How to Understand Bizarre Opening Moves: Lessons from the Slav Defense
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- Опубликовано: 16 окт 2024
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In today's video, we discuss how to master chess openings by understanding and decoding strange-looking moves. Instead of blindly memorizing moves, learn to interpret the reasons behind them for a deeper comprehension.
To highlight my point, I analyze a mainline in the Slav Defense, offering key tactical and strategic insights. By asking the "why" questions and staying curious about the reasons behind theoretical moves, we not only improve our chances of remembering those moves, but we also enhance our sense of danger and middlegame play.
When you encounter a strange-looking opening move, stay curious and investigate the reasons behind it. Often, you can uncover the reason simply by asking what the opponent's threat was in that particular position and how the theoretical move helps resolve the issue. This video also highlights strategic middlegame ideas in the Slav Defense. 
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Pattern recognition is important but strategic understanding is better in the long-run. Although, I will say the pattern of king-side castles, knight on f3, queen on e2, and both bishops lined up targeting h6 and h7 is a pattern to always watch out for.
Hi, I have a rating of 2250 USCF, 2100 Fide. I am definitely sure that you are the most underrated chess RUclipsr that I have seen, for example, your content is at least 10x times better than Gotham chess for me. Some of your videos taught me something like this particular video, while your other videos were a bit obvious to me (that is alright because lower-rated people must have learned a lot from those videos). It would be nice if you explain in detail about the tabiyas, structures, and ideas of openings like the Italian game, Ruy Lopez, open Sicilian, Grunfeld, queen's Gambit, and Slav. I believe that this will attract more higher-rated players (especially those who have made an opening switch recently).
Exactly! Unrated player here. Thank you for making your observation. Super chess teacher. I’ve learned so much. Using what I’ve learned, I am able to solve chess puzzles quicker and more accurately. I beat Stockfish on it’s lowest setting for the first time. It feels good to improve.
Eggsactly!!
I am just so humbled to hear your kind words. Really motivating. Thank you so much 🙏☺️
I will write your ideas to my video idea list. Thank you for the suggestions!
I'm playing the Slav myself due to Basti from Schachmatt TV... but didn't know you couldn't take the Pawn on e4 due to Ba3... learning so much from you -- even with the 'easier' videos. Thank you Dr. Can!!!
I am so happy hearing your kind feedback. Always happy to help ☺️
More of this please! 🙏🏻
Thanks! More is coming soon! :)
@13:38, we have to see that White can disrupt Black's King safety by playing 12.e5 (with tempo on our Knight). 11...Bh5 gets out of that situation, but then my thought was 'what if White then plays 12.h3?' (preparing g4 which, although it messes with White's kingside pawns, kind of puts Black back into a similar position). In that case, Black trades his Bishop for the f3-Knight 12...Bxf3 followed by 13...e5, and diffuses White's attacking plans/chances (near as I can tell). Thanks for this great video, and YES!! a series of these would be invaluable! (Based on this video, I'm going to go through the openings I play and seek out these types of weird-looking essential moves, but your input is also desired)
I love your comment! Indeed, ...Bxf3 followed by ...e5 was the final point of this multi-purpose move!! Great that you brought it up.
I will turn this into a series, thanks!
!! Brilliant insight in slav.
Thank you!!
What an eye opener video about opening moves.
Thank you for your kind feedback 🙏
Great. Be nice if you could do the Caro-Kan when you get there.
Will do, thanks!
Great teaching as usual, please keep it up.
❤️ Will do, thank you!
Awesomest Maximus as always, thank you
What an awesomest maximus comment! ☺️❤️
Brilliant!!
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🎉💯💯👏👏a wonderful video on the opening very enlightening,I learned new ideas thank you 🎉as a self trained individual i have made it mandatory to understand the LOGIC of every move in the opening phase, as these moves evolved through history of chess as a logical process, of thought 🎉 great viedo
Extremely nice feedback, thank you so much! 🙏☺️
Throughly enjoyed this episode and the explanations provided for such moves, the bishop move indeed did look odd to me at first and not one I believe I would have found! I think mainly because it involves deeper calculation but having said that once you identified that we don't want to allow the knight to move into our territory it makes perfect sense, so I guess what I've taken from this lesson is that I'll now try to look at a position and ask myself 'if my opponent could pick up one of his pieces and put it anywhere on the board, where would he put something to create a threat!' I've found this very helpful, thank you.
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So happy to read your excellent feedback, thanks! Indeed, looking at the opponent's ideal setup can give you an idea for the best move. Or simply asking: what would they play if it was their turn again?
DrCan, I have been studying your videos, and have purchased several of your courses. I recently played in a major tournament in New Zealand which had a very strong field. I went in with a rating of 1650. I ended up with a score of 4.5/8 and bet three players higher ranked than me including two at the 1900 level. I was first equal for the under 1700 category. Probably the last time I will be eligible for that category lol. The improvement I have noticed in my own play since learning from your content is huge. Feel free to use this comment in your own promotions. Many thanks. Truly appreciated.
I am so humbled to hear your motivating comment 🙏☺️ Congratulations on your great achievement. I am very happy if the channel and my courses have contributed to it. I will let Chessable know about this comment 🤓
Energized to produce more after hearing your words!
@@Dr.CansClinic Thanks for that. Something I thought would be great to get a video on from a psychological perspective would be how to get into a state of extreme focus. I find myself that sometimes I get into that zone and seem to be able to play at a very high level, whereas other times I just don't seem to have that. It would be good to replicate that state in every game.
Didn't expect to see this here... I finished 1st shared in the u1700 with you! The games of yours I saw were very nice. Hope I can play you in the future.
@@AdamHarris0-1 Love it! Thanks for sharing and congratulations!
@@AdamHarris0-1 Yes, small world. You had a fantastic result, probably better than mine in relative terms giving your rating was lower as I remember. I don't know if you follow Dr Can, but his content is outstanding.
Brute memorisation. The trouble is that there are so many lines in any opening book. Best to really understand fewer lines perhaps? Most people these days learn their openings from Chessable, but I am not sure that this really works for most people. The lines you learn rarely turn up in reality. Fragments do, so it is good to have some patterns available. It's a very difficult game to learn!
Thanks for another thought provoking video,
Thank you for your kind feedback! It is a difficult game indeed. Patterns are essential, as well as deeper processing by constantly asking the why question.
I enjoy your content, Dr. Can, but I must say as an old man whose interest in chess has only recently intensified, I've found (sadly) my ability to memorize opening lines is significantly impaired. "Old dogs can't learn new tricks."
My solution (only moderately successful) is to play wacky openings that result in positions that are unfamiliar to most players. For Black, the Lion Defense, for example. And for White, I've even invented an opening (Uncle Ernie's System) involving the move f3 on move #2, just because it seems to throw my opponents into the dark unknown. At that point, we're just playing chess.
Nonetheless your videos continue to be helpful. Much thanks from thus old man.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback ❤️
I like your opening approach - you start playing chess as early as possible while having better grip on those patterns than your opponents. 2. f3 may not be the best way to achieve it though :) Although these days everything seems to be playable. But surely you bring them to a deep dark forest by playing that way.
También la idea de g6-h5 funciona porque antiguamente se jugaba Ag4 y ahí el blanco tiene h3-g4
Considering this it might be a better idea to focus on opening mistakes rather than learning openings. I remember in some Soviet chess encyclopedia, there was a comprehensive collection of opening mistakes, but I forgot where I saw that. Does anyone have an idea?
Found it: Anatoly Matsukevich: Entsyklopediya Debyutnykh oshibok, 4000 shakhmatnykh partiy (Encyclopedia of opening mistakes; 4000 chess games)
That is great that you found it! I have not read it yet.
That why question, key in chess. In business too by the way 😀
It's amazing how fast you can tell the why of those moves! It's craftsmanship. Most of the time I don't have smart answers to the why questions in my (Caro-Kann) opening. I guess that's the reason why I can't punish mistakes by my opponents. Besides memorization, that's another reason to know the why answer thoroughly!
Thank you so much Mark! That question is the key in life :)
I will make more videos on this series. Perhaps I will make a video on why they play early ...h5 in the Caro-Kann (in Tartakower variation especially).
@@Dr.CansClinic I'm so happy I already got a picture/feel when you mention the Tartakower variation!
Like, move that pawn to h5 instead of h6? That would be an interesting video for sure. Your Openings playlist/series is really nice!
@@MarkPersoonlijk Thank you!! Yes, why are they playing ...h5 instead of ...h6 :)
muy bueno
Gracias! 🙏