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
Sir, can kings indian defence be implemented against 1e4 or its only useful against 1d4 openings I am 1400 chesscom dont mind if my doubt is a bit silly😅
I am not exaggerating when I say this an absolutely exceptional channel. Did not expect you to cover London, 4 pawns, Samisch etc. all on your channel. This is the quality of paid content! I play Caro against e4 and know a lot of theory, but was always more shaky with my kings Indian theory so I will watch this and the rest of your videos diligently. Instant sub!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in Chess ,the great games played by the Masters I am trying to learn from you and need your help. What’s a Passant Pawn? Thank you for having this channel Bans 🇨🇦
I really appreciate that you explain the intention behind every opening move it highlights the importance of not just copying whatever order someone says
Perfect amount of information, well delivered. Brilliant teacher. I love the way he resets the board. Please go over all the variations !! Chess has never been as exciting as it is today!!! 💥💪🏼👍🏼👏
@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 you are welcome! We have already covered almost all of the variations. Feel free to check out the other lessons on the KID or you might even look at the whole playlist from my channel. Also, let me know if you ever have any questions 👍
@@nomadtom2420 Lol, I think you're the only one who complains xD But I don't know how the Video is yet, I must watch it first to have an own View to this Video
I really appreciate the amount work you put into your channel. I am a self-taught player (1600-1700 blitz) who hasn't played in years. These are the most awesome refresher courses. Thank you so much 🙏
This was extremely helpful. And your willingness to take your time and repeat the material is a refreshing novelty that I haven't found with other instructional videos. Most instructors seem to be more interested in proving that they know the material, not in actually sharing it with their audience.
Dude this is literally as good as it gets for a chess lesson. Easy to understand but also analyses in depth all these lines. Big props to you my friend! Keep up the good work!
I am baffled by your amazing teaching style. Sure you could show the same sequences in 10 minutes also like others do. But with your video you are enforcing the key moves multiple times which really helped me follow the key ideas. Thank you. With other channels its sometimes just like reading notation, only showing all moves and variations without explaining too much. instant subscribe and looking forward to binge watching your older videos
I’m fairly new at learning openings as I just got into chess a few months ago. This video was extremely helpful since I not only learned a great opening but got a better understanding of opening principles. Thank you so much
@5:45 it’s recommended to “move order” 1.) d4 g6 and then 2.) … Nf6. So for anyone looking to try this, here’s what I’ll tell you from my experience. You will allow white to play e4, taking the whole center and transposing to a pirc/modern setup, which is an entirely different opening, and feels quite uncomfortable for an aspiring Kings Indian player like myself. 1.) … g6 is played to avoid the Trompowsky attack. So you will either need to adapt to learning the Pirc (which will transpose often IME) AND the King’s Indian, or just learn to play some lines against the Trompowsky, which only happens sometimes, and which is pretty easy IMO to play against (eg black has simple plans of d5, Nbd7 etc.). I personally prefer the latter. So be warned of how this move order trick will affect your games and prep accordingly! Great channel, thank you.
Please give us more kings Indian. I know it's one of the more studied with tons of theory but it's my favorite opening. You are the best online teacher!!! You and Maurice Bishop explain the moves perfectly! Thank you
I am a new player and the way you tought this opening was very motivating to follow. You covered a lot of stuff that I won't get right away obviously, but because of the constant repition I felt more confident in the opening than I could have imagined from a simple youtube video. Your video helped me a lot to learn and have fun with the King´s Indian!
I’m a 1700 Fide player, just for reference. I find your style of making videos extremely useful and entertaining. I decided to adopt both Pirc and Kid against e4 and d4 with very nice results. Also, more important i really enjoy playing those lines which bring to creative and complex middlegames. So, you earned a subscriber, keep it up :)
Hello Gabriele! Thank you for taking the time to provide such a nice feedback. I am sure these openings will help you reach 2000 soon. Just keep training consistently and your rating will follow your strength. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have as you go through the lessons 👍
I've been looking for a long time for an opening to fight d4 and I finally found it. This mini course is fantastic. I think KID is the best solution against d4 actually anything it can be played against.
Let me put it in this way: it was so clear, that even I understood it 🙂 By the way, the idea of repeating the opening moves is very smart and necessary for many of us. Thank you so much!
Robert thanks. You were right yesterday.. it will come back.. and I dont know why, but I played on Saturday for a few hours when I was really relaxed and won 11 in a row and got back over 1000 again. I really enjoy your teaching style. One of the things the gets me and need help with in the PIRC or KID is when they get the bishops out on C4 and they plop their Knight down on G5 I have also struggled with getitng forked alot with the knight getting down on the queen side and forking my rook. So that NA6 seems like a good plan. I hate losing my rooks.
Congrats on that, Todd! Like I told you before, you just need to keep training and playing. Regarding what you mentioned about Bc4 and Ng5, that is typically solved by castling. If they still take on f7, you get two minor pieces (knight and bishop) and they get rook and pawn. Two minor pieces are definitely better. The only thing left is bringing your king back to g8 for safety.
Great and right on time!! I have decided that the first two openings for black I will concentrate on is the Pirc and King's Indian Defense. Plus I am following your great advice to create those studies over at liChess that map out the various lines and such. So this one will have 5 chapters -- one for each white offense. I haven't done the Pirc yet, so maybe I should go back and do that one first. I have heard you pronounce Pirc as "perk" for so long now that I am having a tough time with the correct pronunciation! For white I am trying to learn the London system as my first non e4 opening. The London is going OK, but I do get trapped a lot behind my own pieces. But it is still in the very beginning stages.
Hello Kevin! It is a great idea to get organized and little by little create your opening repertoire. When I first started, I used to record everything in a notebook. Now it is so much easier and when you have to review it before a tournament, you do not even to take out your Chess board. Regarding the pronunciation, tell me about it 😅 Hopefully it does not affect the way you play the Pirc lol For the London, just try to review as many games as possible and play it. You can also look into the opening I used at the end of lesson # 84: The Cole-Zukertort. It is a system and it could be played aggressively or strategically. If you do look into it, let me know what you think 👍
I've been watching a lot of chess videos during the pandemic. I can't believe I just discovered you. This video is the first one of yours I've watched, but it has instantly become one of my favourite chess videos. Thank you for making it. You are a great teacher.
Thank you for the king's indian playlist man...I m an adult chess learner .... Today I played a game on lichess with 2 inaccuracies 1 mistake 0 blunder and an average centipawn loss of 13 only...thank u very much...
I've watched a ton of opening videos including many on the KID, which have been a complete waste of time, they don't teach they just show you moves. Robert actually teaches chess, what a concept! If you are newer to this that might sound ridiculous, but the chess world is full of strong players who have no idea how to teach chess to players below the expert level, and don't even pretend to care about helping players below this, so you better bring your expertise and understanding because they won't give you any of this, they just show their moves or the moves of great players, what good is that if you don't understand what the heck is going on? Keep teaching Robert, the great majority of chess players need you, the ones that actually need to be taught! Thank God for sites like this as the standard fare is close to worthless when it comes to learning the game due to their being far too elitist, the common player now has somewhere to go!
I literally spent dozens of hours going down the rabbit hole/studying the King's Indian Defense, with multiple so-called esteemed sources, only to end in a mass of confusion and headaches. This video with it's BRILLIANT clarity brought me out of that hell!
Fantastic lesson, Robert! I will be learning it little by little. I've been playing it a bit without knowing almost anything, and seeing games so exciting and accurate is very inspiring. I already want to study to be able to play better. Thanks so much again :')
I have been learning the pirc from your videos and I was hoping for something to do to respond to 1.d4, so this is perfect! The most common d4 opening I see (around 1300) is the London so I’m eagerly awaiting the video on that variation. Thank you for the amazing content
Im saving this playlist and ill keep coming back here so i can have a tremendous amount of advantages when i join tournaments or play games. Thanks for teaching us😊
Amazing! I love that you repeat the moves multiple times, i was able to memorize one game on first watch watching this video, thank you and i understood the key ideas very well thanks to your teaching style.
The best class on chess on TH-cam. Re watch your videos often and sometimes taking notes. I’m winning way more chess now that I have confidence to play people instead of computer. I realize I was learning openings but not the plans which opened my mind. I even catch myself asking myself during games “what are his plans…”. If I had one suggestion/requests is how do you deal with early aggressive Queen play. Sometimes in situations where I’ve locked it as you have it doesn’t matter the Queen is out of play but if I don’t lock up the board she eats up a good amount of material.
Hello! It's greta to see your game is evolving 💪 Regarding the queen issue, it will be solved as you continue to improve your board vision. If you train consistently, your will get to a point where you immediately detect any threats the queen presents. In the interim, remember to look at what the queen is attacking. For the most part, it has to do with one-move threats, which are easy to take care of. Hope this makes sense 😎
@@NMRobertRamirez That makes sense. I think I need to just need to settle down and get more experience. Thank you for your feedback and teachings ✊🏿✊🏿🔥🔥🔥
Bro, I've been playing chess and consuming chess content for many years. I'm also a die hard KID player and I actually learned quite a bit in this video. I hope you also cover some of the other lines in the KID soon. Phenomenal job!! Subscribed!
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to comment. It's great to see you found some value in this lesson. Feel free to check out the other KID lessons I have posted. I even created a playlist on my channel where I put all of the KID videos together. Welcome aboard! 👍😎
Great breakdown! Played a 15/10 right after watching this video a couple times and won a game with some of these principles. Great way to expand on my P/KID games and resolved some holes I was previously running into. Thank you!
Hi Robert. This whole series has been a tremendous help for me. I have played the London as white and the Czech Pirc as black in the past with some success but I always kept switching between openings and getting a bit confused. This Kings Indian defence/attack is now the icing on the cake. When my club re opens and I return to playing matches this whole series will give me everything I need to boost my rating and be an all round better player. I’m now going to stick to the Kings Indian/Pirc set up for black and white. Have you begun any tournament matches with 1d3 as white? Nice to see you’re adding more KID videos. Thankyou so much.
Hello Phillip! It's great to know you have been finding these lessons useful. Thank for letting me know 👍 Regarding you question, I do not think I have ever started a serious game with 1.d3, but I can easily do it and then transpose into the KIA or even English. It's just that when I want to play such systems as white, I typically start with 1. Nf3 or 1.g3. Truth is you can do it just to try to confuse your opponent 😎
I just finished a tournament game, my first victory!! It was not a KID but I applied some of the ideas to attack on the king side, I could even hear your "be energetic" in my head, lol. Thanks so much!!
U know Robert I've learned a lot of ur teaching like Pirc defense since im using it i got 85% winning rate and most of my losses due to out of time not for mating me. Now I have new ideas of king's Indian defense.....but almost similar position to Pirc. I keep watching ur videos.... thanks.....
Hi Robert, just wanted to say thank you for sharing this with us! Quality content and well communicated ideas! Would be awesome if you could do a similar series on the London-System afterwards! :)
Man, I love this content. Easy to understand and digest. You have a great way of explaining the ideas in these positions that are reached out of the opening. It makes a huge difference in games if you're able to recognize when opponent is making poor moves and how to capitalize on them. Very instructive and well put together. I absolutely have gone over many of these in great depth and compare them to my literature and everything is very accurate. My favorite tip right now is the Na6 maneuver. Really professional advice for free because that's a professional move. Thanks again.
6:12 Im still an intermidiate player but in my experience playing g6 before Nf6 allows white to play e4 which then forces black to play e6. This actually become a modern defense and not KID. After this happens white could play Nc3 and it results in white not playing c4 which affects the game in some ways like allowing white to capture the knight if black later on plays Na6 because the c4 pawn doesnt block the bishop
Thanks so much for the lessons! I started out barely knowing the basic fundamentals of chess to reaching 1100 elo after about a month of work. Couldn't have done it without you.
Hey Robert im from South Africa i would like to tell you to keep up the good work and all tge valuable information you give on the kinfs indian and the pirc. Ever since i done all you told ive gained some good ratings even on rapid and blitz. I wanna say thanks bro you are a good tracher who understands beginners minds
Please go into all these variations !That video was so great, I find many ideas from your Pirc videos (which are just amazing too). I did as you suggest, doing a study on Lichess. It's hard to keep track of the ideas you explain clearly in the study, but it's really helpful. Massive thanks, although I'm low rated I'm taking so much fun learning the theory with your videos !
@@NMRobertRamirez Just to inform you: I visited your nice website and realised the links to your book recommendation section are not redirecting to anything (at least to me). Would it be possible to link me the Pirc and the endgame ressources ? Many thanks :)
@@NMRobertRamirez Thanks ! Those ones work but from your page www.chesslessonswithrobert.com/chess-books it's not possible to click on the links nor see any book name etc. !
@@C05Mik since you are telling me this, I think I will just put the links directly in the description of the videos. Thanks you so much for letting me know right away.
Really good explanation. What i really like, instead of most other chess streamers, you don't explain single actions and reactions. Instead you explain the changes to the layout / strategy through a move (example: 13:55), this is very helpful.
16:01 Before pawn to g4, why not h5? Because in this situation, if white takes fxg4 they definitely win material, and our king side attack plan will be more difficult. I kindly request your attention here with a positive solution for black player.
Thank you so much for the wonderful videos.Just can't help but be amazed cause I my self is a chess coach/trainer in the schools competitions for I am a senior high teacher in the Department of Education in the Philippines, happy to find my way of teaching chess to my students similar to your style...the explanations, the repetitions....I'm doing it right it means. My only regret is why only now that i have found your channel....more power sir!
You are welcome! 👍😎 It's great to know you appreciate the repetition and everything else. Some people might find it tedious 🤷♂️ Anyways, thank you for your feedback and please, feel free to ask me any questions you might find. I will be happy to help 👍
Thanks Robert, this gives me confidence to use King's Indian as black. Previously I was losing games because I was bringing my knight out first, rather than the pawns.
Best video on KID I’ve seen. I’ll definitely go through the variation videos! Excellent teaching Thank you for the content - I see immediate improvements in my game
Hi Robert, just wanted to say thank you for sharing this with us! Quality content and well communicated. Would be great if you could do a similar series on the Sicilian-System...
Wonderful content, thank you so much for your videos! They're helping me so much. The way in which you explain and teach is super instructive. One question on the classical variation with Na5 included (minute 21:08): what is your recommended continuation if opponent simply goes 8. Re1? 8... b6?c6?Bg4? ...? Again, thank you so much!
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
Sir, can kings indian defence be implemented against 1e4 or its only useful against 1d4 openings
I am 1400 chesscom dont mind if my doubt is a bit silly😅
This is such a powerful course and you don’t even charge anything. Thank you for your great work!
You are more than welcome, Nicholas! Glad you are finding value in it 👍
You can always send him a donation if you feel so inclined.
He earns money from revenue
@@UnJoe. How?
@@gejo1008 EVERY 1K VIEWS HE GETS AROUND 7US DOLLARS
I am not exaggerating when I say this an absolutely exceptional channel. Did not expect you to cover London, 4 pawns, Samisch etc. all on your channel. This is the quality of paid content!
I play Caro against e4 and know a lot of theory, but was always more shaky with my kings Indian theory so I will watch this and the rest of your videos diligently. Instant sub!
Thanks a lot for your kind words, Michael Angelo! Let me know if you ever have any questions 👍😎
Thank you for sharing your knowledge in
Chess ,the great games played by the
Masters I am trying to learn from you and need your help.
What’s a Passant Pawn?
Thank you for having this channel
Bans 🇨🇦
@@harbanlutchman6563 a passed pawn is a pawn with no opposing pawns to prevent it from advancing to the eighth rank
@@Jens-hy7dm Thanks a lot,appreciated
H.L
@@harbanlutchman6563 I think it's not necessary that the passed pawn has to move to 8th rank. Please check again.
why has this channel not blown up yet ?
No FaceCam. Take for example Gothamchess, Hikaru, Botez sisters, Agadmator and Eric Rosen.
@@Silver_Sage663 actually gothamchess and the other is about making content. Not only chess course
Finally it blown out
Finally here.
No amount of thanks is enough man. Thanks for making these free videos for people who can't afford expensive courses like myself
I have been playing it for a while - but this educational approach is absolutely amazing...
This instructor holds my attention and gets me motivated to learn. Thank You forever Robert....
You are more than welcome! Thanks a lot for your feedback by the way. It is truly rewarding to read comments like yours 👍🙌
I really appreciate that you explain the intention behind every opening move it highlights the importance of not just copying whatever order someone says
Perfect amount of information, well delivered. Brilliant teacher. I love the way he resets the board. Please go over all the variations !! Chess has never been as exciting as it is today!!! 💥💪🏼👍🏼👏
Thank you, Mark! After reading comments like yours, we definitely have to go over all the other variations 😎💪
Yep, pls NM Ramirez: show us all the variations!
Many thanks in advance!
@@spartanthe300ththermopylae4 you are welcome! We have already covered almost all of the variations. Feel free to check out the other lessons on the KID or you might even look at the whole playlist from my channel. Also, let me know if you ever have any questions 👍
WELL DELIVERED? DID WE WATCH THE SAME VIDEO IT WAS HORRIBLE
@@nomadtom2420 Lol, I think you're the only one who complains xD But I don't know how the Video is yet, I must watch it first to have an own View to this Video
I really appreciate the amount work you put into your channel. I am a self-taught player (1600-1700 blitz) who hasn't played in years. These are the most awesome refresher courses. Thank you so much 🙏
This was extremely helpful. And your willingness to take your time and repeat the material is a refreshing novelty that I haven't found with other instructional videos. Most instructors seem to be more interested in proving that they know the material, not in actually sharing it with their audience.
Thanks a lot lot for your kind feedback, Mark! 👍😎
You are such an amazing teacher, thank you.
You are more than welcome! Thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback 👍
d4 Nf6 c4 g6 Nc3 Bg7 e4 d6 Nf3 0-0 Be2 Na6 0-0 e5 :
Exchange variation (dxe5) - 10:17
Lock position (d5) - 23:05
Ignored (Be3) - 26:54
Dude this is literally as good as it gets for a chess lesson. Easy to understand but also analyses in depth all these lines. Big props to you my friend! Keep up the good work!
Thank you! I really appreciate your kind words 👍😎
I am baffled by your amazing teaching style. Sure you could show the same sequences in 10 minutes also like others do. But with your video you are enforcing the key moves multiple times which really helped me follow the key ideas. Thank you. With other channels its sometimes just like reading notation, only showing all moves and variations without explaining too much. instant subscribe and looking forward to binge watching your older videos
Hello Jeffrey! Welcome aboard and thank you for your kind words. I really appreciate your feedback 👍
Yeah I subscribed. I get way more out of his videos. Great teacher
@@theciscokid-23tI subscribed too. Life-support chess workshop!
Great starter video for the KID! simple and clear plans/ideas to follow
yes! thank you! i would also like to express great interest in more KID variation videos!
Yo are welcome! And yes, more KID content is on the way 😎
No apologies needed for repeating steps from the beginning. That's exactly what I need. Thank you
Brilliant lesson, clear and simple enough for us noobs while detailed enough to give you a real grasp of the plans for the KID.
I’m fairly new at learning openings as I just got into chess a few months ago. This video was extremely helpful since I not only learned a great opening but got a better understanding of opening principles. Thank you so much
@5:45 it’s recommended to “move order” 1.) d4 g6 and then 2.) … Nf6. So for anyone looking to try this, here’s what I’ll tell you from my experience. You will allow white to play e4, taking the whole center and transposing to a pirc/modern setup, which is an entirely different opening, and feels quite uncomfortable for an aspiring Kings Indian player like myself. 1.) … g6 is played to avoid the Trompowsky attack. So you will either need to adapt to learning the Pirc (which will transpose often IME) AND the King’s Indian, or just learn to play some lines against the Trompowsky, which only happens sometimes, and which is pretty easy IMO to play against (eg black has simple plans of d5, Nbd7 etc.). I personally prefer the latter. So be warned of how this move order trick will affect your games and prep accordingly! Great channel, thank you.
Please give us more kings Indian. I know it's one of the more studied with tons of theory but it's my favorite opening. You are the best online teacher!!! You and Maurice Bishop explain the moves perfectly! Thank you
I am a new player and the way you tought this opening was very motivating to follow. You covered a lot of stuff that I won't get right away obviously, but because of the constant repition I felt more confident in the opening than I could have imagined from a simple youtube video. Your video helped me a lot to learn and have fun with the King´s Indian!
I love the way you teach specially the restart from the beginning position to let the ideas really sink in to us. Thanks again!
I’m a 1700 Fide player, just for reference. I find your style of making videos extremely useful and entertaining. I decided to adopt both Pirc and Kid against e4 and d4 with very nice results. Also, more important i really enjoy playing those lines which bring to creative and complex middlegames.
So, you earned a subscriber, keep it up :)
Hello Gabriele! Thank you for taking the time to provide such a nice feedback. I am sure these openings will help you reach 2000 soon. Just keep training consistently and your rating will follow your strength. Feel free to ask me any questions you might have as you go through the lessons 👍
I've been looking for a long time for an opening to fight d4 and I finally found it. This mini course is fantastic. I think KID is the best solution against d4 actually anything it can be played against.
This is the best channel for chess learners, period. No drama, no know-it-all or condescending attitude, just sincere teaching to help us learn.
Let me put it in this way: it was so clear, that even I understood it 🙂 By the way, the idea of repeating the opening moves is very smart and necessary for many of us. Thank you so much!
You are more than welcome 👍😎
This is an in incredible lesson and the lichess part is great! Can’t wait to see the other variations.
You got it, Joel! Glad you found value in it. Thank you for your feedback 👍
Robert thanks. You were right yesterday.. it will come back.. and I dont know why, but I played on Saturday for a few hours when I was really relaxed and won 11 in a row and got back over 1000 again. I really enjoy your teaching style. One of the things the gets me and need help with in the PIRC or KID is when they get the bishops out on C4 and they plop their Knight down on G5 I have also struggled with getitng forked alot with the knight getting down on the queen side and forking my rook. So that NA6 seems like a good plan. I hate losing my rooks.
Congrats on that, Todd! Like I told you before, you just need to keep training and playing. Regarding what you mentioned about Bc4 and Ng5, that is typically solved by castling. If they still take on f7, you get two minor pieces (knight and bishop) and they get rook and pawn. Two minor pieces are definitely better. The only thing left is bringing your king back to g8 for safety.
Great and right on time!! I have decided that the first two openings for black I will concentrate on is the Pirc and King's Indian Defense. Plus I am following your great advice to create those studies over at liChess that map out the various lines and such. So this one will have 5 chapters -- one for each white offense. I haven't done the Pirc yet, so maybe I should go back and do that one first. I have heard you pronounce Pirc as "perk" for so long now that I am having a tough time with the correct pronunciation!
For white I am trying to learn the London system as my first non e4 opening. The London is going OK, but I do get trapped a lot behind my own pieces. But it is still in the very beginning stages.
Hello Kevin! It is a great idea to get organized and little by little create your opening repertoire. When I first started, I used to record everything in a notebook. Now it is so much easier and when you have to review it before a tournament, you do not even to take out your Chess board.
Regarding the pronunciation, tell me about it 😅 Hopefully it does not affect the way you play the Pirc lol
For the London, just try to review as many games as possible and play it. You can also look into the opening I used at the end of lesson # 84: The Cole-Zukertort. It is a system and it could be played aggressively or strategically. If you do look into it, let me know what you think 👍
I've been watching a lot of chess videos during the pandemic. I can't believe I just discovered you. This video is the first one of yours I've watched, but it has instantly become one of my favourite chess videos. Thank you for making it. You are a great teacher.
Rewatched this like 10 times I love your videos and they really help me. I try to refresh my memory every week on these. Great Teacher!!
Thank you! Knowing that these lessons are helping you is the best reward. Thanks a lot for sharing your feedback! 👍
Thank you for the king's indian playlist man...I m an adult chess learner .... Today I played a game on lichess with 2 inaccuracies 1 mistake 0 blunder and an average centipawn loss of 13 only...thank u very much...
Congratulations Avik! 🎉 It's my pleasure to help you guys in any way I can. Especially after reading comments like yours 👍
I've watched a ton of opening videos including many on the KID, which have been a complete waste of time, they don't teach they just show you moves. Robert actually teaches chess, what a concept! If you are newer to this that might sound ridiculous, but the chess world is full of strong players who have no idea how to teach chess to players below the expert level, and don't even pretend to care about helping players below this, so you better bring your expertise and understanding because they won't give you any of this, they just show their moves or the moves of great players, what good is that if you don't understand what the heck is going on? Keep teaching Robert, the great majority of chess players need you, the ones that actually need to be taught! Thank God for sites like this as the standard fare is close to worthless when it comes to learning the game due to their being far too elitist, the common player now has somewhere to go!
Yet again great video. I'm just waiting for your new videos to come.
😎 that's really nice to know!
I literally spent dozens of hours going down the rabbit hole/studying the King's Indian Defense, with multiple so-called esteemed sources, only to end in a mass of confusion and headaches. This video with it's BRILLIANT clarity brought me out of that hell!
Great video Robert! Very easy to understand with clear and solid ideas! Can't wait for the next one on the KID! Thank!
Thank you, Damian! Glad you found value in them. I already uploaded two more lessons on it (# 84 and # 86) in case you have not seen them 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez thanks a lot! Very quick responses too! You rock man!
😎
Fantastic lesson, Robert! I will be learning it little by little. I've been playing it a bit without knowing almost anything, and seeing games so exciting and accurate is very inspiring. I already want to study to be able to play better. Thanks so much again :')
I have been learning the pirc from your videos and I was hoping for something to do to respond to 1.d4, so this is perfect! The most common d4 opening I see (around 1300) is the London so I’m eagerly awaiting the video on that variation. Thank you for the amazing content
That's great, Owen! We will be talking about how to deal with London soon. Stay tuned 💪
th-cam.com/video/VA2Iro7AkOM/w-d-xo.html
Im saving this playlist and ill keep coming back here so i can have a tremendous amount of advantages when i join tournaments or play games. Thanks for teaching us😊
Great video on the KID, I used to think it was a very passive opening but now I know it can be aggressive as well 😁
Amazing! I love that you repeat the moves multiple times, i was able to memorize one game on first watch watching this video, thank you and i understood the key ideas very well thanks to your teaching style.
13:44 I like how Bishop on e3 becomes Pawn on f2 in this variation. Definitely should be win for black!
The best class on chess on TH-cam. Re watch your videos often and sometimes taking notes. I’m winning way more chess now that I have confidence to play people instead of computer. I realize I was learning openings but not the plans which opened my mind. I even catch myself asking myself during games “what are his plans…”. If I had one suggestion/requests is how do you deal with early aggressive Queen play. Sometimes in situations where I’ve locked it as you have it doesn’t matter the Queen is out of play but if I don’t lock up the board she eats up a good amount of material.
Hello! It's greta to see your game is evolving 💪 Regarding the queen issue, it will be solved as you continue to improve your board vision. If you train consistently, your will get to a point where you immediately detect any threats the queen presents. In the interim, remember to look at what the queen is attacking. For the most part, it has to do with one-move threats, which are easy to take care of. Hope this makes sense 😎
@@NMRobertRamirez That makes sense. I think I need to just need to settle down and get more experience. Thank you for your feedback and teachings ✊🏿✊🏿🔥🔥🔥
Bro, I've been playing chess and consuming chess content for many years. I'm also a die hard KID player and I actually learned quite a bit in this video. I hope you also cover some of the other lines in the KID soon. Phenomenal job!! Subscribed!
Hello! Thank you for taking the time to comment. It's great to see you found some value in this lesson. Feel free to check out the other KID lessons I have posted. I even created a playlist on my channel where I put all of the KID videos together. Welcome aboard! 👍😎
@@NMRobertRamirez . That's amazing! I look forward to seeing your other videos! Cheers!!
Great breakdown! Played a 15/10 right after watching this video a couple times and won a game with some of these principles. Great way to expand on my P/KID games and resolved some holes I was previously running into. Thank you!
Hi Robert. This whole series has been a tremendous help for me. I have played the London as white and the Czech Pirc as black in the past with some success but I always kept switching between openings and getting a bit confused. This Kings Indian defence/attack is now the icing on the cake. When my club re opens and I return to playing matches this whole series will give me everything I need to boost my rating and be an all round better player. I’m now going to stick to the Kings Indian/Pirc set up for black and white. Have you begun any tournament matches with 1d3 as white? Nice to see you’re adding more KID videos. Thankyou so much.
Hello Phillip! It's great to know you have been finding these lessons useful. Thank for letting me know 👍 Regarding you question, I do not think I have ever started a serious game with 1.d3, but I can easily do it and then transpose into the KIA or even English. It's just that when I want to play such systems as white, I typically start with 1. Nf3 or 1.g3. Truth is you can do it just to try to confuse your opponent 😎
I just finished a tournament game, my first victory!!
It was not a KID but I applied some of the ideas to attack on the king side, I could even hear your "be energetic" in my head, lol. Thanks so much!!
The best explanation for an opening I have ever seen!!!!!! Congrats!!!!
Thank you, Giovani! Glad you liked it 👍
Mr. Ramirez, I took so much from this video. I'm grateful you created it. Keep up the good work.
You got it, Chris! Thanks a lot for your feedback 🙌😎
U know Robert I've learned a lot of ur teaching like Pirc defense since im using it i got 85% winning rate and most of my losses due to out of time not for mating me. Now I have new ideas of king's Indian defense.....but almost similar position to Pirc. I keep watching ur videos.... thanks.....
Thanks, I am working the pirc, learning some of the subtle, I started the king’s Indian today, it will take work
As always, awesome lesson, thank you!
Great job. I’ve been trying the Kings Indian and was constantly confused. This is the first video where the theory was actually explained
Hi Robert,
just wanted to say thank you for sharing this with us! Quality content and well communicated ideas!
Would be awesome if you could do a similar series on the London-System afterwards! :)
Hello! You are more than welcome. Thank you for your kind words! And yes, we will talk more about the London in the future for sure!
Man, I love this content. Easy to understand and digest. You have a great way of explaining the ideas in these positions that are reached out of the opening. It makes a huge difference in games if you're able to recognize when opponent is making poor moves and how to capitalize on them. Very instructive and well put together. I absolutely have gone over many of these in great depth and compare them to my literature and everything is very accurate. My favorite tip right now is the Na6 maneuver. Really professional advice for free because that's a professional move. Thanks again.
That's great to hear, Brett! Thanks a lot for your kind feedback 👍
6:12 Im still an intermidiate player but in my experience playing g6 before Nf6 allows white to play e4 which then forces black to play e6. This actually become a modern defense and not KID. After this happens white could play Nc3 and it results in white not playing c4 which affects the game in some ways like allowing white to capture the knight if black later on plays Na6 because the c4 pawn doesnt block the bishop
If white decides to play Bg5 on second move after black plays Nf6 its better to just play e6 and not play the Kings indian defense
I always take snap shots of certain moves you make and try to visualize it later on. I grew on my bullet and daily games a lot, thanks
I really like how you use great famous games to show a strategy. Thanks a lot!
Thanks so much for the lessons! I started out barely knowing the basic fundamentals of chess to reaching 1100 elo after about a month of work. Couldn't have done it without you.
You are welcome, Luka! Thanks a lot for sharing this with me. Comments like yours keep me going 👍
I love this guy's opening tutorials, relaxing, genius and effective
most chess teachers expect us to understand 20 moves of deep theory but this guy knows that he has to explain every move as we are newbies
First chess lesson I genuinely enjoy and learned from. Thank you
👍 Welcome aboard! 😎
Bro,! you taught me a lot in 30mins,
I've been struggling playing with the black pieces and you just helped me learned this, thanks!
Happy to hear! 💪👍 Feel free to check out the entire playlist covering every variation White can play 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez thanks for the heads up, will do just that⚡🖤
Hey Robert im from South Africa i would like to tell you to keep up the good work and all tge valuable information you give on the kinfs indian and the pirc. Ever since i done all you told ive gained some good ratings even on rapid and blitz. I wanna say thanks bro you are a good tracher who understands beginners minds
Please go into all these variations !That video was so great, I find many ideas from your Pirc videos (which are just amazing too). I did as you suggest, doing a study on Lichess. It's hard to keep track of the ideas you explain clearly in the study, but it's really helpful.
Massive thanks, although I'm low rated I'm taking so much fun learning the theory with your videos !
You are welcome, Michaël! And yes, we are definitely going into the other variations 😎
@@NMRobertRamirez Just to inform you: I visited your nice website and realised the links to your book recommendation section are not redirecting to anything (at least to me). Would it be possible to link me the Pirc and the endgame ressources ? Many thanks :)
@@C05Mik absolutely. Let me know if they work now:
Pirc: amzn.to/30BCChZ
Endgame: amzn.to/3crOEQy
@@NMRobertRamirez Thanks ! Those ones work but from your page www.chesslessonswithrobert.com/chess-books it's not possible to click on the links nor see any book name etc. !
@@C05Mik since you are telling me this, I think I will just put the links directly in the description of the videos. Thanks you so much for letting me know right away.
Awesome course! I wanted to learn to play the KID and this is extremely good!
Bro is carrying the opening tutorial game at this point. Keep up creating this content my guy
I want to be like you when I grow up. You were born to teach!
Following this course from its first video, learnt a lot from you. Thank you for giving such valuable information for free
Nice tutorial very comprehensive. God bless you.
Fantastic video, very helpful! Please, more on the KID for black!
Thank you! And yes, it is in the oven 😎
Amazing video! I love that you repeat the moves a lot!
This video helped me understand a lot more about this opening. Great video!
You made it look really easy, an opening that is not so easy to master. Great lesson. Definitely gonna study this Na6 variation in some depth.
Glad to see you feel this way, Devendra! Let me know if you ever have any questions 👍
Really good explanation. What i really like, instead of most other chess streamers, you don't explain single actions and reactions. Instead you explain the changes to the layout / strategy through a move (example: 13:55), this is very helpful.
lol pawn to f2
Fascinating way of teaching, u are a great teacher. I refused to ever play pirc or KID until now, but seeing your videos, i might try it.
Thank you! And welcome aboard 👍
Before I was just an easiest opponent to be defeated but now after learning your depper strategy I defeated them easily. Thank you.
Excellent! 👍💪
But my natural sense of analysis is low, I am defeated most of the time by master in my app, I can only defeat the candidate Master. Ty Robert.
very good cotent bro as a kings indian player i learned many new ideas and tactics like your new idea na6 will try na6 variation soon in my games
Thankyou very much sir! I appreciate u making your vids. I will recommend this yt channel of yours with my Filipino friends 🇵🇭
You are more than welcome, Muhammad! That means a lot. Thank you for all your support 👍
16:01 Before pawn to g4, why not h5? Because in this situation, if white takes fxg4 they definitely win material, and our king side attack plan will be more difficult. I kindly request your attention here with a positive solution for black player.
this man deserves much more subscribers for his work
You are a great coach. please do not stop what you are doing for the community. 💙
Really incredible video! This is extremely helpful, thank you.
Thank you so much for the wonderful videos.Just can't help but be amazed cause I my self is a chess coach/trainer in the schools competitions for I am a senior high teacher in the Department of Education in the Philippines, happy to find my way of teaching chess to my students similar to your style...the explanations, the repetitions....I'm doing it right it means. My only regret is why only now that i have found your channel....more power sir!
You are welcome! 👍😎 It's great to know you appreciate the repetition and everything else. Some people might find it tedious 🤷♂️ Anyways, thank you for your feedback and please, feel free to ask me any questions you might find. I will be happy to help 👍
Well done, NM Ramirez. I'm definitely interested in learning more about the Kings Indian Defense and I'll check out your other videos.
Please go into all these variations. That video was great!
You got it! Thank you for your kind words!
Thanks Robert, this gives me confidence to use King's Indian as black. Previously I was losing games because I was bringing my knight out first, rather than the pawns.
Best video on KID I’ve seen. I’ll definitely go through the variation videos! Excellent teaching
Thank you for the content - I see immediate improvements in my game
Thank you, Adam! Glad you liked this lesson. I already covered the other variations. Feel free to check out the KID playlist on the channel 👍
Hands down
The best explanation of this opening
🙏
Quite elaborate. Illustratious.
Hi Robert,
just wanted to say thank you for sharing this with us! Quality content and well communicated.
Would be great if you could do a similar series on the Sicilian-System...
Wonderful content, thank you so much for your videos! They're helping me so much. The way in which you explain and teach is super instructive.
One question on the classical variation with Na5 included (minute 21:08): what is your recommended continuation if opponent simply goes 8. Re1?
8... b6?c6?Bg4? ...?
Again, thank you so much!
Hello! I like Bg4! 👍
Priceless presentation! Thank you!
You are very good chess teacher. Thanks for the chess lessons. I really like the king's indian defense.
YOU DESERVE MORE SUB AND VIEW .YOU ARE BETTER THAN ALL DRAMA KING.THANKS
Thank you! Please continue your KID defense lessons!
You are more than welcome! And yes, we already have like 8 lessons on it, but we have more to cover 👍
Great video and i am loving the mid/late ideas you are explaning
Thank you!
Robert you are a magician chess tutor. Cheers mate!
🙌👍😎
Great video for study and teaching.