Thanks Robert . Absolutely brilliant set of videos on 1e4 e5. Very clear and instructive. I used to get bored on the longer games , quickly analysing positions and playing wham bam style . I came to realise that I didn't actually know bugger all about the game I was playing. These videos of yours have helped to correct that . 😃👍 Cheers Mate
There is also 4. Qf6, trying to transpose to 4. Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 or 4. Bc4 5. N×c6 Qf6 while avoiding 4. Bc5 5. Nb3. I find this variation a very useful one to know for players who already play the mencioned 4… Bc5 as the independient moves for white are not great. Maybe the best is 5. Nf3, what do you think? For the rest this is an excellent video.
Reaaly Instructive Video Sir... If possible, can u also try making videos on the right approach in dealing with openings like vienna opening, evans gambit, kings gambit, danish gambit etc.. (if u haven't yet)
Very nice and helpful video . In the position on 22:54 , what if white plays Qc2 ? (somehow freeing the queen from the pin). White will have to move the knight and then he will lose the critical c6 pawn.
Black doesn't have to move the knight on Qc2. Qc5 is fine there it holds the pawn on c6 and prevents cxd5 because now the pawn on c4 is pinned to the queen. Other white Queen moves to break the pin don't work either. Qe4 would be met with f5 and other queen moves that break the pin would hang the pawn on c4 to Bxc4. All that being said the position is still close to level almost on any white move. They all seem about the same assessment wise.
I want to defend against italian but most of the time it turns in to a scotch game is there a Gambit or something not so common so i can turn the game in to my hand
I'd just play the two knights. The scotch four knights has been known to be completely equal so I wouldn't worry about it...... but if you really want to avoid it Bc5 won't allow a reasonable d4 but you have to deal with the Evans gambit in that case. If you are an aggressive player I'd go with the two knights defence.
Have a look at the Lucchini and Rousseau Gambits against the Italian; they often transpose and are similar in idea to the Vienna (as white). They can be very powerful in respect to disrupting your opponent's plans in the Italian and offer quick attacks with many known traps.
White could just play f4 attacking the queen. The queen doesn't have a safe square that defends c7 after that. So after the queen moves the c7 pawn falls with check.
If black takes the knight on d4 when the queen captures back the queen dominates the middle of the board. If black attacks the queen with c5 then black will have permanent weaknesses. The short answer is that after black takes the knight on d4 and white captures back white has an advantage. The position is very well known.
@@wokkeredmi2193Nf6 is probably best but Qf6 isn't bad. Other moves are possible there but I wouldn't rank any of them clearly above any of the others. There is also the repertoire aspect to consider. Against Be3 instead of c3...Qf6 is really the best move. A lot of players don't feel like preparing two lines on the off chance someone will play c3 without Be3. The guys that want ....Nf6 to take advantage of c3 being in play will typically play Bb4 check instead of Bc5 and then retreat it to c5. So you can see this type of position a tempo down. It just depends what's in your preperation.
4/21/24. I didn't find your video helpful because I couldn't follow your description of the movements of the pieces fast enough. Instead of saying "rook e8, queen h5, knight g5, or whatever, please actually show the pieces on those squares.
If you want to learn from these videos perhaps you should set up a board next to you while watching or putting the recommended moves in a lichess study. Cuz if you struggle to visualize chess notation then you might be overstudying this opening for your rating
The point of the video is just to show the current theory of the opening. Generally speaking that's the point of most of my videos. If the current theory says the position is equal then it's equal. So if you watch the video you will be informed and won't end up significantly worse.
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Thanks Robert . Absolutely brilliant set of videos on 1e4 e5. Very clear and instructive. I used to get bored on the longer games , quickly analysing positions and playing wham bam style . I came to realise that I didn't actually know bugger all about the game I was playing. These videos of yours have helped to correct that . 😃👍
Cheers Mate
Excellent in-depth review. Thank you
Robert is brilliant !!
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Thanks! Very instructive.
Great vid.
There is also 4. Qf6, trying to transpose to 4. Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 or 4. Bc4 5. N×c6 Qf6 while avoiding 4. Bc5 5. Nb3. I find this variation a very useful one to know for players who already play the mencioned 4… Bc5 as the independient moves for white are not great. Maybe the best is 5. Nf3, what do you think? For the rest this is an excellent video.
Reaaly Instructive Video Sir... If possible, can u also try making videos on the right approach in dealing with openings like vienna opening, evans gambit, kings gambit, danish gambit etc.. (if u haven't yet)
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5:40 im crying.. it was xQc
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Very nice and helpful video . In the position on 22:54 , what if white plays Qc2 ? (somehow freeing the queen from the pin). White will have to move the knight and then he will lose the critical c6 pawn.
Black doesn't have to move the knight on Qc2. Qc5 is fine there it holds the pawn on c6 and prevents cxd5 because now the pawn on c4 is pinned to the queen. Other white Queen moves to break the pin don't work either. Qe4 would be met with f5 and other queen moves that break the pin would hang the pawn on c4 to Bxc4. All that being said the position is still close to level almost on any white move. They all seem about the same assessment wise.
Ok , than you sir@@robertplunkettschesslab
Crushing the Scotch Game
I want to defend against italian but most of the time it turns in to a scotch game is there a Gambit or something not so common so i can turn the game in to my hand
I'd just play the two knights. The scotch four knights has been known to be completely equal so I wouldn't worry about it...... but if you really want to avoid it Bc5 won't allow a reasonable d4 but you have to deal with the Evans gambit in that case. If you are an aggressive player I'd go with the two knights defence.
Have a look at the Lucchini and Rousseau Gambits against the Italian; they often transpose and are similar in idea to the Vienna (as white). They can be very powerful in respect to disrupting your opponent's plans in the Italian and offer quick attacks with many known traps.
For 4:21 why couldn’t you play queen to e5 instead of moving king?
White could just play f4 attacking the queen. The queen doesn't have a safe square that defends c7 after that. So after the queen moves the c7 pawn falls with check.
Why didn’t you capture the knight
If black takes the knight on d4 when the queen captures back the queen dominates the middle of the board. If black attacks the queen with c5 then black will have permanent weaknesses. The short answer is that after black takes the knight on d4 and white captures back white has an advantage. The position is very well known.
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See what?
5:45 thats a bad move
Worst possible move. LOL
@@robertplunkettschesslab i mean just developing that queen
@@wokkeredmi2193Nf6 is probably best but Qf6 isn't bad. Other moves are possible there but I wouldn't rank any of them clearly above any of the others. There is also the repertoire aspect to consider. Against Be3 instead of c3...Qf6 is really the best move. A lot of players don't feel like preparing two lines on the off chance someone will play c3 without Be3. The guys that want ....Nf6 to take advantage of c3 being in play will typically play Bb4 check instead of Bc5 and then retreat it to c5. So you can see this type of position a tempo down. It just depends what's in your preperation.
@@robertplunkettschesslab thank you for your answer
4/21/24. I didn't find your video helpful because I couldn't follow your description of the movements of the pieces fast enough. Instead of saying "rook e8, queen h5, knight g5, or whatever, please actually show the pieces on those squares.
If you want to learn from these videos perhaps you should set up a board next to you while watching or putting the recommended moves in a lichess study. Cuz if you struggle to visualize chess notation then you might be overstudying this opening for your rating
What was the aim to create this video? To end up at nothing?
The point of the video is just to show the current theory of the opening. Generally speaking that's the point of most of my videos. If the current theory says the position is equal then it's equal. So if you watch the video you will be informed and won't end up significantly worse.
to teach the reply for scotch.. with Black you first play equality right? instead getting down in opening itself
@@robertplunkettschesslab I thought the video was great 👌