Chess lesson # 51: Best Opening for Black | Chess openings the right way | The Czech Pirc Defense
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- This opening has been in my repertoire since the beginning of my Chess career and I still use it at the master level. The Czech Pirc Defense definitely helped me become a National Master and today I enjoy sharing it with my students. I think you should learn it now for many reasons. It is solid and offers good chances for Black. It is easy to learn and master. This opening works against anything the white pieces play. It includes a trap in the first few moves. Finally, I think that if you learn it well, you will always have the upper hand since many players are not familiar with it. People study how to deal with other popular openings such as the Sicilian defense, the French defense, etc. However, playing the Czech Pirc is like bringing your enemy to your territory. Have fun, learn it well, use it, and let me know how it goes!
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00:00 Intro
00:40 What you should play this and only this opening for Black
03:20 Opening theory and main plans
17:49 Coach Robert plays first blitz game using the Czech Pirc Defense
22:40 Coach Robert plays second blitz game using the Czech Pirc Defense
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If White pushes d5, it's possible to push c5 and turn it into a kind of Czech Benoni??
Wow!! I'm a 71-year-old woman attempting to learn chess to strengthen my memory and my ability to concentrate. This man is terrific! I spent two hours on this video and it was a great experience. My preference is for ad-free sites because the ads interrupt the flow of the instruction. I'm willing to pay for ad-free content to individuals who are this creative and adept at instruction. Love your instruction, Mr. Ramirez and will buy some of your merchandise.
Hello Lana! It's a pleasure to have you as part of our small community. Thanks a lot for your kind words and I hope to see you around enjoying more lessons 👍😎
Man this is just adorable
He's the best teacher there is. I'm 67 and nearly always use the Pirc.
Fantastic trainer!
thanx
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I can't believe someone have uploaded this for free.
hehe I hope you found it useful :)
@@NMRobertRamirez love it! Thanks!
Some people like sharing their knowledge
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@@NMRobertRamirez is easy to play as white too
I have never achieved so much clarity in chess understanding until I do today. You are an incredibly gifted teacher who converted this bumbling fool of a chess enthusiast into an actual strategic player. No amount of thanks is enough for what you do. You deserve every good thing that happens to you, my friend. I'm going to recommend you to all my friends who are starting to learn chess. Absolutely incredible instructionals.
This opening, no exaggeration, gained me 100 ELO almost overnight. Thank you NM Ramirez!
I love this opening. It's really unconventional and keeps you ready for everything. Only thing that bugs me is that my opponent 95% of the time always counters my Qa3 move (pinning the knight) with Bd2. Once I retreat to c7, I feel like my Queen is out of the picture, blocked behind the pawn on e5 once an exchange of pawns is made.
7 wins 1 loss as black since playing this opening!!! TY! I genuinely suggest that everyone gives this a few games! The best thing is to see the hesitation by white on move #5!
That's so great to hear! I am sure you are doing something else right 😎 but still this is a nice opening. You might like the regular Pirc from lesson # 69 for later down the road 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez Definitely! I'm actually working my there! I started watching your knight outpost video, LESSON #52 and just WOW! Looking at the game in a much more efficient and practical way!!! It's insane ( in a great way ) to have that understanding of why to make the moves! TY for your help, and your explanation is really really good for my level. I've increased my rating from 1209 to 1324 in not much time!
@@brass4235 nice! Congratulations on such a big jump and I hope you get to use what we covered in lesson # 52 soon. The more you learn about Chess the more you are going to enjoy it!
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2 wins 0 losses, but for kings pawn opening I prefer stafford gambit, i use this for every other opening tho
This is exactly what I'm looking for. Great explanations crammed in a relatively short video. Thanks!
I am so glad you found it useful! Thanks a lot for your feedback. Hope lesson 53 also helps you regarding this opening.
@@NMRobertRamirez thank you! You are so generous :) also, iprefer your suggestion over what i did. I just didnt see it! I still struggle with my "chess vision." Hehe. But Thanks. Now i know what to do :)
You mentioned that you can play the opening with white as well. Do you open with the pawn Queen side or King side for white?
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@@cdubbs44 hello! You can see it in action on lesson # 53 👍
fantastic, clear explanations! I like the way to focus on teaching and not showing off and trying to be a youtube star (the world has enough of those).
Thanks a lot coach! You're putting in so much work for beginners as well as advanced players. This video is by far my favorite one especially because you explained quite a lot of possible lines. Thanks for your hard work.
I originally came to this channel for this lesson because I was looking for a good and easy to learn opening for black. I haven't regretted it for a moment. I liked this video so much, I decided to start from the beginning and now, but 51 lessons later I'm here again and I've learned so much. Thanks again coach!
I can already tell this is my fav chess channel. Thank you for finally doing it at a reasonable pace.
Robert, I can listen you for hours. Thank you for the content !
This is outstanding. I can't believe it took me so long to find out about it. Both simple and effective. I have used it in dozen 5+5 games with very good results AND you can play this against everything! Simple and effective. Outstanding. thank you RobRam.
I've been playing this defense for many years. I knew it as Rivas defense, Rivas is a spanish grandmaster who played it very often. This video is so awesome! You have clearly explained pieces set up, basic plans, patterns, and ideas of this defense. Keep up the good work!
Hello Miguel! Glad you liked this lesson. Coming from someone with so much experience like you, it truly means a lot 👍 You might also like the main Pirc from lesson # 69 😎
Challens the coash?
I love this opening. Been playing it for months. It is beautiful. Thank you. Really.
Just wow... so simple yet so intuitive. I love the explanations for each example. Thank you!
It was wonderful to watch our Instructor play spontaneously blitz chess and use the principles that he endorsed. He also talked us through his methodology.!!!
This is by far my Favorite Instructor....
Just realised I've got to lesson 51 without commenting! What a fantastic series of videos. Thank you so much I feel like I'm learning a huge amount, and of course when you need to go over previous material you can just watch them again.
Fabulous content you have taken great time and care to prepare.
Thank you, Darren! It's great to see you have been following the lessons in order 👍 Please, let me know if you ever have any questions!
As a beginner to tactical chess I always had a very hard time playing counter openings as black. Now I have a solid foundation to build from that I can play against whatever white plays. Won my first two games playing this. Thank you, great lesson.
This is maybe the best opening video I've seen on TH-cam. Really appreciate how you explained every move while keeping it short and easy to understand for beginners.
Great job with this introduction to a simple and elegant system. The two games at the end compliment the theory very well! Bravo and thank you!
Wow, this is really good. Not only do you explain the opening, but you explain all of the reasoning behind it very clearly. This is one hell of a video.
Thank you, Jake! Glad to see you found some value in it 👍
WOW!!
Really nice explanation!!
was really looking for something new with black, something unique and this is it!!
Keep it up 💙👑
Absolutely find your teaching to be easily understood and breaking down the moves, for me I am learning and appreciate it, so thank you
This defense is awesome..I've been playing just over a year and has worked for me. Excellent and well explained! Thank you.
Thank you so much Robert!!! I used to struggle when playing the black pieces but after watching your lessons about the pirc and kid I actually win more games with the black pieces and I really feel comfortable playing this opening and get to the middle game in a good position and knowing the basic ideas instead of getting stuck without any clue how to continue. Your lessons are very clear, you cover all the points, and easy to remember for a guy like me that watched a lot of videos and failed to implement the ideas in real games. Your system is much more clear and easy for me to play and gets me through the opening safely, and if I lose it's because I hang pieces or do stupid blunders. Thank you so much, you are AMAZING!!!
Hello! Thanks a lot for your kind words. It means a lot to know you found some value in this lesson and the course in general. Please, let me know if you ever have any questions 👍😎
Good morning thx so much I've been play from the age of 11, I'm in my 50s now, I've never seen this opening, I now use it all the time as presented, absolutely fantastic I may have lost twice & that was me experimenting. Your reasoning and detail is the best I've experienced, you are a great teacher. Subscriber for life!
Thanks a lot for your kind words! It is great to know you are finding value in these lessons 👍Please, let me know if you ever have any questions!
I just want to say it's been a while since I looked at any of your videos. I have been looking at some other instructors on various things such as openings, etc. What I have noticed by coming back is how well you explain everything, unlike most of the other instructors. You are a very, very good teacher!!
This is so far the best opening I have learnt for Black.Already loving it and enjoying great results.Thank you NM Ramirez
My biggest problem is trying to make my mind up on what to play. I keep moving backwards and forwards between different openings and getting bogged down. This Czech Pirc is the one for me I think, especially as you can also play it with white. A universal opening that allows me to not get stuck on the opening and move on to the middle and end games. All your playlists are excellent. Thankyou Robert. Keep up the good work!
I recently started learning chess and I’ve watch a lot of TH-cam videos lately but I can confidently tell you that Ramirez is top 3 for learning. He explains the ideas behind the moves better than anyone else. Honourable mention to GM Hikaru!
Sincere appreciation 🙏🏽
لطفا دوتا سایت دیگر را هم معرفی میکنید؟ برای یادگیری.
This video rocks! This opening is on its way to solve a lot of my worries about my traditional e5 or c4 versus e4 black openings that I have struggled with for a long time. It's easier to defend , coordinate my pieces, develop and attack. It seems like my pieces are naturally positioning themselves better; which reminds me of old grand master games where the pieces are always in the right place. That's wonderful! A big thank-you!
A lot of struggling with the same moves you mention
during my NCAA times i played the french and pirc (not this variation), got bored with both of those defences and studied the sicilian in which i had a very good result both sides. after college and switching to being a teacher myself i found myself quite lost when i tried to start playing again.it seems that i have forgotten the many sharp lines for both sides of the sicilian. Came july 29,2021 every time i go to youtube this blue colored channel suddenly appeared and with hesitation still tried to have a quick look at this video....and WOW!its amazing. tried this line which i never played before got me a straight 7 wins in 3+2 in lichess.and i am sort of feeling like going into playing chess again. I really thank you so much for this National Master Robert Martinez. I felt like my discovery of your channel has a purpose.
Great explanation! Keep up the good work! 🔥✌️
Thank you!
This content is what I was searching for, you are natural born instructor, thank you
You are welcome, Johnny! Thank you for your nice comment. It means a lot 👍
Hi! This is the best opening video I have seen on TH-cam. You have proceeded to boost my wins with black a lot. I was struggling to find a good opening for black and went through multiple like the French, the Sicilian dragon, the Caro-Kann, etc. But with the Czech Pirc, it works incredibly good at my rating (950). With your help, I know what to do in the first 12 moves against almost every move. I would honestly pay for this! Thanks a lot from Québec Canada. 🇨🇦
This video was excellent!! Can't wait to try it!!
Very instructive video!! Glad to come across this channel !!!!! Have been playing d6 and g6 universally myself, this adds another nice opening. Thanks, great content, especially for beginner-intermediate level !!!!
Thank you!
It is very impressive to actually see it in action. Especially against such highly rated players.
Stright forward and clear plans. I am now a subscriber. Thanks, can't wait to try it!
You are more than welcome! Let me know how it goes when you try it 👍
I loved this. Makes sense in every move. Solid defense and spectacular counter attack.
Simply excellent!!! Thank you.
This is the most informal chess video I have ever watched and you make it so simple by explaining moves. Subbed
Welcome aboard! 👍😎
This is a great channel! Really helpful and beneficial! Keep up the amazing work!
Thank you!
Thanks Robert for this video. I have been studying the Pirc but I like the way you are clear and informative on the theory and that has helped me remember it better and by demonstrating with the two games was nice to see it in action-successfully!
You are more than welcome, Greg! Let me know if you have any questions as you go through the lessons. And thank you for taking the time to provide your feedback. It means a lot 👍
I started chess exactly a week ago and continuously learning through him, its been a great journey from ep1 to ep51 and keep going.... { won against 701 rating guy using his tactics }. Love you coach, keep doing great things.
I can’t believe how much this has improved my understanding of the game. Thank you so very much!
You are welcome, Lynn! Thanks a lot for your feedback. It is truly rewarding to read comments like yours 👍
I agree. This video is gold, expecially for not so good players like me.
There's no fooling around, every word has a meaning!
Congrats, very well done!
Excellent teacher, felt like you were instructing me in person!
I just want to thank you. You are an amazing teacher, and the piric is now my favourite opening that I really enjoy playing!
🙌👍
Excellent, awesome video
Thank you
I subscribed very quickly after maybe the first or second visit. Thank you for your relevant, smart content.
My pleasure! I am glad you are finding these lessons useful 👍
I lost first three games with this opening because I panicked and messed up the moves. But my fourth game i checkmated a higher rated player . Thanks . This is awesome and easy to learn .
so 1-3 lol... its been a year how's it going?
Robert, came back for a 'refresher' course. You are a wonderful teacher and example of the best players in the world of chess. If you have published a chess book, I'll buy two dozen copies for a chess club of young players I'm working with here in Memphis. Keep up your good work promoting CHESS. May God continue to bless you!!!😇
Great video❤
Ramirez never disappoints😉
I was looking for a secondary opening against e4 (my main is the French), and this video made my task very very easy!
That's great to know! Feel free to ask me any questions you might have 👍
This kind of opening gave me the best game in a long time though i need more practice but Thank you so much. 👍
I've used this opening since watching this video and it's been a great help to me. Thank you
I've been playing this for a while now and love it. My main reply to e4 is the Sicilian but I also play the Czech Pirc as an alternative after learning it from The Chess Giant channel a while ago. It's great because it's not very well known so catches a lot of players out and it's easy to play. Highly recommended.
i knew very few black openings first but this one was great to learn . also very nicely explained. i have won last 3 games with black using this opening
Thank you, Robert. This is awe-inspiring and instructional! Chess can be indeed enjoying yet obsessing. I am glad I ran unto your channel/clips.
Hello Vince! You are more than welcome. Welcome aboard 😎 Let me know if you have any questions as you go through the lessons. Always happy to help!
Fabulous lesson, I’m testing it out on the Nelson bot at the moment and seems to undo me in the middle game but I will keep trying and watching the lesson over and over. 👍
2 thumbs up, great content and very good commentary with presentation. I've used this approach myself several times, with favorable outcomes most of the time, for the opening of my games playing with the black pieces. Host and videos recommended, friends and family.
I’m a member of a local club and have been using e4 for a while. I win about 50% of the time among the club members, who are of varying strength. This last weekend I watched this video and when the club met yesterday I stuck with black all day and won 9 out of my 10 games including beating the two strongest players in the club. Everyone was remarking on my performance. I suspect the strong members will go back to the drawing board to figure out what happened, but for now, I’m sticking with this. Thank you very much.
Congratulations! 👏💪 but I must say, you must be doing something else right. Whatever it is, keep doing it consistently 👍 By the way, thanks a lot for sharing your experience. It means a lot!
You are an awesome coach buddy! Thanks for the video!
Thanks man! You are brilliant.
Great lesson! My prefered opening for black is the French defense which is like the more cautious sister in many ways. while I love it for how solid and surprisingly nasty it's counter attacking position can be, I find it a little passive at times. This gives another option for being more aggressive and dynamic and I've won some games with this opening thanks to this video. Thank you so much!
You are more than welcome! Thanks a lot for your feedback 🙌👍
a lot of people struggle against french defense
Playing at a 1k lvl, just tried this opening and won in 14 moves being up two pawns, a bishop and a rook and player resigned. I'm going to have to study this one a lot more. Thank you very much.
Congrats! 👏💪 Thanks a lot for sharing this with the rest of us 😎
Just found this. Really looking forward to a deep dive into this for myself. Been playing for a year now. Found my White (Reti), now I'm looking for my Black. I think I found it. Learned the basics today, Won the last 4 out of 5 games. You explain things well and to the point.
Thank you, great lesson.!
Can't see how someone can not like and subscribe even before you hit the middle of the video. And btw that checkmate was exquisite
Hello Mahindu! I am glad to see you enjoyed this lesson. Thanks for taking the time to leave your feedback. It means a lot!
Brilliant !!
Thank you!
Thanks bro! System approach is key in anything!
Robert, I just really want to thank you for your help on here! have watched quite a few different people on TH-cam, and am really just a rank amateur only have been playing for fun, but have been looking to get much better recently ... and of all of the good people I have seen on here, your approach is Head and Shoulders Above the Rest. You go slow enough that a reasonable person can absorb what you're teaching, and you are obviously giving simple techniques that actually do the job quite nicely! I'm going to check out more of your videos and tell everyone I know about you, friend. Thank you again for inspiring me to go deeper into this wonderful game. 💚🌲🍃✨
You are more than welcome! Thanks a lot for your kind words and please, feel free to ask any questions you might have 👍
I've searched for a universal defense for decades. I remember trying some systems with 1..d6 which produced some disastrous results. None of them featured 3..c6, which is the key move; freeing the queen's diagonal and defending. I especially like that he played master-level opponents immediately, and live. That takes guts! Everything works against poor players! (LOL). There really is no reason NOT to play this. VERY HELPFUL!!! VERY IMPRESSIVE!!!
Nice video but I've rarely seen master level players play as weakly as they did
@@awaedin probably because they were lines they were not familiar with. this is the trade off/double edge of the sword. on the main line they will kill you. on a less common line they are vulnerable; but if the less common line were really that strong; it would be the main line; and they would kill you.lol.maybe? also, because it is Robert playing the less common line as opposed to you; or me.lol. well i think that is probably the main difference.lol.;-)
I mean, technically, he could easily have just recorded tons of games until he won, or he could have had friends intentionally lose to him, or he could have spent hours writing a bot to make all the opponent's moves, or all kinds of other things.
But this is a really good opening. People aren't exactly prepped for it. Until Levy features in it a video, then we'll need another universal opening. 😜
Same here, I was so surprised he played them live.
Also, the reply about them playing weekly and such, they gave him a hard time so...
Hey sir.. I started watching the playlist... I am new to chess.. Idk much abt it.. But the way you explain everything becomes so easy.. No i m around 600 points.. I started playing 3 days ago.. And i can't say by my words how a brilliant teacher you are.. Well i m from India.. Lots of love from India 🇮🇳.. Sensei
Hello! Thanks a lot for your kind words 🙌👍
Great explanation. Simple and straight forward.
Watched your superior video again. You are a wonderful teacher and promoter of the best board game ever created. THANK YOU!!😇
I love this opening for black because it's simple, straight forward, developes pieces, protects the king and has a built in attack. What more could want for a quick game with the boys in the park!😇
I just spent 2 hours watching your pirc tutorials. TYSM!!! Hopefully now I can break out of 1350!!!
You are more than welcome! Keep training your middle and endgame as well and let me know how it goes. If you keep it consistent, it can only go one way 👍
Outstanding video. Thank you.
Superior instruction and commentary!! THANK YOU!!!!!😇
Thank you!
I really enjoyed this video. I play a lot of chess with my best friend and this system shows its very balanced.
Wow ok I used to watch Gothamchess exclusively but now I think I’ll watch more from you !!!
Very instructive and educational for beginners! Please keep that “repetitive style” in your videos 😍
You got it! Let me know if you ever have any questions 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez how does a knight move.
@@aqib8755 lesson # 2 😎
This is absolutely phenomenal. Your teaching skills are next to none.
This is his best video in my opinion. Just awesome!!!! Keep up the good work 👍
This is an EXCELLENT opening. I’ve always struggled with an effective black strategy, and this works so well!
Glad to hear, Jim! Let me know how it goes 👍
If anyone watches the “Coffee Chess” channel here on TH-cam, I noticed a player by the name of “Electric Eric” who uses this opening exclusively for both sides- only exception is he doesn’t bring the queen out to the side of the board. Also- do you think this opening is good against 1.c4 or would another line like the King’s Indian be more effective?
Hello! I think the King's Indian Defense would be more effective, but at this point in the course I would rather have you guys use this one and dedicate more time to middle and endgame instead of learning more complicated openings. We start learning the KID later in lesson # 85 👍
Electric Eric played Hikaru recently on CC. He always brings a good game.
I have been playing for a long time and never felt comfortable playing black this great and really moved me forward, thanks so much keep up the great work!!!
You are more than welcome! Thanks a lot for your feedback! 🙌👍
Thank you so much coach! Very useful.
Dude I'm frustrated cus learning chess is hard. Thank you for this! 😇
hehe welcome to the club! We all go through that 😎👍😂
@@NMRobertRamirez Yesssiirrr! Thank you very much for this! Here's to 2021: Better chess for everyone!
@@catedoge3206 Absolutely!
Soon going to become more famous .🔥🔥
hehe thank you. Hope you liked this lesson 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez Not only this lesson..I liked the entire playlist....🔥🔥,it helped me to improve my rating..So thanks a lot from India❤️👍
@@insydenit9158 that's great to hear! Thanks for taking the time to provide your feedback. it means a lot!
Another awesome tutorial. Thanks again coach.
Thx for the video. Best pirc stuff on TH-cam. excellent
I love this opening. It's really unconventional and keeps you ready for everything. Only thing that bugs me is that my opponent 95% of the time always counters my Qa3 move (pinning the knight) with Bd2. Once I retreat to c7, I feel like my Queen is out of the picture, blocked behind the pawn on e5 once an exchange of pawns is made.
I agree, I’d say 99% of the time!!
It's been a year since I've learned this opening. It's by far my favorite opening for black but I know I still have so much to learn about it.
I love how u get super excited with the checkmate at the end!
Thanks for this. I deff will try out this strategy.
Amazing video!
This is simple and powerful.thank you so much keep it up
You are more than welcome!
Thanks for the video's on the Czech Pirc... I've been learning the Pirc for the past few months but never even knew about the Czech variation. It'll be good to have in the repertoire as well. Thx!
Thanks so much. Looking for something like this for a long time.
OK - I back-pedaled from Lesson 69 to get more basis. I regret that I didn't proceed with the lessons two years ago when I was coaxed back into playing - but there's a time for everything. I really stopped playing, and when I resumed this year, I've been tentative about playing games and content to do puzzles.
You mentioned the King's Indian Defense in Lesson 69: I recalled that term but it was just one approach out of dozens that I wasn't keen on learning. I wanted to keep things simple and learn principles instead of memorizing openings and their exotic names.
So, I'm back! I claimed you as my coach two years ago. You've done scores of videos and podcasts since then, but I'm grateful for the archive. Thank you, sir.