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I like the Triangle and the Charousek and am learning the Janowski. Anything to counter this Eldritch Abomination.

After doing this kind of analysis I always get so sad that I won't get to put it into use for a while. Englund you at least see a decent amount at lower levels. (don't tell the grob players, but 2...Nc6 3.c4 d4 is amazing as well. Reverse benoni with g4 on the board? sign me the fk up!)

Great vid, thank you for sharing!

Надо просто кричать «ЗАДВИНУЛ» каждый ход, тогда будешь всегда выигрывать.

the line presented is very good

Hi abdul rehaman please help me to just chess videos and lines

grob cannot be refuted. I will figure it out and become a master

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Tony, party people everywhere want to see expert Rotella analysis for Black against the Sokolsky Opening (1 b4)! I am also wondering Tony if Black could get away from time with 1 g3 h5 and 1 f4 Nh6. Sure, they are not optimal, but then again neither are some of White's quite rare 1st move alternatives.

Really, really good stuff here. I was interested in this opening today and practiced with a 2600 bot and got my first draw against it after watching your video halfway. The resrt is quite much to memorize so I will have to go at it again and again until I learn most of the Alekhine Defense lines.

Glad I found this gem, I’ll take some advice. I’m around 1100-1200. I prefer over the board play and rapid chess. I prefer attacking over positional play yet understand I must adjust based off my opponent. I’m a working young adult who wants to win more games in club play.Any opening recs for more serious play? One black and one white. Other notes. I enjoy watching end game videos and I’m always going for checkmate over winning by time or drawing games.

One feels comfortable and in control with the reducing triangle technique. th-cam.com/users/shortsn5xV2PcKGc4 is helpful for the final triangle.

Thanks for the analysis

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What do you do if you love the non-critical lines of an opening but don't like, understand and isn't your type the critical lines. For me I love the Tromp when black doesnt play an early ...c5 or doesnt know what they're doing after 2...d5. The line that goes 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. g3 I find particularly nice btw. Is this a situation where I should learn a second opening while keeping the first so I don't get rusty on the lines I'm good at?

I see your a LM but I cant find any page of yours to verify a rating

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I think the segments are listed incorrectly. No bc4 section listed

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Hey, I came across a video and I am really struggling to find a good otb repetoire right now. Ive played the Kings gambit for a long time, my favourite opening is the modern benoni, and I love the closed positions that arise from the modern benoni and how I know what to do because I know a lot of ideas in it. I like the wacky stuff and it doesnt have to be equal, just complicated. I am currently looking for a repetoire where I can have a lot of fun with white, and something to play with black versus 1. e4. I saw you recommend the Jobava London to someone else, I think I will look into that, but id love to hear your opinion.

Thanks

This was an awesome vid, super helpful. Do you think there's been any crucial updates in the meantime? Also what do you think about this system, seems actually sound: 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5 3.e3 Nc6 4.c3 f6 and going all in kicking the bishop around or playing for e5 now that white can't play c4 in one go.

Who else out here waiting for the next tonyro vid..

As a triangle player the Catalan and the anti-noteboom gambit are the bane of my chess existence.

Can someone give me a sugestion of what to play against 1.d4? I'll play a tournament this weekend and I'm not sure of what to play against 1.d4. I almost always face 1.e4 as black on lichess. As white I play the Jobava london and against 1.e4 I play the sicilian (kalashnikov in the open sicilian).

Hi tony I am looking for new white openings and new black openings against d4 im about 1500 elo and am focused on improving my rating. My favourite opening to play is actually the French defence advanced variation are there any openings / lines that are similar to this for black against d4 and what white openint would match it

TY Tony. Yugoslav attack was the first opening I deeply studied 30 years ago and it teaches so much about chess.

This was super helpful. I'm wanting to dip my toe into the semi-slav, and every video out there seems to start at move 5. This answered every question I had.

Really enjoyed this video. Have been struggling with understanding the QGD and its variations. Not only was the specific discussion on the h6 line great, but the overall discussion on the strategy for white was solid gold for me. Thank you for taking the time and effort to put this together and share it with us. Peace.

34:53 if that is the absolute best black can get with optimal play for both sides, i don't think the taylor is a threat to the morra at all. White is down a full pawn, yet the position is equal and black is going to be passive for the next 20 moves.

It's pronounced al-YECH-in.

Loved it! The best content! How long does it take you to learn all this? The crazy thing is that you do all the work and then you don't play the dragon! Chess can be hard!

8 years late to the party but thank you so much for this video. I've been playing the Accelerated Dragon as my main black v e5 opening for months now (just aimlessly, to familiarise myself with the patterns) and now that I'm ready to tighten things up I've discovered this amazing video. So cool to see so many lines and situations I've found myself in covered here. Your explanations are quick and thorough. Things are a little bit more wild down in 1300-1400 where I'm bouncing around currently so I love that you go down a few losing lines to show *why* certain moves are sub-par for both sides (where a lot of videos simply show the best 2 or 3 lines and leave me wondering wtf to do when a sub-par line is chosen by my opponent). I wouldn't be surprised if this video helps me earn another 100 elo or more just off the theory alone. Thanks for this, Tony!

This was a great video. New fan here. Thanks!!

Fantastic video. Loved the analysis on the Four Pawns Attack.

6:56 - Why not just grab the pawn on a7?

15:22 there's fun e5 Nb5 d5 cxd5 Bc5 , (Anti-Benoni English - Kasparov-Vaganian Gambit) which I liked but almost never played when I used to play Benko I know you were showing transpositions so it wasn't the point,just a fun line

This has been one of my best opening videos online for a long time. I am surprised that I had not commented before. Totally expecting a London in my zonal game tomorrow. I'll be black. Thank you Tony! One has to respect the amount of work that goes into this. I've watched this probably more than five times over the years but still need to check the lines, perhaps teach others to remember. Thank you, Sir!

Good job Tony! Thank you for presenting.

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The best line regarding the Smith -Morra was by Larsen when playing at the San Antonio tournament here Ken Smith played the Smith-Morra gambit at every opportunity. Then in one game his opponent responded, I think, with the French Defense, to which Larsen gave the annotation something like "1. e4, e6? Black's move is a mistake since he should have played c5 which is winning since his opponent plays the gambit against it."

Very meticulously researched.

I just discovered your TH-cam channel and I like it a lot!! I'm wondering what your honest opinion is about the hippopotamus defense and the black lion old Indian system.thanks in advance and please continue to download videos.why not doing a tier list of openings?

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Great video Tony, is there a source that covers all the nuances for white and black in the QGD Exchange? I play it with both colours and cannot find a comprehensive source. There are so many plans for black like h6 g5 nh5 etc that I never see covered anywhere

Tony. Since now this idea is out in the open .... 😄The ...a5, ...Na6 idea has been known to me for some time now. Actually, I was privileged to speak about this position with my friend GM Lukasz Cyborowski of Poland (his game is in the database, and he even has many more games in the variation, but they are not in the database) ... He pointed out that: 1. the idea of playing .. c5 should be played only after White playes f2-f3 with tactical ideas of stopping or delaying White's e3-e4-e5, d4-d5 pawn storm. But his preference is to play the dark squared Bishop to ..d7 or.. b7 and place Rook on c8 (across from the White's Queens). This creates whole bunch of tactical ideas that appear to work good for White but turns out work better for Black. But that is just yet another approach. Alternative to the queenside storm for Black is to keep the b7 pawn in place and put the bishop on c6 with the idea to push c5 and d5-d4 later. Very good and a year later - still relatively Unkown idea... Good job. thanks

Alekhine defense is the best against e4

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