I feel like I’ve actually learned a lot about openings from these videos. It’s important to understand the ideas and what each persons goals are!
@donkbonktj57733 жыл бұрын
I know it seems stupid that I am on a opening lesson video and saying this, but theory kills the game.
@MxolisiMasuku6 жыл бұрын
This is the second video I have watched from you guys and my game is gradually improving and I am starting to see quite a number of important things that I didnt know mattered in opening and also in maintaining good positions. Thank You, you officially have one more life time fan
@billwindsor42242 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial, Jonathan; thank you for your work to develop the chess community!
@PNWESQ8 жыл бұрын
These are phenomenal videos. I use these all the time to study!
@RKairos5 жыл бұрын
Discovered a neat little trap! At 31:00, after the piece exchange and 8. b4, Black can play Na4, and if 9. Qb3 Ne4 and the queen captures the knight, 10... Qf6 hitting the rook gives White an immediate +2 point advantange. If White attempts to save the rook with 11. Rb1, Black has a forced mate in 2 starting with Qc3+. If White moves Ra2, Qf2+ followed by Nc3+ forks the king and queen. The best response by White is to just concede the exchange and play 11. Nf3.
@jampubharadwaj93744 жыл бұрын
You are working with what if's from white side. After b4 Na4, white would continue with Qc2 preventing Ne4 and attacking Na4. The best move for black would be Nc6 which is badly placed for the rest of the game
@noahwhipkey37622 жыл бұрын
@@jampubharadwaj9374 the whole point of classical nimzo is to play 4.Qc2 lol
@calebkoeller9586 Жыл бұрын
@@noahwhipkey3762 how is that relevant
@chessassassin40628 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much for this video. I appreciate your contribution to the chess community.
@leventeadamszabo19147 жыл бұрын
At 32:50 What's wrong with exchanging the queens? After axb4 black could have saved it's knight by playin Nc3. Or am I missing something?
@Magiciansking5 жыл бұрын
Yea I was thinking of that as well
@idfx10005 жыл бұрын
True, but the results overwhelmingly favor White after this, I guess basically because the c-pawn is a monster and White will be able to activate his position. For instance 13. Qb4 Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 Nb5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Ne2 Kd7 21.Nd4 (1-0 in 43 moves, Anastasian-Ifek 1992). Still, it probably should have been mentioned.
@sirilidionilirium48576 жыл бұрын
41:24 you do know you can just play Rxc1 first and after he is forced to recapture with the Rook then play Qxf3, right?
@kylen64303 ай бұрын
True. But this is presuming white plays exd3, which I think was the wrong defense to begin with. Could white just play Rd2
@Znmann8 жыл бұрын
great video thanks. Varuzhan an Jonathan are my favorite teachers.
@Anderson-S-Garcia7 жыл бұрын
Very instructive, clear and well explained
@vegardt34337 жыл бұрын
11:19 "This game didn't fail to disappoint us". Good one!
@lelalesle3 жыл бұрын
Stunning, vivacious, thanks for the nice ideas
@dorianl.2108 жыл бұрын
How does bishop E5 help at 9:48, and also are you allowed to king side castle if ur king side rook is under attack?? If Bishop E5 then what about knight E4-> G5, discovered attack on the queen and attack on the H1 rook
@arcaeus75198 жыл бұрын
Dorian L. Hi, I think you mean Knight e4 to g3 as a discovered attack on the queen but after: --Qc1 (or d2) NxRh1 --BxRh8 white will be a piece up because the knight is trapped. Also, you are allowed to castle if your rook is attacked. You just can't castle if: 1. The king is in check. 2. The king would be put into check by castling. 3. The king has already moved. 4. The rook on the side you want to castle has already moved.
@misanthrop19586 жыл бұрын
+ Arcaeus Good reply, I had the same question as Dorian, I also overlooked that Be5 is attacking Rh8
@Remro883 жыл бұрын
8:14 you say the main move here is e3. What is wrong with Bishop e5 right away ? with the idea of Bishop d4 or f3 to either chase the knight or force the exchange ?
@djss8225 жыл бұрын
At around 17:50 after cxd4 why is it 'clumsy' to take with the e pawn but better to take with a piece?
@Karpnado5 жыл бұрын
Because you don't want open lines towards your king when your opponent is going to castle
@djss8225 жыл бұрын
@@Karpnado as he never castled this makes sense in hindsight but otherwise cxd, exd results in a semi open file which isn't immediately exploitable by black I think.
@haroldbeck43517 жыл бұрын
In that first game near the end (at 28:03) didn't black have a perpetual check moving back and forth on c1 and c2?
@garyshow20053 жыл бұрын
These videos are amazing chess learning tools. At 42:00, if Black blunders with Ra2????, White wins with g5+ forcing Qxg5, then Nxg5 with the threat of Nxf7# or Nxe6#. Black's only defense is ... Rxc1+, Rxc1 Kxg5, but ... Black's just down a rook AND a bishop.
@ldeans56207 жыл бұрын
I've learned something from this entertaining and educational lecture. I definitely appreciate it
@AndrewIsbell8 жыл бұрын
Ben Finegold is known for this opening. Legend has it that long ago he made a T-shirt that said Qc2!
@CommanderFoxTV19925 жыл бұрын
*raaaawwwrr*
@watchableraven35175 жыл бұрын
And I wave my hands
@pjchessgames68234 жыл бұрын
YEAH AND BEN IS MY FAVOURITE
@aesaehttr2 жыл бұрын
Now he probably wears a shirt that says xQc instead lol
@longcastle48638 жыл бұрын
14:20 : I don't get how Qa4 prevents Nd7 here?
@Ariking7778 жыл бұрын
If Nd7 is played, the Queen is just gonna take the Bishop on a6 (... Nd7, Qxa6) - that knight is the only piece defending the bishop on a6.
@longcastle48638 жыл бұрын
+Ariking777 Ah, got it. Should have saw that. Thanks
@alexsmith71817 жыл бұрын
If black plays d5 at 3:54 then why not play Qa4 forking the king and the bishop on b4?
@nishuchawla89065 жыл бұрын
Best chanel in the world
@goosegoesquack6 жыл бұрын
3:51 does Qa4+ not let white pick up the bishop?
@anshumans11746 жыл бұрын
Black can play Nc6
@Eradicator78 жыл бұрын
At the second game, he can trade queens and then place his knight on c3. That way he doesnt lose the knight. Am I wrong?
@almasichepkosgei49218 жыл бұрын
Hi sir, could you please make a video on the smith morra gambit ? Thanks in advance
@Erik_0018 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lecture Jonathan.
@vairamhcet5 жыл бұрын
4:18 Qa4 check and then take the bishop..
@dylanandrejic49026 жыл бұрын
Can we please get a video on the King's Indian Attack?
@Mallorax8 жыл бұрын
Sicilian defence Scheveningen Variation please :)
@SantoshP13546 жыл бұрын
Alekhines defense please
@neeharikatawade64697 жыл бұрын
can you do a video on sicillian dragon Levenfish attack please :)
@anonymousAJ Жыл бұрын
I like Qc2 to support e4 instead of to prevent double pawns I like a big pawn majority, central control, 2 bishops, and dont mind double c pawns
@sergeyk.27647 жыл бұрын
final position 10:30
@haroldh66787 жыл бұрын
Very good man.
@shubho30036 жыл бұрын
could you teach the rubenstein variation too, please??????????
@alonthekingv8 жыл бұрын
Can you do Nimzo Indian with 4.E3?
@johnp8453 жыл бұрын
when I start as white with queen's pawn to d4, and black responds with his first move as king's side knight to fc6 (presumably initiating the Nimzo-Indian defense), is there a specific attack (? Catalan, ? London, ? other) that works best against the Nimzo-Indian defense (in order for me to know what best 2nd move I should make as white) ? thank you for all you have done for the chess community!
@AP0PT0SIS Жыл бұрын
Might not be the best from a theoretical standpoint, but the trompowski is annoying for black.
@klimtkiller8 жыл бұрын
41:51 g5 lol
@foretcl5 жыл бұрын
g5 is slightly inferior, but still wining for black
@checkmater4775 жыл бұрын
@@foretcl he means g5 for white
@jadsoj4 жыл бұрын
But it was Black's turn, right?
@z7r1k34 жыл бұрын
@@jadsoj Black just moved ... Ra2?? in this situation, making it White's turn
@bishop67628 жыл бұрын
Thanks sir. Greatly explained the Nimzo. But one thing I noticed that there is nothing about Reti Opening by Chess Openings Explained. I kindly request you to give us brief knowledge about Reti.
@andreasburger81568 жыл бұрын
I would love to see what white should play after the Queen´s Gambit gets declined with the semi-slav :) Some strategies that abuse the weeknesses of the semi-slave so I can get an idea what i should look for and what i could do to win as a Queen´s Gambit player Thank you very much!
@jessehokkanen81508 жыл бұрын
Could you do video from London system!?
@thebldrs84517 жыл бұрын
Jesse Hokkanen ZZzzzzZzzzz
@vetiarvind8 жыл бұрын
Do you guys actually memorize all these variations? Wow, no wonder i'm around 1200. :-)
@vetiarvind8 жыл бұрын
Greg Battis i appreciate the comment. learning my tactics now..found this awesome site online that'll take a few months to devour
@alonthekingv8 жыл бұрын
I'm 1700 too, I remmber Openings and stuff but some people in my club dosen't know openings and they are 2000's.. It's good to learn it, But you don't have to.
@mugbhary2 жыл бұрын
Excellllenttt
@ashishsanghavi10338 жыл бұрын
make a video on birds opening
@pastorofmuppets45526 жыл бұрын
I find Bird's Opening to be quite underrated.
@menpower16 жыл бұрын
@@pastorofmuppets4552 Indeed, it's the only White opening for which Black has a higher win rate hahahaha
@pastorofmuppets45526 жыл бұрын
menpower1, 1.h4?
@user-ts2co4ov5h5 жыл бұрын
The guy who invented this opening lost more games with it than he won... You can look it up on chessgames.com
@savvassechlidis73312 жыл бұрын
How many times re u going to play with the water bottle?
@kobudnik5 жыл бұрын
Glad I'm not the only one going insane from the constant water chugging. It's maddening lol
@devinhiga19685 жыл бұрын
to be fair he does lecture for an hour and might get dry throat
@z0k03 жыл бұрын
Omg yes. Just take a couple of big drinks, not all the tiny sips.
@niravapurv45782 жыл бұрын
Yeah perhaps can be understood but I dont know. Its a bit annoying and for its not so much about trout , but seems nervous for me... modtly there is no need for the body to need water for talking... most people can talk for very long time witout needing to sip water every 3 minutes. When that said.. when something feels annoying to you. Tho only good way to handle is not to let your mind get attached to it... just ignore it or smile/laugh about it. After all we are here to learn chess and this variations are briliantly explained.. so lets look at the positive... only.. i cant get my self to remember it all.
@thedogofchucknorris7 жыл бұрын
41:45 g5 for white!!
@thegoodfight17766 жыл бұрын
Strangely this guy seemed to copy the same commentary of Kingscrsher's 10 yr. old video of the same Kasparov vs Spassky game. Weird.
@robojena27726 жыл бұрын
5.d5 is something like a "Nimzo-Grunfeld"
@aesaehttr2 жыл бұрын
I'm still! laughing about that one where you hum the intro music
@marvinmuslim8 жыл бұрын
why is the control over E4 so important?
@rosebud33738 жыл бұрын
There are basically three kinds of openings from white's point of view: A. The ones where white can play both e4 and d4 B. The ones where white can play or e4 or d4 C. The ones where white don't play e4 or d4 as first moves. We usually think that A>B>C ; the nimzo-indian defence wants white to stay in the B category, and that's why they want to control the e4 square after white's first move 1. d4
@JoaoPedro-ge3iy7 жыл бұрын
incredible explanation
@remziseferli80486 жыл бұрын
Very strong move is Ne4 Takes Bishop.
@Majora19888 жыл бұрын
King's gambit for next time? And yay Jon is doing beginner breakdown, better find a game for it, lol
@amandasteven14003 жыл бұрын
too bad moves r not marked with arrows or something? he moves so fast its hard to keep up.. i mean, i'am constantly asking myself "what jst happened???"
@timhart24126 жыл бұрын
Very informative!
@-dash4 жыл бұрын
monday night mayhem 😮
@BrantK1477 жыл бұрын
If we're learning the Nimzo-Indian defense, why show it from the point of view of white?
@traderdavidtan18556 жыл бұрын
we are learning the classical variation. White plays classical Qc2 against Black's Nimzo Indian.
@NoahYoungster8 жыл бұрын
Hey could you check your messages! You have to go to Video Manager - Community - Messages. It's fairly important! Thanks!
@remziseferli80486 жыл бұрын
After quenn takes bishop
@Manwlatsi8 жыл бұрын
Yay no mike kummer for a while!
@LittleTed10005 жыл бұрын
Clicked off when you got the second water. I can't take another bottle of that.
@Dfratermusic3 жыл бұрын
100 percent agree
@flothoejmand84523 жыл бұрын
could this guy PLZ get a freaking glass for his water so he wont need to play with the bottle every 30 secs ?!?!
@eschiedler Жыл бұрын
Get a cup and a coaster or a mic that doesn't pic up the clicking and water gulping from the plastic bottle.
@MrRickRenegade8 жыл бұрын
The sound of you drinking water every few seconds is driving me insane. Apart from that a very clear, instructional video.
@uanto7 жыл бұрын
Rick Renegade Agree with you 100%. Very good instructional videos but why he drinks so much water. Reminds me my wife crunching ice
@haridaskunjukrishnan39087 жыл бұрын
please show birds opening
@JohnS-il1dr Жыл бұрын
I wish we got the view on blacks perspective because we are learning a defense.
@alishapouran33874 жыл бұрын
1st: he explains very well 2nd: I really don't know why chess guys always drink something during their lectures or videos, sometimes drink a lot, and I must hear the frequent swallowing sound! Pretty annoying and disruptive!
@fabz15093 жыл бұрын
The video is great but the constant drinking opening and closing the bottle is quite annoying. Imagine playing a classical game against him in a tournament! Maybe he just came back from a hike in the desert.
@christophermccarthy94974 жыл бұрын
How many openings and variations exist? Google says upwards of 1300....? Can that be real? These grandmasters memorized all of them? What kind of IQ is that? I can’t even make sense of these tutorials. I feel like I watched, 10 openings in the last 6 weeks and all I can remember is the first 5 moves of each. Then I’m lost.
@garrysmith10292 жыл бұрын
They play one opening and they know that o e opening very well. They also are very skilled at the game and had a lot of experience with chess. They don't know all 1300 very well more like maybe top 20 maybe less I'm not sure tbh.
@JohnS-il1dr Жыл бұрын
@@garrysmith1029my chess coach is an IM. He said the most common attribute masters in the 2200-2300 rating have is that they memorized at least 50 key games played by top GMs.
@garrysmith1029 Жыл бұрын
@@JohnS-il1dr that makes sense.
@mytapoiss8 жыл бұрын
Good lesson, thanks - the drinking noises are really annoying though... I know public speaking is tough, but please cut these out or smth.
@Ueberrushung5 жыл бұрын
Throwing the empty water bottle away like that? Not a good example for the kids!
@LittleTed10005 жыл бұрын
When the kids are conducting a lecture they might throw the bottle down and pick it up at the end of the lecture too? That's what you're scared of, is that right?
@noneofyourbusiness62695 жыл бұрын
the pork god
@valoreefaw72853 жыл бұрын
#$
@shidqi14358 жыл бұрын
nice hair cut LOL😆
@anonxnor8 жыл бұрын
+Shidqi Yudotomo ? His hair looks fine. And he's got a nice beard too :)
@HCXWinchester8 жыл бұрын
Can you please stop drinking water every 20 sec? The sound is driving me insane.
@TheRealBlueSwan6 жыл бұрын
Some of us teachers have to. Usually because we're using our voice incorrectly, but those habits are seriously hard to change. Have been trying unsuccesfully for 10+ years.
@jimmymac83497 жыл бұрын
Seriously man, cover the mic or turn your head when you drink water. I can't sit through two minutes of this.