I love this. Im only a begginer but you have a great talent of explaining the " why ". Please make more
@robertakerman35702 жыл бұрын
Me too, but in the beginning I had a few "what about this, that & other." T'was fun though.
@eddarby4692 жыл бұрын
@@robertakerman3570 yes, if you open d4, you have to have an understanding of a handful of responses. She discusses the QGA some and then illustrates the QGD. But you have to know the KID, and the Benoni, among others. Now, playing 1)e4 requires you to learn a handful of defenses too, so queen pawn - king pawn is about the same. Generally, with 1)e4 you will learn the Closed and Open Spanish, the Sicilian and the Caro Kann, the French and the Modern. And the Sicilian requires some knowledge of 3 or 4 variations.
@Kinobambino Жыл бұрын
She's so good at teaching
@generalbrowser6802 жыл бұрын
Yes, finally someone that explains the why's without going 5 moves ahead with extremely advanced tactical reasons, and tangents about games in the early 1900s etc.....giving me a headache, and forcing me to close the window and go lie down, lol. Just straight simple teaching. Thanks Anna
@Thomaat1162 жыл бұрын
Hahaha made me lol
@dmaster20ify2 жыл бұрын
@@Thomaat116 I must say she did a good job explaining her opening..
@Thomaat1162 жыл бұрын
Haha i agree 100%, just the description of how others explain chess made me lol xd
@Kinobambino Жыл бұрын
"Because this move as we all know refers to the ancient scrolls of himshilicahn, so you play that defense to open up this and from there it's OBVIOUS what you have to do, thankyou for watching."
@est99495 ай бұрын
Yes Anna is a very intuitive player. She goes by intuitive reasoning rather than pattern memorization so this suits my style very well. It's more fun this way too.
@justindominicmanaog5023 жыл бұрын
Love this as a D4 player
@botramduuze71883 жыл бұрын
This actually refueled my interest to play the Queens Gambit. Thank you
@stargazer20422 жыл бұрын
Anna is a great instructor. She reviewed and reinforced motifs I had forgotten.
@Mario-qc6nf2 жыл бұрын
I really like your enthusiasm when you explain, I’ve learned so much thank you 👌
@peterstone19163 жыл бұрын
The person who disliked is obviously an E4 player
@athelstanrex3 жыл бұрын
it was me.
@krish31013 жыл бұрын
Lol
@Modiagent2 жыл бұрын
Hey guys I use cheat engine with smartphone fist 5 move engine then random move try to exchange major pieces bring opponent to endgame and try to help with engine opponent become mad. I never get caught I have lots of id . I use smartphone for cheating . This is so much fun hahahahaha
@yosefcohen4832 жыл бұрын
How was he allowed in!? GUARDS!
@mtimes022 жыл бұрын
@@Modiagent cringe
@MK-hd6oj3 жыл бұрын
YAAASSSSS. Love the instructional content. Hope you make more videos on openings. I promise I'll watch every one of them😃.
@drewtraveleroftheburningabyss2 жыл бұрын
Hands down the first video to help me understand the queens gambit more! Thank youuuu
@belpack89893 жыл бұрын
Anna almost sold me on switching to the Queen's Gambit
@ventura7622 жыл бұрын
We need more videos like this!! Your explanations are great! ❤
@esquire94452 жыл бұрын
I love how happy she is… watching her makes me happier.
@jolsm97263 жыл бұрын
I'm learning d4 just for Eric Rocen and Anna Cramling
@zacharysherry29102 жыл бұрын
😂
@TheOldGuy20002 жыл бұрын
Nice teaching Anna! I really love that your youtube videos stand on their own and that you don't just use youtube to advertise your twitch.
@RockyTremblay2 жыл бұрын
And ‘now comes the fun part’! Anna has so much fun, it’s infectious.
@lolyea65063 жыл бұрын
Can you make a tutorial on the Botez Gambit
@stargazer20422 жыл бұрын
Please do more opening theory videos. You explain it at the level I need. I knew some of that but also learned new stuff. I'm rated 1400.
@sakshamsinha2694 Жыл бұрын
What's your rating now??
@ade72922 жыл бұрын
I need to learn more openings and the way you explained this have given the enthusiasm to learn. Thank you!
@r.mcdonnell86142 жыл бұрын
This video helped a ton because I'm learning the English, which often transposes into The Queen's Gambit or Queen's Gambit Declined, and I really had no idea how to play those lines of it until now
@johncox29122 ай бұрын
Great video. Thank you. I'm an intermediate player but I feel like I'm really just a beginner with MUCH TO LEARN!!!!! I still feel like when playing chess I have a couple good opening moves and then I trip over my own 2 feet. That sound you just heard is me slipping and hitting the floor. :)
@mariapaulraj26310 ай бұрын
It is always fells nice when a gm recommends the only opening u know😅
@saintsaens213 жыл бұрын
D4 for life too. One observation: the diagonal trick you showed in the beginning doesn't win the rook but a minor piece.
@Masalmeh3213 жыл бұрын
Yup, Bb7 Qxb7 Nd7 Qxb5 wins a piece plus wins the pawn back.
@namenotavailable99893 жыл бұрын
How?
@sterlingdriggs88063 жыл бұрын
@@namenotavailable9989 The bishop or knight blocks the attack, the queen takes the blocking piece, then the other minor piece moves out of the way so the queen protects the rook.
@namenotavailable99893 жыл бұрын
@@sterlingdriggs8806 if you block with bishop or night you just lose that as well. No pieces will be protecting it.
@sterlingdriggs88063 жыл бұрын
@@namenotavailable9989 You lose the minor piece which blocks, but then when you move the second minor piece it's a discovered defence. The queen now would guard the rook.
@scottski513 жыл бұрын
This is a Great Video, Anna! I've watched it several times.... Just to get the basic starting moves down for fun games with friends. The explanations plus the several Q&A stops are really helpful !! Good job!
@catttnguyen99973 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video, you are so positive and your instruction is so clear and helpful. I'm very new at chess, do you have a playlist or older videos about guides for low-rating players?
@apoptosisduellinks1092 жыл бұрын
Thanks for teaching me the queens gambit, I guess. Your teachings were clear and efficient to me. These revelations about the queensgambit and its implications are huge. Its a shocking technique in itself, and it also changes the way I see the game itself. You might be a good teacher. (I've only watched until 7:46.)
@FC-BS3 күн бұрын
I agree D4 is the best square to stsrt the game
@renzo47533 жыл бұрын
Thumbnails do be getting better and better each day 🙌
@MikaelFredrikssonX2 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I've recently taken up chess again as my daughter (11 yo) started playing this spring, told me after a couple of weeks and I realised she couldn't be beaten offhand. I'll keep an eye on your channel and send her a link as well. I'll test how it is to not to play e4 as the first move for a while. Allt gott och stort tack!
@scuderia76833 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for making this video
@bryanbrudevold32486 ай бұрын
Very helpful, excited to try this!
@nitailevi54012 жыл бұрын
3:50 its not a free rook, its a free knight. Knight is defense the rook, queen take knight and check the king and then bishop defense king and the queen cant take the rook elsewhere she gonna be taking by the black queen. But everything else is good. Good job anna love your videos.
@johntatum80882 жыл бұрын
I love the QG because of the bishop and Queen attack angles.
@ihavegcc4723 жыл бұрын
Before I got into chess I was a long time melee fan, so many smash bros players starting to play chess now, made me want to play more too!
@apoptosisduellinks1092 жыл бұрын
Why chess and not 'Go'?
@sebastianabele50593 жыл бұрын
at 3:50, couldn't black just block with the knight, white queen takes it with check, white blocks the check with the bishop and the rook is defended by the queen?
@sebastianabele50593 жыл бұрын
so basically Nc6, Qxc6+, Bd7
@HD-pe8lv3 жыл бұрын
@@sebastianabele5059 Well again you get a knight for free
@sebastianabele50593 жыл бұрын
@@HD-pe8lv of course, but you don't lose your rook. You sacrifice you knight to save the rook.
@Mikaflyd2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a nice refreshing view of queens gambit!!!
@Marko9642 жыл бұрын
Going e3 if they accept the gambit is decent but in my opinion e4 is better because you’re taking the full center also once they played h6 a better move for a 1200 would be h4 defending with the pawn and if they take it’s soon going to be mate
@Warriorking.19632 жыл бұрын
I have to give you a thumbs up for this one. I've really tried reading books about Chess, but man they're hard work. But you managed to explain this is a manner that even a complete rookie like me could understand. One thing I will say, you might be able to beat me senseless at Chess, but if we ever meet across the Snakes & Ladders table, or even face other at Tic Tac Toe, and it's you who'll be in trouble!! 🤣
@questrequested91712 жыл бұрын
i like to take on c4 after the bishop moves to d3, since that means white loses a tempo cuz it has to take back on c4, but rather wants to go back immediately to d3. and that way the long white diagonal also stays open for blacks white-squared bishop
@DaveLH3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video, Anna -- I'm a d4 player too generally, as white, if only to stop black from playing the Sicilian, which terrifies me. But I appreciate you're going over the Queen's Gambit because I don't want to get into a pattern where I'm always playing the London. I hope you can do more videos on Openings, because you explain the rationale behind the moves very well without getting too esoteric.
@Starfox1357 Жыл бұрын
That was very well explained, thank you!
@Chandrakumar_N7 ай бұрын
This is amazing. you are great at explaining why of the moves. i am a beginner ( 800s) and trying to improve my game. please make more such videos explaining the logic of moves.
@peterwright4453 жыл бұрын
Sweet video Anna. I'm going to look into D4 openings since I traditionally play E4 (very poorly)
@pingpong_2 жыл бұрын
8:40 I don't understand Bishop to g5. It is only for changing with the knight and ruin the pawn defense for potential castling? but even this after knight d7 is not possible. because after bishop g5 comes pawn h6, bishop h4, pawn g5. Is it worth?
@LlenadeMalo8 ай бұрын
Thanks Anna! Very helpful
@loudoniii9 ай бұрын
Great video, Anna .... I learned a lot! 😀
@i.g.l.z.9215 Жыл бұрын
A great introduction to opening with d4 as white, thank you!
@stephanpeng5 ай бұрын
Great illustrations ❤❤❤
@thomasabramson1002 жыл бұрын
Anna thanks your explanations are so good for a beginner your a really good teracher
@JC-bi8xn2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much anna!
@pingpong_2 жыл бұрын
at 6:51 - pawn to b5 is possible and a good move and you will regret to take that pawn with a knight!
@Br8kz3 жыл бұрын
3:51 they don't actually have to lose the rook tho, cuz Knight c6 blocks, after capture with a check bishop blocks check then queen guards rook so you can't take rook, that position is a free knight not a rook.
@kitsuiam10823 жыл бұрын
Yes ,or simply sacrificing the bishop on b7 rather than the knight which is a more versatile piece of the game i guess!!!!
@japaneselearner51032 жыл бұрын
If they block you can take both. That’s a fork with the king and rook. They will be losing a rook and knight
@xhonchoftw88462 жыл бұрын
@@kitsuiam1082 If they block with Bishop on b7 then you take it with your queen, and nothing can take your queen, so you win a bishop and a rook.
@xhonchoftw88462 жыл бұрын
@@japaneselearner5103 NAH, this comment is right, if they block with knight then you take it with your queen, then the King and Rook are forked, but Bishop can deflect the check on the King, and that means b8 and c8 are open, so if you take the rook with your Queen, Queen takes it, and you trade a Knight and a Rook for your Queen.
@blkbishop1122 жыл бұрын
at 11:44 when black plays h6, what would be wrong with white playing h4, if black take the bishop and you take with the pawn, now you got a clear rook column, any thoughts is h4 good or bad
@Deekened2 жыл бұрын
Anna is the best ! Watch all her stuff
@RaptureReady20253 жыл бұрын
Best QG lesson!! Anna is FUN too!! 😀👏👏👏💪🏼😓
@mariacarolinazensensimoes48563 жыл бұрын
Great video!!
@abewickham Жыл бұрын
Perfect lesson, thanks
@alejrandom6592 Жыл бұрын
I really like the way she teaches
@cooperharvey66242 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@goodkat40883 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the instructive vid
@DVineMe2 жыл бұрын
For not wanting to show the London, apart from the c pawn sac (the knight can still go to c3), the bishop on h4 (would probably go back to g3 if not on f4) and the lack of a knight on e5, you have managed to put all of white's pieces exactly like they would be in the London lol. And yes different ideas of course (although still everything set up for a massive attack on the king side).
@aref65613 жыл бұрын
Thanks this was so helpful
@chipcurry2 жыл бұрын
Great job, fun stuff!
@shillers19787 ай бұрын
Hi Anna, Love your videos. If you play the queens gambit and take the d5 pawn with the c4 pawn (assuming they decline the gambit), can they not just take with their queen? Or am I missing something?
@thomasvontom Жыл бұрын
I keep watching this video again and again. Trying to stumble through queens gambit. Winning more games with tighter time controls. Still stumbling through it. But it's starting to resemble more of what is going on in this video.
@JD-td8kl2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this, Anna. I have been playing E4 my entire life. I think I will start giving D4 a whirl!
@elwind7623 жыл бұрын
Watched because I started playing Blitz (1032 thank lower ELOs being good in tournaments) and I’m seeing Queen’s Gambit a lot more often than in Rapid (pretty much never at 1377). As Black, my pieces get stuck from development all the time and it’s annoying! (I normally go for C4/C5 type openings)
@AKAMrDanger2 жыл бұрын
Never used myself, but will now give it a go and let you know.
@billmadle1235 Жыл бұрын
Anna is the best!😊
@midnight30602 жыл бұрын
You can protect the rock kinda: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 b5 4. a4 c6 5. axb5 cxb5 6. Qf3 Bb7 7. fxb7 Kd7 and then black queen protects rock. But you had to sacrify a bishop
@Proximax92 жыл бұрын
very good tutorial. I'm gonna give this a try :D
@alejandrodelapazmelian54507 ай бұрын
Gracias Anna , estoy viendo el video un poco tarde 😁😁 lo dijistes hace mucho tiempo , pero me parece muy interesante la forma de jugar que recomiendas
@Tenly_UK6 ай бұрын
after this video i started to play D4 thanks, and only play D4 :)
@fabioslink58672 жыл бұрын
Love your energy😎
@chastitywhiterose3 ай бұрын
I am also a D4 player. I prefer the slow complicated win compared to the stale e4 tricks people are used to.
@DistoCarbon4 ай бұрын
didn’t expect to see melee fox in this video😭
@djst3rling8632 жыл бұрын
great tips!
@jrhinehart352 жыл бұрын
This was so much easier to understand than when Gotham chess explains his "beginners" videos
@farhanahmed7477 Жыл бұрын
I think you made a separate video about how to play queen's gambit accepted , can't find it anymore on youtube.
@BobSmith-ve7gu Жыл бұрын
Anna, why not first Bf4 after d4 d5 to prevent e3 from getting the bishop out?
@elektronskalet3 жыл бұрын
Awesome video, learned alot! More vids like this please
@anandmishra93589 ай бұрын
Big thumbs up.❤
@kitsuiam10823 жыл бұрын
If qf3 comes for the rook which is obvious but u can save the rook by sacrificing the bishop to b7, which is the only way to save the rook !!!!i guess😊.....anyways good lesson anna....already subscribed!!!! Thanks
@ybloc1428 Жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I'm an e4 4 knights player but I'm inspired XD
@yatharthtiwari48638 ай бұрын
Learning queens gambit with queen 👑
@susymay78313 жыл бұрын
More opening lessons would be cool 😎!
@Alex-rx5uh2 жыл бұрын
3:53 Not a free rook but a free Knight. 6.Qf3 Nc6 7.Qxc6+Bd7
@jamiebond42983 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this....I'm pretty new to chess but feel like the old guy coming into it at 40. I had played before but not seriously. Anyway, thank you for your videos. They've really helped.
@I.Zendrera3 жыл бұрын
At 11:50, what happens if they push the G7 pawn to try to get the bishop?
@samk81013 жыл бұрын
Then they’ve weakened the king, rotate the bishop back and attack the vulnerable king.
@I.Zendrera3 жыл бұрын
@@samk8101 Ohh, I see. Thanks!
@zacharysherry29102 жыл бұрын
The queens gambit is an opening named after a woman named "gambit"
@JohnHenryJones-u1r3 ай бұрын
Just won a bunch of games due to your video (=
@JanuszSyty-s8k3 ай бұрын
CZEKAM NA ZOSIE!!!!!!!!!!!JEST MADRZEJSZA!!!!!!!!!!!MAREK.
@alejrandom6592 Жыл бұрын
This opening litarally took me from 800 to 1000. So easy to play at a beginner level
@danielkeis83883 жыл бұрын
Now I don’t have to bully my e4 buddies. I can save some breath and send them your way
@cw49332 жыл бұрын
Qf3 is a free piece not a rook, black can sac a bishop or knight to save the rook.
@sweetspotdrummer2 жыл бұрын
Great pointers on strategy and objective. If one studies the game that much, does it not make chess more predictable and that great chess players are not "geniuses" (like many think) but the ones who've internalized or memorized the most important moves??
@andrewsears16 Жыл бұрын
I like D4 too! Followed by KD3!
@Dostowhisky2 жыл бұрын
This video improved my elo
@Nicolas-xy3ck6 ай бұрын
3:45 the tower is not for us, he puts knight C6, i take it, bishop B7 and i can't take the tower
@kzmOP3 жыл бұрын
Love it.
@MrFernandoJones9 ай бұрын
I get a lot of games where they try to pin my c3 knight. Any tips?