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Love these speedrun videos!! Thank you!!

in the nimzowitsch defence you ran into the greek gift but a version that doesn't work. Nxd6, Qxd6, Bxh7, Kxh7, Ng5+, Kg6! but if Kg8 then black is lost. how do you know this position is ok for black? i'm always paranoid when white has this piece configuration and there is not some obvious defence like a knight being able to come to f6 to guard the mate or a bishop being able to guard the h7 square at the end of the line. also, some of the positions with Kg6 are winning for white and some are winning for black. i guess the only way to know is too look at concrete variations. as white i think its easier if you a pawn on e5 or have not castled so you can start throwing the h-pawn down the board.

Glad to see a vid w/the speedrun...previous one was a while ago.

Thank you, - very educational!!! How do you position FourKnight vs Nimzowitsch Sicilian? Is one more suitable for beginners then the other? Maybe different recommendations depending on the rating? Thanks,

Final game Rh4++😅

Semi-Slav Chessable course incoming?

Thank you Nate!💯

Did you actually teach us anything about calculating?

How long would it take you to calculate all of this?

Hey Nate!

Very Nice

Great speedrun so far! Getting more resistance is a good practical test for the 200 repertoire.

Someone calls Kramnik on this guy

I like how you present, keep it simple, very well done

Really loved that game against the poor loser. I paused the video a few times during your kingside attack and found the same moves you played so that was really satisfying. I would’ve played Bb8, but not sure if it was the best move. Also: brings back so many memories of walking back and forth the hall to extend the baby’s sleep.

havent seen the analysis but Rxa4 Rxa4 Qxa4 Qxb7 Qd1+ Kh2 Nxf2 doesnt work as Qc1+ Kh7 Qf5+ drops a piece on top of e6 coming, that was quite a swindle

London is on my short list of most obnoxious openings to face. And it's all anyone ever plays these days.

for the Bg5 line if inserting h6 Bh4 even more powerful, then Nxc6 bxc6 e5 Bb4 exf Qa5 black is not just worse but straight up lost, one of the fave tricks. another similar lines always Rb8 currently learning your Nf3 100 rep loving the coverage, the rev grunfeld lines after c4 you opted Nc3 and allow Bb4 seems immediate Qa5 is much more forceful and scores massive. Look forward to testing it more

I like the 3…c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 a6 line. Seems to just end up being a nice and slow game with no tricks after that.

42:44 I actually find it really helpful to see these kinds of endgame conversions where even if I don't play a particular opening that you do, I'll still watch the endgame because it's nice to see some instructive chess about these practical endgames. And it's also refreshing to hear that even titled players can be a little shakey on their own endgame conversion skills lol. So I do still appreciate the "boring" endgame play.

Awesome - just bought the nf3 course. It would be great to get a universal black system based on the same framework as your nf3 course.

Ok, saving some screenshots for some timely memes on twitter…

Love the clean early response to the Jobava. I'm looking forward to test-driving these ideas the next time someone decides to play it!

I find i clash with opening principles alot, like no way do i think the opponent should have castled kingside at 16:50. i would have absolutely jumped on rook g8 and queen g4 @18:00 going dor that checkmate. I find castling makes a king unsafer alot of times, i probably would have kept my king in the middle maybe just f8 @20:40 so the rook has that g file.

Love your course. Thank you💪💯❤️

Some 900-1100s are pretty angry, but I muted chat and haven't looked back.

I just won straight up 11 games, and my wintate as black is 87%. Nimzo sicilian OP

This was excellent! Thanks for sharing!

Simple & strong. Thank you!

You mentioned using the Semi-Slav against 1.d4, are you ever going to make a course like a 100 Repertoires about the Semi-Slav?

Love your courses and this video series. One comment, though - when you review the game with the eval bar, the screen moves and we only see the first 6 columns.

Good job, love the explanations !

33:29 LOL If only you guys knew what was coming a few months after this session...

During the game review, the H file was off screwn

Is there a chance we get an endgame series in the future?

11:55 why you don t take the knight?!

Good job, thanks !

Cool position to play as white, go Nate !

Make more vedio on London

Is there a chance to play the caro on a future speedrun?

play rapid

These are amazing!

thank you

Glad I stumbled on this video. I learned a lot with it. Thanks 👍🏻

Nate is a gifted teacher. He is able to communicate his thoughts in a way that helps someone unfamiliar with the material come away understanding it.

Great content and good emphasis on not only the courses and openings but also basic chess principles

Taimonov?

Great stuff! I've been studying the Four Knight Sicilian with IM SIelecki's "My First Opening Repertoire for Black" course on chessable, so apparently, he also thought it was good for beginners 🙂 I really enjoy it for all the qualities you point out: You don't have to remember all the much (knights on natural squares, pin the knight on c3, and push d5 at the right time), e6 avoids a lot of attacking f7 nonsense from white, and there are some Qa5+ tricks that can get you an early lead. Also if they don't play into the open sicilian, which they often don't at the beginner level,, the setup is principled and still works well for lots of other responses.

Needed this!!

Most of the time White won't commit to an Open Sicilian at all, just some dumb Bowdler and McDonell stuff