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!
Whenever I have to learn a new opening, I come to this channel and I have never been disappointed. All your content is great, but your opening playlists are perhaps the best part of your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
This video on the Dutch is so streamlined, most videos goes over my head and I have to watch them like 5-6 times to absorb it all. This is so easy to learn from, you earned my sub man.
You truly have the gift of teaching. I like how you always give an overview of what else could happen without getting lost there in detail and then get back to the main topic without me losing the thread. Well done, I will watch more
I had a constant struggle with playing black against 1.d4 I tryed ...d5, the Kings Indian, the Nimzo Indian, etc. For some time I already played the dutch, and it really was madness. Either I won pretty cool or got beaten pretty badly xD Now I really am looking forward to this series, because I never had the feeling that I understood the Dutch enough to play it as my main choice, and maybe I can change that by studying your videos (I really do stop every minute and write something down in my own opening book). I absolutly love your content. I enjoyed it when I started roughly two years ago and did not fully grasp everything you said and I can enjoy it even more today. Thank you for all the effort, I appreciate it so much and I am sure tons of people feel the same way!
Funnily enough, when you covered the Queen's Indian, I felt like we must be gearing up for the Dutch! I'm a Dutch player at heart, but I often end up chickening out and simply playing 1. ... Nf6. No longer!
I just decided I'll play the Dutch in my tournament game 2 hours from now - I knew you didn't have a series on it so I was going to settle for something by SLCC but this was such a pleasant surprise! Thank you Stjepan. Also, I've been having a real hard time finding a fighting setup for black against the London system (1. d4 2. Bf4), I've settled on 1..d5 2..c5 for now but I was wondering if you could do a series on facing the London System? I know it would be really helpful to a lot of friends too, because we all hate playing against it haha
Very good channel and content. It is neither low-level pure chess entertainment nor someone just glossing over engine lines. Keep it up. I subscribed much earlier when the channel was small and I don't regret it one single bit
Killer Dutch Intro with Stjepan's best explanations !!!What can you get better than this !!!Delighted !!!Finally Dutch !!!Always Stjepan 》》 Learn Chess
Love, love, love the black background instead of the white you previously employed. Especially when watching on a smartphone the white background has been too bright.
i play and study only Dutch (and Bird openings) with the 3 variations (Classical, Leningrad and Stonewall), so i can only be happy to finally have the series on my favorite channel. The relative level i play, my opponents don't know about these openings then it's a quite good weapon to be specialized in. Furthermore, they are dynamic and leads to interesting games.
@@regardzz cxd6. Wait, according to the Chess.com engine, you should play e5 after d6. If white plays dxc7, you just take back. You have a better center and better development. According to that same engine you are up around 1.5 pawns as black.
Wow...Oh, hi, I am new to your channel. I subbed just a few weeks ago. Nice videos! You must not only be the most underrated chess channel, you are probably the most underrated channel on all of RUclips. =( But still, awesome videos! Awesome videos!
You are the only person who gives such quality information without taking any money unlike others! I am a huge fan of you and I wish that you will become a GM one day and achieve your dreams.
This is awesome! No doubt this is my favorite chess channel. My only complaint is that Stjepan and I have different definitions of the word "tomorrow". I think it means the day immediately after today. But when Stjepan says the next video is coming tomorrow, it can mean the next day, one week, or one month. But alas cannot complain when we get awesome and free content.
Nice graphics upgrade Stjepan, the little descriptions are really enjoyable. Also Great video as always, very useful informations for an opening I'm always scared to play, maybe now I'll give it a try.
Just a suggestion , could you make the studies of your opening tutorial on lichess public , so we can always check the lines and study them , it would be better for us. thanks ahead.
Thanks for all your great content! You seem to be able to study openings quickly and I find that very impressive. Can you please explain your study-process when preparing these videos? Which sources do you use (books, websites, videos, etc.)? Thank you :)
You said black can play the dutch against ANY opening other than e4. It would be interesting to see how it would play against the Grob attack (1.g4 for anyone curious)
As a casual player, I like this style. It often trips up most people I play against, as it's not normally used. But yes, for those advanced players it's not a problem when they see it.
I am so glad you covered this opening. It has been part of my repertoire my hole life. The first opening I ever learned was the Stonewall variation. The Classical is my favourite, although objectively the Leningrad is the best setup. You did forget about the Antoshin Dutch. I play all of the setups of the Dutch and study it in detail. I ever study Birds Opening in detail. I use the Dutch in tournaments and get nice wins with it. I myself am sick of all these King’s Indian Defences. I actually have been studying the Queen’s Indian Defence recently to compliment my understanding of the Dutch in greater detail. So I find it interesting that you started with the Queen’s Indian and are now adding the Dutch into the works. I am doing the opposite.
Obviously the content of these videos is really superb, but can we take a minute to shoutout the thumbnails? Some of the best video graphics I’ve ever seen
Hey thanks for the detail. I tried to watch Gothamchess's vid and it's not bad but he goes very quickly and as a relatively new chess player I didn't get a lot out of it
i love the way you explain we , lovers of dutch defense , wish you to give us example of games till the end because ginger gm or williams simon gave us a false method but when he sais he corrected it i refused to buy the second dvd because i was frustrated because i was always attacked from e5 with knights etc . we should be grateful if you offered us a bit of your time and knowledge how to develop the main pieces and attack with dutch yours faithfully audience players thanks so much in advance
HI stjepan, I love your videos, I am trying to learn the dutch defense and your videos are very helpful. I can't find any videos on what to do against the setup without the white bishop in fianchetto, the one you show between 4.10 and 4.15, do you have any suggestions on the differences between the two white main setups?
Do you prefer the Dutch (Leningrad) or KID? It seems they both fight the same way for E file? Except D-L has the F-pawn pushed way before it would in KID?
I'm just learning to play the Dutch defense. 1...f5 is said a good defense against anything but 1.e4, nonetheless, I happen to realize studying GM's games and computer simulated games, that is also still a little bad against Van Geet opening which starts with 1.Nc3
I feel like the absolute best weapon against the dutch is the staunton gambit, it just shreds open the position and highlights the weaknesses of the f5 push immediately.
I love this channel because I can learn english and chess at the same time^^. I make videos of chess in spanish, if you want to try with a new language hehehe, see you Stephan!!
This opening reminds me of a student I had back in my high school chess club, he was really talented and I decided to choose him as my student(we were divided into mentors and students depending on whether or not we knew how to play) because I was the strongest player in school and I tried my best to teach him chess despite being a 1400, he got really good but stopped playing after the semester was over, I wonder if he would've kept playing if he had a better teacher
That was the one I was waiting for! A lot of People say it's unsound and refutable. I'm sure that a decent Dutch is really playable even in high level tournaments though. This opening is most based on dynamics, not only static ideas.
I have studied and played all variations of the Dutch for over 20 years. I disagree with your summary though you mentioned some important ideas. The Stonewall Dutch is in fact the soundest line of the three systems. The weak square on e5 is compensated for by central control. Kramnik said the Stonewall is one of the few openings where Black controls the centre. You will see that it is a very sound system positionally once you study it properly. Kingside attack is not really the main strategy. It's keeping a solid structure and controlling the centre. The dark-squared bishop usually sits on d6. Development of the c8 bishop can be delayed for a while without serious consequences and it can be developed to b7 or a6 or even d7-e8 sometimes. It's actually the most solid system because the consequences of a single mistake can be a lot more costly in the Leneingrad or Classical variations though I recommend studying and playing all of them.
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!
I would say, this is simply the BEST channel about chess, no doubt about that
Thank you Massimiliano!
No doubt about that 😎
Agreed!!!
I'd say he's second after St. Louis Chess Club, but they have over a dozen GM's on their channel. It's easy for them to deliver lots of good stuff.
Eric rosen though
I love how you respect the Dutch unlike some people who only look at the disadvantages it’s truly a beautiful opening thank you
Whenever I have to learn a new opening, I come to this channel and I have never been disappointed. All your content is great, but your opening playlists are perhaps the best part of your channel. Keep up the awesome work.
This video on the Dutch is so streamlined, most videos goes over my head and I have to watch them like 5-6 times to absorb it all. This is so easy to learn from, you earned my sub man.
You truly have the gift of teaching. I like how you always give an overview of what else could happen without getting lost there in detail and then get back to the main topic without me losing the thread. Well done, I will watch more
I had a constant struggle with playing black against 1.d4
I tryed ...d5, the Kings Indian, the Nimzo Indian, etc. For some time I already played the dutch, and it really was madness. Either I won pretty cool or got beaten pretty badly xD
Now I really am looking forward to this series, because I never had the feeling that I understood the Dutch enough to play it as my main choice, and maybe I can change that by studying your videos (I really do stop every minute and write something down in my own opening book). I absolutly love your content. I enjoyed it when I started roughly two years ago and did not fully grasp everything you said and I can enjoy it even more today. Thank you for all the effort, I appreciate it so much and I am sure tons of people feel the same way!
The Nimzo-Indian is best indian
Funnily enough, when you covered the Queen's Indian, I felt like we must be gearing up for the Dutch! I'm a Dutch player at heart, but I often end up chickening out and simply playing 1. ... Nf6. No longer!
Same!
I just decided I'll play the Dutch in my tournament game 2 hours from now - I knew you didn't have a series on it so I was going to settle for something by SLCC but this was such a pleasant surprise! Thank you Stjepan.
Also, I've been having a real hard time finding a fighting setup for black against the London system (1. d4 2. Bf4), I've settled on 1..d5 2..c5 for now but I was wondering if you could do a series on facing the London System? I know it would be really helpful to a lot of friends too, because we all hate playing against it haha
Very good channel and content. It is neither low-level pure chess entertainment nor someone just glossing over engine lines. Keep it up. I subscribed much earlier when the channel was small and I don't regret it one single bit
yessssss......finally my favourite opening ever
thank u stephan for this....u will get the reward for these struggles ..god bless u
Thanks Mate!
No problem!
This channel is underrated.kudos to
Stephen 😍😍
Finally the Dutch I been waiting for this one!
Killer Dutch Intro with Stjepan's best explanations !!!What can you get better than this !!!Delighted !!!Finally Dutch !!!Always Stjepan 》》 Learn Chess
I like learning openings,my problem is that I forget the variations 😅
I have comeback and watched this course a few times I have improved alot and your dutch teaching helped me alot
Very good video. Please, please, please do a video on the Vienna game at some point.
yay, new opening time :)
:)
Love, love, love the black background instead of the white you previously employed. Especially when watching on a smartphone the white background has been too bright.
i play and study only Dutch (and Bird openings) with the 3 variations (Classical, Leningrad and Stonewall), so i can only be happy to finally have the series on my favorite channel.
The relative level i play, my opponents don't know about these openings then it's a quite good weapon to be specialized in. Furthermore, they are dynamic and leads to interesting games.
We are very lucky you share your videos with the world freely thank you sir
Thank you man, i appreciate your efforts for teaching us. I've been winning because of you. Thank you.
very clear video , thanks !
Stephan loving this new format. This is very useful thanks
The Dutch is my main defense against Nf3, c4, and d4 right now so I'm super excited for this whole series!
What do you do if white just pushes d pawn? d5, d6 ?? Yes you get a pawn but it opens up a hole..
@@regardzz cxd6.
Wait, according to the Chess.com engine, you should play e5 after d6. If white plays dxc7, you just take back. You have a better center and better development. According to that same engine you are up around 1.5 pawns as black.
what a kind teacher you are! ❤
Stjepan fantastic work! Your very structured approach is super!
wow ! thank! your channel is a gold mine :)
You could make the Staunton gambit, the weird 2. G4 gambit, and the korchnoi attack in one video, maybe like, Dutch defense: The gambits.
Wow this will be a great serie, I am really happy to see you going for it! Thanks a lot!
Thank you. An excellent introduction to the Dutch Defense; looking forward to more videos in the series.
I was waiting for this damn opening ❤
Thank you!
No problem!
you are truly the best channel to learn chess openings
Wow...Oh, hi, I am new to your channel. I subbed just a few weeks ago. Nice videos! You must not only be the most underrated chess channel, you are probably the most underrated channel on all of RUclips. =( But still, awesome videos! Awesome videos!
Amazing video
You are the only person who gives such quality information without taking any money unlike others! I am a huge fan of you and I wish that you will become a GM one day and achieve your dreams.
This is awesome! No doubt this is my favorite chess channel. My only complaint is that Stjepan and I have different definitions of the word "tomorrow". I think it means the day immediately after today. But when Stjepan says the next video is coming tomorrow, it can mean the next day, one week, or one month. But alas cannot complain when we get awesome and free content.
I enjoy your videos immensely they are very concise and complete
Why does Hanging Pawns have only 63k subs? I'm gonna spread the word. You guys are doing amazing work
Nice graphics upgrade Stjepan, the little descriptions are really enjoyable. Also Great video as always, very useful informations for an opening I'm always scared to play, maybe now I'll give it a try.
thank you so much, i appreciate your videos, very clear and easy to follow.
Just a suggestion , could you make the studies of your opening tutorial on lichess public , so we can always check the lines and study them , it would be better for us.
thanks ahead.
Stepan, thank you very much for your hard work !!
Love your tutorials.
Thanks for all your great content!
You seem to be able to study openings quickly and I find that very impressive.
Can you please explain your study-process when preparing these videos?
Which sources do you use (books, websites, videos, etc.)?
Thank you :)
Can you also make videos on how to play *against* the Dutch? I play 1. d4 as white but not the Dutch as black
Finally. I've been waiting for this.
Thank you
Are you planning on making a Catalan series?
I am
Great video, as always, looking forward to the next one, and specialy to the stonewall.
Hope you will talk about the setap with bishop e7 and d6. 😉
Against d4 I prefer to play dutch stonwall. That I have learnt from one of your previous video. Thanks
Pls do the trompowsky attack after
Coming up soon.
You said black can play the dutch against ANY opening other than e4. It would be interesting to see how it would play against the Grob attack (1.g4 for anyone curious)
Awesome videos! Any chance you can make an English Opening tutorial sometime soon?
As a casual player, I like this style. It often trips up most people I play against, as it's not normally used. But yes, for those advanced players it's not a problem when they see it.
I am so glad you covered this opening. It has been part of my repertoire my hole life. The first opening I ever learned was the Stonewall variation. The Classical is my favourite, although objectively the Leningrad is the best setup. You did forget about the Antoshin Dutch. I play all of the setups of the Dutch and study it in detail. I ever study Birds Opening in detail. I use the Dutch in tournaments and get nice wins with it. I myself am sick of all these King’s Indian Defences. I actually have been studying the Queen’s Indian Defence recently to compliment my understanding of the Dutch in greater detail. So I find it interesting that you started with the Queen’s Indian and are now adding the Dutch into the works. I am doing the opposite.
i prefer thequeens indian
Really great viedo
Obviously the content of these videos is really superb, but can we take a minute to shoutout the thumbnails? Some of the best video graphics I’ve ever seen
Thank you! This helped me a lot
So valuable, thanks!
Hey thanks for the detail. I tried to watch Gothamchess's vid and it's not bad but he goes very quickly and as a relatively new chess player I didn't get a lot out of it
i love the way you explain we , lovers of dutch defense , wish you to give us example of games till the end because ginger gm or williams simon gave us a false method but when he sais he corrected it i refused to buy the second dvd because i was frustrated because i was always attacked from e5 with knights etc . we should be grateful if you offered us a bit of your time and knowledge how to develop the main pieces and attack with dutch yours faithfully audience players thanks so much in advance
Great vid
Good video I really enjoyed it thanks!
great content
great video
Very good
Create a vídeo about a anglo dutch defense , would be interest
HI stjepan, I love your videos, I am trying to learn the dutch defense and your videos are very helpful. I can't find any videos on what to do against the setup without the white bishop in fianchetto, the one you show between 4.10 and 4.15, do you have any suggestions on the differences between the two white main setups?
thankyou for giving the theory for free and not selling any paid cource
Happy teacher day sir
Do you prefer the Dutch (Leningrad) or KID? It seems they both fight the same way for E file? Except D-L has the F-pawn pushed way before it would in KID?
Great work.
When are you planning on doing 1c4 openings?
After I finish 1.d4
I'm just learning to play the Dutch defense. 1...f5 is said a good defense against anything but 1.e4, nonetheless, I happen to realize studying GM's games and computer simulated games, that is also still a little bad against Van Geet opening which starts with 1.Nc3
I feel like the absolute best weapon against the dutch is the staunton gambit, it just shreds open the position and highlights the weaknesses of the f5 push immediately.
Not really the Staunton is often played by players who are overconfident in thinking that it wins. I am never intimidated by a Staunton gambit.
@@noahcrow8982 But its the best variation against it. Leela Zero prefers the staunton gambit over all the main lines.
Hello stepan really enjoy u vids. Quite educational. Bro can u pls recommend me something on how to practice middlegame
Excited to see the Leningrad :)
Awesome content.
Thanks
I like the video !
Keep up the good work :)
I love this channel because I can learn english and chess at the same time^^. I make videos of chess in spanish, if you want to try with a new language hehehe, see you Stephan!!
Yes his English is also easy understand
Best channel
I always play dutch..
I always watch your videos..
What do you reccommend against e4?
Great ! as always :)
Thanks
Good opening video ;)
i love the duras gambit, king's dutch go
This opening reminds me of a student I had back in my high school chess club, he was really talented and I decided to choose him as my student(we were divided into mentors and students depending on whether or not we knew how to play) because I was the strongest player in school and I tried my best to teach him chess despite being a 1400, he got really good but stopped playing after the semester was over, I wonder if he would've kept playing if he had a better teacher
You gave him your time and did your best. Bravo.
That was the one I was waiting for! A lot of People say it's unsound and refutable.
I'm sure that a decent Dutch is really playable even in high level tournaments though. This opening is most based on dynamics, not only static ideas.
Eldio Jorge Yeah Nakamura played the dutch in many tournaments
Thank you 🌹
After you finish the Dutch defense can you start the zuketrot opening or the queens gambit accepted
Alekhine against e4 and Dutch against d4 will make you look like a psycho against your opponent. I like it.
top video! what about the catalan?
Coming up late Sep or early Oct.
Is there a video about the Dutch against 1. c4?
I have studied and played all variations of the Dutch for over 20 years. I disagree with your summary though you mentioned some important ideas. The Stonewall Dutch is in fact the soundest line of the three systems. The weak square on e5 is compensated for by central control. Kramnik said the Stonewall is one of the few openings where Black controls the centre. You will see that it is a very sound system positionally once you study it properly. Kingside attack is not really the main strategy. It's keeping a solid structure and controlling the centre. The dark-squared bishop usually sits on d6. Development of the c8 bishop can be delayed for a while without serious consequences and it can be developed to b7 or a6 or even d7-e8 sometimes. It's actually the most solid system because the consequences of a single mistake can be a lot more costly in the Leneingrad or Classical variations though I recommend studying and playing all of them.
Dutch Stonewall makes both light-squared bishops bad, not just the black one. It is good if you want to play with fewer pieces.
Should cover the Grob
I’m a d4 player and rarely come up against the Dutch. Which is the best variation for an intermediate player?
Gothamchess or IM Levy Rossman recommended the Leningrad Dutch