I just played my 1st game with your system and outclassed my opponent, his dark-squared bishop was just a blob the whole game. First class video, I'm a believer and a subscriber now). Thanks from a Brit in Germany. 😁
As an English System player, you've forced me to change my opening order, because... no, I would not want to play against this. I play the English because I can get to a familiar position and survive to an even middle game where I have a plan. It ends up usually being a long game, I get a lot of practice looking for tactics, and I'm usually playing familiar positions that my opponents don't see all the time, so I was able to climb 300-400 rating points with the English and Sicilian. Also, English is just the white version of the Sicilian, so again, my overtaxed brain can remember the positions more easily. People going for early cheese and gambits usually struggle vs the English system.
Most of my English openings happen when my opponent plays the Sicilian against me. Usually, the game goes 1. e4 c5. Since the pawn on c5 blocks that trade, I haven't had to worry about this. Still an interesting watch.
@@michaelkirkpatrick4196 I wasn’t asking you haha. I don’t mean to be rude lol but I’m not sure why you got that notification. But that’s a damn good rating though!
c4 (and 1... c5) are great against people who are intent on certain openings. Playing 1... c5 after 1. d4 against someone who's a die-hard London player... is fun! (But not for them).
I think this is very knowledgeable. The reason I play the English is that it cuts down 90% familiarity from opposing players. I'm so used to seeing d4 and e4, but c4 is far less common. Regardless, thanks for the vid!
That's a very minor difference that doesn't affect much, there isnt an opening that'll just destroy every set up, he taught you the idea, now you have to go and implement it, every game is different so your gonna have to improvise a little when your opponent plays an unexpected move or order
3. Nd5 is literally the most common response to 2... Bb4 in the masters database. The line you recommend is +1.5 for white. As long as white knows the next move 7. Qa4, they score much better than black. On the Lichess database this final position scores 50W/11D/39B, which is significantly worse than blacks average against 1. c4 on Lichess, 51W/4D/45B.
Love the strategy of making an ineffective bishop. I am still in beginner phase and haven't really utilized that method very often. Gonna add it to my repertoire. Thanks :) Great vid btw.
The move you can go also is N to c2 attacking the bishop and the sacrifice the knigh on e3 forking the king and the queen so he has to take with the f pawn and then you take the rock with the rock and continue your attack that is ofcourse if the queen couldn't be trapped
Heh. I play the English but I already play 2. g3 because I first learned the opening by studying The Dynamic English by Kosten, and that's the move order he advocates. It's a good book to pick up the opening, so I'm surprised more people don't play that order.
I played against it a few times, and I wouldn't take the bishop with the d pawn. My plan would be taking the full center with b takes and d4, imediatly trading the doubled pawn and getting a nice open file for my rook.
As someone who bought a book on the english, I was prepared for this lol, I know how to play! Everyone knows that when Bb4 you go Nd5 and counterattack, there is the continuation, but if white studied the main line after Nd5, ur cooked, as it will leave you in a worse position: Here is the Line after Bb4 for anyone asking: 4...Bb4 5.Nd5 (best move for black is Bc5, but most play Nxd5) 6.cxd5 Ne7 7.Nf3 Bd6 (this bishop move is the main line, but it is weird, so some play 7...e4 8.e4 The book I have goes in more detail about this line, but if u learned it, ur good
Kosten’s book on “The Dynamic English” deals with this. A simple pawn movement to a3 before you bring out the Nc3 helps. Also prepares a queenside attack with pawn to b4.
A very nice strategy lesson, enjoyed it very much. 1. c4 e5 2.g3 is also very common among the English Opening crowd, so a little supplementary homework would still be required from Black. I am thrilled to see the departure from composed studies at last and a return to more practical everyday chess. Very much looking forward to more engaging useful content along these lines. 👍👍👍
I like this approach, but what about 4. bxc3? This seems like what most people would play, capture the bishop towards the center. This seems more likely, so how would that affect the rest of the setup?
hey Nelson…this is a great video now i’m looking forward to facing the English…do u have a recommendation against the dutch it’s by far the most annoying defense against d4, thanks to Ginger GM 😏 also i’ve been enjoying your speedruns i learnt a lot thank you so much
I'm actually a Kings gambit, Smith Morra, so E4 player you might aswell say but am now delving deep into the English, my favourite thing about the English is you don't have to find anything funky (like the black demar gambit) against them Scandaviian players, if you really wanna trade your d pawn for my C pawn good look forcing that advantage, but ye there are a number of lines that force the English into sharp game play but I wouldn't really count this as 1 of them, dont get me wrong it will be useful against those unsuspecting English players that actually believe that its better have to the bishop pair with a compromised queen side pawn structure, & I'm by no means a master of the English set up, (only been playing it a few months) however, I'm already at a level where if I face this line I will keep the bishop pair, I won' t have a compromised pawn structure & no I won't even have an isolated a file pawn, & I will get to my middle game by playing 2 Nc3 instead of 2 G3, so already at a stage where I can have my cake & eat it up to the middle game anyway, after that I'm still likely to get crushed against anyone that knows what there doing tbf :)
Very nice video, I always feel uncomfortable when I see c4 on first move, as a caro player I like for the position to be familiar early on and this seems like a very nice positionnal, strategic and sound way to build an advantage against the english, thank you!
You _can_ just play the Caro against the English, ie c6, d5 - check it out in opening explorer. I recommend it for my son who plays tournament chess as he also plays the semi-Slav against d4,c4 and you can play with a similar setup.
thanks so much ! I'm 1500 elo and and did a draw against a 2000 in blitz today with this way of playing which is already unbelievable for me ! he tried the to play Bd5 after my Bc4 and .... he was lost after that. thanks thanks thanks
yea im an english only player as white. i literally wouldnt care versing this. while it is true that the dark squared bishop isnt useless, even compared the light squared monster in g2 systems, it has a role. and this plan sure stops it in the opening but the english loves creating positional lines, manuevering, and breaking for an advantage. committing to one colour squares like that is just asking to be blitzed open in the middle game. the dark bishop will have its time
This helps me a lot. I don‘ want to study too much theory precisely on the English opening. Also English players don‘t usually mess with kingside attacks, I believe. I will go with it for now, thx!
Its very interesting to see this system that blocks all black squares and trades the darksquare bishop. Now I understand much better the simple idea of the dark or white square strategy. I used to play the stonewall system against d4. And the idea is the same but you trade the lightsquare bishop and all pawns are on the light squares. Many of the threats or tactics to be aware are the same as here. Unfortunately stonewall system is pretty lame and isn't good for ratings above 1200 FIDE. It's good though if you are super GM.
Thanks a lot for making this video! Just lost a game cuz I spent too much time in the opening trying to figure out the best way to react to the English. Had a very good endgame (2 pawns up) but panicked in time trouble at the end.... Now that I know this, hopefully I won't spend so much time in the opening.
I normally play the English as white and almost everytime come up against this but the way to counter it is to play g6 first and try to lock the center and either attack on queen side (b4 break) or king side, my personal favorite (f4 break) and and kinda force black to defend
As an exclusive English player for white, I usually play that "tricky" knight move for that line (despite Stockfish not being the biggest fan), and I can confirm it can become fairly annoying to play when black responds correctly. It's a good response for Black.
I think early instead of white going Bg2, they push the doubled pawn to c5 you run into a major annoyance. If you take it with your pawn they can queen trade and you lose your castle and have a massive open center and no developed pieces. if you dont take it, they take yours instead, and if you retake with your pawn you now have a backwards pawn that is pretty weak in the center, and you are behind in development, they have undoubled their pawn so you traded your bishop for their knight with no major gain. If you retake with the queen instead they just queen trade and everything about what i just said is true but you have escalated to the end game with an open game, a worse pawn structure, less development, and your opponent having the bishop pair. In any of these variations, white's black bishop finds a nice home on a3 pointing at the pawn only your queen defends unless you dedicate a knight to it with a few clumsy maneuvering moves - and they can just bring their own knights to attack it too.
Heh, I do play c4 then g3 a lot. The things that always mess me up after that are: - People forcing a trade of my light-squared bishop (after fiancetto). - Black pushing the king-side pawns before I've had a chance to set things up. One thing I do enjoy doing in the English as white, is to push the f-pawn to f4 (after castling), a little earlier than one might expect. I mean, it's maybe not the best thing to do, but usually leads to an interesting, active game. But yeah... "turning my dark-squared bishop into junk", I hate that. Thank you (AND DAMN YOU!) for this video :)
What the heck was white doing spending 4 moves to exchange his kingside knight on the queenside, while you’re creating a massive kingside attack????? Utterly bewildering
I think you should wear a CHESS VIBES shirt yourself when you present it's just good marketing . In fact any of the shirts you have available because then people think oh that looks great actually I would not mind one of them!!!. As always just trying to help just a suggestion. Cheers
About half half. 2.Nc3 is the classical move, 2.g3 used ti be rare before books by Kosten, Marin and others recommended 2.g3 Imo the popularity of both moves is about the same nowadays but there might be some regional discrepancies
Around the eight minute mark, you recommended playing Nf6 versus Qxa5. How would you respond if White played Qa4? You would probably castle king side, right? Next Black plays Ba3. Frankly, from a Black perspective, this looks a bit scary.
8:05 Difficult to defend? Not at all. White can play queen a4, black cannot capture d5 (queen e4, forking pawn and knight) and after normal move like casting he plays e4. White is up a pawn and all three pawns are protected.
When bishop takes knight in the very beginning, why would white recapture with the king's pawn? All intuition and chess sense says to take with the g-pawn and keep pawns in the center.
Regards to one person that I just played English opening: Reversed Sicilian variation or something like this and Im probably gonna win I have advantage of 2 pawns for now
Why would your opponent capture back the bishop with his D pawn? My opponent did the more obvious (to me, but I'm not a master) B pawn takes. And then he was able to go e3 and d4 to trade off my central pawn before i could even make the whole pawn chain. And if i captured back with the d pawn, he can trade queens and disallow me from castling. any advice for that situation?
I have a question though. In the variation where Nd5 is played, and I get to the point where I play Nf3, what if the opponent plays Ba3? What should I do then?
Can I just say your content has been getting better and better the more you keep up with it, and you nail the points that help a newer player learn. Thanks for all the content
I don't have to take back the black bishop with the queen pawn. That's the mistake. Because you can't attack the center. I will take bishop back with B pawn and strick at e5 asap. Make sure the game is open with the early bishop pair. And I won't allow the white bishop to trade me off that easy Thanks for this.
As I English Player I've always responded to that move with e4, point being if they take my knight I take back with the c pawn and attempt to take the whole center with d4. If they don't/delay taking my knight I usually play Nge2, defending my knight with my other knight following up with a3/d3 and I try to launch an attack on the queenside. If black tries to keep everything closed the best mid-game idea usually is to play d3(solidifying) and prepare a pawn break on f4. I got lots of good positions at 1600 level Edit: The move e4 does weaken White's dark-squares but that weakness is barely felt if black trades off the dark-squared bishop
thanks for the video! I lost a couple of games against 1. c4 recently in a very annoying fashion. Sorry to English opening players, but it does seem like a pretty sad opening.
The English Opening is the easiest opening in the world to transpose out of. I prefer confounding the English with the Dutch, but I still like what you are doing.
I just played my 1st game with your system and outclassed my opponent, his dark-squared bishop was just a blob the whole game. First class video, I'm a believer and a subscriber now). Thanks from a Brit in Germany. 😁
As an English System player, you've forced me to change my opening order, because... no, I would not want to play against this. I play the English because I can get to a familiar position and survive to an even middle game where I have a plan. It ends up usually being a long game, I get a lot of practice looking for tactics, and I'm usually playing familiar positions that my opponents don't see all the time, so I was able to climb 300-400 rating points with the English and Sicilian. Also, English is just the white version of the Sicilian, so again, my overtaxed brain can remember the positions more easily. People going for early cheese and gambits usually struggle vs the English system.
Most of my English openings happen when my opponent plays the Sicilian against me. Usually, the game goes 1. e4 c5. Since the pawn on c5 blocks that trade, I haven't had to worry about this. Still an interesting watch.
Just out of interest, what’s your rating?
@@michaelkirkpatrick4196 I wasn’t asking you haha. I don’t mean to be rude lol but I’m not sure why you got that notification. But that’s a damn good rating though!
c4 (and 1... c5) are great against people who are intent on certain openings. Playing 1... c5 after 1. d4 against someone who's a die-hard London player... is fun! (But not for them).
I play 1. F5.. what u do against it?
I hate locked pawn structures, but I hate losing even more - when my opponent has a lot of English preparation. Thanks for this video.
What's your ELO
I think this is very knowledgeable. The reason I play the English is that it cuts down 90% familiarity from opposing players. I'm so used to seeing d4 and e4, but c4 is far less common. Regardless, thanks for the vid!
Exactly that's why I use the English throws alot of players off. I love my English opening😁👍👍
Really great explanation, especially the strategy behind black's defense!
The take back of the bishop after it takes the knight on C3 is usually with the B pawn though not D pawn
That's a very minor difference that doesn't affect much, there isnt an opening that'll just destroy every set up, he taught you the idea, now you have to go and implement it, every game is different so your gonna have to improvise a little when your opponent plays an unexpected move or order
This is perfect! I've been building my opening repertoire and I didn't yet have one against the English. This looks great!
Hi
Has a video been made for 2g3?
This was pretty instructive thanks a lot mate ❤
Thanks
Thank you!
3. Nd5 is literally the most common response to 2... Bb4 in the masters database. The line you recommend is +1.5 for white. As long as white knows the next move 7. Qa4, they score much better than black. On the Lichess database this final position scores 50W/11D/39B, which is significantly worse than blacks average against 1. c4 on Lichess, 51W/4D/45B.
What about bxc3 followed by d4??
Well presented; thank you for sharing.
I'm an 1150 rated player who has been beat by the English too many times. I found this video super instructional in a very clear way. Thanks a lot.
Love the strategy of making an ineffective bishop. I am still in beginner phase and haven't really utilized that method very often. Gonna add it to my repertoire. Thanks :) Great vid btw.
The move you can go also is N to c2 attacking the bishop and the sacrifice the knigh on e3 forking the king and the queen so he has to take with the f pawn and then you take the rock with the rock and continue your attack that is ofcourse if the queen couldn't be trapped
Heh. I play the English but I already play 2. g3 because I first learned the opening by studying The Dynamic English by Kosten, and that's the move order he advocates. It's a good book to pick up the opening, so I'm surprised more people don't play that order.
I played against it a few times, and I wouldn't take the bishop with the d pawn. My plan would be taking the full center with b takes and d4, imediatly trading the doubled pawn and getting a nice open file for my rook.
Yeah white did not play well in this game. Not a great example. If it was that easy to defend Magnus and Hikaru wouldn’t play it so much.
@@ELP3ngu1noI mean, no shit. Your opponents aren't going to Magnus and Hikaru either.
@@ELP3ngu1no hahaha Magnus and Hikaru, lol. made my day.
As someone who bought a book on the english, I was prepared for this lol, I know how to play! Everyone knows that when Bb4 you go Nd5 and counterattack, there is the continuation, but if white studied the main line after Nd5, ur cooked, as it will leave you in a worse position:
Here is the Line after Bb4 for anyone asking:
4...Bb4
5.Nd5 (best move for black is Bc5, but most play Nxd5)
6.cxd5 Ne7
7.Nf3 Bd6 (this bishop move is the main line, but it is weird, so some play 7...e4
8.e4
The book I have goes in more detail about this line, but if u learned it, ur good
Book name?
@@shersockholmes6261 its a german books
Kosten’s book on “The Dynamic English” deals with this. A simple pawn movement to a3 before you bring out the Nc3 helps. Also prepares a queenside attack with pawn to b4.
Love it, my mate plays the english loves the predictable set up slowness and position so this will help me no end. Does it have a name? Many thanks.
A very nice strategy lesson, enjoyed it very much. 1. c4 e5 2.g3 is also very common among the English Opening crowd, so a little supplementary homework would still be required from Black. I am thrilled to see the departure from composed studies at last and a return to more practical everyday chess. Very much looking forward to more engaging useful content along these lines. 👍👍👍
Anyone else looking for a good reply to 1.c4 e5 2.g3?
@@zangvids 1.c4 e5 2.g3 c6!? is very trendy for Black at the moment.
I like 1. c4 e5 2. g3 h5!? the drill variatio
I like this approach, but what about 4. bxc3? This seems like what most people would play, capture the bishop towards the center. This seems more likely, so how would that affect the rest of the setup?
You with the black play c5
Just got to 800 and started running into the English and lost both games. Appreciate the advice. I’ll definitely give it a try.
I can't believe you have done this. I just finished learning the English Opening and then this pops in my feed. Now I have to learn something else
What if somebody plays a3 not allowing the trade of bishop and knight
Thank you! I have been losing to a friend's use of the English opening consistently for the last year! Today I won and he bought me lunch!
Ohello! What if i go for Qc2 instead of getting dubble pawn
hey Nelson…this is a great video now i’m looking forward to facing the English…do u have a recommendation against the dutch it’s by far the most annoying defense against d4, thanks to Ginger GM 😏 also i’ve been enjoying your speedruns i learnt a lot thank you so much
I always like it if I manage to develop the bishop before moving the D-pawn. Then it won't be trapped behind the pawn.
I'm actually a Kings gambit, Smith Morra, so E4 player you might aswell say but am now delving deep into the English, my favourite thing about the English is you don't have to find anything funky (like the black demar gambit) against them Scandaviian players, if you really wanna trade your d pawn for my C pawn good look forcing that advantage, but ye there are a number of lines that force the English into sharp game play but I wouldn't really count this as 1 of them, dont get me wrong it will be useful against those unsuspecting English players that actually believe that its better have to the bishop pair with a compromised queen side pawn structure, & I'm by no means a master of the English set up, (only been playing it a few months) however, I'm already at a level where if I face this line I will keep the bishop pair, I won' t have a compromised pawn structure & no I won't even have an isolated a file pawn, & I will get to my middle game by playing 2 Nc3 instead of 2 G3, so already at a stage where I can have my cake & eat it up to the middle game anyway, after that I'm still likely to get crushed against anyone that knows what there doing tbf :)
clever moves here- puts white's bishop out of the way! well done!
I play the English pretty much exclusively for white. I'd love a video about the English from you!
Very nice video, I always feel uncomfortable when I see c4 on first move, as a caro player I like for the position to be familiar early on and this seems like a very nice positionnal, strategic and sound way to build an advantage against the english, thank you!
Honestly, that's the total the reason I play c4...
(and play c5 when people play d4, hoping to play the London against me).
You _can_ just play the Caro against the English, ie c6, d5 - check it out in opening explorer. I recommend it for my son who plays tournament chess as he also plays the semi-Slav against d4,c4 and you can play with a similar setup.
@@juleslondon3088 ty i never realized f this video caro all the way
3.g3 is an error. I believe the correct move is 3.e4 after, then 3...Bxc3 4.dxc3
8:09 after Nf6 d6 by white looks very annoying blocking my d pawn
Yes
thanks so much ! I'm 1500 elo and and did a draw against a 2000 in blitz today with this way of playing which is already unbelievable for me ! he tried the to play Bd5 after my Bc4 and .... he was lost after that. thanks thanks thanks
Awesome video Nelson, please more vids like this
yea im an english only player as white. i literally wouldnt care versing this. while it is true that the dark squared bishop isnt useless, even compared the light squared monster in g2 systems, it has a role. and this plan sure stops it in the opening but the english loves creating positional lines, manuevering, and breaking for an advantage. committing to one colour squares like that is just asking to be blitzed open in the middle game. the dark bishop will have its time
thats why he traded the light square bishop
This helps me a lot. I don‘ want to study too much theory precisely on the English opening. Also English players don‘t usually mess with kingside attacks, I believe. I will go with it for now, thx!
I often play C6 against english, Idk if it's the best but if youre a caro kann or slav defence player, it is pretty familiar.
As someone who plays mostly English... I HATE when people go symmetrical against me.
@@zalibecquerel3463 c6, not c5. I hate symmetric too it's too boring
5:56 I never would have seen your move. I was thinking Nf3. Shows you how good I am at this game.
On move three, what’s the strategy for black if white plays e4 instead of g2?
Its very interesting to see this system that blocks all black squares and trades the darksquare bishop. Now I understand much better the simple idea of the dark or white square strategy. I used to play the stonewall system against d4. And the idea is the same but you trade the lightsquare bishop and all pawns are on the light squares. Many of the threats or tactics to be aware are the same as here. Unfortunately stonewall system is pretty lame and isn't good for ratings above 1200 FIDE. It's good though if you are super GM.
Teacher Nelson that's some slick shit!
Thanks a lot for making this video! Just lost a game cuz I spent too much time in the opening trying to figure out the best way to react to the English. Had a very good endgame (2 pawns up) but panicked in time trouble at the end....
Now that I know this, hopefully I won't spend so much time in the opening.
this is for sure going to be my main opener against the english going forward. i always played e4 against the english but never had a clear cut idea
Dude why would i take back with D wtf
wow i will. practice this one now!
I normally play the English as white and almost everytime come up against this but the way to counter it is to play g6 first and try to lock the center and either attack on queen side (b4 break) or king side, my personal favorite (f4 break) and and kinda force black to defend
As an exclusive English player for white, I usually play that "tricky" knight move for that line (despite Stockfish not being the biggest fan), and I can confirm it can become fairly annoying to play when black responds correctly. It's a good response for Black.
In 3:38 what if they play the pawn break immediately instead of wasting a queen move then you wouldn't get the chance to slide your queen to e6
I think early instead of white going Bg2, they push the doubled pawn to c5 you run into a major annoyance. If you take it with your pawn they can queen trade and you lose your castle and have a massive open center and no developed pieces. if you dont take it, they take yours instead, and if you retake with your pawn you now have a backwards pawn that is pretty weak in the center, and you are behind in development, they have undoubled their pawn so you traded your bishop for their knight with no major gain. If you retake with the queen instead they just queen trade and everything about what i just said is true but you have escalated to the end game with an open game, a worse pawn structure, less development, and your opponent having the bishop pair. In any of these variations, white's black bishop finds a nice home on a3 pointing at the pawn only your queen defends unless you dedicate a knight to it with a few clumsy maneuvering moves - and they can just bring their own knights to attack it too.
That was great, thanks a lot!
I just go 1.c4 e4 2.a3 and it counters this
I love chess and this helped a lot thanks
Heh, I do play c4 then g3 a lot. The things that always mess me up after that are:
- People forcing a trade of my light-squared bishop (after fiancetto).
- Black pushing the king-side pawns before I've had a chance to set things up.
One thing I do enjoy doing in the English as white, is to push the f-pawn to f4 (after castling), a little earlier than one might expect. I mean, it's maybe not the best thing to do, but usually leads to an interesting, active game.
But yeah... "turning my dark-squared bishop into junk", I hate that.
Thank you (AND DAMN YOU!) for this video :)
I'm curious how Black can force the trade of the light-squared bishop
@@peterlustig4300 By getting the queen quickly lined up behind the bishop and threatening to do nasty things.
@@zalibecquerel3463 I've played the English for some time and I always had time for 0-0, Re1 and Bh1 after Bh3
@@peterlustig4300 Yup. Move that rook early before messing around with your knights too much.
I feel like playing the English you just have to accept that your black square bishop is gonna be crap for 90% the game
What the heck was white doing spending 4 moves to exchange his kingside knight on the queenside, while you’re creating a massive kingside attack????? Utterly bewildering
As someone who plays the English this is unforgivable Nelson. But now I know go g3 first.
Instead of 2.g3, what about 2.d3?
@@3trilogy d3 is fine, but g3 is more flexible because you may play d4 in some lines
I think you should wear a CHESS VIBES shirt yourself when you present it's just good marketing . In fact any of the shirts you have available because then people think oh that looks great actually I would not mind one of them!!!.
As always just trying to help just a suggestion.
Cheers
00:56 I can't believe he actually said that!!!
Most players actually play g3. Sigh
About half half.
2.Nc3 is the classical move, 2.g3 used ti be rare before books by Kosten, Marin and others recommended 2.g3
Imo the popularity of both moves is about the same nowadays but there might be some regional discrepancies
@frednimzowi9852 in my experience everyone plays g3
For whatever reason, I've started seeing _a lot_ of English. This vid might just have saved my poor apartment from all the coffee cups flying about.
Thank you so much sir...
Thanks, Cool and Interesting !!!!!!!!
I typically play g3 and not Nc3 as my second move, and he admitted that his system wasn't effective against that move order.
I have been looking for a system against this for a long time, I finally found it! but just one thing, at 8:37 what if white goes d6?
The. It's a blunder. You can take pown at a5. And check. And fork with another pown
Around the eight minute mark, you recommended playing Nf6 versus Qxa5. How would you respond if White played Qa4? You would probably castle king side, right? Next Black plays Ba3. Frankly, from a Black perspective, this looks a bit scary.
8:05 Difficult to defend? Not at all. White can play queen a4, black cannot capture d5 (queen e4, forking pawn and knight) and after normal move like casting he plays e4. White is up a pawn and all three pawns are protected.
if they push the pawn to a6 after they take the bishop doesn't that mess with our pawn structure... like a lot
I was over thinking lol, I saw Nc2 tactic but missed the simple c6 queen trap
Could you possibly do a video on the Italian opening?
what do u need to know about it bc im quite good at it
I also mostly play italian giuoco pianissimo so I could give some tips
When bishop takes knight in the very beginning, why would white recapture with the king's pawn? All intuition and chess sense says to take with the g-pawn and keep pawns in the center.
*Queens
Ah yes, that pyramid structure reminds me of London System, but for black this time around...
Ba5 is literally just an inaccuracy white gets an overwhelming advantage after the insertion of Qa4 with e4 either order doesn’t matter
Regards to one person that I just played English opening: Reversed Sicilian variation or something like this and Im probably gonna win I have advantage of 2 pawns for now
Are there any other openings where you can use the “trade off your bishop and make their bishop useless” strategy?
There's the Trompowsky and the Bb5 Sicilian for example
Why would your opponent capture back the bishop with his D pawn? My opponent did the more obvious (to me, but I'm not a master) B pawn takes. And then he was able to go e3 and d4 to trade off my central pawn before i could even make the whole pawn chain. And if i captured back with the d pawn, he can trade queens and disallow me from castling. any advice for that situation?
Perfect timing i was looking on how to beat english bc someone in my school tournament played it
wow solid video
When do you do live streams?
I have a question though. In the variation where Nd5 is played, and I get to the point where I play Nf3, what if the opponent plays Ba3? What should I do then?
Excellent video
This B-b4 system is sort of the Rossilimo anti-Sicilian system in reverse.
8:21 What happens if white plays D6 shuting down our bishop for a while? That pawn would be complicated to capture
This is great for people who wanna surprise you!
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Can I just say your content has been getting better and better the more you keep up with it, and you nail the points that help a newer player learn. Thanks for all the content
I appreciate that!
Most people play Nf3 on move 2.
The simplest way to beat the english is the symmetrical english
Love it. English players always confounded me.
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I don't have to take back the black bishop with the queen pawn. That's the mistake. Because you can't attack the center. I will take bishop back with B pawn and strick at e5 asap. Make sure the game is open with the early bishop pair. And I won't allow the white bishop to trade me off that easy Thanks for this.
Is there a PGN for these lines?
It reminds me of a reverse trompowsky haha
Why not W Queen to A4?
As I English Player I've always responded to that move with e4, point being if they take my knight I take back with the c pawn and attempt to take the whole center with d4. If they don't/delay taking my knight I usually play Nge2, defending my knight with my other knight following up with a3/d3 and I try to launch an attack on the queenside. If black tries to keep everything closed the best mid-game idea usually is to play d3(solidifying) and prepare a pawn break on f4. I got lots of good positions at 1600 level
Edit: The move e4 does weaken White's dark-squares but that weakness is barely felt if black trades off the dark-squared bishop
thanks for the video! I lost a couple of games against 1. c4 recently in a very annoying fashion. Sorry to English opening players, but it does seem like a pretty sad opening.
The English Opening is the easiest opening in the world to transpose out of. I prefer confounding the English with the Dutch, but I still like what you are doing.
Late to the game here, but after Bxc3, white should be playing bxc and not dxc. If he plays bxc as in this example, you've got better than f6.
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