The Grünfeld Defence - Chess Openings Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 3 мар 2016
  • Jonathan Schrantz teaches a very theoretical, sharp opening: the Grünfeld Defence. Many lines are deeply explored, with two strong games on display.
    2016.02.29
    Vladimir Kramnik vs Peter Svidler, Dortmund (1998): D86 Gruenfeld, exchange, classical variation
    Veselin Topalov vs Alexey Shirov, Morelia-Linares (2008): D89 Gruenfeld, exchange, Sokolsky variation

Комментарии • 144

  • @bernard9823
    @bernard9823 3 года назад +157

    Can Saint Louis Chess Club make an opening playlist? That would really help.

  • @junka22
    @junka22 8 лет назад +49

    The bongcloud opening!

    • @mintos2693
      @mintos2693 3 года назад +2

      Lol

    • @mintos2693
      @mintos2693 3 года назад +2

      No one except hikaru who can do this

  • @skyary5977
    @skyary5977 8 лет назад +6

    A lot of good stuff in this video! I've always wanted to improve my understanding of the marshall gambit and what both sides are trying to accomplish. Thanks for another great lecture Jonathan Schrantz!

  • @jaxolson7429
    @jaxolson7429 6 лет назад +31

    The opening when hikaru moved his king on move 2

  • @MrMimczan
    @MrMimczan 8 лет назад +9

    Hey Jonathan, I really enjoy your lectures. They helped me improve my openings. Keep up with great work. I have tried to play Grunfeld on several occassions but it seems there is way to much theory to play it without studying enough.
    I wish you could do Nimzo-Indian as it is played regularly on top level chess.

  • @ldeans5620
    @ldeans5620 7 лет назад +4

    Thanks for yet another helpful and interesting presentation.

  • @melodychest9020
    @melodychest9020 8 лет назад +15

    Great power packed lecture Jonathan! Thanks! As an avid follower of this channel, I would love you to explore black's options against 1.Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4. Carlsen was a bit suprised at this Anand move in Game 3 WC 2013. Is Anand's system a good one to follow? Does it draw parallels to the Grunfeld Defence setup as in this lecture? Thanks and hope you will cover this so-called Reti Opening. Would love to learn the black side in this type of opening. Thanks in anticipation.

  • @antoniobennazar5418
    @antoniobennazar5418 8 лет назад +2

    I would like for you to cover the Fajariwicz variation of the Budapest Gambit, and tell us if you think it's better than the main line.

  • @relfrelfson6974
    @relfrelfson6974 8 лет назад +1

    By far the best video on grunfeld ever! Probably the best video of an opening period! Thx soo much for this one! So instructive, pleasant, interesting and fun to watch!

  • @paulMcGlothin
    @paulMcGlothin 6 лет назад

    Excellent lecture!

  • @smackletshavefun
    @smackletshavefun 7 лет назад +2

    Plss do the birds opening? My friends play it and I have no idea how to counter it

  • @bonerici
    @bonerici 8 лет назад +16

    tks jonathan. I play the grunfeld as black, and study those svindler games, but honestly i dont think anyone really understands what the heck is going on most of the time. the games get too complicated. I usually find there is never a good square for the black queen so I don't like playing the Qc7 move that much. Just leave that queen on the original square not like you can find a better place for her any time soon. I can't remember if you have shown us the bayonet attack vs the king's indian defense. That bayonet attack is as far as I can tell the reason that three of the greatest grandmasters the world has ever seen gave up on the king's indian, bobby fischer, garry kasparov and hikaru nakamura. Ok, maybe 2 of the greatest grandmasters. Love to see a series on the bayonet, back when bobby & garry were playing it.

  • @reza6718
    @reza6718 8 лет назад +4

    nice video
    thanks Jonathan

  • @davidsun1081
    @davidsun1081 8 лет назад

    I really want to study the Marshall gambit line in the Spanish opening Can you do a lecture on that opening?

  • @ozancavdar9281
    @ozancavdar9281 Год назад

    I like listening this guy's lectures

  • @coxscorner
    @coxscorner 2 года назад

    In the Nf3 line black is not obligated to go into the Qa5 and Qxa2 line which I do not like. Instead after 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.e4 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.Rb1 O-O 9.Be2 Nc6 If black plays casually with 10.Be3 then 10... Bg4 and if he makes good on his threat of 11.Rxb7, then black liquidates the center with 11... Bxf3 12.Bxf3 cxd4 13.cxd4 Bxd4 14.Bxd4 Nxd4 15.O-O e5 = or white can advance on move 10 with 10. d5 Bxc3 11. Bd2 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 Na5 and black has counterplay in a fine position.

  • @vishwateja5790
    @vishwateja5790 7 лет назад

    pls can u bring the openings starts with c4 and its responces

  • @pradeepbwr
    @pradeepbwr 6 лет назад +3

    Please make a video on french defence.
    1-classical variation
    2exchange variation
    3-tarrach variation
    4-advance variation

  • @bcfblack
    @bcfblack 7 лет назад

    if you're not okay with a draw in the position around 9:40, why not play Bc3 after the queen retreats to her home square?

  • @Manwlatsi
    @Manwlatsi 8 лет назад +5

    King's Gambit please!

  • @teamplayer2helper
    @teamplayer2helper 8 лет назад

    Can you try the wing gambit? Either for black or white. For black = 1. c4 b5 and for white = 1. e4 c5 2. b5

  • @zacharysherry2910
    @zacharysherry2910 Год назад +2

    Jonathan that time that you hummed the theme song for SLC while it was starting was even more entertainment than Hans Neiman's complete saga 😂

    • @Amoeba_Podre
      @Amoeba_Podre Год назад

      Do you know what episode it was?

    • @ABadGamble
      @ABadGamble Год назад

      @@Amoeba_Podre Top 10 Most Popular Responses to 1. d4

  • @kurtisvaldez4728
    @kurtisvaldez4728 5 лет назад

    can you make a video explaining everything in the queens Indian defense

  • @MagmaTeja
    @MagmaTeja 8 лет назад +34

    The King's Gambit seems to be somewhere between dubious and okay to play. Can you cover that next time please? :)

    • @siraf1234
      @siraf1234 3 года назад +2

      It is okay to play, but it allows black to equalize quite easily with something like fischers defense (for example)

    • @bggines_1260
      @bggines_1260 3 года назад

      If you'r playing black accept the gambit and if his next move is Nf3 then follow it up with d5, Be7 and Bh4+ etc..

    • @droidgeist
      @droidgeist 3 года назад +1

      The King's Gambit is both a terrible opening for white AND extremely fun (especially at lower levels where most people won't know the theory). It encourages crazy looking sacrifices and strange looking development compared to the solid opening choices that are more likely to give you consistent results. Most GMs won't play it unless they're in a whimsical mood. But that doesn't mean ordinary players should avoid having fun with it. You can find some awesome games from the late 19th, early 20th century involving players like Adolf Anderssen and Paul Morphy.

  • @Abrasjefen
    @Abrasjefen 8 лет назад +2

    First of all, great videos!
    Now please make one from Blacks point of view vs. the London system (1.d4 2.Bf4). I'd like to be able to challenge that system!

    • @ch2263
      @ch2263 7 лет назад

      Abrasjefen chess explained did a few videos on that.

  • @antonravenhood5239
    @antonravenhood5239 8 лет назад +1

    Please. Do a video on the fred gambit. 1 e4 f5

  • @Majora1988
    @Majora1988 8 лет назад +5

    Can you do the king's gambit at some time? As for dubious openings how about the orangutan?

    • @Alphaaa13
      @Alphaaa13 8 лет назад

      +Majora1988 ye pls do the kings gambit please :D

  • @MrRoelsnip
    @MrRoelsnip 8 лет назад

    at 11:47 why not take the a1 rook with bishop on g7

  • @kummarluv
    @kummarluv 8 лет назад +3

    Icelandic Gambit. I know it is dubious, but the development advantage seems to result in very interesting games. Please do a video on that.

  • @GermanAssum
    @GermanAssum 6 лет назад

    20:58. Why does black move the bishop? If white captures d3 is hanging.

  • @BattleFieldGalaxy
    @BattleFieldGalaxy 8 лет назад +1

    Kings Gambit please! Thank you

  • @glenhoffman4035
    @glenhoffman4035 6 лет назад

    At 9:43, why not just play Bc3 instead of going back to Be3? That way the d4 is still guarded, and the Queen is prevented from checking again.

  • @oldmanyellsatscreen
    @oldmanyellsatscreen 6 лет назад +1

    31:00 What about Qf6 (threatening mate) after fxe5?

  • @MaBhighlander
    @MaBhighlander 8 лет назад +6

    For the next episode please explain the transvestite opening. It is characterized by the moves 1. e3 .. 2. Qe2 .. 3. Kd1 .. 4. Qe1. It is a little passive, but I think it's perfectly fine at club level.

    • @pinecone421
      @pinecone421 8 лет назад +5

      Are you serious

    • @MK-13337
      @MK-13337 8 лет назад +1

      +Ian Palacios This is a reference to a high elo player beating Hutch (the amateur streamer) with the Transvestite opening. He swaps the king and the queen, and then tries to mate the opponents queen. they played like 3 games, the high rated guy trapped Hutch's queen 3 times and resigned immediately after.
      TL:DR yes, he is kidding

    • @souryatanusaha6681
      @souryatanusaha6681 5 лет назад

      Bongcloud?

  • @bowrudder899
    @bowrudder899 7 лет назад

    Please cover the Latvian gambit!!!

  • @juanandrescavallin6107
    @juanandrescavallin6107 6 лет назад

    can you do the scotch gambit? 1e4, e5 2Nf3, Nc6, 3d4, exd4, 4Bc4?, Bc5, 4Ng5!

  • @SaikanthDacha
    @SaikanthDacha 7 лет назад +10

    11:25 - Why didn't black just take the rook after d5? Is there any reason beyond black not wanting to lose his bishop?

    • @lzllzzl
      @lzllzzl 4 года назад +12

      after Bxa1 Qxa1 both the h8 rook and the c6 knight are hanging

  • @sacundim
    @sacundim 8 лет назад +4

    Here's a request: the Catalan, from White's POV.

  • @thenamesronan7258
    @thenamesronan7258 8 лет назад

    can you do the budabest?

  • @bobbyboobby3114
    @bobbyboobby3114 7 лет назад

    did anyone notice that he said bishop to d4 but he actually moved the queen to d4? in 23:55

  • @samdayton2045
    @samdayton2045 8 лет назад +2

    Halloween gambit please, it's interesting to see games where white wins from a massive space advantage

  • @MjrLeegInfidel
    @MjrLeegInfidel 5 лет назад +1

    I love these, they are great and very indepth for the time, but as a new player I wish we explored nooie moves. Like at 8:00 when black goes c5, what if a low rated player just takes? How do I take advantage of this? I understand the pawn structure breaks, the center pawn is lost, but what is the progression for black?

  • @soulburner8095
    @soulburner8095 2 года назад

    31:30 What about Qf6? You can win a full Piece there, because the only move that is saving Black here is Be6 (The Rook would then Control the Mating Square g7 but then dxe6 Follows)

  • @thetransferaccount4586
    @thetransferaccount4586 3 месяца назад

    nice lecture there

  • @andrew_owens7680
    @andrew_owens7680 2 года назад

    The Williams Gambit 1. e4, d5 2. f4?, dxe
    This I have found to be playable against weaker opponents. It happens in bullet when I pre-move for the King's Gambit and my opponent plays Scandinavian.

  • @SerbAtheist
    @SerbAtheist 8 лет назад +8

    9:38 Why not go Bc3 instead of Be3 to avoid the draw?
    Also, I vote for the Grob attack.

    • @kthejoker
      @kthejoker 7 лет назад

      SerbAtheist then d4 is out attacked.

    • @g11wootont
      @g11wootont 7 лет назад +2

      9:38 Don't see how the d4 pawn would be out attacked. Bishop on c3, knight on e2, and queen on d1 all defend the pawn. Only three attackers for black. Should have been worthy of at least a mention imo since Schrantz seemed to be insinuating that black can force a draw in this position.

    • @michaelfortunato1860
      @michaelfortunato1860 4 года назад

      Three fold repetition does NOT require the same three MOVES are played. Only that the position repeats three times. So alternating Bc3 with Be3 does not help in the end.

    • @aluminiumknight4038
      @aluminiumknight4038 3 года назад

      Black takes on d4 and throws a check with Queen exchange between the takes

  • @benjaminlillian6335
    @benjaminlillian6335 6 лет назад

    at 13:34 ruclips.net/video/pHBHoXrbXhg/видео.html - why doesn't black just push the d4 pawn opening the bishop diagonal on the rook and threaten the knight simultaneously?

  • @shivamshah6567
    @shivamshah6567 4 года назад +2

    Jonathan i really relish your Chess Sessions. Love Watching it. One request Can u make a video on opening in which white first plays G3 Covering all possible Variations in Depth ??For Example G3 D5 , G3 NF6 G3 C5 G3 E5 G3 G6 G3 B6 G3 H5. It will really help .Its by the way called the Hungarian Opening. Moreover I mean what can be its Transpositions ? Pls reply to this Jonathan . Waiting really long

  • @Walkintoabar
    @Walkintoabar 8 лет назад +1

    Where's kummer?

  • @MrKitesurfercharlie
    @MrKitesurfercharlie 7 лет назад

    jerome gambit please

  • @p0rky055
    @p0rky055 Год назад

    is pawn d4 not possible? 13:31

  • @eliash.1250
    @eliash.1250 8 лет назад +1

    How about halloween gambit 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4. Nxe5

  • @mrengler1
    @mrengler1 8 лет назад +1

    Rondep Gambit (1. Nf3 e5!?)

  • @Gadzinisko
    @Gadzinisko 8 лет назад

    Man, could you "Chess Opening Exaplain" to beginners and to Mike Kummer why Two Knights Defence is perfectly acceptable opening for Black? And that Fried Liver Attack is only started with 6. Nxf7?
    Pretty please with cherry on top.

  • @NeutronNick11
    @NeutronNick11 8 лет назад +1

    How about the grob

  • @radrichiie
    @radrichiie 8 лет назад +2

    Grob or Latvian. Both are dubious, yet tactical.

  • @origamicaptain5664
    @origamicaptain5664 8 лет назад

    Isn't d5 hanging the rook?

  • @augustseptember3778
    @augustseptember3778 7 лет назад

    Thx Jonathan

  • @RonakBadhe
    @RonakBadhe 6 лет назад

    Tennison gambit Nf3 d5 e4, I have good success with it even though it is the most dubious of dubious openings and I have seen the benoni.

  • @sportsbrain1973
    @sportsbrain1973 6 лет назад

    Please Damiano's defense

  • @Draz0000
    @Draz0000 8 лет назад +2

    I know how much people here like the Scandinavian. I would be interested in seeing "1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Qxd5" Its like the Scandinavian, but with no C pawns.

    • @Bronek0990
      @Bronek0990 2 года назад

      I know it's five years later but for future reference: That's not anywhere near a Scandi, this is the Accelerated (or Pseudo-) Panov Attack in the Caro Kann defense after a transposition from the English. Note White can transpose into the Slav via 2. d4 d5. Black doesn't actually have to play 4. ...Qxd5, one of the lines goes 4. ...Nf6 threating ...Nxd5 and the game plan on both sides is centered on taking (or keeping for white) the pawn.

  • @sreeharisreekumar4641
    @sreeharisreekumar4641 8 лет назад +4

    dracula frankenstein opening or the haloween gambit

  • @AndrewIsbell
    @AndrewIsbell 8 лет назад +4

    1.f3! 2.Kf2!! Then it's just simple technique to trade off the pieces and win an endgame with a more centralized king. I don't know the name of this opening but this is what I request :)

    • @stevenxu5747
      @stevenxu5747 8 лет назад +1

      +Andrew Isbell As Finegold would say, "Always play f3!"

  • @mohamedchadli7202
    @mohamedchadli7202 Год назад

    That's the guy who defeated stockfish right ?

  • @1PawnStar
    @1PawnStar 8 лет назад +1

    polish opening please

  • @apratimmandalroll6class7vi9
    @apratimmandalroll6class7vi9 2 месяца назад

    Very good game

  • @imaginepeople4302
    @imaginepeople4302 6 лет назад +2

    Why not 11:45 B×a1

    • @dylangarske8522
      @dylangarske8522 5 лет назад

      After Qxa1, Black's knight on c6 and rook on h8 would both be under attack so he would regain his material.

  • @klimtkiller
    @klimtkiller 8 лет назад

    26:29 doesnt qb1 make more sense than be4?

    • @arcaeus7519
      @arcaeus7519 7 лет назад

      klimtkiller
      I assume it's because black can afford to give the extra piece back after:
      -Qb1 Qxd5
      -f4 Qxe6
      -fxe5
      Black gives back the knight but has taken whites important center pawns. If black tries to save the knight then:
      -Qb1 Qxd5
      -f4 Ng4
      -Bf7+ Kh8
      -Bg7+ Kxg7
      -Qg6+ Kh8 (Kf8 Qg8#)
      -QxNg4
      Black has a really exposed king and it's probably not as good as the other line just giving the piece back for the center pawns.

  • @ryankelly3743
    @ryankelly3743 4 года назад

    You talk in a very similar cadence as finegold

  • @aesaehttr
    @aesaehttr 2 года назад

    Grünfeld was rated something over 2700 in his prime so it's funny that they thought his move sequence was inferior back in the day.

  • @siamakdavoodi4543
    @siamakdavoodi4543 6 лет назад

    king's indian defence please

  • @shawnburnham1
    @shawnburnham1 2 года назад

    4:00

  • @Sun-gs6hq
    @Sun-gs6hq Год назад

    14:44

  • @Sun-gs6hq
    @Sun-gs6hq 3 месяца назад

    17:19

  • @Caungardh
    @Caungardh 8 лет назад +1

    The Latvian Gambit

  • @arjunkathait383
    @arjunkathait383 7 лет назад

    my gf has this huge crush on jonathan schrantz.I try showing her the Halloween Gambit video but her love is very pure...

  • @amadeusradio9608
    @amadeusradio9608 3 года назад

    Drink a glass of water everytime he says "position".

  • @REMOnZter
    @REMOnZter 8 лет назад +1

    The Polish or the Sicilian wing gambit

    • @REMOnZter
      @REMOnZter 8 лет назад +1

      And the crazy gambit line in the owens defense with 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f4

  • @litaoliu9933
    @litaoliu9933 7 лет назад +1

    22:15 i did play Qa4 and my opponent played a6 , and then i played Rfc1 and won!

  • @dmaster20ify
    @dmaster20ify 7 лет назад +1

    Man! I thought relentlessly that the Gruenfeld was rubbish, but after seeing this video I know why I lost so much games to it anyways. No wonder alot of grandmasters like Petrosian avoided cxd5 and getting that big centre. The line I play with Ne2 seems to give white no advantage with such a passively placed piece. The defense is highly tactical to the point where over the board calculation alone won't help.

  • @jacobstewart9139
    @jacobstewart9139 2 года назад +1

    Anyone else think of Ben Finegold watching this guy?

  • @mjgayle52
    @mjgayle52 8 лет назад +1

    How about Damiano's Defense :-)

  • @wormtownpaul
    @wormtownpaul 4 года назад

    It's depressing that this guy is rated under 2000. How will I ever get to be a respectable 1700-1800?

  • @midhrujayan2793
    @midhrujayan2793 6 лет назад

    Sir can you please make a video of French for white winning . This video is really awesome and helping me a lot . So I have subscribed 😊😊😊😊. Thanks sir for the video

  • @subur6454
    @subur6454 8 лет назад +3

    Blackmaar diemer gambit

    • @phizzhead53
      @phizzhead53 5 лет назад

      i won a game with that as black, because white blundered twice

  • @wiiliskaako5875
    @wiiliskaako5875 5 лет назад

    you skipped blacks move, on 39:34 you moved the rook but it was whites turn

  • @brigitteconnally
    @brigitteconnally 6 лет назад

    Jonathan why did you stop

  • @haojuehe5625
    @haojuehe5625 8 лет назад +1

    The danish gambit would be fun !!!

  • @ericbhatnagar2873
    @ericbhatnagar2873 4 года назад

    hell ye johnyy

  • @brigitteconnally
    @brigitteconnally 6 лет назад

    Max Lange attack

  • @Uliui
    @Uliui 8 лет назад +1

    After the bad openings are done try something really boring like the exchange KID.

  • @ComtedeMonteC
    @ComtedeMonteC 3 месяца назад

    It is a shame that this commentator does not give the NAMES of the different variations of the Grünfeld.

  • @pascalchen7737
    @pascalchen7737 4 года назад +1

    Why didn't black just take the rook after d5? Is there any reason beyond black not wanting to lose his bishop????????!!

    • @Amoeba_Podre
      @Amoeba_Podre Год назад

      Black really shouldn't give up his dark squared bishop. He might experience counterplay with bishop h6 and some mate ideas on g7

  • @pascalchen7737
    @pascalchen7737 4 года назад

    BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @BudEnzo
    @BudEnzo 8 лет назад +1

    Do the Polish opening / gambit whatever its called as it is terrible but I know someone that plays it. Some games with the Polish: en.lichess.org/mCQgE8ci#66 (Giri vs Ivanchuck) en.lichess.org/zEbiynJ8#1 (N Short vs Caruana) en.lichess.org/GPLZZaf9#1 (Miles vs Polugaevsky). Also I hope Kummer is not seeing this comment cause the fried liver is horrible as well. Absolutely horrid. So not to hurt his poor wittle feelings don't show him this comment. And please do show how horrible the fried liver is.

  • @nightshadeisking
    @nightshadeisking Год назад +1

    the problem is you never show the lines a normal person would play. you show what black would do as a grandmaster. how do you capitalize if black isnt a grandmaster

    • @Kyle-ys3cv
      @Kyle-ys3cv 3 месяца назад +1

      When you get into secondary, tertiary, etc. moves, you get into dozens of variations after only several moves.

  • @jennylin2517
    @jennylin2517 5 лет назад

    fools mate please?

  • @jessesmoot1285
    @jessesmoot1285 7 лет назад

    the transvestite opening

  • @chrismo6405
    @chrismo6405 2 года назад

    Great lecture, thank you! But terrible haircut.

  • @johngoldner9898
    @johngoldner9898 7 лет назад

    Pretty sloppy presentation. He keeps mis-identifying squares and even pieces.