The Classical King’s Indian Defence – Chess Openings Explained

Jonathan Schrantz summons the new R.O.G. 5000 to select the perfect opening to cover. See two Nakamura games with a win for each side.

2016.01.04
Wesley So vs Hikaru Nakamura, Sinquefield Cup (2015): E99 King’s Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, main line
Levon Aronian vs Hikaru Nakamura, World Team Championship (2010): E98 King’s Indian, orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, 9.Ne1

30 Comments

  1. “by rebooot I mean kicking repeatedly with my boot” lol Gotta love Jonathan ❤️

    OMG This is such a train wreck 😂

  2. The fact that he clears his throat every sentence really threw me off

  3. These are all positions I never end up in, people always trade every piece.

  4. how can you have only one participant when there is 300 000 views

  5. I guessed knight takes E4, I feel like a genius

  6. Is that fenjamin binegold I hear?

  7. Ng5 looks like mate no?

  8. Is there only one person who showed up to this live lecture? 😂😂😂 he sounds like he's speaking to a room full of people 🤣

  9. am i the only who was thinking how frustrating his water drinking was…

  10. Woah, the meta used to be not castling? I’m shocked how much this has changed over the rise of chess in popularity the last couple years

  11. Reminds me of Finegold in his terminology and body language.

  12. he seems angry? or annoyed.

  13. I thought this video was good.

    I bought a course on an opening from chess base. Of course, that course had the various lines, and you can click through them while watching the board – wondering what you would do and then evaluating what was actually done. However, the accompanying video – some good chess player just reading off the various lines in a mumbled monotone with a heavy Russian accent was basically useless. So annoying. Why not make the video more of an explanation? I found it so obnoxious, I gave up on the video and just go through the moves myself.

  14. Great lecture! Btw…is that a little fart I hear at 12:39? Sneeky one.

  15. 8:10 what if after Nxe4 white plays Nxf7? And how do you lose a pawn anyways?

  16. Fantastic video. This was the beginning of my journey as a KID player several years ago.

  17. this man is the life blood of chess

  18. "Random Openings Generator" xDDD hilarious! Took me completely by surprise!!

  19. Why was the rook so important on that square?

  20. Is there a point to the 1st 5 min of this video

  21. Omg this is water torture 😫

  22. I just love the way Jonathan get "SUSPECT" openings inside the R.O.G. and how he moves the stuff around the box. His unique style makes chess not only interesting but also really funny XD

  23. Can someone please explain to this fine gentleman what a microphone does?

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