Very nice, but one small point. After 3.Bg5 h6, I was brought up to believe that 4.Bxf6 was correct. (Likewise in the Trompovsky after 2...e6 3.e4 h6, when it is forced). Karpov had a number of games with this, including a couple of losses to Korchnoi, and some wins against the likes of Timman and Adams. In particularly, he liked to play an early g5, fighting for the weakened dark squares. Objectively, I am sure Black is fine, but it should probably be covered.
Yeah, you're right, Bxf6 is an important option. I was always of the opinion that with a knight on f3 these lines were rather harmless, as White doesn't have the plan of f4 at his disposal, like in the Tromp. In this case, after e4, Black has two plans, one is a dark-square strategy with ...d6 and ...e5 and the other one is a light-square strategy with ...d5. In the video I wanted to pay more attention to the London-like structures, hence the ommision, but probably I should have said something about this option, too.
A game that stuck in my memory (maybe I first saw it cited in the ancient green ECO) is Sangla-Karpov, a win against the Torre in 11 moves. But that was with putting the queen rather than the pawn on b6.
@7:38 I could only find Shirazi vs Karpov with these moves . Shirazi, Kamran (2455) Karpov, Anatoly (2715) Event: Wch-blitz Site: Saint John Round: 1 Date: ??/??/1988 ECO: D03 Score: 0-1
Can you please give an explanation as to why d5 is played when white plays d4 and c4, presumably to stop white playing d5. Be nice to have a fuller explanation though, especially comparing it to the e6 with d6 lines.
Has Colovic made anything against 1.Nf3/1.c4 with a Nf6 + c5 approach? It would go well with this and give me a full repertoire meeting 1.Nf3 and 1.c4 with 1…c5 as I have his Scheveningen Chessable course
No, I haven't done that. Those lines require a bit more theoretical knowledge, so I'm not sure how good a choice they would be for a "simplified" analysis.
@ thanks for the response and I have one more question if you don’t mind! What order of study would you recommend between your Scheveningen and najdorf Chessable courses? For content I’m 1850 FIDE but have only ever played 1…d6 as black vs everything following my book on the Czech pirc/wade defence. I want to upgrade to a Sicilian but unsure how to go about it…
@@Robertl-xz6yl I'd say you start with the Najdorf because it is more understanding-based, rather than a LTR-style repertoire like the Scheveningen. I think it's more important to understand the Sicilian positions first before embarking on the complexities of the variations.
Wow you completed nimzo style repertoire against d4. Thank you very much.
You're welcome!
Great job Alex, very well done. Karpov is my favourite player and this system is really nice… I will study it for sure!
All the best for the new year!
Thank you and likewise!
16:45 I wondered about Nxg2, Rg5, etc. Now this channel gives yet another complete 1.d4 repertoire for Black. Kind of incredible. 👍👍
Very nice, but one small point. After 3.Bg5 h6, I was brought up to believe that 4.Bxf6 was correct. (Likewise in the Trompovsky after 2...e6 3.e4 h6, when it is forced). Karpov had a number of games with this, including a couple of losses to Korchnoi, and some wins against the likes of Timman and Adams. In particularly, he liked to play an early g5, fighting for the weakened dark squares. Objectively, I am sure Black is fine, but it should probably be covered.
Yeah, you're right, Bxf6 is an important option. I was always of the opinion that with a knight on f3 these lines were rather harmless, as White doesn't have the plan of f4 at his disposal, like in the Tromp. In this case, after e4, Black has two plans, one is a dark-square strategy with ...d6 and ...e5 and the other one is a light-square strategy with ...d5. In the video I wanted to pay more attention to the London-like structures, hence the ommision, but probably I should have said something about this option, too.
I lost against this against a FM, it’s more serious than it looks
@KnightToRemember Of course, everything is serious nowadays! Even jeans! :)))
@@gmalexcolovic😂
Love this series! Happy New Year 🥳🎉
Thank you, and Happy New Year to you too!
Thanks for these great simplified series; finishing them with Karpov was great too, my favourite player ever.
Thank you!
Thank you very much! All the best in the new year!
Thank you, likewise!
A game that stuck in my memory (maybe I first saw it cited in the ancient green ECO) is Sangla-Karpov, a win against the Torre in 11 moves. But that was with putting the queen rather than the pawn on b6.
@7:38 I could only find Shirazi vs Karpov with these moves .
Shirazi, Kamran (2455)
Karpov, Anatoly (2715)
Event: Wch-blitz
Site: Saint John
Round: 1 Date: ??/??/1988
ECO: D03 Score: 0-1
Can you please give an explanation as to why d5 is played when white plays d4 and c4, presumably to stop white playing d5. Be nice to have a fuller explanation though, especially comparing it to the e6 with d6 lines.
Very nice video. I played like this numerous times and I always thought it was Peter Leko style. Now i know better :)
Cheers
Siddhartha
Thank you!
Has Colovic made anything against 1.Nf3/1.c4 with a Nf6 + c5 approach? It would go well with this and give me a full repertoire meeting 1.Nf3 and 1.c4 with 1…c5 as I have his Scheveningen Chessable course
No, I haven't done that. Those lines require a bit more theoretical knowledge, so I'm not sure how good a choice they would be for a "simplified" analysis.
@ thanks for the response and I have one more question if you don’t mind! What order of study would you recommend between your Scheveningen and najdorf Chessable courses? For content I’m 1850 FIDE but have only ever played 1…d6 as black vs everything following my book on the Czech pirc/wade defence. I want to upgrade to a Sicilian but unsure how to go about it…
@@Robertl-xz6yl I'd say you start with the Najdorf because it is more understanding-based, rather than a LTR-style repertoire like the Scheveningen. I think it's more important to understand the Sicilian positions first before embarking on the complexities of the variations.
nice maestro
Thank you!
From which course is this?
No course, just exclusively and totally free of charge on my channel!
is this the hedgehog ?
Not exactly, as the hedgehog implies a white centre with pawns on c4 and e4, though Black's set up is more or less the same.
@@gmalexcolovic thx !
No one opening is annoying. Only players are.
Ha, good point! :)