We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this UA-cam channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇ Course on Black Opening (Counterblow) www.chessable.com/ramirez Course on White Opening (First Strike) www.chessable.com/firststrike Free Playlist (beginner to master level) rb.gy/hw61wt All the Endgame Knowledge I have rb.gy/zels9y All the Strategy Knowledge I have rb.gy/g1iqro
Ive learned quite a bit about chess in the last two months. Mostly used Gothamchess, eric rosen, hanging pawns and maybe a few others. However, i've found your channel the most instructive of the lot. I've been focusing on the KID/Pirc as black and London/Vienna as white and my game has improved so much with your instruction. Thank you and keep them coming!
I've been playing chess for 50 years and you are the best teacher ever, you explain everything so clearly and it all works,if only I had this kind of coaching back then. Excellent work Robert please keep it going . Tundish
Haven't come across any chess coach on youtube who teaches and explains reason behind every single move in so much detail...keep up the good work Rob...great work excellent!
Great video, thank you. At 9:00 after you fianchetto the white bishop, I like the idea of pushing to C5. How you feel about this move before pushing E5?
This is the exact video I was looking for today. I was wondering if the king's Indian defense was a good idea against the London and this video delivered!
Dear sir, this is such wonderful content from, I really hope you're earning well enough from all this, I never skip ads when played, I watch it for as long as it needs to be, thank you so much for doing it for free
Great video! I've been taking Kamil Plichta's course on the KID, but he leaves out responses to the London. After studying this I feel much more confident playing against d4, you give so many good ideas and thematic moves. I appreciate the repetition too, it helps a lot when learning these lines. Thanks so much - your lessons are so good I might exclusively play KID/Pirc from now on!
Love the repetition approach in your videos! I only started learning a few months back, but was losing interest after being unable to follow what the chess heads were talking about in their videos. Always seemed like a bunch of nonsensical gibberish meant to show off how smart they are with no intention to actually teach something, despite the vids being "lessons". I feel I have made far more progress after only watching a few of your lessons; than I did with the 100 vids of others I watched before. You got a well deserved sub from me my friend. Thank you for reigniting my interest in this fantastic game. Happy Holidays!
I really like this lesson and his teaching style. The repetitions make the video longer, true, but I think they're perfect to remember the key moves later.
Thanks Robert. Excellent content! I am an 1100 player, so I have a lot to learn. I like the Pirc/KID setup and am trying to learn it. This helps a lot. I play the London as white, so I recognize when it is used against me, and I find it the most difficult to oppose when I’m black.
Watching everyday 3 or 4 of your lessons and still hiped to keep on learning!!!!! Thank you for the course👏 Playing KID/Pirc with ELO 500 and everytime, everybody break into e5 before I get all the opening ready and nothing applies for me :D But still Fiachetto and the ideas I learnt from you Rob help me win. Let's see how long it takes me to get from 500 to 600...
I love your videos! I love when you play live or show your games. Blitz 5+2 is fine with me as you have sufficient time to share your thoughts. Also I love the repetitions! 30 min video is not too long for me
I was searching a good plan with kings indian against london system. I saw some video but no one was this much better as you taught. You are a awesome teacher and my dream coach in my journey to 2000 elo.
So glad you found this plan useful! Please, let me know how it goes when you try it next and thanks a lot for your kind words as usual. It means a lot!
I prefer a6. I can see the difference between a master and an intermediate player like me; the master has a plan for all the game, instead only a few moves and basic knowledge for the intermediate. I have a better feeling now of what is ahead to the road of mastering if I ever get there. Thanks again!
Nice video. I hope I'm not sounding too greedy, but any chance of a "Colle zuckertort" lesson? It featured briefly in one of your videos and you recommended it to me in a comment. I've tried it and it's really good- but I bet you've got some great tips. I often managed to get a knight on e5 playing it and black has a lot of trouble removing it. Two bishops aimed at the black king. Plenty of space to move the queen and even rook into for an attack.
Hello Chris! We will definitely talk about the Colle at some point in the future. It is very interesting and I like it a lot. So, count on that lesson 👍
Excellent lesson! I'm a die hard KID player and I have always wondered what is the best reply to the annoying Bf4 London. I believe black can also go for ...d5 instead of ...d6 but I think it depends of white's set up and it takes the game in a completely different direction. Thanks for the lesson! Cheers!
Extremely helpful content, thanks a lot! You mentioned a second plan you execute but you'd come back to in a later video. Is that one out yet? And if so, what's the lesson number?
And please we expect four pawns averbakh symislov set up videos but i usually dont find a middle game plan in When they do simmetrical fianchetto set up
Robert, what are your thoughts on 5. Nfd7 (instead of Nbd7). I've seen this talked about as a way to get e5 in faster and aggressively go for f5 sooner. I mean as a specific counter to the London. Thanks! 💪
At 8:35, I don’t get get why the bishop fianchetto helps against the white queen when pushing e5? Can’t be just to make time hoping white plays Nd2 and block the queen?
Hello! Here is the part where I explain that. Let me know if it makes sense now 👍 It is mainly about opening the a8 rook so that it recaptures on d8 and the e8 rook remains defending e5. ua-cam.com/video/VA2Iro7AkOM/v-deo.html
Thanks again for a amazing video. I have 2 questions: 1) how about Qe8 instead of Re8 and 2)what if before castling, White plays h4 aiming for opposite castle and a pawn storm against the black castle? Jean-Michel
Hey Coach! I don't know if you look back at old lessons but I'll ask here anyway! Lesson 58 is the opposite side castling London for White, which is something I see every now and again while playing our Pirc/KID. Do you have any info on how you like to play vs this type of London? In general I'm trying to use the c6 idea to allow our Queen out to the Queen side and expand prior to castling King side.
@@NMRobertRamirez Hey Coach Rob, I went over a bunch of idea's mainly looking at how to marry the 2 different ideas and how to wait for them to choose if they're going to Castle long or short and made up my own Lichess studies on them. I also looked into the Jobava (with the Kc3 move) since I know it's fairly popular.... and I've run into 1 issue and it's actually when they castle short! Just like in this video at 7:15 where our Kight on d7 is pinned, the antidote was to Fianchetto the light square bishop. I've found that if they're in a Jobava set up with Kc3 and Qd2, when we're ready to push e5, if they form a battery with Rfd1, that pin on our knight is present once again, and e5 leads to the same trouble seen at 7:15. Any other move than setting up that battery works just the same. At my level I think it'll be a fluke if an opponent knows to do Rd1, but thought I'd send the question your way.
Also, white can defer both castling & c3, to get QN to c4, by a4, Na3-Nc4 because then it’s very difficult for black to get in e5 as white has 4 units guarding e5 (ie, d4, nf3, Bf4 & Nc4). Not critique but food for thought.
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We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this UA-cam channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇
Course on Black Opening (Counterblow) www.chessable.com/ramirez
Course on White Opening (First Strike) www.chessable.com/firststrike
Free Playlist (beginner to master level) rb.gy/hw61wt
All the Endgame Knowledge I have rb.gy/zels9y
All the Strategy Knowledge I have rb.gy/g1iqro
ok sir
I have learned so much from your channel. Thank you 🙏🙏🙏
cant recommend this channel enough, every thought is explained well and shows the reasonings behind every move
Amazing lesson
I've not played chess in years. I find after these lessons that I might want to pick it up again!
Ive learned quite a bit about chess in the last two months. Mostly used Gothamchess, eric rosen, hanging pawns and maybe a few others. However, i've found your channel the most instructive of the lot. I've been focusing on the KID/Pirc as black and London/Vienna as white and my game has improved so much with your instruction. Thank you and keep them coming!
Thanks a lot for your comment, David! It truly means a lot 👍
Re-watched this 11 months later. IT MAKES SO MUCH MORE SENSE NOW!! THANK YOU!
I've been playing chess for 50 years and you are the best teacher ever, you explain everything so clearly and it all works,if only I had this kind of coaching back then. Excellent work Robert please keep it going .
Tundish
Thanks a lot for your kind words! Please, feel free to ask me any questions you might have 👍😎
Haven't come across any chess coach on youtube who teaches and explains reason behind every single move in so much detail...keep up the good work Rob...great work excellent!
You got it! Thanks a lot for your kind words 👍😎
d4 Nf6 Bf4 g6 e3 Bg7 Nf3 0-0 :
Be3 d6 0-0 Nbd7 c3 Re8 Nbd2 - 3:42
Be2 d6 0-0 Nbd7 c3 Re8 Nbd2/h3 - 8:27
If a4 then a6 (do a6 before e5 break)
Thanks
Great video, thank you. At 9:00 after you fianchetto the white bishop, I like the idea of pushing to C5. How you feel about this move before pushing E5?
Thanks!
You are more than welcome, Thomas! Thanks a lot for ll your support 👍💪😎
Was looking for this, as many people play teh London system these days. Thanks a lot!
You are welcome! Hope it works well for you 💪
This is the exact video I was looking for today. I was wondering if the king's Indian defense was a good idea against the London and this video delivered!
My favourite chess teacher on youtube! Thanks a lot!
You are welcome, Leo! 💪
This series around the KID is one of the best I’ve seen. Thank-You!
Great work, as usual.
Theres a lot of tutorial but your way of tutorial is the very best,very ,clear and competent ..thankyou master
Perfect Presentation, love Robert's insight on chess..
Dear sir, this is such wonderful content from, I really hope you're earning well enough from all this, I never skip ads when played, I watch it for as long as it needs to be, thank you so much for doing it for free
Woaah I learned so much! Keep doing this great work!
I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE your repetition based teaching style.
Great video! I've been taking Kamil Plichta's course on the KID, but he leaves out responses to the London. After studying this I feel much more confident playing against d4, you give so many good ideas and thematic moves. I appreciate the repetition too, it helps a lot when learning these lines. Thanks so much - your lessons are so good I might exclusively play KID/Pirc from now on!
You are more than welcome! Happy to see you are finding value in these lessons. Please, let me know if you ever have any questions! 👍
Love the repetition approach in your videos! I only started learning a few months back, but was losing interest after being unable to follow what the chess heads were talking about in their videos. Always seemed like a bunch of nonsensical gibberish meant to show off how smart they are with no intention to actually teach something, despite the vids being "lessons". I feel I have made far more progress after only watching a few of your lessons; than I did with the 100 vids of others I watched before. You got a well deserved sub from me my friend. Thank you for reigniting my interest in this fantastic game. Happy Holidays!
1:44 hello mr.Ramirez, do you have a response against early Qd2 in this position instead of e3? please let me know
Hello! Anytime, I see an indication that they want to play aggressively against my king, I use what we learned in lesson # 70 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez thanks so much will watch it now! I am studying your videos religiously right now! I hope my watchtime, likes and comments help!
Another great video, really happy with the b6 and a6 ideas !
Iam playing london regularly... but I don't know how to play against london... Such a great coaching... thank you robert!
You got it, Anil! 💪
a6 all the way!
Nicely explained all the reasoning for the moves, very helpful for remembering. Thanks :)
You are welcome! Thanks for your feedback. It helps a lot 👍
Great lesson Robert. Many thanks. It was clear, concise and you presented options. Loved it all.
Amazing! Thanks for this.
You are welcome, Joel!
I really like this lesson and his teaching style. The repetitions make the video longer, true, but I think they're perfect to remember the key moves later.
Thanks Robert. Excellent content! I am an 1100 player, so I have a lot to learn. I like the Pirc/KID setup and am trying to learn it. This helps a lot. I play the London as white, so I recognize when it is used against me, and I find it the most difficult to oppose when I’m black.
You are more than welcome! Thank you for your feedback. It means a lot!
the main structural difference is that in the pirc the knight is on c3 locking in the c pawn for white
rob your videos are amazing! I always come back for more lesson! keep it up !
Very informative, thank you my man
Watching everyday 3 or 4 of your lessons and still hiped to keep on learning!!!!! Thank you for the course👏 Playing KID/Pirc with ELO 500 and everytime, everybody break into e5 before I get all the opening ready and nothing applies for me :D But still Fiachetto and the ideas I learnt from you Rob help me win. Let's see how long it takes me to get from 500 to 600...
Excelente clase,gracias NM Robert.
Un placer, Enrique! 👍
Very good! Easy to understand though the overwhelming information
Such quality content for free. Wow. Thanks alot !
You are more than welcome! 💪
Robert, this is great! Thank you!
Excellent, just found this channel, will look at your other vids. Many thanks.
Great lessons and videos. Really appreciate it!!
A combination of both.
I like the surprised line that you showed.
I love your videos! I love when you play live or show your games. Blitz 5+2 is fine with me as you have sufficient time to share your thoughts. Also I love the repetitions! 30 min video is not too long for me
Great videos, simple explanations!
I was searching a good plan with kings indian against london system. I saw some video but no one was this much better as you taught. You are a awesome teacher and my dream coach in my journey to 2000 elo.
So glad you found this plan useful! Please, let me know how it goes when you try it next and thanks a lot for your kind words as usual. It means a lot!
What a lesson!!! Congratulations!!
I prefer a6. I can see the difference between a master and an intermediate player like me; the master has a plan for all the game, instead only a few moves and basic knowledge for the intermediate. I have a better feeling now of what is ahead to the road of mastering if I ever get there. Thanks again!
Great course, thank you
Great lesson!!
Really great. Thank you
Really enjoyed this tutorial 👍
Great lesson
I understand this video.
Wow. Can't wait to try this out.
Great explanation learn a lot ❤❤❤❤ better than 90 percent of channels
Excellent instruction !!! If only I can lock it in memory banks !
Great job as always. You have become my favorite instructor.
Nice video.
I hope I'm not sounding too greedy, but any chance of a "Colle zuckertort" lesson?
It featured briefly in one of your videos and you recommended it to me in a comment.
I've tried it and it's really good- but I bet you've got some great tips.
I often managed to get a knight on e5 playing it and black has a lot of trouble removing it. Two bishops aimed at the black king. Plenty of space to move the queen and even rook into for an attack.
Hello Chris! We will definitely talk about the Colle at some point in the future. It is very interesting and I like it a lot. So, count on that lesson 👍
I love all of them sir, as always awesome explain, and you are awesome:)
Great stuff! Thanks. I prefer ...a6.
29:50. If they play A4 before H3, should you go for E5? Before doing bishop B7.
Buen trabajo hermano me encanta tu canal !!!
Muchas gracias 🙌 Me alegra mucho ver su comentario. Me dice si tiene alguna pregunta. Saludos!
Another valuable lesson. I prefer a6. Many thanks. 💪🏼👍🏼👏👏👏
Thank you, Mark, for your feedback 👍😎
Really thanks for your excellent videos 😊
Good job, good teachers are hard to find these days.....!
I watched this thing now in 2023 and I recommend this for all players this is something useful.. thank you for doing that amazing analysis ❤❤
Excellent lesson! I'm a die hard KID player and I have always wondered what is the best reply to the annoying Bf4 London. I believe black can also go for ...d5 instead of ...d6 but I think it depends of white's set up and it takes the game in a completely different direction. Thanks for the lesson! Cheers!
Excellent video.
Great video! Just preparing my KID before the chess league game 😅 playing in two hours
Nah im always found a bishop pinning 5 with a queen and knight backup, im so confuse when they do that
Im beginner btw, im struggle on 700 elo who abuse that g5 on my pirc, or king indian def
It js takes practice, you'll be fine
Really important question: what is the different between the pirc and the king indian ??
White has a pawn on C4 in the KID
Can't really thank you enough for these videos!
👍😎
Great job 👏👏👏
Extremely helpful content, thanks a lot! You mentioned a second plan you execute but you'd come back to in a later video. Is that one out yet? And if so, what's the lesson number?
Would have liked to see the London variation with knight to c3 instead of pawn. I see that a lot.
Big thank you to you!
I didn't know that after c4 you play e5, so that's actually super useful.
Can't say enough that I appreciate you. :)
You are more than welcome, Leon! Glad you liked it!
"Always reply to an attack on a wing by striking at the centre". 🙂
So against the London, the Hippirc works well! Thanks, great vid!
Very informative
Wonderfuly explained sir ❤️
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 👍
Bob your idea of repeating the sequence is perfect for slow learners
7:12 been there, done that :)
And please we expect four pawns averbakh symislov set up videos but i usually dont find a middle game plan in When they do simmetrical fianchetto set up
Absolutely! We have to cover all of those little by little 👍
Great video Robert. Do you have a video for KID v Jobava London? When white plays d4 Bf4 Nc3 or d4 Nc3 Bf4.
Best chess channel. Thanks for your teaching
Robert, what are your thoughts on 5. Nfd7 (instead of Nbd7). I've seen this talked about as a way to get e5 in faster and aggressively go for f5 sooner. I mean as a specific counter to the London. Thanks! 💪
Really thank you
Robert, you are the master of chess videos.
At 8:35, I don’t get get why the bishop fianchetto helps against the white queen when pushing e5? Can’t be just to make time hoping white plays Nd2 and block the queen?
Hello! Here is the part where I explain that. Let me know if it makes sense now 👍 It is mainly about opening the a8 rook so that it recaptures on d8 and the e8 rook remains defending e5. ua-cam.com/video/VA2Iro7AkOM/v-deo.html
@@NMRobertRamirez Ah, I see now. Thanks for spelling it out for me and the quick reply.
thank you for this video as i played the kid vs london and lost the game because i didnt know how to react to it
Nice video! Could you make a video playing the kings Indian defense against the 150 attack?
Thank you! Feel free to check out lesson # 70 and let me know if that's what you mean 👍
is c5 a plan for black in KID?
Make a course on Landon sestam
At 12min. I had to hit the like button. Everything is explained well. Thank you!
Thank you! 🙌👍
Thanks again for a amazing video. I have 2 questions: 1) how about Qe8 instead of Re8 and 2)what if before castling, White plays h4 aiming for opposite castle and a pawn storm against the black castle? Jean-Michel
Hey Coach! I don't know if you look back at old lessons but I'll ask here anyway! Lesson 58 is the opposite side castling London for White, which is something I see every now and again while playing our Pirc/KID. Do you have any info on how you like to play vs this type of London? In general I'm trying to use the c6 idea to allow our Queen out to the Queen side and expand prior to castling King side.
Hello Jason! I typically use what we learned in lesson # 70 or lesson # 87 👍💪
@@NMRobertRamirez Thanks Rob, I'll rewatch those lessons to see where I can improve!
@@NMRobertRamirez Hey Coach Rob, I went over a bunch of idea's mainly looking at how to marry the 2 different ideas and how to wait for them to choose if they're going to Castle long or short and made up my own Lichess studies on them. I also looked into the Jobava (with the Kc3 move) since I know it's fairly popular.... and I've run into 1 issue and it's actually when they castle short! Just like in this video at 7:15 where our Kight on d7 is pinned, the antidote was to Fianchetto the light square bishop. I've found that if they're in a Jobava set up with Kc3 and Qd2, when we're ready to push e5, if they form a battery with Rfd1, that pin on our knight is present once again, and e5 leads to the same trouble seen at 7:15. Any other move than setting up that battery works just the same. At my level I think it'll be a fluke if an opponent knows to do Rd1, but thought I'd send the question your way.
thanks for the tips for using lichens!!
You are more than welcome 👍
Also, white can defer both castling & c3, to get QN to c4, by a4, Na3-Nc4 because then it’s very difficult for black to get in e5 as white has 4 units guarding e5 (ie, d4, nf3, Bf4 & Nc4). Not critique but food for thought.
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An other masterpiece lesson
When can we expect the another plan you mentioned in 30:50? (:
Probably between lesson # 95 and 100 👍
thank you so much
You are welcome! Happy to help 👍
I like a6 where I can push e5 - and when I play c5 then I control the b4 square. Of course, I haven't played this in a game yet :)
Yes, I like that one too, Charles! Let me know how it goes when you try it in a game 👍
Is Nh5 good to go after their dark squared bishop if they don't do h3 before they castle?
Yes, it can be played sometimes. Especially if they have no way to avoid the trade 👍