Top Aggressive Openings Against 1.d4 | Intermediate Chess Lesson

[@ferdiskala]

Wait what? I open KZbin and Eric has uploaded a 1 hour long lesson for agressive play against d4? I haven't even started watching the video yet but this is perfect. I've been looking for something like this. Thank you Eric :)

[@thebus3181]

Yeah I agree this is what I needed

[@noraeld5020]

Literally same

[@Dudebug2000]

@@stevenkurt32gmailcom90 I dont trade stocks, just queens for pawns.

[@MrCostantinho]

Is there something similar against e4? I'm very new to the game but I'm getting tired of playing the same openings all the time

[@herojack2950]

Pass

[@sollertia_]

25:33 I think Eric used to recommend Nh5 instead of e6 at some point 27:56 I guess the engine shows it as well but Na5 instead of a6 is cool, punishing white from overchizzling with a fork threat

[@tpiano1165]

Please do one for e4!

[@oom_boudewijns6920]

Sicilian! Is reccomended. What is your rating? Than I could suggest a system

[@DeuceGenius]

well i always have been partial to nf6

[@mrblue15333]

Ah so this is why my opponents keep going agressive whenever i play D4

[@dsabo]

After spending a year working on my caro, I recently started working on honing plans against 1.d4 and find it much harder to play against (even though I play it as white!). This is exactly what I needed to get more creative with my approach. Amazing content as always.

[@sunrevolver]

Most of the time, I play benko against d4

[@bunnybear4437]

Noice

[@yooooooooooooooo696]

Against d4 play e4 :))

[@thunderfox101]

Aggressive, moving the pawn three spaces on the first move!

[@jukmifggugghposer]

Watching Eric quietly Googling "chizzle" while David was talking was hilarious.

[@theMosen]

"Chizzle" is now an official chess term.

[@DeuceGenius]

i left a comment but deleted it when i saw him google it lol. i forgot he did this on twitch im sure the chat was telling him ha

[@kruksog]

Eric, I cannot say enough how much I love your educational vids (like this one and the ones you did with st. Louis chess club) and I hope you'll make more of them. I love how you play, think about, and explain chess. It's so good.

[@daveshif2514]

Love eric’s manners and humility. Great guy!

[@Exayevie]

As a low rated player with low rated opponents, I have had great success with the Englund gambit. I know it's kinda refuted at better-prepared levels but idc it's fun below 1100 :D

[@justloki_]

Also works at 1600 elo, no worries xD

[@lp4969]

I play it against over 2200 players and still works

[@iamalittleboat]

As a d4 player it really tilts me whenever I lose against the Englund. It's like I can't call myself a d4 player if I'm losing to this stuff.

[@dylanlenn7836]

can confirm, I pretty exclusively play d4 and suck against Englund

[@Hibasi]

As white, I alwas play dxe5 Nc6 e4 Nxe5 Nf3 and you get an easy game with white :)

[@datdude888]

Ooh this video is gonna be SO useful, I can already tell. I’ve been looking for something to use against d4!

[@yelloe_birb]

Same I once had a knockout tournament where I had to play against someone way stronger than me in the last round and I knew they played d4

[@oom_boudewijns6920]

@@yelloe_birb and how did it go? Did you win that match?

[@rzno3414]

same! especially the queen gambit

[@yelloe_birb]

@@oom_boudewijns6920 it actually never happened lmao (cancelled or smth idk)

[@oom_boudewijns6920]

@@yelloe_birb but u just said u had 'once I had a knockout'

[@gracemunoz4545]

Eric’s voice is so relaxing omg

[@benb4728]

31:27 seeing Eric realize his peculiar spelling here while KACN was rambling was just so funny. Also this was a super instructive video and I'm glad I can access this kind of top notch content for free.

[@KaushikMahadevan]

guess I cant play London online for a little while now

[@AnteSocial86]

I love how polite the two of you are. It's nice to see nice people being nice. Great lesson too. I can't wait to try a knight's tango - easily the coolest opening name I've come across so far.

[@mohammedpatel2554]

There is an opening variation called Frankenstein-dracula in Vienna opening😂😂

[@besto5486]

"Sicilian Defense: Hyper Accelerated Dragon Pterdactyl Variation"

[@mikhailgromov5223]

Wow, not only Eric is an awesome teacher in this video, as usual, but also KACN asks such great questions! Super instructive video, thanks for posting!

[@milocannestra3837]

KACN THE GOATTTT

[@eric-rosen]

🐐🐐🐐

[@Musicyber]

I'm actually jealous of this kid getting a lesson from Eric

[@ameenaftab2803]

So no one's gonna comment Joseph Gordon Levitt with Eric's demeanor and with glasses on!

[@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel]

Eric I reached 2000 on lichess thanks to you! I used to be 1100

[@sunrevolver]

How long does it takes you from 1100 to 2000?

[@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel]

@@sunrevolver it depends on the amount of time you have but I personally needed a year to do so

[@secdeal]

which time control?

[@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel]

@@secdeal both blitz and rapid

[@dariomartinez6358]

@@Jo_Es_Chess_Channel a freaking year!?!? you must be the next world champion

[@sulimanalzanki9546]

Thank you Eric, d4 was like a nightmare to me and I didn't find anybody teaching how to respond to it,so thanks man and keep up the good work. 😊❤️

[@gabrielb52]

59:18 had to be said

[@adamgardener8624]

Dude. This is awesome. Thank you.

[@tofinoguy]

Drinking game: take a shot whenever David says "Eric". I'll bet anything that Eric knows his name now!

[@facepalm_85]

i see

[@theblazingtorchic9521]

Okay

[@WeYNt]

Thanks for the free lesson Eric!

[@wolfgangmozart9099]

The Grundfield is the best!

[@bloodcake1337]

Please more Lessons for Players around 1500-2000 :_)

[@Tylemaker19]

As someone in KACNs rating range this lesson was so so helpful. I feel like I gained 40 ELO from this video alone. That d4/d5 c4/c5 pawn cube explanation is so helpful. That's always been a question of mine.

[@ajithkrishnant5486]

When I see d4 then I automatically plays the englund gambit

[@ChadEichhorn]

Eric, I wanted to let you know I played the Bf5 move at 25:12 against my friend who plays the London. Except we had both skipped playing Nf3 and Nc6, so when I play Qxb2, he played Qc8# xD

[@oregano3312]

My problem is my opponent refuting everything by just playing 2.Nf3 and I can’t find anything online about it when it’s such a common response

[@georgezazanis]

Video proposal: attacking schemes for black and/or white in London. P.S. Your videos are great, thx for the content and keep it up!

[@AndyDavisTechnicalDiving]

Brilliant! Perfect timing.. I've been getting bored with using Slav and was just earlier this week thinking about ideas to spice up my games against d4. Have played a few games this week using Old Benoni which has been an absolute hoot and the positions arising in some games have prompted laughs from both players.

[@ABadGamble]

Great stuff! I am probably going to revisit this one. I am getting smoked by these online d4 players.

[@winrar42]

I enjoyed watching such polite players

[@graydenhormes5829]

"sorry I know I'm asking so many questions" bro this is your chess lesson, how are you gonna not ask questions lol

[@fcusaforever2008]

For American cities, maybe brooklyn variation of Alekhine's defense?

[@jepulis6674]

Last living victim of the Red Dragon. As a blind person I find him to be very rude.

[@justinsprangers7658]

Not to sound weird or anything but Eric’s voice is just perfect for teaching chess😂

[@binnieb173]

This was great. I had been doing kings indian defense against the london which always just felt to passive. This feels much more dynamic and fun

[@scottsaxe6903]

watching the timer go down while the opponent had full time was very stressful

[@nickwilson8119]

Ah shit I'm a d4 player, looks like I need a new opening

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

Why is it called Budapest gambit when that was the kieninger trap?

[@Bali1331]

Great lesson IM Rosen! Hope to see more such educational collabs with KACN!

[@cassacks4966]

Love ur vids!

[@DarrienGlasser]

I know where my next hour is going. Can't wait to watch :D

[@since1876]

It really should take much more than an hour! You gotta watch these things with your notebook handy... 😌

[@inscrutable67]

Hold my beer while I go watch his budapest video

[@biezekes]

Aaaa my dragon! Hey Eric got Some Sicilian dragon lessons??

[@ElijahStormblessed]

Yayy, so happy to see this reach KZbin! I was disappointed when I couldn't make it to a Collab between my two favorite streamers!

[@Brashnir]

On no, my 1.d4!

[@haluong8850]

Hi Eric, your content and especially this lesson help me a lot. I want to ask if you can share lichess study use on the video for everyone to use and learn?

[@irjake]

I'd like to see this too!

[@21LeonidasZ]

Against d4 I like playing Old Benoni to make white feel off the track as they are usually London players.

[@lucasmatsuoca]

just got to 2200 on lichess today, very nice video still for me, i figured out by my own by thousands (literally thousands) of blunders on how to deal against D4 but i learned today some ways to take advantage that i was not doing as black, and this setup with D5 Nf6 and Nc6 for the early e5 seems very nice for blitz games. Very nice lesson even for higher rated players like me that never actually properly studied the openings, as i said, i was surviving most of the times but missing a couple of ideas and oportunities early on

[@AlexVX_]

Chizzling

[@scarletovergods]

Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit is a great choice if you want a fun and aggressive game. However, you have to accept that in some cases (less often then not) you will be a pawn down for nothing.

[@danielrennie8444]

At my level (1100-1200) I barely ever get 1. d4……I guess that’s what all the Stafford videos are for!! Either way, thanks, Eric!!

[@TheBreadBasketOfficialOfficial]

David is so polite lol

[@RIP_Texpert]

Wow this would have been useful yesterday

[@wyattgouldthorpe1880]

The Traxler is also named after Wilkes-Barre, which is a city in PA. I don't know any other openings after American cities though.

[@frequensea9434]

I’m so happy Na3 is literally one of the first things discussed in a London book I bought

[@Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol]

I was sorta disappointed to see that you didn't even mention englund gambit. I have been enjoying it quite a bit in bullet and blitz and even tricked some scrubs into englund traps.

[@williamweatherall8333]

I play it too, but what benefit do you get if they don’t fall into the traps?

[@Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol]

@@williamweatherall8333 the game is not over to say the least. You could argue, that queen for a two pieces and a bishop pair is enough counterplay. On top of that you still end up with tempo after the exchange and often opponent can have a hard time developing and can't castle kingsite. Not to mention the time they must have lost calculating the trap lines. I wouldn't play that in rapid/classical chess, but for bullet and blitz, englund is pretty good

[@d4cexusiai571]

I have been looking forward to this

[@SophisticatedBanjo]

This was a super helpful video, thanks Eric! I've been struggling for ages to find a comfortable response to d4 (I found the King's Indian tended to put me on the back foot, and then I had difficulty managing my King's safety in the Dutch). After working through this video, I played a couple of games in the Black Knight's Tango, both for wins! I found the resulting positions interesting, but also straightforward to get a handle on. Looking forward to digging further into the tango theory, and trying out your defensive ideas against the London. Thanks for the great content!

[@alexrakipi9882]

Thank you Eric. My FIDE rating is 1600 but I'm still searching for a tricky response against 1. d4

[@lifestreeks9671]

Eric at 6:00; *explains why this is a solid structure for black me a 400 looking to kill pieces: if white plays knight to h4 the bishop is trapped

[@blobbymagee6138]

Great video, thanks Eric. I like the look of the Knight's Tango, though I think i does run into the same problem as the Budapest, which is that white can play 2.Nf3 instead of 2.c4.

[@futureshit-glungis7202]

Ive been starting to play rated chess again and climbed a couple hundred points, but i keep having diificulties to know what to play against d4… i remembered seeing this video and came straight here :)

[@melindaOpeth]

Where is the Englund gambit?

[@oledechert3278]

My father plays mostly d4, but when I play online I play against e4 most of the times , so I’m not really good at handling d4. So thanks Eric, I might surprise him next time we play 😈

[@a.k.165]

Eric you are the best chess youtuber in the world, i love your videos from the bottom of my heart, it's so entertaining to watch you play and explaining people, you are very kind, and you explain all these chess traps in detail, and very nicely. And also happy birthday (belated) wish you the best of luck with your life, and keep up the great content, thanks so much Eric! You're the best!

[@vipcypr8368]

What ranking range on lichess is intermediate?

[@eric-rosen]

I'd approximate ~1200-2000, though "intermediate" can be somewhat subjective.

[@gooeylump9940]

Benoni?

[@benoist13]

21:42 What about Wilkes Barre variation ? (cf : Traxler counter attack in Europe ...)

[@grim_blazer9120]

How does one get lessons like this? Lol

[@mburg33]

I’ve been waiting for this video ever since the Chess Lesson with “Too Many Syllables” KoreanAmericanChessNoob. David is such a fan of yours and is the entire reason why he got into chess & streaming himself playing it. He was extremely nervous about the collab livestream but I think you made him as happy as you were when you got your first En Passant Checkmate. Looking forward to seeing a follow up collab!

[@awenewen]

noooo - keep quiet about the black knight tango

[@Mason-lr5dz]

This video could not have come at a better time, I'm tired of playing the King's Indian.

[@RetsamX]

Hey Eric! Love your videos :) Can you do a tutorial on how do write and edit a good study (like using a chess book and replaying the lines there)?

[@ethan073]

Are these the two most polite people in the world?

[@joshua17111]

I play the slav and semi slav against d4

[@richardgaffrey4168]

is there a link to the Lichess study?

[@dawidmotak7670]

What do you think about the dutch defense as an alternative aggresive response to d4?

[@timothylovecock4332]

These are both lovely, thoughtful people. To put this into context, picture the last time your dad tried to teach your sister Monopoly and how that turned out.

[@georgek2092]

0:52 wow this guy's teaching his students world champion beating lines

[@aaronluke17]

I always see way more dangerous responses to these moves and then I end up in a worse position. I need a one hour “what if” session with Eric to answer some more questions lol

[@prithwishchakraborty6143]

Hey Eric how about a game

[@Lockoutsucks]

Eric, you’re amazing, thank you so much for all of this content!

[@TymexComputing]

First :)

[@brucewayne2184]

First

[@chauncyquest2779]

Eric, do you do lessons still? If so how would we get in touch for that?

[@lucasmartins2969]

Eric checking on google the word chisel after writing chizzling is just too relatable

[@crysta11ikzxc]

Joemama London got killed

[@joshbond8391]

I have a question regarding the position in the practice game where the c and d pawns are touching, in this position would queen a5 check be playable? It looks like a strong move to me but maybe there's something further down the line that would make it a bad move. I guess it loses tempo if white blocks with b4 but white is then down a pawn after queen takes b4 and still has to answer the check with either knight f to d2 or king e2, neither of which seem all that appealing for white. Oh wait I think see the problem now, I missed queen d2 for white after queen a5 nevermind, though I kinda wonder if in the event of queen d2 if forcing white to take the exchange with knight f to e4 then after white captures your queen on a5 with his queen you recapture with knight a5. This is too complicated to think about, it's making my head hurt.

[@joshbond8391]

Ok it's complicated and dubious if not just a blunder after looking at it with an analysis board never mind.

[@lexpro2239]

Thank you eric!

[@mikebryant1896]

Epic thanks Eric!

[@CSRgamer]

In the Cambridge Springs what do you do if instead of moving the bishop to d3, they play a3? I end up getting kicked out with b4 before I get any real pressure applied, and then my position is cramped and hard to play

[@faznaz7455]

Bd3 is precisely played to avoid Ne4 tricks. Now before immediately playing Ne4 the idea of white clamping with b4 followed by c5 is actually quite annoying to deal with. Therefore it’s in your best interests to play dxc4 which gets rid of the pawn that will clamp your queenside as well as preventing b4 via en passant for the moment. Here white needs to be careful. Because after Bxc4, black has Ne4 which attacks bishop on g5 twice but also puts pressure on the knight twice. If b4 now then Bxb4 axb4 Qxb4 (temporary piece sacrifice but you are winning the Knight on c3 so you gain your piece back + 2 pawns. After Qxb4, Rc1, Nxc3, Nd5 should be played to get rid of pin and protect Queen as well. In conclusion, a3 is a waste of valuable time and white needs to get their king to safety. Edit: Actually, the more i look at Bd3 the more i realise how unpleasant it is for white to deal with. Bd3 still gives similar problems to what i have mentioned before. I would personally take on f6 and play c5 to get a closed position for my knights.

[@MegaNardman]

I've really needed to work on my d4 defense! Thank you Eric!!