Learn the French Defense | 10-Minute Chess Openings
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I play French defence and after 10 moves I transition into French Revolution where all my pieces abandon my King and I lose.
Damn
Looooolll
Wow bro .... that’s very funny
Underrated
But at the end of it are they an equal liberal fraternity?
Everyone is a gangsta until opponent plays a weird moves
The hardest people to play are the ones who don't know what they're doing***
@@scotteady2848 yes 🤣
The opponent plays weird moves, you think noob and try to punish, but turns out they know the theory and destroy your position out of nowhere
@@gray_gogy i- how did you just describe me in one sentence
@@theirtheyrethere7946 haha, poor chess players think alike
I tried french defense. I was winning....
But I played on Winter against a russian player. The end was clear
Underrated comment... lol
then just play mongolian cavalry attack
@@mrhawk2051 or the bolshevik infiltration
It must have been the French attack then
Genius comment
Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
1:00 Advanced French
4:30 Exchange
5:40 Main lines (Nc3)
5:55 Steiniz variation
6:13 Winawer
6:30 Cutting back on studying (taking on e4)
6:45 Rubenstein
7:05 Fortnox
7:55 Mentioning more theoretical variations
Godspeed
Levvy should pin this
Not every hero wear capes
bless you
7:05 Fort Knox
Alternative Rock.
I enjoyed this introduction to the French. I played the clubs in NYC for a bit and while I didn't know book, I would often hear my opponent saying "Oh, the French." Which I thought was odd because I was born in Kansas.
Lol nice
We're not in Kansas anymore
Wait until the enemy runs around your prepared defenses through densely wooded areas once thought impassable.
well done
Wooden shield
This comment is underrated
holy ardennes
Then suddenly u got encircled
thank you, such an underrated master, and a very good teacher, been winning lots of games with this.
Why isn't he a GM?
pianosenzanima He’s an IM, GM is the next rank.
Whats your Lichess ID?
@@steelisrael3461 I use chess.com
@@pianosenzanima1 he had a really good quote for why he isn’t actually. It went something along the lines of “I’ve got a great UA-cam channel, a good Twitch channel, and a great audience, everything is going well. Why would I sacrifice all that for a different letter in my name?”
So advance variation in chess means that you advance stuff,not that its more in depth?
Mind Blown🤯🤯
Haha, I had the same thoughts
Yes. Advance Variation, not Advanced Variation.
@@rosiefay7283 literally didnt realize this until i read this comment
You have to be highly intelligent to play advanced variations.
I had no idea, so thank you for this comment!
"Nikita Vitiugov is an exceptional French player" --- i was confused because he is Russian until i remembered we are talking about the French defense
People that play the French defence exchange variation are the same people who order their steaks well-done
Let them eat Pork Tartare.
Ok well done steak is wrong but WHO EATS RARE STEAK ITS ALMOST STILL FROLICKING IN THE FEILD! WHY?
People who play the exchange French have an IQ close to Room Temp
@@vikramkrishnan6414 I play the exchange var. Is this some kind of a joke?
@@semicolonisimportant1330 The reason you play it is exactly why French players don't want you to play it.
I’m around 900 rated in rapid, but it’s very satisfying to learn chess, naturally play these early moves that you are going through, figure out there’s a name for it, then research it, and then hear you talking about the theory behind it! More importantly, I’m learning some new key concepts in these positions that’ll help me improve! Thanks man!
Now ur elo is ???
Back to chess after many years not playing since I taught my son who now hovers between a rapid elo 2200 and 2300 and has developed watching your channel and through other self study games. Trying to master the French and this is my go to for a quick reminder of the lines. When I have some more time and hopefully in better health I will strongly consider one of your paid courses. Thank you for your channel content its great!
I finally realize who he reminds me of...
Edward Snowden
kootenpv Ironically, he is Russian. lol
This is my first time seeing one of his videos and that was totally my first impression as well.
Levy reminds me of Romeo from PJ Masks.
@boy lasagna He was talking about Levy, not Snowden
He is a dead ringer for Trotsky
"French defense, exchange variation: The shame!"
- Mikhail Tal
I was humiliated by French Defence and that’s why I’m here
We all learn this way brother
i like how quickly you go through it because it allows me to see all the variations and what to play but forces me to think about it deeper on my own
I get this weird feeling that he doesn’t care about my favorite genre of music. It’s prog rock, dude. Thanks for teaching.
At around 3:03, don’t take the rook after Qb2, your queen will get trapped. I learned this the hard way.
Thanks
How is that possible? 0-0,Qb2,Nd2,Qc6 black is good
I always enjoyed chess, but never played seriously and thus never strategized, so I usually lost. Two weeks ago, I could never beat a rank 600 AI. But after watching your videos, and practicing the French Defense, I not only won the game, I dominated the entire time. You are a great teacher, and after I master the French Defense, I think I'll move on to the Sicilian!
Great to see this type of content and can't wait to see more
For me the ten minute format is great. Not too complex but it gives us some idea of what to expect and what we can do. I also appreciate the positivity which is invested into the vids. Good job.
Levy your videos are the best to learn from. Using your variation, along with the advance and exchange variation has rocketed my rating from the low 700s to high 800s. The more I use the French the more confident I become with refuting White’s attacks. Thank you!
I’m really enjoying these 10 minute openings. Great overviews and things for me to think about and try out. Thanks.
Love the 10 min opening videos!! Especially good for people who have some experience with them and want to hear the highlights
This was a great way for me to get the gist of an opening system. It's nice to see the most common lines in a concise manner that I can experiment with in my own play. Many other such videos make my eyes glaze over, but this practical approach is very good!
imagine theres a opening name the German attack lol
Classic Rock, RandB, Blues, and lots of new stuff too. Keep these coming. Thanks.
Came across you on twitch, see this amazing content with great content and I'm here to stay and learn.
New sub, finally lmao. Been on and off the board for a few years. Thanks for everything you're doing here!!!!
All your 10 minute opening lessons are very helpful. Thank You!
I love your concept on your Rozman French Defense. Easy to memorize, I’m gonna use this against e4. Thanks!
Nice way to describe the moves with the theory. I played chess in the 70's and was rated around 1980. I played Walter Browne in one tournament in New Haven in 1975. Now I'm teaching my son to play. He wants to play the French defense.
Walter Browne! The brownster
What you on now?
I'm currently learning about openings. I vaguely know some openings, so thank you for going indepth!
Just a big thank you for the videos and streams and courses. This video + the D4 Dynamite have helped me go from high 900s to low 1200s in the past 60 days. Cheers man!
Love your videos. I would love to see a video on how to capitalize the attack with all the pawns when castled opposite sides!
Really love the way you explain, not only this video but also another ones in 10-minute opening. Expect everyday
The French Defence is actually to just resign after 1. e4
Really enjoy your videos and personality Levi! Keep up the great instructional work!
Really good explanation of the advanced variation, went into my game and just focused on applying pressure on the pawn structure and won an easy game!
I like these ten minute opening videos, they provide a quick overview of an opening.
I like classical and heavy metal
Thanks for the french defense lesson. It's my favourite opening as black.
those are very very different music styles lmao
Great video! I'd love if you created a French defense course. Also, my favorite genre of music is classic rock (Zeppelin, The Who, etc.)
Love the 10 minute videos! Fav genere old time Rock and Roll
My personal favorite is the Orthoschnapp gambit for white. It’s honestly a really nice position if you also sac your d-pawn temporarily for the open e-file 👌🏼. Would recommend.
It’s like -1.5/-2 for black but even as a 16/1700 I’ve won correspondence games and even an otb classical tournament game (admittedly they declined, presumably out of genuine shock and fear)
This really leads to sharp games for French Defense, Nice
Wow! In the classical, I love the solid approach idea of just taking on e4 and getting a simple Scandinavian - Caro Kann pawn structure with e6 and c6. The Fort Knox is also very clever, getting rid of that darn French bishop. Thank you!
I love your openings. they are very easy and short. thanks
Mine is punk ! great! I had always wanted to know what to do after a different movement from the four basic ones (advanced, exchanged, classical and Tarrasch).
Hi Levy,
Could you develop a serious of videos on middle games for King's Indian, French, Italian, King's gambit, English, London and so on? I use the above openings as my main repertoire, and know them pretty well, but often get unstuck in the middle game, as I struggle for ideas after transitioning from the opening.
Yours in hope,
An avid chess player and fan of your content
Classical Choral music. Anything by Ola Gjeilo, Paul Mealor, Arvo Pärt, Francis Poulenc, or Benjamin Britten is a good place to start for some more modern stuff that pops off pretty consistently.
Thank you Levy, for helping me think in chess better. Seeing forks and pins has increased my capture rate. I’m subbing on twitch soon
Super clear, great to learn. I like jazz with muted trumpet and techno if drinking coffee. Thanks GothamChess!
Excellent french defence video levy thanks alot
thank you for the video Levy, I learned alot and I loved it very much!!!!!
Thanks, Levy, for another great video. You asked what else we'd like to see. I'd vote for a 10-minute opening video on the Tarrasch Defense! Thanks!
Really solid 💯 really love the Baguette defense
Very nice video! I appreciate how time efficient it is. I'm going to check out your others now. My music favorite is indie pop/rock, which is pretty wide-ranging in itself, really.
You are a god. I'd pay for a chessable course for the french or really any opening guide with video. The move trainer is quite helpful
I'm hoping he does one on Chessable someday!
Hey levy thank you for this I praticed this opening with the bots and now its helping me in my games its really useful opening
Hi Levy! Really like the 10 minute instructional videos, sir! I also really like your picture in The Pirates of the Caribbean
You are awesome!! Thank you, great video and very well explained!!
All your videos are neatly categorized on Lichess which I find cool. I learned the London for white and now I'm learning an opening for black.
Kinda of a newbie over here, got to 1200-1300 all thanks to your videos (many thanks)... maybe this would sound too dumb... but it would be nice a video of what openings are counters for other openings, or work best against it.
Also, i started playing tournaments and blitz, and it would be nice a video about openings for that could work better for speed chess.
Another thing i think it would be usefull is a video of transposing openings.
I learnt caro kann, scandinavian, dragon sicilian, closed sicilian, sicilian, english, traxler, liver attack, king's indian, pirc, dutch (classical, and leningrad), london, queen's gambit, vienna's gambit, evans gambit, stafford gambit, danish gambit, and sometimes i've got by instinct to other openings.... Oh and now french.
Love the 10 minute videos. Favourite music genre is Heavy rock/metal!
“You need to know a bit of theory otherwise this stuff is gonna look a bit strange to you…” story of my chess life.
Thankyou! you are a brilliant teacher and communicator, lively, likeable, not up your own ****. Keep it up!
the 10 minute videos are cool and i like watching them. my favorite genre of music is a stalemate between rock and rap.
@5:15
Thank tou for the tip: "Queenside Castling".
The "Exchange French" generally boggles my mind as do most other symetrucal positions. Usually, I just am unable to develope a plan. I like the plan of "pawn storming".
Man you are grinding! Awesome videos
Classical, alternative, some rock
Very nice, thanks for the video!
This video was short and informative. Well done !
Fantastic videos, clear and concise
Classical. Preferably solo piano works. Especially Beethoven and Claude Debussy
*_French defense? Wouldn't you lose because they would surrender immediately?_*
I've always liked speedcore and EDM quite a lot. Recently, I've been into certain Japanese songs as well, particularly Nanahira songs.
As a French player i enjoyed this video. It really gives the main idea and pushes you to investigate the theory further. Mellow Jazz and a half pint of scotch please.
the 10 minute videos are great! and rock/hip hop are tied for my #1 favorite genre of music !
These 10 mins opening intros are great! Fav. genre of music...RnB!
Great instruction, I like the 10 minute format. Thank you.
Hip/Hop and Rock. Really enjoying your 10 minute opening videos. Could you make one on the Benoni defense or the Benko Gambit?
Heavy Metal and Classic Rock. Great video as always!
When I hear ask a question in the end you always remind me of Ray William Johns from equals 3. Kinda nostalgic :)
Once again, Levy, I think you're very easily one of the best chess teachers/coaches out there. There is a world of difference between being able to play well and being able to teach well, and you're exceptional at both.
I would like to say, though, anyone learning the French, once you're comfortable with it, Johnathan Schrantz made a video about a variation of the Advance French (1. e4, e6; 2. d4, d5; 3. e5, c5) that is really sharp, and can easily be fumbled, but it will catch a lot of people sleeping if you get it down. In my experience with it, most players don't have a deep enough repertoire against the French to defend against it. But...I wouldn't even watch the video until you're already comfortable with the French in general.
ua-cam.com/video/BnzcN6KVJqo/v-deo.html
If anyone is interested. Happy playing.
Thanks dude, this was very helpful
So anything anywhere associated in any way with the french is just absolute chaos and madness? Got it.
Decided I ought to learn the Advance variation because I play the Scandinavian and sometimes these guys are like "no thx" and they push e5 and then I gotta do the French or the Caro-Kann and since I judge things by their name alone the French sounded less intimidating to learn.
Thanks Levi, you're a great teacher. This is now my favourite opening for black. :)
Whenever someone defends with the French we say, Sacre Bleu!
Man Ty for these videos
i like your videos cuz u explain very clearly and easy to understand :)
I'm listen to all genres o music n appreciate all in different ways but i would say i love listening to classical, electronic and jazz...those are my top 3
Thanx for the explonaition of the french I like your video's
Heavy metal.
The french defense is my favorite opening defense as black. I learned it through Simon William's "Killer French" videos. This video does a fair job of covering the main idea in a concise way, nicely done.
So much heard about french defense but never really understood.
This guy know how to explain
As a French Player, I love this.
When I played tournaments, I used the Pirc as my surprise and the French as my forever. I once heard the French described as similar to a vacuum cleaner. It soaks up all the pressure and you are left with a slightly better endgame in many cases. I found this to be true.
Always learning from you man.
In daily activities I listen to something like post rock music. But my main interest is classic or jazz.
And thanks a lot for your great brief introduction
I have a question. What are the advantages of this opening over the caro kann? To my scrub eyes, it just looked like a more cramped version of the ck.
as a complete beginner, for me the french feels more attacking than the Carro Kann, especially in the advanced variation of the c-k it feels very much clogged for black
@@NakasDougen I've played a bit of the caro kann and it really does feel cramped. Have no experience with the french because the main perceptible difference to me is that you don't get your light squared bishop outside of the pawn chain and you get to play c5 in one move. Due to the bishop being stuck, I always figured the advance french would feel more cramped than the advance caro. There must some difference making the french so popular, but I'm not sure exactly what it is. What makes the French feel more attacking to you?
I always return to my trusty sicilian dragon.
@@tongpoo8985 I am a french player and I have had a lot of succsses with this opening .Let me first explain why the french is not bad according to your dislikes
1.About the bishop on c8 ,yes its bad ,its cramped but in my experience you just put it on d7 to shield the king from checks[ the bd3 discovery trick ] I can understand why its not the best bishop but it is certainly not the worst .The bishop can be traded on b5 or fianchettoed .Its not the worst really .
2.The french being cramped is its whole idea .What I mean by this is that whites pawns espicially on e5 and d4 occupy more space and thus are naturally futher advanced which is why you undermine with c5 or f6 .Often times this applies pressure on whites postion more than he would like .This often compensates for the lack of space as you will have just enough space to develop you queen side pieces which is what you want to do in the french I will explain later about how to develop the king side pieces .
WHY I LIKE THE FRENCH
1. EASY DEVELOPMENT
blacks way of developing is the same almost always on e5 . Queen on b6 Night on c6 Rook on c8 Bishop on d7 or b7 and the pawns lined up to attack on d4 .The king side pieces
Ok I have enjoyed this setup throughly Knight from h6 [ if they capture then the g file is open and they cant safely castle ] to f5 , bishop to e 7 and castles the roook on f8 doesn't active till endgame the most important H5 H4 and I am not kidding this setup completely restricts the king side attack as well as being defended very well .
ND2/NC3
I prefer to take and go for bd7 bc6 bf3 c6 .This defence is very solid and they should think before saying that they can defeat this variation .Its very good .
2. UNEXPECTED OPENING
Most players will study the sicilian or the ruy but the french will be completely unexpected that paired with you a prepared opponent is awesome
3. EASY STUDYING
If you stick to the simple lines with take on e4 followed by bd7 you need to study less then the average compared to playing the caro or esspicially the sicilian .There is another ppoint that there are less gambits to study .Often time gambits are complicated and are hard to study but the french has....................one that is the bb2 line no hilberry attack or nothing while the sicilian has quite a bit honestly and the caro has hilberry which is rare but is needed for studying .
4. EASY PIECE ACTIVITY AND PRESSURE
The french is just easy and fun to play with your peices as well as putting A LOT of pressure on white. I would not like to be white and be pressured like this .
Anyway the french just suits my style , you might have a different one .
Thank you so much for the video, I play much better defense now! I was wondering if anybody got a tip for when white brings the bishop to support the center pawn as well? It happened to me a few times, making it so that I am not winning the trade anymore. Anyone got tips?
8:27 curiosly I have Vitiugov book "the french reloaded". Got It cheap in a used book store. I'm trying to read It too.