The Great Snake Chess Opening (English Defense Counter)

[@simonfarmer4005]

Yeah cool mate, I have been using the English as White a fair bit after watching Aman's speedrun on Chessbrah. I have found it to be quite a strong opening and found it easier to develop different tactics. Your counter as Black is great for me because, not only does it help to strengthen my English as White, it also helps to decipher weaknesses in that opening for when I am playing against it. As Black I have had the most success out of the King's Indian in general terms but it is fantastic for me to add another string to my bow, per se. Just wanted to add that along with most of us here, I really enjoy your content. I find it very instructive, flexible and sound. You're doing a great thing for the Chess community by providing content like this and you should be proud of yourself for that. Cheers, mate.

[@DavidLIVE_]

People like this make me love chess, and people who bring their queen out on move 2 also make me love chess as I know that theres someone worse than me out there.

[@ZephaniahL]

English Whites are in dire need of strengthening in these loathsome times…

[@eitanjoseph1629]

Do you play the Botvinnik system into g6?

[@BobChess]

"I dominate English with the great sneak!" Others people at the zoo:

[@mcronrn]

Pretty sure Kasparov played the Great Snake vs the English quite a bit! Best defence name ever! 👍🏽

[@efthorpe]

Thanks, Nelson. I am looking forward to playing this the next time somebody plays 1. C4 against me. It does remind me of the Dutch.

[@ChameeraDedduwage]

As a Pirc/Modern player who plays 1 ... g6 or 2 ... g6 from muscle memory, AND someone who has been caught in those nasty traps quite a few times, let me tell you that I appreciate this immensely. Also, it takes a lot of unlearning to be able to play f7-f5 early in the opening (my initiation came from the Dzindzhi-Indian) but when you know what you're doing, it pays handsomely. Awesome and simple intro with zero time wastage. Thanks!

[@ReachingHigher001]

Excellent video. I think I'll try this variation myself. Thank you, Chess Vibes.

[@jordanthomas8542]

Literally what I was looking for I couldn't find any good youtube videos on it well that changes here

[@rachelthomas9962]

Thanks ! I play 1c4 and this helps me understand what my opponent may be trying !

[@ichosethemountains]

I used this in an otb game tonight and it was a lot of fun. I won, but more importantly I didn't play the Symmetrical English! Thanks for the rec. I'm wondering how this fares against all of the different move order preferences Botvinnik English players use, and I ended up playing a slightly different move order than I think most would recommend, but I'm hooked and excited to learn more about this system.

[@shivekagrawal4412]

My guy just fired his thumbnail maker and replaced him with a non living computer

[@midamida915]

Yeah it's kinda low effort :/

[@0638]

@@midamida915 i honestly prefer the older thumbnails by a lot, you can tell that a human made it, but the newer thumbnails aren't bad at all

[@danielyuan9862]

@@midamida915 So? Even if it is low effort, it certainly doesn't look low effort.

[@LeonardGMN]

The future is now, old man!

[@youtubeaddict487]

who cares about thumbnails

[@chessx6847]

Fischer played 1...g6 to 1. c4 but it later transposed into the King's Indian.

[@djartur25]

Challenge idea: you have to spin the wheel after every Martin's move, there are 2 options - make a move or miss (change the position to Martin on move)

[@jonathancauley5345]

I may have played this variant before against English. I have to agree, it’s a good defense opening if you know what your doing. I like the Whale or the so called Krummik opening for white! :)

[@GirlGeekLovesStampin]

I really needed this! Thank you for helping us to grow our elo! ❤🎉😊

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Any time!

[@duke_wow7960]

Hey chess vibes can you give hints and tips on Scandinavian defense and Giuoco Pianogame?

[@Cainhelm]

so it's a bit of a transposition of the Leningrad Dutch setup?

[@cheeseandcorn4635]

There's a snake on my board!

[@theexaminer4784]

This theory actually rattles the defense without really going forward.

[@drziggyabdelmalak1439]

Complicated, to me, but still very useul. Thanks, Nelson!

[@Cromsep]

love your videos bro

[@jefftaylor1186]

I like seeing 1…g6 when I play 1.c4. I like using the Botvinnik System against g6 set ups

[@michaelrnahas4425]

Got a short but important one for you to show. Are you familiar with fool's mate? How about a video on what it is and how to avoid it. It's mate in two by black

[@qiaosongliu881]

I beat the language Enlish with a Great Big Snake

[@TheChessGenie]

Thank you Nelson for this very instructive video!

[@jonathanwork7070]

There was another system similar to this that I have come across as black. I believe it is referred to as the grand prix setup for black.

[@БогданКовальчук-й3н]

This seems solid! Although danyyil drivnyy covered this in his chessable course im pretty sure.

[@TheFirstFirmament9130]

Hate this setup!!😡😡 they go go for the d4 break after e5, g6.. And the rook is hanging. Later on when I play f5 they go for the e4 break. After this it really weakens my king followed by all of these pawn breaks.😒😒 Gotta find another setup😓😓 Edit: I tried different move orders to reach this setup but it doesn't work too😐😐

[@SylarTheBest]

super informative, love your videos!

[@OsirisAusar9]

Ehhhh I don't know it's nice, but it seems like it is playing into what most English players like to do, which is to sit back, not get attacked, and consistently take shots at your position with no worries the g6 square looks very weak to tactics and knight forks on the King and rook

[@manmathkumardas5856]

If at 9:10 White plays Qb3 then Nc5 maybe?😅

[@timsun6011]

yes

[@BobBob-tt9hq]

You disappointed me Nelson...That exact opening in white...is what I always play. You literally helped me opponents now. Well, I would at least use that opening as black when my opponents play that as white though...

[@OcteractSG]

You have to wonder if an e4 player could adopt this to play against the Sicilian. I have encountered someone trying to play something like this against the Caro-Kann, and it ended poorly for him.

[@zoichi_kanoe6227]

It's just a normal closed sicilian

[@orlandofinley5334]

i didn't know that was the great snake variation i just thought i needed to do something different. Because i was getting my ass whip in chess though i found myself winning after that/

[@Dobbman]

Wouldn't it be better to castle on the queen side?

[@hutaolesshutaosimp8991]

I'm kinda new at chess (since I hated it because its too complex and preferred checkers). Can I ask, what is the best opening for beginners like me?

[@simonfarmer4005]

Focus less on openings and more on awareness and you will progress faster. Just play lots of games and don't worry about losing. Develop your own style and the theory side will come afterwards.

[@radiant_shade]

Play the London system or the caro cann. I recommend watching gothamchess’s videos on it because he makes stuff for beginners. Great opening for beginners, just not that practical for higher level players.

[@sunondo8671]

The Italian game as white

[@shivekagrawal4412]

@@radiant_shade yes he should definitely check the guess the elo playlist (it was a joke dont check it)

[@radiant_shade]

@@shivekagrawal4412 I wasn’t talking about gte, I was talking about his opening videos on the caro and the London system

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

He sacrificed the SNAAAAAAAAAKE!

[@JustAnotherCommenter]

There's no sacrifice whatsoever in this video except for your comment sacrifice to say that he sacrificed the snake which is ironic because that joke may be funny at times, but not in this particular scenario.

[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

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[@stellarsub-orbital9922]

@@JustAnotherCommenter that's your opinion. Facts and logic don't care about your feelings.

[@ncheckh5632]

I'm not so used to play againts English Opening, most of time I have hard time to deal with it. So far I only play reversed Sicilian againts English. This is might be good addition for me but I feel like this system kinda risky for me. We lack on our development as well because we move our pawns few times and not to mention losing another tempo with Kh8 to avoid check from Qb3.

[@matheus_rml]

This kind of looks like a dutch defense but against c4 instead of d4

[@Bobo-yw4ph]

The dutch can also be played after c4

[@Whizzdraws]

Well when I played it was white c4 and black g3😅

[@David_Crayford]

Well, that's a handsome looking fellow. Good enough to go on a rock star t-shirt. The name can be plundered for double entendre. And the actual chess looks solid. I like it.

[@asdf9C]

this is awesome.

[@user-iu1xg6jv6e]

But what if my opponent watched your video?

[@ryanm9257]

so im a random 500-600 play a fun game went back and look at it found out i played the great snake opening (tho i did play pawn to b3 as my first move. let just say my game went very different then urs XD

[@jsoles3668]

the dislikes are all avid english players

[@LeonardGMN]

Hah, jokes on you, because I almost never play g3 in the English, because everyone expects me to do so. ;)

[@RonnocYrael]

2:57

[@michaelowino228]

Good video.

[@ChessVibesOfficial]

Thanks!

[@_GkT_]

4:03

[@David_Crayford]

While I am thinking about English Defence, I wonder if there are also Russian and Ukrainian Defence openings...

[@Stint45678]

Petrov Defence aka Russian opening

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[@alimollahosseini7838]

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[@gtcapper4785]

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[@snehitchess11]

I am pro in this I have 2324 elo

[@Rqwwqw]

Double problems. Its chess but Martin moves twice If You get chacked in Martin first move you'll lose

[@modestoquinto1911]

It's a KID set-up

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[@jyrael]

Ort

[@jakesnake2985]

Imagine pinning this

[@theexaminer4784]

Not your single theory worked for me.

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