The BEST Opening Repertoire to Reach 1800 ELO

[@fintan9218]

This was so good, really appreciate in depth instructional videos like this. I’ll definitely be watching this multiple times to try and take it all in. I get a lot of these positions frequently, but had not seen many of these opportunities to attack. Thank you 🙏

[@BearBottoms]

Best chess lessons ever. You are so entertaining with flawless flows of information while we enjoy all of the accent, expressions, and cuteness you bring to the session.

[@germanoscheller5095]

Very very good lesson! I hope it doesnt go viral though.

[@Alessia_Santeramo]

ahaha I get your point

[@patrickdevlin8553]

I hope it does go viral but that my opponents who see the video forget all the lines while playing me

[@aleksandarilic2259]

Since I saw this, yeah it did 😅

[@jairadhevallabhrajrajeshwari]

I hop it does go viral, but surely nobody from my country should watch this masterpiece of a chess video😅

[@mathewpankratz5767]

At 4:46 you seem to forget knights move backwards? You say the rook is hanging and then have the black queen force a queen trade to save the rook, but it’s already protected by the knight. According to stockfish 14.1 at 22 lines of depth d6 is blacks best move there, Qf6 forcing the trade is its fourth best move for black. I don’t mean to criticize, I absolutely love your videos and don’t pretend to be a great player, I just thought that seemed like a funny slip up.

[@RatnakarDutt]

Excellent video. Thank you so much. 11:25 another line Nxd5 Qg5 Nxb4 Bb7 f3 Qc5+ Kh1 Qxb4

[@ashishgourr]

It's around one week before I have watched your first video of 0 to 2000 in 30 days, believe me I'm a below 1000 elo player, after watching your some videos my game has automatically improved. I got 250+ points in last week :) Thanks for well explained videos ❤️

[@XuXin_Penholder]

Thankyou so much!!! That’s exactly what I needed. Love your content.

[@heremansmarc]

Excellent video. It would be great if there was a pgn of those openings. Another video? Maybe something about some variations of the sicilian, some ideas about a black reperoire, ...?!

[@rekos12]

Your videos always ALWAYS help me thank you very much

[@success_venture]

Please make a repertoire for black aswell

[@HighcarbHawesy]

Please make a version of this for the black openings you should play Alessia. I love this one.

[@dannysuru]

Awesome job Alessia! I can see you will have a massive subscription ,probably 1 million in a year or so 🎉

[@jaschenski]

Fantastic, so articulate and entertaining, no Zzzz factor either. Not only is Alessia a frankly brilliant woman but her buoyant and lovable personality keeps everyone on her side - very important!

[@musicandmind3043]

so beautiful. nice explanation

[@TheBilly]

25:00 "Stafford Gambit [...] invented by Eric Rosen". I'm sure he'll get a laugh out of that. He popularized it, certainly, but if he invented it wouldn't it be the Rosen Gambit? (Internet says Joseph C Stafford played it in 1950)

[@efthorpe]

I have always wondered about that. Thanks for clearing up naming decripency.

[@andreabi63]

This video is very useful. Thank you Alessia .

[@fra9329]

Amazing thank you so much!

[@mariiris1403]

Hi, Alessia, I've just started on this video, but would you please have your board a little bigger on the screen?

[@rilentles7134]

how can it be a complete repertoire if thete is no black repertoire

[@fridolfwalter2256]

4:49 Bh6 would be a powerful move instead of trading queens. If Nxh6 then Qxf6 and the threat is Qxf6 Nxf6 Bg7 fork. If Qxg7 then Bxg7 traps the rook. If Ke7 to defend the f6-square then Nd5 fork. The only big drawback with Bh6 is that it does not threaten mate on f8 because of the knight on g6. I still think both Qxf6 and Bh6 are powerful moves.

[@malekm.gebreel-3c105]

The rook is defended

[@fridolfwalter2256]

It doesn't matter because white threatens Qxf6 followed by Bg7 fork and the rook is less valuable than the rook...

[@craneoperatorkorenamir]

thanks you awesome love your energy

[@vov.7397]

This is so good, and YES, I agree, keep it simple! I think sometimes I get a bit lost in other videos where they go into 15+ moves on all the variations. That's what Modern Chess Openings is for. This is exactly what I need, simple and stable development, then we play chess without making mistakes in the first few moves. I'll have to try e4 e5 nf3 nc6 nc3, because I usually go into the Italian game after nc6. And thanks for including the Petrov. Ugh, I hate that defense.

[@Alessia_Santeramo]

YAY happy to hear that :)

[@20dollas]

amazing. lots to replay and analyze for me.

[@20dollas]

Thank you

[@GooberBossMan]

What about the philidor?

[@DevlinDomini]

I love you … youre a great teacher, i like the way you explainations and im also partial be Im Italian.

[@roastedfire]

14:47 Bxa2 isn't a threat because you can play b3 then the bishop will be trapped.

[@MichaelClerk-xd6ft]

Fantastic video, thanks!

[@G0KU_SON]

Alessia, I play d4 usually in official tournament and online but I want more tactical postion which comes from e4 ,but I dont play e4 usually due to no. Of options for black like french,Scandinavian,alekine,carkann,sicilian. And i dont want to learn this much theory *Any suggestions for me how can i overcome this* BTW LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND FULL SUPPORT ❤❤❤❤❤

[@happyroden8826]

thank you for the educational content although i never play e4, it was fun to watch you

[@gboundrapa]

Great video! What do you use for black ?

[@surensenat4024]

Can you put a link to the e6 video?

[@fallfrank2049]

Thank you now im playing the four knight and winning a lot with it 😃

[@msf2126]

Really? I lose more haha...

[@mariiris1403]

Very good and useful! 👏🌸 Grazie mille!

[@vikaskhatkar2718]

Watching from India ❤

[@Mvdo685]

7:15 aren't the double isolated c pawns bad?

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

I usually play spainish for white and sicilia as black

[@rabisonkunda8713]

Love you Alessia 🌹

[@thisguy8106]

4:42 does the move require the bishop to be hanging? Bc the knight can take the queen if someone takes that bishop

[@thisguy8106]

What i mean by that is, bc the knight is protecting the bishop, what if they don't move their queen to that spot to trade the queens?

[@myvipmailbox]

You mean rook not bishop

[@FlyingTurtleLP]

Anyone knows the "other video" that shows how to play against d6?

[@random__18]

Very Informative content ❤

[@saschamuller9409]

Maybe I finally improve!?? Bella ti amo!! 👋❤♟️♟️♟️

[@TheKing-vb2bw]

The problem with chess on youtube is theres so. many people learning exactly what you tell them and never learn to adapt to anything else. It's fairly easy to spot those who learn chess on youtube.

[@msf2126]

😄 I know. Sometimes within hours of her post I suffer

[@sprawf3371]

Eric Rosen did not invent stafford gambit, he popularized it!

[@doppio763]

Me at 1810 before seeing the video: fuck no i don't want to lose point

[@Alessia_Santeramo]

ahahah not really I still play this opening

[@TheBilly]

Also to note about the Stafford Gambit: you mentioned the computer gave an advantage of +1 for white in a position, and that's true, it's theoretically dubious, but the idea is that it's challenging for humans and you're trying to capitalize when they slip. A player who knows every single trick will just get an advantage against you and you'll lose; you're trying to win by being more "booked up" on the gambit.

[@bnanik]

nice

[@LiberalEntrepreneur]

10:30 why not queen to d3?

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

Always E4.. yeah... Best by Test

[@Andrea-ur5cr]

Brava Alessia teachiami come arrivare a 1800 che sono bloccato a mille e.vinco più da nero che da bianco

[@Andrea-ur5cr]

Pensavo usassi il London system cmq..

[@MuhammadIqbal-dp2es]

15:02 Never Play F6 !!!

[@-MCT-Studio-]

Black is taking inf2 first😂

[@allannortje6440]

Gothamchess is the opponent lmao

[@khrisnanugraha1371]

very good lesson I never reach 1700

[@lastigiano7257]

Purtroppo non ho capito una parola di quello che hai detto

[@psyenergy1935]

You are wrong "the opening doesnt really matter" why are you making this video then? The open influences the outcome of the entire game thats why you made this video durrrrr genius

[@LiseqTenReal]

Always trying to be first! Love your vids ❤️

[@MrDanielfff777]

Why

[@stardz1651]

I like you

[@G0KU_SON]

Lucky to be the 1st viewer after 999 views

[@Persian____mapper]

Third love your content keep it up❤❤❤❤

[@JP-jd5vz]

I love her personality and how she does her intro. Genuine excitement. Hikaru does a very disingenuous intro and it annoys the hell out of me lol.

[@Alessia_Santeramo]

omg I'm not a fun of Hikaru's intro too ahahah I hope he doesn't see this lol

[@JP-jd5vz]

@@Alessia_Santeramo It's fine, I would say it to his face if I knew him haha. I think it's a fair criticism.

[@Trashdude999]

U are weirdly pretty, and great video

[@toaster4693]

That's closer to an insult than a compliment.

[@Trashdude999]

@@toaster4693 ohh im really sorry, what I meant was for me that I find her pretty but im not sure why. I'm sorry I shouldn't have used the word weird.

[@damienaddams9770]

Thanks Alessia, that was amazing :) That will help us to reach 1800, so we will be able to challenge you :)). Also it seems you don't do much competitions currently, should be interesting too.