Hey folks! I made a mistake in the boot camp, wrongly assuming that Black can't push ...d5 - I talk about this around 25:00. I proposed 6.Nbd2 with an idea to meet 6...d5 with 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 and Black has some problems to protect the e5 pawn. Apparently, I did not check this position thoroughly and Black can still play 8...Nb6 for a satisfactory game. The point is, you can't take the pawn on e5 but after 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 Bg4 Black continues to fight. The line continues with some crazy complications after 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne4 (you want to play c3 and Ng3 next) 12...Bxf3 13.Qxf3 (with Bh6 threat) 13...Nd4 14.Qg3 Nd7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.Bc4 where Black can't take on c2 due to tactical complications. Maybe Black eventually does equalize but White is pushing. If you're not satisfied with this continuation, you can explore also 6.h3 and 6.Re1. The first still allows 6...d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 but now Black doesn't have ...Bg4 anymore. You can continue with 9.Nbd2 and c3 and keep pushing. The second option 6.Re1 kills 6...d5 but also allows 6...Ng4 7.Re2 and some standalone continuations as 7...Nd4 or 7...Kh8 to push ....f5. Either way, ....d5 in most variations is still very much possible for Black, it just leads to a different kind of game that not many players from Black's perspective will appreciate. I hope this clarifies some things, thanks to Wilhelm who brought this up!
Arturs. As a 2200 player looking to start playing the italian, this video was an absolute goldmine. No frills, no fluff, no gimmicky lines, no course promoting. You provide a clear high level overview for the plans and structures in all the variations which is a perfect springboard for me to start trying these lines myself in some blitz games, working out the kinks and subtleties as I go. I know this type of content isn’t the flashiest and might not get the most views, but please know there are those of us out there who greatly appreciate the value of this (FREE!) content. Thank you so much and all the best.
Sir, absolutely brilliant video, i would enjoy to watch a video about the dutch defense, i saw the video in which you play the dutch and it looks really nice
hello Arturs! i was wondering what you would suggest as an ambitious/dynamic try for titled seekers against the Spanish? 😊 My thought process regarding most of the lines: Steinitz/Modern Steinitz: The regular Steinitz is way too passive and doesn't offer Black any fighting chances. The Modern Steinitz is too dubious with Bg4 + h5, the queenless positions are difficult for black and don't provide any real winning chances. You can play the Hybrid-KID style like Jones's Chessable course, but those positions don't really offer the same "classic" Spanish structures (Like Leko's course, or similar mainlines) to learn from. Schliemann/Deferred Schliemann: The regular Schliemann is dubious, but it's played a ton online by many GMs in speed chess. It has it's following of Mamedyarov & Radjabov. But again, considered dubious. The Deferred Schliemann has a lot of unknown territory. It might not be as dubious as the regular Schliemann. But neither really provide the classical spanish structures. Arkhangelsk/Modern Arkhangelsk: The Bb7 Arkhangelsk is more or less the same. It's a bit more practical than the modern Arkhangelsk. But the Arkhangelsk in itself is still quite sharp, very fighting. The downside is that it just has a ton of theory & memorization (at least from Fabi's & Sethuraman's repertoires.) Open Spanish - Honestly I've been playing the Open Spanish and haven't really felt it as a fighting opening. The Dilworth exists, but honestly it's not worth it. It's more practical to play the three main forcing tabiyas that result in slightly worse endgames and just defending those. If your the better player you can grind out a win. It's about the same as the Berlin or Petroff. Berlin - Not really fighting as Black. There's lots of ideas & plans to learn (which is a good thing!) but it's a lot of work and requires a lot of technical skill to grind out a win as Black. (Also according to Gajewski, the Berlin structures are too unique.) Marshall Attack - Original Marshall has some surprise value, overall the Marshall move order provides Black with slightly better closed-sidelines. It's a lot of theory but nowadays everyone's going to play the Anti-Marshall (Including me!) so it's one of those openings where you're studying a lot of theory and aren't really going to unleash that amount of prepwork everytime. Chigorin/Keres - I think the Chigorin is one of Black's best, easiest to learn replies in the mainline closed spanish. It's very easy for Club players & Tournament players to understand the positions, and the only main challenge is the d5 line (when is d5 not a challenging move against Black!). The Keres ideas are a bit harder to play, at least in my experience but they score very well for Black. Breyer - One of those positional openings where you're going to get squeezed to death unless you have 15+ years of experience. It's very very good for Black but very very demanding on the positional nuances. Those are just the main ones, there's plenty of others of course. It's very hard to find something that doesn't exist! (at least to me). If something was practical & fighting for black and didn't have a lot of theory, I think everyone would be playing it.
19:59 cant white play Nxe5 and win back the queen with interest after Bxd1 Nxc6 Kf8 Nxd8? If Rxd8 we play Rxd1, if Bxc2 instead then we take a pawn too and escape with Nxb7. Nxe4 Nxe4 Rxe5+ Be6 seems much better for white as well, so how does black react? Am i missing something like taking with the king and the knight getting trapped with Bb6 or something? The rook needs to be on d file to defend the knight on d5, so Nxb7 would be a fork on c5 and d8. Captains please explain!
Best free content on openings by a mile on TH-cam any ooenings that i play that you make on chessable i will buy, also curious your thougts on the scotch game at higher levels?
I'm generally a d4 player. e4 openings scare me. LOL BTW I think the oldest opening, at least in a published game, is the Scandinavian IIRC.... I do want to explore the Italian.
I am very surprised by the statement at 25:00 that black can not play d5 after Nd2. He can: d5 e×d5 N×d5 Re1 and now Nb6 is perfectly fine and equalizes for black.
Hey folks! I made a mistake in the boot camp, wrongly assuming that Black can't push ...d5 - I talk about this around 25:00. I proposed 6.Nbd2 with an idea to meet 6...d5 with 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 and Black has some problems to protect the e5 pawn. Apparently, I did not check this position thoroughly and Black can still play 8...Nb6 for a satisfactory game. The point is, you can't take the pawn on e5 but after 9.Bb3 a5 10.a4 Bg4 Black continues to fight. The line continues with some crazy complications after 11.h3 Bh5 12.Ne4 (you want to play c3 and Ng3 next) 12...Bxf3 13.Qxf3 (with Bh6 threat) 13...Nd4 14.Qg3 Nd7 15.Nxc5 Nxc5 16.Bc4 where Black can't take on c2 due to tactical complications. Maybe Black eventually does equalize but White is pushing.
If you're not satisfied with this continuation, you can explore also 6.h3 and 6.Re1. The first still allows 6...d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 but now Black doesn't have ...Bg4 anymore. You can continue with 9.Nbd2 and c3 and keep pushing. The second option 6.Re1 kills 6...d5 but also allows 6...Ng4 7.Re2 and some standalone continuations as 7...Nd4 or 7...Kh8 to push ....f5.
Either way, ....d5 in most variations is still very much possible for Black, it just leads to a different kind of game that not many players from Black's perspective will appreciate. I hope this clarifies some things, thanks to Wilhelm who brought this up!
Arturs. As a 2200 player looking to start playing the italian, this video was an absolute goldmine. No frills, no fluff, no gimmicky lines, no course promoting. You provide a clear high level overview for the plans and structures in all the variations which is a perfect springboard for me to start trying these lines myself in some blitz games, working out the kinks and subtleties as I go.
I know this type of content isn’t the flashiest and might not get the most views, but please know there are those of us out there who greatly appreciate the value of this (FREE!) content. Thank you so much and all the best.
Thank you and enjoy studying!
Thanks for this! Been wanting a refresher on my favorite white opening
I play the Italian, so I will definitely watch this. I would love to also see a bootcamp on the Sveshnikov sicilian :)
There's one about it already friendo
@@Lex-gr1ko Nope, that one is about the man Sveshnikov, not the opening.
Coach Neiksans coming out with some of the best videos in the game right now
Finally bootcamps are back, thank you
Nice, you and Igor both uploaded videos on the Italian!
THE MUCH AWAITED ITALIAN, MY DEAR ITALIAN😭💕
Sir, absolutely brilliant video, i would enjoy to watch a video about the dutch defense, i saw the video in which you play the dutch and it looks really nice
Always super instructive
hello Arturs! i was wondering what you would suggest as an ambitious/dynamic try for titled seekers against the Spanish? 😊
My thought process regarding most of the lines:
Steinitz/Modern Steinitz: The regular Steinitz is way too passive and doesn't offer Black any fighting chances. The Modern Steinitz is too dubious with Bg4 + h5, the queenless positions are difficult for black and don't provide any real winning chances. You can play the Hybrid-KID style like Jones's Chessable course, but those positions don't really offer the same "classic" Spanish structures (Like Leko's course, or similar mainlines) to learn from.
Schliemann/Deferred Schliemann: The regular Schliemann is dubious, but it's played a ton online by many GMs in speed chess. It has it's following of Mamedyarov & Radjabov. But again, considered dubious. The Deferred Schliemann has a lot of unknown territory. It might not be as dubious as the regular Schliemann. But neither really provide the classical spanish structures.
Arkhangelsk/Modern Arkhangelsk: The Bb7 Arkhangelsk is more or less the same. It's a bit more practical than the modern Arkhangelsk. But the Arkhangelsk in itself is still quite sharp, very fighting. The downside is that it just has a ton of theory & memorization (at least from Fabi's & Sethuraman's repertoires.)
Open Spanish - Honestly I've been playing the Open Spanish and haven't really felt it as a fighting opening. The Dilworth exists, but honestly it's not worth it. It's more practical to play the three main forcing tabiyas that result in slightly worse endgames and just defending those. If your the better player you can grind out a win. It's about the same as the Berlin or Petroff.
Berlin - Not really fighting as Black. There's lots of ideas & plans to learn (which is a good thing!) but it's a lot of work and requires a lot of technical skill to grind out a win as Black. (Also according to Gajewski, the Berlin structures are too unique.)
Marshall Attack - Original Marshall has some surprise value, overall the Marshall move order provides Black with slightly better closed-sidelines. It's a lot of theory but nowadays everyone's going to play the Anti-Marshall (Including me!) so it's one of those openings where you're studying a lot of theory and aren't really going to unleash that amount of prepwork everytime.
Chigorin/Keres - I think the Chigorin is one of Black's best, easiest to learn replies in the mainline closed spanish. It's very easy for Club players & Tournament players to understand the positions, and the only main challenge is the d5 line (when is d5 not a challenging move against Black!). The Keres ideas are a bit harder to play, at least in my experience but they score very well for Black.
Breyer - One of those positional openings where you're going to get squeezed to death unless you have 15+ years of experience. It's very very good for Black but very very demanding on the positional nuances.
Those are just the main ones, there's plenty of others of course. It's very hard to find something that doesn't exist! (at least to me). If something was practical & fighting for black and didn't have a lot of theory, I think
everyone would be playing it.
Woohoo! Another bootcamp!
Just great
Thanks for the video! Wesly So killed Carlsen in the 5.d4 ed 6.e5 variation :)
19:59 cant white play Nxe5 and win back the queen with interest after Bxd1 Nxc6 Kf8 Nxd8? If Rxd8 we play Rxd1, if Bxc2 instead then we take a pawn too and escape with Nxb7.
Nxe4 Nxe4 Rxe5+ Be6 seems much better for white as well, so how does black react? Am i missing something like taking with the king and the knight getting trapped with Bb6 or something? The rook needs to be on d file to defend the knight on d5, so Nxb7 would be a fork on c5 and d8. Captains please explain!
Best free content on openings by a mile on TH-cam any ooenings that i play that you make on chessable i will buy, also curious your thougts on the scotch game at higher levels?
I am just interested in the Fried Liver Attack. Is that covered?
I'm generally a d4 player. e4 openings scare me. LOL BTW I think the oldest opening, at least in a published game, is the Scandinavian IIRC.... I do want to explore the Italian.
I am very surprised by the statement at 25:00 that black can not play d5 after Nd2. He can: d5 e×d5 N×d5 Re1 and now Nb6 is perfectly fine and equalizes for black.
Erm, can you give me please exact line, where? I did check it with Stockfish, might have missed something
lets gooooooooooo
Can you show Ruy Lopez fo black please
@@SultanDelovarov I will think about it