Here's a great tool for learning openings: chessbook.com/hanging-pawns Chessbook allows you to import and practice your repertoire. It focuses on moves people actually play as well as your mistakes. Connect it to your lichess or chess com accounts to correct the biggest gaps in your repertoire!
Hello! I've just finished learning the French Defense, thanks to your guidance. Now, I'm wondering about my approach when facing 1.d4. If I play 1...e6, I know that 33% of players might respond with 2.e4, allowing me to transition into the French Defense, which I'm comfortable with. However, if my opponent plays 2.c4 instead, can I then play 2...d5 and continue with the Queen's Gambit Declined variation? Or is there a better approach I should consider? I'm still learning how to handle 1.d4 openings, and I have a tournament coming up in a week. I'd like to try 1.d4 e6 in my games so that if it transposes to the French Defense, I can test my preparation. Thank you so much for your help-I'm improving my game at a tremendous speed!
Congratulations on the game! Just one question: why did you choose the semi averbakh and not the standard one? Do you have any video/book suggestions about this variation? Greetings from Italy
I've been around a lot of intermediate and beginner players as a fellow intermediate, and I can say most people who play the Kings Indian play it because they think it works like the London system. They know the first 4 moves (Nf6 g6 Bg7 castle) and then have absolutely no idea what to do afterwards. They do things like fianchetto the light squared bishop and trying to play on the queenside, never even thinking of if f5 is good
"They know the first 4 moves (Nf6 g6 Bg7 castle) and then have absolutely no idea what to do afterwards. " That's exactly my experience, only not 4 moves but 10 or so. Hence the title:D
Ive got a weird question are you allowed to write or draw on your score sheet while playing in real life tournaments like you know calculating variations but on paper
@@Treadstone7 in Poland these score sheets are yours since you received them you can even throw them away after the game, I think it depends on your opponent's reaction
"I play this setup without Nf3:" If you don't mind, what would you have played after 6...Na6 or 6...Nbd7, heading for a Benoni with 7...c5!? In both cases 7.Nf3 is the common answer. As a competitive amateur for about 40 years I'll of course understand if you prefer not to tell.
In addition to the earlier reply, white can also respond to 6...Na6 with the very interesting 7. h4, as successfully employed by Dudin against Rapport and by Martirosyan versus Grischuk. The Grischuk game is particularly instructive: 7. h4 c5; 8. d5 e6; 9. de Bxe6; 10. h5 Nb4; 11. hg fg; 12. Qd2 Re8; 13. Nh3 Bxh3; 14. Rxh3 Qd7; 15. f3, after which white achieves a bind on the position and Haik was able to use the time black needs for creating counterplay to organise a breakthrough on the h file. Plans such as these tend to be more successful at club and social level than against GMs, so this is certainly worth a look. 7. g4 instead of 7. h4 does not score as well in the database, primarily because black has the tactic: 6..Na6; 7. g4 c5; 8. g5 Ng4! available. If white now takes twice on g4, black gets the piece back with a fork on d4. Black has a positive record in this variation so I would suggest avoiding it. This is incidentally one of the reasons black generally prefers 6...Na6 to 6...Nbd7 in this line. One further point from the video was the discussion of 11. f3. While it is true that the very top players, such as Fabi, have tended to prefer 11. Nf3 here, by far the most popular move below SGM level is the immediate 11. h5. 11. f3 by comparison is extremely unusual. After 11. h5, the highest-rated game is Sjugirov - Kollars, where white again achieved a form of limited bind with 11...c6; 12. h6 Bh8; 13. Nf3 cd; 14. cd f6; 15. Qd2 fg; 16. Nxg5, albeit the win looks to have had more to do with the clock than the opening. 12. h6 is unusual though and a more measured move like 12. Qd2 (see Demidov-Cruz Mendez) or 12. Nf3 (Makarian - Fernandez-Guillen or Makarian - Mgeladze) is probably to be preferred absent checking the engine.
I love your channel, but you should know better than your title ROAD TO GM. It is deceptive and misleading clickbait, and I'm giving you a THUMBS DOWN AND UNSUBSCRIBE for this reason. Completely disrespectful to real GMs.
Here's a great tool for learning openings: chessbook.com/hanging-pawns
Chessbook allows you to import and practice your repertoire. It focuses on moves people actually play as well as your mistakes. Connect it to your lichess or chess com accounts to correct the biggest gaps in your repertoire!
When you demo this use the lichess up, the ui you use looks terrible. It's good BTW.
Thank you so much kind sir! Your positive effect upon my game is inestimable and ineffable!
I really like ur videos pls continue making more of this and like the hans scicilian games ❤❤ur fan from tunisia❤
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I will! Planning to cover Karpov, Kasparov, Carlsen, Fischer, Ding...
@@HangingPawns thanks ,kasparov's kings indian games will be incredibly great
@amineshili7214 I'll do his King's Indian and his Sicilian. Perhaps Tarrasch too.
Love your content, brother. May the chess gods smile upon you, all the best in the tournament
congratulations
Nice content mate
Cheers!
Hello! I've just finished learning the French Defense, thanks to your guidance. Now, I'm wondering about my approach when facing 1.d4. If I play 1...e6, I know that 33% of players might respond with 2.e4, allowing me to transition into the French Defense, which I'm comfortable with.
However, if my opponent plays 2.c4 instead, can I then play 2...d5 and continue with the Queen's Gambit Declined variation? Or is there a better approach I should consider? I'm still learning how to handle 1.d4 openings, and I have a tournament coming up in a week. I'd like to try 1.d4 e6 in my games so that if it transposes to the French Defense, I can test my preparation.
Thank you so much for your help-I'm improving my game at a tremendous speed!
Congratulations on the game! Just one question: why did you choose the semi averbakh and not the standard one? Do you have any video/book suggestions about this variation? Greetings from Italy
I've been around a lot of intermediate and beginner players as a fellow intermediate, and I can say most people who play the Kings Indian play it because they think it works like the London system. They know the first 4 moves (Nf6 g6 Bg7 castle) and then have absolutely no idea what to do afterwards. They do things like fianchetto the light squared bishop and trying to play on the queenside, never even thinking of if f5 is good
"They know the first 4 moves (Nf6 g6 Bg7 castle) and then have absolutely no idea what to do afterwards. " That's exactly my experience, only not 4 moves but 10 or so. Hence the title:D
Great 👍🏻💯
Semi averbakh is indeed very strong!
Ooooo yeah.
Ive got a weird question are you allowed to write or draw on your score sheet while playing in real life tournaments like you know calculating variations but on paper
I don''t think so... the score sheet is handed in after the game for evaluation.
You are not.
@@Treadstone7 in Poland these score sheets are yours since you received them you can even throw them away after the game, I think it depends on your opponent's reaction
What u mean by "evaluation"
"I play this setup without Nf3:"
If you don't mind, what would you have played after 6...Na6 or 6...Nbd7, heading for a Benoni with 7...c5!? In both cases 7.Nf3 is the common answer.
As a competitive amateur for about 40 years I'll of course understand if you prefer not to tell.
This is what I would play 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. g4 c5 8. g5 Ne8 9. Nf3
Thanks! Interesting. Now if you do a video on the Grünfeld I'll be completely happy, because I'll have a complete attacking repertoire with 1.d4.
In addition to the earlier reply, white can also respond to 6...Na6 with the very interesting 7. h4, as successfully employed by Dudin against Rapport and by Martirosyan versus Grischuk. The Grischuk game is particularly instructive: 7. h4 c5; 8. d5 e6; 9. de Bxe6; 10. h5 Nb4; 11. hg fg; 12. Qd2 Re8; 13. Nh3 Bxh3; 14. Rxh3 Qd7; 15. f3, after which white achieves a bind on the position and Haik was able to use the time black needs for creating counterplay to organise a breakthrough on the h file. Plans such as these tend to be more successful at club and social level than against GMs, so this is certainly worth a look. 7. g4 instead of 7. h4 does not score as well in the database, primarily because black has the tactic: 6..Na6; 7. g4 c5; 8. g5 Ng4! available. If white now takes twice on g4, black gets the piece back with a fork on d4. Black has a positive record in this variation so I would suggest avoiding it. This is incidentally one of the reasons black generally prefers 6...Na6 to 6...Nbd7 in this line.
One further point from the video was the discussion of 11. f3. While it is true that the very top players, such as Fabi, have tended to prefer 11. Nf3 here, by far the most popular move below SGM level is the immediate 11. h5. 11. f3 by comparison is extremely unusual. After 11. h5, the highest-rated game is Sjugirov - Kollars, where white again achieved a form of limited bind with 11...c6; 12. h6 Bh8; 13. Nf3 cd; 14. cd f6; 15. Qd2 fg; 16. Nxg5, albeit the win looks to have had more to do with the clock than the opening. 12. h6 is unusual though and a more measured move like 12. Qd2 (see Demidov-Cruz Mendez) or 12. Nf3 (Makarian - Fernandez-Guillen or Makarian - Mgeladze) is probably to be preferred absent checking the engine.
I made a whole series. You can find it on the channel.
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I love your channel, but you should know better than your title ROAD TO GM. It is deceptive and misleading clickbait, and I'm giving you a THUMBS DOWN AND UNSUBSCRIBE for this reason. Completely disrespectful to real GMs.
Bro it’s not clickbait, he is actually grinding to reach GM.
Thanks for commenting to help the algorithm
@@ezas7496 The man is not even 2000 rated. It's completely disrespectful and classless. THUMBS DOWN & UNSUBSCRIBE!
Aww, so sad.
Yeah, you sure love the channel