Don’t be discouraged by the nay-sayers & nit-pickers. This video was absolutely great content, clearly & succinctly presented. Just what I was looking for as the English opening is very slippery due to its flexibility. Especially liked your coverage in the 2.g3 lines of how to counter balance White’s pressure on Black’s center with tactics. Have not seen those key tactical shots covered elsewhere, so bravo! Please keep posting sound chess content on openings.
Thank you so much for the uplifting and kind comment. I am happy to hear that you've found this video useful and I will definitely continue creating chess content! I have a huge announcement planned in a few weeks so stay tuned!
@@PassedPawns Great! Too many people approach chess looking for some sort of quick kill, cheapo gambit, or mythical one-size fit all approach that will make chess easy. Fortunately, chess is not easy and if was it would be boring like tic-tac toe. Still it’s very nice to find a channel like yours which explains how to combat a particular opening - the notoriously slippery English - in a principled way and hits the key tactical finesses along the way. IMHO, those who don’t get your expert level advice are just not at the level to appreciate it. Anyway, I will be looking out for your content. Cheers!
@@Ebobster @Ebobster Absolutely, I have to admit, I have tried to make more generalised content to appeal to a larger audience and while it did yield some results, ultimately I find more purpose in making more niche and specific content, like this video as there is an absence in this sort of content online. My videos don't get too many views, but I am happy to know that those who do watch them, generally find them useful. Thank you for the support.
If you could add PGNs in the descriptions that would be great because it is a little hard to get all the moves in, and you probably don't want to talk slower, so yeah. Otherwise great video!
The middle rank on Black's side is actually 5 because the coordinates are the same regardless of which side you're on. The English doesn't prevent d4 but rather prevents d5 since that's the move Black can play. I look forward to your own improvement
4:12 How does Nd7 defend the pawn e4? Defending the knight on f6 doesn't remove the pin on your queen so you can't even take back e4 with the knight on f6 without losing your queen
I cover this about 30 seconds later including the move Qa4+, however, if white takes the pawn with the bishop, we could play for something like Bxc3 followed by Qa5.
im damn sure this channel is gonna be famous soon, definitely underrated af
Thank you man, really appreciate your comment! 🙏
Took a long while to finally post this, hope you all find this useful. Enjoy.
Thanks a lot man!
I was just thinking about needing a repertoire against the English and then this video popped up. Amazing timing and work as always
Awesome, hopefully this video gives you what you're looking for. Thank you for watching!
Don’t be discouraged by the nay-sayers & nit-pickers. This video was absolutely great content, clearly & succinctly presented. Just what I was looking for as the English opening is very slippery due to its flexibility. Especially liked your coverage in the 2.g3 lines of how to counter balance White’s pressure on Black’s center with tactics. Have not seen those key tactical shots covered elsewhere, so bravo! Please keep posting sound chess content on openings.
Thank you so much for the uplifting and kind comment.
I am happy to hear that you've found this video useful and I will definitely continue creating chess content! I have a huge announcement planned in a few weeks so stay tuned!
@@PassedPawns Great! Too many people approach chess looking for some sort of quick kill, cheapo gambit, or mythical one-size fit all approach that will make chess easy. Fortunately, chess is not easy and if was it would be boring like tic-tac toe. Still it’s very nice to find a channel like yours which explains how to combat a particular opening - the notoriously slippery English - in a principled way and hits the key tactical finesses along the way. IMHO, those who don’t get your expert level advice are just not at the level to appreciate it. Anyway, I will be looking out for your content. Cheers!
@@Ebobster @Ebobster Absolutely, I have to admit, I have tried to make more generalised content to appeal to a larger audience and while it did yield some results, ultimately I find more purpose in making more niche and specific content, like this video as there is an absence in this sort of content online.
My videos don't get too many views, but I am happy to know that those who do watch them, generally find them useful.
Thank you for the support.
If you could add PGNs in the descriptions that would be great because it is a little hard to get all the moves in, and you probably don't want to talk slower, so yeah. Otherwise great video!
Nice video man I just played w you in r6. I was BennyPlaysChess
Good game man, even though we lost you carried us. GG's.
@@PassedPawns ggs
Nice tank top
The middle rank on Black's side is actually 5 because the coordinates are the same regardless of which side you're on. The English doesn't prevent d4 but rather prevents d5 since that's the move Black can play.
I look forward to your own improvement
Yes, you're right. I know the coordinates stay the same, but mess them up when im recording. Thank you for the input.
4:12 How does Nd7 defend the pawn e4? Defending the knight on f6 doesn't remove the pin on your queen so you can't even take back e4 with the knight on f6 without losing your queen
I cover this about 30 seconds later including the move Qa4+, however, if white takes the pawn with the bishop, we could play for something like Bxc3 followed by Qa5.
whats ur rating?
please answer
Around 2000 OTB
Basically a reversed alapin then huh
@@danielestrada3390 To an extent, although generally it transforms either into the Panov Caro Kann or a Slav defense.
In 5 months of ur video uonly got 57 likes...
Your point?
@@PassedPawns u deserve to get famous asap since ur content is great!
@@tameemjan1 Thank you, I really appreciate that. I misunderstood your tone in the first message, I'm sorry.