Make strong players lose their mind in 10 moves

[@WikDgunner]

Watching Jobava videos just to mess up while I try it later has really become a pass time for me.

[@catdaddy644]

😊

[@kimbosipa4624]

Ive used it from around 900 to 1250... i still hang pieces almost every match :) alex makes it look so easy!

[@WikDgunner]

@@kimbosipa4624 same but lower elo, I often ask myself what would Alex do here.

[@chriselcombe847]

I'm in this comment and I don't like it 😅

[@erichitchins9211]

Best chess teacher on yt and it’s not close

[@RevMonkey]

Also, darn funny!

[@MrGunsboy]

Holy smokes, you made that last win look like a piece of cake. That was a crazy complicated position. I struggle beating 1000 ELO players and you make beating 2000+ players look like a walk in the park.

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

well he is an im

[@spideygaming5622]

he is an im 3rd highest position in chess so its easy for him

[@dolly6685]

Thanks!

[@AlexBanzea]

Welcome back sugar daddy

[@burnknuckles5906]

​@AlexBanzea lmao 😂

[@RevMonkey]

"Like navigating a room full of Lego in the dark". Brilliant Alex. Made me LOL.

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

Was UR audio distorted? I'll just put up w/it though.

[@JELIFish99]

I remember watching your videos when they only got a few hundred views. Now you’ve got 100k subs, congrats and thanks for all your amazing content it’s deserved!

[@Mal1234567]

I remember watching his videos when they had negative infinity views.

[@kyz6227]

100k Subs woooooo!!!! 🎂 🎉 🥳 Congrats Alex, enjoy this as you fully deserve it!

[@bikedoc59]

Thanks!

[@smartbeastgaming8913]

Tomorrow my tournament is there I am very confident because of your Caro and Jobava videos Thanks!

[@JDaaze]

I’m supposed to be working… but… Jobava

[@yosefkukuriku]

Hehehe im sopposed to be learning... but...

[@jeffreyepiscopo]

Supposed to be at your Job but you’re at Jobava

[@Woodflooralchemist]

I heard that

[@Woodflooralchemist]

I’m supposed to be driving but jobava

[@jaybingham3711]

Yolo the JoLo!!

[@oussamakaouane3858]

What's better than ending the scc finals with an alex banzea upload 😌💙

[@KaiParkinson-eh7zg]

By the time Mr. Banzai's Jobava course comes out, I will have grown a beard bigger than Gandalf the wizzard.

[@flaviucalin]

I love your lessons. Greetings from Cluj.

[@yosefkukuriku]

Swear you're the only youtuber I have bell notifications for

[@creamrising]

Congratulations on 100k subs Alex!

[@raevix4766]

Close to 1600, just have been spamming jobava and caro thanks to you!! Always great video

[@Kellogzh]

ahah same here, but close to 1900, you'll get there

[@raevix4766]

@@Kellogzh yeah for sure just have been playing for 8months now

[@Satisfiedcupcake]

I play them , but couldn't spot a mistake from my opponent.

[@raevix4766]

@@Satisfiedcupcake they probably did mistakes, you most likely dodnt capitalise on it. If you want you can share the games

[@RevMonkey]

What rating were you before employing the Jobava and Caro? Did you initially have a playsheet in front of you or just tried to memorise the lot before playing games? I find the amount of nuances difficult to remember but aware that having the openings written down is cheating, though the middle and end games are up in the air, of course.

[@invisiblelathatatlan]

Thank you, great video as always! I needed this little coaching session.

[@frankvanbussel4226]

ive had the pawn storm in 10 games now, 10 free wins. great lines!

[@Hffbvdjkjg]

congrats on 100k Mr.Banzea

[@fabrizioarboit3326]

it's unpopular, but it would be interesting if you uploaded and commented on games that you didn't win. We could certainly learn a lot. anyway - thanks for your videos bro

[@Azulblxde]

This opening is so broken on my second game with it i beat an 1800 with it as a 1200!

[@haaaug6619]

At 7:40, isnt there bishop b5 check first, stopping him from castling? Then take the pawn in the middle

[@jeanpaulfelix4095]

firouja magnus game 4 queens. really great content. there are 40 million channels on YT and you are most watched. started playing the jobava a thousand games ago. I had more success with main lines of the London as I played a stonewall for 4000 games.

[@ashleypezzotti7758]

love the jobava content. more pls :)

[@prplt]

damn the first opponent got blown off the board 😂

[@terot71]

100k subs just a few moments away - well done Alex!

[@brett4756]

Mom, please return Alex's wooden spoon. Amazingly well done, Alex -- most enjoyable learning experience! 🥰

[@pablomata7098]

Some strong guy at my club always plays the Steinitz countergambit against me when playing the Jovaba London. I usually manage to cut through it but I find it to be one of the most challenging options for black.

[@AmitJaiswal-e6y]

Please make stuff on KID or grunfeld or any hypermoderns I am getting bored of jobava

[@RevMonkey]

Ah , where is this defence shown on KZbin and how one can progress with it. Thanks.

[@dolly6685]

Possibly Game 3 on Alex’s 9/11/23 video?

[@pablomata7098]

@@dolly6685I’ll check that one out, thanks man!

[@julian3626]

i love your humor in your videos. please keep going giving us this amazing content for free!

[@sadmansakibmugdho4134]

I have a national school tournament when I start playing against the good teams if by then your jobava course is done I will buy it as my first chess course

[@iv3shf]

Always great to watch you!!

[@THEBOYDALEK]

It never ceases to amaze me how ignorant some chess players are and refuse to resign until they are mated.

[@stevesidare2493]

I tend to get my butt handed to me at my own Elo range (+/-1770 on Lichess). Since your videos make it so inviting, I keep trying. All I have is Simon Williams' S&S course on it (which I need to learn more thoroughly). Still, my opponents don't play what they're 'supposed to play' per course moves and I get stumped. I may well get your course in the future. I do believe in this opening despite my limited chess aptitude!

[@MRAMZYP]

Hopefully you can come to Indonesia. We will be glad if you could come.

[@Blinknone]

That last game was sick.. LOL. Nice!

[@Glenn-tj3fk]

With all the good info Alex is already giving for free, i can't wait to get the course and get even more into it

[@Arthur-g6o]

Hi, Alex! saya selalu menanti video anda. Banyak video anda yang saya download untuk saya tonton kembali. Satu lagi, saya suka gaya bicara anda artikulasi sangat jelas walaupun saya tidak begitu baik berbahasa inggris tapi saya paham yang anda bicarakan! Terimakasih banyak Alex. Sukses selalu. ❤

[@dropz285]

I legit yelled pawn and thought it was smart.

[@TacMagical]

can't wait for the jobava course to drop. Looks like a lot more fun to play than the traditional london system. Stuck around 1300-1400 in rapid atm, hope starting to play the jobava will help my win rate with white.

[@2nd_Exodus]

Alex is ready to take on Gotham again. Let's go!! We need to see it.

[@MartinP_Leonberg]

He asked for it with the final sentence „get out of here“ 😂😂😂

[@shelly.618]

Watch ur video, play a game. Make two brilliant moves. Thats how good of a teacher you are brotherrr

[@dillionaire5798]

Omg that last game…. I have heard you talk about the knight sac but I think that’s the first time I have seen you pull it off in a vid. Very nice!! Will definitely be trying that!

[@gregg3457]

A+ for navigating the dirty river!

[@paulonopa]

Pure-pro.

[@giacalonebuilding4443]

Great video! Also 5:40 made me lol after I keep asking for a Catalan video 😂

[@wntriam]

I’m only 400 elo but I think I’ll try the Jobava and stick with it for a bit I have a lot to learn but I just love watching these videos so much

[@soothingseas]

400 elo trust me the opening is not why you are down there

[@wntriam]

@@soothingseas no shit lol I only have like 50 games but ever ever since I use jobava I am learning better

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

3:10. I would characterized the position as an SOS in front of a mobile pawn front. The resulting fork is not strong because of the opposition having a tradeoff. The fork becomes strong if that tradeoff possibility is dissolved with a desperado move, and there is a strong one, B×N. But even it were B×P, it would be to an advantage.

[@C137IDR]

Glückwunsch zu 100k!!¡!!

[@samcooper8585]

Always educational and always fun! Well done mate - come down to Australia and teach some chess!

[@sayafkhan748]

Cold blooded upload

[@MartsMcfly]

22:00 is such an important concept and very well explained. Top class!

[@chrisgalloway7093]

In Game 1, after the opponent moved Q to E8 (10:05 in video), I wanted you to play Bishop to B5 which it seems would have forced the queen trade at best for them. Lots of ways to win that one though :)

[@lalalabad]

Bro I love these videos. Keep em coming. I’d love to see if you ever lose when making content for these videos, what the opponent did that we should look out for, and learnings from those. Of course that would first require you to lose a game 😂.

[@giacalonebuilding4443]

He’s lost a few. Usually to people cheating and once or twice on time

[@JeanneNorthcutt]

You make it look so easy!

[@advaitpawar926]

10:14 bishop to b5

[@REAListicoptim1ST]

Prolly respond qh5

[@advaitpawar926]

@@REAListicoptim1ST Rook takes queen then

[@GeorgeFoot]

Yes I wondered about this, the queen is completely trapped plus you develop with tempo

[@REAListicoptim1ST]

True. I had wondered about this bishop move, and was not sure how black would respond. ​@@advaitpawar926

[@hansoku8964]

Hello, been watching your beginner friendly tutorials and they have helped me improve my game. What if you make a series where you do recommendations for intermediate/advanced players? Would be interesting to see, thank you!

[@Lankybrit52]

Looks more like a sphinx pawn setup in game 3

[@jefftaylor1186]

The Jobava system has been a great d4 addition to compliment my white repertoire when I don’t feel like playing my slow Botvinnik English system that slowly bulldozes black off the board. And 4/10 times I get that one g6 line where white mates with 9.Nxc7+ Kf8 10.Rd8#

[@47BOT]

This Video is so interesting and incredible that I had to download it Thanks Alex!!! ❤

[@brokenpromisesproductions8606]

Bring back the wooden spoon!

[@pHDouf]

11:15 “We got very deep, on all these in and out..” I knew Jobava was rated R but daaaamn

[@borisandalfie]

Whens the jobava chessable coming up?

[@ItsKyleMang]

I was going to clean my room, but I Jobava'd.

[@GeneralBlorp]

Classic blunder

[@peibolsky]

At 21:14 if you play 1.Qd5+ Kh8 2.Bxg7+ Kxg7 3.Qxf5 would be a better choice? Anyways thanks for the videos, I switched to the Caro-Kann recently and have peaked at 2030 rapid. Keep up the good work!

[@Checky68]

@Alex i am a big fan and lang therm supporter. It would be cool if you created individual playlists from your old games where, you can only see the Exchange Variation in one video from Caro Kann and, for example, the advanced Variation in another or, for example, in the Jobava London, a video with only pawnstorm and so on, you know what I mean. I think it would be much easier to learn and internalize if you see the same games with different variations in a row. Please keep up the great videos, thank you for everything

[@kenenth84]

At 10:00 in the clip, I thought playing the move with the white-squared bishop to b5, targeting the queen, would have been stronger. I might be mistaken, but I don't see a reason not to activate more pieces at that stage.

[@Ellipsis_is_already_taken]

I spotted that immediately too, i thought it forced the trade of the queen

[@ErickLanchipa-yv6lw]

Hi Alex, I've been working on my Caro-Kann and the King's Indian Defense for quite some time, and I'd like to add the Jobava London system as well. However, at the moment, I'm stuck playing the Catalan. In the future, could you create some videos about the Catalan? Thank you for explaining and breaking down these openings for everyone.

[@MaqhaweTyaliti]

Can you add those notes at the end of every video...they really helpful alot❤

[@timt8027]

the only reason this happened is because your opponents blunder. They might be 2100 but they blunder.

[@usualhumanxd353]

I mean.. he's playing games with 95% accuracy.. it's hard not to blunder playing against all best moves. 3k elo player wouldn't blunder, but then you shouldn't be watching this video if you're looking for inspiration for beating 3k elo super gms, yeah?

[@bubbahottep8644]

​@@usualhumanxd353 Indeed, that seems to be the reason that most games are won.

[@jondoe8014]

If someone doesn't blunder then the game ends in a draw. So you aren't really saying anything. If your opponent doesn't blunder or make a mistake then every single game is drawn. That is why very high level players play very short time frames to increase the chances of blundering. The proof is with engines who do not blunder or make mistakes and if you let them start from the beginning they draw every time. They force them into positions so every game doesn't draw.

[@kenenth84]

At 21:14, after your opponent blundered their rook on f5, wouldn’t it have been better to move the queen to d5, putting the king in check and setting up a bishop sacrifice on g2 to trade with their rook?

[@metalhead5791]

I like it but it does drop that monster d pawn.

[@LumocolorARTnr1319]

17:15 You play with or already know computer score for this one?

[@GeneralBlorp]

😅 a very _interesting_ statement and side eye glance just before that statement too 😮 we need the procedure for sure here

[@davidheller25]

can we get this guy 400 more subscribers?

[@arthurwieczorek4894]

2:35. Desperado; 1.B×N R×B, SOS weakness; pawn fork.

[@mohamedsalem2427]

so to make sure i understand if d6 is played we have no more Jobava and we should play a totally different opening?

[@AlexBanzea]

“English attack” scheme with e4-f3-Be3-Qd2-long castle…perhaps I will include it next vid 😇

[@mohamedsalem2427]

@@AlexBanzea thank you so much Alex

[@apollomemphis5366]

Love the jobava videos. Could you suggest what to do if faced with e5 or c5 please?

[@ATouchOfLove]

Another gentle reminder to please remember to speak all of the moves as they happen so that blind players can follow these videos. Also, I wanted to let you know that I was going to take a look at your Chessable courses, but after trying out the site, I can tell you that the courses aren't really accessible to screen reader software. We can't use the trainer thing. I just thought you should know, especially since I've seen other comments asking about additional courses. As someone who is really trying to improve at chess, I was very disappointed.

[@hillelking]

interesting. of course. 95 percent accuracy. of course no doubt about it. procedure. great videos!! instructive thank you

[@KeepHimAtBay]

in the first game checking with the bishop was even better than taking with queen on move 11.

[@GamersUnityPH]

Do we have a caro cann course?

[@VladimirSitnikov]

A slightly better move at 7:10 was probably Bb5+ since it could force the opponent to move the king

[@AlexBanzea]

yes

[@MatsMatsuo]

What do you recommend against black setup 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 a6 black delays the movement of the ligth square bishop (if something like h3, black can still delay with Nc6) White has to commit the knight or the bishop before black and no more pawn storm ideas and no bad light square bishop for black. That's my main opening against Jobava and it pretty much kills the game (or at least the main ideas i saw in the channel) (If you cover it in your course I might buy it, cause I like the Jobava but I don't see how to play against this setup)

[@Ketchup1919]

Hey Alex. What do you recommend us who plays both the Jobava Londond and Caro Kann to play against the Catalan with white? Is there perhaps a line in the Slav defense against it?

[@saintsrobbed6450]

Before taking d4 pawn with queen, wouldn't a check with the white square bishop be better? Is it not a forced king move? You could then take the pawn after.

[@michaelfeher8602]

Absolutely! No reason not to throw it in to keep opponent from castling. Interesting that he didn't even suggest it.

[@fahimnabeel606]

Where? Can u add a timestamp

[@michaelfeher8602]

@@fahimnabeel606 first game

[@SeosamhOCaoimh]

Any update on when we can expect the Jobava course Alex? We need to cook.

[@Frugomax]

Any date when we can expect jobava course to be released?

[@Ares_1960]

One of favorites, i literally play only jobava and i play the Caro whenever it alllowed … my strongest opening is the Caro 🦍🦍🦍

[@chrishu-zc1fj]

Hi Alex, for the upcoming jobava course, is it just a collection of the youtube videos you upload or there is extra stuff? Also when is the course coming out? Thanks

[@laksthegamer1185]

Hi Alex, will you please make videos on your preferred opening against 1.d4? Thanks

[@CraigTemple]

“No white pawns were harmed during filming of this Jobava beatdown.”

[@thunderstrikebs5556]

I'm currently 1360 otb coz of jobava and caro. Only started playing this year btw

[@MrYounis26]

1360 otb? What's that equivalent to online

[@HiuIELTS]

I thought you could have ratings until you reach 1400 fide?

[@KeepHimAtBay]

21:19 - qsnt checking on d5 better? than if black blunders and moves the king - sacrifice with a bishop?

[@jorgenavarrofdez4108]

Hi Alex, have you and vídeo about the catalan???

[@King0fgames_]

At 7:24 wouldn't Bb5 be a better move first to gain a tempo and prevent black from castling? He had no way to block it and you still would have been able to capture the pawn right after

[@bouffe5456]

6:35 wouldn’t Bb5+ be a better move since it checks the king and makes it lose castling rights or am I missing something?

[@boblee5515]

In 7:29 isn't Bb5+ an important zwischenzug to force the king to move?

[@stedated]

29:30 its just the power of alex banzea yeah xddd

[@ZeroG]

To avoid temptation of ice cream, just remind yourself, do you want to one day soon become Ben Finegold?

[@tomphillpotts]

Jobava is generally going well for me at 1250 elo. But i can't make the pawn storm work, there are too many pitfalls. Pawn storm opens up huge weaknesses if you don't do it right

[@AnantaNow]

Alex, how similar is your course from the Hans Niemann course which I have and would they compliment each other? And also that a the Daniel Naroditsky course. 🙏 I have your London course which I liked but I would like to know.

[@AlexBanzea]

It’s completely different from every chess course ever made…thus why it takes so long

[@C137IDR]

When will come the Jobava chessable course?