN]

I saw it your way too man. Guess we were wrong. (-Ish.) 😆

[@niransajeev3569]

Answer to the puzzle White: Rxb7 Black: if kxbu White: then Nd6 and the queen is gone And if the king doesn't take rook,then he must capture the knight on e4 because Nc5 is a checkmate.So black Qxe4 ,white Rxa7+ ,black kxa7 ,White dxe4.And white would win the game because of the massive pawn advantage.Sir please put a heart if it's right☺️🙏

[@kishan9403]

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[@mamonighosh7032]

Solution to the puzzle. 1. Rxb7 2. Kxb7 3. Nd6+ to pick up the queen. But if Qxe4, then der and after king takes rook, white can storm with the pawns and win the game.

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[@SavageCabbage874]

I like moving the king sides bishop and knight pawn up

[@SwayomKantiGhosh]

Chess Puzzle answer: Rxb7 threatening Nc5# If Kxb7 then Nd6+ and anywhere Black's king goes, we simply gobble up the queen(Nxe8) If Qf8 then Nc5+, Qxc5 is forced, then bxc5 and it's completely winning If Qxe4, then Rxa7+, Kxa7, and axe4, we are still winning as we are a pawn up

[@alexsmith3598]

I'm always happy to see these. I feel comfortable in most Queen's gambit positions but don't really go for anything else. Sometimes a London but idk it too well. With black, I can do a Queen's Indian or King's Indian but idfk what to do with it once I place the bishop, knight, 2 pawns, and castle. Lol

[@jadengoldsmith5253]

Best move would be to move pawn to A4 and leave the black to decide what to do. Moving the queen is more feasible option for black. If he doesn't, then knight goes to C5 and Rxb7 check mate If queen takes A4, then knight can fork and take the queen. Best option for black to avoid a checkmate will be to sacrifice queen for the knight or rook; or both (if queen is played to cover b7) In every other possibility, it's either a checkmate, or a queen sacrifice, or both.

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Great...make more opening videos like this which involves slav defense french defense,caro kann, ruy lopez kings gambit for begginers and also videos on how to improve middlegames and endgames..

[@animationsongs8552]

W. Nc5+,Rg6# B. Kb6

[@mannigaming412]

Thank u for this specific video.Due to this video I could play some early checkmates and also I got a silver medal in my school chess competition ,I really thank u for posting all these videos they have really improved me like anything and a big thank u from me😃 .(Mostly the 6th opening was very helpful for me)

[@2b38sasikar9]

1.Nc5+Kb5 2.R×b7#

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[@vibhakulshrestha6589]

8.57 :- We should play rook to g6 and then thereten with horse 🎉🎉🎉

[@ExonimyxYT.110]

Sir ,nice video,very detailed and Good openings😀 by the way almost 1million subs ,Lets go!

[@arnabchakraborty8886]

Thanks for the "London System". I beat 1450 elo ai Bailey Hoops without taking any hint on my first try (after watching the video). Of course I have to revise my moves for my unmindfulness. But it's an inner satisfaction that I made it without taking any help.

[@Sanchita_Sarkar]

I love no. #2 Thanks very much Sir. And, your all videos are helpful that's why I Subscribed you already. ♥️

[@hudaifahamed3260]

1) Night e5-c3 2)Pawn b4- b5

[@amitajain9626]

ngl this is seriously helpfull for beginner like me

[@sachidanandkumar567]

One of my favourite openings is the Sicilian najdorf variation

[@sidesup8286]

RE: GAME THAT TOOK 14 YEARS. I've been getting quite a few enquiries. My chess opponent in France, many decades ago, before the internet, like myself, would mail our next chess moves in an envelope sent through the post office. It would sometimes take 3 or 4 weeks for either of us to receive the others next move. My opponent, an artistic Frenchman, would often make drawings of his next move, instead of just writing down what his next move was. I got his letter one day postmarked from France. I enthusiastically opened it, wondering for weeks and weeks what his next move would be. When I unfolded the piece of paper it said "CHECKMATE." I had to laugh, I remembered my last move and he was in trouble, and I anticipated sending him a note proclaiming CHECKMATE very soon. I hurried to the drawer where I kept the thick stack of our moves and looked at the one on top. He drew it with a pencil instead of writing out his move in words. There was a long debated disagreement about what piece his crude drawing pictured. Needless to say, it was more a stalemate, than a checkmate. We argued back and forth on this through the US and French mail. Snail mail from that far away. Long distance phone calls wefe very expensive and out of the question. We had already spent a small fortune in postage stamps. "The chess piece I drew was this; and that piece drawn was clearly that" he claimed. It looks way more like "that" than "this" I strongly protested. The argument went on for 20 months. 23 heated letters back and forth between him in France and myself in the United States. We finally agreed to let an unbiased impartial judge decide on who won, to end this nearly decade and a half marathon chess match. We finally agreed on a man from Copenhagen to be the judge to decide it. At first we considered a man from Sri Lanka to be the judge. He sent us his picture, and we decided against him, seeing that he wore glasses. Then we considered a man from Switzerland (a nice NEUTRAL country) who lived in a chalet in the Swiss Alps. But his fondness for Impressionistic paintings put us off on him. We finally decided on the man from Copenhagen to be the impartial judge "If only I had been a little better artist" the Frenchman thought. "If only he had been a little better artist", I thought. The much anticipated letter from Copenhagen with the decision, arrived in the US mail about a month later. It seemed the longest 4 weeks of my life. Springtime had already sprung "This is it" I thought, as I unfolded the letter. "Here it is; this is it." I closed my eyes tightly shut for a full minute, and hoped to the heavens for a favorable ruling. I opened my eyes slowly, and looked at the letter The judge had rendered his decision...... It was a draw. It was declared a tie. After 14 years and 8 months; it was declared a tie. Drats !! I sense that some of you have found this amusing. Ticklish... Without Feathers - W. Allen.

[@preethikas8736]

1.R×b7 K×b7 2.Nd6+ Or 1.R×b7 ... Mate in 1 2.Nc5#

[@jacksawyer3510]

Your videos are so useful and informative yet also very concise. Thank you!

[@nilimadhore5742]

Puzzle solution -Rxb7(sacrifice),Kxb7,Nd6+(fork),Kb6,Nxe8

[@aerohoopsprod.4254]

Nice video, your channel really helps me progress more in my chess career.

[@mohdhasnainsiddiqui3199]

1. Rxb7 ,if kxb7 then Nc5 is a fork to the king and queen If he doesn't take the rook then he had to sacrifice his queen because white is threatening a check mate on the next move

[@shaileshnavale6974]

Was looking for this.. thanks 🙏

[@protiksarkar4502]

thanks

[@TheJeet5225]

Thank you so much for making this amazing video your video are intersting yet useful

[@sekhriazuddin3252]

Rg7*b7 if king a6*b7 then knight e4*d6 fork king and queen If not take ruk thennnext move knight *c5 checkmate

[@VINAYAKFROMMULTIVERSE]

Thank you for this video sir.. Its very helpful🙏😍❤

[@saikrishnaciram8]

RB7

[@Maulik_TheRealOne]

Thank you for uploading again Jeetendra sir 😄

[@khushaboovaishnav]

Nc5 check Kb5 or Kb6 Then Rb7 leading to a checkmate to black

[@musicwithutprabh9442]

Amazing 👍

[@pillilaxmilaxmi9357]

For white: Bishop's opening London system For black: Portuguese/Icelandic Rousseau gambit

[@sardulpokharel1965]

puzzle answer : Rxb7,Kxb7 Nd6+(fork),Kc6 Nxe8(and the sweety is gone) and push with the g4 pawn

[@RonCraig]

Thank you so much...I desparately needed opening videos As always the content is going to be awesome👌👌

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[@soumyajitroy5239]

Amazing video Sir very instrucive . Thank you for the videos

[@gchan7477]

My answer to the chess puzzle Rxb7, whatever black plays after that move puts him in zugzwang. Hence, if Kxb7 then Nd6 forks the couple and if king does not capture rook then it is curtains for black because of Nc5#

[@jyotiradityand2657]

Great video. I learnt a lot of attacks from your videos. My game has improved. Thank you

[@AnkushSingh_22]

1 . Rock to b7 2 fork with night.😊😊😊😊

[@andrewclover1462]

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[@anuragrai9]

Best is a pawn to b5, It will be check, if the king takes then k x d6 will be fork and end up winning the queen

[@unknowndevil4194]

Rb7(first move) KxRb7(by black) Nd6+(second move by white)

[@azadeehan9760]

Move the horse to c5 then the king is on check so he will move the king to b6 then send the rook to g6 then boom checkmate

[@srinikeshiyer]

Rxb7 Kxb7 Nd6+ ( queen is gone) After Rxb7 Nc5 will be checkmate, so he has to capture the knight with queen and Rxa7+ Kxa7 dxe4

[@twall415]

My guess is knight to f6 to take black pawn on h7, opening g6 for the rook to check, the white pawn to a3 to reinforce, knight has two moves to settle into the c5 checkmate? I'm still very much a beginner/intermediate, so I'm looking forward to learning the answer!

[@dmbogo]

I've been playing Chess for a year now. And I had stagnated at 1400s. I was missing the center control strategy. Some of the more experienced would gain from this as well. Thank You.

[@dmbogo]

Also the London System offers better defense when one chooses an aggressive attack on the King's side instead of castling. Love it!!!

[@Dohnr]

Rxb7 is solution to puzzle! (Black is threatening mate, but if white takes there is a deadly queen fork)

[@5.3Million]

The best move of White is Playing B4 to B5 for check King Then King Hit And Boom We can move to Check both King and Queen in Single move by Horse.

[@kittuplays1526]

Knight c5

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I'm an average player, but you helped me, and now I'm a pro player

[@hirasinghg.rathod5437]

Ans to the puzzle is Rook to f7 Pawn to b5 Knight to d6, 09:01

[@SSSingh-os8jy]

1:45 "Unless he plays something crazy" Now That Got Me rollin on the Floor 😂😂😂😂

[@radhanathmandal5420]

1. R×b7 K×b7(leading to Knight Fork)

[@blitzthepawns2427]

Thank you sir

[@akashgarg5770]

Hi Sir, Great Openings. I am winning almost all games in which I play these openings.:)

[@Dev_Gamer30]

Rook g6 pawn A3 knight c3

[@AnkitMishra-yu7mi]

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[@Mickelpglu]

Sacrificing rook on b7....after taking by king.... simply Play knight on d6

[@shikhavishnudas512]

W-Nc3 B-Qf8 W-Rxh7 B-Qg8 W-Rh6 check King cannot go to a5, b6 neither b5 CHECKMATE

[@schoolcoolchild7817]

Knight c5 check, king to b5 or b6, rook b7 checkmate (is it right?)