The Classical King's Indian Defence - Chess Openings Explained

[@jordontrapp2617]

Hilarious when the camera pans to that one guy. The camera guy is like "yep, he's putting on this show for one person". Gotta respect the effort and enthusiasm JS puts in.

[@mrtampham]

I love it.

[@ophiolatreia93]

Jordon Trapp he's performing for the camera

[@intuitivamkt]

I'm dying xD

[@andresquilis2144]

The intro is hilarious, keep up the good work

[@teo5146]

Andres Quilis I guess we will never know.

[@mohd1nagyyyyy]

" It's ok to be wrong, it's not your pieces it's Hikaru's " LOL

[@Thatguy-nh4by]

@@MrHaro187 good work Sherlock

[@jackcarter3944]

The nonsense stops around 4:45 and we get through the opening moves around 11:00 .

[@bruhmeme7313]

bless you!!!

[@haeusserk]

@@bruhmeme7313 I'm so happy I scrolled down when he started riffing lol

[@axelbernard2010]

Just let the man have fun

[@nidaf1597]

@@axelbernard2010 he can have his fun as much as he wants but thats not my kind of fun

[@HezOmanjo]

Cheers bro!

[@Cirdec444]

These are all positions I never end up in, people always trade every piece.

[@nichl474]

Because trading every piece is bad. This probably means that your rating is pretty low, isn't it? I'm not the best either, but I'm now entering that phase where many of my enemies stopped always taking and now actually think about what move they should play

[@kookoo275]

@@nichl474 but there's never any videos on what to do if they trade... I know the general ideas but a beginners video on how to play if people want to trade would help a lot

[@yashthakur9912]

Maybe you can learn some endgame principles so that you can improve your rating by having an advantage in the endgame and then play these positions

[@kookoo275]

@@yashthakur9912 yeah I try to activate my king and attack pawns in the end game but I don't think I'm that good at it... My strong suit is tactics and sharp positions

[@vaporghoul]

@@kookoo275 If you can avoid any trade offers than do so, i would say preserve your bishops over knights because if you have both your light and dark squared bishop (known as the bishop pair) they can slice through defences in the lateish middlegame

[@gavinr6445]

The slow pan to the audience at 2:45 killed me

[@Majora1988]

Schrantz, you are quickly becoming a must watch lecturer for me, thank you for looking at our comments on KZbin.

[@Majora1988]

+Majora1988 Also the Englund gambit has to be in the suspect openings box!

[@EndrChe]

Majora1988 Skull Kid plays King's Indian every time.

[@TraceMyers26]

An astounding piece of technology you've created there. An incredible step into the next millennium for chess.

[@marufsarkar2960]

Starting was epic and fun.I like it :)

[@nilsp9426]

3:50 suspect flowers are suspicous - even more suspicous than suspect openings

[@crazycats4353]

N

[@jasoncoles7606]

Jonathan out of all the talks that chess club I seem to like listening to you. Keep up the good work. I really enjoyed this one. Thank you.

[@Toaster_luvin]

the reboot joke got a chuckle out of me :)

[@Vivek-io3gj]

for sure

[@kevinsu1270]

Hilarious when the camera pans to that one guy. The camera guy is like "yep, he's putting on this show for one person". Gotta respect the effort and enthusiasm JS puts in.The intro is hilarious, keep up the good work

[@jakesterhner713]

Love your vid here, man! Kept my attention and learned a lot. Thanks for taking the time.

[@MrHibbsComedy]

Skip to 4:46

[@juggsmcbulge82]

Dick Niaz thankyou

[@ISI.O]

Thanks!!!

[@phil7394]

May you ride eternal on the highways of Valhalla...

[@tylerrunyan2161]

thx

[@james43623]

MVP

[@fredricfrystad8495]

1. The Scandinavian 2. Sicilian Najdorf Great lectures, Jonathan!

[@thepepp92]

Great lecture, though it's better when prepared. use the ROG to select next week opening, so you can prepare the lecture.

[@gavinr6445]

I'm fairly sure he had the piece of paper up his sleeve the entire time...

[@nathantagler7600]

That is one of a few tricks he may have up there

[@elishaamadasu368]

pro-ROG

[@stourleykracklite7663]

8:30 he has white losing a pawn by accepting the exchange but, materially speaking in terms of pawns, the exchange is even.

[@dylanperry377]

31:33 King has two squares. E6 is the one that was missed. In which case, Nd4#

[@peter_castle]

3 squares, f5 too!

[@antichrist.superstar]

Fantastic video. This was the beginning of my journey as a KID player several years ago.

[@bewareofnikhil]

One interesting observation at 12:43 is that it took black 4 moves to get this position of the knights whereas it can be done in two moves!

[@brendanhall3265]

christe such a tough crowd, I thought it was funny

[@MagmaTeja]

Was voting for the King's Indian. The ROG heard me :) and you showed some gorgeous games. Definitely playing this against that pesky d4 opening.

[@yezr3965]

Best video yet. Loved it

[@SmoothMike]

Love these lectures. Najdorf soon?

[@elajedrezdelmundo1247]

I just love the way Jonathan get "SUSPECT" openings inside the R.O.G. and how he moves the stuff around the box. His unique style makes chess not only interesting but also really funny XD

[@younis24de]

Start 4:46

[@fuckingSickOfCreepyG]

cheers mate

[@nikolayditchev9160]

Idk about the chess openings but the music in the opening of the video is pretty enjoyable

[@ruthxk7844]

"Random Openings Generator" xDDD hilarious! Took me completely by surprise!!

[@anthonylayne7]

At 29:25 you have Ng5+,Kxh4,qh6+,kxg3,qh3+ seems pretty good as well

[@yanair2091]

Great idea and excellent execution. Seeing this was premiered 4 years ago, I sincerely hope you continued with different openings on weekly basis. I'd hate to see the work and resources spent into creating that Random Openings Generator machine go to waste.

[@davidmcwilliams123]

At 31:37, he says that the king only has one legal move, but he could’ve gone to e6 instead of g6, no? It’s still mate in 1 after that, tho.

[@heliogomesmagalhaes]

The videos of this guy are awesome! Congrats!

[@sriknightsmovechessacademy7545]

after 50.05 there is a fork which allows white to exchange up

[@akwa90]

how is 8:21 loosing a pawn for white, I really don't get it, they are even.

[@hawaii9850]

8:10 what if after Nxe4 white plays Nxf7? And how do you lose a pawn anyways?

[@neercj]

At 28:06. Why not Qf3+ and only move is Bg3 then Ng5#

[@NonViolentSolutions]

I don't know if suggestions are still being accepted here, but an opening video on the Nimzo would be awesome. There's so many potential pawn structures that can arise (does black play c5 or d5 or both? does he play d6 and e5?) that it's hard to establish a "typical" plan I feel like.

[@Royce1508]

lovely lecture again. Would love to see the ROG5000 spit out the Nimzo Indian or Bogo Indian in the near future.

[@wooki321]

each JS video supplies me with enough joy to smile through a whole week

[@fakecubed]

I used to play the KID. Stopped playing chess for a while, forgot absolutely everything I knew about it in the meantime. Switched to the Dutch when I came back. Couldn't be happier.

[@buddybuythis3889]

For some KID beats Dutch!

[@fakecubed]

I don’t dispute that one’s opening repertoire is a matter of personal preference. I’m just saying that for me, I could not be happier playing the Dutch over KID (which I barely remember now anyway). It meets literally everything I wanted in an opening when I decided to change up my response to 1.d4. Something a little bit uncommon, but perfectly viable with good attacking chances for black to fight to win from the start. In my experience, I’m able to know it a *lot* better than my 1.d4 opponents and win right in the opening. At my level that’s beautiful, and even at much higher levels I’m told by fellow Dutch players that it is typical the latest Dutch theory is not commonly known even by most grandmasters. Only a few know it and play it, but there are Dutch players among the chess elite so it’s clearly viable. When I did play the KID, I never once thought my opponents hadn’t played against it many times.

[@asmitanand7951]

Awesome video, i really enjoyed it.

[@sydneyreyes4207]

Hahahaha.... You shocked me. Most of St. Louis Lecture are quite conventional. Thank you for the creativity. . . Hilarious!!! 😂😂😂 LMAO!

[@zacharymcarthur9013]

At 28:04 what about ... Ng5+, Kg2 Qf3#

[@therealsuperior7855]

you are right :)

[@gabrielnord3126]

Zachary McArthur Kg3!

[@zacharymcarthur9013]

Gabriel Nord no legal? Is that a joke? Lol

[@XmagicKilleur]

I was thinking about Qf3, Bg3, Qxg3#

[@lazarus3274]

Umm I was watching this and if you go back to 29:22 instead of playing Qh6 you had Ng5# I don't remember what the move number was. But I double checked it I guess Hikaru missed that???

[@viniciussimoes4865]

At 28'03'' after 28. Bxf1 h3+ 29. Kxh3 the continuation is Qf3 checkmate. No need to take the f1 Bishop.

[@RobinTeuwens]

good lectures! Explaining the ideas behind openings is excellent. I prefer this over super in-depth analysis of superGM games. learning strategic concepts > seeing monster calculation

[@就不更新吹啊]

41:54why he do that?

[@andrewhodson1981]

The fact that he clears his throat every sentence really threw me off

[@Caesarnr93]

31:32 doesn’t the king have several squares?

[@GuitarGuy190]

Yeah he had two squares there. But both lead to mate.

[@benmo7430]

People of youtube: i wonder what opening it is? Title of video: kings indian denfense

[@PlayinOcean]

Please bring back Jonathan!

[@williamsquires3070]

At 31:42, he stated white has only one move (Kg6), but - in fact - white can go Ke6 also. Of course, this loses also, so perhaps this is academic. :}

[@henrytsang9785]

William Squires of

[@footballanalysis1473]

King Indian Defense is easy defeated if white plays C4 (Back To B3 if forced) to attack the black king side.. So, black will be very difficult to build up his attack on king side properly.. So for a more secure King Indian Defense as black, before launching those knight to attack king side.. Moving those pawn on queen side to secure C4, B3 or even A2 so that white bishop cannot control F7 D6 E5 square is very important.. And don't fear of exchange something even rooks except queen to get opponent white bishop because it's the main threat to fail our King Indian Defense strategy to launch attack properly on king side.. Moving those queen side pawns is extremely important in my opinion.. I comment this because experience it a lot of times.. Not bullshit at all..

[@joeb4142]

“by rebooot I mean kicking repeatedly with my boot” lol Gotta love Jonathan ❤️ OMG This is such a train wreck 😂

[@alphaphii2788]

13:30, what if exf5??

[@bigbrother5024]

THE FLOWERS ARE BACK :-) and heads up for a fun approach like with ROG - he won't become homicidal, will he? Still, I agree that it would be unfortunate to trade good preparation for the show effect. I hope the openings thrown in are the ones Jonathan knows in his sleep, or think about alternatives (selecting the opening for the next clip, or randomizing only once in a while with less complex openings).

[@rowanscovell-lightfoot7028]

at 50:06 couldnt whitee go 1.Knightf7 forking the king and queen then winning the rook?

[@trashl0rd]

Best chess lecture intro ever? I'd say yes.

[@marufsarkar2960]

Need a Sicilian Najdorf video next.

[@riviratnaweera7770]

29:47 Where's the Nak-out? 😂

[@boomjonggol5757]

damn, an attack on the kingside, in front of your own king. Legendary.

[@magnusthorin6062]

Great lecture! Btw...is that a little fart I hear at 12:39? Sneeky one.

[@al0822]

At 50:35, why did he had to take the knight? What's the threat in a move like Kg7 for example?

[@Strade8]

I found this: ..Nd8, black queen has to move away from the c file, and then Qxe2 winning a rook because of the pin on c7, and if you try to defend the rook with the queen on a4, white can trade rooks and than Qxf5 winning the Knight : )

[@pastorofmuppets4552]

2:21 Ben Finegold?

[@V1kToo]

8:31 Don't we just get our pawn back? Also, can't the knight just move away, since the one in C3 is protected by B2?

[@corevetti4853]

I believe king safety no 1 as kasparov said

[@corevetti4853]

Well if nxe5 then nxe4

[@V1kToo]

@@corevetti4853 I mean, nxe5, nxe4, then nxe4 (the other one) bxe5... and I'm not sure black is better there at all after the exchange. What do you think? Can you see the continuation?

[@corevetti4853]

@@V1kToo well im checking with an engine wait a min

[@corevetti4853]

@@V1kToo ok i checked and basically its equal but what i would do is wait out the postion wait for him to blunder or make a move that might favour me then head into the endgame if nothing works for me

[@smithbob8236]

Hi, could you do the Nimzo-indian Sämisch next? Thanks!

[@soxwon04]

Bobby Fischer laughed at the Scandinavian, just saying.

[@Qhsjahajw]

soxwon04 Carlsen plays it

[@12jswilson]

@@Qhsjahajw in online blitz where he doesn't want to reveal any serious prep.

[@tashikrtv6878]

@@Unscripted9 he's magnus

[@GuitarGuy190]

@@tashikrtv6878 But Bobby laughed at it. If Magnus can play it, so could Bobby as he was pretty much at a legendary status when he was at his peak.

[@douwehuysmans5959]

@@GuitarGuy190 Bobby was very opinionated and didnt have access to engines. It's not a bad opening it's just that there are better options at the GM level, doesn't mean anything for someone rated under 2000

[@chessratingrise5715]

Love the technology..The ROG! LOL! Very entertaining thanks and happy chess play! :-)

[@Glive123]

Were doing it tonight!!

[@lonewolf42923]

I wasn't sure if at 4:47 he tried the good ol' blank paper trick, so I put resolution to max : nothing, so I put the FBI on the case, they said it was the Starbucks ticket he had accumulated in his car with many others that formed the "solid" feed for the machine, this one was thursday, he took a tea latte, and glanced a little too much on a lady in green dress that day, but the FBI said no worries, and decreased back the surveillance level a few weeks later.

[@skwasigr]

the second game is a real treasure. And the commentaring is nice

[@michaelbuckingham4830]

Brilliant intro. Great teacher

[@joshuathurman7038]

you guys are awsome. i love the ROG keep up the good work.

[@thedarkcrazycyborg1812]

id like to see a slav defence or maybe the queens indian next time

[@FredPlanatia]

I detect some aggression being dissipated on the 'suspect' openings by Jon. Could it be he came out swinging 'cause there's an audience of 1?

[@panagiotischagias4119]

30:54 , 31:15 that's Ben Finegolds voice isn't it?

[@Zlysium]

Take a shot every time he says Night.

[@muradnnolaki6788]

Excellent lecture! Thx Jon

[@gibson3lespaul]

27:58 Isn't Qxf1 check-mate?

[@z-man1938]

gibson3lespaul King takes the queen

[@dubblexdubblex]

more R.O.G

[@dylanvettical4183]

31:33 he can move Kf5

[@michalbotor]

i haven't seen the second one yet, but the first game must be the most thrilling one i've ever seen in my entire life! if that's classical defence, then folks back in the old days sure knew how to rock! ;)

[@12jswilson]

KID can be very exciting. Tal had a very instructive game in the King's Indian Defense in the early 1950s. I can't remember his opponent off the top of my head. Maybe Smyslov or Lilienthal

[@stephenjames2951]

He's no Ben Finegold - but still a lot of fun

[@stephenjames2951]

+ArseneLupin2009 I agree I meant from the entertainment perspective

[@KA1blow]

+Stephen James i find him way way way more entertaining than ben

[@hockeylife141]

Dardans, you must be great at parties.

[@kimgss1]

Ben Finegold is a moron. Stupid jokes (really, is there anything funny about putting someone down?) and like 0 self-awareness (keeps on going with the jokes, no one laughs). Schrantz is amongst my favorite lecturers.

[@hockeylife141]

+kimgss1 you have zero sense of humor if you don't think Ben finegold absolutely loves it when he makes people feel awkward for not getting really niche jokes. BF has an incredibly dry sense of humor, he's hilarious.

[@Randomname8383]

Woah, the meta used to be not castling? I’m shocked how much this has changed over the rise of chess in popularity the last couple years

[@27chaitanya1]

When d4 is played as opening move if black use Kings Indian Defence by playing g6. Then from black's point of view how to defend this g6 pawn when there is a threat from h2 white pawn advancing assuming black has castled

[@VernAfterReading]

Less prep is interesting, as it lets us see how you'd analyse on the fly a bit. That is a nice break from the lecturer knowing via prep and quizzing the audience. We can see the moves you guessed vs the ones you didn't and learn something new from that.

[@Majora1988]

I like the ROG, but maybe not every week, maybe once or twice a month?

[@masoomshafi7406]

Is there only one person who showed up to this live lecture? 😂😂😂 he sounds like he's speaking to a room full of people 🤣

[@jayantarianster]

Let's agree that ROG is a necessary evil. On a serious note, thank you so much for doing these videos. These are great resources for people like me who never went to a coach but thanks to you, now have access to such quality content and learn the openings from scratch. Big fan! I know you've done King's gambit declined but I still want to ask - is it so bad that players at all levels stopped playing it years ago?

[@akhileshsharma1292]

You are awesome Lecturer! :) Thanks alot for helping me out.

[@shakeebuddinkashif4578]

I use to watch yasser and Ben fine gold. now Jonathan is on my must watch list!

[@leventeadamszabo1914]

If you could do a lecture on the othor most common varoations of the KID, that would be awesome. The Saemisch, the Averbakh, The Four Pawns Attack and/or the Fianchetto Variation, please! Great lecture as always!

[@krell2130]

Can someone please explain to this fine gentleman what a microphone does?

[@AkamiChannel]

Why was the rook so important on that square?

[@markmccoy311]

at the 29:10 mark Kg5++ chackmate was missed

[@markmccoy311]

knight to G5

[@markmccoy311]

instead of queen h6

[@coolstuff7285]

on 47:22 with rook check mate black king on h8

[@augustsbautra]

Much love for Jonathan, everyone loves a bit of black box technology.

[@rolandoperez6612]

Why is King's Indian Defense only used when white doesn't open with e4? Are there any games when Kings Indian Defense is used against white's initial e4?

[@thedeck1627]

why should white want to keep his rook on C6? 22:24