Great work, Jonathan! Explaining "side-lines" that are good for beginner/intermediate practical or blitz games is much more interesting than only seeing deep, engine-optimized GM lines that require perfect memorization.
Granted, there are some lines where accurate play is critical. But except in cases like those, "perfect memorization" isn't required any more than in side lines, is it?
this truely is a great educational video on the scotch as it goes into a lot of opening and middlegame ideas instead of just focusing heavily on theory.
Nice series, really like this opening. Compliments to Jonathan for talking slower and being more relaxed wich really helps to enjoy it more. Keep up the great lessons and continue to slow down the talking! Looking forward to the 2016 series.
I kinda like this guy. He's straightforward, to the point and doesn't go off on tangents. I'll throw my hat into the ring and suggest maybe the Grunfeld?
When you said "they mostly don't know what to do" that's so true! I intend to make it my main opening for awhile since it seems solid and has some life. Also gluttonously it's my word of the day
This is why I don't use the scotch opening yes you're going for diagonal lines to try to get to the king in the corner but it leaves you critically open like moistcritkal shows us.
At 22:53 does bishop e4 kicking the queen and then bishop d4 trapping the queen and the only way out is to block with th knight and then you take on e5 with pawn not win a piece
after exf6, king moves to f7, threatening to recapture the pawn. if you take the knight with cxd5, black plays Re8, pinning the queen to the king. white has no way to defend the pawn from being recaptured so at best it's a pawn trade, and the rook is still threatening to pin the queen.
What if black at 24:03 did Nh4, that would make for some interesting issues for white.
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In 40:13, if you take the g6 pawn with the rook, rook takes back and then you take the f5 pawn with the bishop, forking king and rook and getting two pawns.
18:00 Isnt that just the loss of a knight and bishop for a rook, mostly concidered a bad trade? Stockfish just says position is 0,0 after this exchange. Engine seems to like Nd2 first better.
at 35:45 should white just take the pawn, e5->f6 x and check? Is there anything black can do to respond? I believe it's a great move! If not, could you please explain why?
Probably because black will play Kf7 with the immediate threat of Re8, winning the queen. So white doesn't have time to take the knight with cxd5. Anyway black could take back on f6 with his knight and the king seems safe on f7. Also black can get the e file later for the rook, so en passant seems very good but I am not so sure I like it right here.
a simple rule of thumb is that if you have a dodgy king, don't open up the centre if you can avoid it. In this case both have dodgy kings but white is worse of due to the queen being a on the same file (blacks queen penetrating the position and the black black-square bishop has some easy access via b4 and c5). It looks to become a possible mating attack if you hit ep in that situation.
Hey Jonathan. I am just a lowly 1200 player but at 40:32 what stops white from playing Rxg6? If Rook takes then Bxf5 forking rook and king. So you get two pawns for a rook exchange.
Stefanos Van Dijk I think black can answer with Re6 blocking the check. Then for white to get his rook back he has to give up his bishop with Bxe6 when black takes the white bishop with his king. So in the end white only gets 2 pawns for his bishop as well as trading a pair of rooks. I would guess that is probably not enough though on the bright side white does now have 2 passed pawns.:)
6. Nb5 is actually a very interesting line "Blumenfeld Attack", if your oponent doesn't know theory he can say byebye. I actually beat an IM thanks to that :)
Don't play the Ruy Lopez unless you're over 2000. It's a super theoretical, positional opening. If you're over 2000, well, I figure you can work the Ruy out on your own. Lots of GMs play it; watch their games.
Please could you cover the Modern Scandinavian Defense, which is where you play Nf6 instead of Qxd5. Even though its not that popular could you go over it as a secret weapon to use?
After exf6+ probably black plays Kf7.Then white cannot take knight on d5 because of Re8 pinning the queen to the king.So He might have to play Kd1 or something and then black plays Re8 and after the queen moves Nxf6 and black is okay,perhaps better
At the 6:42 th position of this video where white threats blacks queen with his bishop, there how about playing Nxd4 instead of N e7???please consider it
Can you please do one of following: Alapin/Smit mora line- e4c5 c3g6 d4cxd4 d5e5 (black) hyper accelarated dragon sideline- e4c5 Nf3g6 d4cxd4 Qxd4 Nf6 e5Nc6(black) Semi-slav Botvinik system (black) Semi-slav Meran(white) Albin contergambit(white) Queens indian(white)
Can someone explain why 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 it is bad for black to play Nxd4 ? I see this most often when I play the Scotch (I follow with 5. Qxd4). It's not one of the variations looked at in this video despite my games being replete with it. Thanks!
+Ernest Hemingway There is no direct refutation but letting White have a centralised Queen that can't be chased away out of the opening is usually not a great idea. In fact this variation scores 70% for White according to the Chess 365 database....
10:10 As White, I took the knight on D4, Black took back with his knight, I took back with the Queen, and then did not know what to do. I was stuck in the middle of the board with a Queen pointing at nothing and blocked by my own pawn on E4.
( I'm new to chess and do not go to a chess club) If I could play the Scotch Gambit very well. Why would I not play it in a rated game? The whole reason is too win so why would it be bad to play a way that the Cp thinks is not good? If you get rated after the pc would not every game be the same if you would want to reach max level?
The reason people shouldn't think like a computer is because computers base decisions on pure calculation, many many times more than that of the most astute grandmaster. Resulting in at times seemingly unplayable positions with linear possibilities already known by a computer but perplexing to a human observer. As A human doesn't possess the ability to calculate like this, a more philsophical and broad approach is reccommended.
Se llama Jonathan Schrants, es un analista del canal. Pero asta ahorita no an sacado ningún video en español. Lo que puedes intentar seria prenderle los subtítulos al video(son generados por youtube asi que tal ves no sean muy buenos) y traducirlos en una pagina. No seria lo optimo pero te podría dar un mejor entendimiento del video. Suerte.
If black takes the e pawn and white plays Nb5, black can insert Bxe3. When the smoke clears black loses the right to castle but ends up with two minor pieces for a rook as the knight on a8 cannot return to safety.
because that will almost never happen at a decent level it is immediately good for white with the queen and pawn in the center, only bad black players will do that
as far as i know the best is take only the second pawn but not the 3th. but even if you take a hard defense is immediately d6 threatening be6 if qb3 u play qd7 ka5 threatens. its hard for white breakthrough
@ 22:03 maybe h3 could be fun, threatening to trap the queen, so Qxh3 and the knight gets to g5 with a nice tempo an white can put a rook on the H file with a strong atack at the expense of one just pawn imma have to look at this with an engine later
35:45 I might be wront but is taking "a passant" not an amazing move here. It gets a discovered attack on the king and if you defend with the horse the pawn takes it. If you block with the bishop you take thr horse with the other pawn.
"And no white comes up with a way to win ..." in the second game is not entirely correct. The game is actually drawn as black can blockade the white squares forever. To stop the combination that ends the game he needs to play Bc8 followed by Be6 whenever white attempts Ra3 followed by Rag3. This way the e6 pawn is blockaded an white cannot break the king side pawn formation with the combination including e6+. Rhb8?? is a blunder because now black is one tempo too late to return the rook to g8 and blockade the pawn at the same time.
This is an interesting point, I put the position at 41:49 into scid vs pc, and while stockfish 9 (the default engine) gives it a score of +1.7, if you tell it to finish the game it shuffles pieces apparently randomly making no progress so you might assume it is a draw. But interestingly if you use SF12 or Lc0, they give it a better score and make progress by loading up on a6 and then playing b5 while the a6 pawn is pinned to a rook on a7 this forces a trade on a5 (n... cxa5, n+1. bxa5) followed by c6 by black, white then manouvers a rook onto b6 at which point the dual weaknesses on a6 and c6 are too large to defend. I found it quite an instructive endgame, looking for the best square for a piece, b6 for the rook, and finding a tactical approach to achieving it, b5. Fen for position at 41:49: r6r/1bp2k2/p1p3p1/R1PpPpRp/1P1K1P1P/8/P3B1P1/8 w - - 4 3 Fen for position where a5 is prepared: r7/rbp2k2/p1p3p1/R1PpPp1p/1P3P1P/R1K5/P3B1P1/8 w - - 10 6
As a new player at 1200 rating, everyone I face takes the knight on d4. It would be interesting to see some analysis on this line and how to take advantage of it as white, because the engine says it's wrong, but my queen gets chased around and I don't get to take advantage of the inaccuracy.
Yes I'm 1100 and for someone not-that-brilliant in chess it just makes sense, but after seeing just how much of a pain the Queen goes through (and the better alternatives to Nd4), I'm considering changing my style
@@LvngBrd Haha, thanks for bringing me back to this comment a year later. In that time, I've discovered there's a multitude of positions you can bring your queen if it gets attacked on d4, and simply qd1 is always fine. But, oftentimes dropping the queen back to d3 can be a good idea as long as you don't block the development of your light squared bishop (hopefully you've played bc4 or something similar). This queen on the 3rd rank has the mobility to be used to target black's king (a trick like qg3 and bh6 can be kept in your back pocket), or alternatively target black's queenside weaknesses. I really appreciate that queen on d4 now :)
There are a couple of openings I'd really like to see :). I REALLY like to fianchetto my bishops though... I'd love to see a video on the Pirc Defense!! Great video's, guys :)
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2:27 Göring Gambit (4. c3)
5:37 Scotch Gambit (4. Bc4)
10:01 Main Line, 4... Bb4+
12:33 Main Line, 4... Bc5; Magnus Carlsen vs. Peter Leko (2009)
31:02 Main Line, 4... Nf6; Garry Kasparov vs. Etienne Bacrot (2000)
I love this channel.
+Fruity McGee One of the best, if not thee best, chess channel.
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Great work, Jonathan! Explaining "side-lines" that are good for beginner/intermediate practical or blitz games is much more interesting than only seeing deep, engine-optimized GM lines that require perfect memorization.
Granted, there are some lines where accurate play is critical. But except in cases like those, "perfect memorization" isn't required any more than in side lines, is it?
I love how he gets less and less nervous as he talks ❤
this truely is a great educational video on the scotch as it goes into a lot of opening and middlegame ideas instead of just focusing heavily on theory.
Nice series, really like this opening. Compliments to Jonathan for talking slower and being more relaxed wich really helps to enjoy it more. Keep up the great lessons and continue to slow down the talking! Looking forward to the 2016 series.
I kinda like this guy. He's straightforward, to the point and doesn't go off on tangents. I'll throw my hat into the ring and suggest maybe the Grunfeld?
When you said "they mostly don't know what to do" that's so true! I intend to make it my main opening for awhile since it seems solid and has some life. Also gluttonously it's my word of the day
I came here because as black, I keep getting rekt online by this opening.
I like how he said that the Knight was harrassing pieces. Its my new thing to say. LOL
It is so hard for me to defend against the scotch when I play as black
Some say that driking scotch while playing this openings give you better chance, is it true?
It makes you daring enough to sac the pawns
Your name LOL
very true. the more scotch you drink, the more better you get. this is science
😢😢 just forget everything
Dr Drunkenstein agrees
can some one explain why in the minute 35:42 white doesn't En Passant the pawn onF5?! I really want to know!
probably because king to f7 and than rook to E8 pinning the queen to the king
Whoo! I actually requested this one. Seeing this is an early Christmas present.
+Fabian Day I mean er... late Christmas present.
Merry (belated) Christmas to you!
"Some people like to be better for a long time" such a Finegold-like comment
This was wonderful. Thank you for posting. Would love to see a video on the Queen's gambit and the related Albin Counter gambit.
Immediately destroyed by the legend, Moist Cr1tikal.
This is why I don't use the scotch opening yes you're going for diagonal lines to try to get to the king in the corner but it leaves you critically open like moistcritkal shows us.
The Throbbing Scotch variation
@wooshifgay462scotch is refuted by gm moist cr1tikal sorry
@@classifier_6611The throbbing gambit
@@djosephsss hes not even a gm ...
Thanks for the enjoyable and insightful presentation
I would love a video on the Dutch, especially the stonewall variation from Black's point of view.
"Some people don't like losing positions." Oh really?
@Harper Jos Grifith 🤣
False I like it . Lose a queen early and win the game with en extra pawn
at 35:44, doesn't ...f5 lose a piece to exf6+ followed by capturing the black knight?
exf6 then you lose queen
Great lecture, looking forward to more of these :)
at 13:50 is QH4 possible too cause the next move is check and also winning knight
At 35:44 after f5 why no exf en passant with check?
I Asked me the same question. I think that sooner or later there will be Re8
Chris Chrysafis you just leave the centre to blacks and that check is easy to defend
HOLD UP! At 35:45, black can capture the just-moved f5 pawn with e5-to-f6 check -- winning for white. Someone please tell me if/how I'm wrong?
Can the next be one the chigorin defense please?
the Steinitz variation with e4 e5 Nf3 Nc6 d4 exd4 Nxd4 Qh4 is very interesting for black against the scotch. wish it would have got some attention
It's 2020 :) thank you for teaching a newbie how to play this opening :). Love your content. Keep it coming
Wow glad to see I'm not the only one in 2020 watching this. Got to search this up when I got crushed by it haha
At 35:46 when black moves F5 can't white take it with his e5 pawn en passant and check the king at the same time? Would this line be bad or good?
At 22:53 does bishop e4 kicking the queen and then bishop d4 trapping the queen and the only way out is to block with th knight and then you take on e5 with pawn not win a piece
thanks Jonathan
your lectures are straight to the point and very informative. good joob
at 40:10 isn't the pawn on g6 hanging? if Rxg6 Rxg6 Bxf5+
at 35:42 after f5 why didn't he do exf6 en pessant winning the knight because the queen gives check???
after exf6, king moves to f7, threatening to recapture the pawn. if you take the knight with cxd5, black plays Re8, pinning the queen to the king. white has no way to defend the pawn from being recaptured so at best it's a pawn trade, and the rook is still threatening to pin the queen.
What if black at 24:03 did Nh4, that would make for some interesting issues for white.
In 40:13, if you take the g6 pawn with the rook, rook takes back and then you take the f5 pawn with the bishop, forking king and rook and getting two pawns.
35:45 after pawn e5 why kasparov didnt take it en passant + check?
I asked the same thing just now and decided to look for answers. Not sure why no one replied you good question
18:00 Isnt that just the loss of a knight and bishop for a rook, mostly concidered a bad trade? Stockfish just says position is 0,0 after this exchange. Engine seems to like Nd2 first better.
at 35:45 should white just take the pawn, e5->f6 x and check? Is there anything black can do to respond? I believe it's a great move! If not, could you please explain why?
Probably because black will play Kf7 with the immediate threat of Re8, winning the queen. So white doesn't have time to take the knight with cxd5. Anyway black could take back on f6 with his knight and the king seems safe on f7. Also black can get the e file later for the rook, so en passant seems very good but I am not so sure I like it right here.
a simple rule of thumb is that if you have a dodgy king, don't open up the centre if you can avoid it. In this case both have dodgy kings but white is worse of due to the queen being a on the same file (blacks queen penetrating the position and the black black-square bishop has some easy access via b4 and c5). It looks to become a possible mating attack if you hit ep in that situation.
Hey Jonathan. I am just a lowly 1200 player but at 40:32 what stops white from playing Rxg6? If Rook takes then Bxf5 forking rook and king. So you get two pawns for a rook exchange.
Stefanos Van Dijk I think black can answer with Re6 blocking the check. Then for white to get his rook back he has to give up his bishop with Bxe6 when black takes the white bishop with his king. So in the end white only gets 2 pawns for his bishop as well as trading a pair of rooks. I would guess that is probably not enough though on the bright side white does now have 2 passed pawns.:)
why not exf5 35:49
EXPO ...Nxf5, attacks queen and get to safety, so what’s the point of the attack then?
Why would i use this if i can use the wooden sheild?
That is a master-level tactic not an opening
@@Protostar9 oh i see
@ 35:46 wouldn't an (en passant) e5xf6+ be the best move for white?
6. Nb5 is actually a very interesting line "Blumenfeld Attack", if your oponent doesn't know theory he can say byebye. I actually beat an IM thanks to that :)
Yeah, it’s a very tricky line. I don’t know why Schrantz completely dismissed it, pretty poor teaching there.
Love this series
I have interest in Rui Lopez, the exchange variant.
Congratulations for all those videos.
Ferran Casarramona *Ruy Lopez
Don't play the Ruy Lopez unless you're over 2000. It's a super theoretical, positional opening. If you're over 2000, well, I figure you can work the Ruy out on your own. Lots of GMs play it; watch their games.
Please could you cover the Modern Scandinavian Defense, which is where you play Nf6 instead of Qxd5. Even though its not that popular could you go over it as a secret weapon to use?
Why not take the pawn with f5 (pass) at 35:48 giving check and threatening mate?
After exf6+ probably black plays Kf7.Then white cannot take knight on d5 because of Re8 pinning the queen to the king.So He might have to play Kd1 or something and then black plays Re8 and after the queen moves Nxf6 and black is okay,perhaps better
Yes, perhaps rook on e8 is too dangerous and black then regains the pawn instantly with his knight.
6:50 can someone explain how the "white is having all the fun"?
@PP thank you
I am beginner and have a question. At 21:15 minute, why not knight d5?
At the 6:42 th position of this video where white threats blacks queen with his bishop, there how about playing Nxd4 instead of N e7???please consider it
The reason(see previous comment) is this Ne7 (6:45) is wrong, Nxd4! leaves black not losing!
Awesome lecture!
What if at 13:55 Qd5 and if Pxc6 ... Qxc5?
Can you please do one of following:
Alapin/Smit mora line- e4c5 c3g6 d4cxd4 d5e5 (black)
hyper accelarated dragon sideline- e4c5 Nf3g6 d4cxd4 Qxd4 Nf6 e5Nc6(black)
Semi-slav Botvinik system (black)
Semi-slav Meran(white)
Albin contergambit(white)
Queens indian(white)
Can someone explain why 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 it is bad for black to play Nxd4 ? I see this most often when I play the Scotch (I follow with 5. Qxd4). It's not one of the variations looked at in this video despite my games being replete with it. Thanks!
+Ernest Hemingway There is no direct refutation but letting White have a centralised Queen that can't be chased away out of the opening is usually not a great idea. In fact this variation scores 70% for White according to the Chess 365 database....
Sicilian, Kan variation please!
How about the wing gambit in the Sicilian defense?
10:10 As White, I took the knight on D4, Black took back with his knight, I took back with the Queen, and then did not know what to do. I was stuck in the middle of the board with a Queen pointing at nothing and blocked by my own pawn on E4.
35:46 was en passent not invented???
( I'm new to chess and do not go to a chess club) If I could play the Scotch Gambit very well. Why would I not play it in a rated game? The whole reason is too win so why would it be bad to play a way that the Cp thinks is not good? If you get rated after the pc would not every game be the same if you would want to reach max level?
Sorry if I'm ignorant and just say stupid things but I do not understand that
The reason people shouldn't think like a computer is because computers base decisions on pure calculation, many many times more than that of the most astute grandmaster. Resulting in at times seemingly unplayable positions with linear possibilities already known by a computer but perplexing to a human observer. As A human doesn't possess the ability to calculate like this, a more philsophical and broad approach is reccommended.
Qqarsenalfanrichi okey thank you.
Why not En passant at 35:46 ??
All these great discussions make me want to visit St. Louis. Who would have thought?
My favourite opening, thanx!
35.46 the move f5 is horrible isn't it? after a en passant checking move exf5+ black knight is traped
Amazing Job!! Many thanks to this channel!!
can u please go into the Moeller attack for black ( variation of the Roy Lopez)
Do one on the classical French. All I have seen is variations so far of it.
please make a video on BLACKMAR DIEMER GAMBIT: ACCEPTED AND DECLINED AND IT'S DEFFERENT VARIATION.
thank you !
Smith Mora gambit please.
Can you do a lecture about modern scandinavian defense please?
Can you suggest me a good book for opening oriented planning and development of chess games
Thanks for the masterpiece. Yet missed one amazing trap in the Scotch with the knight jumping to g5 and sacrificing itself on f7
8:38 Nc3 is better than Nd2 to hold black pawns center back
I'd be interested to see a video about the Traxler attack.
There are a few good ones around that will give you an idea on how to play Traxler countergambit.
thanks i been playing the scotch a lot. this gives me a lot of ideas. great video .
I don't know if you will see this but, could you do a video on Rut Lopez Norwegian variation nightingale gambit
Alapin Sicilian, Alekhine's Defense, Nimzowitch defense?
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Se llama Jonathan Schrants, es un analista del canal. Pero asta ahorita no an sacado ningún video en español. Lo que puedes intentar seria prenderle los subtítulos al video(son generados por youtube asi que tal ves no sean muy buenos) y traducirlos en una pagina. No seria lo optimo pero te podría dar un mejor entendimiento del video. Suerte.
Can someone tell me what software they are using in these videos from sant louis chess club please?
Franco Sicilian please! 1. e4,c5 2. Bc4, e6
pls do the wade variation of french defence
perhaps you should have also mentioned the Qh4 line briefly
Modern Benoni please!
I think they already did Benoni.
Balint Gyapjas yeah but he asked it about two years ago
If black takes the e pawn and white plays Nb5, black can insert Bxe3. When the smoke clears black loses the right to castle but ends up with two minor pieces for a rook as the knight on a8 cannot return to safety.
Please explain me the catalan opening.
In scotch gambit you the not play knight at d2,you play knight at c3 allowing for black to double your pawns,but that pawns will block black queenside
Alapin Sicilian orr Alekhine's defence please?
Why doesn't he talk about the option with the knight trade at the start?
because that will almost never happen at a decent level it is immediately good for white with the queen and pawn in the center, only bad black players will do that
Happens 95% of the time at my elo 😂
as far as i know the best is take only the second pawn but not the 3th. but even if you take a hard defense is immediately d6 threatening be6 if qb3 u play qd7 ka5 threatens. its hard for white breakthrough
Thank you for another great video.
Scandi please
@ 22:03 maybe h3 could be fun, threatening to trap the queen, so Qxh3 and the knight gets to g5 with a nice tempo an white can put a rook on the H file with a strong atack at the expense of one just pawn
imma have to look at this with an engine later
35:45 I might be wront but is taking "a passant" not an amazing move here. It gets a discovered attack on the king and if you defend with the horse the pawn takes it. If you block with the bishop you take thr horse with the other pawn.
Or you take the bishop with the pawn thats better
can i be so bold as to ask for an in depth look into the Catalan?...please
ur amazing!!!.. any ideas for study plan???...
"And no white comes up with a way to win ..." in the second game is not entirely correct. The game is actually drawn as black can blockade the white squares forever. To stop the combination that ends the game he needs to play Bc8 followed by Be6 whenever white attempts Ra3 followed by Rag3. This way the e6 pawn is blockaded an white cannot break the king side pawn formation with the combination including e6+. Rhb8?? is a blunder because now black is one tempo too late to return the rook to g8 and blockade the pawn at the same time.
This is an interesting point, I put the position at 41:49 into scid vs pc, and while stockfish 9 (the default engine) gives it a score of +1.7, if you tell it to finish the game it shuffles pieces apparently randomly making no progress so you might assume it is a draw. But interestingly if you use SF12 or Lc0, they give it a better score and make progress by loading up on a6 and then playing b5 while the a6 pawn is pinned to a rook on a7 this forces a trade on a5 (n... cxa5, n+1. bxa5) followed by c6 by black, white then manouvers a rook onto b6 at which point the dual weaknesses on a6 and c6 are too large to defend.
I found it quite an instructive endgame, looking for the best square for a piece, b6 for the rook, and finding a tactical approach to achieving it, b5.
Fen for position at 41:49: r6r/1bp2k2/p1p3p1/R1PpPpRp/1P1K1P1P/8/P3B1P1/8 w - - 4 3
Fen for position where a5 is prepared: r7/rbp2k2/p1p3p1/R1PpPp1p/1P3P1P/R1K5/P3B1P1/8 w - - 10 6
As a new player at 1200 rating, everyone I face takes the knight on d4. It would be interesting to see some analysis on this line and how to take advantage of it as white, because the engine says it's wrong, but my queen gets chased around and I don't get to take advantage of the inaccuracy.
Yes I'm 1100 and for someone not-that-brilliant in chess it just makes sense, but after seeing just how much of a pain the Queen goes through (and the better alternatives to Nd4), I'm considering changing my style
@@LvngBrd Haha, thanks for bringing me back to this comment a year later. In that time, I've discovered there's a multitude of positions you can bring your queen if it gets attacked on d4, and simply qd1 is always fine. But, oftentimes dropping the queen back to d3 can be a good idea as long as you don't block the development of your light squared bishop (hopefully you've played bc4 or something similar). This queen on the 3rd rank has the mobility to be used to target black's king (a trick like qg3 and bh6 can be kept in your back pocket), or alternatively target black's queenside weaknesses. I really appreciate that queen on d4 now :)
6:40 Qxe7 Rxe7 Kxe7 Bg8 forces Rxg8
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Most interesting, thank you!
no word for this channel and gj chess
why does the intro music sound like the hardest grim beat never used
There are a couple of openings I'd really like to see :). I REALLY like to fianchetto my bishops though... I'd love to see a video on the Pirc Defense!!
Great video's, guys :)