I watched most of the videos on your channel and I have to say that this was one of the best "Inside My Head" ever. The way you present your mindset was extremely educational. Thank you very much for this.
Hey, thank you for this! Modern Benoni is my favorite opening! It all started with Gurgenidze-Tal, 1957 (probably the only game that I remember with year it was played). The opening looks like you want to play it queenside, but that g7 bishop easily jumps to d4 and suddenly starts staring straight at the king. This simple move is often overlooked by my opponents. I had plenty of enjoyable games, full of boomshki and carnage
I don't know how large your backlog is for coach reacts, but it would be interesting if you paired these series. For example if you had a coach react Benoni game then the viewer would have a direct comparison between your thoughts and the club player in a similar position. I know that would be very interesting to me at least.
I don't play the Benoni for black, I like KID and for white I play a mix d4 including the catalan, main lines of Benoni and KID. Still very usuful video to learn from, right away I saw that the move order in the example game this is how I normally get into a catalan but I realized that this can lead to the Benoni as well. And I never play the benoni with g3, very interesting and insightful. Thanks as always!
Rg4 is beautiful! I've loved The Modern Benoni since I saw the game from Spassky - Fischer 1972. If black gets counterplay as in these games or can exchange a couple of pieces and get it going on the queenside this is an opening that is a nice weapon even aginst good players. Just don't get overrun by f4, e5 (and sometimes then f5). 🙂 I'm nowadays avoiding it against 3. Nc3.
Hey man, I normally love your train of thought but not for openings. I can memorize games, but unless i play the same openings everytime i can't remember the model games. And it gets boring playing the same opening. I like to memorize the lines and play them in important games but i usually play random position and try to out calculate my opponents. This approach really helps me in Sicilian when the positions become wild and everyone is blundering every move. No amount of model games can help there.
Andras, fellow aussie hungarian here. Big fan. Two questions. Do you have patreon? Can i contact you somehow to try to get on amateurs mind? I don't use twitter
If you're for instance playing someone rated 1400 how does knowledge of grandmaster games help? Considering the opponent will most likely deviate early
It's not about the specific opening lines and move orders. It's about the middle games and the general plans in a given position. That is how studying gm games can help a 1400.
I watched most of the videos on your channel and I have to say that this was one of the best "Inside My Head" ever. The way you present your mindset was extremely educational. Thank you very much for this.
Thanks, Glad you enjoyed it!
YES!!! A BENONI VIDEO!!!! Andras, you're the best man :)
Cheers mate !
Benoni gang 💪
Hey, thank you for this! Modern Benoni is my favorite opening! It all started with Gurgenidze-Tal, 1957 (probably the only game that I remember with year it was played). The opening looks like you want to play it queenside, but that g7 bishop easily jumps to d4 and suddenly starts staring straight at the king. This simple move is often overlooked by my opponents. I had plenty of enjoyable games, full of boomshki and carnage
Yup, they Tal game is mental! He had a great feel for the Benoni
I don't know how large your backlog is for coach reacts, but it would be interesting if you paired these series. For example if you had a coach react Benoni game then the viewer would have a direct comparison between your thoughts and the club player in a similar position. I know that would be very interesting to me at least.
I don't know what you mean. In the coach reacts he already states what he thinks about this position and what he would have done etc
I don't play the Benoni for black, I like KID and for white I play a mix d4 including the catalan, main lines of Benoni and KID. Still very usuful video to learn from, right away I saw that the move order in the example game this is how I normally get into a catalan but I realized that this can lead to the Benoni as well. And I never play the benoni with g3, very interesting and insightful. Thanks as always!
My pleasure, glad you liked it. Indeed the Benoni can be a lot of fun!
2 very dynamic games with sacrifice, thanks to an anchor game ! Useful explanations. Thank you !
Thank you for this! Been looking for more Benoni/Benko content.
I commonly face Bf4 instead of Nd2 and I struggle against it a lot
Qe7 and then Ng4-e5 is very effective
Rg4 is beautiful! I've loved The Modern Benoni since I saw the game from Spassky - Fischer 1972. If black gets counterplay as in these games or can exchange a couple of pieces and get it going on the queenside this is an opening that is a nice weapon even aginst good players. Just don't get overrun by f4, e5 (and sometimes then f5). 🙂 I'm nowadays avoiding it against 3. Nc3.
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Hey man, I normally love your train of thought but not for openings. I can memorize games, but unless i play the same openings everytime i can't remember the model games. And it gets boring playing the same opening.
I like to memorize the lines and play them in important games but i usually play random position and try to out calculate my opponents.
This approach really helps me in Sicilian when the positions become wild and everyone is blundering every move. No amount of model games can help there.
I an apply this immediately.
Hi andraz. Big fan. Can you please do some kings indian defence speedrun or some videos where you play it against an opponent.
This game is not "Oh boy...checkino sackarino matino" but "pino pino pinocchio!", Rg4 is a marvel :))))
Andras, fellow aussie hungarian here. Big fan. Two questions. Do you have patreon? Can i contact you somehow to try to get on amateurs mind? I don't use twitter
Hello Andras! How long will it take for your black repertoire to be released? Thank you 😊 I’m looking forward to it
I also destroy my opponents inside my head :(
:):)
In the last game, after fxe5 Bxe5, what would you have done if he had responded Bf4 instead of Rf3?
Do I just pick a random game from the database or should i look for famous games?
If you're for instance playing someone rated 1400 how does knowledge of grandmaster games help? Considering the opponent will most likely deviate early
It's not about the specific opening lines and move orders. It's about the middle games and the general plans in a given position. That is how studying gm games can help a 1400.
Am 1600 elo. What does it take to become a chess master?🤔😇
600-700 Elo
Andras has a UA-cam series on this topic exactly. Just look around