Chess.com speed run by NM Calhoun! Part 1: Rating 800-900
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- National Master Luke Calhoun playing the Philidor and Old Indian and teaching chess while climbing up chess.com's rating ranks. Beginner and Intermediate players should enjoy the examples of how to play selections taught in the course www.chessable....
Thank you so much, I got your chessable philidor course and this speedrun is a very nice practical example on how to use it!
Glad you found it helpful! More to come!
I just love rating climb videos. I don't play either the Filador or old King's Indian, and definitely not the Cow, but it's nice to have some knowledge in my memory banks for what to play against them. My elo is 900-1100 rapid, depending on how well I can focus and if I can recognize when I'm playing tilted. Right now, I'm at the lower end of the range. I will continue to check out this series and hopefully retain some of the ideas that you present in them.
This is amazing, soooo useful! I wanted to say thank you for this and for that wonderful course. By far the best course I have seen in chessable. I love how well you explain the concepts and the philosophy behind the moves (and even some alternatives). It must be a ton of work but I really hope there is more to come :)
fun video! weird audio issue where sometime i literally could not make out the words but i love this kind of fun + educational stuff
I will tweak the mic for next time! Thanks for the feedback and watching!
@ of course keep up the great work and thank you
Luke, rather than wasting a move as white (to play as black in effect) cover something rare but sound and surprising? The center game comes to mind......
I will really consider that! This speed run has a bit of a focus, but I can make a video on other stuff as I realize this can be limiting, or if you have an opening you're interested in, like the center game, I can do a theoretical overview of it as a separate video. Maybe for my Part 5, I can at least play 1. e4 directly and play the system a tempo up, showing how to use that tempo. I'll see what I can do!
@@lukecalhoun It would be interesting to see what to do with that extra tempo thanks pal I really enjoy your style.
Amazing. In for later visualization
great video thanks so much, hovering at roughly 1000 for ages, will find your course
Enjoying your speed run. I have your Philidor Chessable course. How can I get your Old Indian course?
Thank you! Not yet published but coming up in the next couple months!
Hi Luke. You presumably know multiple chess openings. Why did you choose to make a course on the Philidor specifically instead of others? Thanks.
Hi, great question! I am totally happy to make a video on something else besides the Old Indian/Philidor combo if you're interested in a specific opening. I can talk about its pros and cons, and I love studying openings so I know and have played them all, pretty much. I've also taught lots of openings as a chess coach. The Philidor stuck out for me in teaching for a few reasons:
1. It was versatile. I found 800 rated players could pick it up and use it just as easily as a 2000 rated player. So many openings are either too complicated for the newer players or too simplistic for the advanced players. For example, I LOVE the French Defense. But I think you should be at least 1200 before you play it and White has more nasty tricks against it so you need to study more.
2. It was sound. There are some deadly weapons but they border on "hope chess," just anticipating your opponent doesn't know the refutation. I didn't want to recommend an opening an opponent could study against us before the game and roll us off the board.
3. It was surprising. Rarer openings are more likely to be mishandled and you're less likely to fall into someone's secret pet system. #2 and #3 are in tension by the way. For example, the most equal openings like the Sicilian or 1...e5 are the most sound and the least surprising. Therefore, you have to know a TON of theory. The Philidor is a nice balance between points 2 and 3.
4. It was deadly. There are no easy draws for White. So as GM Melik quipped, we can play it when we need a win.
5. It is thematic. This is easier for teaching as instead of memorizing line after line, we are understanding structure after structure. This means that if a player later wants to play ....e5 the Philidor will have taught them a ton. More tactical lines are more unique to their own opening and harder to transfer to others, so they're much less of a stepping stone. Same as the Old Indian: you can stepping stone it to the King's Indian.
This is kind of messed up. Taking rating points from us plebes who need them most. Not to mention the psychological trauma. :(
Hi! With a speed run account, it refunds the rating points. So no one loses any rating points. I can get the discomfort of losing though I’m sure some players like the deal of winning points if you win but not losing points if you lose.
@ didn’t know that! Carry on! I enjoyed the video nevertheless.