The Closed Catalan · Variations, Plans, Ideas, Structures

[@ziodice6166]

There ought to be a video for ~1000 rated players for when you try to do a catalan and your opponent gets confused because they haven't seen it before and does some whack shit you haven't seen before and now everyone's confused.

[@MrNadav1995]

lol he has a video on developing an opening repertoire and mentions this idea "you know what to play against the good moves, you don't know what to play against the bad moves" When you study an opening you have to study the bad moves as well..especially at lower levels. I play the scotch and besides the main lines people play 3.d6?? quite frequently so I learned what to do against that and how the game changes as a result..

[@nikolacvetkovic4549]

I think below 1700 in blitz, people will never stumble into these main lines, they will play something completely random in Catalan :)

[@ziodice6166]

​@@nikolacvetkovic4549 I've seen 800s play entire mainline openings - it's rare, sure, but by no means impossible. additionally - "completely random" is honestly pretty insulting - no one above like 500 on any of the main sites is playing 'completely random' moves, they're not about to play main lines but it's insulting to pretend that anyone below 1700 isn't going to be playing decent moves even if they are intuiting them rather than pulling from theory

[@vikrat8972]

@@ziodice6166 I made it to 1800 playing random moves

[@hugebeebop2955]

​@@ziodice6166 yall just dont have the same definition of random

[@cosmic4297]

b6 - Queens Indian c5 - Tarash Ne4 - Stonewall c6 & Nbd7 - Closed Catalan 17:00 Bb7 after Nbd7 18:45 Ba6 after Nbd7 19:15 e5 after c5 24:05 b3 after Ba6 24:25 e4 after Bb7 21:30 recap for Nbd7 29:55 recap for c6

[@MrCosinuus]

I wonder how this guy can make so many vids with so high quality in such a short time. There has to be some hidden factory ;)

[@jontar5970]

I aggre

[@tedfordmitchell7334]

Professor of chess

[@tedfordmitchell7334]

He is the chess professor.

[@Carlwatkins1984]

He gave up his job so he could play chess full time. I think he enjoys chess a lot.

[@giovannicaruso8834]

Such as?

[@0xc0ffee_]

Thank you so much for your wonderful dedication. You keep inspiring me to open a chess book and study instead of wasting time each night. You have improved my quality of life and chess. Won’t ever be grateful enough

[@leofisher1280]

This series has been the perfect way for me to add the Catalan to my repertoire!

[@antonioperez1909]

All your videos and this serie about the catalan opening are incredible, thank you so much

[@tonysu8860]

A nice guide to only begin to consider the ideas behind a number of lines. I would also suggest that this video is a micro approach to White understanding various ideas against semi-Meran setups by black (of course with K-side fianchetto) and that the potential transpositions go beyond what were mentioned... There were lines which could potentially even arise after advanced number of moves in the Exchange French. what eventually results is from both players' decisions regarding pawn and center transformations, and this video provides some valuable ideas behind such decisions.

[@roland.j.ruttledge]

Congratulations. Fantastic series. Hours of pleasure. Many thanks UK

[@Carlwatkins1984]

Great video, thank you once again. I Watched all of your open catalan videos and they were great. Good work.

[@Leonjrxx]

Great series, I've watched dozens of these now from you

[@JosephGab]

You deserve more subs you explain thing very clear and you put so much effort in your videos

[@anderenaam3091]

19:29 why is knight to g4 no valid option?

[@cosmic4297]

I think it’s because after h3 the knights stuck on the edge of the board

[@zidaanprakash9388]

8:09 made like 4 plugs to different videos in under 30 seconds, new record. p.s. great video! Didn’t mean that as hate, and I’ve learnt a lot about the Catalan through the series

[@oxxxca_dot_exe6657]

Thanks for the content. Love the channel

[@DavidMcAsey-px4mo]

Great content. Would be good to see more pawn structure ideas in other tutorials.

[@DrSergioValdez]

Kind Sir ... Your videos are great. Thanks!

[@muhammadmoneebanwar3087]

Really admire your work brother.....Your deutz gambit video has certainly won me many games...could not find Closed Sicilian video on your channel ...really hoping to learn something against it as black

[@cemalettinmzrak1940]

Could you please explain English Opening and Reti Opening?

[@Nothing-qz4fk]

I am a viewer since couple of months.And I can say that you are ruining other chess youtubers with your quality videos.You deserve 100 Thousand subs.Your middlegame series is a gem.Please upload English opening if possible🙏🙏

[@samrangdale8971]

When will we see more training game vids? These videos are great but I find those most instructive for middlegames/most enjoyable!

[@heshamshaikh8448]

Finally I have finished all the videos. YESSS!!!!

[@jontar5970]

What do u recomend for opening for black i dont want to learn super many lines at the moment what is the best opening with not many variations agianst e4 and d4

[@leofisher1280]

if you want simple against e4 you could try learning e4 e5, and then you can avoid the more complex variations and stick to stuff like the Italian game. for d4 you can usually just pick one system like the King's Indian and play that against whatever white wants to do

[@jontar5970]

@@leofisher1280 ok nice im not saying super simpel im saying not more then 6 lines

[@leofisher1280]

@@jontar5970 maybe the French could be nice for you then

[@jontar5970]

@@leofisher1280 Nice thx so much

[@Aggelos-ho9gl]

I would suggest you the caro khan or the petrov for e4 openings ( the French is not bad either ) and the Benoni for d4 . At least that was what I used to do when I was playing in a lower level , except that it is a surprise weapon you will have the initiative and the chance to select your line , even though you may not know the top tier openings ( spanish , Italian schotch for e4 and queens gambit , indian,nimzo,Catalan for d4) :)

[@spd7693]

Are you also going to do the Neo-Catalan? Basically it comes from the Reti if black plays 2... e6 and then 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2. It's quite interesting.

[@HangingPawns]

It will be covered in the English series.

[@G1acia1]

@@HangingPawns are you still planning on covering the Neo-Catalan at some point? It was never covered in the English series I don’t think

[@zamaleksc7205]

That's a really nice content , thank u so much sir !

[@junglemood3110]

thank you !

[@pat-9443]

best explanation so far

[@harperlewis_RC]

What about 6...Nc6? Is it considered to be minor, like a tranposition to some kind of inferior Tarrasch or Chigorin? Which would be the way to refute it?

[@bartekh00]

Really nice content. Love. Thanks!

[@noeljayestacio3634]

Great Video!! i think i chose closed catalan becoz its like modern slav as i am a Semi Slav Player

[@fiestadreamz]

Thank you this video was very helpful

[@marathashahi711]

Which is the next series?

[@harisserdarevic4913]

yay haha! hvala puno brate

[@siddharthgurnani3282]

@hangingpawns do you have a lesson on middlegames

[@mattsilverman1075]

Can you still play a catalan style position after black plays e5 nf6 bf5? A lot of players at my level play this in response.

[@zidaanprakash9388]

Are you talking about 1. e5… or are you talking about e5 in the starting closed Catalan position. Either ways it’s bad to play like that for white since you blunder a pawn

[@JustanamebroDK]

How to punish dubious sideline 6. Nc6?

[@taefithendo]

Overwhelmed with info

[@velmurugandon1241]

Please upload a series of english opening

[@shivakrishna1743]

what if black plays c5 on move 3?

[@dzordzszs]

That's in another video I think

[@tim2401]

It would be so cool if you just copy and pasted all of your videos to Chessable, just so I'd be able to use their move trainer on these lines. And also it'd be more income for you as well.

[@tuanvlog2008]

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[@Aritmar]

finally!!!

[@MaggyFly95]

first :D

[@jaroslavpors6559]

Well, great video but one big mistake happened. After Qc2 b5 is actually very very strong compy move and after a4 Bb7! ab5 a6! black can achieve equality.