Here's a great tool for learning openings: chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Chessbook allows you to import and practice your repertoire. It focuses on moves people actually play as well as your mistakes. Connect it to your lichess or chess com accounts to correct the biggest gaps in your repertoire!
Firouzja is such an inspiration, he has motivated me from being a lazy toilet seat player for 4-5 years to be genuinely interested to learn an opening...
The clarity of explanation here is exceptional. Every time I thought 'but why doesn't he move...' you answer before I finished the thought. Great video, thank you!
@@michaelrogerson5417 Stop lying to yourself, this video was extremely missexplainined, he doesnt mention several important variations on Alireza's games, because he knows he can't explain them...
@@who-ve2ss You and I are at different levels. I don't need to know every line of the theory. I'm not 'lying to myself', I've simply said that, from my point of view, this video was helpful. You clearly need something more advanced. I wish I were in your position. Congrats.
The single feature of many of these games that amazed me is how Firouzja disdained castling, took his King on long walks, and yet somehow the monarch was never in trouble. Great selection of games!!
Very instructive and great content on your end. Would love to see similar analysis of top players with different approaches in major openings, especially the ones you play like the Semi-Slav or London. In other words, more of this please!
Phenomenal video. If I weren't already subscribed I would after this video. One of the best chess videos I've seen. Perfect intro to the Firouzja phenom as well.
I had a Rapid tournament on Lichess, I came accross this video 1 hour to the tournament, all my games as black was the Caro Kann, now guess what! I won it all!! awesome video
Godwilling, surely this channel will become big !! I mean, look at the quality of the content, the explanation, everything. (Not to mention the thumbnails)
Great video. Lots of new ideas to improve my (admittedly shallow) understanding of the caro kann. One suggestion - please use the usual circles and arrows because post beginners like me have a hard time following all the rapid coordinate description and some of the more advanced tactical ideas.
Thank you so much!! I play the Caro-Kann and this video will now be in heavy rotation for my studies. I really enjoy your content and this video in particular. Thanks again and I look forward to watching many more of your videos.
You have the best way of analyzing games and explaining everything that is going on. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on video for us because it has helped me so much with just understanding what's going on. I'm a relatively new player and I'm so happy I found your channel. Thank you!
Very nice video! You bring Firouzja and also th Caro-Kann. The last game, as an amateur player, I would never imagine the black's King walk to b8 and his queen's pawns attack at the same time.
Watched your Caro Kann video ,took notes ,and used it against a good opponent and it worked good ,I won the game ,very nice .Im going to watch the remainder of you video . Well done dude ,thank you
The Caro-Kann is an opening that's always intrigued me very much, but I'm hesitant to learn it because white can steer the game into many different directions. And that's me saying that as a Sicilian defense player lol I'm enjoying your breakdown of Alireza's games, and it's good to see a top player utilizing one of the all-time greatest openings and giving other people the confidence to do the same :)
So you are not afraid to play the sicilian which is a chaotic opening for both sides, but you are afraid to learn Caro Kann which is less chaotic? Black is solid in caro kann in 95 % of the positions. For us amateurs caro is a perfect choice. But it all comes down to preference at the end of the day
This is why im playing the caro kann,ive been fustrated with the opening in the past but.I thanks to this video ive got a great understanding.Subscribed & Liked,i like your love for the game great channel.
Thank you for the video! It's a little over my head - I'm not a Caro Kann player by any means - but I like your enthusiasm and respect for Alireza, and I think I may have picked up a couple of tips along the way.
I finally realize what alireza reminds me of, hes alphazero. Hes not afraid of weakening moves, he plays for activity and likes moving his king a lot :p
After watching the video, totally appreciate your comment and completely agree. This play is really something special. You can see the future 2800 in this play entirely.
Thanks man for the video, I'll definitely start playing the Caro from now on don't you think it's a good weapon against the Scotch and Danish openings, these are my biggest weaknesses so far..
Dear Stjepan, another hint is to analyze and watch the Game of the german prodigy Vincent Keymer. His main weapon with black is also CK against e4 and also very impressive games.
I love caro- kaan, infact i never play the advanced(best) against caro players as they almost always know everything about it. I just play the panov attack 🔥
I wish you display the moves in algebraic notation such that I could copy it accurately and have my chess engine replay the games with all the variations, recommendations and analyses.
Awesome learning experience! I only wish with the 1/2 doz or so speed-ups sprinkled throughout, we were not throttled thru so quickly. But despite that, this is among my favorite videos.
Sometimes I get annoyed when my Caro kann doesn't work out the way I want it to and then I end up losing the game. This kid always finds other plans. Very instructive
36:00 according to Erwin L'Ami (and therefore Lc0), 6...Qxd4 is simply refuted by 7.Be3! Qxb2 8.Bc4! and if 8...Qxa1+ 9.Ke2 Qxh1, then it's mate in 4 starting with 10.Qxf7+.
at 30:26 I believe the threat is Bc5 if white played Nxd4. Bh2+ doesn't work after Kh1, Qxd4, Bxc6, and no matter how you recapture black can play Bxc4 and remove the defender of our bishop on h2.
Are there any good books I can use to learn the caro-kann currently, apart from Lars Schandorff's Playing the Caro-Kann: A Counter Attacking Repertoire(it is quite expensive)
@@siddharthkapur4767 yeah it’s pretty badly outdated I’m afraid. I’ve got it and some of the recommendations in the Advance variation just aren’t good anymore. Pretty good still for everything else.
If you are not particular about books and like Chessable, check out Erwin L’Ami’s Lifetime Repertoires: Caro Kann, it is a wonderful course showing 900 variations as well as almost every move being commented on. L’Ami didn’t just cover known theory, he introduces many novelties and little known lines. This is by far the best Chessable course ever published and I would absolutely recommend.
Maybe Part II of Alireza Firouzja Caro-Kann Games? The most thing that sticked to my mind is that you cant change dramatic plans with the Caro-Kann because of its fixed nature.
Here's a great tool for learning openings: chessbook.com/hanging-pawns
Chessbook allows you to import and practice your repertoire. It focuses on moves people actually play as well as your mistakes. Connect it to your lichess or chess com accounts to correct the biggest gaps in your repertoire!
As a Caro player- I could not be more appreciative of this!!
Likewise.
what's your ELO?
@@user-uk9er5vw4c 600 lul.
Just started, i got 70% winrate with caro Cann, but i an bad with white.. any openings which are like caro cann
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Really appreciate your emotional openness and admiration for Firouzja. It's contagious and helps us appreciate the phenomenon that is him.
Firouzja is such an inspiration, he has motivated me from being a lazy toilet seat player for 4-5 years to be genuinely interested to learn an opening...
What's your ratings before n after?
@@firstname8078 I was always 1.2k-1.4k on chess com. I watched this video with the intention of learning Caro, haven't done that yet.. :P
@@firstname8078 but yeah, I paid full attention for 40 mins. That's an achievement to me.
How about your ratings? How many openings do you know?
I learned caro kann, and then went from 700 to 1200
The clarity of explanation here is exceptional. Every time I thought 'but why doesn't he move...' you answer before I finished the thought. Great video, thank you!
As a 1900 FIDE player I could not disagree more
@@who-ve2ss Well I'd expect a player at that level to see those implications for themselves.
@@michaelrogerson5417 Stop lying to yourself, this video was extremely missexplainined, he doesnt mention several important variations on Alireza's games, because he knows he can't explain them...
@@who-ve2ss You and I are at different levels. I don't need to know every line of the theory. I'm not 'lying to myself', I've simply said that, from my point of view, this video was helpful. You clearly need something more advanced. I wish I were in your position. Congrats.
@@michaelrogerson5417 I'm not talking about the opening tho...
The single feature of many of these games that amazed me is how Firouzja disdained castling, took his King on long walks, and yet somehow the monarch was never in trouble. Great selection of games!!
Great game choices and well analyzed. I'm not a Caro player, but found these games very interesting. By the way, your English is excellent.
Caro Kaan vs Aryan Tari was a masterpiece. 🙌
Very instructive and great content on your end. Would love to see similar analysis of top players with different approaches in major openings, especially the ones you play like the Semi-Slav or London. In other words, more of this please!
Stjepan, Alireza und the caro - What a wonderful combination!
Two videos today?! Thanks for everything! Love the content and your journey.
Thank you for the (mostly) daily content💙
An excellent compilation and commentary. Thank you.
Phenomenal video. If I weren't already subscribed I would after this video. One of the best chess videos I've seen. Perfect intro to the Firouzja phenom as well.
Your channel is amazing and highly underrated. Every video you put out is a goldmine
I'm very amazed how insteresting and instructive are these! Really thank you, master!
I had a Rapid tournament on Lichess, I came accross this video 1 hour to the tournament, all my games as black was the Caro Kann, now guess what! I won it all!! awesome video
Godwilling, surely this channel will become big !! I mean, look at the quality of the content, the explanation, everything. (Not to mention the thumbnails)
Clear, informative and above all unbiased explanation. Thank you so much.
Thanks for this video. Wonderful content as always, and what a great set of Caro games!
Great video. Lots of new ideas to improve my (admittedly shallow) understanding of the caro kann. One suggestion - please use the usual circles and arrows because post beginners like me have a hard time following all the rapid coordinate description and some of the more advanced tactical ideas.
Thank you so much!! I play the Caro-Kann and this video will now be in heavy rotation for my studies. I really enjoy your content and this video in particular. Thanks again and I look forward to watching many more of your videos.
You have the best way of analyzing games and explaining everything that is going on. I appreciate you sharing your thoughts on video for us because it has helped me so much with just understanding what's going on. I'm a relatively new player and I'm so happy I found your channel. Thank you!
Very nice video! You bring Firouzja and also th Caro-Kann. The last game, as an amateur player, I would never imagine the black's King walk to b8 and his queen's pawns attack at the same time.
This was truly an excellent video! Many thanks.
Excellent video!
Watched your Caro Kann video ,took notes ,and used it against a good opponent and it worked good ,I won the game ,very nice .Im going to watch the remainder of you video .
Well done dude ,thank you
Great video concept, looking forward to watching it. added to my watch later
Appreciate the awesome video !
I like the way you explain... very good content!
واقعا حرکات استاد علیرضا در تاریخ شطرنج بی نظیر است هزار آفرین به شما ناچیز است موفق باشید
This definitely opened my eyes how flexible and sound the opening really is and able to create strong attacks on either side
Great video. Keep it up!
Superb selection and presentation❤
omg the positional finesse in these games... karpov must be proud
The Caro-Kann is an opening that's always intrigued me very much, but I'm hesitant to learn it because white can steer the game into many different directions. And that's me saying that as a Sicilian defense player lol
I'm enjoying your breakdown of Alireza's games, and it's good to see a top player utilizing one of the all-time greatest openings and giving other people the confidence to do the same :)
I like Ben finegolds take on the Karo: the Karo is good. Sometimes it gets you mated. That's just life tho.
after e5 white has only a few practical lines, the sicilian is far more tactical and complex I would argue
So you are not afraid to play the sicilian which is a chaotic opening for both sides, but you are afraid to learn Caro Kann which is less chaotic? Black is solid in caro kann in 95 % of the positions. For us amateurs caro is a perfect choice. But it all comes down to preference at the end of the day
This is why im playing the caro kann,ive been fustrated with the opening in the past but.I thanks to this video ive got a great understanding.Subscribed & Liked,i like your love for the game great channel.
Thank you for the video! It's a little over my head - I'm not a Caro Kann player by any means - but I like your enthusiasm and respect for Alireza, and I think I may have picked up a couple of tips along the way.
Great idea! It's great to see Super GMs playing for and against their favorite openings!
really instructive, thank you.
Showing arrows instead of naming the squares would be of much help for beginners!
Good content, love it.
This is really good for players who plays caro cann as their main defence
This is very very good, thank you!
Alireza is our honorable countryman! we hope to see him at higher levels of chess success🌹
Really enjoyed this video thanks Stejpan
Beautiful presentation.
Thank you very much
I had seen the last game before, but seeing it after the other CK games was more interesting 👍🏽🙏👏
Incredible. Thank you.
by the time firouzja reaches his peak carlsen will be waning very good future for firouzja and chess in general
Indeed. Exciting times ahead.
Alireza plays Caro Kann in perfection, he will be with 19 the next world Champion, Very good Analysis
Good topic! Great job!
Amazing video,!
Só very cool this openeing, Alireza have good inshigt, magic movie , thank for U for this vídeo. God bless U
Very nice video!
Cool video! Thanks for amazing content
This is good stuff. Amazing games.
Great video!! ;)
Excelente análisis, thanks and good well your comentary, Im sorry my bad english
All 3 sides! LOVE IT! :)
Markus Ragger is Austrian 👍 great content as always
Awesome vid
I finally realize what alireza reminds me of, hes alphazero. Hes not afraid of weakening moves, he plays for activity and likes moving his king a lot :p
He also likes pushing rook pawns and gaining space.
After watching the video, totally appreciate your comment and completely agree. This play is really something special. You can see the future 2800 in this play entirely.
@@ClarkPotter he's already 2800 :)
@@SergeiInyushkin he said future. At the time of these games Firouzja wasn’t 2800.
Very good observational point about Firouja's incredible flexibility, from one move to the next, switching plans etc.
crystal clear in so minimum an explanation!
absolutely amazing
Thanks man for the video, I'll definitely start playing the Caro from now on don't you think it's a good weapon against the Scotch and Danish openings, these are my biggest weaknesses so far..
Excellent explanations
I really hope you do a vedio on the London system against the modern defence, stay well Stepan
Being a Caro player myself, if I was standing by Firouzja during these games, I must have exclaimed, "Dude WTF!!!!"
Dear Stjepan, another hint is to analyze and watch the Game of the german prodigy Vincent Keymer. His main weapon with black is also CK against e4 and also very impressive games.
Karpov, Petrosian also playedthe C-K with great aplomb andalso Maxim Dlugy and Navarra good to study
I love caro- kaan, infact i never play the advanced(best) against caro players as they almost always know everything about it. I just play the panov attack 🔥
thank you very good video good job!
what a great video!
Excellent !!
Very instructive, could you do similar video about Karpow's games in caro kann?
Been choosing them already. Should be out soon.
That 1rst game was awesome 👏
Very nice games!
Out of curiosity, who is your pick to win the WCC? Will you post videos about the games as well?
@ 19:03 what is the problem with dropping rook back to c1? Sorry if it is obvious but don't understand
Awesome video. How about a Karpovs Caro Kann video?
Thank you
The king trip in the last game is amazing
I wish you display the moves in algebraic notation such that I could copy it accurately and have my chess engine replay the games with all the variations, recommendations and analyses.
@13:58 white can simply take the h7 pawn with bishop right?
Alireza is a genius....i'm glad you pronounce his name correctly, Firouz- Ja!
Awesome learning experience! I only wish with the 1/2 doz or so speed-ups sprinkled throughout, we were not throttled thru so quickly. But despite that, this is among my favorite videos.
The pawn struncture in the first game is insane
Sometimes I get annoyed when my Caro kann doesn't work out the way I want it to and then I end up losing the game. This kid always finds other plans. Very instructive
this is awesome
To have nearly 600 likes without a single dislike just goes to show the pure quality of your videos.
We can't see dislikes on RUclips anymore, unfortunately. They were hidden from users..
@@czepesch It's still Visible on Android Phones. 😁
36:00 according to Erwin L'Ami (and therefore Lc0), 6...Qxd4 is simply refuted by 7.Be3! Qxb2 8.Bc4! and if 8...Qxa1+ 9.Ke2 Qxh1, then it's mate in 4 starting with 10.Qxf7+.
KING..OF ..D...FAST..Ali..R
at 30:26 I believe the threat is Bc5 if white played Nxd4. Bh2+ doesn't work after Kh1, Qxd4, Bxc6, and no matter how you recapture black can play Bxc4 and remove the defender of our bishop on h2.
Thanks 👍
very good video
Are there any good books I can use to learn the caro-kann currently, apart from Lars Schandorff's Playing the Caro-Kann: A Counter Attacking Repertoire(it is quite expensive)
To be honest I didn't find any of them that useful. Houska's book and Modernized Caro by Ramirez are ok, depending on which variations you play.
@@HangingPawns Is GM repertoire 7 outdated? Thanks!
@@siddharthkapur4767 yeah it’s pretty badly outdated I’m afraid. I’ve got it and some of the recommendations in the Advance variation just aren’t good anymore. Pretty good still for everything else.
If you are not particular about books and like Chessable, check out Erwin L’Ami’s Lifetime Repertoires: Caro Kann, it is a wonderful course showing 900 variations as well as almost every move being commented on. L’Ami didn’t just cover known theory, he introduces many novelties and little known lines. This is by far the best Chessable course ever published and I would absolutely recommend.
The video was very instructive. But some of the variations you mentioned were a bit hard to follow without any arrows highlighting them.
Maybe Part II of Alireza Firouzja Caro-Kann Games? The most thing that sticked to my mind is that you cant change dramatic plans with the Caro-Kann because of its fixed nature.
I like they way You explain
17:10 I’m pretty sure you don’t play Kg1 here. Awesome video though :)