Me: "Alright, it looks like I have what I need." Stjpepan: "Before I finish the video, I'm going to show you two games by Magnus Carlson." Me: "Listening..."
I think I got the engine's idea of 13:48. Obviously I am too far from be an engine, but I made this plan looking for the position before you showed the arrows and the arrows just made me more confident. It all comes to the pawn of e5. It is attacked by a knight and a bishop and defended twice (queen and knight). White has the option to add a third attacker (moving the other knight to c4), but black can add two more defenders moving the bishop to d6. If black's black bishop is in d6 and white's knight is in c4, it would be possible to exchange. But the knight is way better than the enclosed bishop. Is important to point that black's queen occupies the same diagonal as clack bishop. So once you remove the this pawn you will be threatening the queen. Also, White's white bishop isn't really good. Even though it is a battery, it aims the wrong side of the board. It should point to the castled side. So my idea was : Maneuver the bishop to the diagonal that skew the rook through the knight (a4, b5, c6, d7, e8 diagonal). You can do it retreating it to c2 and then moving to a4. Or moving pawn e4 to support b5 square. Once the bishop gets there (a4 or b5), it would pin the d7 knight allowing white to capture the e5 pawn, since the queen would be defending it. If you capture with the f3 knight, you just added a new attacker to black's d7 knight and is threatening a discovered attack against the queen, since black's queen is in the same diagonal of white's white bishop. Obviously, blacks wouldn't allow it that easy and that's why the advantage is no so big by the engine. But I think it justifies white's advantage here.
Thank you Stjepan, great content, fully instructive. Besides i really like the way you structure your videos. PS: Scheveningen is written with c between s and h :) Best regards !
@@HenryMcCraken4 I know some players at that level and they can play much more complex games also some suspect games in 10+10 simul games. Fine with a engine but struggles finding moves alone. Resorts back when bad eval I really enjoyed his opening work but very weak middle game not like even 1700... Something weird going on or maybe it's me. Although if that's almost master level I'm quite inspired I could do that:)
@@danhub2700 I'm rated only 1100 uscf rn because of lack of opportunity, although I am playing in two cash tournaments in the upcoming month and a half I play openings quite well, it's a matter of simply getting positions you like, not a matter of getting an advantage. his games are plenty complex, but his reluctence to use engines allows only what he sees to be brought up whereas an engine might help us realize just how deep it was. His games are rarely all that suspect, the occasional bad game yes, but overall his strength is easily that of a FM or CM. edging towards IM
I castle Queen side playing as white and pressure the position on Blacks Queenside and this opens the king side because they need help to prevent me from flanking around
I believe that white's better at 14.22 simply because white's black squared bishop is a lot better placed, while black's black square bishop is rather restricted by the pawn structure.
Why do you need an advantage when you play the london? Isn't just an opening to gain an equal position against black with playing mostly the same moves and set up?
I play QID with d6 and not d5. Very drawing but easy equality out of the opening. If White doesn’t play h3 on move 5 be sure to play Nh5 and get the Bishop pair.
I play Nf6-Grunfeld against d4. In view of your changed plan on opening videos can would you be able to complete that or point me to a good material to play against the london?
Is Grunfeld really nice for Ya? Sorry for 2 year late reply. I feel playing Queen's Indian defense or Nimzo (if in case of Nc3) is better actually by comparing when I played Grunfeld and these two.
I've watched and research countless videos and played over a 1000 games on lichess. I'm actually getting a worse player. How is this possible? I need help.
Plumpi Strumpi 1 month ago Chess is a great hobby, and as any other hobby it shoud be approached without a competitive intent. Unless, of course, you are a talent and can compete for the highest rankings. It can be very dangerous to devote your time, a slice of your life, to chess, thinking that you can become a master. It is a war in miniature, you know, and as in any war there are winners and losers. What if you are a loser? What is if your talent is just not enough to make you a winner? You will experience a great deal of frustration, and maybe you will regret having spent so much time trying to be one of the best. Maybe you should just go out and have a nice walk with your loved one, and play chess as a complement to your day. TL;DR: competitive chess can drive you mad, be careful when setting your life goals :-)
NO system works for White to win since chess is a forced draw and the London makes it very easy for Black to draw every game which wins the world title in a match as they only have to win once for White.
Chess is a great hobby, and as any other hobby it shoud be approached without a competitive intent. Unless, of course, you are a talent and can compete for the highest rankings. It can be very dangerous to devote your time, a slice of your life, to chess, thinking that you can become a master. It is a war in miniature, you know, and as in any war there are winners and losers. What if you are a loser? What is if your talent is just not enough to make you a winner? You will experience a great deal of frustration, and maybe you will regret having spent so much time trying to be one of the best. Maybe you should just go out and have a nice walk with your loved one, and play chess as a complement to your day. TL;DR: competitive chess can drive you mad, be careful when setting your life goals :-)
Thank you Stjepan. Even 4 years later I've learned to play this opening from your videos mostly and it's been good for me :)
Amazing series on the London System - really clear and concise. It should have alot more views
Stjepan, thank you very much for this extensive presentation!
Me: "Alright, it looks like I have what I need."
Stjpepan: "Before I finish the video, I'm going to show you two games by Magnus Carlson."
Me: "Listening..."
I think I got the engine's idea of 13:48. Obviously I am too far from be an engine, but I made this plan looking for the position before you showed the arrows and the arrows just made me more confident.
It all comes to the pawn of e5. It is attacked by a knight and a bishop and defended twice (queen and knight). White has the option to add a third attacker (moving the other knight to c4), but black can add two more defenders moving the bishop to d6. If black's black bishop is in d6 and white's knight is in c4, it would be possible to exchange. But the knight is way better than the enclosed bishop.
Is important to point that black's queen occupies the same diagonal as clack bishop. So once you remove the this pawn you will be threatening the queen.
Also, White's white bishop isn't really good. Even though it is a battery, it aims the wrong side of the board. It should point to the castled side. So my idea was :
Maneuver the bishop to the diagonal that skew the rook through the knight (a4, b5, c6, d7, e8 diagonal). You can do it retreating it to c2 and then moving to a4. Or moving pawn e4 to support b5 square. Once the bishop gets there (a4 or b5), it would pin the d7 knight allowing white to capture the e5 pawn, since the queen would be defending it.
If you capture with the f3 knight, you just added a new attacker to black's d7 knight and is threatening a discovered attack against the queen, since black's queen is in the same diagonal of white's white bishop.
Obviously, blacks wouldn't allow it that easy and that's why the advantage is no so big by the engine. But I think it justifies white's advantage here.
Thank you for sharing. Greatly appreciated.
Very clear explanations for the rationale behind each move. It is extremely important. Your teaching style is excellent. Thank you very much!
Great video! Super instructive
Thank you Stjepan, great content, fully instructive. Besides i really like the way you structure your videos. PS: Scheveningen is written with c between s and h :) Best regards !
These are next level man. Thank you
You rock, Thanks for everything
great job, brother 💛
Stephen it was totally awesome
Will there be another session on London system
Curiously I find it useful to go over my games with the engine. But I do have a salt shaker on my desk at all times.
Great explanation of the London which I like to play.. lots to learn
Thanks for the insights!
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS AND CHANNEL!!!!
Cool video!
Good stuff!
How does someone learn this variation. I cant seem to find anything good aside from this video on how to play the Queens indian vs the london
well done !!
You are the best.
He is quite bad at chess considering the amount of content he puts out!? But these videos are good if you can play chess.
@@danhub2700 um....I don't think you understand just how hard 1900 FIDE is...that is around 2100 USCF, and thus he is basically a national master.
@@HenryMcCraken4 I know some players at that level and they can play much more complex games also some suspect games in 10+10 simul games. Fine with a engine but struggles finding moves alone. Resorts back when bad eval
I really enjoyed his opening work but very weak middle game not like even 1700... Something weird going on or maybe it's me. Although if that's almost master level I'm quite inspired I could do that:)
@@danhub2700 I'm rated only 1100 uscf rn because of lack of opportunity, although I am playing in two cash tournaments in the upcoming month and a half I play openings quite well, it's a matter of simply getting positions you like, not a matter of getting an advantage. his games are plenty complex, but his reluctence to use engines allows only what he sees to be brought up whereas an engine might help us realize just how deep it was. His games are rarely all that suspect, the occasional bad game yes, but overall his strength is easily that of a FM or CM. edging towards IM
@@HenryMcCraken4 what is your rating? If it is low that'll explain why you judge so highly?
I castle Queen side playing as white and pressure the position on Blacks Queenside and this opens the king side because they need help to prevent me from flanking around
I believe that white's better at 14.22 simply because white's black squared bishop is a lot better placed, while black's black square bishop is rather restricted by the pawn structure.
Swietne robisz lekcje!!!!!
It might be said that Queens indian set up is one of the best to fight london system?
there is a move Qf3
Why do you need an advantage when you play the london? Isn't just an opening to gain an equal position against black with playing mostly the same moves and set up?
I find that against the London, it is better to play 2...b6, 3...Bb7 so that they can't play 4.Qf3.
Love ur video....i m new subscriber ur channel..
What would you say is the best reply to the London System? The KID? The QID or the modern? Or something else?
I play QID with d6 and not d5. Very drawing but easy equality out of the opening. If White doesn’t play h3 on move 5 be sure to play Nh5 and get the Bishop pair.
@@fazzolarijames true
Stepan you refer to your game against FIDE Master, which of your uploads is this game ?
Good Shit
Openings are basic now since anyone can play perfectly. Everyone talks about openings all day yet says they don't matter. Tactics is what wins games.
But you can't always get to tactics without strategy.
I play Nf6-Grunfeld against d4. In view of your changed plan on opening videos can would you be able to complete that or point me to a good material to play against the london?
Is Grunfeld really nice for Ya? Sorry for 2 year late reply. I feel playing Queen's Indian defense or Nimzo (if in case of Nc3) is better actually by comparing when I played Grunfeld and these two.
@spiralfireball8663 Nimzo is unplayable against London & Colle tho. But you can still apply Grunfeld ideas against London & Colle.
I've watched and research countless videos and played over a 1000 games on lichess. I'm actually getting a worse player. How is this possible? I need help.
Plumpi Strumpi
1 month ago
Chess is a great hobby, and as any other hobby it shoud be approached without a competitive intent. Unless, of course, you are a talent and can compete for the highest rankings. It can be very dangerous to devote your time, a slice of your life, to chess, thinking that you can become a master. It is a war in miniature, you know, and as in any war there are winners and losers. What if you are a loser? What is if your talent is just not enough to make you a winner? You will experience a great deal of frustration, and maybe you will regret having spent so much time trying to be one of the best. Maybe you should just go out and have a nice walk with your loved one, and play chess as a complement to your day. TL;DR: competitive chess can drive you mad, be careful when setting your life goals :-)
@@prakasavigraha6104 There's a lot of wisdom in what you say.
@@edmondzeldin7036 There is wisdom in the words for sure. They are not mine though. i was quoting Plumpi Strumpi as I thought it was good advice.
NO system works for White to win since chess is a forced draw and the London makes it very easy for Black to draw every game which wins the world title in a match as they only have to win once for White.
Chess is a great hobby, and as any other hobby it shoud be approached without a competitive intent. Unless, of course, you are a talent and can compete for the highest rankings. It can be very dangerous to devote your time, a slice of your life, to chess, thinking that you can become a master. It is a war in miniature, you know, and as in any war there are winners and losers. What if you are a loser? What is if your talent is just not enough to make you a winner? You will experience a great deal of frustration, and maybe you will regret having spent so much time trying to be one of the best. Maybe you should just go out and have a nice walk with your loved one, and play chess as a complement to your day. TL;DR: competitive chess can drive you mad, be careful when setting your life goals :-)