As a beginner I'm trying to learn just one opening, but have discovered that to learn one opening (for white) I must also know at least the most popular responses of black. I'm focusing on the Scotch gambit and the responses of black, so quite a large number of possible lines both in the Scotch gambit and deviations from it initiated by black. I began thinking e4 was a better opening for learning than d4 although I most admire closed strategic game play (Karpov style). I'd rather not learn any openings at all, but so far my ignorance has caused me to blunder or get very stuck in the opening.
What I've learned is that if you play with chess principles in mind, like focusing on development, attack the center, King safety etc. you will do well. To me, openings are important, but they reinforce principles. With exceptions of course.
Knowing theory is partialy overrated. I'm playing 1B3 for 5 years, i only know some lines where black plays E5 Nc6 D5 . Other replies my opponent is just as confused as i am. This makes the other guy think on his own. I practice endgames and tactics and thats where i win against peers ( 1600-1700) in the endgame
As a beginner you should not focus on so much theory but rather chess principles and TACTICS. I started learning during the pandemic and I reached 1750 on lichess focusing on principles, tactics and avoiding blunders, activate my king in the endgame stage. I plan on doing that until I reach 2000
Im really struggling in the mid and endgame, in the openings and early middle game with closed positions I thrive and I often build a huge advantage, just to blunder it away in the endgame with a single move and it’s really frustrating
This is great stuff! Can you consider doing a video about how to play against an early ...g6 (KID, Grunfeld type defense)? That would be interesting to see too.
Sir,i advice you to also give key points for black what they can do ? Not everytime we get white we would get black and get same opening then what to do as black
It's kind of a variation on the stonewall attack, except you advance the knight to f3 ahead of the pawn. The stonewall also makes it difficult for black to find any good moves, but if the queen invades on the h file, they crush me. I'll give this a try.
colle zukertort is made to work against the kings indian defece you just do all the follwoing moves in the video metioned get you knight to e5 reinforce with f4 i am not recomending something out of thin air i have played the opening more than 300 times even in official tournaments and had some tournament winning matches with the opening i have switched recently to e4 though
@ That's difficult to explain. If it makes sense, you already know why and don't need the video. If it doesn't make sense, you need some intermediate videos to explain why it does make sense. That's the best way I can describe it. Sorry if that doesn't explain it.
you don't have to watch such videos for sharpening your defence against this you just have to follow the queens Indian defence get one of your knight to f6 than play e6 than play b6 bring one of the bishop to e7 the other one to b7 castle push the d pawn to d6 creating a hypermorden setup in this setup you are waiting for you oponnet to push d5 (most of them do) if e5 than dxe5 and they would lose a pawn anyway after d5 you play e5 locking the center at first might look bad but you can use the square which Is left by your opponent pawn the c5 square placing a knight there and securing it with a5 you will have a really strong knight however if the d5 push don't happen you develop as fast as possible via re8- Bf8 and if still no d4 you break open the center by play e5 before white get the chance for d4 if the lock the position bad for them you hold the queenside by Nc5 and start a kingside attack via f5 first removing the knight and which will not have a counterplay on the queenside which is a must in locked positions like these and you hold the queenside just enough via a5 I would recommend doing you own research to I have won more than several tournament winning rounds and must win rounds with that and never ever got in trouble against colle zukertort nor the mainline.
While I appreciate your enthusiasm and the explanation of the game, this video doesn’t quite lay out a foolproof system for d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3… I’ll give it a try and see how I like it but honestly, you should develop this idea more.
Love the Colle- Zukertort opening . Pls could You continue to make some more videos of this? Great content, thank You :)
I already have 2 more. Have you seen it? :)
Yes I have. Love them all
As a beginner I'm trying to learn just one opening, but have discovered that to learn one opening (for white) I must also know at least the most popular responses of black. I'm focusing on the Scotch gambit and the responses of black, so quite a large number of possible lines both in the Scotch gambit and deviations from it initiated by black. I began thinking e4 was a better opening for learning than d4 although I most admire closed strategic game play (Karpov style). I'd rather not learn any openings at all, but so far my ignorance has caused me to blunder or get very stuck in the opening.
What I've learned is that if you play with chess principles in mind, like focusing on development, attack the center, King safety etc. you will do well. To me, openings are important, but they reinforce principles. With exceptions of course.
Knowing theory is partialy overrated. I'm playing 1B3 for 5 years, i only know some lines where black plays E5 Nc6 D5 . Other replies my opponent is just as confused as i am. This makes the other guy think on his own. I practice endgames and tactics and thats where i win against peers ( 1600-1700) in the endgame
As a beginner you should not focus on so much theory but rather chess principles and TACTICS. I started learning during the pandemic and I reached 1750 on lichess focusing on principles, tactics and avoiding blunders, activate my king in the endgame stage. I plan on doing that until I reach 2000
Try d4 lines such as London, Jobova, or Queens gambit e4 is a bit common and are always expected by black
Im really struggling in the mid and endgame, in the openings and early middle game with closed positions I thrive and I often build a huge advantage, just to blunder it away in the endgame with a single move and it’s really frustrating
Thanks sir . Your tips always work ❤
Always welcome
This is great stuff! Can you consider doing a video about how to play against an early ...g6 (KID, Grunfeld type defense)? That would be interesting to see too.
Thanks for the idea!
Love the colle zukertort. It’s pretty much all I play as white. Could you make video on how to play against modern (KID) and early bg5?
Thanks for the kind words and the idea!
Please cover Black´s response Bf4 or Bg4, by far the most common response to this opening.
Here you have Bf5: ua-cam.com/video/r6URlQbRFVY/v-deo.html :)
Nice video, Colle System ia better than London in your opinion?
Thanks! It's a matter of taste I think. To my taste, for example, colle system is much more interesting :)
What should we do against the Dutch defense ? Kindly make a video on that too please
Just stick to the basic principles and play solid moves, the dutch isn't that much to worry
Create a follow up video with different possible follow up for white when black move. Your opening didn't work for me as opponent plays differently.
Have you seen this one? ua-cam.com/video/r6URlQbRFVY/v-deo.html
What if we play black?
Here you go: ua-cam.com/video/341xQ074MXs/v-deo.html :)
Sir,i advice you to also give key points for black what they can do ? Not everytime we get white we would get black and get same opening then what to do as black
I made a video recently about an opening for black :)
Young Capablanca played like that
It's kind of a variation on the stonewall attack, except you advance the knight to f3 ahead of the pawn. The stonewall also makes it difficult for black to find any good moves, but if the queen invades on the h file, they crush me. I'll give this a try.
You don't have such a wonderful bishop on b2 in stonewall :)
Big fan of this opening❤.Can u please make video on how to play against kings indian defense using colle zukertort
colle zukertort is made to work against the kings indian defece you just do all the follwoing moves in the video metioned get you knight to e5 reinforce with f4 i am not recomending something out of thin air i have played the opening more than 300 times even in official tournaments and had some tournament winning matches with the opening i have switched recently to e4 though
Thanks for the idea!
Still not seeing any reason not to play hippo 🤷♀️
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The only way I an describe this is, if it make sense to you, you probably aren't learning anything. And if it doesn't it's useless.
Are you saying that about every educational video?
@@journeytograndmaster No. Just some.
So what's wrong with this one?
@ That's difficult to explain. If it makes sense, you already know why and don't need the video. If it doesn't make sense, you need some intermediate videos to explain why it does make sense. That's the best way I can describe it. Sorry if that doesn't explain it.
What if Black plays 1. d4, d5 2. Nf3, c5
You play e3 and continue the plan :)
Watching this not play but to sharpen defense against it😅
you don't have to watch such videos for sharpening your defence against this you just have to follow the queens Indian defence get one of your knight to f6 than play e6 than play b6 bring one of the bishop to e7 the other one to b7 castle push the d pawn to d6 creating a hypermorden setup in this setup you are waiting for you oponnet to push d5 (most of them do) if e5 than dxe5 and they would lose a pawn anyway after d5 you play e5 locking the center at first might look bad but you can use the square which Is left by your opponent pawn the c5 square placing a knight there and securing it with a5 you will have a really strong knight however if the d5 push don't happen you develop as fast as possible via re8- Bf8 and if still no d4 you break open the center by play e5 before white get the chance for d4 if the lock the position bad for them you hold the queenside by Nc5 and start a kingside attack via f5 first removing the knight and which will not have a counterplay on the queenside which is a must in locked positions like these and you hold the queenside just enough via a5 I would recommend doing you own research to I have won more than several tournament winning rounds and must win rounds with that and never ever got in trouble against colle zukertort nor the mainline.
While I appreciate your enthusiasm and the explanation of the game, this video doesn’t quite lay out a foolproof system for d4, Nf3, e3, Bd3… I’ll give it a try and see how I like it but honestly, you should develop this idea more.
Could you please elaborate a bit on what you mean?
almost impossible to listen to. Alex Banzea is far better
could you explain why?
@ your speech has the wrong cadence
Thanks. Would be helpful if you could elaborate on that.