English Defence (Chess Opening Guides)

[@srf_devotee]

I've watched a ton of chess content but the way you explain the key ideas and the overall flow and structure of your videos is really outstanding. Well done.

[@ChessGeek1]

Thanks so much

[@incineratingvenom9448]

Excellent Bro !! Won my first game with 0 mistakes, 0 blunders, 0 missed wins

[@ChessGeek1]

incredible to hear! thanks

[@jadenoki6888]

Alright now I just have to wait for someone to play d4 as a 700

[@TURTLE2oooo]

Nah they gonna play a3 more

[@beechercc6722]

Ha

[@thomaswarren2699]

What a switched on, eloquent young man! Great video. Keep up the good work, lad

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you!

[@okayuvirus133]

omg bruh thank you so much! I've been trying to find myself a repertoire against 1.d4 that not a lot of people know about, so I thought the English Defense would be really great. But I haven't found a good video explaining it and its ideas until now! I learned a lot from this, tysm again

[@ChessGeek1]

I am so glad to help!!

[@olivers.7821]

4:56 The White Bishop: Am I a joke to you?

[@RedHatcc]

2 minutes and 6 seconds in and man you are killing it. That was awesome man!

[@ChessGeek1]

Thanks so much. I really appreciate it

[@adriandelacroix]

Great video. I’ve always liked this opening; the transpositions from the owen’s defence 1.e4 b6, and the fact that it has the English 1.c4 in mind, make it fairly universal.

[@e2daz265]

We have a chess prodigy in the making!

[@nishiharach.]

Woah! You did it real fast! Thanks for covering another one of my suggestions. I will definitely add this to my repertoire.

[@ChessGeek1]

Awesome, let me know how it goes in your games with this opening!

[@prakasavigraha6104]

Yes, I saw the video after seeing the games the example one, and I feel equipped to go ahead an try out the opening. I like your instructing method. It is clear enough that anyone can understand, but not so complex that we get baffled. Kudos.

[@MarcHeuer]

The Hikaru Game actually is an Owen's Defence which arises after e4 b6, so technically not an English Defence. Sometimes these 2 openings overlap.

[@Qdub34]

Wow. I've been playing this opening for months and didn't realize it had a name. I need to clean up my lines a little bit, but this fits neatly into what I was already doing. You have a new subscriber for life!

[@christremayne]

A guy at my club his favourite opening is 1.d4, 2.g3, hopefully this will give him something to think about. Thanks again, great video.

[@ChessGeek1]

Nice :)

[@jerry-hilburn]

Excellent commentary. Fast, precise, and on point. Thank you!

[@ka1nowa121]

Nice video! Ive seen you on TikTok lately. Keep up the good work.

[@ChessGeek1]

Oh thanks so much :)

[@tutyj.5793]

Awesome, so detailed and lucid! thank you!

[@Suwax]

Great video!

[@ChessGeek1]

Thanks!

[@andrewcrane5105]

You're as smart as hikaro and explain chess as well as Dana. Incredible

[@ChessGeek1]

That is an insane compliment, thank you

[@tings2659]

Nice Video. I play the Nimzo Larsen Attack with the white pieces and this is basically the same. Keep the good work.👍💯

[@ZomBMarketing]

You know your shit and you're confident...I'm sold. Well done and subscribed.

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you so much

[@StvB31459]

Def a great video. Will check out your other videos.

[@ChessGeek1]

I'm glad to hear this

[@vilmar9820]

Good ideas. Thank you for the video. Congrats.

[@ChessGeek1]

Of course, thanks for watching

[@IWontBuy-RP]

I like castling queenside and doing the centre pawns the other way around. Leaves white open to a sneaky queen take (icbm style) and a weak position while you have awps aimed at everything. Edit: Make sure to do Qe7 before castling, though. It defends the centre pawn.

[@dorjedaniel1235]

Well done. Thank you!

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you

[@j0hnt3nnant]

Good video! Thanks!

[@E-uj5jb]

Great video

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you!

[@raven007chess8]

Nice! Which chess app are u using?

[@zancospancos]

Nice! Been playing this for a few months and needed some new ideas to apply to it.

[@ChessGeek1]

Great!

[@jaketaylor4957]

I was skeptical then i subscribed. great vid

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you so much! Means a lot

[@dradarshsanjay]

Dude You are so young in this video. Though, the content is very awesome!! ❤

[@ChessGeek1]

❤ Haha indeed

[@benjaminanderson6709]

well made video

[@ChessGeek1]

Thanks man

[@eashandiwakar4431]

Good Video lad. Keep Working Hard. Teach people different types of openings and make them interested in chess.

[@ChessGeek1]

Appreciate you!

[@luftwaffle3766]

English defense is the royal navy

[@iCrestfalleN]

the video is good but maybe you can turn up the audio higher when u edit, have a good day man

[@ChessGeek1]

Thank you for the feedback, I did not know it was too quiet!

[@chottabeamm]

How to counter the English defense, the Welsh opening

[@pokerchannel6991]

Kind sir: I like it. I have done this now. When I play with the black pieces, and if I see d4, I have started to use english. why? . . . well, on the flip side, I hate facing b3 when I play d4 as white. So, I figure I can learn how to play the english so I can face it when I am white. Not surprisingly, I like it as black when I use the english defense. lol. You know what I mean? Cool vid! dude!

[@akhilvashist1339]

English Defense vs Modern Defense, what do you prefer?

[@maximemajor2149]

young GothamChess

[@ChessGeek1]

That's an insane compliment, thanks

[@GeorgeAmineAI]

Dude, how old are you? lol keep it up I can definitely see this channel growing rapidly.

[@ChessGeek1]

15, thank you so much!!

[@davidalejandromeryruiz4139]

How articulate! I mean, wow, how old are you?

[@ChessGeek1]

That is super kind of you. Thank you so much. I am 16 years old.

[@IsatrancI]

what program are you using?

[@ChessGeek1]

Chessbase