It is now 11.03pm in Riga, Latvia. Oskars Karlis Klaumanis is sitting in his dimly lit kitchen, hunched over a tiny desk, with a cigarette in his right hand and a beer in his left. He returns the cigarette to the ashtray, a twirl of smoke coiling around the three empty Aldaris bottles in front of him. Oskars takes a long swig, leans back in his chair, sighs, and closes his eyes. There she is again, a free queen.
Alex is the best coach on the net imo. Humour and fun while showing lots of tricks and techniques are the things that keep me coming back to his content.
Yes, clearly the best. Levy is entertaining and full of hype but everything I have learnt the last few months mostly comes down to Alex's variations and multiple quick games and excellent narration/explanation.
@@ItsKyleMang I'm telling you..... It changed my entire rating class after about two weeks. It seems hard at first to make sure you're not blundering anything after every move but after you do it for a few weeks it becomes second nature. If you're not just outright dropping pawns and pieces for nothing..... You'll be 800 with no effort.
@@someguyontheinternet7628facts in September I was 700 and got to 1000 after 3 weeks of making more solid moves. I’m now 1900 and I still play solid just better at tactics and seeing threats. Wayyyyy better. Crazy that I’m getting to 2000 in less than a year
Very good games illustrating the ideas of the Jobava London. Beginners lose at the opening, intermediate players lose at the middle games, advance players lose at the end games, masters lose by making "slight errors" in evaluating proper plan the position calls for and the Super GMs lose at the latest novelty discovered by the other Super GM at move 23 either by themselves during preparation with the aid of the chess engines or at the board by sheer genius.
I've been playing this since your last Jobava video and I just had a game where my opponent moved his bishop to d7 after I put my knight on b5, so when I captured on c7, his king couldn't move and he had no choice but to sacrifice his queen! I love this opening!
The way you explain why you move the knight to which square to keep your bishop open is very good. A lot of chess masters forget to mention stuff like that because it's obvious but the explanation helps lower rated players remember. If you know why you are doing something it's easier to remember. If You Know The Way Broadly You Will See It In Everything. Keep up the great instructional teaching, it's very valuable, and push your courses more it's ok to promote yourself, and your courses. Also your dry sense of subtle humor is completely under rated.
I love your enthusiam and joy when things go well. Really fun to watch and has helped ne win some great games, and lose really quickly :) Learning is fun. Cheers.
Even though I've watched a lot of your channel, I'm still the king on g8. But I'm learning! LOL Your Pirc videos improved my black play tremendously. And I don't know how many London/Jobava London games I've won in less than 15 moves because of you. I'm still struggling with my middle and end games in the London, but my middle game has improved a ton. THANKS!
Alex cracks me up. 33:47 “I’m going to take it, I’m going to cash in my rating points and I’m going to carry on with my day….But boom there is knight G6 checkmate!” lol
Another great video, thank you Alex :), oh an in case you are following my comments (probably not), I have managed to regain all my points and am now sitting 1 point higher than my highest I scored yesterday (499, so close to the 500 mark), with a stunning 9 game winning streak, I play worse at night, so will give it a go again tomorrow morning :)
I would like to formally thank you alex. I finally know how to use the white peices and i jumped from 340 to 504 today. This attack is like a cheat code lol the only time i ever won was with black because the Scandinavian defense is all i have ever studied until now. Im surprised this jobava london opening isnt meta but it is stomping fools😂
Rozman and Rosen are excellent players/demonstrators of solid openings and traps as well. You're one of my favorites as well, because I like your little interludes.
@@rv706 I certainly didn't mean it that way. the guides IM Banzea offers are excellent, and more entertaining than the others mentioned. that was my intent.
I like playing against the normal London better because I love playing c5 early and you don't get to do that in the Jobava. Jobava is the only opening where Na6 is an acceptable opening move.
@@IB4theAIB Yes that's another opening that asks for Na6. Interesting I forgot Na6 and just fell for the same trap again in a Jobava- but a transposition this time
question regarding game 3. why did the black rook let the white knight just sit there?? seems like the knight had nowhere to go if the rook attacked the knight.
For me the jobava London with the bishop attack variant don't work at all. My opponent castle queen side just in time and is preety tricky to play this way. Mostly i lose in this position.
Yeah just checked again. Even if black gets the trap, he still ends up trading two minor pieces and two pawns for the queen so computer thinks white has plenty of compensation
In game4 Alex, you say you hope your opponent goes g6 (31:30). Can you show us why? I appreciate this is a year old , so maybe you explain in another video.
As someone who is currently studying your London chessable course, would the jobava London be something that you add to that course? When would you choose tonplay jobava versus the other choices you have suggested in the course?
Please someone help me. I want to know if Alex Banzea is playing against another incognito player or how that works? I have learned a lot from watching his videos thanks much. How could I try to play the same way?
After Queen h5, the king has to go to e7, then you take on f4, and after they take back, you take with the bishop. If they take your bishop on f4, then there is queen e5 check winning the rook and you are up 3 points of material
Waitlist for my upcoming Jobava course: alexbanzea.com
It is now 11.03pm in Riga, Latvia. Oskars Karlis Klaumanis is sitting in his dimly lit kitchen, hunched over a tiny desk, with a cigarette in his right hand and a beer in his left. He returns the cigarette to the ashtray, a twirl of smoke coiling around the three empty Aldaris bottles in front of him. Oskars takes a long swig, leans back in his chair, sighs, and closes his eyes. There she is again, a free queen.
Bros an author
Such a good narrator. Love it
As Andrew tate always said... It's not my fault. I just always wind up taking someone else's chick.😅
I would like to purchase your book good sir.
My brother! This was one of the best things i ever read!
Alex is the best coach on the net imo. Humour and fun while showing lots of tricks and techniques are the things that keep me coming back to his content.
Agreed. He's great! Cracks me up. 😄
Yes, clearly the best. Levy is entertaining and full of hype but everything I have learnt the last few months mostly comes down to Alex's variations and multiple quick games and excellent narration/explanation.
It's Danya for me tbh
@@burnknuckles5906danya for sure his way of teaching is just very clear Alex and danya are my only 2 teachers tbh
Jobava! I've been playing for 4 months and just broke 600! Your videos have helped so much!
Kyle.... Just do blunder checks and you'll add 250 pts instantly
@@someguyontheinternet7628 Thanks! Great advice.
@@ItsKyleMang I'm telling you..... It changed my entire rating class after about two weeks. It seems hard at first to make sure you're not blundering anything after every move but after you do it for a few weeks it becomes second nature. If you're not just outright dropping pawns and pieces for nothing..... You'll be 800 with no effort.
@@someguyontheinternet7628facts in September I was 700 and got to 1000 after 3 weeks of making more solid moves. I’m now 1900 and I still play solid just better at tactics and seeing threats. Wayyyyy better. Crazy that I’m getting to 2000 in less than a year
@@macdonaldnnadi How long have you been playing?
Very good games illustrating the ideas of the Jobava London. Beginners lose at the opening, intermediate players lose at the middle games, advance players lose at the end games, masters lose by making "slight errors" in evaluating proper plan the position calls for and the Super GMs lose at the latest novelty discovered by the other Super GM at move 23 either by themselves during preparation with the aid of the chess engines or at the board by sheer genius.
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Chess in a nutshell
Put this as 1st video in Jobava London playlist
I've been playing this since your last Jobava video and I just had a game where my opponent moved his bishop to d7 after I put my knight on b5, so when I captured on c7, his king couldn't move and he had no choice but to sacrifice his queen!
I love this opening!
The way you explain why you move the knight to which square to keep your bishop open is very good. A lot of chess masters forget to mention stuff like that because it's obvious but the explanation helps lower rated players remember. If you know why you are doing something it's easier to remember. If You Know The Way Broadly You Will See It In Everything. Keep up the great instructional teaching, it's very valuable, and push your courses more it's ok to promote yourself, and your courses. Also your dry sense of subtle humor is completely under rated.
I enjoyed every game with this - it was a wonderful way to learn the Jobava-London. THANK YOU!
My game has got so much better after watching your videos thanks Alex!
I love your enthusiam and joy when things go well. Really fun to watch and has helped ne win some great games, and lose really quickly :) Learning is fun.
Cheers.
Switched from the London to the Jobava and gained 200 elo in a few weeks. Of course I was barely 300 b4 lol. Also ordered Caro course 👏🏻
I fucking love the way you say "Jobava London." And more importantly this is the most fun and effective opening I've used so far.
Even though I've watched a lot of your channel, I'm still the king on g8. But I'm learning! LOL Your Pirc videos improved my black play tremendously. And I don't know how many London/Jobava London games I've won in less than 15 moves because of you. I'm still struggling with my middle and end games in the London, but my middle game has improved a ton. THANKS!
It’s raining pawns, Hallelujah!
Knight does move backwards. Very important tip I need in a lot of games!
"because you're gonna get a better price". : ]
Thanks bro, i was struggling to find theory for the jobava, im 1000 and needed ideas with the jobava and this really helped bro thankyou very much.
Thankyou for dutch counterattack - I have to rewatch all your videos to learn these odd lines - but well worth it.
The satisfied reaction at 33:17 was great.
More jovaba content bro , more power to you & Godbless
33:32 So brilliant! Another oh no my queen gambit! 😂
Of all channels, here I learned the most. I was so happy when you gave a lesson to Dina Belenkaya. She's so cocky.
Put this as 1st video in Jobava London playlist on channel
Thanks Alex banzea you are my favourite chess youtuber...put This as 1st video in Jobava London playlist
This man's confidence up one pawn. lol
Make this as FIRST video in Jobava London playlist... Alex banzea
Wow. That smothered mate after ignoring your queen threat on game 4, wow. Very clever.
Alex cracks me up. 33:47 “I’m going to take it, I’m going to cash in my rating points and I’m going to carry on with my day….But boom there is knight G6 checkmate!” lol
Yeah, cracks me up too. It's a very good way to teach. Very memorable. Thank you Alex!
Love your metaphors!
Very nice Alex !...I enjoyed your video !!!...very informative !
Another great video, thank you Alex :), oh an in case you are following my comments (probably not), I have managed to regain all my points and am now sitting 1 point higher than my highest I scored yesterday (499, so close to the 500 mark), with a stunning 9 game winning streak, I play worse at night, so will give it a go again tomorrow morning :)
Great content as always and your humor is much appreciated!
Love the outfit, thanks for the instruction, I been crushing my opponents with this and I've just started playing chess
You make it look so simple
I would like to formally thank you alex. I finally know how to use the white peices and i jumped from 340 to 504 today. This attack is like a cheat code lol the only time i ever won was with black because the Scandinavian defense is all i have ever studied until now. Im surprised this jobava london opening isnt meta but it is stomping fools😂
Rozman and Rosen are excellent players/demonstrators of solid openings and traps as well. You're one of my favorites as well, because I like your little interludes.
That sounded like a backhanded compliment, dude
@@rv706 I certainly didn't mean it that way. the guides IM Banzea offers are excellent, and more entertaining than the others mentioned. that was my intent.
Dude love you are doing dome jovaba content!!
Brother I love your videos 😍 I have improved my game watching your videos
I now have two channels I am actually able to learn from, IM Alex and Chessnetwork
Absolutely love this video n love watching your thought processes
Its a nice sunny day but then it starts raining! Great!
Thanks so much😁😁😁i love how you're witty and how you explain well💯now let me subscribe
GOAT chess instructor 👏🐐🐐🐐
You are right, he is indeed "instructorul capra"
Why this video is not part of Jobava London playlist
I love when you say "lets move on to the... following game"
you should make a course on the jobova london please
That was a cool way to attack the Dutch. Gonna have to try it out :)
I can't believe you just crushed the real Magnus Carlson!
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I've jus subbed, best content ever, been crushing it with the Vienna ✌️
Alex's impression of me is absolutely spot on - 49:17
The second game how he used the ending was nice using the king and bishop to block the rook and promote a queen yeah lol I’ll watch more videos
Hello Alex, i love ur videos; they are very useful and hit the spots in which basic new players struggle.
Was waiting for a Vienna vid bro since it won the poll yesterday right?
9:13 overlooking mate in one ☺
I don't get what the queen is doing on D3🤣🤣
Btw, I am becoming a professional chess videos watcher by following you and other streamers
Thank you Alex! You are _the_ best chess content creator in my opinion (the jokes are also improving! heh).
I like playing against the normal London better because I love playing c5 early and you don't get to do that in the Jobava. Jobava is the only opening where Na6 is an acceptable opening move.
Smyslov would disagree in the Slav
@@IB4theAIB Yes that's another opening that asks for Na6. Interesting I forgot Na6 and just fell for the same trap again in a Jobava- but a transposition this time
does anyone else talk like him from watching so many of his videos his accent is fun LOL
Thank You coach
33:53 BOOM! ha ha ha stoked
1:33 all of a sudden it starts raining HAHAHAha
question regarding game 3. why did the black rook let the white knight just sit there?? seems like the knight had nowhere to go if the rook attacked the knight.
Alex, my friend, where the f@*k is that amazing Caro course that I've been waiting the last two-plus months to spend my money on?
Mid july is out sir!
For me the jobava London with the bishop attack variant don't work at all. My opponent castle queen side just in time and is preety tricky to play this way. Mostly i lose in this position.
20:13 interesting how the computer still gives equality here
Yeah just checked again. Even if black gets the trap, he still ends up trading two minor pieces and two pawns for the queen so computer thinks white has plenty of compensation
love this content alex!!
Fyi 4.f3 is neither recommended by danya nor by gingergm in their most recent courses, instead nfe-e5 and g4 are best
With the first game, what happens after pawn to h4 they play pawn to e5 attacking my bishop before I can trap theirs?
In game4 Alex, you say you hope your opponent goes g6 (31:30). Can you show us why? I appreciate this is a year old , so maybe you explain in another video.
50:24 alex says Eric Rosen trap, and goes ahead to type Levy rozman in the chat😂😂😂😂
Bro let his intrusive thoughts win😂😂
thank you!!
9:13 you missed mate in 1
As someone who is currently studying your London chessable course, would the jobava London be something that you add to that course?
When would you choose tonplay jobava versus the other choices you have suggested in the course?
Fun fact, play 1.Nc3 and you get jobava London half the time, Vienna 40% and something else the other 10%.
It is funny to me how many people still attempt the England. It is one of the least sound openings in chess I think.
Wow, @33:15 is astonishingly beautiful.
I have troubles when kight defends on h5 or queen c6
what about g4 instead of h4 when the bishop retreats?
Hope I win my tournament!
hey alex please give us an option for d4 too . love your content keep it up
Great video
What about 1d4 nf6 2nc3 d6
I enjoyed the chess and the jokes. Subd
What to do if they just copycat?
Dear Alex thank's a lot for your knowledge , do you prefer to play London or Jobava ? Jc from France
Jobava is more caveman while the normal London is like playing the piano. Both are great depending on what you want from the game (safety/agression).
I could have sworn vienna won the poll 🥲
That pool was on what do you want Next, not about what do I record Next..😅
I voted jobava lol
What should i do if black plays 3.h5?
Alex, play Gotham, show him your Jobava dance
Alex banzea..Put this video as 1st video not last in Jobava London playlist
Game 3 why cant bishop take on c6
3:54 Nice Kermit the Frog impression…
17:17 frumos ce urmeaza
I thought you were having a stroke but then I realized I didn't have the 1.25 speed playback on
Is there any merit in starting the Jobava with 1. Nf3 .. 2.d4 .. 3. Bf4 .. 4. Nc3 ?.
1.Nf3 c5 and GG
Please someone help me. I want to know if Alex Banzea is playing against another incognito player or how that works? I have learned a lot from watching his videos thanks much. How could I try to play the same way?
I’m playing rated games on chess.com from an authorised speedrun account
34:27 - what if he plays e5 instead of taking the bishop? Then you lose both the checkmate and the bishop lol
After Queen h5, the king has to go to e7, then you take on f4, and after they take back, you take with the bishop. If they take your bishop on f4, then there is queen e5 check winning the rook and you are up 3 points of material
I'm too dumb to play this. Fell from 750 to 650 in a day :(
come for the chess stay for the humour... or the other way around? I really dont know
fa un clip si despre deschiderea italian game si continuarea dupa... pt cei la 1000
Hahah this video was great!
3:53
Bro was really trying to get those gotham accent 💀
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