Simplified Openings: Karpov's Practical Repertoire Against the London System and Torre Attack

[@diegoolivieri2997]

Great job Alex, very well done. Karpov is my favourite player and this system is really nice… I will study it for sure! All the best for the new year!

[@gmalexcolovic]

Thank you and likewise!

[@skriabinfly]

16:45 I wondered about Nxg2, Rg5, etc. Now this channel gives yet another complete 1.d4 repertoire for Black. Kind of incredible. 👍👍

[@jasonparker6138]

Love this series! Happy New Year 🥳🎉

[@antoniobanderas-h7n]

Wow you completed nimzo style repertoire against d4. Thank you very much.

[@gmalexcolovic]

You're welcome!

[@Matute7231]

Thanks for these great simplified series; finishing them with Karpov was great too, my favourite player ever.

[@gmalexcolovic]

Thank you!

[@tomas-wi8dy]

Thank you very much! All the best in the new year!

[@gmalexcolovic]

Thank you, likewise!

[@PDSeverus]

@7:38 I could only find Shirazi vs Karpov with these moves . Shirazi, Kamran (2455) Karpov, Anatoly (2715) Event: Wch-blitz Site: Saint John Round: 1 Date: ??/??/1988 ECO: D03 Score: 0-1

[@AmitabhaBuddha-dg7nb]

Very nice video. I played like this numerous times and I always thought it was Peter Leko style. Now i know better :) Cheers Siddhartha

[@gmalexcolovic]

Thank you!

[@SteveGchess]

Very nice, but one small point. After 3.Bg5 h6, I was brought up to believe that 4.Bxf6 was correct. (Likewise in the Trompovsky after 2...e6 3.e4 h6, when it is forced). Karpov had a number of games with this, including a couple of losses to Korchnoi, and some wins against the likes of Timman and Adams. In particularly, he liked to play an early g5, fighting for the weakened dark squares. Objectively, I am sure Black is fine, but it should probably be covered.

[@gmalexcolovic]

Yeah, you're right, Bxf6 is an important option. I was always of the opinion that with a knight on f3 these lines were rather harmless, as White doesn't have the plan of f4 at his disposal, like in the Tromp. In this case, after e4, Black has two plans, one is a dark-square strategy with ...d6 and ...e5 and the other one is a light-square strategy with ...d5. In the video I wanted to pay more attention to the London-like structures, hence the ommision, but probably I should have said something about this option, too.

[@KnightToRemember]

I lost against this against a FM, it’s more serious than it looks

[@gmalexcolovic]

@KnightToRemember Of course, everything is serious nowadays! Even jeans! :)))

[@hasankutlu9443]

nice maestro

[@tintinmilou9471]

is this the hedgehog ?

[@didier7868]

No one opening is annoying. Only players are.