This Opening Will CRUSH Your Next Opponent

[@pqrkymc]

Finally someone covers the Karpov variation! I feel like it doesn't get nearly enough recognition for how solid it is just because you have to learn a bit of theory to refute Ng5 ideas but you did a very good job of reviewing the main lines. Great video!

[@jacksarkisian]

thankyou bro! Karpov is great, what initially attracted me to it is keeping my pawn structure together and not doubling my pawns (nowadays i'm much more comfortable with doubling my pawn structure, but 600 Elo me not so much). Ng5 ideas are super tricky (especially in the Four Knights Caro which i completely forgot to mention in this video, i've only ever really faced it in OTB games thus far but its really strong). aside from that though, if you spend a few hours studying Alien Gambit lines you'll pretty much completely refute any of the sacrificing nonsense, its much better for black if you grow comfortable playing against it.

[@pqrkymc]

@jacksarkisian it seems 1900 elo me is on the same page as 600 elo you haha... I just don't like the idea of being worse in all endgames because of the pawns

[@jacksarkisian]

@@pqrkymc the tartakower is quite nice with the doubled pawns, you can easily undouble them in a lot of circumstances (because the doubled pawns are more central, doubled flank pawns would be problematic). i do the same thing quite often with the white pieces, purposely doubling my pawns for the open central file, can lead to super dynamic games and not risking too much in the endgame.

[@Chaos0932]

Thanks for this one brother

[@jacksarkisian]

no problem bro glad you enjoyed

[@joeroberts6362]

love the videos Jack, I was playing any random opening as black for the last month, now I've just stuck to the caro kann for e4 and kings indian defense for d4 and I'm winning a lot more, currently on a 13 game winning streak and up over 100 elo in the last 4 days. Also I love the Daniel Naroditsky videos on the caro kann, especially when he's playing against it as white, as it helps me understand white's ideas and how to refute them.

[@jacksarkisian]

thankyou, glad for you bro. you can technically also play c6 against d5 if you ever have problems with the KID. when i initially started playing Chess i didn't want to play passive openings so i ended up learning the Slav Defence (d5, c6, c5, d5). super underrated opening. Danya is great though, his KZbin channel is like the Chess dictionary, anything you need will probably be somewhere there.

[@BrawlhallaBoy]

in my 2100 games when i rarely play the caro kann that breyer endgame you talked about is trending so much, and ive seen magnus playing it recently, and im not sure why

[@jacksarkisian]

i think Magnus would probably play it because he has by far the most raw Chess talent on the planet. once you trade the queens in the Breyer, the theory ends. there is no easy way to quickly draw in the Breyer because no pawn commitments have been made, its very much up Magnus' alley as it fully involves (at least at the Grandmaster level) constructing advantageous endgames from move 10. putting pawns on weak squares, creating complexion weaknesses, super niche stuff that only Magnus would think of. in my opinion its not the most fun variation, but its certainly not better for white which is always a plus.

[@cubingtony1]

I played this opening at a tournament yesterday and they played some stupid variations. Now I know how to counter them. Thanks!

[@jacksarkisian]

no problem man, lots of annoying lines in the Caro, but usually they're pretty senseless and with accurate play black comes out on top.

[@cubingtony1]

@@jacksarkisian yup cause the 1700 fide opponent i played against said i was better after the opening and throughout the middlegame

[@basedchessmoves]

Great video but you forgot to mention the von henning gambit which is super dangerous for black if he doesn't know the theory.

[@jacksarkisian]

you're probably right, but from thousands of games i've only had 4 in the Rapid pool that have played this. as long as after f4, exf3, Nxf3, Bf5, 0-0, e6, Ne5 you play Bg6 (and don't hang Nxf7 ideas) you're pretty much completely safe. theres also things like the Rasa-Studier gambit in the Caro that i didn't include. my general opinion on gambits like that is that because they occur so infrequently, its completely reasonable to assume you might be tricked by it once, review the game & then never fall for the trick again.

[@sttttttttttttormmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

For Future Reference the title was : CRUSH Your Next Opponent With the Caro-Kann

[@jacksarkisian]

how does bro always know

[@sttttttttttttormmmmmmmmmmmmmm]

@@jacksarkisian (:

[@DhrjMakj]

This is by far the best online chess channel. Slav Defense, please?

[@literallysweden]

You should have mentioned f4 against nc6 in the advance caro, it’s very strong and the reason I myself swapped to e6 instead of nc6

[@jacksarkisian]

it actually doesn't matter if you play e6 or Nc6 in that line, as long as you eventually play e6 and lock in your bishop (because if they play f4, your bishop will end up on b7 and white's overextension adds value to that diagonal). if Be3 is ever played trying to hold the pawn, you play d4, cutting the bishops defence off, and winning back the pawn. surprisingly, the d pawn is very difficult to win for white, and because of its existence, Qa5+ is an incredibly strong move. you're right though, should've included this line but a very niche one at that, i almost never play against it.

[@KaiParkinson-eh7zg]

Awesome stuff Jack! Thank you. Could you please do something like this for the Modern Defense?

[@gmludovic]

been waiting for this 🔥🔥

[@jacksarkisian]

wait no longer my friend

[@yeah6698]

i just recieved 2 fair play elo gains like i had no idea it didnt even cross my mind that these people were cheating wtf both in rapid.

[@jacksarkisian]

yeah its pretty sad. if you go through your Rapid game history look for anyone with a cross next to their name - if you hover over it, it'll say why they were banned. most are for cheating unfortunately.

[@AykhanChess13]

05:28 hmmmm it reminds me of a high-level chess game ended in a bad situation for black on move 7

[@ExWaddle]

Plz also make a Video on Attacking

[@jacksarkisian]

check out the poll on my community tab bro

[@ExWaddle]

Your amazing love your videos bro and you are the first KZbinr who is willing to respond to everyone who needs help in their journey

[@ZDTF]

Caro was my opening for 300 to 400 It's pretty solid No Really really solid Rock solid I like the sicillian so caro is pretty useful when I misclick C5 with C6 Caro is really good considering the Time it takes to learn it I've only ever read a single lichess study on it and about 1 hour of goofing around with the computer and I know how most of the variations work just from that It's pretty good Me like it

[@PURAHAN]

I drew an unrated with this OTB 💀💀

[@jacksarkisian]

bro thinks he's Anish Giri 💀💀

[@ZDTF]

My wife didn't love me I started playing Caro and she started loving me again After reaching 700 elo I started playing sicillian My wife has stopped loving me again

[@zxvc849]

Sicilian worth more than wife

[@ZDTF]

@@zxvc849 no All I want is her love again I want her to laugh with me again I want her to punch me again I want her to hug me again I want to stroke her hair gently again I I miss her My heart💔😭 I loved her

[@ZDTF]

@@zxvc849 she was my everything And then she left one day And now Im nothing I miss her

[@feinfein4444]

Sicilian defence: Divorce variation

[@ZDTF]

@@feinfein4444 it has not come to that Yet Im still learning Najdorf sicillian Freak attack Once I'm done with these variations I believe that will be the end of us. Ill commit double 💀 with her. Even if she doesn't want it

[@ahmeddggame8921]

Ur a G man thanks 👍🏾❤

[@jacksarkisian]

np bro 🔥🔥

[@somerandomperson-n6k]

Imo the Kan Sicilian is the better Kan/Kann. I like to play Tal variation against Caro

[@jacksarkisian]

you're right, Sicilian is obviously better than the Caro-Kann, but the skill level needed to properly execute the Sicilian is crazy (especially in Rapid, where you don't have minutes to think on each move). i wouldn't recommend it for anyone whos just starting to play Chess - i would recommend the Sicilian to 1800s who are getting bored of their positions with black playing either the Caro-Kann, Modern or KID.

[@somerandomperson-n6k]

I’m hovering in 1700s, I play Kan Sicilian against e4, Nimzo/Benoni against d4, and e4 as white@@jacksarkisian

[@jacksarkisian]

@@somerandomperson-n6k Old Benoni is great against d4, super strong opening (maybe the toughest try for black). looks like you have your openings sorted bro, well on your way to 2000!

[@somerandomperson-n6k]

@@jacksarkisian Hopefully I am but we’ll see

[@kilintonclinton]

can you do the best opening for white too ? i played caro kann and shockingly most of my games got 80-90+ accuracy

[@jacksarkisian]

nice bro! i have a similar video to this on the London System, although i do plan to make more on other openings for white, i have a bunch of other videos i want to do first. what opening would you like to see for white?

[@kilintonclinton]

@jacksarkisian anything as long as it's an aggressive opening, and it can be used by any elo ^^

[@jacksarkisian]

@@kilintonclinton will brainstorm a few ideas & add it to my list of videos to make 🔥

[@bakuretsu9187]

Eyy, that's my opening! How convenient.

[@jacksarkisian]

W Caro user 🔥

[@chinmaykowshik5161]

By the way, you forgot to mention how to counter Ng5 in the Karpov

[@jacksarkisian]

the Alien Gambit tricks? i mentioned that at the end of the Karpov section, the video would be 10 minutes longer trying to explain the trillions of tricks the Alien Gambit provides. if you're talking about Ng5 in the Two Knights Attack Caro-Kann though i did miss that. super uncommon to face so i didn't even think about putting it in the video, but very important to know.

[@AykhanChess13]

C6 d5 c5 for life!

[@jacksarkisian]

this guy knows 🔥🔥

[@AykhanChess13]

@jacksarkisian yeah, go c6 on the first move d5 on second move c5 on the next move, and you know🔥🔥🔥

[@ZDTF]

Damn bruh😔✊ I hope life gets better for you my brudha

[@AykhanChess13]

@ZDTF you got the joke wrong or i think i also got wrong as well

[@ZDTF]

@@AykhanChess13 no You got my joke wrong You will play caro kann for life That's a sad life😔💔 I seriously hope you recover though Maybe start playing sicillian First step to Improvement

[@jayamishra6116]

Bro make one on italian game cus i want to learn it

[@jacksarkisian]

i'll add it to my list bro, the Italian i super easy to learn 🔥

[@yeah6698]

thoughts on reti or nimzoswitch?

[@jacksarkisian]

i really like the Reti, super clear and dynamic plans and from what i've seen at the Grandmaster level a very consistent opening. i don't know too much about the nimzo & its endless variations though. i wouldn't particularly recommend it, especially in online Chess where you don't have as much time to think. from what i've seen its very sharp for black and not so much for white, although you can get some nice positions you could also get some REALLY bad ones.

[@SarpreetSingh-b5o]

W video

[@jacksarkisian]

W comment

[@ytbubble]

Yooooo! Is this for me!!?? 🥺🥺

[@jacksarkisian]

for all my Caro users broski

[@ytbubble]

@@jacksarkisian I was the one to request lol. also, r u still gonna make a 'most common pawn structures' video?

[@jacksarkisian]

@@ytbubble have a few videos lined up for the next few weeks, will post another poll in the community tab today i think and see what people think!

[@ytbubble]

@@jacksarkisian ty

[@chinmaykowshik5161]

The Caro is definitely good, but this is kind of clickbait. Changing opening won't help you completely stop losing

[@ahmeddggame8921]

Kind of yeah 👍🏾

[@jacksarkisian]

in a general sense probably, but for people who are finding themselves worse out of the opening for black the Caro-Kann is certainly a good way to stop losing. its the easiest opening to quickly equalise as black without needing to know sharp theory, and if you're looking through the lens of a newer Chess player who probably overcomplicates their own game, self-destructs and confuses themselves - the Caro-Kann is 100% my recommendation to stop losing so much.

[@zxvc849]

He probably meant destroyed in the opening

[@CHEXi_]

1 ...c6? Ha! Only an absolute noob would play a move like that. Why would I want to move my pawn to c6 and then c5 if I can just do it in one move like the Sicilian? Please make a real video for well established professional players like myself so I don't have to keep vomiting every time I see your uploads.

[@jacksarkisian]

1300 FIDE btw