As a full time professional chess teacher ( and comsequently a very tough critic of the instruction of others ) this guy does do a good job. 1) He speaks clearly. 2) He covers basic ideas without insulting the intelligence or knowledge of listener. 3) He does not cover too many variations ( confusing to beginners of a new opening ) 4) He stresses general ideas Kudos well done - superior to a lot of GM instruction!
He talked for nearly two minutes straight about how the position of your pieces can be more important than the amount of pieces you have after sacrificing the bishop. I actually yelled "get on with it!" to my computer. Way too repetitive for me. I watch agadmator's chess. If he goes too fast you can just pause it or re-watch it anyway.
One thing you fail to deal with is that new players (playing other new players) will have their pieces continuously attacked by pawns and other pieces (ie. at 8:00, black plays c4 or Nh4, maybe even h6-g5 in a different variation). They DO NOT care that they are ruining their structure, and you are usually not good enough to punish them for it, and in a lot of cases they are winning because you are stuck. What would be nice to know is what to capture and which blunders to look out for.
+David Brooke After the black king moves to c8, the white pawn in g6 goes to g7, and thats gg wp! If bishop takes Bxg7, black queen is out the board. If rock takes, your bishop in e5 takes the rock. You allways end winning material.
Wow as soon as I saw this I went on to try this opening and check mated early into the game with them same kind of moves done on this game. Starting a get a better understanding how this works. Thanks!
you can squeeze in h3 making a hole so if you like to move the bishop to later. Otherwise you can often play Bg5 if they attack like that, if your light sqaure bishop is sat on e2 (it sometimes is e.g. against the kings indian defence).
This is a fantasitc opening for beginners. Most beginners as black lose coordination with this strong D4 attack and many of their 'standard E4 play' style moves are totally ineffective. Very fun and sucessful opening
I always use this opening for years and I never he knew it had a name This system is great for bullet and blitz it makes the opponent waste time And your usually in great position for end game
Not to be weird but I love the way you put things simply, and matter of fact, as well as your smooth tone in your lessons. Not to be odd but I was just saying that your lessons are easy to listen to bc of this. As far as this opening "system" is concerned it feels so natural for beginners who only understand basics of opening theory. Eveythin is easy and basically you just try to ultimately get to a square in blacks back field as the game changer. Only small unnatural thing is moving Queen pawn.
Been playing this for a few months now and didn't realize it had a name. A lot of people I've played willingly trade their black dark bishop for mine when I do this and develop their Queen. Great video with good insight on the issue of not castling, I've lost some games I was dominating due to castling. Thanks! Looking forward to trying some kingside pawn attacks post castle.
@DocScutWork I had to do some analyzing but I think I figured out why. After Rxf8, white is in a ton of trouble. If white takes back with the queen, Rxf8 Qxf8 Qe7+ Kb5 Qd7+ Bc6 a4+ (Ka5 or Ka6 or Kc4) Qxc6 and white will be checkmated within a couple moves. The only other way to save the queen is Qd7, and then it's Rxd8 Qd7 Rf7 (Qd8 or Qe8) Rxb7. White also has the pawn on g6 that black's going to have a very difficult time stopping. Basically, black's gonna win. :-)
It's great that you have so many good chess videos out. It'd be awesome to hear you mix up the lingo with some fresh lines, though (if you haven't already by the time I write this). "Again", "and at the same time" and "Black's gonna bring his __ to __" is making me a little bit crazy over the course of the last 10ish videos I watched. You could just say "Bishop f4" without the "gonna bring his".
I love playing the London system. Easy to play unless your opponent deliberately sways away from common lines. I'm thrilled when black castles on the king side. In bullet games I've caught so many off guard with the sacrifice storm on the king side. Not so easy when your opponent plays the right moves but you're not playing against stockfish.
Great video. Very interestng as lots of people recommend the London as an opening to teach you to develop your pieces without too much theory. I'm really glad you discussed castling at 12.00 because I was thinking that your king would still be quite central if you castled queenside to quickly connect your rooks
I just used this system, sacrificed a knight to clear the h file, and won a game with Boden's mate with B on e5 and R on h8. This system is really fun, thanks!
Hmm At 3:14, the reason for the black bishop to b7 was to mainly allow extra defence for the other bishop by opening the rook and not “to get involved in the game”
John Brown wow ableism and homophobia in the one comment; how ironic that you started this little conversation by accusing me of being inconsiderate of others.
@shaweeg I really like Chess960 and think it really shows how players understand the true meaning of how pieces should be used at anytime. Many GMs are great because their opening theory is on point, sometimes studying different lines into the 20th move. With Chess 960 opening theory is all gone, so many of their strengths are taken away. I think there a much smaller gap between really good chess players and GMs with Chess960 so many GMs won't play it much.
8:00, why is B knight to D7 a better option than F Knight to G4? I'm admittedly horrible a chess, but wouldn't threatening Knight to F2 be better? Edit: Never mind. Rook to F1 stops all threat of that. I'm still bad :)
at 12:24 why didnt white bring pawn to g6 to take away the escape for the king, and then queen up to H8. This would be checkmate, right? So why did white do it in opposite order?
Great tut, as always. I especially enjoyed the GM match. You kinda think that castling kingside actually hurts you more than helps you against the London System.
Black didn’t move their bishop to B7 to “try to get it involved in the game.” It was moved to protect the bishop on F8 by connecting the queen with the rook on A8.
I remembered accidentally doing this when i was new to chess. I usually use this opening and named it "the mid defense" cuz i never knew this existed until i saw others using this and learned that it was London defense system
@DereksDiscourse black isn't entirely out of options: ie. @ 9:24, the knight on f6 is being attacked by the pawn, and all of his possible moves are attacked as well accept for d7, so while black isn't out of options, all/most of his remaining options aren't beneficial to him in the slightest
22. Rh8 Rxe5 23. g7 (White successfully promotes a pawn, forcing black to give up a piece for the pawn in addition to the bishop that's captured by the pawn itself.) The reason for 22. ..Bb7 is to add the a8 rook to the defense of the potential queening square for the pawn. The dark square bishop is largely inconsequential at this point.
@@nomissimo I feel like this is going to happen more as the internet gets older, we will answer questions then be like "Oh, he left that comment 50 years ago".
Good intro re: London System #chess opening. It's also possible to transpose into Colle (c3), Stonewall Attack, Trom+Torre, and even Bird openings. c4 and Qb3 lines can also be fun. In total, when you start connecting the dots, these form quite a potent "d4 system", which one can add to (as ratings increase).
I'm relatively new to the game but would it be better at 9:36 instead of moving the Bishop to move the Queen to h5 so you can take the Pawn on h7 and you have checkmate?
I'm not sure how the European chess system works, so I may be mistaken, but I assume the steps would be similar. However, you would register with FIDE instead of the USCF, and then play in official FIDE tournaments to get rated. There are websites where you can verify if the tournaments in your area are official or not.
Very nice to see this opening. Can you please make me a play list with your videos step by step to start learning chess like a pro. I am new to the world of chess and there are so many videos on your channel. I really don't know we're to start in
Assuming you are in the US you must first register with the USCF and play in a rated tournament. After that, you will be given a provisional rating. Play in a couple more tournaments and you will have your official rating.
@tigiris2257 I think pushing the pawn on g6 will eventually lead to the loss of the rook. Also the bishop on f8 is pinned to the Queen, therefore will likely fall too. After this, white has a material and position advantage.
@xoxksa We are talking about 14:25 right? I'll assume you got black and white mixed up, since it is black who is about to lose. DocScutWork was asking about Kc6. Qe7 is not check if king is at c6. Kc6 Rxf8 Qxf8 Qe7 Qxe7, which is awful for white. After Kc6, g7 is a monster
Nope black resigned because after king to c8 white will take the bishop in f8 with rook if queen takes its an check mate by giving queen to c7 but if he doesnt take the queen is a goner queen cant run beacause its pin as well.
Anyone else feel the resignation was a little premature. Yes probably was going to lose, but not sure how white was going to continue after black King to c8, c6 pr maybe even Bishop or Queen to e7.
What do people think of playing kc3 followed by kb5 with the idea of the kc7 fork? I know you have to move the knight twice early for it to work, but I feel that the attack often leaves me up on material and causes all of the focus to be on 5-8 so there's very little pressure. As black struggles to stop your attack you just push forward more attackers. Of course it only works out if black moves their queen side knight in the first couple moves, but they almost always do.
I am not 100% sure if I give you the right move, but if ...Qe7 then Bf6, Qxh7 Rxh7+ and then white will take the rook on g5. With this white has an advantage in pieces and a really good chance to promote the pawn currently on g6. Again, not sure if this is the best move.
GM Simon Williams (GingerGM) have just investigated the London system, and there is some great tacticle ideas with a quick kingside pawnstorm and a greek gift. It worked several times against an IM Thomas Rendle. Check out his vids
Can anyone tell me why black resigned? QD8 - E7 atacking the white Queen. The black bishop is save, the white queen got to run and the white bishop is going down. This game is far from over.
7:03 good video but in here i dont think that white's bishop to d3 was a smart move because then black can move his pawn to c4 and gain a lot of material.
If you have to choose when you're bridge is broken, should you aim to have the pawn chain on the side you castle or opposite. As in when d4 pawn is taken should you take with c3 or e3 pawn. Or with another piece if you have the option. This probably changes based on the other pieces position, but I usually put my chain coming off the kings pawns. Is this best?
12:59 I don't understand why black didn't use his rook to take the Bishop on E5... black seems kind of dumb in this game to me but maybe I'm missing something...
Since no one has answered, it's because White can just then push the Pawn g6g7, which results in a series of trades where White will have material + positional advantage. So if Rook takes Bishop g5xe5 then White moves the pawn g6g7... Black then plays Bishop c8b7. White plays g7xf8q taking the Black Bishop (Essentially trading back the Bishop that Black just "took for free") whilst promoting to a Queen, then a series of trades along the 8th rank results in a surviving White Rook on f8. White has 2 Rooks and positional advantage versus Black's rook and Bishop. OR... Black tries to protect that promotion square with Rook e5f5, White responds with Queen g8h7, Black Rook moves up f5f7, White Rook takes the Bishop h8xf8, initiating a series of trades leaving Black with 2 Rooks and a Bishop vs White's Rook and Queen, but Black also down on position. The Black King is restricted to the Black queenside corner of the board, White's Rook is ready to move to d1 and control the d file, leaving Black having to defend against White's Rook and Queen combination with no chance to develop and initiate an attack on White.
The chess website there is a rule that you need to play h3 when e6 or d5 so that nh5 isnt a problem and also it is bad to exchange a bishop to a knight in the opening
Hi Kevin, Thanks for all informational chess videos. I've a request for you. could you do a video about chess960 opening principles for amateurs who have good understanding of conventional chess?
@john17972 no big difference. as you could see there is a strong attack on the king. white could always castle and get the other rook in the action as well. there is no way black could turn things around.
Hello thechesswebsite, for the match by Vlatko Kovačević(1980) at 11:05, could this plan of bishop BF4 to BG5 pinning the black side's bishop work? if black captures ,white could capture back with a checkmate in the next move and if black doesn't capture white could capture the bishop and bring the knight from ND3-NF3 followed by NF3-NG5 black then has no way to stop white's attacks and white could continue with mate QH5-QH7
Amazing, I'm sitting here wondering why he resigned, I can't seem to see the obvious finish. Does the White get another Queen, Does White take the Black Queen, Does White mate him is less then 3 moves What's the logical progression??? Di ...
I've never tried this opening but it looks good. I usually play either sicilian dragon or fried liver attack. It would have been nice though if you could have completed your game with a checkmate, though.
Ryan if he made that move, I think mate or the loss of his queen would follow shortly after. You’d have Rh7, pinning the king to the 8th row. If he didn’t protect the king, he could then move the protected queen to Qf7.
Hi I know this question may be stupid but why black have to resign? Black won’t be checkmate I think... I am a noob chess player so please tell me if you know, thanks! :)
As a full time professional chess teacher ( and comsequently a very tough critic of the instruction of others ) this guy does do a good job.
1) He speaks clearly.
2) He covers basic ideas without insulting the intelligence or knowledge of listener.
3) He does not cover too many variations ( confusing to beginners of a new opening )
4) He stresses general ideas
Kudos well done - superior to a lot of GM instruction!
I disagree. He talks too much, uses wrong words sometimes, and repeats himself too often. I don't care for his style.
He talked for nearly two minutes straight about how the position of your pieces can be more important than the amount of pieces you have after sacrificing the bishop. I actually yelled "get on with it!" to my computer. Way too repetitive for me. I watch agadmator's chess. If he goes too fast you can just pause it or re-watch it anyway.
Some people learn with eyes and their hands. Learning a theory first is difficult for those that would prefer a realtime explanation.
3 applies to this video but not to others. See his video on the Nakhmanson gambit.
@@philipfeeley7914 I mean ok then bud
Crazy to think that a video released 10 years ago just helped me run through my dad can't thank you enough. Might binge your openings playlist tonight
That is awesome! Nothing like binging some chess content at night.
Same here. My dad used to use something called the french and here i am learning this
Lmao I also ran through my dad using the London
It’s aged very well
One thing you fail to deal with is that new players (playing other new players) will have their pieces continuously attacked by pawns and other pieces (ie. at 8:00, black plays c4 or Nh4, maybe even h6-g5 in a different variation). They DO NOT care that they are ruining their structure, and you are usually not good enough to punish them for it, and in a lot of cases they are winning because you are stuck. What would be nice to know is what to capture and which blunders to look out for.
If black is playing Nh4 at 8:00 he's cheating
@@lsw3364
Lol !
In a 1mn+0 Blitz though, it could go unnoticed :-)) I'll give it a try.
@@Christian_Decroze did it work?
@@slaughterhaus0
Nope. My opponent threw his glass of Whisky right in my face :-)
It's a good opening but the king can still move to c6 at 14:00.
Thanks for these videos, man. I watched them for months before I actually started playing online, and these helped immensely.
I'm not an expert but would have loved to see a few more moves after the point that he resigned
+David Brooke yes please!
+David Brooke After the black king moves to c8, the white pawn in g6 goes to g7, and thats gg wp! If bishop takes Bxg7, black queen is out the board. If rock takes, your bishop in e5 takes the rock. You allways end winning material.
If the King moves to c8... why not play Rxf8 exploiting the fact that the Queen is overloaded (protecting against Qc7# but also the Bishop)
Kc8,Rf8:,queen falls or mate
Qe7,Bf6
Liza Orlova Doesn't matter. He missed mate before that.
The London System and the Colle System are very good anti-kingside-castle openings
@kettellive I do think he resigned too quickly but in this position I do think it will be very tough to defend himself.
thanks kevin. started winning alot of games with the london system
wow i literally just watched the vid and played someone rated higher than me using the london system and made him resign. thanks!
So basically am watching this 10 years later , and let's play it 😀
You're the only person that has explained this clearly for a beginner like me so far. Most over-complicate it and show too many variations. Thanks!
I always use the london system, its really nice and confuses people
Same here dude
Wtf is asta doin here
@@doormatcat Eyy 10 hours very cool.
@@dionel1388 heyyy 2 minutes also very cool
@DARIUS ELLIOTT heyyyyyyyy 1 week ago also also very very cool
Very informative without making it boring. Thanks!
Hey Kevin, I have been watching many of your video's lately and I just wanted to say you are doing a great job!
The reason I'm here is somebody beat me using the London system :(
do u still reply to comments?
@@lucantygaming4349 1 day ago wow
@@AUG_Glow 1 day ago wow
@@Ember_03 1 day ago and a question here is the london system just another term for queen's pawn mason variation?
@@lucantygaming4349 did you just reply to a 9 year old comment?
Wow as soon as I saw this I went on to try this opening and check mated early into the game with them same kind of moves done on this game. Starting a get a better understanding how this works. Thanks!
you can squeeze in h3 making a hole so if you like to move the bishop to later. Otherwise you can often play Bg5 if they attack like that, if your light sqaure bishop is sat on e2 (it sometimes is e.g. against the kings indian defence).
This is a fantasitc opening for beginners. Most beginners as black lose coordination with this strong D4 attack and many of their 'standard E4 play' style moves are totally ineffective. Very fun and sucessful opening
I always use this opening for years and I never he knew it had a name
This system is great for bullet and blitz it makes the opponent waste time
And your usually in great position for end game
Not to be weird but I love the way you put things simply, and matter of fact, as well as your smooth tone in your lessons. Not to be odd but I was just saying that your lessons are easy to listen to bc of this. As far as this opening "system" is concerned it feels so natural for beginners who only understand basics of opening theory. Eveythin is easy and basically you just try to ultimately get to a square in blacks back field as the game changer. Only small unnatural thing is moving Queen pawn.
Magnus Carlsen (the world champion) has been playing this system rather brilliantly as of late.
Been playing this for a few months now and didn't realize it had a name. A lot of people I've played willingly trade their black dark bishop for mine when I do this and develop their Queen. Great video with good insight on the issue of not castling, I've lost some games I was dominating due to castling. Thanks! Looking forward to trying some kingside pawn attacks post castle.
@DocScutWork I had to do some analyzing but I think I figured out why. After Rxf8, white is in a ton of trouble.
If white takes back with the queen,
Rxf8 Qxf8 Qe7+ Kb5 Qd7+ Bc6 a4+ (Ka5 or Ka6 or Kc4) Qxc6 and white will be checkmated within a couple moves.
The only other way to save the queen is Qd7, and then it's
Rxd8 Qd7 Rf7 (Qd8 or Qe8) Rxb7. White also has the pawn on g6 that black's going to have a very difficult time stopping.
Basically, black's gonna win. :-)
It's great that you have so many good chess videos out. It'd be awesome to hear you mix up the lingo with some fresh lines, though (if you haven't already by the time I write this). "Again", "and at the same time" and "Black's gonna bring his __ to __" is making me a little bit crazy over the course of the last 10ish videos I watched. You could just say "Bishop f4" without the "gonna bring his".
I love playing the London system. Easy to play unless your opponent deliberately sways away from common lines. I'm thrilled when black castles on the king side. In bullet games I've caught so many off guard with the sacrifice storm on the king side. Not so easy when your opponent plays the right moves but you're not playing against stockfish.
Great video. Very interestng as lots of people recommend the London as an opening to teach you to develop your pieces without too much theory.
I'm really glad you discussed castling at 12.00 because I was thinking that your king would still be quite central if you castled queenside to quickly connect your rooks
Glad you enjoyed it.
@DOCSOCKBFD777 1...Qe7 2. Bf6 Qxh7 3. Rxh7 Kc6 4. Bxg5 white looks to be really good in this position.
I just used this system, sacrificed a knight to clear the h file, and won a game with Boden's mate with B on e5 and R on h8. This system is really fun, thanks!
Hmm At 3:14, the reason for the black bishop to b7 was to mainly allow extra defence for the other bishop by opening the rook and not “to get involved in the game”
So much Thank you Sir Thanks to you i won lots of games with London System
I like it. Reminds me of the ‘stonewall attack’ outlined in the 1951 Horowitz/Reinfeld classic: “How to Think Ahead in Chess”.
thanks kev this was a good explanation and example. lot of options in the end !
I love watching your videos Kevin. You're voice reminds me of Walt Junior from Breaking Bad.
exactly the same voice :P
You guys are pricks.
John Brown why? For saying that his voice reminds me of someone famous? Righto
John Brown wow ableism and homophobia in the one comment; how ironic that you started this little conversation by accusing me of being inconsiderate of others.
***** Way to contribute, dipshit. You're two months late to the game.
@shaweeg I really like Chess960 and think it really shows how players understand the true meaning of how pieces should be used at anytime. Many GMs are great because their opening theory is on point, sometimes studying different lines into the 20th move. With Chess 960 opening theory is all gone, so many of their strengths are taken away. I think there a much smaller gap between really good chess players and GMs with Chess960 so many GMs won't play it much.
very good video which explains very well the london system, it's so easy and good
7:58 why no simply c4 by black? kicking out light squared bishop, gain tempo and also creative closed, strong centre and better light squared bishop
This is good, I'm one of guys you mentioned who often don't get the dark squared bishop very active as white.
The London system is an awesome opening. this video helped me win a bunch of games!!
8:00, why is B knight to D7 a better option than F Knight to G4?
I'm admittedly horrible a chess, but wouldn't threatening Knight to F2 be better?
Edit: Never mind. Rook to F1 stops all threat of that. I'm still bad :)
at 12:24 why didnt white bring pawn to g6 to take away the escape for the king, and then queen up to H8. This would be checkmate, right? So why did white do it in opposite order?
Great tut, as always.
I especially enjoyed the GM match. You kinda think that castling kingside actually hurts you more than helps you against the London System.
Black didn’t move their bishop to B7 to “try to get it involved in the game.” It was moved to protect the bishop on F8 by connecting the queen with the rook on A8.
I remembered accidentally doing this when i was new to chess.
I usually use this opening and named it "the mid defense" cuz i never knew this existed until i saw others using this and learned that it was London defense system
@DereksDiscourse black isn't entirely out of options: ie. @ 9:24, the knight on f6 is being attacked by the pawn, and all of his possible moves are attacked as well accept for d7, so while black isn't out of options, all/most of his remaining options aren't beneficial to him in the slightest
Between this and the Ruy Lopez....I now have two openings for white to experiment with. Thank you very much for the insight on the London System.
7:30 what do I have to do if he does pawn c4. please someone tell me
22. Rh8 Rxe5 23. g7 (White successfully promotes a pawn, forcing black to give up a piece for the pawn in addition to the bishop that's captured by the pawn itself.) The reason for 22. ..Bb7 is to add the a8 rook to the defense of the potential queening square for the pawn. The dark square bishop is largely inconsequential at this point.
What about black pawn to c4 at 7:55
Bishop C2 then I guess
Oh. 5 years ago. I'm sorry.
@@nomissimo Hahah
@@nomissimo I feel like this is going to happen more as the internet gets older, we will answer questions then be like "Oh, he left that comment 50 years ago".
@@nomissimo lmao
Thank you! I love everything about your video!
WoW ...Wonderful attack and perfect explantation.Especially sacriface more than two pieces was amazing!..thx for vid:-)
Great opening suggestion!
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Good intro re: London System #chess opening. It's also possible to transpose into Colle (c3), Stonewall Attack, Trom+Torre, and even Bird openings. c4 and Qb3 lines can also be fun. In total, when you start connecting the dots, these form quite a potent "d4 system", which one can add to (as ratings increase).
I'm relatively new to the game but would it be better at 9:36 instead of moving the Bishop to move the Queen to h5 so you can take the Pawn on h7 and you have checkmate?
I'm not sure how the European chess system works, so I may be mistaken, but I assume the steps would be similar. However, you would register with FIDE instead of the USCF, and then play in official FIDE tournaments to get rated. There are websites where you can verify if the tournaments in your area are official or not.
I usually use a Kings pawn or Evans Gambit, and Sicilian defense, this is definitely a great opening for me to incorporate
Very nice to see this opening. Can you please make me a play list with your videos step by step to start learning chess like a pro. I am new to the world of chess and there are so many videos on your channel. I really don't know we're to start in
holly crap, I've been playing against a computer that thinks 3 moves in advance. I couldn't beat it but this system actually worked. Thank you
9:00
Is there a reason not to ...c4?
Yes it will transpose into a complicated d4 opening eg grunfeld.
+brijesh sivabalan it can also transpose into a variation of queens gambit
c4 is explosive, handle with care
This video was uploaded on my 5th birthday 😂
Assuming you are in the US you must first register with the USCF and play in a rated tournament. After that, you will be given a provisional rating. Play in a couple more tournaments and you will have your official rating.
@tigiris2257 I think pushing the pawn on g6 will eventually lead to the loss of the rook. Also the bishop on f8 is pinned to the Queen, therefore will likely fall too. After this, white has a material and position advantage.
@xoxksa We are talking about 14:25 right? I'll assume you got black and white mixed up, since it is black who is about to lose. DocScutWork was asking about Kc6.
Qe7 is not check if king is at c6. Kc6 Rxf8 Qxf8 Qe7 Qxe7, which is awful for white.
After Kc6, g7 is a monster
Nope black resigned because after king to c8 white will take the bishop in f8 with rook if queen takes its an check mate by giving queen to c7 but if he doesnt take the queen is a goner queen cant run beacause its pin as well.
Anyone else feel the resignation was a little premature. Yes probably was going to lose, but not sure how white was going to continue after black King to c8, c6 pr maybe even Bishop or Queen to e7.
9:00 what should I do if black plays pawn to C4?
Bishop c2
1:12 Why not 2nd move? In a book it says that this is now considered best
What do people think of playing kc3 followed by kb5 with the idea of the kc7 fork? I know you have to move the knight twice early for it to work, but I feel that the attack often leaves me up on material and causes all of the focus to be on 5-8 so there's very little pressure. As black struggles to stop your attack you just push forward more attackers. Of course it only works out if black moves their queen side knight in the first couple moves, but they almost always do.
How should you react if black pawn moved to c4 where should the bishop go at 9:07
what should I do if black plays pawn to c4 on 8:00 ?
At 7:17, why doesn't black play c4?
It's pointless, the bishop is threat to h7 and that doesn't do anything to stop it.
I am not 100% sure if I give you the right move, but if
...Qe7 then
Bf6, Qxh7
Rxh7+
and then white will take the rook on g5. With this white has an advantage in pieces and a really good chance to promote the pawn currently on g6. Again, not sure if this is the best move.
GM Simon Williams (GingerGM) have just investigated the London system, and there is some great tacticle ideas with a quick kingside pawnstorm and a greek gift. It worked several times against an IM Thomas Rendle. Check out his vids
I replied before watching the video, lol, its same concept
yes, I have checked it out :)
"Beware of greeks bearing gifts"
Can anyone tell me why black resigned? QD8 - E7 atacking the white Queen. The black bishop is save, the white queen got to run and the white bishop is going down.
This game is far from over.
7:03 good video but in here i dont think that white's bishop to d3 was a smart move because then black can move his pawn to c4 and gain a lot of material.
Light sq bishop usually comes out later, not earlier in the D4 systems.
If you have to choose when you're bridge is broken, should you aim to have the pawn chain on the side you castle or opposite.
As in when d4 pawn is taken should you take with c3 or e3 pawn. Or with another piece if you have the option.
This probably changes based on the other pieces position, but I usually put my chain coming off the kings pawns. Is this best?
Thank you, this system has worked great for me.
Kevin, I think you should reevaluate some about the f7 square... it's only a weakness before castling.
the problem with the early bishop development to f4 is that the king knight can swing to h5 and pluck the bishop or force him back
I am new to chess so which 5 openings for both white and black
12:59 I don't understand why black didn't use his rook to take the Bishop on E5... black seems kind of dumb in this game to me but maybe I'm missing something...
Because of G7 threat
I am curious, why doesn't black take the pawn at g5 instead of bringing the rook out at 12:22
because Qh8#
this guy actually reacts to comments on a video 10 years old
13:19 why not Rook took bishop e5?
Since no one has answered, it's because White can just then push the Pawn g6g7, which results in a series of trades where White will have material + positional advantage. So if Rook takes Bishop g5xe5 then White moves the pawn g6g7...
Black then plays Bishop c8b7. White plays g7xf8q taking the Black Bishop (Essentially trading back the Bishop that Black just "took for free") whilst promoting to a Queen, then a series of trades along the 8th rank results in a surviving White Rook on f8. White has 2 Rooks and positional advantage versus Black's rook and Bishop. OR...
Black tries to protect that promotion square with Rook e5f5, White responds with Queen g8h7, Black Rook moves up f5f7, White Rook takes the Bishop h8xf8, initiating a series of trades leaving Black with 2 Rooks and a Bishop vs White's Rook and Queen, but Black also down on position. The Black King is restricted to the Black queenside corner of the board, White's Rook is ready to move to d1 and control the d file, leaving Black having to defend against White's Rook and Queen combination with no chance to develop and initiate an attack on White.
@@lionel_hutz1 7:15 why dont black push his pawn on c5 and attack white's light square bishop ?
7:50 why black can't push his c5 pawn. if he pushed it our bishop would move back
Double attacked with bishop and knight on f3
The chess website there is a rule that you need to play h3 when e6 or d5 so that nh5 isnt a problem and also it is bad to exchange a bishop to a knight in the opening
"...we are just building a solid sinner control with our pawns..."
nothing like a solid sinner to spice up a game
Hi Kevin, Thanks for all informational chess videos. I've a request for you. could you do a video about chess960 opening principles for amateurs who have good understanding of conventional chess?
Nice example of Greek gift sacrifice and kingside battery. As Kasparov says, king safety is no 1 priority!
100%
@john17972 no big difference. as you could see there is a strong attack on the king. white could always castle and get the other rook in the action as well. there is no way black could turn things around.
Hello thechesswebsite, for the match by Vlatko Kovačević(1980) at 11:05, could this plan of bishop BF4 to BG5 pinning the black side's bishop work? if black captures ,white could capture back with a checkmate in the next move and if black doesn't capture white could capture the bishop and bring the knight from ND3-NF3 followed by NF3-NG5 black then has no way to stop white's attacks and white could continue with mate QH5-QH7
@acharyaramesh1 that is awesome, keep it up.
Amazing, I'm sitting here wondering why he resigned, I can't seem to see the obvious finish.
Does the White get another Queen,
Does White take the Black Queen,
Does White mate him is less then 3 moves
What's the logical progression???
Di ...
Probably Kc8(or Kc6). Rh8xBf8. Qd8xRf8. Qc8 - Checkmate!
13:08: why Rh8 instead of Rh7+?
Thanks for the video. I'm trying to learn the names of chess openings.
Hi Kevin
A great video, thanks!
What defense for black do you recommend?
Kind of this opening, something you can develop your game from?
Dude this is from nine fucking years ago
@@massburns4086 so what are you doing in such an old video?
my style what are you doing asking a question from a 9 year old video
What am i even doing in this 9 month old comment section
I've never tried this opening but it looks good. I usually play either sicilian dragon or fried liver attack. It would have been nice though if you could have completed your game with a checkmate, though.
At 3:00 you said London System plays well against London Defense, did you mean to say that it plays well against the King's Indian Defense?
12:58 Could black just take Bishop with his rook?
Ryan if he made that move, I think mate or the loss of his queen would follow shortly after. You’d have Rh7, pinning the king to the 8th row. If he didn’t protect the king, he could then move the protected queen to Qf7.
Hi I know this question may be stupid but why black have to resign? Black won’t be checkmate I think... I am a noob chess player so please tell me if you know, thanks! :)