♟️Thanks for the repertoire! I really appreciate the plan based approach you took instead of the variation dumps I usually see on UA-cam.♟️ Looking forward to your next videos!😁
Lovely video. My current main response to e5 on move 1 is the four knights, based on GM Gonzalez’s excellent Chessable repertoire. A lot of his ideas are similar here, but there are also more and slightly different approaches and explanations in your excellent analysis. Always a joy to watch you!
@@Robertl-xz6ylThe chessable course is good too but a bit imbalanced since the Symmetrical 4...Bb4 gets almost as much coverage as all other fourth moves combined. I think Colovic's videos are sufficient if you consult a database or engine to answer any "why not this move?" questions. Fwiw since you asked, i am 2100 uscf. GL 💪
@ thanks for the stuff you put on UA-cam. Currently trying to work through your 1.e4 simplified on Chessable! It’s challenging for a 1650 patzer like me but I’m sticking with it 👍
Great video as always. I love this style of opening discussion with how creative yet simple it is. Personally, I clicked on this video because I expected it to be a 4 knights scotch as white, and even though it wasn't it was a very useful and great video. What do you suggest for black after 4 knights scotch?
In the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.f4 Ng4 we have the move h3 which helps me a lot to give me a lot of short wins but your move is a very easy way to have a objective advantage. Thanks for the awesome video!!!
Congrats on your fast wins! :) Yes, I know about h3, Black has ...Bb4 and I've looked at these options, but the reason I avoided this line is because while "trappy" and can lead to fast wins, if Black is ready White really has nothing. So I preferred the other line, with more long-term prospects.
Very nice foundation to play the 4.N"s If I watched this before a tournament game. I could play it. It always seemed weird to me that basically all the classical openings continued being used from the 1940's onward but the 4n's kinda vanished 4...Nd4 5.0-0 c6 7.Bd3 looks interesting. When I played 4N"s i used 5.Bc4 but was never happy. 10:54 Bonus coverage of the Two Knights line 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Ne4Surprising to me Ivan Sokolov played4..Bc5 once} 5.Ne4 d5 6Bd3 ed 7.Be4 Bd6 . Last couple of weeks my chess time was filed trying to watch Olympiad, the previous video 5..c5 Cataline a variation as white never got what I thought I should out of it. So bad memories. 😢 Didn't notice the high class thumbnail.👍
Thank you for your kind words. I've been thinking about this, but I realised it would be too time-consuming for me. But, I wouldn't mind it at all if a community member and/or subscriber takes it upon themselves to do this type of work and make the pgns available to the public via a lichess study. In this way it would be a joint effort, I would be recording these videos while you guys can help by producing the pgns!
As I replied in one of the comments above, that would take me too much time, but I wouldn't mind any of you guys starting a study on lichess which would contain the pgns of my videos.
Really a gem of a channel. Thanks for all your analysis and clear explanations
Thank you, much appreciated! ❤
♟️Thanks for the repertoire! I really appreciate the plan based approach you took instead of the variation dumps I usually see on UA-cam.♟️
Looking forward to your next videos!😁
Thank you! Glad you like it!
Lovely video. My current main response to e5 on move 1 is the four knights, based on GM Gonzalez’s excellent Chessable repertoire. A lot of his ideas are similar here, but there are also more and slightly different approaches and explanations in your excellent analysis. Always a joy to watch you!
Thank you so much! This just made my Sunday, together with the other comments! ❤
@@gmalexcolovic there’s a lot of love flowing your direction! ✨ And it’s well deserved!
@@berndwind Thank you! :)
What do you think of the Chessable course? What level are you playing it at? Unsure whether it’s worth learning that or just following this.
@@Robertl-xz6ylThe chessable course is good too but a bit imbalanced since the Symmetrical 4...Bb4 gets almost as much coverage as all other fourth moves combined. I think Colovic's videos are sufficient if you consult a database or engine to answer any "why not this move?" questions. Fwiw since you asked, i am 2100 uscf. GL 💪
Love the videos, very instructive and logical
Glad you like it! Thank you!
I'm working on the lichess study: look for GM Colovic plan based white repertoire. Should be done by Christmas :-)
Nice. :)
@ thanks for the stuff you put on UA-cam. Currently trying to work through your 1.e4 simplified on Chessable! It’s challenging for a 1650 patzer like me but I’m sticking with it 👍
@@jdh895 You're welcome! Thanks for studying on Chessable, it will be worthwhile, just keep on ploughing! Ploughing always works at the end. :))
Love the series great job!
Thank you!
Great video as always. I love this style of opening discussion with how creative yet simple it is. Personally, I clicked on this video because I expected it to be a 4 knights scotch as white, and even though it wasn't it was a very useful and great video. What do you suggest for black after 4 knights scotch?
Always feels like I get a drawish endgame after the Bb4 Nxc6 bxc6 Bd3 d5 exd5 O-O O-O cxd5 Bg5 c6 Qf3 and a quick Bxf6 Qxf6 Qxf6 gxf6
In the line 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bc5 5.0-0 0-0 6.Nxe5 Nxe5 7.d4 Bd6 8.f4 Ng4 we have the move h3 which helps me a lot to give me a lot of short wins but your move is a very easy way to have a objective advantage. Thanks for the awesome video!!!
Congrats on your fast wins! :) Yes, I know about h3, Black has ...Bb4 and I've looked at these options, but the reason I avoided this line is because while "trappy" and can lead to fast wins, if Black is ready White really has nothing. So I preferred the other line, with more long-term prospects.
Very nice foundation to play the 4.N"s If I watched this before a tournament game. I could play it.
It always seemed weird to me that basically all the classical openings continued being used from the 1940's onward but the 4n's kinda vanished
4...Nd4 5.0-0 c6 7.Bd3 looks interesting. When I played 4N"s i used 5.Bc4 but was never happy.
10:54 Bonus coverage of the Two Knights line 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Ne4Surprising to me Ivan Sokolov played4..Bc5 once} 5.Ne4 d5 6Bd3 ed 7.Be4 Bd6 .
Last couple of weeks my chess time was filed trying to watch Olympiad, the previous video 5..c5 Cataline a variation as white never got what I thought I should out of it. So bad memories. 😢
Didn't notice the high class thumbnail.👍
Thank you!
After 7.Bb3, what if Black plays 7..Na5 going after the Bishop before White has played a3? Why not play a3 before d3?
After 7...Na5?! 8.d4 is strong, that's why White is in time to play a3 on the next move.
i was wondering what you would suggest as an ambitious/dynamic try for titled seekers against the Spanish? 😊
This is less dynamic, but you can easily end up giving mate, so perhaps not that bad... :))
Nice series of videos indeed. If you could make The Scotch Game Simplified from Black's perspective I'd probably take up 1...e5 again.
Thanks! That's not a bad idea in fact, I will explore some ideas for Black in my future videos!
Please provide the pgns or lichess studies for this wonderful simplified series. Thanks and best regards.
Thank you for your kind words. I've been thinking about this, but I realised it would be too time-consuming for me. But, I wouldn't mind it at all if a community member and/or subscriber takes it upon themselves to do this type of work and make the pgns available to the public via a lichess study. In this way it would be a joint effort, I would be recording these videos while you guys can help by producing the pgns!
please send pgn
As I replied in one of the comments above, that would take me too much time, but I wouldn't mind any of you guys starting a study on lichess which would contain the pgns of my videos.