Tarrasch Defense - Queen's Gambit Declined

[@IgorDimitrov]

you are the OG chess youtuber. Funny how the 'chess boom' happened during the pandemic last year, but I remember watching your videos in 2010 : )

[@chesswebsite]

Crazy I've been at it that long.

[@TechSupportDave]

@@chesswebsite Well, Chess is fun so it makes sense

[@delighton_]

Ah another Kevin video. Gives me motivation to go back and play after I got wrecked a few days back !

[@rozinshakya1104]

true af

[@chesswebsite]

Haha heck yeah.

[@Skyrendofficialyt]

I never realized this opening had a name and was just something I used when playing casually, I almost always won because it was my favorite opening and you have to incredibly smart against all my counterplay

[@03BrianPatrick]

One of my favorite chess narrator / educator on youtube . Thank you Kevin ! Smashing that Like button for ya !!

[@chesswebsite]

I appreciate you Brian.

[@MrSupernova111]

Bro, the timing of your videos is incredible! Just when I become interested in an opening I find you have a new video on it! Cheers!!

[@scottdearborn4238]

Excellent video! I play Tarrach defense often as black. QGD gets boring sometimes. I like pushing the queen pawn up. Something people don't know how to stop. Thanks 😊

[@chesswebsite]

I'm with you.

[@RpRDraugr]

Is it just my lack of chess knowledge, or does 4:18 feel like a powder keg for black? If they play Bxf6, you don't want to capture with the queen because it's protected with the knight, and if you capture with the pawn you destroy you castle wall. Playing ...Nxe4 loses the queen. If you play ...Be7 they'll play Bxe7, then Qxe7, but black is down a knight. You could also block with ...Ne7 but it seems worse than moving the bishop out. What is the correct line for black here?

[@heltinpapelo6642]

One of my favorite openings for Black

[@dotcom1517]

Old is gold!!🔥🔥🔥 This channel is a living example of this ❤️

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks.

[@elontusk610]

I’ve been ignoring going over this line. Thanks!

[@chesswebsite]

My pleasure.

[@shawnroy1933]

I've been playing this defense since I was 5 but never learned the theory. Just liked that it was aggressive :)

[@chesswebsite]

You know I love aggression in chess.

[@alpoopan1509]

Hey Kevin, can you please make a video about the Berlin defence? Thanks!

[@chesswebsite]

Yes. I do have one on my website for the Berlin Defense.

[@alpoopan1509]

Thank you so much!

[@Daniel-G-P]

Fantastic video on the Tarrash. So helpful. Thank you 😊

[@JackSmith-jt9hq]

Awesome video, I've been focusing a lot on d4 openings lately so loving the content

[@chesswebsite]

Nice. It's good to mix it up a bit for me as well.

[@XpVersusVista]

at 12:03 why not just move pawn to e5, discovered attack on the queen from the bishop and pawn captures knight on d4. If you are lucky they even miss it and take their knight to safety = queen blunder

[@gingersroc]

Loving the opening videos! Any chance you could take another deep look at the king's gambit accepted?

[@chesswebsite]

It is my favorite opening. Is there a particular variation in the KGA you'd like me to cover? Email me suggestions.

[@demetriusdemarcusbartholom8063]

On 2:16, what if KxBd2 instead of NxBd2?

[@sharrweneshplayzchess9239]

Thanks for teaching me Queen gambit

[@chesswebsite]

My pleasure.

[@serialfx]

Bishop taking c5 is bad @ 2:42 because they are threatening the a7 pawn and you cannot take because you are being pinned by the queen. recommend pawn to e6.

[@roycemilton8472]

If white takes a7 with the knight you can still take back with the bishop no?

[@charlesbowman9589]

Kevin! Love your work. Keep it up!

[@arkahna5516]

At 6:16 why not Nf6?

[@donovanhernandez5383]

Can you do a video on the french defence chigorin variation

[@chesswebsite]

Possibly but I'm just not a fan of the move Qe2 in the French.

[@bao8627]

Love ur video, love the Tarrasch Defense ! + Ty for sharing the pgn but it is said that it has an error in the pgn u shared, can u plz fix it ?

[@scottycranwell283]

Thank you for the video. Isn't this just the French defence?

[@kurrs177]

I accidentaly discovered this opening because I like French defense and I usually don't have a good response whenever I encounter queen's gambit

[@roybraym]

Please do a video about the Maroczy Bind against the Sicilian.

[@chesswebsite]

That's a good idea. I've referenced the Maroczy Bind in a few videos but one dedicated to it would be good.

[@heavymetal1ization]

Can you cover the Garbage Attack next video?

[@chesswebsite]

haha is that a real thing?

[@arkadiuszjandylewski152]

8:29 This is a disaster for black. A weak pawn on f6 and an exposed king, which will be exposed for the rest of the game even after castling. This position might not be a problem for a 3000+ elo engine to defend, but from a human perspective it will be a tough game.

[@jonwill]

Well presented; thank you for sharing.

[@chesswebsite]

My pleasure. Glad you enjoyed it Jon.

[@isaakvandaalen3899]

This has become my go-to weapon against the QG. Thought it would be a good idea to actually learn some of the theory rather than just making stuff up over the board. Turns out many of my ideas are still theory, so there's no problems.

[@Squeezyness]

Can you do a video on the Chewbacca Defense?

[@chesswebsite]

Is that real?

[@volishmusic]

THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED

[@chesswebsite]

Boom. Glad it helped

[@volishmusic]

@@chesswebsite Thanks a lot! You helped me colossally

[@piotrekz4032]

great work

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Piotrek.

[@karanasiosdimos4772]

Good job!! Nice video !!

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Karanasios

[@jenniperkins4260]

Great vid thanks

[@chesswebsite]

Thanks Jenni. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@darthlegit]

i have played too many games where i set this up and the white player takes my c pawn and then tries to defend their gain on c file. it's like, you are a queens gambit player, you play this with the colors reversed all the time, you should know it doesn't work! at the 1200s/1300s level

[@gardenmenuuu]

bro i don't know whether u have time to reply,but if u have seen this please reply :) can you just list out some openings for white and black that most of the time lead to queen exchanges earlier,calm positions with less tactical calculations and more positional game with less pieces,I understand it is not a hard and fast rule but I believe you can help me...could u just name some ,not the specific lines but just the openings for e.g caro kann ,Ruy lopez etc..Thanks in advance

[@petrospatrianakos9166]

that is... not how chess is played. When you get to these positions you get there, forcing it or trying to should not be your goal. You can play positional chess with queens on the board too, don't worry.

[@gardenmenuuu]

@@petrospatrianakos9166 oh thanks man i got it,cool answer..do you olay online?i would love to play a game ,( i am bad tho)

[@petrospatrianakos9166]

@@gardenmenuuu I don't play much online, sorry, i play over the board and in tournaments mostly. You don't need a noob like me tho, you can learn pretty fast by watching some chess youtubers and playing in websites by yourself. Wish you luck

[@gardenmenuuu]

@@petrospatrianakos9166 thanks man

[@gardenmenuuu]

Do u have fide profile

[@deadlypearl5159]

So many possibilities in chess And you cover all of them..😂😂

[@clapzog4613]

Kevin has been here from the start

[@chesswebsite]

OG here :)

[@zacharysherry2910]

White just played b3

[@casualmajestic9223]

You could have at least mentioned the Hennig Schara Gambit :/

[@chesswebsite]

fair

[@whitdough8150]

Chess is a love and hate game. I love & hate this game, but I'm always coming back to play more.

[@collinsiemaszko7007]

I always have like a streak of decent games, the a fucking up streak. After the fucking up part, I get pissed at myself and don't play for a couple of days, then I come back just to repeat the process

[@whitdough8150]

@@collinsiemaszko7007 I'm about a 887 on the board but that just I resign a lot. I mean I'm not going to wait for a stalemate. If I lose more than 15 points included with the Queen I'm just flipping the board!

[@muharapreena4217]

Hi

[@nesshingakusei6932]

So many half baked, half assed variations given. Better to avoid the video. There are other better videos with sensible move orders out there. This video is not for anyone even remotely serious about his chess repertoire. ***Only for players below 1000 rating***

[@notnotcharles3022]

Nice video but the theory was terrible, sorry