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Dear Kamryn, like your video and now a subscriber could you show the actual prices moving on the board as it will benefit me and new players in what is happening. ( to busy looking at the other pieces on the board at the same time) all the best
One of Kamryn’s strengths is that she has retained an awareness of how she thought and envisioned the board at a much earlier stage. Many of the higher level teachers have lost that connection and blaze through with excellent, but hard to follow stratagems. I really appreciate her approach.
The presentation is very clear and so interesting to see a strong player looking back and critiquing their games. I found this educational and inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
You make me feel like I could beat a 1500 with a few tweaks to my London system opening. I'm an 800 so I will get destroyed. But, you make me want to play chess and improve with your concise explanations. Can't ask for more 🙂
Thanks so much, Kamryn - this has been really useful to help me up my game! 👍 And, Yes, a Part 2 from 1500 up would be a really interesting video to study too! 🙏
This is the best explanation of the London I’ve ever seen.. Thankyou Kamryn! I’d love to see a similar video with your strategy to play against the London. Bravo
I'm glad you mentioned not moving the same piece twice in the opening. This is how I was taught to play many years ago and you are about the only chess channel that I've seen that emphasizes this rule. This fits into the whole idea of tempos, which is another bullet point for beginners. I knew nothing about these concepts when learning the game back in grade school but when I got to high school I had an English teacher who was a 1700 (which was a big deal back then) and he taught me quite a bit about these fundamentals. So thanks for this.
Most do as it's a principle. Others might not mention it because they go into more detail and include the exceptions if you know an opening well enough that involves this. Probably others don't mention it all the time as they're focused on opening lines.
No lie. That third game got me nervous with the opening aggression and made me realise that this happens a lot in my own games and I probably just need to relax a bit more. Because when I feel threatened like that I typically make bad decisions!
You articulate what I’m going through right now. I was playing my teenager the other day and said, I know the move you made (black) is bad, I just don’t know enough to take advantage of it. So, thank you so much for this video. It’s gold for a 500 player like me. You should make a series called, 500 Chess. And explain things in other openings, just how you did here. Again, thank you!
You get the points across really well....and it flows beautifully...Not boring, terrific amount of info in such a brief time!? I just love the London Opening and it’s relaxing complexity....Thanks a lot. Regards
This was low-key one of the best instructional videos on TH-cam with the london system. Your analysis was really helpful for someone in the 1300's (me). Hahah. Thank you!
thanks for the really clear presentation, not gonna lie this actually taught me more, more quickly, than many of the most popular chess tutors. you have my sub :)
Thank you, I watched this last night and what fun it was playing the London system today. I beat a player 1000 ELO (I'm only 500). Great video. Such fun watching the system work like clockwork.
Thanks for spreading the word. Thanks to the London I have won many, many games... with Black. Totally love it when White plays schematically, doesn't pressure my centre and let's me equalize after a few moves. The only Black opening where I score >50%.
@@Big_Theft_Auto It's decent as a surprise opening, but it doesn't really pressure Black. And thanks to Levy and the K@rdashians of chess no one will be surprised when facing the London these days.
I very much appreciate your presentation style - it's fluid and easy to follow. I feel like some good chess players mainly present to beckon from the top while you present to actually give a hand to help others - that's an awesome attitude!
Thanks so much. Just played this for the first time at ~900 and it's the change I've been needing. Definitely going to learn a lot from using a real opening lol, cheers.
Just wanted to let you know you are a wonderful teacher. I'm learning the London and I've watched about a dozen different videos and this is by far the most coherent...especially for a no0b like me. Thanks!
OK, I loved this, and found this a lot more informative than the Hikaru London video I watched just before, because a lot of my problem is missing tactics in the midgame, rather than theory. It was nice to see you address how you missed taking that free knight.
This is the first video ive seen of yours. I'm subbed. I love the pacing. Some chesstubers are extremely fast, with pre recorded board setups and they are chasing their tail keeping the voiceover/shot to camera in time and making it look live.. This is great, very concise and easy to understand.
Really needed this, I've been studying fried liver lines and initially I was enjoying myself but have hit a wall, inspiring video to get me exploring the London. Hope to make your stream, you've really brought a lot of refreshing chess content and you're fantastic at conveying your thoughts - I hope this shines during the stream!
Yeah fried liver used to be my favorite as a beginner but around mid 1100 is when I noticed people started to counter it or just totally avoid it, The scotch is a great replacement for fried liver it has helped me raise my rating and personal best recently so I definitely recommend it.
It’s been quite a while since I watched a YT video through to the end. Thanks for the thought and effort you put into making this one. I’m just starting the London and look forward to playing it!
Great video thank you! Only started playing yesterday. Your explanations are very easy to understand i appreciate that as someone who is looking to understand the "whys" of each move. Of all the channels i have checked out yours is definitely the most informative and easiest to follow. Will definitely be checking out all your videos!! Thanks again!
Ive watched lots of the GMs explain these and used chessable... you explanation of this is so much better (they play so fast and talk about so many different lines and whys and why nots...tks
That was great, Kamryn. Thanks very much. I wish I could have evolved my game, but I seem to have got stuck at a particular (low) level years ago, so I appreciate your insights here - I think they will help my game.
What tactics rise from various London lines? I play the Jobava London and have started to look for opportunities for a Greek gift sac. Just gotta get the knight off F6!
Thank you!!! I started playing chess thanks to your improvement journey video, such a fun game! Even though i’m now at 300, I’m really enjoying learning more about chess. Thanks 😊
When I used to play the london,I would often leave the white square bishop on F3 let his bishop take and recapture with the E2 pawn you have doubled pawns, but if I castle it's an extra defender or can be pushed as an attacker.I "discovered " this myself and was really pleased when l saw a GM do the same in a game.
Great video and explanations. I really like the London. I'm around 800, and the more I play chess, the more I realize why it's so good. The knight and dark square bishop are so powerful at controlling the e5 square. (with added benefit of the dark square bishop easily moving to g5 protected by the knight if there's an opportunity to attack the queen). The pyramid pawn structure is great and opens up the queen and light square bishop to the queen side, and they can also easily line up on the a4 diagonal against the king.
I am 1600+ in 10 minute rapids ....and i play london as white and french defence as black against e4 ....against d4 i choose to reverse london setup or the slav
I just played d4 vs Claire on Sparkchess. She has been beating me regularly. She played d5 which she usually would not. I played Bf4 and she got destroyed. In fact we got to an endgame and I had some fun mating with two dark square bishops two knights and weaved her into a corner just to pay her back for a month of misery!!! Thank you Kamryn!
I was skeptical because she only showed games where she was first. But after about ten games I got the hang of it and it's better than what I used to do. What helped me the most was not so much the opening but advice about moving opening pieces a bunch of times.
Great video, but one question: at 7:00 you decided to go with your bishop onto c6 knight, but wouldn't it be better to go bishop on f5? With this move you check the king (and he must move) and next turn you use your bishop to get thier g4 bishop for free (or am I missing something?)
I'm completely new to chess at the age of 50. I am going to practice with the London opening and do what you did. I was getting so overwhelmed I think with the never ending amount of openings that I couldn't cope! Thanks for the advise.
I've just discovered your videos and I'm very impressed with your very clear analysis and humble approach to chess. I will make a point of watching the rest of your stuff. with regard to this video, i've been a long term player of the (sometimes maligned Colle System, the older brother of the London which keeps the bishop within the pawn chain as you probably know. I may start giving the London a whirl though, after listening to your video, as there are a lot of similar positions with the Colle and the bishop on the outside may make things a bit sharper. Well done, anyway.
What great and honest feed back on tactics from someone that in the trenches with this opening. I love it !!! Thank you!!! I also play the london and these tactics are hard to spot but i know they are there. And you show that in a simple way!!! Thank you 🙏
I just started playing acouple months ago and not making much progress, I would just play the Ruy Lopez and the Italian religiously. I just started the London after watching this video last night and I just beat an 800 elo, so I’m pretty stoked. The few games so far I have played with the London the games were there for the taking after review, I just missed my opportunity’s. Definitely will continue with the London and trust the process. Thanks and btw, you are beautiful!
I also used the London to carry me to 1500. I played probably 95% of my games as white using the london. I started to realize that my winning percentage was higher as black and it made me realize that I need to improve something, proportionately. I didn't look at any E4 openings in particular, but I just started playing. My rating dropped momentarily, but it quickly bounced back and improved past where I was initially. RIP London 🙏
@@s1dew1nd3r4 Are you playing on a physical chess board? When setting up the board, the following rules should be followed: white on right (bottom right square should be white) and queen on her color (white queen on white square, black queen on black square). If that is followed, as white, the king will be on the right side of queen. If you're playing black, the king will be on the left of the queen, so the kings will be facing each other, as will the queens. This is just standardizations that's been adopted.
Thanks for the video. I don't play the London but sometimes have to play against it. I used to do the Nc6 move until recently, found it lacking, switched to c6. Now I gotta try the ''right'' move c5. My positions have been solid but the attack has been slow to build up (with c6)
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Eek that's 2am London. Gonna have to sit this one out. Hope it goes well and it goes up on YT
Dear Kamryn, like your video and now a subscriber could you show the actual prices moving on the board as it will benefit me and new players in what is happening. ( to busy looking at the other pieces on the board at the same time) all the best
We do 800s look so bad
Make a video on the Cambridge springs opening.
One of Kamryn’s strengths is that she has retained an awareness of how she thought and envisioned the board at a much earlier stage. Many of the higher level teachers have lost that connection and blaze through with excellent, but hard to follow stratagems. I really appreciate her approach.
The presentation is very clear and so interesting to see a strong player looking back and critiquing their games. I found this educational and inspirational. Thanks for sharing.
what strong player are you talking about?
You make me feel like I could beat a 1500 with a few tweaks to my London system opening. I'm an 800 so I will get destroyed. But, you make me want to play chess and improve with your concise explanations. Can't ask for more 🙂
1500 bot would be a nice trainer, he's Antonio
I'm 1100 I play London with white so this is completely doable, I'm lazy and obsessive so I play only London with white and French with black
@@backup.playerme too. But I do t have any opponent to play with
Don't! Becoz sometime you delayed a move and that screws up the whole purpose of the London System.
play e4 you should be working on tactics on your level. Don't avoid them
Thanks so much, Kamryn - this has been really useful to help me up my game! 👍 And, Yes, a Part 2 from 1500 up would be a really interesting video to study too! 🙏
This is the best explanation of the London I’ve ever seen.. Thankyou Kamryn! I’d love to see a similar video with your strategy to play against the London. Bravo
Just made it to 1000 elo for the first time using the London! Thank you for your videos, you inspire me to be a better chess player at 21!
Thanks
I'm glad you mentioned not moving the same piece twice in the opening. This is how I was taught to play many years ago and you are about the only chess channel that I've seen that emphasizes this rule. This fits into the whole idea of tempos, which is another bullet point for beginners. I knew nothing about these concepts when learning the game back in grade school but when I got to high school I had an English teacher who was a 1700 (which was a big deal back then) and he taught me quite a bit about these fundamentals. So thanks for this.
Most do as it's a principle. Others might not mention it because they go into more detail and include the exceptions if you know an opening well enough that involves this. Probably others don't mention it all the time as they're focused on opening lines.
This channel will be huge. Very instructive. Subbed.
A few weeks into chess. This is the only video that actually helped me understand the London System as a beginner thank you.
No lie. That third game got me nervous with the opening aggression and made me realise that this happens a lot in my own games and I probably just need to relax a bit more. Because when I feel threatened like that I typically make bad decisions!
You articulate what I’m going through right now. I was playing my teenager the other day and said, I know the move you made (black) is bad, I just don’t know enough to take advantage of it. So, thank you so much for this video. It’s gold for a 500 player like me. You should make a series called, 500 Chess. And explain things in other openings, just how you did here. Again, thank you!
You're a good teacher. Enjoy your content
Hello Kamryn,I enjoyed your video and I look forward to part 2.Thankyou for teaching me
One of the clearest descriptions of the logic including options not taken. Good job.
You get the points across really well....and it flows beautifully...Not boring, terrific amount of info in such a brief time!? I just love the London Opening and it’s relaxing complexity....Thanks a lot. Regards
Your videos are great - so helpful in trying understand how to use the London beyond just knowing the basics
Great instructions. I’m inspired to try to use the London. I’m a beginner, so this video really helps; very useful and clear teaching.
This was low-key one of the best instructional videos on TH-cam with the london system. Your analysis was really helpful for someone in the 1300's (me). Hahah. Thank you!
More like high key
thanks for the really clear presentation, not gonna lie this actually taught me more, more quickly, than many of the most popular chess tutors. you have my sub :)
Thank you, I watched this last night and what fun it was playing the London system today. I beat a player 1000 ELO (I'm only 500). Great video. Such fun watching the system work like clockwork.
Love your honesty! You're a wonderful chess instructor and player! THANK YOU!!😇
Watched your video and played my first game with real confidence (800 player playing for a couple months). Thank you!
Woman of culture
😂
huh?
Now it's a London party!
Thanks for spreading the word. Thanks to the London I have won many, many games... with Black. Totally love it when White plays schematically, doesn't pressure my centre and let's me equalize after a few moves. The only Black opening where I score >50%.
Do you do stand-up comedy? You are very funny.
Haha. I agree. Please get more low rated London players
Haha yeah, sure
Maybe you have trained to counter that specific opening, but it's not so bad 😢
@@Big_Theft_Auto It's decent as a surprise opening, but it doesn't really pressure Black. And thanks to Levy and the K@rdashians of chess no one will be surprised when facing the London these days.
That’s great, I’m a London player also and part two is a great idea
Cringe London players
@ 7:20 you can also bishop f5 for force check and take your capture there bishop freeing your knight from pin
You're a great explainer, thank you 🎉
I very much appreciate your presentation style - it's fluid and easy to follow. I feel like some good chess players mainly present to beckon from the top while you present to actually give a hand to help others - that's an awesome attitude!
Thanks for this video. I’ve been playing the London for a month or so and it’s good to see games around my rating.
Thanks for the tips! I’ve just started playing around with the London recently and this was super useful!
Do you play against computer or do you have an opponent?
Thanks so much. Just played this for the first time at ~900 and it's the change I've been needing. Definitely going to learn a lot from using a real opening lol, cheers.
GREAT EXPLANATION of the London System.
Please post more....
I instantly liked and subscribed to your channel
Very helpful. A part two would be excellent. 👍
Wow, great video. Would love to see something for black as well. Thanks for the London examples and more important sharing your thought process
As a london main this video was very helpful!
Really good video, Tx, London is my favorite opening;)
Just wanted to let you know you are a wonderful teacher. I'm learning the London and I've watched about a dozen different videos and this is by far the most coherent...especially for a no0b like me. Thanks!
It´s great to have an explanation which is not going into so many sidelines. Thank you very much for your detailled downbreak of your thoughtprocess.
Very helpful. Thanks. Looking forward to part two
OK, I loved this, and found this a lot more informative than the Hikaru London video I watched just before, because a lot of my problem is missing tactics in the midgame, rather than theory. It was nice to see you address how you missed taking that free knight.
Thank you for the video. I feel this is a lot more applicable for
Thank you for your welcoming approach and knowledge sharing! Much appreciated. You deserve a bigger audience. Keep going!
Wow, this is gold right here watching games from different ratings is so insightful, good job you earned a subscriber
This is the first video ive seen of yours. I'm subbed. I love the pacing. Some chesstubers are extremely fast, with pre recorded board setups and they are chasing their tail keeping the voiceover/shot to camera in time and making it look live.. This is great, very concise and easy to understand.
Really needed this, I've been studying fried liver lines and initially I was enjoying myself but have hit a wall, inspiring video to get me exploring the London. Hope to make your stream, you've really brought a lot of refreshing chess content and you're fantastic at conveying your thoughts - I hope this shines during the stream!
Yeah fried liver used to be my favorite as a beginner but around mid 1100 is when I noticed people started to counter it or just totally avoid it, The scotch is a great replacement for fried liver it has helped me raise my rating and personal best recently so I definitely recommend it.
@@nubgutter Appreciate the tips and insight!
It’s been quite a while since I watched a YT video through to the end. Thanks for the thought and effort you put into making this one. I’m just starting the London and look forward to playing it!
Lol Gen Z and their attention spans
Wow so your 2000 now , very cool, yeah i would love to see part two
Love to see you doing another video of the effort and new strategies developed that took you to the magic 2K level. Much Appreciated
great video, I love how you provide so much explanation on every move
Great video thank you! Only started playing yesterday. Your explanations are very easy to understand i appreciate that as someone who is looking to understand the "whys" of each move. Of all the channels i have checked out yours is definitely the most informative and easiest to follow. Will definitely be checking out all your videos!! Thanks again!
Ive watched lots of the GMs explain these and used chessable... you explanation of this is so much better (they play so fast and talk about so many different lines and whys and why nots...tks
That was great, Kamryn.
Thanks very much. I wish I could have evolved my game, but I seem to have got stuck at a particular (low) level years ago, so I appreciate your insights here - I think they will help my game.
2:34 how would their queen get trapped by taking that pawn diagonal to your rook?
I've done it once. I don't remember exactly, but knight to a3 and pawns to c3 and e3 were part of it, I think.
@@robertbrandywine well, I was just curious. Chess is something I should stop watching. haha
9:00 the knight on C6?
What tactics rise from various London lines? I play the Jobava London and have started to look for opportunities for a Greek gift sac. Just gotta get the knight off F6!
Thank you!!! I started playing chess thanks to your improvement journey video, such a fun game! Even though i’m now at 300, I’m really enjoying learning more about chess. Thanks 😊
When I used to play the london,I would often leave the white square bishop on F3 let his bishop take and recapture with the E2 pawn you have doubled pawns, but if I castle it's an extra defender or can be pushed as an attacker.I "discovered " this myself and was really pleased when l saw a GM do the same in a game.
Great video and explanations. I really like the London. I'm around 800, and the more I play chess, the more I realize why it's so good. The knight and dark square bishop are so powerful at controlling the e5 square. (with added benefit of the dark square bishop easily moving to g5 protected by the knight if there's an opportunity to attack the queen). The pyramid pawn structure is great and opens up the queen and light square bishop to the queen side, and they can also easily line up on the a4 diagonal against the king.
Thanks for sharing. I'm a London player and did learn a few things just now.
Good vibes
I am 1600+ in 10 minute rapids ....and i play london as white and french defence as black against e4 ....against d4 i choose to reverse london setup or the slav
This is perfect: informative, insightful and easy to understand. I'm so glad I discover this channel. New sub here.
this was a really great change of pace for chess videos. I loved it
Thank you so much. Your Videos make the Most Sense for me. It s so clear
I just played d4 vs Claire on Sparkchess. She has been beating me regularly. She played d5 which she usually would not. I played Bf4 and she got destroyed. In fact we got to an endgame and I had some fun mating with two dark square bishops two knights and weaved her into a corner just to pay her back for a month of misery!!! Thank you Kamryn!
I was skeptical because she only showed games where she was first. But after about ten games I got the hang of it and it's better than what I used to do. What helped me the most was not so much the opening but advice about moving opening pieces a bunch of times.
Great video, but one question: at 7:00 you decided to go with your bishop onto c6 knight, but wouldn't it be better to go bishop on f5? With this move you check the king (and he must move) and next turn you use your bishop to get thier g4 bishop for free (or am I missing something?)
I'm completely new to chess at the age of 50. I am going to practice with the London opening and do what you did. I was getting so overwhelmed I think with the never ending amount of openings that I couldn't cope! Thanks for the advise.
Honestly, the best explanation of the London opening so far! Thanks Heaps
I've just discovered your videos and I'm very impressed with your very clear analysis and humble approach to chess. I will make a point of watching the rest of your stuff. with regard to this video, i've been a long term player of the (sometimes maligned Colle System, the older brother of the London which keeps the bishop within the pawn chain as you probably know. I may start giving the London a whirl though, after listening to your video, as there are a lot of similar positions with the Colle and the bishop on the outside may make things a bit sharper. Well done, anyway.
Hi Kamryn. Loved your thought process and how you broke down the London opening.
I watched so many videos about London system and yours is absolutely the best! Thanks a lot!
What great and honest feed back on tactics from someone that in the trenches with this opening. I love it !!! Thank you!!! I also play the london and these tactics are hard to spot but i know they are there. And you show that in a simple way!!! Thank you 🙏
Really helpful Kamryn, thanks so much for sharing your experience. I would love to see another video like this one, liked, commented and subscribed
You are an inspiration, not a lot of people could advanced from 800 to 1500 that quickly and especially as an adult!
LOVE THIS !!! SUGGESTION!!!
Perhaps some live streams with you playing the london and commentating as you play.
Love your vids! Keep it up!
Being new to chess thinking, these lessons are extremely informative and helpful. Thanks.
Noway the last game was a 10 minutes game, there are so many moves omg
I just started playing acouple months ago and not making much progress, I would just play the Ruy Lopez and the Italian religiously. I just started the London after watching this video last night and I just beat an 800 elo, so I’m pretty stoked. The few games so far I have played with the London the games were there for the taking after review, I just missed my opportunity’s. Definitely will continue with the London and trust the process. Thanks and btw, you are beautiful!
I also used the London to carry me to 1500. I played probably 95% of my games as white using the london. I started to realize that my winning percentage was higher as black and it made me realize that I need to improve something, proportionately. I didn't look at any E4 openings in particular, but I just started playing. My rating dropped momentarily, but it quickly bounced back and improved past where I was initially. RIP London 🙏
How come all her games start with the king on the right side of her queen? I notice in my games it often swaps which side of the queen my king is?
@@s1dew1nd3r4 Are you playing on a physical chess board? When setting up the board, the following rules should be followed: white on right (bottom right square should be white) and queen on her color (white queen on white square, black queen on black square). If that is followed, as white, the king will be on the right side of queen. If you're playing black, the king will be on the left of the queen, so the kings will be facing each other, as will the queens. This is just standardizations that's been adopted.
Good job on explaining your situation and how to improve . Love it !
Awesome explanation! Thanks!
would love to see your progress in other openings too! great vid :)
The, spooky, the dubious... the LONDON SYSTEM
Appreciate ideas from someone in my general skill level, and well done.
Great video, appreciate your insight and personal critique.
At 3:52, why you move the B back to g3. Is this a waste of one move as the bishop is protected. There is no need to move back.
Very helpful video. You have good style. Please keep up the content
Thank you for this great work
The explanation is simple and clear
Thanks for the video. I don't play the London but sometimes have to play against it. I used to do the Nc6 move until recently, found it lacking, switched to c6. Now I gotta try the ''right'' move c5. My positions have been solid but the attack has been slow to build up (with c6)
Very good tutorial, thank you very much! I will watch more of your series!
Very eloquent thanks for the explanations
Finally, after years of watching Gotham etc, finally an explanation of a chess opening that I can actually understand! Thank you!
As someone who chickened out too much, resigned, and reached ~150 ELO, I like your content!! It’s calm and my brain isn’t constantly replaying things…
I'm just wondering why is blacks best move to put the pawn at C5 ? Wouldn't putting the pawn at C6 be better so it can be defended by the other pawn ?
It's a solid opening, and most importantly I know it inside and out. I usually play c4 to try and take out their center pawn.
I would be interested in seeing a video on how you chose and study your opening repertoire.
you can ask me for help
she has a video on building an opening repertoire
@@cemsaglam9241 Found it th-cam.com/video/Az5pWAB5bBI/w-d-xo.html
Thanks Kamryn. Your explanations are very helpful 👍