"Ok, this is fascinating. Because I don't believe what I'm seeing is good but for the time being I can't seem to be able to refute it." - Me in 90% of my games 15:20
I came up against 1.e4 d5?! 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Qd6 4.d4 a6?! 5.Nf3 Nc6 and couldn't find a way to punish my opponent. I tried to play in the centre with 6.d5 Ne5 7.Bf4?! and then came Nd3! and black went on to crush me even though I though I was playing sensible moves. Feels bad man.
Just listened to the perpetual Chess podcast with you in it. Keep up the good work. More subscribers will come mate. You give very good and informative chess lessons. All the way from Perth WA👍👍👍
one thing you will notice, chess.com has an amazing percentage of london users compared to lichess. this guy played it somewhat enterprisingly with the kingside pawnstorm (probably the only advantage of not committing yourself to the queenside expansion with c4), but the london is ultra-ubiquitous on there. side note: i was reading reti's masters of the chessboard, and he chides frank marshall for using the london. Full quote on game Marshall-Rubinstein Lodz 1908: 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Marshall plans the disposition e3, c3, followed by further development of his pieces by Nf3, Nbd2, Bd3, and O-O. This simple development was often employed in former years, but it is too simple to justify any real hope of gaining the advantage. With this opening White makes no attempt to obtain a preponderance in the center, which must be the aim of all opening play. Wonder if your countryman influenced you in this regard...
@@ChessCoachAndras it is american impulse to go say "ah yeah, austro-hungarian empire, that is just hungary." Hopefully this ignorance has some charm. Regardless, while reading though the book, he impressed me as a total center maniac, so I have naively and American-ly attributed Hungary's central and contested position within Europe to be inner focus of Reti, Polgar, Sax, many others... in my tiny brain this extends to Rapport playing truly insane stuff because the center is still ok. Probably a small brain view but hey as long as you're fighting for the center you really can't go too wrong in chess
Not sure if you got an answer yet, or if you talked about it in the video i missed it: The "i" shows up on chess.com whenever you take en passant. I guess they got so many questions/bug reports about it from new players they added it to try to let people know what was happening.
Wonderful finish to that last game. For you to see the line and execute it was amazing! I only dream of having that calculation and vision. Love your channel 👍
One reason behind the big boom with london players is that Hikaru and Gothamchess (Levy) has been recommending it to beginners because "it's really easy to play" which is one of the exact reasons they shouldn't play it.
@@grasshopperdad1479 I don't recall Rosen recommending London to beginners. He loves to play it, but I never heard "just play a London" or anything like that from him as a recommendation.
BIG REQUEST: in your openings playlist I see no anti-London suggestions. How about a nice long video breaking down ways to get London players out of their comfort zone? (Apologies if you already have made one & I missed it.) I’m going to check out more such videos of yours - love what I call the “chess out loud” running commentary & also seeing how you use the engine right after… very helpful to hear your thoughts & see your process.
Thanks Andras, great stuff. Tactics are a big weak point for me, and perversely, it makes me hate puzzles, because I struggle so much with them - weird. Also weird is the way chessdotcom's calls certain moves "Good". "Good" moves are not enough - they need to be "Book", "Best" or "Excellent".
Wait, where does this burning hatred for the London come from? It develops your pieces, leads to varied games, keeps your king very safe and gives flexibility in terms of where you castle. Now obviously you don't attack the center as much as with c4 instead of c3 (and in some variations c4 is actually better) but usually you are playing for e4 down the line. My results against the indian game have actually improved since I started playing the london against it instead of c4.
It is a terrible opening for any player who wants to improve in the long run. You "learn" from the London the centre is not important, you "learn" to avoid confrontation at all cost, you "learn" that you can learn an opening in 3 minutes , you "learn" to play 1 structure as white forever etc etc. All this for the sake 1-2 years of easy games and then a massive plateau. Its like learning how to swim with a life buoy
"Ok, this is fascinating. Because I don't believe what I'm seeing is good but for the time being I can't seem to be able to refute it." - Me in 90% of my games 15:20
I came up against 1.e4 d5?! 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nf3 Qd6 4.d4 a6?! 5.Nf3 Nc6 and couldn't find a way to punish my opponent. I tried to play in the centre with 6.d5 Ne5 7.Bf4?! and then came Nd3! and black went on to crush me even though I though I was playing sensible moves. Feels bad man.
Just listened to the perpetual Chess podcast with you in it. Keep up the good work. More subscribers will come mate. You give very good and informative chess lessons. All the way from Perth WA👍👍👍
one thing you will notice, chess.com has an amazing percentage of london users compared to lichess. this guy played it somewhat enterprisingly with the kingside pawnstorm (probably the only advantage of not committing yourself to the queenside expansion with c4), but the london is ultra-ubiquitous on there.
side note: i was reading reti's masters of the chessboard, and he chides frank marshall for using the london. Full quote on game Marshall-Rubinstein Lodz 1908: 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4
Marshall plans the disposition e3, c3, followed by further development of his pieces by Nf3, Nbd2, Bd3, and O-O. This simple development was often employed in former years, but it is too simple to justify any real hope of gaining the advantage. With this opening White makes no attempt to obtain a preponderance in the center, which must be the aim of all opening play.
Wonder if your countryman influenced you in this regard...
No, but I like what they say, Btw Reti's origin is a mix of few countries, not even sure if he spoke hungarian.
@@ChessCoachAndras it is american impulse to go say "ah yeah, austro-hungarian empire, that is just hungary." Hopefully this ignorance has some charm. Regardless, while reading though the book, he impressed me as a total center maniac, so I have naively and American-ly attributed Hungary's central and contested position within Europe to be inner focus of Reti, Polgar, Sax, many others... in my tiny brain this extends to Rapport playing truly insane stuff because the center is still ok. Probably a small brain view but hey as long as you're fighting for the center you really can't go too wrong in chess
@@Paul-ew3yq ha, I wish that had been the case in regards to the empire!
Not sure if you got an answer yet, or if you talked about it in the video i missed it: The "i" shows up on chess.com whenever you take en passant. I guess they got so many questions/bug reports about it from new players they added it to try to let people know what was happening.
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Wonderful finish to that last game. For you to see the line and execute it was amazing! I only dream of having that calculation and vision. Love your channel 👍
Thanks, glad you liked it!
"Double attack kindergarten tactics" - good to know that even masters miss these things X-D
your visualization in the last game which leads to resignation is just amazing.
One reason behind the big boom with london players is that Hikaru and Gothamchess (Levy) has been recommending it to beginners because "it's really easy to play" which is one of the exact reasons they shouldn't play it.
Spot on!
And Eric Rosen also
@@grasshopperdad1479 I don't recall Rosen recommending London to beginners. He loves to play it, but I never heard "just play a London" or anything like that from him as a recommendation.
"Good" moves in the chess.com analysis reports are like "inaccuracy" on lichess. So your game was more like 0 mistakes, 3 inaccuracies.
BIG REQUEST: in your openings playlist I see no anti-London suggestions. How about a nice long video breaking down ways to get London players out of their comfort zone? (Apologies if you already have made one & I missed it.)
I’m going to check out more such videos of yours - love what I call the “chess out loud” running commentary & also seeing how you use the engine right after… very helpful to hear your thoughts & see your process.
Lol I love how you were able to predict your opponent's openings in the last two games.
Beautiful finish to the game at ~40:00
at 18:06 i was thinking about a4 with the idea nxd3 - a3 and some counterplay
Love this video!
Very nice ending to the last game!
Nice.
In your second game, didn't you have 21. ... e5 22. gxf6 exf4 23. Nxd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Qg4+ 25. Kh2 Qxh5+ 26. Kg3 Rxf6 where your queen is defending d5?
Thanks Andras, great stuff. Tactics are a big weak point for me, and perversely, it makes me hate puzzles, because I struggle so much with them - weird. Also weird is the way chessdotcom's calls certain moves "Good". "Good" moves are not enough - they need to be "Book", "Best" or "Excellent".
Puzzles are what helps you get better at tactics
The little i next to that move was because it was en passant
Wait, where does this burning hatred for the London come from? It develops your pieces, leads to varied games, keeps your king very safe and gives flexibility in terms of where you castle. Now obviously you don't attack the center as much as with c4 instead of c3 (and in some variations c4 is actually better) but usually you are playing for e4 down the line. My results against the indian game have actually improved since I started playing the london against it instead of c4.
It is a terrible opening for any player who wants to improve in the long run. You "learn" from the London the centre is not important, you "learn" to avoid confrontation at all cost, you "learn" that you can learn an opening in 3 minutes , you "learn" to play 1 structure as white forever etc etc. All this for the sake 1-2 years of easy games and then a massive plateau. Its like learning how to swim with a life buoy