One Chess Opening against ANYTHING!

What about an early h3 from white? Then what? You know, the move that the computer always makes that these type of videos conveniently never cover.

What if 1. d4 d6 2.e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Qa4 4.Bd2 Qc2 5.h3 ?? how does black develop from here and why don't you cover that move at all in your video?? Should black play e5? Fianchetto? Something else? What? This is the problem with these chess videos right here. Sounds good until the computer makes the one move that destroys the whole plan – which it always does every single time – usually within 3-4 moves. But hey, if it gets clicks then, mission accomplished….

thank you for showing scenarios where white dont castle. I am a 300 in blitz and ppl rarely castle 😂

Yeah, that works great … if your opponent plays the wrong moves. There are a lot of ways for white to lose this opening, but just playing the most popular moves will get white through it just fine, even with an advantage. Taking the second most popular moves at key points will work even better for white. For example, after 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.Nf3 Qa5 5.Bd2 Qc7, white's most common move is Bd3, not Bc4, but Bc4 works just fine. After 6.Bc4 B5, white should retreat to Bd3, not Bb3. But OK, Bb3 is the more common move, so let's continue with 7.Bb3 b5 8.Na4 Nxe4 9.Bxb4, then what? 9…e4? is a mistake, because after 10.dxe5 dxe5 11.Bxf8, and now black won't be able to castle. 9…Ba6 might look good, but white just plays 10.Ba3. It is not the most active square for the bishop, but it is attacking near the center, and it also keeps black from advancing the queen's side knight. The two sides are even on material, white has all his minor pieces developed (while both black bishops are still on their starting squares, and the dark-square bishop isn't even able to move yet), and white has the only pawn in the center. His position is much more open. He will probably castle (on either side) in the next couple of moves, then bring his rooks to the center, and things look good for white. Stockfish rates the game as +0.4, and it seems to me that is a conservative estimate. There aren't many games in Lichess database with this position (662 with all options on) after 9.Bxb4, but those that exist are won by white 55% of the time, compared to just 41% for black.

I haven't looked through the 1.d4 and other opening moves, so I will not comment on how well it works for those, but I would not use it for king's pawn openings.

With 1.d4 d6 2. c4 you can go into the English Rat by playing e5! That might appear crazy, but look at the win percentage of the resulting lines in Lichess.

This was a very good lesson. I will need to watch it more than once. Liked and subscribed. 👍

I went from 1600 yo 1300 by playing this opening.

this video is pure gold

I don’t agree this opening will win against “anything.”

notre maître est francophone, est-ce qu'il y a un canal d'échec en français?

all beautiful when i play it i end up with double pawns all the time

This is great. Its really helpful to hear you talk through all the ifs and buts and possibilities. 'Assess the threat and deal with it': my new chess mantra!

Can't believe the chess bot in chesskid play this opening

Very nice lesson and I got good results with good players. Thanks and regards.

A very enjoyable introduction to this opening. I've been playing the King's Indian… but this gives me some great ideas to move forward with!

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I downloaded an AI chess game and he foils every move every time.
The AI doesn’t even do any move you predict by white.
It seriously does something completely different and trumps any move you offer in this video.

What’s funny is if you play the Czech Pirc defense against the London system, you almost always end up winning a bishop by move eight or nine, because you push your central pawns to threaten a fork and a lot of times they’ll move their bishop to f5 to avoid it, then you push your pawn to attack the knight anyways and discover the attack on the hanging bishop. In a bullet or blitz game, they will forget that your queen is there and you win.

I believe this opening is a variation of the Old Indian Defense?

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The other move is pawn e6, I won literally 30 games in a row went up from silver 36 to silver 6.

Lovely! Exactly what I needed. Great lines.

I play king's indian defence a lot but often end up in closed positions with less space and a sometimes a very bad position.

Your moves c6 and Qa5 are game changing.

@chessscape so what happens if they push their pawn to e5 after their knight on c3 is protecting their queen? so when it goes:
d4, d6, e4, Knf6, Knc3, c6, than they push e5 attacking knight..

your a good teacher….

good

Amazing really ❤❤

Is there any thing like this on your vedios for white??if yes please give me the link. Thanks

it only works with black pieces

My favorite move as black… Pirc and king's indian defense.

I really like this system I'm allot more comfortable with black

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