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 TH-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
Great content! As a chess beginner it brings me much joy to know you have over 100 lessons I have yet to watch and learn from! It's like someone telling you your favourite TV show has 100 seasons, oh boy
Mr. Ramirez, want to thank you for these videos. So many videos from others about openings (don't stop making your own, they are really good too!), but few talk about what happens after except for specific lines (opponent plays something not shown in the video, then what???). Showing us how to play strategically is the way to really get better, and you are the absolute best at it! You show the key concepts, and have us use our own brains to apply them. Having taught math from middle school to college I know how to spot a great teacher, and you are it!
In my opinion, of all the chess videos I've watched, these are the most informative for me. I'm not sure I can retain this info but it is well laid out.
14:20---It's tactics like this which consistently elude me. Of course in Rapid one shouldn't expect brilliancies but it would be nice if one didn't blunder away two pieces in the space of four moves, turning a won position into a losing one. This happened in a recent game. As GM Huschenbeth sez, "Tactics are the foundation of everything else." If you don't see stuff like that in real time WITHOUT PROMPTING you can hardly become an Expert, let alone NM or higher. Great viddy BTW, perhaps your most instructive one yet on the middlegame (which probably matters more than anything else). Cheers!
#3 I would probably take with the bishop to develop a piece and let the room and pawn protect it. I feel taking with the pawn leaves a lane open and the dark square bishop loses its post and whites light square bishop becomes more powerful and I see some really bad exchanges for black in the future…again just my opinion
I’ve not been studying recently and I wasn’t as sharp as I was a few months ago as a result. Feeling the frustration I came back to some of your old strategy videos and sure enough I just had a game that was actually strategically interesting rather than me just either winning through luck or getting my ass kicked! Thanks RR
first time my mind is totally twisted in this course till this lesson.I nvr had seen board the way you are making me see it . thanks for the efforts but Have to see this lecture again in order to digest it .
Homework thought process: a) gxf5 closes the file for the f-Rook and creates a rather weak pawn. b) Bxf5 develops a piece that can retreat in case it's attacked. c) Rxf5 moves the Rook away from its ideal square. My answer is b) Bxf5 is the best move.
I feel that white is better -better knight ranks -traded bishops off and kept knights (center is locked) -Connected rooks -More presence in the center -Pieces are more coordinated -rook on semi open file From blacks perspective his bishop and queen are well coordinate but not his rooks and it will take at least 2 turns to connect them. He has a rook on a semi open file but so does white. Edit: I also just noticed white has a knight outpost on e6 as well
In position 1 I rather white because his pieces are more active and his knight on E4 is pressuring the dark squares and black's bishop is quite passive
For #2, Bxe4 since K or R would block the Bishop. It seems improved moving to e4, and more backup for d5. Rook could take e4 for a rook lift but doesn't have anywhere to go yet because Black's bishop and queen control g4,g5.
position Nr. 1 : White looks scarry but black is completly playable ( you have even the ability to get a better center ) position 2 : my logic to take here with the knight is: where it stands now it has no future, also a knight in the center is always a pleasure ! ( also it cannot get kicked out easly ) i was blown away as you said '' you take with the bishop '' position 3 : i would take with the pawn.
Robert, I'm a big fan of your videos. On this video in particular I would find it more useful to see a link to the game you suggest practicing or the PGN to import.
Question Robert 2:45 : this video indicated we already should know what to do in these center formations. So I tried to find those videos - you're an amazing teacher. But where are they? What videos did taught me how to continue in these formation? Cheers! Edit: or is it opening study of the Ruy Lopez? I never study openings.
Out of those types of center, We have really covered in detail the one we addressed in this lesson. That's why I said we had one problem because that specific one, we should be familiar with. At least the ideas of what pawn to target 👍 We covered it in lessons # 69 and # 85 where we talked about the Pirc and KID, but I have reinforced it many other times. As we advance, we will study other openings and types of centers until we cover them all.
1. White. 2. Knight (blockader), 3. Bishop (develops an undeveloped piece, feel the pawn weakens the king and leaves the dsq bishop open to being pinned. But I do know it is a KID so pushing pawns is a part of the plan).
Absolutely! Regarding the book, take a look at my book recommendations in the description of this video. The one about Carlsen and Kramnik are really good.
What is the second game? Im interested on it for my database.This concept is in the book Superior strategy from Roberto Grau but never managed to understand it. I will revisit this video several times to master it.
Hello! I think it is mainly because White was trying to make Qg6+ work. Kh5 is more of an energetic move when compared to the defensive Rg3. Although I have to say, Rg3 seems effective to block the check 👍
0:59 with out looking ahead. White looks better as he has the break coming on c5, space advantage, and outpost potential on e6. Also doesnt look like black bishop has much to target at the moment vs whites knight. Black king also weaker with f7 diagonal open.
I guess it’s been a month everyday i watch ur video. And yesterday I finished this lecture. And today i played 4 match i won all 4 bcz of this vid. Idk how to thank u. It’s been 1month i play this game i wanna say i reached 1100 bcz of u. And inshalllah i will finish all ur videos soon and tell u how i improved thank u again. ❤
0:59 1) I would feel more confident playing with white because of the space advantage and the pushed pawns at the queenside (maybe a break like c5 is will be possible). Also white has a well posistioned knight at the center whereas black has a bad black squared bishop that is being blocked by its own pawns. 2) Maybe Knight takes to support a c5 break and eye the g5 square. 3)pawn takes to go for f4.
Hey Robert and thank you for your amazing instructive course! Bravo for making the effort in pronouncing the Pirc in a better way :) but still if you want to get it perfect here's a tip: The way you said stienitz was fine. So take the "tz" and use that to say Pirc the correct way = pirtz. Thats how you will get it right. And thank you again for eveything you do with such clear and positive energy!
You are welcome Yuval! Thank you for taking the time to share your answers and also for the tip and all your support in general. It's great to see you continue to enjoy these lessons 👍
Robert, I've become a HUGE fan, and am learning so much from your videos. Great voice, and great way of explaining. Question: at 24:20 why doesn't white take the pawn en passant at b7? The only way to protect from promotion is to move the bishop at d1 and there are no open squares except e2 leaving c1 hanging. Then protect the pawn at b1 with a knight to b4? This would be troublesome for white, no? Thanks, and if you're ever in St. Louis, I'd love to buy you a beer! Cheers! Edit: Never mind, I just found the answer way down in the comments. Yes, I too confused the rule on en passant. Mea Culpa!
1. white (space & black's dark bishop looks bad & knights seem to have better prospects) 2. bishop (easier to avoid pins & not sitting duck if black tries to fight for e4 i guess) 3. bishop again (from playing KID i think that's the piece the computer usually says is the best to recapture with)
Okay, without peeking I'd say white. Black's position seems cramped, and white should be able to launch an attack on the king side. #2. I would take with the rook, to involve it in the king attack, for example on h4. #3. I think I would take with the bishop, to activate it and control some key squares such as d3, e4, h3.
In position #1 I prefer White: 1) The black bishop is a bad bishop. 2) The knight on e4 has an excellent square. 3) White has space advantage on the queen side. 4) White has a rook on a semi-open file. 5) The white pieces are in active positions
Hello sir, before the closed pawn structure, you talked about position (2:42) if pawn takes in centre and if knight takes in centre. Please tell what is middlegame plan then. Thanks
For #3 Bxf5. taking with pawn would lead to the h pawn being isolated and less cover for the King. Taking with Bishop improves it, controls the b1-h7 diagonal as well. Taking with Rook is ok but doesn't improve it as much as taking with Bishop, and it blocks the Bishop's control of h3.
For #1 White has more space, and is fully developed with connected rooks. Black has less space, and doesn't have the rooks connected. Black's pawn structure is aimed at the kingside where the White king is, but Black doesn't have many pieces there yet. White's pawn structure is a littler harder to tell since b4 looks like it's doing a queenside pawn storm but otherwise it looks like White should be doing a kingside attack too and has more pieces on the kingside already. So: White.
I was wondering what do you think about the Slav defense? I am looking for some other openings against d4 except the fiancetto bishop ones because i am so bad with them lmao. Thx love your content. If you could teach more openings like that would be great.
The Slav is an opening we will certainly cover in this course. I like it a lot. It is solid and pretty dynamic as well. It's simply one of those legendary replies vs 1.d4.
Now I really know how to use the f file and attack the target pawn . Thank you sir! (Can you make more video about middlegame?I will love it very much.)
That's so nice to hear! Glad to see you found some value in this lesson 👍 And yes, we have a lot of middlegme lessons coming up! Thank you for your feedback by the way 😎
at 11:20 you say Bf5 is better than Rf5 but thing is, white has the threat of Qh6 followed by Ng5. Bf5 would lose on the spot - I checked with an engine and the only defense is for black to play g5 as a clearance defensive sacrifice (as it opens the diagonal and the bishop now protects the h7 pawn). The computer says it's +3 for white at that point. also at 24:48 white has Rc2 protecting the queen, didnt check with an engine this time
Hello! You are totally right. Thanks a lot for bringing that up. I thought Nh5 followed by Qd7 would take care of it, but it doesn't. Great catch and again, congrats on studying these lessons the right way 💪
#2 with the knight because I'd like to continue moving it to g5 and then forking the king and queen. That knight can not move forward to any other position so it will be more active
Great video as usual ! Could you next time do a video on the kings indian Attack in non-french positions and the general idea / plan in those positions ? All the videos i have seen talk about the mainline against the french but not on the lines where black avoids it
Hello! Do you mean at 24:19? If that's the case, notice that the white pawn is on c6 and the black pawn did not land next to it. In order for en passant to be possible, the white pawn would have to be on c5 (5th rank). Hope this makes sense 👍
gxf5 is the correct move , according to me .It controls e4, sets a pawn roller , enhances kingside attack ( black pawn structure pointing kingside attack), opens g file for attacking king in long future may be . What more can be expected from a single move.
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 TH-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
Huge respect for your consistent grind, man. Incredible channel you're building here
Thank you, Jordan! I truly appreciate your kind words 🙌👍
How utterly pleasing these instructive chess appraisals are. Indeed, you should be eventually rewarded with a thousand more of subscribers.
Great content! As a chess beginner it brings me much joy to know you have over 100 lessons I have yet to watch and learn from! It's like someone telling you your favourite TV show has 100 seasons, oh boy
This was such a great lesson. I know it was nothing to do with the main topic, but when the king defended itself, that was a really cool idea too.
Thanks for the tip to check out this lesson.
Each presentation demonstrates something new for me.
these vids are really helpful. the general knowledge that i’ve gained has been great. 1200 and improving. 👍👍 keep it up!!
I struggle a lot with the middle game. This video is a blessing. Thank you, sir ❤️❤️❤️
You are more than welcome! Great to know you found it useful 😎
Me too
Mr. Ramirez, want to thank you for these videos. So many videos from others about openings (don't stop making your own, they are really good too!), but few talk about what happens after except for specific lines (opponent plays something not shown in the video, then what???). Showing us how to play strategically is the way to really get better, and you are the absolute best at it! You show the key concepts, and have us use our own brains to apply them. Having taught math from middle school to college I know how to spot a great teacher, and you are it!
Excellent video. Your content is brilliant for learning important chess concepts. Kudos to yourself for putting content like this together.
Very strong lesson. Thanks Roberto. You've put my chess understanding to a new level. Keep it on with strategy lessons
You got it, Vasyl! It means a lot to know you are finding some value in these lessons 👍💪
I learn so much in these game reviews! thanks
Glad to hear, Ferdinand 💪 Thanks to comments like yours, I try to go over the entire game whenever possible.
Your channel is a true gift for someone like me who loves this game and seeking constant improvement. Thanks for all the great content!
I m happy to have a Coach like you.
Thank You sir.
That's very kind of you to say, Salman! Glad you are enjoying these lessons 👍
final Nc2 move is amazing 🔥
incredible knite end game idea
In my opinion, of all the chess videos I've watched, these are the most informative for me. I'm not sure I can retain this info but it is well laid out.
Got a very good understanding this time.intuned me to several life changing moves where I would have panicked or given up🎉
Nice! Strategy+ Tactic and understanding of requirements of the position!
Omg!One of the best channel for chess no timepass, best content...... BTW this is my 3rd account who sub your channel dude lol
🤓👍 Thank you for your feedback and all your support!
14:20---It's tactics like this which consistently elude me. Of course in Rapid one shouldn't expect brilliancies but it would be nice if one didn't blunder away two pieces in the space of four moves, turning a won position into a losing one. This happened in a recent game. As GM Huschenbeth sez, "Tactics are the foundation of everything else." If you don't see stuff like that in real time WITHOUT PROMPTING you can hardly become an Expert, let alone NM or higher. Great viddy BTW, perhaps your most instructive one yet on the middlegame (which probably matters more than anything else). Cheers!
Thank you for this lesson, I'm watching your videos one by one, thanks for your efforts it's appreciated.
#3 I would probably take with the bishop to develop a piece and let the room and pawn protect it. I feel taking with the pawn leaves a lane open and the dark square bishop loses its post and whites light square bishop becomes more powerful and I see some really bad exchanges for black in the future…again just my opinion
What to do (and I do) in MG:
Give check with queen
Queen captured by knight
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Or a pawn
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Awesome instructional content…thank you!!!
You are welcome, Marcus! Glad you found it useful 👍
Just re-visited this lesson. Nice refresher.
Amazing instructional. So glad I've found this series.
Really great video. I’m a candidate master (mainly based on tactical ability) but still learning so much from your video lessons. Many thanks!
I’ve not been studying recently and I wasn’t as sharp as I was a few months ago as a result. Feeling the frustration I came back to some of your old strategy videos and sure enough I just had a game that was actually strategically interesting rather than me just either winning through luck or getting my ass kicked! Thanks RR
You are more than welcome! 👍😎 Nice to see you back 💪
Really valuable lesson, thank you for that!
first time my mind is totally twisted in this course till this lesson.I nvr had seen board the way you are making me see it . thanks for the efforts but Have to see this lecture again in order to digest it .
Homework thought process:
a) gxf5 closes the file for the f-Rook and creates a rather weak pawn.
b) Bxf5 develops a piece that can retreat in case it's attacked.
c) Rxf5 moves the Rook away from its ideal square.
My answer is b) Bxf5 is the best move.
Thanks a lot for sharing your answer, Xavier! 👍💪
The pawns shape gives me anxity
I feel that white is better
-better knight ranks
-traded bishops off and kept knights (center is locked)
-Connected rooks
-More presence in the center
-Pieces are more coordinated
-rook on semi open file
From blacks perspective his bishop and queen are well coordinate but not his rooks and it will take at least 2 turns to connect them. He has a rook on a semi open file but so does white.
Edit:
I also just noticed white has a knight outpost on e6 as well
Thanks a lot for sharing your answer 🙌👍
In position 1 I rather white because his pieces are more active and his knight on E4 is pressuring the dark squares and black's bishop is quite passive
Many great players think/thought that Lasker was the greatest player of all times.
For #2, Bxe4 since K or R would block the Bishop. It seems improved moving to e4, and more backup for d5. Rook could take e4 for a rook lift but doesn't have anywhere to go yet because Black's bishop and queen control g4,g5.
Thanks for the guidance, great work sir
Greatest TH-cam chess channel i have seen so far
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#1 white, #2 knight, #3 pawn, #4 4:00 locked pawns target.
This guy you are the best your videos have improved my game drastically
Thank you! Glad to hear you are making progress. Just keep training consistently and enjoy the process! 💪
position Nr. 1 : White looks scarry but black is completly playable ( you have even the ability to get a better center )
position 2 : my logic to take here with the knight is: where it stands now it has no future, also a knight in the center is always a pleasure ! ( also it cannot get kicked out easly )
i was blown away as you said '' you take with the bishop ''
position 3 : i would take with the pawn.
Learnt very good concept about chess. Thank you.
Would be nice to have some FEN positions in the description of the video if appropriate.
Thank you very much for this! More videos like that would be great!
There are more to come for sure! 👍
Robert, I'm a big fan of your videos. On this video in particular I would find it more useful to see a link to the game you suggest practicing or the PGN to import.
I have been searching a video lessons channel for a long time. Always something new to learn and great presentations. Thank you
You are more than welcome, Vincent! Let me know if you ever have any questions as you go through the lessons.
I had no opening black at now I am in love with PIRC for the rest of my life.
Thanks for your valuable tips dear
Question Robert 2:45 : this video indicated we already should know what to do in these center formations. So I tried to find those videos - you're an amazing teacher. But where are they? What videos did taught me how to continue in these formation?
Cheers!
Edit: or is it opening study of the Ruy Lopez? I never study openings.
Out of those types of center, We have really covered in detail the one we addressed in this lesson. That's why I said we had one problem because that specific one, we should be familiar with. At least the ideas of what pawn to target 👍
We covered it in lessons # 69 and # 85 where we talked about the Pirc and KID, but I have reinforced it many other times.
As we advance, we will study other openings and types of centers until we cover them all.
In which video I can learn about the Pawn structure you talk about? 3:19
In the 2nd position, I would have immediately recaptured with the Knight, but I understand the logic of taking with the Bishop first.
1. White. 2. Knight (blockader), 3. Bishop (develops an undeveloped piece, feel the pawn weakens the king and leaves the dsq bishop open to being pinned. But I do know it is a KID so pushing pawns is a part of the plan).
huge respect🙌
Outstanding lecture. Thank you
nice video ! this will help combat that nagging feeling of getting frozen in the middlegame , kindly suggest a good book for the middlegame
Absolutely! Regarding the book, take a look at my book recommendations in the description of this video. The one about Carlsen and Kramnik are really good.
18:09. White has checkmate in 2 moves. Ng5 then Qxh7#
Interesting idea, but the e7-bishop can take on g5 👍
36:25 gxf5 and aim for f4
What is the second game? Im interested on it for my database.This concept is in the book Superior strategy from Roberto Grau but never managed to understand it. I will revisit this video several times to master it.
Dude seriously u told all this ur the best chess youtuber dude
Very helpful analysis, but there were a few moves I wanted to understand better:
Why not Rg3 to block Qg1+ @ 31:58 ?
Hello! I think it is mainly because White was trying to make Qg6+ work. Kh5 is more of an energetic move when compared to the defensive Rg3. Although I have to say, Rg3 seems effective to block the check 👍
This was chess gold, you just earnt a new subscriber...much appreciated
Thank you and welcome aboard! 💪😎
#1 white because the pieces are a little bit more active. Pawn to h4, Neg5 threatening checkmate. Blacks bishop has no squares to move to
@24:21 would c6 white pawn take b pawn with en passant?
0:59 with out looking ahead.
White looks better as he has the break coming on c5, space advantage, and outpost potential on e6.
Also doesnt look like black bishop has much to target at the moment vs whites knight.
Black king also weaker with f7 diagonal open.
Very nice middlegame strategy boss.
Amazing channel and lessons.
Thank you very much , earlier I used to get annoyed by that c and d file pawn but now I know how to handle it....
You are more than welcome! 👍😎
amazing video NM.i learned lot and still to analyze the quest u asked to do.
Thank you, Tony! Glad to see you are studying these lessons the right way 👍
#1 white is better
#2 capture with knight
#3 capture with bishop
I guess it’s been a month everyday i watch ur video. And yesterday I finished this lecture. And today i played 4 match i won all 4 bcz of this vid. Idk how to thank u. It’s been 1month i play this game i wanna say i reached 1100 bcz of u. And inshalllah i will finish all ur videos soon and tell u how i improved thank u again. ❤
Your videos are amazing Robert! Thank you 😀
You are welcome, Rahman! Glad you are enjoying them 👍
0:59
1) I would feel more confident playing with white because of the space advantage and the pushed pawns at the queenside (maybe a break like c5 is will be possible). Also white has a well posistioned knight at the center whereas black has a bad black squared bishop that is being blocked by its own pawns.
2) Maybe Knight takes to support a c5 break and eye the g5 square.
3)pawn takes to go for f4.
Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts 🙌 Good job by the way! 💪
Hey Robert and thank you for your amazing instructive course!
Bravo for making the effort in pronouncing the Pirc in a better way :) but still if you want to get it perfect here's a tip:
The way you said stienitz was fine. So take the "tz" and use that to say Pirc the correct way = pirtz. Thats how you will get it right.
And thank you again for eveything you do with such clear and positive energy!
1)white is better
2)take with the rook
3)take with the rook
You are welcome Yuval! Thank you for taking the time to share your answers and also for the tip and all your support in general. It's great to see you continue to enjoy these lessons 👍
very good content , nice video thank you!!!
1 black looks nice; 2 take with bishop to protect knight from rook sacs; 3 idk probably pawn no g4 with tempo and develop knight next
Robert, I've become a HUGE fan, and am learning so much from your videos. Great voice, and great way of explaining. Question: at 24:20 why doesn't white take the pawn en passant at b7? The only way to protect from promotion is to move the bishop at d1 and there are no open squares except e2 leaving c1 hanging. Then protect the pawn at b1 with a knight to b4? This would be troublesome for white, no? Thanks, and if you're ever in St. Louis, I'd love to buy you a beer! Cheers!
Edit: Never mind, I just found the answer way down in the comments. Yes, I too confused the rule on en passant. Mea Culpa!
White's pawn would have needed to be on c5, not c6 to take en passant (as though black's pawn had moved to b6, not b5).
1. white (space & black's dark bishop looks bad & knights seem to have better prospects)
2. bishop (easier to avoid pins & not sitting duck if black tries to fight for e4 i guess)
3. bishop again (from playing KID i think that's the piece the computer usually says is the best to recapture with)
Thanks a lot for actually sharing your thoughts. It helps a lot!
25:00 after Qxf2 isn't Qxe4+ just crushing? You take the knight, threaten Q and R with check, am I missing something?
Okay, without peeking I'd say white. Black's position seems cramped, and white should be able to launch an attack on the king side.
#2. I would take with the rook, to involve it in the king attack, for example on h4.
#3. I think I would take with the bishop, to activate it and control some key squares such as d3, e4, h3.
Know what? I'll take it from Lesson 52 instead. Apparently I have some "weak squares"...
In position #1 I prefer White:
1) The black bishop is a bad bishop.
2) The knight on e4 has an excellent square.
3) White has space advantage on the queen side.
4) White has a rook on a semi-open file.
5) The white pieces are in active positions
Hello sir, before the closed pawn structure, you talked about position (2:42) if pawn takes in centre and if knight takes in centre. Please tell what is middlegame plan then. Thanks
For #3 Bxf5. taking with pawn would lead to the h pawn being isolated and less cover for the King. Taking with Bishop improves it, controls the b1-h7 diagonal as well. Taking with Rook is ok but doesn't improve it as much as taking with Bishop, and it blocks the Bishop's control of h3.
Thanks a lot for sharing your answers, Dhananjay! Let me know if you saw the correct answer for that one 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez yeah I saw you said that later in the video as the other reason being to save the knights for taking the output.
@@dragadeyt excellent! 👍
I was eagerly waiting for the next video.. First comment and like for this video
Hello Vinoth! Nice to see your comment 😎
For #1 White has more space, and is fully developed with connected rooks. Black has less space, and doesn't have the rooks connected. Black's pawn structure is aimed at the kingside where the White king is, but Black doesn't have many pieces there yet. White's pawn structure is a littler harder to tell since b4 looks like it's doing a queenside pawn storm but otherwise it looks like White should be doing a kingside attack too and has more pieces on the kingside already. So: White.
I was wondering what do you think about the Slav defense? I am looking for some other openings against d4 except the fiancetto bishop ones because i am so bad with them lmao. Thx love your content. If you could teach more openings like that would be great.
The Slav is an opening we will certainly cover in this course. I like it a lot. It is solid and pretty dynamic as well. It's simply one of those legendary replies vs 1.d4.
I have gotten the part at 24:21 pon to b5 will u risk en passat
Hello! In that case, en passant is not possible since the white pawn is not on the 5th rank 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez thank you
0:59 I would rather be White because as said in lesson 74 iirc there are pawns in center and the knights will be dominating the bishop.
Now I really know how to use the f file and attack the target pawn . Thank you sir!
(Can you make more video about middlegame?I will love it very much.)
That's so nice to hear! Glad to see you found some value in this lesson 👍 And yes, we have a lot of middlegme lessons coming up! Thank you for your feedback by the way 😎
Very nice lesson
gxf5 is best to avoid K using e4
Great content.
at 11:20 you say Bf5 is better than Rf5 but thing is, white has the threat of Qh6 followed by Ng5. Bf5 would lose on the spot - I checked with an engine and the only defense is for black to play g5 as a clearance defensive sacrifice (as it opens the diagonal and the bishop now protects the h7 pawn). The computer says it's +3 for white at that point.
also at 24:48 white has Rc2 protecting the queen, didnt check with an engine this time
Hello! You are totally right. Thanks a lot for bringing that up. I thought Nh5 followed by Qd7 would take care of it, but it doesn't. Great catch and again, congrats on studying these lessons the right way 💪
#2 with the knight because I'd like to continue moving it to g5 and then forking the king and queen. That knight can not move forward to any other position so it will be more active
Just excellent
Great video as usual !
Could you next time do a video on the kings indian Attack in non-french positions and the general idea / plan in those positions ? All the videos i have seen talk about the mainline against the french but not on the lines where black avoids it
Hello! Thank you for your feedback! 👍 Regarding your question, did you go over lesson # 80?
I'm becoming a huge fan of this guy
11:39 after the pawn to B5 can white not take the pawn with enpassant rather than move the rook?
Hello! Do you mean at 24:19? If that's the case, notice that the white pawn is on c6 and the black pawn did not land next to it. In order for en passant to be possible, the white pawn would have to be on c5 (5th rank). Hope this makes sense 👍
Well done!!
Thank you!
gxf5 is the correct move , according to me .It controls e4, sets a pawn roller , enhances kingside attack ( black pawn structure pointing kingside attack), opens g file for attacking king in long future may be . What more can be expected from a single move.
You are absolutely correct! Nicely put, Kamal 💪
Same thought process here + the fact that if we capture with a piece it can get attacked right away with g4 from white
Good lesson my teacher