The best opening you never heard of (Zukertort)

[@knight1fox253]

“It depends on the size” lmaooo

[@samuelcharette4224]

😂😂😂

[@coenkuijpers1800]

Makes you wonder if he would like it small, or big 😮

[@Nightwalk444]

Absolutely hilarious

[@mrpatzer]

killed me with that punchline 🤣

[@johnmahugu]

hahahahahahahaaaahahaa

[@luisdelvalle4862]

I just love this guys' analogies..."Are you going to be a creep about it? No. You are going to play Knight to D2."

[@satha7025]

The strength of the accent helps me understand the ideas properly

[@tomasascenso3099]

Just watched your video and on my first game with this opening I got 2 BRILLIANT MOVES! It is insane how some solid openings are so underrated yet so easy to play and consistent! This is literally a london system but with a surprise element!

[@GigaShiv]

You've rly taught me London and Caro But can you start playing against like 1200-1600s so that your intermediate audience can get a better understanding?❤

[@ItsKyleMang]

Before every chess battle, I scream my warcry, "BANZEA!!!!!"

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Alex Banzai of Caro-London clan, very dangerous samurai

[@chadwickgoodrich9153]

I think I will start yelling the “Banzea” war cry at the beginning of each game from now on.

[@alexmiller3220]

Hi, Alex! Would be awesome indeed to see your speedrun with Colle-Zukertort!

[@haniboy1219]

Alex, thanks for making these videos so simple and easy to understand. I bought both the Carro course and the London course and they're well worth the money. You are my favorite chess creator.

[@Daniil_Noobov]

Very instructive video Alex. Some ideas about piece placement is very similar to the London. Petition to do a rating climb with this setup.

[@flaviucalin]

Another great lesson, as always. I love watching your games.

[@stevenfreshy1211]

Just reached a peak rating of 1400 thanks to your caro kann lessons

[@jaekn]

I liked the "penis" part, it was hilarious with that Dracula accent. I am always stunned by Banzea's ability to play chess, teach chess and his ability to speak English so well as a second (third?) language.

[@banzaiburger]

Oh yeah, was hoping our man Alex would post more content on the Colle-Zukertort! 🎉

[@WRSHP]

I remember covering basically the same variation of colle with stockfish(which actually got me discovering the colle) with that Bishop on b2. It’s actually really cool, I’ve never seen it in a game

[@nightmaresnightly]

Best thing about the channel? Alex and his amazing teaching skills and instructive videos. 2nd best thing? all the pee-pee jokes 😂😂

[@Chunda8]

I can see why nobody is ripping on this system in the same way as the London. The bishop fianchetto there I think gives a better position, more obvious the more I look at it. Then castle, it looks very promising. Thanks Alex.

[@JerrySuneagle]

Much as I love your instruction, Alex, I very much prefer to see you challenge stronger players (1500+) as these weak players make many mistakes which invalidate the lesson.

[@hata6290]

oh my goddd the way you talk is SO GOOD these videos are so helpful thank you

[@screwtude2647]

I like playing the Colle Zuckertort. Thank you for this video, kickass as usual!

[@daboyez8138]

Alex another legendary commentary at the beginning of your first game 😂

[@timbland-q8d]

Alex thank you, literally spent the whole day searching for a d4 opening that isn't queen's gambit or London. I already use trompowsky but needed something off beat against everything other than... Nf6 for black 👌

[@animantus]

I've won the most important game in my life against this system few weeks ago.

[@wicked5999]

Wait, stop, the colle zuk is my opening, don't give away the secrets

[@SeosamhOCaoimh]

"I will argue that it depends on the size." That is a man of culture right there.

[@zurkio210]

i love how he goes into these analogies while the clock is still ticking 17:25

[@drebell3711]

Great info. Your analogies are crazy!

[@nickknight8065]

This dude right here!!!! LMAO Legendary jokes along with fantastic chess commentary. A+++++

[@wikiwing348]

I have heard of the zukertort and almost chose to study it, but currently studying london atm

[@MrBobbyw121]

I love the metaphors. They make my day.

[@theduckgang681]

I need more of these colle system openings

[@Outrage70]

Could you also cover the traditional Colle with some later e4 Ideas?

[@mannylokzzz]

I’m IN LOVE with this opening. Thank you for introducing me to this. I got accused of cheating after making really unsound sacks that ended up working in the heat of the moment lol. Beat an 1800 which is an accomplishment at 1100. Please, more of this

[@Chunda8]

Whoa Alex you went into NSFW territory there about 1:55. I get your point that the Caro is probably not going to work well vs. d4. The Colle though is very much like the London, which is fashionable to rip on. I'm not ready to give up on it completely, there might still be some good lessons there for early intermediate and beginning players. I've never seen anyone really crush the London, and I think it takes very sharp, advanced play to "refute" it and I think refute is a strong word. It's not my #1 White opening but I can see you'd recommend something else.

[@AlexBanzea]

not sure exactly what you are reffering to

[@SpratCS]

Paused the video after first game and checkmated my opponent first game lol. thanks for the easy opening

[@adarshnp2061]

Hey alex quick question what to do when the opponent just trades everything 😶 . I mean i just tried this in 4 game they just take take and take . resulting in either pawns end games or each queens with couple of pawns my rating range is in mid 700 range

[@paulwood4142]

As an 800 player I just want to say this applies to all these chess instructionals, I never seem to get anything like what I'm seeing. Maybe stronger players play more regular moves?

[@AlexSanchez-ff8nm]

Crystal clear explanations, but I wonder if you could do a "part 2" on the colle-zukertort against stronger players circa 1500-2000 ELO.

[@lionelbowhunter468]

Zukertort powaaa! Thx Alex, i requested this one few days ago, it is kind from you! Greetings from France ^^

[@lionelbowhunter468]

Abig problem for me for my ladder: Vienna ou Zukertort??? Vienna seems to be less complicated...but ukertort is more fun, can not decide

[@emiledesjardins62]

Alex what happens if they castle to the opposite side? Does the whole system collapse?

[@mirkovallius]

7:14 Not much wrong with Qxe6, followed by Nf7.

[@leehighland5435]

Might be a great opening if your opponent allows you to get that far, which rarely they do.

[@Alpacastan21m]

Caro is optimal with e4 but Eric Hansen has few speed runs where he responds with c6 to every single d4.

[@KenKurkowski]

Could go into a Slav after 2.c4 d5

[@needausernameJesus]

Made my day better... make it to grandmaster and I will finally have one to cheer for. God bless.. Depends on size was a genius tactic in itself. Keep having fun and throw the sterile chess players off

[@brettdrk]

“Pray there is no penis.” 😂😂😂 I’ve watched this video several times. Very well done.

[@mathiasriethig9523]

i just played the Colle Zukertort before watching your video. And it is really a so "hot" opening and i really killed my opponent with check mate after battled the Queen. So now my friend know what happened when i just post "Rock'n'Colle" in my status ;)

[@JOHNTUCHESS]

Thanks you ❤

[@1Baza22]

Interesting variation, but I think I need to recover my lost 10 games in a row before trying something different :) , Thank you for always giving Ideas :)

[@JoE_Songs]

3:05 beer through my nose.. nice one lol

[@ChessJourneyman]

Expanding your sharp, tactical repertoire to the vicious Colle-Zuckertort is such a London player thing to do 😂 Which is exactly why I started learning it 😅 One issue with it is that it's seemingly not viable against Bf5 and g6 systems. Other than that, it's pretty annoying and scary for Black when you cement the Pillsbury knight and all sorts of sacrifices become possible.

[@AlexBanzea]

I have a thing vs bf5 (That I showed in the video). Vs kid probably just gotta play something a bit weird like e3-Be2 and 0-0 which is sort of meta)

[@ChessJourneyman]

​@@AlexBanzeaFell asleep when that part of the vid came 😅 Interesting approach, I know that the usual response to Bf5 is c4, forcing Colle player to abandon his plans. But your idea with the pawn storm looks fun, imma try it on some unsuspecting victims at the club ❤

[@nathanw3122]

I’ve been playing the CZ around the 2100 level with pretty good success! Excited to see more, thanks Alex! I can concur the Bf5 and g6 lines are most annoying to me.

[@Groet]

It looks quite similar to the stonewall at first glance.

[@jefftaylor1186]

When I see 1.d4, I go c6 all the time because at my skill level, the Slav transposes into a Botvinnik advance Caro-Kann like 95% of the time. (2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5) Same with the old Benoni if I mouse slip and go c5 instead. Because they’ll usually just blindly go 2.e4 and I’ll go d5 in the smith morra gambit position. But THEN my opponent will go e5 transposing into a weird Botvinnik advance except I’ll have the initiative. Once i get above 2200 I’ll just have to buckle down and finally learn the Sicilian to play this better, but for now; this works.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Benoni makes soooo many people uncomfortable cause they just don't know/study this opening - but it is very interesting and useful, you also have Benko gambit which cool

[@dylloz6735]

i didn't miss it but when you didn't play it i was like i must be missing something lol

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

d4 c6 can easily transpose to slav which is very solid repsonse to d4, not semislav tho - that is too locked and boring for me. Also London seems to have much more attacking potential than Colle/Colle-Zuckertort (btw it means sugar cake in german)

[@rmbyrro]

Colle-Zuck is awesome. Please do a video on how to defeat it as black!

[@AlexBanzea]

kzbin.info/aero/PLy7vABK_JsyPeE-Bivc113GOjuD-hR02s

[@naimishtiakahmed9221]

It's not optimized against King's Indian, Grunfelf or Anti-Colle. However a good thing about the Zukertort over Classical Colle is that it's rather flexible. With slight adjustments the setup & game plans it can go very toe to toe against King's Indian & Grunfeld. No hate against either of the 3 setups. Zukertort iss my go to setup with white & King's Indian & Grunfeld with black.

[@jtekholm]

Heh, the opponent on the first game has watched Eric Hansen's "c6 against everything"-speedrun.

[@woodenfences]

Just what I was about to say, but after 3...e6, not so sure. :)

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@woodenfences What do you mean? Typical semi-slav/triangle system setup

[@woodenfences]

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 I was replying to the OP's reference to Eric Handen's "c6 against everything" which doesn't seem to involve the typical triangle, so far.

[@TheAndresyourself]

That mouse slip on the first game hurt me to my soul 3:27

[@ekcoylejr]

"unless it a big one" 😅😂

[@jeremywho2289]

Whats your recommended black opening against e4 for beginners?

[@AlexBanzea]

Caro-Kann!

[@joeybonzoo]

"depends on the size" made me laugh so hard cause i was ready for a transphobic joke but that was awesome

[@johnmahugu]

thanks coach

[@jackma7225]

Please do more colle videos. I love playing black, but I need colle system breakdowns

[@b1gturtle]

Can you make some videos of beating d4 with black?

[@VillainousShow]

KID, Modern or find a Gambit that works for black.

[@AlexBanzea]

kzbin.info/aero/PLy7vABK_JsyPeE-Bivc113GOjuD-hR02s

[@edroyce1451]

Alex…was at work…now I’m in HR office…thank u 😂

[@fianchero]

Some games against 1.d4 with black would be nice

[@alancoe1002]

Queen Gambit Accepted with 2...a6!

[@divergentlife493]

How to counter queenside attack/opening instead of Carrocan?

[@SevenTheJester]

Oh, damn, my bad. I didn't know you were on that bus when I was. Stop putting my creepiness out there, please. I won't do it again. 😂

[@UndyingAnivia]

Another banger! Way better than Gotham chess as usual. 🎉

[@sliceserve234]

Gotham chess is a low bar, and easy to get over. But Alex is indeed gifted at explaining chess concepts.

[@chadwickgoodrich9153]

You have your own students/fans. Alex keep doing what you do. Your style is unsurpassed in the chess community today. Gotham is someone I will not watch. Honestly, I can’t stand him and his jealous ways. You are awesome 👏🏽

[@sliceserve234]

@@chadwickgoodrich9153 finally someone else who can't stand gotham! i salute you!

[@mirkovallius]

18:46 That e5 square is a bit tender, e.g. dxe5, followed by Nc4 and Nc4xe5.

[@iceyroo]

Can you do more on this opening?

[@attilahalmai4590]

21.50: "I'm a retired player" - (age: 24) 😆

[@meathead919]

i like this opening, can you make some more videos for this?

[@darryljones7603]

Very nice video!! Thanks!!😅😅😅

[@nononononono1580]

Can you make a catalan speedrun in the future or queens gambit

[@vegvisir2167]

Is it ok to play against KID? Or should u change something on the opening against KID?

[@blacksnowman8106]

But what if he brings out the bishop f5? Just exchange bishop?

[@terrysouth7201]

arguably that may depend upon the size...he says casually and moves on with the lesson like nothing happened LOL!

[@chessforfunonly1586]

Good video, thank you!

[@gabrielpadilla3470]

What do you personally play with black against white d4 pawn openings?

[@GaliReax]

So is this opening basically the same as the stonewall, but with a fianchetoed bishop? Beginner here

[@AlexBanzea]

it can be, but we are not always going to have Ne5 (especially vs king's indian lines)

[@TurboShred13]

Thanks for the video good sir

[@olegklymov523]

great could you make more videos about that?

[@alvarosimon6373]

Yo this man is wild

[@tomtoss2463]

In the second game your opponent is playing the Chec Pirc which is a system opening also.

[@AlexBanzea]

Except is bad 😂❤️

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Except it sucks

[@tomtoss2463]

Alex and Marius, it is alright to play a system opening but it is not alright to stop thinking. You need to know and understand your opening and when to adapt.

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

@@tomtoss2463 Nothing against system openings, I play London a ton as well as KID - but Pirc is just inferior version of KID - but your point is correct

[@waltdog123]

What is the name of this opening specifically please? Couldn't quite make it out.

[@AlexBanzea]

Colle Zukertort

[@waltdog123]

​​@@AlexBanzeaI have thoughts that this might be a good alternate from my Jobava when my opponent blocks the way

[@blacksnowman8106]

37:00 Bishop f5 :) thanks bro

[@MrPeterprinciple]

In 2nd game, your opponent played the Czech Pirc defense. I play the Pirc and that variation was a poor choice. When you bring out the Queen, it's to piin the Knight on C3 which you didn't develop. The mainline Pirc is a better choice IMHO.

[@cn1573]

I never had an answer on black's Bf5 or Bg4 (35:23ff). With Bb5 those days seem to be over ... :-)

[@FloydMaxwell]

I'd just like to thank "idlisi" for helping me to feel better about my chess abilities

[@moastromberg7034]

legend

[@Philip19994]

Is there a way to know when the jobava london course will be out?

[@AlexBanzea]

I guess around two months

[@BlancheCarter]

I love jumping in with my horsie.

[@Iugcfrdchh]

Thoughts on the dragon Sicilian

[@AlexBanzea]

Prefer accelerated

[@chaseanderson5436]

This dude funny af 😂

[@snortingnesquik3470]

@48:54 haircut transposition

[@LordBrozart]

This reminds me a lot of the Stonewall

[@ememade]

ur first opponent spent 6 moves manually castling lol

[@coachRJ_]

“Size” lol

[@wikiwing348]

Zukertort course when?

[@AlexBanzea]

Maybe next year!

[@seanreilly4792]

“Girl with a penis” …bwaha!, you need to do more vids Alex …entertaining and instructive as all hell

[@spacejunkisforever6311]

I love your irreverent analogies!