got a Bird disrespect today, some lad rocked up to the club was bragging that he was 2,150 and literally laughed when I opened with F4. Across the middlegame all of his minor pieces were dominated and I managed to grind down to a draw. Cheers man.
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
draws are good and all but if you master the repertoire you should be able to steamroll 2000s. Noone studies the bird!
@eriksteffahn61724 ай бұрын
25:07 While objectively slightly dubious 4...d5 is definitely an interesting option. The most common line below 2500 is 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.0-0 Nb6 7.Bb3 Bg4, followed by Qe7 and 0-0-0 with a very sharp position where I think practically black is already a bit better. If 6.Bb5 Bd6 there are some engine lines, but the most obvious approach 7.Re1 f6 8.d4 0-0 9.Bxc6 bxc6 9.dxe5 fxe5 doesn't work due to backrank and again white is the one who has to prove equality.
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
i agree! I have done some serious analysis on that variation -- its very playable and dangerous for an unprepared white opponent. Probably the most testing try for the pragmatic black player.
@omamoka634 ай бұрын
That bishop liberating maneuver was really cool! Notes duly taken.
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
class is in session!
@zachariapember14164 ай бұрын
Would love if you were able to make a video on the basic motifs for bird beginners. Always an interesting game with the bird, would be great to learn from the bird master himself,
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
@zachariapember1416 there already a few up like this on my channel. check for my bird crash course and bird academy videos.
@zachariapember14164 ай бұрын
@@gmraven Thankyou must've missed em, Edit) Ive just got a bad memory lol
@RIPWooDidders4 ай бұрын
Babe wake up, new GM Raven vid just dropped
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
gather the townspeople, the birds opening is afoot!
@ThomasGahagan-qc2wv4 ай бұрын
Enjoyed the games
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
thanks!
@fabioceroni78034 ай бұрын
someone played the bird against me, i wrote "it's time to go" in the chat and they replied "to go where?", that was very disappointing
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
that makes me sad.
@arielgill__4 ай бұрын
Raven!! I'm Paraguayan, very very hapy to see my national soccer team shirt!!!
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
its a great jersey. cost just 50000 guarani
@ExpBar5 ай бұрын
Will there be a changelog for the updates on the bird course?
@gmraven5 ай бұрын
they will be marked as new variations. Chessable has a system of bringing students' attention to them.
@garypatella31704 ай бұрын
I hate when they play 4. d3 against the Two Knights. I've been playing 4...Bc5 going into the Italian, like you did, but you're right in calling those positions boring. I might have to go back to 4..h6 and 5...g6 against it.
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
The positions are extremely boring
@The_Noticer_of_Things5 ай бұрын
Inter Miami lol at least they were original
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
lol!
@FatUncle-cg3jt4 ай бұрын
Can you add blob of pawns to your positional domination course?
@gmraven4 ай бұрын
yeah its in the chapter to blob or not to blob (im joking). The blob principle is already covered in the concrete chapter (chapter 1).
@supermetan35715 ай бұрын
You didn't show the trick :(
@matthewhull94154 ай бұрын
@@supermetan3571 troll your audience with this one cool trick