+fashizzle Yeah, I was getting ahead of myself there - ha. My meaning was that 35.e5 would weaken d5, which Black may in turn try to exploit with ...Ng4-e3-d5 if the White knight comes to e4.
Hi John! I'm currently a low rated player and am trying to get my game to the next level. How do you think I can improve my opening game? I don't know the names of the openings much less the theories. Also how can I reduce the number of inaccuracies and blunders I make? Thank you for the awesome videos, learn a lot from them!
LOL so many of these comments are lower rated players asking John personally for help with chess. I would suggest watching John's "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series and also his Chess Fundamentals series for beginners to chess. He can't give personal advice to every single person that comments on this channel. Still wish the best of luck to you newer players :)
Curious about what you would have done if he had actually played Bh6 instaed of Ng4 on move 23, the pin looks annoying to deal with! I assume just Rf1, your thoughts? Taking on e5 looks interesting in that position too.
+Josh Landgraf Hey Josh - good question. On 23...Bh6 I believe I would have strongly considered 24.hxg6 Bxf4 25.gxh7+, winning a pawn. After Black moves his king, perhaps 26.Rf2. Black does have a blockade on e5, but that ought to be insufficient compensation.
gg John! I have a few questions 1) I'm a d4 player nd I neglect playing e4 for its tactical games. If I wanna add e4 to my rep, how do I start? I'm not afraid of Sicilian r rue Lopez to play but weired gambit lines that could be included makes be afraid of choosing them! 2) have you noticed a chess scientific system called chuzakin system. I recently downloaded that nd studied. its useful to frame plan n find combos. I wanna know if these approaches could be used in our thought process? 3) I saw an article couple of months before where an endgame was discussed. it showed that in dragon pawn structure, the endgame without any pieces but only king n pawns is good for black or he could even convert it into a win! I don't know if it is true. is that so? between it could be studied only in their endgame DVD. that's y I'm asking u. as always thanks John!
Vishnu Ravishankar i do not think we are able to reply directly to your comment; you may need to change a setting on your end for this to work. moving along, i was in a similar spot as you and asked a similar question to other much stronger chess players. it is rare for the openings to dictate who wins a game at the lower ratings, these games are filled with tactics that if either side finds them could be easy to convert the end game with sufficient knowledge. there will be times you will need to react to the cheepo threats of the scholars mate and you cannot just blindly follow some opening plan. here are some general rules that should help most of the time; there are exceptions and which is why you should ask yourself what is my opponent trying to do, which square is now weak now that they moved? asking these questions helps defend, helps locate hanging pieces and helps look for tactics. back to the general guidelines; try to fight for and control the center of the board with pawns rather than pieces, get your pieces out and than king safe before you go on your attacks. there will always be exceptions and why you need to be an active thinker and pay attention to what your opponents plans may be. try to be conscious of forcing moves, checks captures and pins. these moves can change how you may have evaluated a position. i do not mean to overwhelm you but rather get you thinking more. ultimately you just need to start playing longer time control chess and learning form the mistakes you/we all continue to make. as for an opening for white that i found easy to play as someone lower rated is the london system. it is a d4 opening and one often has some freedom with move orders and what is to be liked about the opening is it helps develop all your pieces to good squares; getting the bishop out in-front of the pawns before it is closed in for a long time like a semi-slav or advanced french. there is a good series on youtube on this opening if it appeals to you. i am sorry if i created any confusion...this community being what it is will likely be able to steer you in a better direction if you seek further advice. live long and prosper!
LOL there are quite a few beginner comments most of those are answered through John's Chess Fundamentals and Climbing the Rating Ladder series. Watch those!
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I almost missed out on 2 of your videos :D. Watched them finally! Thanks for posting, John!
+Falcon Gaming Nice...getting caught up :)
25:33s "If e5 I give away the e3 square"
You lost me there
+fashizzle Yeah, I was getting ahead of myself there - ha. My meaning was that 35.e5 would weaken d5, which Black may in turn try to exploit with ...Ng4-e3-d5 if the White knight comes to e4.
Hi John! I'm currently a low rated player and am trying to get my game to the next level. How do you think I can improve my opening game? I don't know the names of the openings much less the theories. Also how can I reduce the number of inaccuracies and blunders I make?
Thank you for the awesome videos, learn a lot from them!
LOL so many of these comments are lower rated players asking John personally for help with chess. I would suggest watching John's "Climbing the Rating Ladder" series and also his Chess Fundamentals series for beginners to chess. He can't give personal advice to every single person that comments on this channel. Still wish the best of luck to you newer players :)
Curious about what you would have done if he had actually played Bh6 instaed of Ng4 on move 23, the pin looks annoying to deal with! I assume just Rf1, your thoughts? Taking on e5 looks interesting in that position too.
+Josh Landgraf Hey Josh - good question. On 23...Bh6 I believe I would have strongly considered 24.hxg6 Bxf4 25.gxh7+, winning a pawn. After Black moves his king, perhaps 26.Rf2. Black does have a blockade on e5, but that ought to be insufficient compensation.
gg John! I have a few questions 1) I'm a d4 player nd I neglect playing e4 for its tactical games. If I wanna add e4 to my rep, how do I start? I'm not afraid of Sicilian r rue Lopez to play but weired gambit lines that could be included makes be afraid of choosing them!
2) have you noticed a chess scientific system called chuzakin system. I recently downloaded that nd studied. its useful to frame plan n find combos. I wanna know if these approaches could be used in our thought process?
3) I saw an article couple of months before where an endgame was discussed. it showed that in dragon pawn structure, the endgame without any pieces but only king n pawns is good for black or he could even convert it into a win! I don't know if it is true. is that so? between it could be studied only in their endgame DVD. that's y I'm asking u.
as always thanks John!
Vishnu Ravishankar
i do not think we are able to reply directly to your comment; you may need to change a setting on your end for this to work.
moving along, i was in a similar spot as you and asked a similar question to other much stronger chess players. it is rare for the openings to dictate who wins a game at the lower ratings, these games are filled with tactics that if either side finds them could be easy to convert the end game with sufficient knowledge. there will be times you will need to react to the cheepo threats of the scholars mate and you cannot just blindly follow some opening plan. here are some general rules that should help most of the time; there are exceptions and which is why you should ask yourself what is my opponent trying to do, which square is now weak now that they moved? asking these questions helps defend, helps locate hanging pieces and helps look for tactics. back to the general guidelines; try to fight for and control the center of the board with pawns rather than pieces, get your pieces out and than king safe before you go on your attacks. there will always be exceptions and why you need to be an active thinker and pay attention to what your opponents plans may be. try to be conscious of forcing moves, checks captures and pins. these moves can change how you may have evaluated a position. i do not mean to overwhelm you but rather get you thinking more. ultimately you just need to start playing longer time control chess and learning form the mistakes you/we all continue to make.
as for an opening for white that i found easy to play as someone lower rated is the london system. it is a d4 opening and one often has some freedom with move orders and what is to be liked about the opening is it helps develop all your pieces to good squares; getting the bishop out in-front of the pawns before it is closed in for a long time like a semi-slav or advanced french. there is a good series on youtube on this opening if it appeals to you.
i am sorry if i created any confusion...this community being what it is will likely be able to steer you in a better direction if you seek further advice.
live long and prosper!
Nice win, John. 2500 in 5|0 might be in the cards soon with the roll you've been on since dropping 3|0.
+Charles Messer Oops...I meant to post this on the last blitz video. But 2500 might be within reach for 15|0 as well.
Hey John, I think you'd get stronger opponents if you played these g15s on Chess.com.
LOL there are quite a few beginner comments most of those are answered through John's Chess Fundamentals and Climbing the Rating Ladder series. Watch those!