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To let you know I'm doing great currently I have won the last 3 of my games and I beat someone with 100 more rating points than me and my goal for this year is to reach the 1000 rating my problem is that I can't calculate in an efficient way
When we started playing chess roadside in our post student era as unemployed youth, I can remember, we used to play this opening without knowing it's name. We called this opening as 'Temple' Opening looking at its temple-like pawn structure.
► Chapters 00:00 Top 5 Chess Opening Traps in London System 00:56 Trap-1: Mainline of the London System 01:59 Exploiting Black's weakness 05:25 White's nasty checkmating attack 06:23 Trap-2: If Black tries to push e5 09:12 Trap-3: Deadly kingside attack 10:56 GM Smirnov won 3 games with this trap 12:45 Trap-4: If Black develops Bg4 earlier 14:10 Reversed Cambridge Springs Trap 15:38 Trap-5: If Black plays symmetrically 18:58 Puzzle of the day: can you find the win?
06:19 can we just f5 to block the checkmate. Even next Qh4 we can Qg6 once again n defend the chatemate. n maybe move our rook away the next turn to strength the defend? But it is still a great move
@@rookie902I'm kind of a newbie myself to the London system but I think you're right. Also, I was thinking that after Qe4, Black could move his pawn up ...g6 blocking White's queen from a quick checkmate and making a bolt hole for the king. Then: Qh4 Kg7, Qh7 Kf6 and Black's king has wriggled out and is suddenly threatening White's knight. Am I missing something here? Nevertheless it appears that Black's king is naked and trembling out in the open surrounded by enemy pieces, and probably can't look forward to a bright future.
I was impressed by the Greek gift + tethered goat Queen sliding over from a4 to h4, something I'm not alert to enough. Thank you very much, I know that you put a lot of effort into these.
I get frustrated playing the london system because they always take the bishop even when I move down, and they always move their white bishop down to take my knight on F3 and it throws my game plan off. Also the Queen coming to B6 frustrates me as well, throwing me off while I"m trying to learn how to play my game plan. I've watched so many London games from many different GM's and they all play differently and still win while one wrong move of mine sends me to purgatory lol. Anyone got a shoulder to cry on...
Adjust your game plan. If they take the dark bishop and allow you to open up the h file a lot of the times you can set up a good attack on h7, especially if they castle that side. At beginner level its not always the best move to play on memorisation because like you say people make mistakes and deviate leaving you unable to capitalise on their mistakes. Analyse all your games and it will give you a much better idea of how to do this as it is tailored to your game and shows you the best move in any position you reach. Hope this helps
Awesome video man. I just started learning about two weeks ago.. still not sure what to study but just been gathering how people think about the game in different positions so far.
17:28 If you re-capture the pawn on b5 with the white bishop, using the pinned pawn on the a-file, you allow black to capture your knight on b1. If you re-capture with your Rook, you unpin the pawn and black will take your b5 Bishop. So black kind of forces you to trade your white squared bishop for the Knight on d7. So after the pawn re-capture on b5 you sort of release the pressure you had on black? I'm not sure though. The position ends equal i think with white's knight on e5. But white's bishop is gone and that is quite an important piece.
Puzzle Solution: 1. (W) Ra7 - (B)Qa7 2. Ra5 - If black captures white's Queen, Qa6 then Rook captures the black's queen (Ra6) and its mate. if black moves the rook at Rb7, capture it by white queens Qb7 and its mate. Black's queen cannot capture it since it is pinned !!!
You are the best chess youtuber hands down. Your content is incredibly informative, you present that information in a very logical and easy to consume manner, and you take into account the bad moves that nearly all players below 2100 will fall into and you give that relevant information the proper focus and detail that it deserves. I specifically appreciate the way you are able to show us all of the different lines without making it confusing, they're just natural continuations and alterations to the greater game.
19:05 Puzzle: took b8. If king takes queen c7 is mate. If black decides to take back with bishop, rook f8 pinning blacks rook to the king again. If black decides to move their rook again off the b file to take, queen b7 is still mate, and if he decides to play anything else, rook takes on b8, king takes back, and queen c7 is once again mate
Sadly this loses to Qd6+, forking the king and rook, and for any non-check, black can either advance their pawns or force a draw via queen checks, the only winning move is Rxa7+, and after Qxa7 (only move), Ra5, then Qxa6, followed by Rxa6#
Sorry dude, rook to a5 is the answer. Even if queen goes to b6 you push your queen to take on a7 and if the queen exchanges on a7 your rook on a5 takes their queen and delivers checkmate
15:38 - you commend me for my patience? 😀 But watching was effortless, I enjoyed every minute of your video, the content was outstandingly informative for a beginner like myself, and presented in such a clear and captivating way. Many thanks for uploading sir. If I had more leisure time, I would register for your masterclass.
Quiz: 1. Qb5 should win, as far as the combinations I thought of show. Threat is 2. Rxb8+ Rxb8 3. Qxb8+ 4Kxb8 5 Rf8+ mate next turn. 1 ... a6!? 2. Qxa6 winning 1 ... Qb6!? 2. Rxb6 Rxb6, white having strong material advantage and still able to attack the black king, should win. 1 ... d2 or e2 2. Rxb8, mating attack.
@6:19 after sacrificing the biship, f5, Qh4, Qg6 stops checkmate I think (knowing me, I'm probably missing something lol)? Still not the most comfortable spot and you won a bishop
Alex thank you for your videos. I have a question on this videos segment where you state the similarity of whites position to a reverse Slav. I do not see why black cannot play QA5? The white queen is unprotected...and black is protected by his knight. Peace, Mike
12:28, explain what to do when black plays the move Rf5. I got exact same situation except Knight was on e8, but opponent played Rf5 and I couldn't figure out what to do, but eventually got my saced pieces back but no mate.
Very interesting and knowledgeable! I've been playing London system, but I haven't known that here is so much traps and motives. Just a small question - 12:28 what about playing B:g5 instead of R:f4? I think that B:g5 and next N:e5 and white have rook against knight and better position but can't checkmate black easily. Am I right or have I missed somtehing?Very interesting and knowledgeable! I've been playing London system, but I haven't known that here is so much traps and motives. Just a small question - 12:28 what about playing B:g5 instead of R:f4? I think that B:g5 and next N:e5 and white have rock for knight and better position but can't checkmate black easily. Am I right or have I missed something?
@@jimkyle8008 First move Rxa7, Qxa7. If white Qxa7, then black king would be able to move to b6 after capturing the white queen on a7. So the best move would be to add another piece to the attack, Ra5. If black queen captures the white queen, then Rxa6 mate. If black does Rb7, then Qxb7 mate, as the black queen is pinned by the white rook on a5. The trick to the puzzle is to add extra attackers when you have a pin, before recapturing.
Theory of Everything solution (short version): Swap from Newton "real/necessary" universe over to Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe as our fundamental blueprint of the universe. This includes Leibniz calculus vs Newton calculus. Anywhere Leibniz and Newton thought different. All of it. Full swap. Gottfried Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe just lacked 2022 quantum physics verbiage (just match up definitions) and Hamilton's 4D quaternion algebra (created 200 years after Leibniz died). Lastly, the first number is NOT 1. It's 0. First four numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3 ✅. First four dimensions are 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D ✅. Ask someone to start counting. I bet they start with 1.
I didn't know this was called the London System. I play my pawns and knights in a similar way. I was just trying new things in games. I've seen the set up many times on the black side, where you have pawn-bishop-knight-pawn or some variation. What is this system called? I need to learn how to defend against it better.
white goes rook b8 check black plays rook e8xb8 white plays rook f8 if black captures queen b7 checkmate if it plays anything else than rook f8 x b8 black plays king b8 and takes the rook white plays queen b7 checkmate
RxR RxR any other move by black would-be mate next move R to f8 - Q to F4 RxQ any move by black R to f8 black cannot stop mate RxR KxR as long as Black rook is not at B8 next move is mate Q to B7 This is how I would finish.
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To let you know I'm doing great currently I have won the last 3 of my games and I beat someone with 100 more rating points than me and my goal for this year is to reach the 1000 rating my problem is that I can't calculate in an efficient way
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When we started playing chess roadside in our post student era as unemployed youth, I can remember, we used to play this opening without knowing it's name. We called this opening as 'Temple' Opening looking at its temple-like pawn structure.
► Chapters
00:00 Top 5 Chess Opening Traps in London System
00:56 Trap-1: Mainline of the London System
01:59 Exploiting Black's weakness
05:25 White's nasty checkmating attack
06:23 Trap-2: If Black tries to push e5
09:12 Trap-3: Deadly kingside attack
10:56 GM Smirnov won 3 games with this trap
12:45 Trap-4: If Black develops Bg4 earlier
14:10 Reversed Cambridge Springs Trap
15:38 Trap-5: If Black plays symmetrically
18:58 Puzzle of the day: can you find the win?
06:19 can we just f5 to block the checkmate. Even next Qh4 we can Qg6 once again n defend the chatemate. n maybe move our rook away the next turn to strength the defend? But it is still a great move
@@rookie902I'm kind of a newbie myself to the London system but I think you're right. Also, I was thinking that after Qe4, Black could move his pawn up ...g6 blocking White's queen from a quick checkmate and making a bolt hole for the king. Then: Qh4 Kg7, Qh7 Kf6 and Black's king has wriggled out and is suddenly threatening White's knight. Am I missing something here? Nevertheless it appears that Black's king is naked and trembling out in the open surrounded by enemy pieces, and probably can't look forward to a bright future.
I mean, my heart rate increased just watching the video.
Useful traps. All we have to do is Remember it. Can we have traps in kings Indian defence,Pirc,kings Indian attack. Thanks
Sir. U r a Gift to Chess
I was impressed by the Greek gift + tethered goat Queen sliding over from a4 to h4, something I'm not alert to enough.
Thank you very much, I know that you put a lot of effort into these.
I get frustrated playing the london system because they always take the bishop even when I move down, and they always move their white bishop down to take my knight on F3 and it throws my game plan off. Also the Queen coming to B6 frustrates me as well, throwing me off while I"m trying to learn how to play my game plan. I've watched so many London games from many different GM's and they all play differently and still win while one wrong move of mine sends me to purgatory lol. Anyone got a shoulder to cry on...
Adjust your game plan. If they take the dark bishop and allow you to open up the h file a lot of the times you can set up a good attack on h7, especially if they castle that side. At beginner level its not always the best move to play on memorisation because like you say people make mistakes and deviate leaving you unable to capitalise on their mistakes. Analyse all your games and it will give you a much better idea of how to do this as it is tailored to your game and shows you the best move in any position you reach. Hope this helps
Hey! Patience...😂
And if they do Qb6, try to throw your queen on b3 and let them trade and open your A file the same way.
Improve your queen side castle prepairedness.
that happens because you did not prepare adequately your plan and you just learnt the traps
Puzzle : rook a7+, Queen takes,rook a5,exchange queens on A6,rook a6#
GM,I won all my games today with the London system.i just learnt it today.its really sharp
Awesome video man. I just started learning about two weeks ago.. still not sure what to study but just been gathering how people think about the game in different positions so far.
17:28 If you re-capture the pawn on b5 with the white bishop, using the pinned pawn on the a-file, you allow black to capture your knight on b1. If you re-capture with your Rook, you unpin the pawn and black will take your b5 Bishop. So black kind of forces you to trade your white squared bishop for the Knight on d7. So after the pawn re-capture on b5 you sort of release the pressure you had on black? I'm not sure though. The position ends equal i think with white's knight on e5. But white's bishop is gone and that is quite an important piece.
When he takes the opponents rook, he takes it with check allowing him to move his knight from dnager
PUZZLE: Rxa7+, Qxa7, Ra5, Qxa6, Rxa6#. If Queen doesn't take Queen on a6, and the Rook moves to b6, then cxb6+, Kb8, Qxa7#.
Firstly, white cannot take on b6 with its c pawn. It must take on b7.
Puzzle Solution:
1. (W) Ra7 - (B)Qa7
2. Ra5 - If black captures white's Queen, Qa6 then Rook captures the black's queen (Ra6) and its mate.
if black moves the rook at Rb7, capture it by white queens Qb7 and its mate. Black's queen cannot capture it since it is pinned !!!
You are the best chess youtuber hands down. Your content is incredibly informative, you present that information in a very logical and easy to consume manner, and you take into account the bad moves that nearly all players below 2100 will fall into and you give that relevant information the proper focus and detail that it deserves. I specifically appreciate the way you are able to show us all of the different lines without making it confusing, they're just natural continuations and alterations to the greater game.
Great video! Excellent breakdown of the London. I'll watch this a few more times to absorb properly but this is some well thought out stuff!
This video is so inspiring. Thanks for the traps
How does one deliver the ‘nasty checkmate’ with the rook and bishop as referred to between 3:15 and 3:25??
Really excellent stuff. Thank you
1. Rxa7 Qxa7 2. Ra5 Qxa6 3. Rxa6 mate
exactly!
The rook can't go to a6
19:05 Puzzle: took b8. If king takes queen c7 is mate. If black decides to take back with bishop, rook f8 pinning blacks rook to the king again. If black decides to move their rook again off the b file to take, queen b7 is still mate, and if he decides to play anything else, rook takes on b8, king takes back, and queen c7 is once again mate
Sadly this loses to Qd6+, forking the king and rook, and for any non-check, black can either advance their pawns or force a draw via queen checks, the only winning move is Rxa7+, and after Qxa7 (only move), Ra5, then Qxa6, followed by Rxa6#
Black has no bishops.
And Q can't get to c7. I think you mean b7 but it's confusing to follow.
Sorry dude, rook to a5 is the answer. Even if queen goes to b6 you push your queen to take on a7 and if the queen exchanges on a7 your rook on a5 takes their queen and delivers checkmate
15:38 - you commend me for my patience? 😀
But watching was effortless, I enjoyed every minute of your video, the content was outstandingly informative for a beginner like myself, and presented in such a clear and captivating way. Many thanks for uploading sir. If I had more leisure time, I would register for your masterclass.
Just love the way you do these videos, perfect in every way :)
Thank you so much 😀
Excellent Sir
Puzzle: 1. Rxa7 Qxa7 2. Ra5 if. 2. .... Qxa6 3. Rxa6+ White win. If 2. ...... Rb7 3. c6xRb7 + Kb8 4. Qxa7 white win
Thank you for session
Quiz: 1. Qb5 should win, as far as the combinations I thought of show.
Threat is 2. Rxb8+ Rxb8 3. Qxb8+ 4Kxb8 5 Rf8+ mate next turn.
1 ... a6!? 2. Qxa6 winning
1 ... Qb6!? 2. Rxb6 Rxb6, white having strong material advantage and still able to attack the black king, should win.
1 ... d2 or e2 2. Rxb8, mating attack.
Puzzle: Rxa7, Qxa7, Ra5
Very usefull traps but can we have traps on colle opening and kings indian? Ty
@6:19 after sacrificing the biship, f5, Qh4, Qg6 stops checkmate I think (knowing me, I'm probably missing something lol)? Still not the most comfortable spot and you won a bishop
Whenever i use this system, my formations get disrupted after i put my dark square bishop there. And then i suffer a bitter defeat
at 6:18 black can move either pawns in front of king and stop mate, right ??
Alex thank you for your videos. I have a question on this videos segment where you state the similarity of whites position to a reverse Slav. I do not see why black cannot play QA5? The white queen is unprotected...and black is protected by his knight. Peace, Mike
At 3.07 min I think that e5 is protected from duble attack with c6
12:28, explain what to do when black plays the move Rf5. I got exact same situation except Knight was on e8, but opponent played Rf5 and I couldn't figure out what to do, but eventually got my saced pieces back but no mate.
Very interesting and knowledgeable! I've been playing London system, but I haven't known that here is so much traps and motives. Just a small question - 12:28 what about playing B:g5 instead of R:f4? I think that B:g5 and next N:e5 and white have rook against knight and better position but can't checkmate black easily. Am I right or have I missed somtehing?Very interesting and knowledgeable! I've been playing London system, but I haven't known that here is so much traps and motives. Just a small question - 12:28 what about playing B:g5 instead of R:f4? I think that B:g5 and next N:e5 and white have rock for knight and better position but can't checkmate black easily. Am I right or have I missed something?
Awesome thanks for sharing 👍 😀
Thanks a lot bro
Looks like Rb5 works also as does Ra5.
Hi Igor, here's my solution:
Rxa7 Qxa7 Qxa7 ra5#
Thanks for your videos. I enjoyed it.
Unfortunately Ra5 at the end isn't checkmate because the Black King can move to b6.
@@jimkyle8008
First move Rxa7, Qxa7.
If white Qxa7, then black king would be able to move to b6 after capturing the white queen on a7. So the best move would be to add another piece to the attack, Ra5. If black queen captures the white queen, then Rxa6 mate. If black does Rb7, then Qxb7 mate, as the black queen is pinned by the white rook on a5.
The trick to the puzzle is to add extra attackers when you have a pin, before recapturing.
Wrong, francis.
Rxa7 Qxa7 Ra5 and black is hopeless
Rxa7+, Qxa7, Qxa7+, Kxa7, Ra5#
Am I missing something? Why can’t the black queen go to C8 to protect the knight in the first example? 5:00
I think cause it lets you get the open file with your rook
It's illegal.. the pawn can only capture backwards when promoted to a bishop
Theory of Everything solution (short version):
Swap from Newton "real/necessary" universe over to Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe as our fundamental blueprint of the universe.
This includes Leibniz calculus vs Newton calculus. Anywhere Leibniz and Newton thought different. All of it. Full swap.
Gottfried Leibniz "contingent/not-necessary" universe just lacked 2022 quantum physics verbiage (just match up definitions) and Hamilton's 4D quaternion algebra (created 200 years after Leibniz died).
Lastly, the first number is NOT 1.
It's 0.
First four numbers are 0, 1, 2, 3 ✅.
First four dimensions are 0D, 1D, 2D, 3D ✅.
Ask someone to start counting. I bet they start with 1.
Awesome
Thank' u
4:13 the black queen can move to c8
Great to see all comments are about The Game and not about the cat in background
This is soooooooooo good
6:19 pawn to f5 and the trap is resolved
the queen can defend the mate with Qg6 after pawn to f5, but it is hard to find.
Im am a beginner and I found it, it’s not hard at all, it’s the most instinctive move for black
Very very nice
Beautiful! Thank you.
What happens if the king doesn't capture and moves to h8? 5:46
In the final challenge:
Rxa7 - Qxa7
Ra5
What's the correct solution for the puzzle at the end?
1. Rxa7+ Qxa7
2. Ra5! Qxa6
3. Rxa6# .
and after 2.Ra5! Rb7 3.dxb7+ Kb8 4.Qxa7#
Just mate the king
@@frankbeerbaum5593 no
3. Q×b7 # (Black's queen is pinned)
Puzzle: 1. Ra7 Qa7 2. Ra5 Black has no defense.
Rxa7, Qxa7, Ra5, Qxa6, Rxa6#
I didn't know this was called the London System. I play my pawns and knights in a similar way. I was just trying new things in games. I've seen the set up many times on the black side, where you have pawn-bishop-knight-pawn or some variation. What is this system called? I need to learn how to defend against it better.
Kings indian I guess
It's called the blunder opening
Now I know why most of players used this variation.Especially in blitz
Rook of f5tob5. Create a battery of rook and attack at the last column
Sir your chess game is very good isee also your game
i like the cat 😊
Very interesting video. However nowadays 2.Nf3 is hardly played and 2.Bf4 is played
I will start playing the London system just to try these haha
not covering the another black set up black plays inverted blackmar deimer ?? ie like chigoring defense lol
Hello sir how are you?? ❤️
..."the sheer volume of arrows"...
😊
F5rook to b5 then trade and checkmate
Is not there like 3 solution to final puzzle? 😂😂 Rxa7 wins ra5 wins and even rfb5 wins. And even qxa7 qxa7 rxa7 ... Ra5#
Last one is not mate there is b6 😅
rf4
Ra7-Qa7
Ra5-black loose
white goes rook b8 check
black plays rook e8xb8
white plays rook f8
if black captures queen b7 checkmate
if it plays anything else than rook f8 x b8
black plays king b8 and takes the rook
white plays queen b7 checkmate
Puzzle
Queen to b5
How this position ever possible ? Unless if it's virtual ? Theoretical ?
this is beautiful
Rd4 the queen any way qh2 is mate and rook take queen so qh2 is mate.. thanks sir
Can you start with Rd4?
I know Black is up 3 pawns, but would be happy to take a draw via perpetual check. (Qf4, then Qf1 or f2, repeat)
Rxa7, Qxa7, Ra5, Qxa6, Rxa6# is the correct answer
@@LooseToots Does Rd5 work?
@@LooseToots
Correct. I suppose Black can stall mate another move or two with Rb7 instead of Qxa6.
what is the cats name?
The puzzle: Ra5 mate next move
R×a7
Most people take the bishop on g3 in my games. I'm only 1000 elo, and I win 80 percent of the time when they do
I like video chess london sistem
Shout out from ph
Your cat is very cute 😀
we should one trap in only one game right
Re5
Is quite disturbing
If he tried to take with the rook or the queen it's a mate
Ra5 is also winning
White Rk F5 to b5
Same as my reply 4 comments above. If you make this nonforcing move, can't Black save a draw via Qf4, then Qf2 or f1 repeated?
@@jamessweatt985
Right
So next🙂
1. W R take porn A7 check
2. B Q take rook
3.W R to F5
Check mate in a few move
Ra5!!
You re a gift to cheese, and chesse is a gift to me,,))
Rf5 to d5
Q to f4
K to g8
Now whatever black plays...
next comes Qa7
First trap is like 20 moves in. Not even a trap.
5th trap is mistake sir
RxR RxR any other move by black would-be mate next move
R to f8 - Q to F4
RxQ any move by black
R to f8 black cannot stop mate
RxR KxR as long as Black rook is not at B8 next move is mate
Q to B7
This is how I would finish.
what if the black queen goes to b6 instead of f4? looks like black can hold that.
Rxa7
Is that a real cat? It never moves.
Rxa7+ wins though after qxa7 , Ra5 bye-bye
look at the cat!!
Try with chess engine...another result
Sir i am black to win play with whIte
Wtf i watched the first trap, and as black I could play f5 and Qg6. Im a beginner. I’m actually disappointed.
Omg u have an incredible mind for chess. U should challenge Magnus
i think your cat died
Imagine playing as black
answer is white Qb5-black Qd8-Rd5 ,...
you actually have mate, Rxa7, Qxa7, Ra5, Qxa6, Rxa6#