Slight inaccuracy. Even after the early d5, you can push b3 to protect the pawn. Black doesn't win a piece with a double attack on knight. White can take the knight, give up the rook and then play Bd2 which forces black to give up the knight or the bishop
Nice review. One correction however. The c6/Qb6 variation has been refuted by a pawn sac namely after 9… Qb6 White plays c5! sacking his c pawn to deflect Black’s d pawn to c5 & then capture Black’s e pawn with dxe, which drives back Black’s nf6 to e8; then before Black’s Ne8 can reroutes back to the center with c7-e6, White sacks his front e-pawn with e5-e6! forcing f7xe6. As a result Black has doubled c-pawns, his e6 pawn is isolated, his Ns have been driven back & have no quick way back to good squares, Black’s center is in shambles, & his thematic KID counter play has vanished. Of course, White does not have an immediate mating attack or easy material pick ups, but with pointed play he can continue to harass Black as he struggles to untangle. Of course, at the club level c6/Qb6 is still played as most White players don’t know the refutation. Well, your viewers/readers of this note now know! Cheers!
Good instructional video! Despite being foreign (to me anyway) the presenter has a wonderful command of the English language--better than most Americans in fact.. It is hard to believe he isn't rated 2400+ considering the chess knowledge he shares with us here on UA-cam.
Theory isn't everything. There are players who achieve Expert (2000 Elo or higher) without cracking a book or watching videos online. Nor is theory going to give you the ability to play one or more game(s) without sight of a board. Apparently natural talent has something--perhaps a whole lot--to do with mastering chess.
Just a thought. There is a difference between chess knowledge and chess skill. I have a vast knowledge of chess but am not very skilled as a player. Stjepan is currently less skilled than he is knowledgeable. However, I have great hope that this will change in the years ahead and that Stjepan will become a highly rated player. I am a big fan.
Thanks Stjepan. This variation has been my nemesis for years. Now that you've shown the futility of a Kingside attack by Black, instead playing mostly Q-side, it may be possible to salvage a few scalps after being taken to the cleaners time and again. Cheers!
after Nc6, d5 Na5, b3 is possible because Ne4 Nxe4 Bxa1 Bd2 and white is getting 2 pieces for the rook. The engine gives it as +2,4. Otherwise, gr8 vid. Gr8 channel.
Nice videos very instructive. I would like to know if you use an study or the analyses board for make the videos, and if you use an study could you put it on the description. Ps: sorry for the bad English I'm not from a English country.
Quick question about Croatian ratings, are there seperate Croatian rating to go along with FIDE? We used to have local ratings in Iceland but we just merged them with the FIDE one's eventually. Are there local titles like NM and CM in Croatia and what are the requirements for those?
Yeah, we have national ratings. 2000 national is 1st category, 2100 is (national) CM and I think 2250 is NM, although I'm not sure. My national is 1997 atm so I guess it's different to elo. Can't say which way it's incorrect though.
i play this with white, and if you want to surprise your oponent, 3...e5 is intresting. Or you can try the main line with 3...d5 if you are not familiar with KID setup or benoni-benko setup. i can recomand you 3.f3 d5 4.cd Nxd 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 e5! 9. d5 c6 and if he play h4 (the good moove is Re1!) you are not bad after cd 11.ed N8d7!
Stepan, u made slight inaccuracy in the Panno variation. U for got that after 10 e5 Black can play 10.. Nd7 with out exchange of Queen's leading to very complicated play after 11 Ng5 threatening the Knight on c6 and e6 , Black must sacrifice a piece 11... D takes e5 12 Btakes c6 12 ... e takes d4!! Comp evaluates this as slightly better for white ,but in reality all 3 results are possible! I for got insert c: b5 a: b5 before white plays e4-e5)
Slight inaccuracy. Even after the early d5, you can push b3 to protect the pawn. Black doesn't win a piece with a double attack on knight. White can take the knight, give up the rook and then play Bd2 which forces black to give up the knight or the bishop
@4:00 6....Nc3
@12:18 6.... Nbd7
@17:20 6.... c6
@20:45 6.... c5
Nice review. One correction however. The c6/Qb6 variation has been refuted by a pawn sac namely after 9… Qb6 White plays c5! sacking his c pawn to deflect Black’s d pawn to c5 & then capture Black’s e pawn with dxe, which drives back Black’s nf6 to e8; then before Black’s Ne8 can reroutes back to the center with c7-e6, White sacks his front e-pawn with e5-e6! forcing f7xe6. As a result Black has doubled c-pawns, his e6 pawn is isolated, his Ns have been driven back & have no quick way back to good squares, Black’s center is in shambles, & his thematic KID counter play has vanished. Of course, White does not have an immediate mating attack or easy material pick ups, but with pointed play he can continue to harass Black as he struggles to untangle. Of course, at the club level c6/Qb6 is still played as most White players don’t know the refutation. Well, your viewers/readers of this note now know! Cheers!
You are one of the best!
Thank you so much for KID. The chess is for me games in KID.
Good instructional video! Despite being foreign (to me anyway) the presenter has a wonderful command of the English language--better than most Americans in fact.. It is hard to believe he isn't rated 2400+ considering the chess knowledge he shares with us here on UA-cam.
Theory isn't everything. There are players who achieve Expert (2000 Elo or higher) without cracking a book or watching videos online. Nor is theory going to give you the ability to play one or more game(s) without sight of a board. Apparently natural talent has something--perhaps a whole lot--to do with mastering chess.
Just a thought. There is a difference between chess knowledge and chess skill. I have a vast knowledge of chess but am not very skilled as a player. Stjepan is currently less skilled than he is knowledgeable. However, I have great hope that this will change in the years ahead and that Stjepan will become a highly rated player. I am a big fan.
Good summary.
I missed the variation 6.-Nc6 and 7.-e5
I think this is also very important. Played even more often than a6.
Thanks Stjepan. This variation has been my nemesis for years. Now that you've shown the futility of a Kingside attack by Black, instead playing mostly Q-side, it may be possible to salvage a few scalps after being taken to the cleaners time and again. Cheers!
Min. 5:20 b3 is possible because after Nxd5 Nxd5, Bxa1 you have Bd2 attacking a5 and a1 at the same time.
also any chance you plan to do something on the King's Indian Attack?
Thank you!
Love the nature background
after Nc6, d5 Na5, b3 is possible because Ne4 Nxe4 Bxa1 Bd2 and white is getting 2 pieces for the rook. The engine gives it as +2,4. Otherwise, gr8 vid. Gr8 channel.
At 13:21 , is this move inspired from the famous Game 6 of the world chess Championship match between Mikhail Tal vs Mikhail Botvinnik
Thanks for this video =)
Nice videos very instructive.
I would like to know if you use an study or the analyses board for make the videos, and if you use an study could you put it on the description.
Ps: sorry for the bad English I'm not from a English country.
Do you share these PGN files on your Patreon?
Quick question about Croatian ratings, are there seperate Croatian rating to go along with FIDE? We used to have local ratings in Iceland but we just merged them with the FIDE one's eventually. Are there local titles like NM and CM in Croatia and what are the requirements for those?
Yeah, we have national ratings. 2000 national is 1st category, 2100 is (national) CM and I think 2250 is NM, although I'm not sure. My national is 1997 atm so I guess it's different to elo. Can't say which way it's incorrect though.
And when would you go for the Dutch defense ?
Are you going to be doing anti-Gruenfeld systems with the Gruenfeld videos? I like the Gruenfeld, but I struggle with 3. f3.
i play this with white, and if you want to surprise your oponent, 3...e5 is intresting. Or you can try the main line with 3...d5 if you are not familiar with KID setup or benoni-benko setup. i can recomand you 3.f3 d5 4.cd Nxd 5.e4 Nb6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 0-0 8.Qd2 e5! 9. d5 c6 and if he play h4 (the good moove is Re1!) you are not bad after cd 11.ed N8d7!
Stepan, u made slight inaccuracy in the Panno variation. U for got that after 10 e5 Black can play 10.. Nd7 with out exchange of Queen's leading to very complicated play after 11 Ng5 threatening the Knight on c6 and e6 , Black must sacrifice a piece 11... D takes e5 12 Btakes c6 12
... e takes d4!!
Comp evaluates this as slightly better for white ,but in reality all 3 results are possible!
I for got insert c: b5 a: b5 before white plays e4-e5)
Can't wait for the Grunfeld
Ok, next Grunfeld. But, what about Old Indian Defense? We have King's Indian, Queen's Indian, Nimzo Indian, Bogo Indian, Pirc, why not Old Indian?
Anyone else try to clean the smudge on their screen to discover it was the video?
I like 6...Bg4 and when white plays Nc3, 7...Nc6. :)
Did you move away from playing the semi Slav or have you gone to 1.d4 as your first move?
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10:03 are the best parts