I always refer back to my last game video for my rating. In terms of tournaments I have won an online tournament, and came in second in a real over-the-board blitz tournament at a nearby club. However, I haven't done a lot in over-the-board play and plan on changing that this summer in rated play. I don't have a strong club in my town, so I will have to travel a bit to get that ball rolling. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I didn't say it would be an elementary win - but with a slight positional advantage due to black's exposed king with solid play white has the advantage in the position. That being said, it totally depends on the play that follows. Thanks for the comment and checking out the vid!
That's great you're getting into the game. You are correct about the different play required for the sicilian defence. I used to use that as black for awhile myself. I plan on doing some videos on some lines in the sicilian. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I said a slight advantage positionally, which it is - but it's not a win for sure as it all depends on middle game play. But given a choice I would prefer to have the smallest advantage if an advantage was to be had going into the middle game. As for the exchange variation I haven't made a video on that yet but plan on doing so at some point in the future. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Not a problem Hulk! I should clarify that I am not yet able to visualize straight by notation without a board very deeply yet. But just learning how to read it came from reading up on things. I would wager that it would not hurt anything to get good at it, and probably help quite a bit in terms of visualization skills.
Thanks for the comment! When I first started I was told to pick my favorite openings/defences and try to learn them in detail, and then do a basic study of the other openings but nothing serious. I am also studying the Ruy in detail and will be having a new vid on another variation soon.
That gets into the exchange variations which favor black. Black will take with the queen's pawn, opening up access to both the bishop and the queen with one move, and comes out positionally better in the long run. I plan on exploring the exchange lines also in future videos.
You can get win/loss/draw percentages from a variety of sources, including opening explorers online, to database statistics in chess programs. I like to check a few sources, cross-reference, and see if there's consistency before I am happy with the findings. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Black has to move the king to re-capture the queen, and can no longer castle after that. However, if required black can spend a couple moves to get into a castle-like position. This is often referred to as "Castling by hand." Thanks for checking out the vid!
D4 at that point is a solid move - but it scores a bit less in overall success rate compared to NC3 although D4 is played more. After D4 in this position, black does not lose a piece even with the fork due to playing NC6 followed by QxE7 BxE7. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I have been working on that very thing with my position practice videos generating candidate moves from positions. It's a lot of practice and work but in the end it should pay off nicely in terms of skill over the board.
At 3:20, why is the best move pawn to d4? Why can't black capture the pawn with either his own pawn or the knight. Pieces will get traded and black will come out ahead by a pawn. Someone please answer.
Thanks for the comments. I agree it's not an automatic win, but rather a slight positional advantage that white would need to capitalize on to secure the win.
I agree - it's a little too passive for me so I find the lines for the berlin defence much better. One of the reasons I played it a lot before I learned the other lines is that I thought it was an okay way to defend that pawn and develop at the same time but the position is more difficult I believe.
Online it seems to be pretty even, which is what I prefer. I have someone I know that only likes to play black all the time because they prefer to let their opponent make the first mistake in attacking lines, but I prefer to get a healthy and equal mix of both colors.
jrobi, i wanted to bring up something which you have occurring in both the k xe4 captured-variation and the pawn to a6 variation. why is black '"most likely" recapturing white's bishop with the d pawn? better would be with the b pawn. black keeps it's center pawn and prevents the whole d file attack. keep the videos coming! they're great!
great work you do here! I wonder if you could say what white should do after this line: 1. e4 e4 2. Nf6 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 b5 7. Bb3 Nxe5
The position still has a small advantage for white - but it's up to the player to take advantage of it in the play that follows. The computer engine gives white around a half-point advantage. Thanks for checking out the vid and posting a comment!
Great video - thanks. Jrobi - how would you advise that a beginner like me should learn chess. Are there any specific books or even better a computer software (preferably free! lol) that you would recommend. I've decided to focus on one opening with all its variations as a start (eg Ruy Lopez and all its defences). Is this advisable or should I learn lot of openings in less detail? Thanks
Thanks! I am enjoying studying it myself. It's a big opening theory-wise, but it's been helpful for me to look into it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I said a slight advantage positionally, which it is - but it's not a win for sure as it all depends on middle game play. But given a choice I would prefer to have the smallest advantage if an advantage was to be had going into the middle game.
Well, 4. c3 is only rarely played, but infact black usually takes the e4-pawn after that. Maybe it isn't played in order to transpose into the ponziani opening, which is less favorable for white.
Thanks. This was a nice movie. For many years I used to play 4. Q-K2 which side steps a lot of theoretical complications and can set up a lot of great central pawn breaks after R-Q1. I think it was called the English variation but I don't see and RUclips movies on it.
Hi jRobi! I see here that black has the opportunity to set a mortimer trap, which you explain in one of your videos. But in that video I think you say that white's bookmove is pawn to C3 instead of castling, so I'm a little confused. I'm just a beginner, but does the pawn move equally well as castling?
Are there any specific exercises that help develop one's ability to see more moves ahead or to better visualize what the board will look like after several moves?
D4 is definitely playable, but it's not as strong as Nc3 according to opening theory and Rybka 3. It looks tempting to fork the black pieces, but it's not an effective fork in the end and white will get gets a better position by continuing to develop pieces as opposed to pushing the pawn. That being said, D4 is playable and has been played before in that position.
jrobi, thanks for the replies. Reading chess books has helped me with notation (although I don't read very many chess books), but it helps most when I actually have a board set up as I read. Otherwise, I get lost just reading long sections of notation without a visual reference. I still question the importance of it (as related to improving your game), and wonder if anyone has any specific tips to become fluent quicker. Thanks again :)
a question from me as a rather weak player: what if black captures with the queen-pawn instead of the b7 pawn in the first two variations? thanks for the good videos!
At around 7 minutes and 21 seconds into the video what would stop the black knight on f6 taking the white pawn on f4, forking the queen and the rook? Or am i missing something? Thanks.
Thanks for the subscription Devil! The game in my intro is one of my own matches and was the first video I posted on RUclips when I started playing and vlogging. =)
I just began getting into chess. Ruy Lopez is my favorit opening at the moment. My main problem is that sometimes after e4 black plays something totaly different than e5. Which doesnt allow me to get into the Ruy Lopez. For example if he plays Sicilian my Ruy Lopez doensnt seem to work i guess. I pobably got to expand my repertoire.
It leads to a weakened position for black. Although the material is technically equal the engines give white a full point advantage. White is better developed and black needs to protect or move the knight. Thanks for the question - I enjoyed checking into the possibilities.
Hey jrobi I was wondering if you can play the variation when after white checks the black king with the rook, why can't black simply defend with his knight and then get into putting his black light squared bishop onto B7 before castling?
@gmsherry1953 If black plays Nxe5, then white can play d4, forking the bishop and knight. This turns out badly for black, because for black to maintain equal material, he needs to play Bxd4, which leads to Qxd4, threatening the knight on e5, and leaving black a bishop down, and since bishops are generally considered to be worth slightly more than knights (although it does depend on the position) it is a small disadvantage. I hope this answers your question :)
There's one thing I don't get - that's probably because I'm a beginner with chess but here it is anyway. Why, at 5:56, when white knight has taken the black pawn on E5, doesn't black just take the white knight instead of first taking white pawn on E4. I don't see any way for the white to recapture immediately.
Excellent video as always - thanks! However, I've been looking into the Berlin defense recently though and it seems that White does not have such a straightforward win once the Queens are exchanged.
There are several advantages for Black: The pawn on e5 actually blocks White's remaining Bishop from attacking the queenside whilst Black's light-squared Bishop can still access the queenside pawns; with the Queens gone, there is no real point in castling and having the King near the centre is actually useful; Black can guard against any advance of White's Knights and place his King in safety; etc...
Berlin, Exchange. "With careful play from White there is no reason he shouldn't win." What the hell are you talking about? Carlsen just used it to draw against Anand, and was better late in the game. Kramnik used it to draw against Kasparov over and over and over, and was the primary reason he was able to take the title.
you are right, it is not too useful to prevent your opponent from castling when there are no queens on board!! in fact, exchanging queens so soon is good for black as the draw looks easier to get. white is supposed to try to win so it is not a good thing to go into the berlin, avoid it!! i recommend: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 *
NicoGF But didn't Anand use exchange the queens as per the video in the 4th game against Magnus Carlsen? And supposedly, Anand had a winning position when he made a bad move which resulted in a draw?
Pavanraj Selvaraju I had seen that match and according to the commentators there is no profit in exchanging queens and thereby preventing the opponent from castling. It helps only when queens are on the board.
+gramsci121 I couldn't help but laugh at the "no reason he shouldn't win" line, as well. Pretty naive! That main line in the Berlin defense is THE REASON why in top GM play 1.d4 is now the more ambitious first move for when they need the full point and 1.e4 is the "safe" one. And it's white who avoids the queen swap with 4.d3. Agree about the king in the center is of little lasting significance compared to white's prospect of creating a passed k-side pawn vs bishop pair.
question. what if instead of in response to whites move of knight to F3, black responds with his king side knight to F6 instead of C6? how do you continue?
For a beginner, what frequency do you recommend for alternating sides? In other words, is it better to play as Black every other game, or to play several games as White, then several games as Black, and so on?
can I ask, almost each time I try the Ruy lopez, black does this.. I use pawn to e4 black uses pawn to e5 then I move my knight to f3 but then always, black decides to move his knight to f5 and kind of ruining it ^^ any help appriciated, sry for english. im from iceland.
Where does he get that chess board to play with. I have a physical board and I want to get a V-board to practice on. Also, does anyone how of any free chess engines I could download?
I've seen most of your videos and one thing came on to my mind after seeing your new intro seveal times. Who are playing the game, and who are winning? Not very important topic i know, but it kinda buggers me that i dont know what is actually going on ;-) I gave a subscription so i need an answer since i am going to continue watching that intro over and over again for your new videos x)
haha, that is why I usually avoid the Ruy Lopez opening, because I'd just hate to get my bishop chased around the board right at the start... I was kind of hoping I could find a video that would explain a good defense to that forceful pawn move..?
From my experience this has been a consistntly solid choice of opening and usually has yielded positive results. Thanks for covering this variaition
I always refer back to my last game video for my rating. In terms of tournaments I have won an online tournament, and came in second in a real over-the-board blitz tournament at a nearby club. However, I haven't done a lot in over-the-board play and plan on changing that this summer in rated play. I don't have a strong club in my town, so I will have to travel a bit to get that ball rolling. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I didn't say it would be an elementary win - but with a slight positional advantage due to black's exposed king with solid play white has the advantage in the position. That being said, it totally depends on the play that follows. Thanks for the comment and checking out the vid!
That's great you're getting into the game. You are correct about the different play required for the sicilian defence. I used to use that as black for awhile myself. I plan on doing some videos on some lines in the sicilian. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I said a slight advantage positionally, which it is - but it's not a win for sure as it all depends on middle game play. But given a choice I would prefer to have the smallest advantage if an advantage was to be had going into the middle game. As for the exchange variation I haven't made a video on that yet but plan on doing so at some point in the future. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I'm a beginner/novice player, and these video's and subsequent comments were very helpful. Thanks for creating them!
Not a problem Hulk! I should clarify that I am not yet able to visualize straight by notation without a board very deeply yet. But just learning how to read it came from reading up on things. I would wager that it would not hurt anything to get good at it, and probably help quite a bit in terms of visualization skills.
Thanks for the comment! When I first started I was told to pick my favorite openings/defences and try to learn them in detail, and then do a basic study of the other openings but nothing serious. I am also studying the Ruy in detail and will be having a new vid on another variation soon.
Thanks for checking it out King! Game analysis will be coming soon.
That gets into the exchange variations which favor black. Black will take with the queen's pawn, opening up access to both the bishop and the queen with one move, and comes out positionally better in the long run. I plan on exploring the exchange lines also in future videos.
You can get win/loss/draw percentages from a variety of sources, including opening explorers online, to database statistics in chess programs. I like to check a few sources, cross-reference, and see if there's consistency before I am happy with the findings. Thanks for checking out the vid!
i love this series. ruy lopez was the first opening i ever experimented with.
Black has to move the king to re-capture the queen, and can no longer castle after that. However, if required black can spend a couple moves to get into a castle-like position. This is often referred to as "Castling by hand." Thanks for checking out the vid!
D4 at that point is a solid move - but it scores a bit less in overall success rate compared to NC3 although D4 is played more. After D4 in this position, black does not lose a piece even with the fork due to playing NC6 followed by QxE7 BxE7. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I have been working on that very thing with my position practice videos generating candidate moves from positions. It's a lot of practice and work but in the end it should pay off nicely in terms of skill over the board.
At 3:20, why is the best move pawn to d4? Why can't black capture the pawn with either his own pawn or the knight. Pieces will get traded and black will come out ahead by a pawn. Someone please answer.
Unfortunately you can't - but you can study the play that they tend to use. What's the move order you generally see out of the opening with them?
Surely at 6:15 the move is d4?
No because black Knight to C6/G6 and once queen trades bishop takes, if queen doesnt trade bishop escapes
Thanks for the comments. I agree it's not an automatic win, but rather a slight positional advantage that white would need to capitalize on to secure the win.
I agree - it's a little too passive for me so I find the lines for the berlin defence much better. One of the reasons I played it a lot before I learned the other lines is that I thought it was an okay way to defend that pawn and develop at the same time but the position is more difficult I believe.
Online it seems to be pretty even, which is what I prefer. I have someone I know that only likes to play black all the time because they prefer to let their opponent make the first mistake in attacking lines, but I prefer to get a healthy and equal mix of both colors.
At 5:55 what is stoping black to capture with his black knight to E5 ?
A very good video, thanks for sharing it. I have one question: what's the importance for white to castle so early on the fourth move?
I found reading various chess books helped me a lot with notation. Thanks for checking out the vid Hulk!
You are welcome. I'll try always to check your videos for improving my chess play.
At 4:46 what happens if black recaptures with the b pawn instead of the d pawn?
I like the Ruy Lopez as white - always leads to fun positions. I also like some other openings in blitz (Reti, Danish Gambit, etc).
if i get out of castle, how can i defend my king? or i just ignore it, develop my pieces and left some rook on the eight file to defend?
Thanks for checking it out edmalikin!
Thanks - I appreciate the comment! Been playing and learning since July 2007.
jrobi, i wanted to bring up something which you have occurring in both the k xe4 captured-variation and the pawn to a6 variation. why is black '"most likely" recapturing white's bishop with the d pawn? better would be with the b pawn. black keeps it's center pawn and prevents the whole d file attack.
keep the videos coming! they're great!
great work you do here! I wonder if you could say what white should do after this line:
1. e4 e4 2. Nf6 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 b5 7. Bb3 Nxe5
The position still has a small advantage for white - but it's up to the player to take advantage of it in the play that follows. The computer engine gives white around a half-point advantage. Thanks for checking out the vid and posting a comment!
Thank you so much. I really do appreciate all your videos. They help me out a lot. How long have you been playing chess?
Awesome, thanks for the explanation, I don't see it often and it is good to know.
Great video - thanks. Jrobi - how would you advise that a beginner like me should learn chess. Are there any specific books or even better a computer software (preferably free! lol) that you would recommend. I've decided to focus on one opening with all its variations as a start (eg Ruy Lopez and all its defences). Is this advisable or should I learn lot of openings in less detail? Thanks
at 3:25 what should be the white response to exd4? thanks for the video
Material is even, but position isn't. The engines give around a point advantage for white. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Thanks! I am enjoying studying it myself. It's a big opening theory-wise, but it's been helpful for me to look into it. Thanks for checking out the vid!
I said a slight advantage positionally, which it is - but it's not a win for sure as it all depends on middle game play. But given a choice I would prefer to have the smallest advantage if an advantage was to be had going into the middle game.
Well, 4. c3 is only rarely played, but infact black usually takes the e4-pawn after that. Maybe it isn't played in order to transpose into the ponziani opening, which is less favorable for white.
Thanks. This was a nice movie.
For many years I used to play 4. Q-K2 which side steps a lot of theoretical complications and can set up a lot of great central pawn breaks after R-Q1. I think it was called the English variation but I don't see and RUclips movies on it.
Hi jRobi!
I see here that black has the opportunity to set a mortimer trap, which you explain in one of your videos. But in that video I think you say that white's bookmove is pawn to C3 instead of castling, so I'm a little confused. I'm just a beginner, but does the pawn move equally well as castling?
If you're referring to the part of the video that I think you are, it creates a fork on the knight and bishop. Thanks for checking out the vid!
Are there any specific exercises that help develop one's ability to see more moves ahead or to better visualize what the board will look like after several moves?
Can you make a Video on the Ponziani opening, please.
I will definitely look into those things LostSalamander! Thanks for checking out the vid!
D4 is definitely playable, but it's not as strong as Nc3 according to opening theory and Rybka 3. It looks tempting to fork the black pieces, but it's not an effective fork in the end and white will get gets a better position by continuing to develop pieces as opposed to pushing the pawn. That being said, D4 is playable and has been played before in that position.
3:38: What if he ends up recapturing with the b pawn instead? You can still capture the pawn, but the rest of the options aren't available.
@leoholsbach well then after he takes the Bishop on e2, then you could take the Knight on e5 cause then the Pawn fork (on d4) doesn't work.
jrobi, thanks for the replies. Reading chess books has helped me with notation (although I don't read very many chess books), but it helps most when I actually have a board set up as I read. Otherwise, I get lost just reading long sections of notation without a visual reference. I still question the importance of it (as related to improving your game), and wonder if anyone has any specific tips to become fluent quicker. Thanks again :)
after re1 f5 Nxd4 there is f3 is coming up, which is dangerous enough to gain the material back and obtain a nice position.
a question from me as a rather weak player: what if black captures with the queen-pawn instead of the b7 pawn in the first two variations?
thanks for the good videos!
Great lesson. Ruy Lopez is an essential part of opening theory.
At around 7 minutes and 21 seconds into the video what would stop the black knight on f6 taking the white pawn on f4, forking the queen and the rook? Or am i missing something? Thanks.
Also, if black takes knight at first, white can do pawn to d4 which forks the knight and bishop. jrobichess mentioned this at 7:00.
thx man, 5stars video!!!
I'm actually studying the Ruy Lopez and try to get the best out of it... this helped a lot
Thanks for the subscription Devil! The game in my intro is one of my own matches and was the first video I posted on RUclips when I started playing and vlogging. =)
What program/programs are he using for this video, the chess board, and the option of making arrows etc, please help me! :)
I just began getting into chess. Ruy Lopez is my favorit opening at the moment. My main problem is that sometimes after e4 black plays something totaly different than e5. Which doesnt allow me to get into the Ruy Lopez. For example if he plays Sicilian my Ruy Lopez doensnt seem to work i guess. I pobably got to expand my repertoire.
It leads to a weakened position for black. Although the material is technically equal the engines give white a full point advantage. White is better developed and black needs to protect or move the knight. Thanks for the question - I enjoyed checking into the possibilities.
Hey jrobi I was wondering if you can play the variation when after white checks the black king with the rook, why can't black simply defend with his knight and then get into putting his black light squared bishop onto B7 before castling?
Stay tuned - exhcange variations are on my list of vids to cover in this series.
I was wondering what white should do if at 3:26, black captures exd4?
@gmsherry1953
If black plays Nxe5, then white can play d4, forking the bishop and knight. This turns out badly for black, because for black to maintain equal material, he needs to play Bxd4, which leads to Qxd4, threatening the knight on e5, and leaving black a bishop down, and since bishops are generally considered to be worth slightly more than knights (although it does depend on the position) it is a small disadvantage.
I hope this answers your question :)
There's one thing I don't get - that's probably because I'm a beginner with chess but here it is anyway. Why, at 5:56, when white knight has taken the black pawn on E5, doesn't black just take the white knight instead of first taking white pawn on E4. I don't see any way for the white to recapture immediately.
Excellent video as always - thanks! However, I've been looking into the Berlin defense recently though and it seems that White does not have such a straightforward win once the Queens are exchanged.
There are several advantages for Black: The pawn on e5 actually blocks White's remaining Bishop from attacking the queenside whilst Black's light-squared Bishop can still access the queenside pawns; with the Queens gone, there is no real point in castling and having the King near the centre is actually useful; Black can guard against any advance of White's Knights and place his King in safety; etc...
How important is learning notation? Do you have any tips on becoming fluent in notation quicker?
Berlin, Exchange.
"With careful play from White there is no reason he shouldn't win."
What the hell are you talking about? Carlsen just used it to draw against Anand, and was better late in the game. Kramnik used it to draw against Kasparov over and over and over, and was the primary reason he was able to take the title.
you are right, it is not too useful to prevent your opponent from castling when there are no queens on board!! in fact, exchanging queens so soon is good for black as the draw looks easier to get. white is supposed to try to win so it is not a good thing to go into the berlin, avoid it!! i recommend:
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3
*
NicoGF But didn't Anand use exchange the queens as per the video in the 4th game against Magnus Carlsen? And supposedly, Anand had a winning position when he made a bad move which resulted in a draw?
Pavanraj Selvaraju I had seen that match and according to the commentators there is no profit in exchanging queens and thereby preventing the opponent from castling. It helps only when queens are on the board.
+gramsci121 I couldn't help but laugh at the "no reason he shouldn't win" line, as well. Pretty naive! That main line in the Berlin defense is THE REASON why in top GM play 1.d4 is now the more ambitious first move for when they need the full point and 1.e4 is the "safe" one. And it's white who avoids the queen swap with 4.d3.
Agree about the king in the center is of little lasting significance compared to white's prospect of creating a passed k-side pawn vs bishop pair.
@6;15 why not d4 forking the kknight and bishop?
It's playable but not quite as strong as the opponent has some resources with Nc6. Thnaks for checking out the vid.
Thanks for checking it out and commenting robichj!
question. what if instead of in response to whites move of knight to F3, black responds with his king side knight to F6 instead of C6? how do you continue?
Thanks for checking it out MRNChess!
I have heard it pronounced both ways, and prefer "Ruy" to "Roo-eeee". Thanks for checking out the vid!
at 5:57 the knight at c6 ca capture the knight at e5.So why it does not capture it????
For a beginner, what frequency do you recommend for alternating sides? In other words, is it better to play as Black every other game, or to play several games as White, then several games as Black, and so on?
Black definitely can - that's another variation, though. Thanks for checking this one out!
at 6:29 why doesn't black recapture the queen using the knight to prevent an attack from white's knight on D5?
What if black counters with knight to E7 instead of bishop on 6:25?
5:55 why doesnt black capture with knight on e5??
Sorry, what I mean is after the white pushed the pawn to D4, why can't the black knight take the queen or the rook?
can I ask, almost each time I try the Ruy lopez, black does this.. I use pawn to e4 black uses pawn to e5 then I move my knight to f3 but then always, black decides to move his knight to f5 and kind of ruining it ^^ any help appriciated, sry for english. im from iceland.
Can someone tell me, when you play pawn to c3 after the Berlin Defense, why doesn't black capture the pawn at e4 with Knight?
Where does he get that chess board to play with. I have a physical board and I want to get a V-board to practice on. Also, does anyone how of any free chess engines I could download?
Nice videos jrobi- keep it up!
At 3:26 what if black plays bishop to e7?
Won 3:30 what do u do if B takes the pawn on D4?
what do you so when the opponent opens with knight to f 6?
Jrobi, where did you get these win/lose/draw percentages?
I've seen most of your videos and one thing came on to my mind after seeing your new intro seveal times. Who are playing the game, and who are winning? Not very important topic i know, but it kinda buggers me that i dont know what is actually going on ;-)
I gave a subscription so i need an answer since i am going to continue watching that intro over and over again for your new videos x)
Thanks for checking it out SuperDieMaxx!
haha, that is why I usually avoid the Ruy Lopez opening, because I'd just hate to get my bishop chased around the board right at the start... I was kind of hoping I could find a video that would explain a good defense to that forceful pawn move..?
When black takes the E4 pawn, white moves pawn to D4, whats to stop black just taking that pawn with E5?
What if after white plays d4, the black knight on e4 doesnt move at all and black takes the pawn on d4?
@ 5:56 why doesn't black take immediatly the white knight on e5 with his knight on c6, as you say, the knight isnt really pinned?
3:37 Why not capture with B7 pawn instead?
You havent posted a game analisis in a while. Anyways, great video, like always.
another great vid. Thanks for explaining it so I can understand.