Basic Openings for Black | Sicilian Dragon & King’s Indian | Chess with David Pakman

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1. You are such an amazing teacher! I love watching the lessons you give. Thank you so much for sharing this content with us pretty much for free.

2. Very nice one…

3. Whats the best move if white plays Knight to g5 iat position in 21:42?

4. @ericrosen I took too many zopiclone and the knights started to grow horns. im sure if i made the sicillian dragon; i would see a dragon 8)

5. 15:22 "Ah interesting"
   Bro chill out

6. Beginners saying coordinates is very cringe

7. I thought the “Dragon” name derives from the eponymous star constellation (draco, Latin for dragon).

8. David Pakman. Given the conditions of his homeland, ie Argentina and its failed socialism, I would have thought once he and his family choose to come and benefit from the US he would have abandoned the failed socialist/liberal ideologies of Argentina.

9. Hey man! Love your videos. They are super helpful. I see you tutoring people from time to time like in this video and was wondering how to go about maybe getting a lesson from you?

10. Thanks! Great vid! I also love the hyper accelerated dragon: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6, or Black wins the pawn after 5..e5 Qa5+

11. 00:01–22:15 Learning
    22:16 Test

12. Hi Eric! I'm back watching this video after watching it the first time around 4 months ago! Ever since, I started just playing Sicilian Dragon with black. Just that. I'm up from 600-ish rating to late 800s and sometimes venturing into 900s. Thanks for this. Watching now, I realise that half what you said didn't stick the first time, but the more I played it, the right moves presented themselves. It was interesting watching this now, and I've picked up few more tips! I'll come and watch it again when I hit 1000!

    Edit: hit 1,000 (2 months later) ✌️

13. 26:58 This is the most upset I’ve ever seen Eric.

14. 33:00 “opposition research.” Eric is making fun of him. Hahaha

15. Is that… David Pakman? Oh shit, it sure is. Well I'll be damned!

16. At 17:00 couldn't white move knight f7 to win a pawn back?

17. I really like how calmly you explain

18. Is there a name for the Pirc "trap" where white pressures the knight before developing their own and black trades queens while taking castling rights, and then black forks the king and the rook? If he likes that modern setup I bet a decent amount of pogchamps would walk into that one. Plus even if white defends it properly it just ends up in a normal and playable pirc game.

19. Karo kann is best

20. I love this content!.

21. 29:20 Originally, the reason it is called a Dragon is because from the black perspective, the position of the pawns resembles the star constellation of Dragon.

22. I thought it was the dragon because of Black's pawn structure g6 and d6, which is the dragon constellation shape

23. The absolute randomest colab I could have imagined

24. who else got brain shortcut seeing and hearing David?

25. 19:38 maybe not with knight, or g4 is a nasty fork

26. Omg the crossover we didn't ask for

27. David looks so wholesome and ready to learn

28. Excellent teaching – thank you

29. Good chess players: only play Sicilian after 2000
    Me at 500 elo: hahahaha dragon go bruh

30. Wow now I have some decent opening with black against 1d4 and 1e4…with white I have settled with playing the catalan. Very helpful video.

31. 20:00 isn't E4 winning?

32. The way he often says "okay" with a kind of clipped ending is not his natural speech pattern. He's forcing himself to try to sound like a rather famous podcaster.

33. It’s also called the dragon because it resembles the draco constellation

34. I need my hand held, drawn in crayon and words a 3 year old will understand. My style of mentoring.

35. I often get hit with Bg5 attacking the knight, Any tips?

36. Trump won and you know it David, btw Trump would destroy you in chess.

37. Eric please make a similar opening content for white also.. This is awesome !

38. Its ,its beautiful

39. I'm only 650 and I'm dying for playing scillion Defence

40. 5:08 Dragon 🐉

41. This guy is an awesome chess coach.

42. whats the best way to defend the knight when the dark squared bishop attacks on g6?

43. Bruh I though yay was talking about pawg champs

44. Hi Eric,
    Am I right that this was a more than an hour long video? What happened to the other half when David played against other opponents?
    Thanks 🙂

45. Is memorizing/studying opening pointless if your rank is less than 1000?

46. I like how this guy asks for a review. So helpful, and oftentimes, it results in exploring the alternatives white can play.

47. I didn't know who David Pakman was before watching this. What a horrible little man

48. Eric’s explanation is so smooth and understandable compared to Levy’s rushed and yelled explaining then discourages you in the end by saying this is mostly for 1500 – 2000s

49. Pakman! Cool

50. Very useful thank u

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