For those like me who never heard of this at 17:54: 'In my book Secrets of Practical Chess, I introduced the term “collinear move” to describe a move such as this, in which two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece. For some reason such moves are very easy to overlook." - John Nunn
You know you're good at chess when you close your eyes to calculate your moves... Meanwhile I'm over here staring at my screen drawing arrows forgetting to blink.
Danya, you once said in a speedrun video (maybe 1 year ago or so ?!), when playing the Jobava London, something like "this is a great opening to play, but make no mistake, I do not recommend it for lower rated players". Now you recommend your course not only for intermediate and master level players, but also for beginners with a rating above 1000 - what made you change your opinion? Can you please give your reasoning, why it might still make sense not only as a surprise and somewhat tricky opening, but maybe also as a good basis for longer-term development of good fundamentals and positional play - THANKS! 🙂
I think it’s connected to the violation of the d4 opening principals, because you deprive yourself of possibility to play pawn to c3. And it could backfire pretty quickly if you are not prepared. So, because of this, white has to compensate with active play instead of simply consolidating the d4 pawn with c3. And the positions which occur in the Jobava are quite complicated sometimes. :p
In my opinion, this is the best Chess content on YT and it's free! I'm also an e4 player and I've just bought the Jobava course (which I might not even use!) just as a way of thanking Danya for the great work he is doing here. I'm also sure, that if the course is a success, there'll be other interesting courses to follow.
I was an e4 player since ı started playing chess. And ı got to 2200 on Lichess with it. Since the course published ı'm now a d4 player :D It's just too good 😄
Just my 2 cents but I think the course is overpriced. If they are comparing with chessable courses they should compare with the courses which don't have video. Those courses are generally about $15-30. This course is twice the price and it doesn't have the move trainer. I think people will just forget what they study, which defeats the purpose of an opening course.
Chris, I appreciate your opinion but I very strongly, respectfully disagree. Sasha and I believe that our quality of analysis far exceeds that of an average Chessable course, because it offers ideas that we have built up and analyzed over the course of many years (not an exaggeration, as both he and I started playing the JL in OTB chess around 2015). Yes, you are paying a (small) premium compared to video-less Chessable Courses, but I would ask that you give the analysis and the ideas a chance before concluding that it is overpriced. Thanks :)
I’d love for you to do a series going over classic games that those without coaches may have never been exposed to, such as the Rubinstein game here. Thanks as always for the great instruction!
Eyy finally first! Just wanted to say I really appreciate the amount of effort you put towards your course, even to the extend of adding extra lines because of the recent Jobava London speedrun.
I've been binging your speedruns these past few days and I gotta say this episode is the best one so far. Energy, excitement, substance, depth. The appreciation you're showing for the many variations is so contagious! I got some really fun blitz games of my own out of this, cheers!
Hey, Danya. I appreciate what u doing, I think we should actuually be paying u for this😅.. I've read ur books and have been following u ever since. But just one question, why have u not covered the World Championship? That would've been really awesome!
Daniel evangelizes a dubious opening and gets a lost position. Then justifies it by suggesting that his opponent could go astray because the position is unusual. He is absolutely correct. The majority of the games I have lost are because of this. However, I would not have played Be6, maybe Rc8.
The course is in video format with explanations and everything or (as I've seen on Daniel's site) a set of .pgn files with matches to study, but no explanations? Thanks! ;)
This tutorial speaks colossally to my missing link!! For the love of God; Naroditsky is by far, the best online chess teacher, by a long shot, wide open. Take the plunge! I play in the spirit of this style and usually loose on time in blitz but it always so sharp and I’m so close: this helps substantially! Hall of fame one of the greats: you are forever in my humble book! Thank you bruv
Another brutal attack - which is always fun to watch - but really the game was ruined by the blunder ... Rac8. Black played too quickly, which is a lesson in itself, thx.
I always thought the London was kind of a boring opening, but that was actually a really tactical and fun game! I may need to look into that course lol
Not gonna lie, these higher elo videos sort of intimidated me as an 1100 blitz player but these attacking concepts were incredibly practical and helpful!! Daniel is a national treasure. Protect him at all costs
I have been thinking about picking up the Jobava, but honestly watching Danya struggle to find the best moves after analyzing it for 50+ hours has sort of convinced me that this opening is a bit hard to play.
I just started studying chess again for the first time in years. I have studied the Yugaslav Attack Variation of the Sicilian Dragon extensively. This feels so natural for me. Thanks again Daniel
By the way I play this EXACT set up and push my pawn again for it to be taken by their knight and I sac the rook for a double exclam everytime. Beautiful checkmating ideas and black has to play very precisely.
With the "unexpected pawn recaptures" at 55:00, one good example is in game 2 of the Nepo vs Ding WCC. Ding didn't expect gxf6 and the rook on g8 ended up being decisive. A "bad example" is Tal trying to do that on Game 3 of his WCC vs Botvinnik lol but even he said he knew it was bad in his analysis
Jobava is definitely in my repertoire & one of my fav’s. I may be a little late to this vid but have to say, I totally understood everything you were explaining. This is a golden nugget of great info for anyone who is wanting to study the game. I can only imagine your course must be outstanding 🤘… Anyone out there that can tell me how they liked the course?
My biggest problem with playing the Jobava is that I end up playing against the French, Caro Kann and Pirc defense... I play E4 as my main opening, so it keeps transponsing to those lines.
Wow.. as a fairly good(2200+ rapid on Lichess) Jobava London player myself the amount of attacking ideas I got from this video 🔥🔥😤😤.. can't wait for the next vid 😎... don't knock yourself forgetting some lines this just shows us what to do when we don't remember..keep calm and play on..🔥
At 2:35 isn't it a bad idea of starting the pawn storm before your opponent castles because they haven't committed to one side yet and can just castle queenside?
Castling queen-side is one of the best ideas for black, but it only provides equality even after the exchange sac. You just get a lot of time to create a complicated position, in addition to being able to win another pawn in some lines. A minor piece and 2 pawns for a rook and activity is pretty good.
You mean can you play it after 1. d4 d5? Sure, you can play 2. Nc3 and blacks best response is to play Nf6 transposing. The reason most players would play Nf6 is to stop 3. e4, which is very powerful
It's called the Chigorin defense. It's not considered the best and many beginners kinda just stumble into playin this because they don't know better, but like most openings, if you study it and understand its tactics and ideas, it can work well.
For those like me who never heard of this at 17:54:
'In my book Secrets of Practical Chess, I introduced the term “collinear move” to describe a move such as this, in which two opposing pieces face each other, and one slides along the line of attack without capturing the enemy piece. For some reason such moves are very easy to overlook."
- John Nunn
Cool! Thx a lot :)
Why does he pronounce it co-lin-EAR isnt it co-linear?
@@jmn4276 whatever.
@@jmn4276 He says collinear, just does it quickly
You know you're good at chess when you close your eyes to calculate your moves... Meanwhile I'm over here staring at my screen drawing arrows forgetting to blink.
Never thought I'd be talked into playing the Jobava but here we are
It’s a cheat code. I switched to it ~6 months ago and I’m winning nearly 60% with it. Intermediates just don’t know how to handle it
The Jobava is absolutely broken at 1500 😅
@@JakeLemasterGuitar I got to 2300 rapid only with jobava london. It's my main repertoire in otb classical chess too.
@@worsethanjoerogan8061 Yeah but KG is also absolutely broken at 1500 ;p It simply doesn't says much.
@@Ramin23402300 Lichees?
Even after selling the course Daniel can’t help giving some for free 😂
What an amazing guy !!
I don't disagree but that's not necessarily a valid point. Showing off some of what the course offers is great marketing and not charity
@@soupisfornoobs4081So you do disagree then!? 🫢
No streamer has helped my ELO grow like Naroditsky. Thank you so much, you are the best teacher on TH-cam
What's you elo?
29:43 "very good sussy baka got it" XD
I died when I heard that, especially the way he said it.
So much of this goes way over my head, but it's still fun to watch
Never thought I'd hear Daniel say sussy baka in this lifetime, but you live to see something new everyday.
Wtf is the Obama London
Ligma balls
Daniel is the best GM for learning Chess, love these theory speed run videos
Danya, you once said in a speedrun video (maybe 1 year ago or so ?!), when playing the Jobava London, something like "this is a great opening to play, but make no mistake, I do not recommend it for lower rated players". Now you recommend your course not only for intermediate and master level players, but also for beginners with a rating above 1000 - what made you change your opinion? Can you please give your reasoning, why it might still make sense not only as a surprise and somewhat tricky opening, but maybe also as a good basis for longer-term development of good fundamentals and positional play - THANKS! 🙂
I think it’s connected to the violation of the d4 opening principals, because you deprive yourself of possibility to play pawn to c3. And it could backfire pretty quickly if you are not prepared. So, because of this, white has to compensate with active play instead of simply consolidating the d4 pawn with c3. And the positions which occur in the Jobava are quite complicated sometimes. :p
I recommend it solely because of the Jobava trap on C7 with the knight. D4 Be4 Nc3 Nd5 Nc7+ really easy line and has won me a ton of games up to 1200
So comforting to see GMs also forget lines and miss things. Me with my measly 1000 elo crying every time I make a silly mistake and lose the position.
Love the Jobava course!
Great video! Thank you so much! ❤
I think that because Daniel is so approachable, sometimes you forget the fact that he is a GM, and he really knows his stuff.
love watching you make guys bust danya
Look at that lovely book case of knowledge,real chess player with real books.
Would it be possible to add chat to the videos? I like when twitch chat says "hi yt" at the beginning
Me after learning tons of theory in e4 lines to be prepared for the speedrun and then seeing d4 😖
In my opinion, this is the best Chess content on YT and it's free! I'm also an e4 player and I've just bought the Jobava course (which I might not even use!) just as a way of thanking Danya for the great work he is doing here. I'm also sure, that if the course is a success, there'll be other interesting courses to follow.
I was an e4 player since ı started playing chess. And ı got to 2200 on Lichess with it. Since the course published ı'm now a d4 player :D It's just too good 😄
It’s not shilling if you put the work in and believe in what you’re selling; that’s just good business
Just my 2 cents but I think the course is overpriced. If they are comparing with chessable courses they should compare with the courses which don't have video. Those courses are generally about $15-30. This course is twice the price and it doesn't have the move trainer. I think people will just forget what they study, which defeats the purpose of an opening course.
Chris, I appreciate your opinion but I very strongly, respectfully disagree. Sasha and I believe that our quality of analysis far exceeds that of an average Chessable course, because it offers ideas that we have built up and analyzed over the course of many years (not an exaggeration, as both he and I started playing the JL in OTB chess around 2015). Yes, you are paying a (small) premium compared to video-less Chessable Courses, but I would ask that you give the analysis and the ideas a chance before concluding that it is overpriced. Thanks :)
@@Heroball299wholesome
Sounds like you don't have two cents
@@mr.smitherine1913underrated comment
I feel bad for the guy, man’s sub 2k wants to hit it to finally log off but gets a game against a GM. That would tilt me the f out lmao
I’d love for you to do a series going over classic games that those without coaches may have never been exposed to, such as the Rubinstein game here. Thanks as always for the great instruction!
Eyy finally first! Just wanted to say I really appreciate the amount of effort you put towards your course, even to the extend of adding extra lines because of the recent Jobava London speedrun.
Not gonna lie, the more I watch these speed runs, the more I’m thinking that there are a few inaccuracies in Simon Williams’s Jobava course .
Bro is mot advertising his course well, both times he makes a mistake in the opening
I've been binging your speedruns these past few days and I gotta say this episode is the best one so far. Energy, excitement, substance, depth. The appreciation you're showing for the many variations is so contagious! I got some really fun blitz games of my own out of this, cheers!
His opponent was so ready for this lol
Yeah I studied modern defence that day wish I knew I was playing danya
This was a phenomenal video
I’m going to save this and rewatch it
Danya, good job taking Eric Hansen to the cleaners with the Jobava.
Hey, Danya. I appreciate what u doing, I think we should actuually be paying u for this😅.. I've read ur books and have been following u ever since. But just one question, why have u not covered the World Championship? That would've been really awesome!
i'm now 15 and i started learning chess 2-3 years ago and now i'm 2400-2500 can i become a GM soon ??
No.
2400 fide?
how do u deal with ur opponent shoving his pawns down ur throat? i usually just end up folding
Daniel evangelizes a dubious opening and gets a lost position. Then justifies it by suggesting that his opponent could go astray because the position is unusual. He is absolutely correct. The majority of the games I have lost are because of this. However, I would not have played Be6, maybe Rc8.
Buy their Jobava London course - so complicated not even GMs can remember it!
Hahaha so true. I love Danya but this video is not a good advertisement for Jobava lol.
Not even the guy that made it and studied it can remember it. its even worse
Bought the course. Worth it👍
The course is in video format with explanations and everything or (as I've seen on Daniel's site) a set of .pgn files with matches to study, but no explanations? Thanks! ;)
Is it any coincidence that Yubaba from spirited away and Jobava of the chess London are Giga-Chads and have similar names. I think not.
This tutorial speaks colossally to my missing link!! For the love of God; Naroditsky is by far, the best online chess teacher, by a long shot, wide open. Take the plunge! I play in the spirit of this style and usually loose on time in blitz but it always so sharp and I’m so close: this helps substantially! Hall of fame one of the greats: you are forever in my humble book! Thank you bruv
Another brutal attack - which is always fun to watch - but really the game was ruined by the blunder ... Rac8. Black played too quickly, which is a lesson in itself, thx.
Haven't seen Jeffrey Xiong for a while; what's he up to?
Wish the next Speedrun would be about 1.d4
I always thought the London was kind of a boring opening, but that was actually a really tactical and fun game! I may need to look into that course lol
This is the Jobava London not the ‘London System’ which is different and yes- boring.
The jobava London is misnamed. It's not really anything to do with the London and should be viewed as a completely different opening
Opponent: ...makes a move...
Danya: *explains eight different lines,* "Clearly our opponent has studied this opening"
Super informative! Thanks Danya!
thanks for the incredible course and incredible video we owe you many elo points
I play vs modern defense h4 as early as 3rd or 4th move it rly creates a lot of problems (thats 1600-2000 online elo)
Shh! I'm a Modern player and I don't want people to know this!
Better teacher for the Jobava London, than Mr. Jobava himself.
Love the video, the content, and all the help you have given me!! but you are wayyy too smart to think "outer space" is real...
Hello Danya, can you give me a discount on the Jobava course, I am interested to buy it but its a little to much right now, thank you ❤
Anyone know what Dani charges for lessons or if he even does them? Think.. if his free content is this good....
38:45 I doubt Rubinstein watches on youtube
Your interview with Sagar Shah is gold, learned so much .
Yes!!
I won't remember anything, but there it was easier to appreciate.
Daniel said you win million pieces but end up just up one piece. Garbage!
Never seen a guy who's more humble to his followers than danya .
How many plunges can one GM take?!
Not gonna lie, these higher elo videos sort of intimidated me as an 1100 blitz player but these attacking concepts were incredibly practical and helpful!! Daniel is a national treasure. Protect him at all costs
I have been thinking about picking up the Jobava, but honestly watching Danya struggle to find the best moves after analyzing it for 50+ hours has sort of convinced me that this opening is a bit hard to play.
I just started studying chess again for the first time in years. I have studied the Yugaslav Attack Variation of the Sicilian Dragon extensively. This feels so natural for me. Thanks again Daniel
By the way I play this EXACT set up and push my pawn again for it to be taken by their knight and I sac the rook for a double exclam everytime.
Beautiful checkmating ideas and black has to play very precisely.
That Queen H2 variation to target c7 is clean
With the "unexpected pawn recaptures" at 55:00, one good example is in game 2 of the Nepo vs Ding WCC. Ding didn't expect gxf6 and the rook on g8 ended up being decisive.
A "bad example" is Tal trying to do that on Game 3 of his WCC vs Botvinnik lol but even he said he knew it was bad in his analysis
Always great content
Knight e4 is GG for me. Kills me most of the time.
Where can i buy this course?
Shill away man. If you start spruiking Pepsi I might find it a bit on the nose but your own chess course that you made, go for it!
This is nothing short of epic. I’ve been playing Jobava London since Hans Neiman’s course came out, but Danya’s and Bortnyks course is a game changer.
Love this opening, but I've had people play Nf6 then d6. What do you do then?
Now when I play clash of clans , ma mom tells me you should play chess . Now , when I play chess though...
Has anybody noticed that Daniel looks like jake gyllenhaal??
I love your videos btw
Can I enter the Jobava file in chessbase? Not only lichess and chessable. Thanks. 😊
29:40 the voice just drops after he said sussy baka like he was disappointed in the name
Jobava is definitely in my repertoire & one of my fav’s. I may be a little late to this vid but have to say, I totally understood everything you were explaining. This is a golden nugget of great info for anyone who is wanting to study the game. I can only imagine your course must be outstanding 🤘… Anyone out there that can tell me how they liked the course?
12:00 should absolutely think about centralizing the c3 knight via e2-d4
I have your course. There are so many parenthetical branches, I get lost.
They was a fork
Rock take rock other rock captures than knight on e5 takes pawn on e7 fork
Where can i interact with you online when you play these games?
Yay more jobava london!
Why is Danya's face reminding me of Duda ? 🤨🤨🤨
Why is he using the name of the opening without Rapport?
Your videos are really instructive!! Thank you!
Incredible. Really love this opening. I am going to enjoy playing this.
My biggest problem with playing the Jobava is that I end up playing against the French, Caro Kann and Pirc defense... I play E4 as my main opening, so it keeps transponsing to those lines.
For me, a French player, it's just a win-win, haha.
Clickbait title wtf Danya :D! Love ya!
What is trump london
How can I contact you Daniel..plz reply...
Wow.. as a fairly good(2200+ rapid on Lichess) Jobava London player myself the amount of attacking ideas I got from this video 🔥🔥😤😤.. can't wait for the next vid 😎... don't knock yourself forgetting some lines this just shows us what to do when we don't remember..keep calm and play on..🔥
how old r u?
As always, very informative. Thank you!
the player you played against here got banned
34:41 ЗАДВИИИНУЛ!!!!
Imstil deciding on buying the course or not
this might be the best game ive ever seen on the speedrun
Arjun just beat big vlad in a blitz game in astana
Push your e and d pawns to the moon
Damn giiiiirl
Where y'all trying to move
Daniel naroditsky in the aiiiirrrr
En passant now players
Look out
At 2:35 isn't it a bad idea of starting the pawn storm before your opponent castles because they haven't committed to one side yet and can just castle queenside?
Castling queen-side is one of the best ideas for black, but it only provides equality even after the exchange sac. You just get a lot of time to create a complicated position, in addition to being able to win another pawn in some lines. A minor piece and 2 pawns for a rook and activity is pretty good.
Excellent explanation. Very clear
title sounds like a crypto scam 🤔
finally ... london :)
The jo mama london
Can i play it with the reverse order? D4d5 ?
You mean can you play it after 1. d4 d5? Sure, you can play 2. Nc3 and blacks best response is to play Nf6 transposing. The reason most players would play Nf6 is to stop 3. e4, which is very powerful
It's called the Chigorin defense. It's not considered the best and many beginners kinda just stumble into playin this because they don't know better, but like most openings, if you study it and understand its tactics and ideas, it can work well.
You can also look into the Baltic defense.
i can see the galaxies and beyond now