Literally 10 seconds into the video and i'm on the floor laughing. Who's bright idea was it to put the flowers there LMAO. I've never laughed this much at a chess video. 4 minutes in and he finally moves it. I'm dead lol.
i've been studying the flora gambit my whole life and never have I seen such a brilliant display of confidence in the opening, you absolutely took advantage of the misplaced piece, and disregarded the attack, waiting to make your capture when the time was right.
4:20 1st instructional game (from 1968), not for latest theory but because it’s a nice game played by white. 21:16 2nd instructional game, from black’s pov. 34:45 3rd instructional game 48:16 Completed watching.
For the record at 5:58 black is just losing a piece if he develops the knight on b8. Engine says +3.42 with no compensation. The correct move is Nb6 or Nxc3.
He made a mistake about that , I was looking too for that, also try not to use engine and use your brain and your ideas, cause in chess your point of view matters the most ,(but that doesn't mean it's great) and you have to gain more knowledge.
Andrew Backhouse never doubt yourself, trust your intuition. you can verify yourself but never underestimate yourself as long as you know you need to learn more
Great video. It's funny, the opening i play most with white is the English and the French with black and you hit them back to back. Would love to hear your analysis of the Budapest.
My guess is because the light-square bishop is super powerful in the English, he doesn't want to trade it for the queen so early, or it takes away a lot of later control for those light-squares. I could be off though.
Well memorizing moves helps with knowing the best counter or move against your opponent in the v early of games. If you happen to play against someone who knows more about that opening than you do you might get put into traps and/or positions that make you lose
@@itsink6754 believe me.memorizing isn't gonna help you.the moment ur opponent decides to go for a infamous sideline or totally out of theory line,you are on your own and u need to know why the hell u played the moves u played and what are your plans in the position.basically u need to understand the position rather than memorizing the moves.
@@_s_l well even if the opponent plays something sideline its still a win win for a prodigy person cause they just memorised a new strong move which they will probably research later in coming days so they again know the strongest move to that counter move ,I understand how you feel about people memorising the game but its the bitter truth of chess ,"the person with most memorising power and best end game skills rules the world of chess like Magnus does , Magnus literally remembers games that he played years ago when he was newcomer
Thought it was a monty python sketch when the flowers appeared but he just kept talking like the flowers weren’t fronting him.. it’s like they’re saying ‘I’m bigger than you chess boy, imma stand here n take your limelight, watch a gonna do.’ Nothing. You’ll do nothin chess boy
verrry interresting. gave the impression I could play the English; which is pretty good trick, since i would actually get my ass kicked for sure. Seriously, very nice video.
What lovely lovely flowers! I'd say flower to c4, immediately putting pressure on the flower guarding e3. This is standard when playing the Florist's Gambit. Red declines the gambit by playing flower to c4, attacking the c4 flower. And a then yellow flower continues with development.
Wow it's been four years since I studied chess and I lost 400 ELO. here we go again learning the basics of the english opening, thanks for the content!
I love how he hangs his knight in the beginning with Nc6, instantly plays Nf3 THEN Nb6 but after Nc6?? Nxd5 wins a piece, therefore first Nb6 is suggested ;) Remember your move orders buddy!!
Dana Reizniece-Ozola a guy you have never heard of? Haha, for your information, Jonathan: this lady at the last chess Olympiad won against women's world champion Hou Yi Fan, and besides her excellence in chess she is also Minister of Finance in her home country Latvia!
It's very very very instructive this video. And I especially like [40:43], where Sam Sevian had the option to win a pawn by giving up his dark squared bishop. I have been trying to improve my calculation skill, and have devised numerous philosophies to aid me. The idea of calculation being various roads that you must trod on to reach your destination, with road signs giving you a hint on the right route to use. I thought that in this situation, bishop takes knight was the correct road to turn on; but when grand master Jonathan Shranz said it was wrong and showed concrete variations I was shocked! Where am I going wrong in my evaluation functions. Is it that I needed to do more calculations, or is more instinctual judgement of Chess positions is what that needs improvement.
The thing I like about c4 is that as white, from move one, you dictate the opening - it's the English. While when opening with e4, your opponent can turn it into a Sicilian, French, Petroff, etc., and you are playing your opponent's game and he's probably more schooled on it than you are.
yea right.. thats why i dont like e4 for white... since people like prepare 99% for that move.. and im not a high player, thats mean the black is not GM that knows all the tricks and trap and how to counter english..
Great video! Learned a lot. One bit of advice. The camera change around the 34th minute was ill-advised. Otherwise, very useful information here. Thanks!
I can't understand, it is at 5:58 (the reversed Sicilian after c4-e5, Kc3-Kf6, g3-d5, cd5:-Kd5:). Why doesn't white just take the knight on d5? Am I missing something here?
Bg5 looks like a good move @ 13:00. If he blocks with Pf6 you go Qb3 check then maybe ideas of Rf7. If he takes with Ba4 then you take back on D8, he takes with Rd8 then you go Rc8 then you trade rooks and then you go Bc5 and attack the pinned bishop. Whichever choice black makes is good for us, kinda looks better if he takes on A4.
probably cuz queen takes and then u got ur queen in the game and not much can stop it after the knight moves. There also isn't any point in taking, there is not much advantages but when d5 takes it has an advantage for white as he/she got an open file. (my opinion)
5:58 The presenter says Be6 is not very common today, instead black usually plays Nc6? That would immediately loose a piece right ? Nxd5 or Bxd5 ? What am I missing ?
Thanks for another great vid - very helpful. If an opponent responds to the English opening with a semi-slav type structure, is it best to transition into a more 'main-line' attack and put the bishop on D3 (as opposed to the fianchetto)? Similarly, if an opponent can force an exchange (their dark square bishop for Knight on C3) AND double your pawns on the C file, do you generally abandon the English?
It is difficult to find info about how to play the English opening. It would be really nice if you could make a several part series on the English and how counter black's various defenses.
Flower to e4 is such a strong move
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@@anzsai 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Once the flowers were placed I thought to myself, this comment section is going to be good.
Lmao same
lmao
WTF!!!! LOL
Hhahhahahhah
At first I thought the flowers were some sort of joke Then, I realized WTF!!
Everyone is complaining about the flowers but they couldn't move earlier since there was a pin on them by the bishop on G2.
I hate you. =)
hahahaha 🤣
Lol
Thats good. Hahahs
Zaitann, your profession should be professional RUclips commenter.
Literally 10 seconds into the video and i'm on the floor laughing. Who's bright idea was it to put the flowers there LMAO. I've never laughed this much at a chess video. 4 minutes in and he finally moves it. I'm dead lol.
Ok
im glad someone else has the same stupid sense of humour as me xD
I seriously just laughed uncontrollably all by myself for about 4 straight minutes. That flower move was too much!!!
Right, it's too much laughter for a chess video !
It was amusing, but I can’t imagine it made your arse fall off. I’d sue if it is the case.
Who the hell puts the flowers right there at the beginning and why doesn't he remove them immediately lol.
+Jesse Donovan Haha, that was awsome. I REALLY hope it's on purpose. My kind of humor. "Just pretend it's not there, it's gonna be awsome funny!"
+Jesse Donovan My guess: Ben Finegold was playing a joke on his in-house competition. Watch out for Jonathan's reply in Ben's next video :-)
+Abrasjefen lmaoooo it was totally on purpose .. he even says it :D .. "enough of that now" as he removes it :D:D..
I guess he's just not a beard guy. ;)
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Schrantz just refutes the dangerous Flowers Gambit in the English by the move "Enough of that..." (2 exclamation marks!).
As recommended by Ben Finegold
lol
lol
hahahahaha Best comment ever (!!)
He wasn’t phased, he could see right through that pin haha
i've been studying the flora gambit my whole life and never have I seen such a brilliant display of confidence in the opening, you absolutely took advantage of the misplaced piece, and disregarded the attack, waiting to make your capture when the time was right.
Great lecture on the flowers gambit declined. Solid performance.
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He wasted no time in blocking his entire face with flowers.
David Holden very poor positional weakness
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He was glad to have two people in the room. Bet he never expected this video to have over 500k views seven years later.
Yep, before the chess boom of 2020. That room would probably be a lot fuller now.
That flower is extremely knowledgeable in the english opening variations. I'm impressed.
No one showed? Well, damn- we’re here and we appreciate you for it!
The fact that they still went ahead and uploaded the flower to RUclips...get me that subscribe button.
This is the funniest video I’ve watched in awhile
Fun fact, the "player you have never heard of" at 21:20 is the current Minister of Economy of Latvia.
+Augusts Bautra lol ! for real?
+Augusts Bautra who cares latvia is some shitty african country right ?
Thimo Jansen are you from Texas ?
roumi123 Nope
Thimo Jansen how come?
4:20 1st instructional game (from 1968), not for latest theory but because it’s a nice game played by white.
21:16 2nd instructional game, from black’s pov.
34:45 3rd instructional game
48:16 Completed watching.
Tom Lau thanks
TY!!
For the record at 5:58 black is just losing a piece if he develops the knight on b8. Engine says +3.42 with no compensation. The correct move is Nb6 or Nxc3.
+Andrew Backhouse I agree he's gonna lose the knight
He made a mistake about that , I was looking too for that, also try not to use engine and use your brain and your ideas, cause in chess your point of view matters the most ,(but that doesn't mean it's great) and you have to gain more knowledge.
I noticed it without using an engine, then later checked before commenting as I'm not a master.
Andrew Backhouse never doubt yourself, trust your intuition. you can verify yourself but never underestimate yourself as long as you know you need to learn more
Andrew Backhouse yes never verify your suspicion with the engine. Blindly trust your intuition always.
I REALLY ENJOY THE SHOUTING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE VIDEO.
Great video. It's funny, the opening i play most with white is the English and the French with black and you hit them back to back.
Would love to hear your analysis of the Budapest.
The flower banter is soo good
6:00 How can he develop a knight? What about bishop takes on D5???
I guess its because white loses tempo.
But after analyzing through chess com that is the best move if
Yup. That was a piece blunder.
My guess is because the light-square bishop is super powerful in the English, he doesn't want to trade it for the queen so early, or it takes away a lot of later control for those light-squares. I could be off though.
@@visus6906 wtf no man unless there is positional or tactical compensation with a winning advantage a piece won is a piece won
Those flowers are amazing
At 5:58, after Nc6, isn't the Knight on d5 hanging? I think you are supposed to play Nb6 now and only play Nc6 after that.
U don’t ve to ask anyone to subscribe ,, the content is so good that it’s an automatic option
Jonathan is the best! He should start streaming.
Telling the ideas behind moves and main ideas of the opening instead of making us memorize all those moves like idiots is really great!!
Well memorizing moves helps with knowing the best counter or move against your opponent in the v early of games. If you happen to play against someone who knows more about that opening than you do you might get put into traps and/or positions that make you lose
@@itsink6754 believe me.memorizing isn't gonna help you.the moment ur opponent decides to go for a infamous sideline or totally out of theory line,you are on your own and u need to know why the hell u played the moves u played and what are your plans in the position.basically u need to understand the position rather than memorizing the moves.
@@_s_l well even if the opponent plays something sideline its still a win win for a prodigy person cause they just memorised a new strong move which they will probably research later in coming days so they again know the strongest move to that counter move ,I understand how you feel about people memorising the game but its the bitter truth of chess ,"the person with most memorising power and best end game skills rules the world of chess like Magnus does , Magnus literally remembers games that he played years ago when he was newcomer
That poinsettia dominated the opening!
Thought it was a monty python sketch when the flowers appeared but he just kept talking like the flowers weren’t fronting him.. it’s like they’re saying ‘I’m bigger than you chess boy, imma stand here n take your limelight, watch a gonna do.’ Nothing. You’ll do nothin chess boy
The plant is an amazing chess GM. I did not know that flowers could play such advanced chess. Are trees btw. able to beat computers?
They know all the branches.
@@gm2407 noice
fantastic lecture Jonathan
Yasser is by far better! :P
The flower attack opening. The reverse colour sicilian with a pink touch. The greek 'flower' gift gambit.
33:50 what's the fastest mate? I see queen to e3, #1!
He probably doesn't think good under pressure..
@@michaelroditis1952 Very few people do.
Rook to e5# as well
@@jameschurch2441
King eats the pawn, not the fastest way then
What about Qg4 then ?
i have to watch this video again , very instructive.
verrry interresting. gave the impression I could play the English; which is pretty good trick, since i would actually get my ass kicked for sure. Seriously, very nice video.
What lovely lovely flowers! I'd say flower to c4, immediately putting pressure on the flower guarding e3. This is standard when playing the Florist's Gambit. Red declines the gambit by playing flower to c4, attacking the c4 flower. And a then yellow flower continues with development.
I don't tend to play this opening often but I frequently watch the start of this video jus for the flowers
I hope you still making new videos because it really help a lot to us beginners. Thank you for the Nice video.
Wow it's been four years since I studied chess and I lost 400 ELO. here we go again learning the basics of the english opening, thanks for the content!
did you go from 2400 to 2000 or from 401 to 1?
@@nobodyelse-h6h I think the lowest elo is 100
That flower gag got me :')
huh?....I thought tht was a gag.............the flower
fess04 j
I love how he hangs his knight in the beginning with Nc6, instantly plays Nf3 THEN Nb6 but after Nc6?? Nxd5 wins a piece, therefore first Nb6 is suggested ;) Remember your move orders buddy!!
Came for this
@@BrendanClune 😀
Dana Reizniece-Ozola a guy you have never heard of? Haha, for your information, Jonathan: this lady at the last chess Olympiad won against women's world champion Hou Yi Fan, and besides her excellence in chess she is also Minister of Finance in her home country Latvia!
that’s cool
that talking plant really helped my game
What were the flowers meant to hide? They immediately gave him an allergy with a tempo! They were an absolute pin to his face.
Forced mate at 33:41 would be Rg3 Kf2 Qh2 and then either Kf1 or Ke1 is met with Rg1 mate.
That works. Faster is Qg3 then Qe3#/Qg4#
33:52 When you wondered what's the fastest way, queen E3 checkmate in 1 .......
@33:49 Queen to E3
Go Johnathan Schrantz! Heavily overlooked gambit king ;)
c4 is explosive!
The most explosive opening in chess.
The floor is made out of floor
5 years ago! Wow, thanks for the lessons
It's very very very instructive this video. And I especially like [40:43], where Sam Sevian had the option to win a pawn by giving up his dark squared bishop.
I have been trying to improve my calculation skill, and have devised numerous philosophies to aid me. The idea of calculation being various roads that you must trod on to reach your destination, with road signs giving you a hint on the right route to use. I thought that in this situation, bishop takes knight was the correct road to turn on; but when grand master Jonathan Shranz said it was wrong and showed concrete variations I was shocked!
Where am I going wrong in my evaluation functions. Is it that I needed to do more calculations, or is more instinctual judgement of Chess positions is what that needs improvement.
He's not a grandmaster lol.
Your videos are very instructive
Those flowers are actually his Royal Highness the Rangdo of Arg during mating season
No one shows up to his lecture.
Lectures anyway.
Simply the most savage man on the planet.
The thing I like about c4 is that as white, from move one, you dictate the opening - it's the English. While when opening with e4, your opponent can turn it into a Sicilian, French, Petroff, etc., and you are playing your opponent's game and he's probably more schooled on it than you are.
yea right.. thats why i dont like e4 for white... since people like prepare 99% for that move.. and im not a high player, thats mean the black is not GM that knows all the tricks and trap and how to counter english..
@@happyfish1212 English is great... The opening as well as the spelling 🗿
Slight mistake on 5:57. Knight is hanging, so it has to move to b6 before Nc6
He is like Wilson from "Home Improvement".Plant is just one way to hide the face :)
Brilliant , Thanks a lot Jonathan.
Great video! Learned a lot. One bit of advice. The camera change around the 34th minute was ill-advised. Otherwise, very useful information here. Thanks!
@5:58 isn't Nc6 a blunder because the knight on d5 is defended once but attacked twice so white could just take the knight?
Same question on my mind. Came to comments section looking for an answer. Let me know too.
In 33:49 isn't it check mate in one after Qe3?
Qg4 too I think
+psychoreaper86 I yelled the same thing at my computer screen :p
Aye, both Qe3 and Qg4 are checkmates in 1 move and it't funny how he's wondering: "what's the fastest way..." :)
Re5 too
@@jamesmanuelpardo6766 Re5 leaves d4 undefended.
at 14:52 why not just block with your queen? is there something i'm not seeing?
+tesla_was_cool discovered attack on black's queen when white does Ng5+
16:50 - 17:49 AMAZING series of moves!
the beginning of this video is hilarious! he keeps trying to talk over the flowers 😂
Really like the way u teach... 👍👍
Excellent video,thanks.
Man that first game is incredible
It feels like the flower was an office prank. Strong move.
Honestly, 4 years later and still, wtf dude with the flowers
I can't understand, it is at 5:58 (the reversed Sicilian after c4-e5, Kc3-Kf6, g3-d5, cd5:-Kd5:). Why doesn't white just take the knight on d5? Am I missing something here?
I think he confused the move order
If u can do some more videos about english with great games.......that would be fantastic
if youre going to be a flower ventriloquist at least make it look like your lips aren't moving
Great video. Thanks so much xx
Thought the flowers were a joke but I guess not. Or are they? If so, well played sir, well played. I like your commitment.
At 6m why did white not take the knight on D5? it was not protected
I tried really hard not to laugh at the guy putting flowers in Schrantz's face, but failed.
I didn't understand why at 05:58 black plays Nc6? wouldn't white capture the Knight on d5 as it is only defended by the queen and attacked twice?
4:26 And it was in this position the arbitor removed the flowers from the chessboard
Bg5 looks like a good move @ 13:00. If he blocks with Pf6 you go Qb3 check then maybe ideas of Rf7. If he takes with Ba4 then you take back on D8, he takes with Rd8 then you go Rc8 then you trade rooks and then you go Bc5 and attack the pinned bishop. Whichever choice black makes is good for us, kinda looks better if he takes on A4.
I have ADHD but still manage to watch the entire video in one go
excellent tutorial
Instructing to see a chess instructor with an instructive game.. ;) I liked that lection very much..
At 33:51 you missed Qg4 mate and thank you for the lesson
Great Lesson!
5:58 why does white not just take on D5?
probably cuz queen takes and then u got ur queen in the game and not much can stop it after the knight moves. There also isn't any point in taking, there is not much advantages but when d5 takes it has an advantage for white as he/she got an open file. (my opinion)
@@kaio6185 lol what?! There's a bishop on g2.
I have no idea what he said the first 4 minutes, just stared at the flowers.
At 19:43, I was hoping that white played Qf7+ winning Black’s Queen and either rook after
Hey, Jonathan at 33:56 Qe3# is the fastest mate.
5:58 The presenter says Be6 is not very common today, instead black usually plays Nc6? That would immediately loose a piece right ? Nxd5 or Bxd5 ? What am I missing ?
5:58 Am i missing something? The "usual" move 5. ... Nc6 is losing a piece, no?
He can take back the knight with his Queen.
Hanan Sheikh no, because bishop on g2 would capture the queen!
Great vid thumbs up.
Him:
What about the Flow...
Camera Man:
..And we're rolling!
In 5:59 black develops a knight but isn’t that move a blunder cause the only piece protecting d5 is the queen?
5:58 why dont you just take the piece as white since the D5 knight has only one defender?
I was hoping someone would explain this
Thanks for another great vid - very helpful. If an opponent responds to the English opening with a semi-slav type structure, is it best to transition into a more 'main-line' attack and put the bishop on D3 (as opposed to the fianchetto)? Similarly, if an opponent can force an exchange (their dark square bishop for Knight on C3) AND double your pawns on the C file, do you generally abandon the English?
Hey, I have a question. At the time 5:58 the white knight c3 takes black knight d5? I don't really understand if this is intentional?
he made a blunder, the right move is Nb6 not Nc6
It is difficult to find info about how to play the English opening. It would be really nice if you could make a several part series on the English and how counter black's various defenses.
@5:57 That hangs Black's knight, right? Am I missing something???
Yep the Knight hangs
'How to get people commenting on the video 101- Put flowers in front of the presenters face' should have thought of that one before!
Sir u r brilliant