Yet another helpful and informative video! Thank you for posting my friend! I've been watching your steams for a while and really like how you break things down making it easy to understand relatively complex positions!
No joke, I hate the Englund Gambit so much that I memorized all of Stockfish's responses to Black moving their queen on Move 3. If you do that, you get a 5+ advantage by Move 11 and you typically capture their queen by Move 15. It's SO satisfying, because Englund Gambit players are so confused by your response, even at the 1600 level
Englunds gambit is based on few cheep tricks, that's why it's so damn annoying. I hate it and I hate people playing this, because they are trying to catch you in first few moves. That's why I also memorized most responses to this nonsense.
I've been going through your Jobava London course and have been facing the Englund here and there and was just hoping for a speedrun game or two to study from, but this is an incredible resource! It might be worth pointing people this way from that course.
Got away from the game for a long time after I lost my dad. Your videos brought me back and more importantly made me fall back in love with it. This channel is a god damn treasure trove and I’m stoked you’re doing some opening content again
You are an absolutely top class coach. And the fact that you give this kind of in-depth lesson for free on TH-cam speaks volume about your passion towards chess.
@@rykehuss3435 Pretty sure he does. I think he mentioned several times that he had student in some of his previous videos. He just don't advertise it on YT probably, lol.
As a 1.d4 player in the 1600-2000 range, I faced this at least 1 in 10 games online. Overwhelmingly it was the ..Bb4 ..Qa3 line. And honestly there is something SO satisfying about having my brain on cruise control through the whole game, knowing the refutations in advance. I don’t like studying opening theory but I’ll happily do it to crush the popular gambit-du-jour. 😂
I just realised there's a wholesome arms race between people like you and people like me, who don't like studying opening theory, but will happily do so if it means finding some insane gambit, causing us both to eventually learn more and more opening theory.
How the fuck can you be in "1600-2000" range? how does that work? For example, in a best of 5 match the 2000 rated player chance of beating a 1600 rated player is 99.5%. You dont have a range, you just have one ranking per time format. Be honest. Just because you as a 1600 rated player once beat a 2000 rated player doesnt mean your "range" suddenly increases to 2000.
Lemme first say that you have a great channel. You're a great educator who really explains theory and strategy/tactics in a clear and straight-fowward manner across many playing levels...kudoes! Torpedo-ing the Englund is a wonderful thing! Grateful and pleased that your wonderful channel is the one revealing how...Magnifique!!
I'm so glad you made this video. It seams like everyone and their mother is playing Englund at ~1300-1400 lvl. I managed to learn how to play against the main line but I was a bit perplexed with the other lines so this is a godsend :) Hope you make more like this :)
oooh that‘s tasty!!! Definitely will be doing this in bullet from now on, thank you, can‘t wait to try this. Naturally I will proceed to blunder my queen three moves later but that initial satisfaction will carry me a long way!
this is the most comprehensive refutation of the englund on youtube. Great work Danya. I think it would be best if you showed the main line first rather than last due to decline in concentration after 30 minutes.
Just came upon this video when I was preparing to face an opponent who plays the Englund in classical games. He played a line I don't think you covered (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4) but the ideas you thoroughly covered helped me formulate a plan. I held the pawn and gradually built an advantage and won going away. Hoping you follow-up with other similar videos, this was one of the best I've come across anywhere. So, thanks!
I really appreciate your content in general. No screaming, no insulting the audience, no click bait. As a 1.d4 player this particular video is particularly interesting Thanks!
Never thought a gambit video could be that instructive and comprehensive. At present no one in the chess community could do that much rigorous study on the lines shown in the video. The detailed coverage of the history, the players and the analysis associated with the Englund gambit is visualized through this video. Thanks for the inspiration Big Brother🙏
Danya should go down on FIDE's hall of fame for all of his instructive videos on chess. His contributions on making chess accessible to all level are insane.
@@Vandalgia GM's like him who are also great at coaching are so rare. Even just the tone of his voice, his inflection, his attitude, everything is easy on the ears and easy to grasp. Thats like the first step of being a good coach, no matter what youre teaching. Get people to want to listen to you.
Reading all of these comments, it seems like everybody who plays 1.d4 REALLY hates playing vs. the Englund, so we're all here to be able to refute it without even thinking lol Learning the main line vs. the Englund has helped me climb soooo much, owe it all to vids like these and Gotham's
Danya, thank you so much for not only providing this amazing video but making a whole study with the pgn with it for free! I threw the pgn into chesstempo so I can practice the lines and be fully prepared next time I face the Englund. Love your videos, keep up the amazing work.
So... the first time I tried to watch it I fell asleep after 15 minutes, I'm still half a noob and sometimes I need more time/energy to digest... but today somebody played the Englund gambit against me, and I somehow played something similar to what you propose (we deviated)!, went on to win the game and THEN found the energy and interest to watch THE WHOLE VIDEO really enjoying and understanding this. Thanks Danya! Something is really happening over here, and your videos are huge part of that I think!
Very impressive!!! That sheds some new light on some of those highly paid chessable authors covering that Opening - Hans, big mouth Niemann, just to name one of the most prominent ones. I am deeply impressed by the tremendous work and effort you put in there and your very humble and respectful presentation. That gives some new hope for humanity.
Thanks Daniel, this video is just like any other video your produce. Very instructive and comprehensive, it’s refreshing to watch an hour long video without being bored at all. Much appreciated, keep them coming!
When you slowed down on videos I stopped playing chess so much and stopped watching chess videos. I just recently got you recommended again and it’s gotten me back in the swing of playing daily! Love your videos. There’s other chess TH-camrs I enjoy as well, but you are the top tier when it comes to actually learning what to look for and more importantly, how to look for it on the board
I loved this Danny. Thanks so much for taking the time to go through all of the opening lines. Absolute gold. How you don't have over a million subscribers by now, I don't get it but it's coming brother ;) - All the best. Love the content of these videos and the speed-runs showing your thought process on each move. Invaluable to people wanting to improve and top get an inside line on what goes on behind a top player's decisions.
Awesome, just awesome. About Glembek-Barbalic, corr. 2009 (11:00): when you find a bunch of correspondence games from the same year in a rare line, it probably means they were played in a thematic tournament.
Very nice, extensive coverage of the Englund gambit. Especially the f6 and other side-lines that can lead to very uncomfortable positions for a d4 player.
Thank you for the in-depth video - I'm impressed by how much you were able to squeeze into the 1-hour window! I hope you'll consider making a similar video on the Benko gambit someday, as it's an opening I often struggle against (~2200 level).
Your lab opening videos are my favorites. I understand they make take longer than other videos but we appreciate your hard work. By far the best educational chess channel on TH-cam.
I'm a 1600 d4 player and refuting the Englund is the only opening I "memorized" move for move just to completely shut it down since I've lost to it so much. Qxb2 happens most often at my level but I didn't realize there were so many other lines early on in this gambit. Thanks Danya this was highly entertaining
Danya, I really do not think you should be worried about video being too long. Who appreciate you sharing your mastery should be good with three fold this long of a video. I am an e4 player but those tactics are so useful I feel I will be using some of them pretty soon.
I can't believe that Daniel is only 27! He is such a wonderful and polished communicator and teacher. His use of colorful metaphor and inclusion of interesting personal stories and interesting history woven in seamlessly really makes it easy to learn and retain the information. I just love him and cant wait for new material. Hands down the most effective and interesting chess streamer around! And at just 27, the skys the limit for him! Thanks Danya! 😊
Great video. Very well made. Thanks a lot for doing this. One of the very best chess channel. Daniel, I wish I was living in same town as you, for sure I would have tried my best to be your classroom student.
I am not a d4 player myself, but I always like watching videos of different openings to add tools to my toolkit as some ideas show up across many lines!
Hey Danya, I'm not sure how much you read comments but your vids are really helping me git gud. (On lichess) I went from 1100 to 1800 over the last 6 months.
The quality of Danya's analysis paired with the fact of all the moves in a PGN is just amazing. I have begun playing the Jobava London and bought his course recently, and I quickly noticed how common this gambit was against 1.d4. So hats off... this one is going straight into my Jobava London repertoire file :)
Great video. Interestingly, the top engine line for Black is 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 which isn't covered at all here, and while white is obviously better, it's actually either not that much better or alternatively incredibly complicated. Typical evaluations in many lines are 0.6 to 1 for white's non-optimal moves and somewhere between 1 and 1.3 if White is SF16.
Thank you for this splendid, very lucid academic lecture that had the additional virtue of being eminently useful for the practical player. You asked why correspondence players turned to Englund in 2009 (was it?). I recall that in my youth there were often specific THEME tournaments for obscure gambits in the correspondence community, where the opening was prescribed. Could that not be the explanation for the confluence of correspondence games at a particular moment?
Thanks so much for sharing the pgn for free. Btw I purchased your Jobava London lessons. Now I have a lot of material to study in my free time. Hope to see some lessons on Queen's gambit accepted from black's perspective. Thank you!
Thank you first of all for this amazing breakdown (even if 9 months old atm) I hope we dont get flagged for chating if we "memorize" this entire breakdown like you have it written down. I recently played a guy around 750 level who played 14 moves in a row with the englund as black that were all top engine moves, made one "offset" then finished me off 5 moves later, again with perfect moves.......then he did it to me again in a rematch but using a different line.....he wasnt playing slow either.....(and before me lost 4 games in a row so....i dont know...
Danya can you please make opening video on active Caro kann variation like tarkatower , early c5 advance etc. These will be very beneficial for intermediate player and show the other side of Caro kann
Question for Danya & viewers @ 18:36. Wouldn't Qb3 be a mistake? As, if Qb3, rather than following with Be6, couldn't black just take with Qxb3 - after which - isn't it forced for white to accept the queen trade and capture with a2, subsequently blundering the rook on a1? I'm not seeing how else white should continue were Qb2, Qxb2 played, or why black wouldn't play this continuation after Qb3, but maybe I'm missing something?
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Yet another helpful and informative video! Thank you for posting my friend! I've been watching your steams for a while and really like how you break things down making it easy to understand relatively complex positions!
No joke, I hate the Englund Gambit so much that I memorized all of Stockfish's responses to Black moving their queen on Move 3. If you do that, you get a 5+ advantage by Move 11 and you typically capture their queen by Move 15. It's SO satisfying, because Englund Gambit players are so confused by your response, even at the 1600 level
Basically exactly what happened to me, now I have a cheeky squeal with whenever I see it
Englunds gambit is based on few cheep tricks, that's why it's so damn annoying. I hate it and I hate people playing this, because they are trying to catch you in first few moves. That's why I also memorized most responses to this nonsense.
What's the line that gives +5 by move 15? Using engine I can get +3-4 but that goes very deep into ~move 20
@@mariusrutkaus Englund Gambit is an abdomination.
@@Arthas30000I guess opponent won’t be playing like an engine though; i.e. they probably blunder quite soon when the queen check line doesn’t work
after talking about this on stream for days he finally drops this instant classic
I've been going through your Jobava London course and have been facing the Englund here and there and was just hoping for a speedrun game or two to study from, but this is an incredible resource! It might be worth pointing people this way from that course.
Got away from the game for a long time after I lost my dad. Your videos brought me back and more importantly made me fall back in love with it. This channel is a god damn treasure trove and I’m stoked you’re doing some opening content again
Thats rough, I hope your doing okay internet stanger
You are an absolutely top class coach. And the fact that you give this kind of in-depth lesson for free on TH-cam speaks volume about your passion towards chess.
Its actually pretty wild that he offers all these lessons for free, though he is far from the only GM to do so. Does Danya offer paid coaching?
@@rykehuss3435 Pretty sure he does. I think he mentioned several times that he had student in some of his previous videos. He just don't advertise it on YT probably, lol.
@@Vandalgia No need to directly advertise with the quality he puts out, his free lessons speak for themselves
This is pure gold we don't deserve. 🥰😅
I’m sub-1000 in blitz right now and I’ve been called a cheater because of Danya’s amazing opening guide! Thanks for this amazing *free* video!❤
As a 1.d4 player in the 1600-2000 range, I faced this at least 1 in 10 games online. Overwhelmingly it was the ..Bb4 ..Qa3 line. And honestly there is something SO satisfying about having my brain on cruise control through the whole game, knowing the refutations in advance.
I don’t like studying opening theory but I’ll happily do it to crush the popular gambit-du-jour. 😂
I just realised there's a wholesome arms race between people like you and people like me, who don't like studying opening theory, but will happily do so if it means finding some insane gambit, causing us both to eventually learn more and more opening theory.
Same. I’m 2000-2100 and lost to a 1600 the other day in this opening. Very frustrating. Danya is the best.
@@robdubent yikes
How the fuck can you be in "1600-2000" range? how does that work? For example, in a best of 5 match the 2000 rated player chance of beating a 1600 rated player is 99.5%. You dont have a range, you just have one ranking per time format. Be honest. Just because you as a 1600 rated player once beat a 2000 rated player doesnt mean your "range" suddenly increases to 2000.
@@rykehuss3435 Well, I’ve raised my rating across that range over the past year. Thanks for your question!
Lemme first say that you have a great channel.
You're a great educator who really explains theory and strategy/tactics in a clear and straight-fowward manner across many playing levels...kudoes!
Torpedo-ing the Englund is a wonderful thing!
Grateful and pleased that your wonderful channel is the one revealing how...Magnifique!!
Wow this is gold!!! With the detailed PGN as a bonus to the detailed explanations! Thanks & please, we need more of those opening videos.
I'm so glad you made this video. It seams like everyone and their mother is playing Englund at ~1300-1400 lvl. I managed to learn how to play against the main line but I was a bit perplexed with the other lines so this is a godsend :) Hope you make more like this :)
I'm 1550 at Lichess Rapid and rarely see the Englund. And I'm predominantly a d4 player.
This was the first refutation I learned as a London player when I started. This certainly helps fill in the gaps, thank you danya!
The only thing I can add to this masterpiece is that you can premove immediately after 1. d4, specifically dxe5!
I do this and you can always feel the pause of discomfort from the Englund guy 😂
oooh that‘s tasty!!! Definitely will be doing this in bullet from now on, thank you, can‘t wait to try this.
Naturally I will proceed to blunder my queen three moves later but that initial satisfaction will carry me a long way!
actually every top hyperbullet player does that :) cool adding
@@roippi3985 lol, that moment of pause always gets me too hahaha
this is the most comprehensive refutation of the englund on youtube. Great work Danya. I think it would be best if you showed the main line first rather than last due to decline in concentration after 30 minutes.
Excellent piece of work GM Naroditsky
Just came upon this video when I was preparing to face an opponent who plays the Englund in classical games. He played a line I don't think you covered (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3. Nf3 Bg4) but the ideas you thoroughly covered helped me formulate a plan. I held the pawn and gradually built an advantage and won going away. Hoping you follow-up with other similar videos, this was one of the best I've come across anywhere. So, thanks!
Glad you continued this series, the stafford one was very helpful and i was hoping you'd do more of these
I really appreciate your content in general. No screaming, no insulting the audience, no click bait.
As a 1.d4 player this particular video is particularly interesting
Thanks!
Haha gee I wonder who you were referring to there.
@@kayblis At least two people.
Never thought a gambit video could be that instructive and comprehensive. At present no one in the chess community could do that much rigorous study on the lines shown in the video. The detailed coverage of the history, the players and the analysis associated with the Englund gambit is visualized through this video. Thanks for the inspiration Big Brother🙏
Danya should go down on FIDE's hall of fame for all of his instructive videos on chess. His contributions on making chess accessible to all level are insane.
@@Vandalgia GM's like him who are also great at coaching are so rare. Even just the tone of his voice, his inflection, his attitude, everything is easy on the ears and easy to grasp. Thats like the first step of being a good coach, no matter what youre teaching. Get people to want to listen to you.
Great video Danya, and love the little nod to Aman!
58:54 great summary!
Reading all of these comments, it seems like everybody who plays 1.d4 REALLY hates playing vs. the Englund, so we're all here to be able to refute it without even thinking lol
Learning the main line vs. the Englund has helped me climb soooo much, owe it all to vids like these and Gotham's
Danya, thank you so much for not only providing this amazing video but making a whole study with the pgn with it for free! I threw the pgn into chesstempo so I can practice the lines and be fully prepared next time I face the Englund. Love your videos, keep up the amazing work.
10/10 love this style of content. I would literally not change a single thing in this video, thank you so much for your time and content Daniel!
So... the first time I tried to watch it I fell asleep after 15 minutes, I'm still half a noob and sometimes I need more time/energy to digest... but today somebody played the Englund gambit against me, and I somehow played something similar to what you propose (we deviated)!, went on to win the game and THEN found the energy and interest to watch THE WHOLE VIDEO really enjoying and understanding this. Thanks Danya! Something is really happening over here, and your videos are huge part of that I think!
Very impressive!!! That sheds some new light on some of those highly paid chessable authors covering that Opening - Hans, big mouth Niemann, just to name one of the most prominent ones. I am deeply impressed by the tremendous work and effort you put in there and your very humble and respectful presentation. That gives some new hope for humanity.
As usual, fantastic and super informative video, great work Daniel!
Thanks Daniel, this video is just like any other video your produce. Very instructive and comprehensive, it’s refreshing to watch an hour long video without being bored at all.
Much appreciated, keep them coming!
When you slowed down on videos I stopped playing chess so much and stopped watching chess videos. I just recently got you recommended again and it’s gotten me back in the swing of playing daily! Love your videos. There’s other chess TH-camrs I enjoy as well, but you are the top tier when it comes to actually learning what to look for and more importantly, how to look for it on the board
I loved this Danny. Thanks so much for taking the time to go through all of the opening lines. Absolute gold. How you don't have over a million subscribers by now, I don't get it but it's coming brother ;) - All the best. Love the content of these videos and the speed-runs showing your thought process on each move. Invaluable to people wanting to improve and top get an inside line on what goes on behind a top player's decisions.
This is probably some of the best chess teaching content available - and it's free!
All of the videos from master naroditsky are wonderful and educational and entertaining and appreciated thank you for this broadcast
Awesome, just awesome. About Glembek-Barbalic, corr. 2009 (11:00): when you find a bunch of correspondence games from the same year in a rare line, it probably means they were played in a thematic tournament.
always watch these videos at night. the most comforting and exciting vids I come across during this time haha
Very nice, extensive coverage of the Englund gambit. Especially the f6 and other side-lines that can lead to very uncomfortable positions for a d4 player.
The refuting the Stafford video was so helpful. I use those lines every game. Please keep up the good work 🙏
Thank you for the in-depth video - I'm impressed by how much you were able to squeeze into the 1-hour window! I hope you'll consider making a similar video on the Benko gambit someday, as it's an opening I often struggle against (~2200 level).
Excellent video. Thank you. Best Englund video on TH-cam.
I love the opening labs Danya. Very fun videos and ive watched each one multiple times. I love your content, thank you for mkaing these videos
Your lab opening videos are my favorites. I understand they make take longer than other videos but we appreciate your hard work. By far the best educational chess channel on TH-cam.
what a great breakdown and instructive video for this line. Easy to follow, well done!
Great content as usual. I wanted to call out the A/C segue because I know Danya was proud of that moment and wanted him to know that someone noticed.
This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for thank you!
This is awesome. I love these kinds of series, the most informative tbh, keep it up!
Just an incredible vídeo, Danya. Thanks for the dedication.
I havent played d4 a single time and still watched the full video. Amazing video daniel.
I was once an Englund player so I feel a sense of sorrow for the hell my people are about to go through lmao
i used to be an englund gambit player. i now hate englund gambit players and find happiness in destroying them
You deserve it 😂
I am speechless, amazing analysis 👏, great lesson, thank you so much
I'm a 1600 d4 player and refuting the Englund is the only opening I "memorized" move for move just to completely shut it down since I've lost to it so much. Qxb2 happens most often at my level but I didn't realize there were so many other lines early on in this gambit. Thanks Danya this was highly entertaining
Such useful content. Very grateful for all of this thank you!
The level of detail in this analysis is amazing. I won't remember much of it but there are some very clear themes that will stick.. I hope!
The hero we needed. Please do a whole series refuting gambits.
always high quality content. Thankyou daniel naroditsky you never let me down
Before watching this amazing video, I used to get destroyed by this opening. Thank you for this comprehensive analysis, Daniel.
Danya, I really do not think you should be worried about video being too long. Who appreciate you sharing your mastery should be good with three fold this long of a video. I am an e4 player but those tactics are so useful I feel I will be using some of them pretty soon.
These videos are awesome references, love busting these forced loss lines and will never understand why creators push them onto beginners!!
Best in the biz - thank you, sir!
Like or Dislike: Like. There are dozens of videos on the Englund, but this video being an hour long will surely become the definitive one.
Daniel thank you very much for your lesson ❤ Merry Christmas
just discovered you made this video! I've been frustrated by this opening so many times in blitz. Now I can turn the tables!
You're a chess treasure, Danya. Thank you!
I can't believe that Daniel is only 27! He is such a wonderful and polished communicator and teacher. His use of colorful metaphor and inclusion of interesting personal stories and interesting history woven in seamlessly really makes it easy to learn and retain the information. I just love him and cant wait for new material. Hands down the most effective and interesting chess streamer around! And at just 27, the skys the limit for him! Thanks Danya! 😊
Boy did you ever nail it when you said there’s nothing more frustrating than not knowing how to refute an unsound gambit.
Great video. Very well made. Thanks a lot for doing this. One of the very best chess channel. Daniel, I wish I was living in same town as you, for sure I would have tried my best to be your classroom student.
It all makes sense now that Danya was looking at this now that his Jobava London course is out!
Incredible video!!! I feel sorry for all the Englund Gambit players now that GM Daniel has given us the secret sauce.
This guy is posting such a great content... 👏👏
Love this video! Thank you Danya
Love this series! Excited to see it continue. ❤
Thanks Danya, huge quality work, as always. Best chess teacher
I am not a d4 player myself, but I always like watching videos of different openings to add tools to my toolkit as some ideas show up across many lines!
one of the best videos out there ::
Danya is so nice and helpful. thanks again
Hey Danya, I'm not sure how much you read comments but your vids are really helping me git gud. (On lichess) I went from 1100 to 1800 over the last 6 months.
Nice to see you completing old projects old sport.
"You can do no wrong in this position" ... Challenge accepted
Honestly I don't play 1.d4, but I've found my popcorn. I love your teaching style!
Completely enjoyed the video
This is awesome. Please explain more opening ideas in main lines too.
i love this master..just like ending the sttafford gambit.
Great that you continued the series. These videos are really good. I was wondering if you could make a video of the Caro-kann tal variation as white.
Great, it shows Danya’s mastery, thanks!
Yesss fresh upload to go with my fresh cup of coffee
I don't really play 1.d4 but I'm definitely making the time to watch this anyway. Fantastic stuff.
I need this video! Thanks so much!
The quality of Danya's analysis paired with the fact of all the moves in a PGN is just amazing. I have begun playing the Jobava London and bought his course recently, and I quickly noticed how common this gambit was against 1.d4. So hats off... this one is going straight into my Jobava London repertoire file :)
Great video. Interestingly, the top engine line for Black is 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 d5 which isn't covered at all here, and while white is obviously better, it's actually either not that much better or alternatively incredibly complicated. Typical evaluations in many lines are 0.6 to 1 for white's non-optimal moves and somewhere between 1 and 1.3 if White is SF16.
Thank you for this splendid, very lucid academic lecture that had the additional virtue of being eminently useful for the practical player. You asked why correspondence players turned to Englund in 2009 (was it?). I recall that in my youth there were often specific THEME tournaments for obscure gambits in the correspondence community, where the opening was prescribed. Could that not be the explanation for the confluence of correspondence games at a particular moment?
Nice video Daniel 👍👍💯💯🔥🔥
Great Video, always liked D4 Openings, so I will make good use of it
Thank you Daniel !!
Englund (with QE7) was such a misery for me that I learned like 10 different lines to crush it out of the opening .
Great series, Naroditsky's doesn't miss.
I always welcome Englund gambit, but even more new video by Danya.
Me too bro. And I talk shit after I refute it. 😂 I get reported after every englund gambit game I play
Thanks so much for sharing the pgn for free. Btw I purchased your Jobava London lessons. Now I have a lot of material to study in my free time. Hope to see some lessons on Queen's gambit accepted from black's perspective. Thank you!
Thank you first of all for this amazing breakdown (even if 9 months old atm) I hope we dont get flagged for chating if we "memorize" this entire breakdown like you have it written down. I recently played a guy around 750 level who played 14 moves in a row with the englund as black that were all top engine moves, made one "offset" then finished me off 5 moves later, again with perfect moves.......then he did it to me again in a rematch but using a different line.....he wasnt playing slow either.....(and before me lost 4 games in a row so....i dont know...
Danya can you please make opening video on active Caro kann variation like tarkatower , early c5 advance etc. These will be very beneficial for intermediate player and show the other side of Caro kann
Question for Danya & viewers @ 18:36. Wouldn't Qb3 be a mistake? As, if Qb3, rather than following with Be6, couldn't black just take with Qxb3 - after which - isn't it forced for white to accept the queen trade and capture with a2, subsequently blundering the rook on a1? I'm not seeing how else white should continue were Qb2, Qxb2 played, or why black wouldn't play this continuation after Qb3, but maybe I'm missing something?
Black has a pawn on a7, they can’t capture the rook