Longer Chess Games #36 The St. George Defence in Action. Theory and Game

[@bionicpotato]

Thanks for the upload! As a fan of unorthodox openings, I will definitely have to try this opening, myself.

[@zizhdizzabagus456]

Super awesome play Simon, it was way more exciting than most of a movies i saw this year)

[@chancenyc2708]

This was absolutely AMAZING!! What an incredibly exciting game. LOVE your reactions to these ridiculous computer lines. I mean Kh4 ? Seriously ? No human in their right mind would find a continuation leading to Kh4. Laughing Out Loud. That's just bonkers. Great stuff. Keep up the amazing work.

[@stefangirstmair3304]

Congrats on reaching 30k Simon :) It has been an amazing journey so far :D cannot wait what there still is to come. Cheers, Stefan

[@franklinucetap7549]

a month ago I started to play a6 b7 just for fun and I have won many games. I didn't know that it was an opening with a name and I also didn't know that a gm called Anthony miles defeated Anatoly Karpov in 1980 with this opening. I don't know how did I end loving and playing this opening but I don't regret it because I discovered this channel.

[@jackcirrone8423]

Your games against Alekhinesbum are always so interesting. Please keep them coming. Consider even making the time control longer. Time trouble has ruined the game on more than one occasion.

[@IntSavior]

Weird gambits and unknown interesting openings from the one and only GingerGM, ladies and gentlemen.

[@mariogarciagonzalez4692]

Incredible game! GingerGM Thank you for being such an aggresive player who doesn't mind to take risks. You make chess a much more interesting game, for sure!

[@miomio7864]

Can you pleased make a big Video about the evans Gambit?I allready have your DVD but I wanna learn more about this great opening!

[@chrisoliverdelacruz5347]

for some reason, I find more success in st. george defence than in black lion defence, all thanks to you GingerGM.

[@patmepin15]

Aldo always gives you a proper challenge and is an excellent player. Such an interesting game!

[@benjaminsmythe8967]

The basman opening looks like a take on the modern defense after fianchettoing the dark-squared bishop, as black then looks to develop queen side with a6/c6 then b5. This is really an interesting accelerated version of that.

[@Timmytwoteas]

As someone who plays the St George as black this is a very upsetting video to see.... there goes all my secret ideas!

[@jimkyle8008]

That game was fantastic - interesting new opening, great attacking and defensive ideas from both players, extreme time pressure at the end, especially for Simon. I just wish the time limit had been a bit longer to allow more time for reflection.

[@fakefaker5822]

could you play more 1.e4 and go for the iqp repertoire you suggest in your master method? thanks.

[@madisonbowden2844]

It's actually weird as I've just started playing the St Georges and even played it in a blitz tournament. The problem I find is that often the King gets stuck in the centre because if you castle kingside you can be prone to Bxh7 ideas and if you castle queenside the King be opened up. I find playing the Stonewall, despite its solid reputation, to be quite interesting as I often achieve attacking position from it.

[@yakzivz1104]

maybe just trade the light square bishop off.

[@luisgemail1822]

On 44:00, after ... Qe2, what if Bxf4+!?

[@BadHabitMarco]

Exciting stuff, Simon!

[@boceksiadam]

Game starts at 10:40 .

[@Zeitgeist420]

Hey Simon are you ok? Hope to hear/see from you again! Cheers

[@JohnDoe-hv2cw]

Where are the new uploads? Missing you Simon..

[@dmythica]

I can't believe you have stopped streaming :'( will miss it so bad!

[@chippy2097]

Really nice hair and bear trim

[@wesmoto2550]

hey, my rating on lichess is around 1550, but my tactics training is 1977. Is this a normal rating gap between the two, or is something off?

[@TheBramVermeulen]

what's with the 700?

[@adamsasso1]

Bram Vermeulen he’s a friend of Simon’s. Not a 700, more like 2100-2200

[@jms4406]

You alright man? Haven't seen you post in awhile.

[@malegupta8404]

This is just complete mandess vover the borad yaar superb superb great gret mazaa aa gya superb great great great novelty all the time

[@rodneywoods4463]

Nice game at the end!

[@lobais]

Why 1... e1? Instead of just 1... a6?

[@c.k.8920]

Hi, thanks for this great video on this unknown but interesting opening that I just discovered. If blacks idea is to control c4, can white not just play pawn to c4 straight away before black advance pawn to b5? Or would black play b5 anyway and sacrifice a pawn?

[@snap-off5383]

Yes, black has to flat memorize that whole opening line to know it better than you too. . . .and I hate it when ppl do it.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Great game, wow thankyou

[@kozie928]

Keep up the great content :)

[@natereeves2807]

Crazy one!

[@ventiflex4975]

what if he plays f3 instead Be3

[@JakeCappelli]

What computer program is this called that you're using to analyze your game???

[@MaxYarmolinsky]

Great game!

[@OnBelayClimbOn]

Didn’t GM Tony Miles beat WCh Karpov with the St George?

[@HenryMcCraken4]

Ive looked at this alot. It is very like a Sicilian, so much so the queen almost without fail should go to c7 like in taimonov

[@JBrad-ht2sx]

Ever since I saw Anatoly Karpov lose to the St. George defense it made me want to learn it. Although as a beginner I'd probably be better off learning the Caro-Kann.

[@alonsoboe5650]

Only 187 subscribers until that party. Im looking forward to the 8 hour stream where we all are gonna have a beer

[@snap-off5383]

"Totally new opening" Tony Miles beat Karpov with it in 1980. I play it the same way Miles did by waiting on e6 and going strait to 1. a6. I like it because it encapsulates 1. e4 and 1. d4. and forces both white players down the same studyable lines. If 1.e4 then a3, and if 1. d4 then b5!?! (if you want to play the queen's gambit we're going to play the 'free pawn black can realize advantage from variation') which usually prompts 2. e4 so . . . a6 and we've transposed. Been studying this opening for about 10 years would love to play a game vs you any time. I have st george databases of computer analysis. What sucks is this opening flat stumps stockfish, who sees it as pretty much a refuted force-win for white, unless you transpose into french lines quickly. I find the 1. .. a6 lines force white to defend on e4 and reduce white's possibilities early. This opening delays castling until it comes with a bonus quite often, as the fortress d7 e6 f7 is impenetrable early.

[@lorenzozorrer]

Do you still have the computer analysis?

[@snap-off5383]

@@lorenzozorrer yes.

[@lorenzozorrer]

@@snap-off5383 could you share it?

[@rebecca22210]

Can I buy your analysis please?

[@favesongslist]

Problem is for me no one I have played ever put 3 pawns in a row like that :(

[@Wingspan183]

Wow that game was incredibly complex

[@LudwigDeLarge]

Hey Simon, isn't the #38 already taken by a previous video ? This one should be #39 I guess :)

[@gunnarsamuelsson4611]

omg great analysis. Your like Paul Morphy on drugs! ;) your imagination and positional clarity/feel is mindblowing. Your a middlegame attacking demon. lol!! TY Sir williams

[@sooooooooDark]

196 ecf = 2170 fide according to wikipedia's calculation (F = E*7.5 + 700)

[@michaelvanzyl9418]

Only GM to which a queen sac is theory, this is like a reverse mengarini

[@arasvardanyan3708]

Eh there are several openings where queen sacs are theory

[@ocudagledam]

Credits to GingerGM for the fun chess. :)

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

At the highest levels opening choice matters--but it changes all the time. At club level, there are no bad openings, only bad players. So calm down judgy opening whores. In Morphy's time, they use to think the Sicilian was crap.

[@adnan4688]

Very interesting indeed.I will try this online ASAP. It would be nice if we all post our results here,just to consolidate,no matter the outcome,good or bad,lets share it here.What say you? Lol

[@chrisoliverdelacruz5347]

so far, I won every game in it.

[@bobi5202]

.booyakasha that was amazing dudeeeeeee

[@excalibur1716]

Kh3 is amazing escape by white .

[@vitalityendurance1456]

ginger gm immortal game

[@CScott-wh5yk]

I didn't know Dankula played chess

[@bobi5202]

TO FIX NO ARROWS IN GAME on CHESS.COM Go to live chess. click on the settings icon on the top right of the board and select "right click draws arrows". after the update the setting was set to off by default Simon maybe pin this as a lot of users were experiencing this issue including me and you haha

[@chessstudy5509]

thanks I dont think i would have found that out on my own

[@sooooooooDark]

48:27 almost fatfinger'd Qe5 there XD - yikes

[@McDanishdog]

Tried this out on lichess and won against a higher-rated opponent. Yeah!

[@Ezek18-32]

What's wrong with chess.com these days? No highlighting or arrows, and I think it's more laggy even.

[@Ezek18-32]

Naw. :(

[@TerriblyIronic9]

I noticed the same thing and think it's only paying members can do arrows and highlights

[@ogezpb3927]

@ piggypig: chess.com has more traffic than Lichess by far. do you mean to say that most people 'graduate' to Lichess? And why?

[@chrisiver8506]

I know! Why are there now ARROWS???!!!! ITS SO ANNOYING

[@bobi5202]

to fix this go to live chess. click on the settings icon on the top right of the board and select "right click draws arrows". after the update the setting was set to off by default

[@pc6663]

I feel like most chess players never go through "chess adolescence" these days because everyone readily hears that only so-and-so opening is sound etc... If you don't have a deep understanding of why the opening is "bad", then it isn't, until you do have a deep understanding of why it's bad.

[@valentijnraw]

Yeah, and if you try other openings, instead of always playing the same, your understanding of chess as whole will increase as well

[@mcpartridgeboy]

Did you guys see Russia v England today, can't help but think if Nigel short was playing we could have won that match.

[@modernwave7624]

Not to be a smart ass, but your English Defence I believe is better known as Owen's Defence.

[@bobbybrackets_betting6629]

I Think rxg2 wins but im only 1500

[@haj5776]

52mins !!

[@claucometa]

I am also a GM against a 760 rating.

[@bobi5202]

A useful bit of advice - watch the video before commenting stuff like this which might not be correct.

[@noronha70]

Atenção, Claudio: diversas vezes foi explicado que o rating de 760 deve-se ao jogador em causa jogar pouco na net. Na vida real, ele ultrapassa os 2100, o que aliás pôde ser comprovado pelas jogadas inteligentes que adotou. Simon Williams explicou isso MUITAS vezes no decorrer do jogo. É bom assistir a tudo.

[@claucometa]

It's simply impossible you get such a rating just because you play now and then... Unless who is playing is his 3 years old son

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

The fact that he plays on a 700 account actually pisses me off as he has clearly deranked it so he can go online and crush a load of 900's which is really scummy IMO and turns a lot of beginners off of the game. Still a very instructive video as usual tho so thanks for that.

[@jackcirrone8423]

While you're getting all bent out of shape, you are paying no attention to the obvious. If you start a chess.com account and happen to leave the default drop down window as 'New' you start with and 800 elo. Then if you click on Alekhinesbum's account you will see he has only played 5 games on chess.com. All 5 games against were against our favourite ginger. All five games were loses. Hence whatever his rating appears to be. I've lost lot count how many times he explains this on these videos.

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

Really? cos when I started my account I was 1200 brand new, my brother the same (about 2 years ago don't know if it's changed) I'll take your word for it though; but as you said I'm not the only person to make this mistake or some incorrect inference about his rating or how he got it so it's not exactly "obvious". Would it kill the guy to play 10 games and get some kind of rating before coming into videos. It must get on your nerves explaining to people all the time lol

[@jackcirrone8423]

You are meant to be paying attention to the game, not the numbers next to their name. A GM is hardly going to be 2035 now is he.

[@TheOmniscientAtheist]

@@jackcirrone8423 Everyone is underrated on Chess.com but Simon is a GM and very famous, him having a couple hundred rating points less than he should have is not the same as a guy who's 2100 playing on a 700 so I don't see your point. I did pay attention to the game and it was very instructive but If I was 2100 and wanted to create a trolling account "Alakhines bum" is a good name for it so you can't blame me for jumping to conclusions because it looks dodgy AF..

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

jumping to conclusion bad dont

[@hicurba]

You talk a lot man

[@michaelbauers8800]

chessgames.com you can watch games with zero commentary :)

[@hicurba]

But i realy like your new oppening