The Ruy Lopez, Chigorin Variation | Chess Openings Explained

[@voteforno.6155]

You know you're pretty deep in opening theory when your "starting variation" is move 18.

[@ReiAyasuka]

I think the moves were easy to understand for 1400th or so, but yeah for beginners prbly not so much.

[@malobikaborthakur9915]

Roasted 🔥🔥

[@wowyaywowyaywow]

At 24:40 I found d5!! That's the first time I've ever gotten one of these puzzles right while also knowing why it is a good move!

[@longcastle4863]

Once again very clear lecture, which as I said before about the videos in this series, takes time to explain the thinking behind the moves. This particular lecturer is especially becoming a favorite of mine... as you can expect a well-prepared examination of whatever particular variation is up for discussion.

[@bobpurnell2745]

You are my favorite teacher. GREAT videos Jonathan! Have you ever heard of the Von Goom Opening? It was a joke with myself and my high school team mates way back in 1974...Yet, we WON with it! Opponents were bewildered. (*Seriously!!) White plays 1. d3,... 2. Bd2... 3. Qc1... and then 4. h4-5-6..etc. I won a game in which my opponent was scratching his head and shaking it. No joke. There's a ridiculous story behind it I'll share with you if you want frivolous laugh sometime. :) *Ever heard of this monstrosity before??

[@ReiAyasuka]

Sounds scary 😨

[@glum_hippo]

This is a great series, I hope you will also include Zaitsev and Smyslov as well

[@reyakarpe7918]

Yes Please!!!!!!!!!

[@smhdpt12]

Under the "beginner" playlist. Sure.

[@hsinghal1]

That is an amazing video. Its like firing from all directions. So fast and so many lines so quickly. I am going into it bit by bit

[@ilkergencel1139]

Really good stuff ,well done man.

[@caseybraden1948]

I think we'd all love to see the lecture for the grob. I'll even make popcorn for that one

[@shelbyphan7771]

At 5:04, in the exchange variation after bishop takes c6, Kummer says play h3 before castling. Black has tactics for days with bishop g4

[@jamesfoy4062]

Can you go over the Van Geet Opening, and over 1. Nc3 d5. This line is commonly used I believe and I think it could be really fun to learn and to play with

[@TheVoicefrombelow]

Hi Jonathan. Thanks for the video! I find these really helpful. I have a question about why white plays 14.Nb3 in the Chigorin. I get that the pawn on d4 is attacked twice and defended only once, but what's wrong with playing 14.Nf1 in this position, thereby defending the pawn a second time with the queen? Isn't that where the knight wants to go to eventually anyway?

[@TheVoicefrombelow]

Nevermind, I just realised the bishop is hanging on c2 after black takes twice on d4. :)

[@reyakarpe7918]

Could you please add the Zaitsev and smyslov variation?

[@Sesquipedalian3]

18:29 if white plays Nf1, how do they respond to Bf3 when they don't have Qf1 anymore.

[@flpsnk4848]

10:13 what gambit? never heard of such a name.

[@sooooooooDark]

could u maybe make a video about "when to question the pinning bishop and why"? maybe from both perspectives it seems especially intersting if the knight (on the king side) is pinned to the queen - and usually pushing away the bishop with ur pawns infront of ur castled king seems counterintuitive...and yet they sometimes do it in high lvl chess

[@teamplayer2helper]

One of the general ideas is that h3 is one of the less weaking moves. Moves like h4-g4-f4 seems to be more weakening than like h3-g3-f3. g3 is weak, if no fianchetto bishop (in most cases), f3 is weak, due to opening king and can also act like a lever (same with g3) where opponet can push his own pawns, and attack the pawn since it cannot go backward. h3 is also like a lever, ans usually the one where it is easier to sacrifice on. Playing h3 has benefits too, 1. Prevents a pin (or putting question to one) 2. It makes an escape square for the king. (So does g3 and f3, but they're not as usefull, since you don't want king towards f2(unless endgame) and g3 is usually the bishops place (unless exchanged) but weakness are hard to take advantage of, if the advantage is not on that side. What do I mean? Well, if you have ever played the Kings Indian Defense, then black usually plays f4-g4-h4 and such stuff. And after all I said, it might seem "weak" (Comment too long, read next.

[@teamplayer2helper]

+Shagglefire It might seem weakining, but it serves as a strenght. How? Well, it's all about those pawns. Pawns usually form kinda diagonals, like d2-e3-f4 because they protect each other. So let's say the center is closed and you have such a diagonal. We are usually told to play in center, we have to play on wings. But which one? Kingside or queenside? Here's where pawns come in. Th e way they're like pointing, is often there you should play. Since blacks pawns are pointing in the kingside, he should play there. If white tries to do that, when black has advantage, it is actually whites king who are the most unsafe. So whenever you think, should I play h3 to stop pin, or get a tempo on the bishop. Ask yourself. 1. What is the center, closed or open? If it's more open, the higher chance is it won't do much damage, since playing on the wings is always great, but when it comes to it the center usually dominates. If center is closed though, look where your pawns are pointing. (Read next)

[@teamplayer2helper]

+Shagglefire Kingside? Queenside?, if kingside, the tempo with h3 might even be helpful, preparing a potential g4. If queenside it might be a weakness, since black might sac or play g4-g5 thus making a weakness he can attack. But rules are rules, and rules have exceptions. This is not always the case, an example is the saemisch in the Kings Indian Defense. It's the not the opening that's mose important here, but the pawn structure. A pawnstructure could follow g2-f3-e4-d5. It clearly seems like, it's a long arrow to the queenside, but the special thing is white often attacks on the kingside. Why? That's simply some of the dynamical features in precisely that situation. So in the end, rules are good to remember, but understanding the game, and understand the logic, but also patterns. Now that's usefull. Anyway that's all I could help with.

[@sooooooooDark]

+Shagglefire thx man :D ill look into my games and see if i see the benefit of checking how the center looks like before kicking the bishop (y)

[@pawnsarepiecestoo]

I know you just went over something similar but can you please address the closed morphy defence w/ 6.Re1

[@Manwlatsi]

Can you do a video on the King's Gambit?

[@jstello]

Great stuff! How about a series on the Trompowsky for bad openings?

[@chess_is_a_vibe]

Where can I Finegold?

[@BlizzardHydralisk]

+Everett Schulte Hes gone for a few months, something about teaching or vacation I believe.

[@longcastle4863]

California, although many of the mines have run dry.

[@TheEternalHermit]

Shots fired!

[@klikitzsmith8416]

when you see speedinggold

[@evoshindi]

Can we get these lectures in chessbase format? even paid minimally

[@thabangkabo5340]

Please do a king's Indian Fianchetto series.

[@Znmann]

great video thanks

[@sgutierrezcruz]

Why the black doesn't pin the knight on g4 instead of 8. ..., 0-0 before the white plays 9.h3?? What would follow to 8. c3, Bg4??

[@sourandbitter3062]

Black doesn’t know yet where their bishop should go. On a hasty Bg4 White will play h3 then d3, delay d4 and keep the option of playing g4. Black would be better to play Bg4 as a response to an unprepared d4 push.

[@tedtrippi7958]

can you do the Nimzo-Indian Karpov variation

[@lilithahempe827]

Can you go over the Keres Variation

[@longcastle4863]

10:17 Kind of like that Gajewski Gambit - with all the different lines of play it seems to offer black. Wonder why it is not that popular? Nevertheless, seems like a nice little surprise to pull out, at least, say, for club level play.

[@thomasalicea8877]

good video well done sir

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

I am so grateful if you do a lecture (or more lectures) covering the King's Indian Defence for both sides. It will be great if you can go a little deep through many variations.. (Try to cover these variations --- 6...e5, 6...Nbd7, 9.Ne1, 9.b4, exchange KID, c5 for black instead of e5).. Thanks for all of your great videos..

[@sunandamishra544]

Can you do the modern steiniz defence

[@superolaf1998]

Again, things that are uncommon but not bad.. Alekhine defense (1. e4 Nf6) Nimzowitch Defense (1.e4 Nc6) English Defense (1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6) Notice how the last one is both d4 and uncommon!

[@DJayDiamond]

@24:50 R-c8?

[@ultimatestreamer9049]

6:38 skip that comment

[@edimaximil4003]

guys I need your help. after e4 e5 nf3 nc6 I suck at ruy or italian. Is there a SYSTEM I can use after these moves. something like KIA or London system that can be easily reachable and consistent

[@pawnsarepiecestoo]

try the scotch game

[@edimaximil4003]

+Nicolas Petroni isn't scotch passive

[@danielf3129]

+edi maximil Play c3 .

[@jandejong6858]

+edi maximil scotch is passive at all , you could also consider e4 e5 nf3 nc6 d4 cxd4 bc4

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

+edi maximil Rather than saying you suck at Italian or Ruy, study those openings quite a bit.. Then you will get better.. If you still don't like them you can try the scotch as suggested.. (Scotch is NOT passive at all. It is a great opening that leads to very interesting open positions.) You can even try 4 Knights game with 3.Nc3.. (It is little boring but if you are a beginner, that's a very good opening for you.)

[@Alify652]

What is the name of the program he is using ?????

[@Zakdayak]

Chessbase

[@izoda5079]

Zaitsev Variation, please.

[@MHimpe]

How about some replies to 1. d4 for black players who prefer playing 1. e4 openings themselves

[@kamal-ze3et]

open ruy lopez please

[@cantfindagoodchannelname7359]

Imao a bishop on c2 isn't silly in most of the position

[@mukeshg93]

Bg4 seems problematic for white, which is why white plays h3 before pushing d4, but why wouldn’t black just go Bg4 instead of castling in the opening? I’m trying to see if there are any Bxf7 ideas for white that exploits Bg4 before castling, but I can’t find anything solid.

[@2kgodwannabe571]

You don't want to exchange bishop for a knight in ruy lopez its a positional game and you will need that bishops for later attacks

[@sourandbitter3062]

Black doesn’t know the best diagonal for the bishop yet. The bishop on g4 is better as an answer to d4 than as a way to prevent it. Otherwise White won’t push d4 and will try to reduce that bishop’s activity.

[@raymonddee3725]

You can't castle when in check, it's illegal, that's why the computer won't do it and that 1500 guy should have never gotten away with that!

[@ApertureGamer]

jonathan i like this video but can you make a video on my game vishwanath anand (2786) and my rating is 2298 i wil send it if tou say me yes please also anylise it

[@piotr_jurkiewicz]

3:53 Ng4 also works fine

[@sourandbitter3062]

Except that it drops the knight

[@cuMB092]

at 20:40, why not immediately Nb4? you protect the pawn and attack the bishop?

[@wiiliskaako5875]

i wanna see u play chess pls as u comment , my be go live stream and play some plitz games and upload to youtube and we can enjoy your talents

[@Znmann]

english opening plz

[@shivnishad4037]

which defence for black proves advantages for white...

[@roltol7539]

how this can be called explaining ? he explains nothing about openings in first 10 minutes...some variations, but at low elo no one play like this... avoid this video look for other guides

[@Zakdayak]

Too much time spent on the Marshall.

[@jandejong6858]

the audience is really bad😂😂

[@melovepeas]

Can you guys cover the Black Knights' Tango? It's not very popular, but there's nothing wrong with it : )

[@grandmastera1552]

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