Dealing with the most annoying opening in chess · Road to 2500, Game 43
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- Опубліковано 11 лют 2025
- There is only one opening I consider annoying and boring to play against. And here is my advice on how to beat it!
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The Exchange Slav is something I hate seeing. It's an equal position where white is simply a tempo up in complete symmetry. Unless Black creates an early imbalance! I played my main setup against it, my otb repertoire, and got a position I knew well and managed to play quickly and relatively well.
These are the stats after 43 games:
Starting rating: 2251
Current rating: 2279 (+28)
Current score: W 20, L 13, D 8, C 2
Games with Black pieces: 23
Games with White pieces: 20
Days left: 419
Rating: 2279/2500
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When you think you played like a grandmaster, but after the game, Stockfish says you were an idiot. 😂
lol, so true. So many times I’ve been so proud of a clever sac or tactic that turned out to be 100% losing on the analysis. There is also something about the conviction of those kind of moves that can frighten your opponent into accepting your blunder😂
Right
Good to see that your time management was considerably better than before!!
i love your anti-kramnik setup
Can we be sure there is no tiny HUD in the glasses?
Glad to celebrate the win with you! Hanging pawns with a cup of coffee in the morning is the way to go 😁
Very exciting game, congratulations on the win😅🎉. And you were up on the clock the whole way through!
That's a really good win!
Thanks for sharing this beautiful game. :) Though of course Stockfish was not all that impressed.
Going to save this video as a nice example for me to imitate in my work on my middlegame planning. 💜
nice, was nervous at the end lol!!!
I agree with you, as a semi-slav player, the exchange variation is tough to see.
Great game stjepan!!!!
whenever im playing and dislike an opening im being forced to play I remember you haha. have a great week.
Nice win!
Great video!!
Nice, very exciting to watch
the f3 line for the exchange slav is pretty cool though
Thanks for sharing your content as always. It's inspiring to hear of your persistence through mistakes in previous games and play a really beautiful game here. Your knight on c4 was an absolute menace ♟🔥
Amazing game, congratulations!
Great played,,congrats😎👍
That was a very interesting game. You really missed an opportunity with 28... Ne7 with the idea of Ne7-g6 and if knight retreats to h3 you have Ng6-h5 followed by Nxg2 and Rg6 which really looked like the end to me. I also liked the f4 idea but with the rook on g8 it wasn't working. After 26... f4 27. exf4 I was looking into solutions with Nxd4 but Qc3 was always ruining my day. Just in general tho you handled the opening like a master. I sometimes play the exchange slav myself with White but I'll definitely have to look into this line 👏👏
Thanks! Now I just simplified my repertoire to play the Exchange Slav when I'm White, instead of allowing for too many Slav/Semi-Slav variations against me, now I just simplify.
Well done!
the engine always spoils the fun , but that's normal when it gets tactical , good win
I try to go for Nc6 > e5 when I can, or Qb6, just to avoid the sheer boredom of these positions.
I'm pretty bad with White against the Benko and Benoni. Please don't tell anyone.
great ✌️✌️
I play e5 against Nc3. You can take back that pawn
I’ve been working on these lines because they really complement my repertoire
35:58 Wasn't ...Nxe3+ winning on the spot? No I guess it gets complicated after Ke2, I guess. But it was worth a consideration. Stjepan played a bit fast despite the complicated nature of the position and his time situation.
Ok looking a bit deeper, I've come to the conclusion his move was better.
From the title I expected to see a London system :-) but the Slav exchange is also quite annoying indeed 😂
Uff!
I want to play with you
first!
This dude gave up on the road to GM?
This is technically the jobava
Not at all, having your pawn on c2 behind your knight definitely is different
Queen pawn openings all tend to be boring.
No... Respectfully disagree with you, try the Trompowsky
Yes the Dutch is so boring
Yes, openings like the Chigorin, Trompowsky, Dutch, Benoni, Benko and KID all have that kind of reputation.
Obviously, they are irritating too.
@@youricortat6176all those openings you mention have a bad reputation at the top level for a reason, and because of engines even lower rated but competent players can prep to the gills to smash you right in the opening
Well done !