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► Chapters 00:00 Best Chess Opening Against 1.d4, Czech Defense 00:30 Opening System (same moves in all variations) 02:25 Common mistake by White 04:39 If White plays d5 instead of dxe5 06:23 If White plays 5.Bd3 09:17 Puzzle of the day 09:34 Czech Defense Against the London System (2.Bf4)
Igor I have a request. I know it's fashionable these days to rip on the London. It looks like the Colle-Zukertort is better, I think the fianchetto can lead to better positions for White. It seems more flexible than the London but similar. It might be a good video "London vs. the Colle".
Ive said it before, but one of the reasons i love your content so much is instead of teaching traps with openings, its not only teaching solid play but *giving you ideas for how to proceed in the middlegame* Deciding optimal plans and training for how to see what the best way to attack after a successful opening is one of th hardest things to teach and every time you show a plan and explain why its useful, i start to see those ideas myself and how to notice when they are available (like training a tactic) Bets chess teacher on YT!
Can I just say that as a d4 player (who doesn't play the london, but has a very hard time responding to d4 with anything but a mediocre QGD) this video helped me so much to play against the london, too. I normally have no idea what I'm doing but I always seem to end up trading off white's dark-squared bishop either with my own or with my king's knight and that always seemed to be what my opponent was prepped for, especially playing Bg3 when I offer a trade so that they take back with the H pawn after I've castled kingside. However, I watched this video today, practiced the line on an analysis board to make sure I actually remembered it all. And guess what happened the moment I booted-up a 30-minute game? I got a 1325 who played the London against me and fell for the entire line, ending up down a bishop by move nine. I went on to win that game as expected
I don't like learning chess because I just play for fun but watching your videos was really enjoyable! It's really fun watching and trying some of these concepts in game
Surprised you did not discuss 5. f3 at all here, as Sämisch-like set-ups are also a popular way of meeting Pirc systems. My experience of this line, which was extremely popular at one time due to the efforts of Mickey Adams, was that black players often got a theoretically sound position but were unsure of how to proceed and gradually lost ground. It is an excellent defence if you are the better player though, full of dynamic possibilities.
Hi Igor I need some help for the other video You did " WINNING TRAP in the Italian Game for White" So i was playing someone and I did this trap but instead of taking my Black Bishop with there h pawn, They attacked my White bishop with there knight on a5.. Im sure we cant do this trap without the white bishop? Please help!
It's actually quite beautiful to see how initially bad black's opening looks at 00:46 , with their Queen's bishop blocked in, coupled with the fact the black Queen has to move backwards in two moves, which usually is a loss of tempo, then blossoming into a dangerous opening with the e5 move. Thanks again, love your videos, Igor!
Yayy another video with the czech pirc :3 it kinda looks also like the old indian but you probably already know Igor 😂 Computer doesnt like the czech against d4 (like +1.5 for white) so you really need to hope your opponent really doesnt know what to do xD
I have seen your videos translated into Spanish but I prefer your English version a thousand times even though my level in this language is A1 because you explain everything in a very clear and effective way. Congratulations!
Qb6+, if white blocks with Nd4 Pxd4 wins the knight. If white blocks with Rf2, Ng4 threatens to win the pinned rook. If white protects with Nd1, Bxg5 wins the bishop.
Thank you for yet another instructive video! Do you have also something juicy for black playing the classical Pirc defense (against 1. e4) or Kings Indian Attack (against (1.d4)?
@@gandhiaakash thank you, Austrian Attack is certainly the beast weapon for white against Pirc. What I meant was attacking plans for black if you play Pirc or KIA.
Oops, I skipped the line with white dodging the check with Kh1. Then Ng4 threatens the royal fork with Nf2. Black wins the exchange if white captures with the rook. Again, if white protect with Nd1, black wins the bishop.
Hi IS, I like learning chess, but there is some thing that all of you chess teachers just overlook. Anytime somebody gets an extra piece you think the game is won, which can't be far more from truth.
I’m currently playing like a 20 game correspondence match with this guy I went to college with and he only plays the london and I’m about to wreck his shit. I usually just play the Slav and wait for him to blunder. But this gives you a -3.7 on the eval bar after move 8 or so
Since I'm Czech, I really like this opening. Thank you very much, Igor, for the demonstration of how to play against d4, I have already studied IT against e4 from you :) how could this opening be used against Kings Indian Attack? Have a nice day!
If you know how to play it, and your opponent doesn't you will always have the advantage whether your position is better or worst, the Czech setup is very safe but people that actually play it usually favour casting long over short to attack kingside, if the opponent castles kingside the queen sitting on C7 directly stares towards the H2 pawn, you can setup tactics without your opponent really knowing how to respond.
Do you mean at 10.36 just after Black plays e5? So, b4 Qc7 and it looks like it's still on, right? Of course after d×e5 d×e5 White can try Bg3 pinning the e pawn, but Black gets back on path with Bd6.
@@dennisharrell2236think they meant to type b3 (played instead of Bd3). In that case Qa5 is no longer a check so white just plays Nbd2, indirectly preventing e5 because 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Nc4 Qd5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Ncxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe5... leads to an endgame where white is simply an uncompensated pawn up
I tought the same, tried putting it on the computer and surpriiise.... it's not this xD it's another move that we probably would have never considered ahah
@@onepocket7101 Nxc5, if white takes the knight you take the bishop, if it takes the bishop you capture back with the knight... it looks like only 1 pawn advantage but the computer evaluation goes from +1.15 to -2.3 (more or less, i dont remember the exact evaluation)
@@onepocket7101 what do you mean? With the bishop check? The problem is that he moves the king, you play that knight move and he can stop the fork with bishop h4... and according to stockfish that position become a +2 for white
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Hi GM Igor. Would you mind made a video for Black Opening starting with 1....g6 2.....Bg7 & 3....c5?
Thanks in advance & have a nice day!
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This is not just a chess opening, but also finally a way to fix my broken life.
I love these videos.
Ha ha
😂
I can queen’s gambit recommend
Fantastic video!!
Thank you very much!
Nd5 wins a pawn
► Chapters
00:00 Best Chess Opening Against 1.d4, Czech Defense
00:30 Opening System (same moves in all variations)
02:25 Common mistake by White
04:39 If White plays d5 instead of dxe5
06:23 If White plays 5.Bd3
09:17 Puzzle of the day
09:34 Czech Defense Against the London System (2.Bf4)
Also works really well against people that play The English at least in my elo 1800 blitz.
Thank you for making the chapter breaks, very helpful when the focusing in on the given situation.
Igor I have a request. I know it's fashionable these days to rip on the London. It looks like the Colle-Zukertort is better, I think the fianchetto can lead to better positions for White. It seems more flexible than the London but similar. It might be a good video "London vs. the Colle".
Ive said it before, but one of the reasons i love your content so much is instead of teaching traps with openings, its not only teaching solid play but *giving you ideas for how to proceed in the middlegame*
Deciding optimal plans and training for how to see what the best way to attack after a successful opening is one of th hardest things to teach and every time you show a plan and explain why its useful, i start to see those ideas myself and how to notice when they are available (like training a tactic)
Bets chess teacher on YT!
Thank you very much 🙏
Can I just say that as a d4 player (who doesn't play the london, but has a very hard time responding to d4 with anything but a mediocre QGD) this video helped me so much to play against the london, too. I normally have no idea what I'm doing but I always seem to end up trading off white's dark-squared bishop either with my own or with my king's knight and that always seemed to be what my opponent was prepped for, especially playing Bg3 when I offer a trade so that they take back with the H pawn after I've castled kingside. However, I watched this video today, practiced the line on an analysis board to make sure I actually remembered it all. And guess what happened the moment I booted-up a 30-minute game? I got a 1325 who played the London against me and fell for the entire line, ending up down a bishop by move nine. I went on to win that game as expected
9:30 Nd5 will take a pawn
Hello, Igor! Please explain, how Black should play against White's d4, e4, Nc3, f4 setups ?
I don't like learning chess because I just play for fun but watching your videos was really enjoyable! It's really fun watching and trying some of these concepts in game
Night takes d5
Surprised you did not discuss 5. f3 at all here, as Sämisch-like set-ups are also a popular way of meeting Pirc systems. My experience of this line, which was extremely popular at one time due to the efforts of Mickey Adams, was that black players often got a theoretically sound position but were unsure of how to proceed and gradually lost ground. It is an excellent defence if you are the better player though, full of dynamic possibilities.
I've been hoping that you make a video on the Pirc defence, very much appreciated.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Hi Igor I need some help for the other video You did " WINNING TRAP in the Italian Game for White" So i was playing someone and I did this trap but instead of taking my Black Bishop with there h pawn, They attacked my White bishop with there knight on a5.. Im sure we cant do this trap without the white bishop? Please help!
It's actually quite beautiful to see how initially bad black's opening looks at 00:46 , with their Queen's bishop blocked in, coupled with the fact the black Queen has to move backwards in two moves, which usually is a loss of tempo, then blossoming into a dangerous opening with the e5 move. Thanks again, love your videos, Igor!
Yayy another video with the czech pirc :3 it kinda looks also like the old indian but you probably already know Igor 😂
Computer doesnt like the czech against d4 (like +1.5 for white) so you really need to hope your opponent really doesnt know what to do xD
I have seen your videos translated into Spanish but I prefer your English version a thousand times even though my level in this language is A1 because you explain everything in a very clear and effective way. Congratulations!
Didnt know our small nation has his opening too...
Can you cover the hippo opening, usable as white and black and pretty much the same plan
Sorry, and what is about the JOB?
I enjoyed watching your video Igor! This is by far my chess favourite channel.
Thanks. Love it👍♥👍
9:29 Nxd5?
Yeah, gg
@@bjaurelio there is nxe7
At first I thought it was a mistake, but the knight covers your bishop. If they take your knight with a pawn, you grab their bishop and are up a pawn.
@@bjaurelio The Elastic Band trick
Nxd5, winning a pawn.
Is this correct? I think the least white got two minor piece for a rook and a pawn
Can you do a Benoni and Benko opening theory? Many think the Benoni and Benko are unsound and are refuted.
Thanks for the suggestion. We will make a note of it.
Qb6+, if white blocks with Nd4 Pxd4 wins the knight. If white blocks with Rf2, Ng4 threatens to win the pinned rook. If white protects with Nd1, Bxg5 wins the bishop.
Thank you for yet another instructive video! Do you have also something juicy for black playing the classical Pirc defense (against 1. e4) or Kings Indian Attack (against (1.d4)?
try Austrian attack. Its amazing
@@gandhiaakash thank you, Austrian Attack is certainly the beast weapon for white against Pirc. What I meant was attacking plans for black if you play Pirc or KIA.
Oops, I skipped the line with white dodging the check with Kh1. Then Ng4 threatens the royal fork with Nf2. Black wins the exchange if white captures with the rook. Again, if white protect with Nd1, black wins the bishop.
Hi IS, I like learning chess, but there is some thing that all of you chess teachers just overlook. Anytime somebody gets an extra piece you think the game is won, which can't be far more from truth.
I found this tactical solution to the puzzle. "Qb6+ - White can defend in many ways, but then - Qxb2, winning a pawn."
The move is actually Nxd5
@@klatchabobby You're right. I checked Stockfish analysis. My move loses a bishop at the end of the combination, which I didn't foresee.
I’m currently playing like a 20 game correspondence match with this guy I went to college with and he only plays the london and I’m about to wreck his shit.
I usually just play the Slav and wait for him to blunder. But this gives you a -3.7 on the eval bar after move 8 or so
I'm a bit confused... you state this crushes london yet in first setup you're showing queens gambit for white?
Since I'm Czech, I really like this opening. Thank you very much, Igor, for the demonstration of how to play against d4, I have already studied IT against e4 from you :) how could this opening be used against Kings Indian Attack? Have a nice day!
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You should add an eval bar on the side of your videos because I'm not always sure if the traps you show are 100% foolproof plans
Yes, because a GM needs the eval bar to be believed that the opening lines he suggests online are "foolproof"
@@klatchabobby The lines he suggests are often not completely accurate if you put it into the engine
The move is very surprising...Nxd5!
I love the nerd humor.
Underrated humor
I see what you did with that thumbnail. Emperor Igor!
this plan is slow. I need the M1 opening for black
What if they play 6. f4 instead of Nf3?
This mixing black lion and elshad system I love it
Bishop on each corner to capture rooks how to defend
What is the ECO code for this opening?
Best chess channel on YT, thank you!
Really funny comment about opponent playing the same set up (London system) at the same time you are advising the same Czech set up. Double standard.
If you know how to play it, and your opponent doesn't you will always have the advantage whether your position is better or worst, the Czech setup is very safe but people that actually play it usually favour casting long over short to attack kingside, if the opponent castles kingside the queen sitting on C7 directly stares towards the H2 pawn, you can setup tactics without your opponent really knowing how to respond.
Nxd5. A pawn up.
Maybe it was just me but I didn't see white play the London System.
Nd5 wins a pawn
Awesome Czech Pirc
Nxd5
Checked the London part, looks like white can simply play b4 and the whole trick is useless
Do you mean at 10.36 just after Black plays e5? So, b4 Qc7 and it looks like it's still on, right? Of course after d×e5 d×e5 White can try Bg3 pinning the e pawn, but Black gets back on path with Bd6.
@@dennisharrell2236think they meant to type b3 (played instead of Bd3). In that case Qa5 is no longer a check so white just plays Nbd2, indirectly preventing e5 because 6. Nbd2 e5 7. Nc4 Qd5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Ncxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd5 Nxd5 11. Bxe5... leads to an endgame where white is simply an uncompensated pawn up
I always thought 2. d6 was a dubious opening. Interesting stuff.
Bc4 check, white move king or block with rook, KG4
I tought the same, tried putting it on the computer and surpriiise.... it's not this xD it's another move that we probably would have never considered ahah
@@desmyt67 so what was the correct move
@@onepocket7101 Nxc5, if white takes the knight you take the bishop, if it takes the bishop you capture back with the knight... it looks like only 1 pawn advantage but the computer evaluation goes from +1.15 to -2.3 (more or less, i dont remember the exact evaluation)
I set it up on a board, this abandons white bishop threat and sets up possible fork with his queen
@@onepocket7101 what do you mean? With the bishop check? The problem is that he moves the king, you play that knight move and he can stop the fork with bishop h4... and according to stockfish that position become a +2 for white
Night to g4. Bxe1.q to c5+, night to f2 royal fork. Makes sense no???
Q tob3 not c4. ...
Nope c6 not c5 lol
Actually, the only winning move for black is Nxd5
Its cool move for me
But what if after ng4 Q f3?
9:25 Qc5+ is the move
i am looking for the answer, but isnt Queen to b6 better since it also hits the pawn on b2?
Wow! Exactly what I was looking for! Soo clever moves! Thanks a lot Igor! 😊👍♟