I play the 3.a6 QGD and honestly, you’ve inspired me by showing me this line. I love the QGD because of its solid, yet counterpunchy nature. I’ll have to work on this, looks very tricky, AND it’s not popular, no one will see it coming. I also happen to notice through research it’s similar to a line in the Ragozin: Vienna Variation. Maybe that’s where the idea came from. Either way, thank you for the top quality video and a little extra opening knowledge!
Thanks for the compliments! In the Keep it Simple for Black repertoire a6 comes at move 4., when white already has developed his two knights. At almost every other move we can take dxc4.
In combination with the lichess resources (better engine, database) chessbook is overpowered. Reading this information is like reading a language though. For example, the engine could tell you a best move that could be different from what masters play. The reason masters play it is because it is easier to play. Etc.
That's why I still use books and Chessable courses/repertoires, made my masters who look beyond engine evaluation but also look at how practical and/or easy to play a move is for humans. But Chessbook helps a lot to know what lines from the often very big repertoires are actually worth it to study. Some mainlines at master level are not mainlines at all at amateur level.
@@KeepChessSimple I agree. Although, higher rated players who actually know what positions or complications they want can simply use their own analysis. For example, I found a line in the symmetrical English; 1. c4, c5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Nc3, Nf6 4. d4, cxd4 5. Nxd4, e6 6. Bb4, ... It's quite interesting, but I wouldn't have found it without my own analysis. Large disclaimer: figure out how to lay out a repertoire properly before sticking to one.
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NICE VIDEO THIS IS REALLY GOING TO HELP ME THANKS
I play the 3.a6 QGD and honestly, you’ve inspired me by showing me this line. I love the QGD because of its solid, yet counterpunchy nature. I’ll have to work on this, looks very tricky, AND it’s not popular, no one will see it coming. I also happen to notice through research it’s similar to a line in the Ragozin: Vienna Variation. Maybe that’s where the idea came from. Either way, thank you for the top quality video and a little extra opening knowledge!
Thanks for the compliments! In the Keep it Simple for Black repertoire a6 comes at move 4., when white already has developed his two knights. At almost every other move we can take dxc4.
In combination with the lichess resources (better engine, database) chessbook is overpowered. Reading this information is like reading a language though. For example, the engine could tell you a best move that could be different from what masters play. The reason masters play it is because it is easier to play. Etc.
That's why I still use books and Chessable courses/repertoires, made my masters who look beyond engine evaluation but also look at how practical and/or easy to play a move is for humans. But Chessbook helps a lot to know what lines from the often very big repertoires are actually worth it to study. Some mainlines at master level are not mainlines at all at amateur level.
@@KeepChessSimple I agree. Although, higher rated players who actually know what positions or complications they want can simply use their own analysis. For example, I found a line in the symmetrical English; 1. c4, c5 2. Nf3, Nc6 3. Nc3, Nf6 4. d4, cxd4 5. Nxd4, e6 6. Bb4, ...
It's quite interesting, but I wouldn't have found it without my own analysis. Large disclaimer: figure out how to lay out a repertoire properly before sticking to one.