Caro-Kann Speedrun | 700-800 Elo 

Alex reminds me of a sarcastically hip Dracula.

I just want to say, as a casual player for five years who almost always plays the Caro-Kann, you're instructional approach to every move is helping me undo a lot of bad habits. The more of your Caro-Kann videos I watch, the better I get. Thank you.

bro is genuinely hilarious, in like this evil way 😂😂😂😂 very entertaining and instructional style and elite metaphors

I bought your caro course Alex. I have only gone through the priority lines so far. Let me tell everyone.....my rapid rating is at an all time high up 100pts in a week. I have never had so many easy wins in my life. Opponents will GIVE you the game. Repertoire is simply awesome and simple. I've started playing 1.c3 as white. CRUSHING.

A table tennis analogy, snooker analogy, various romanian anologies... This channel is golden lol

3:19 hell yes the wooden spoon returns

Thanks for yet another great video Alex!. You are my favorite chess content creator. I just bought your Caro-Kann course and trying to improve a little each day.

Hello Alex, I love your video's so much that I resumed playing the Caro-Kann with good results. Your spirit of playing the game is also very enjoyable. Greetings from the Netherlands

Getting back into chess after a few months break.. your videos always seem to be the most helpful. Thanks Alex, keep up the awesome work

Fantastic as usual Alex, 49500 more times watching these videos and I might get there :) BZ, you are amazing :)

just started playing and learned a lot from you already. Thanks for the instructive vids and funny (real-life) comparisons. Subscribed.

Alex's funniest and most educational video to date, love it when you divert our attention to catch us off guard

Enjoy you channel tremendously. You make laugh all the time. I hope your rating and subscribers continues to climb.

Great video Alex! Very instructive and your sense of humor makes your vids fun to watch. 👍 I like the lower rated vids cause Im still learning and pick up a lot of info from them.

Hey Alex i just started played chess for 3 months so far Didn't buy your course but binged watched all of your caro kann and jobova videos and i got from 300 to 800 in 2 months

Alex fast becoming my favourite Chess streamer. I learn so much and love your sense of humour!

Thx for the little piece of history! 😎🤘 And thank you, you bring confidence to my game!

27:51 "developing and threatening to castle" 😄

Love this type of video! Thank you for making these

"The threat is stronger than the execution". It is a good point to try to remember and apply.

And I have to admit I actually value you for reporting the player who was stalling and quitting the game. I do the same! Loosing is nothing bad alone.. yet people should lose with honor.. I allways resign if I stay on board with sole king

Thanks so much for restarting the rating climbs! I learn the most with the 6-1400 rated games!

Great vid my man hilarious AF. Jokes aside great work keep it up!

Just bought your Caro Kann course on Chessable and am impressed with how comprehensive it is, everything makes sense. I have bought loads of opening books which gather dust as they are full of variations which make no sense to me. Your course explains the moves and I can understand the reasons behind them.

Hey Alex! I can't stress it enough, how much your videos have helped me. I used to be stuck to 600 rating but after learning your Caro-Kann and Jobava London lines almost to heart, I've not only gained 150 rating points in 7 days, but I actually feel confident playing. I'm having win streaks, I'm actually beating higher level players and I don't feel completely lost all the time (well, against KID type of setups I don't fare that well). Caro-Kann is such a a great opening! I know it's not saying much as sub 1k rating player, but I've reached the highest rating I've ever had and I definitely feel like I'm improving - this is almost completely thanks to your videos. Thank you so much and I absolutely love how often you put out these longer videos, they are a gold mine! Also, I feel like you would be a great dude to hang out with (despite the age difference haha, I'm old), love the dry humor as finn, that's basically our shtick. :D

This has become one of my favorite channels on youtube.

Not only your videos are top instructive but you are also super funny 😁. 🙏

"Greedy little bastard" 😂😂 That got me. I simply love your vids Alex! Greetings from Sri Lanka❤

You are hands down the best chess teacher in youtube in my opinion. What do you recommend to play against d4? Would be cool if you do a speed run against d4! I know you did one a loooong tome ago, but your video format has gotten sooo much better that it would be nice if you made another one.

Just love all the analogies.

yesterday i hit 1000 elo watching alex caro kann vids I will come back each time i hit anew milestone

I went from 350 to 500 after watching your videos...Thank you sir! I bought the course.

Don't tell anyone but, 8...Qa5+ does not win material since after 9...d4, White plays 10.Qa4 with an equal eval. Near as I can tell, no one on lichess has ever played the Queen to a4 on move 10. Just wanted to drop in early and tell Alex I appreciate these videos - they've pushed me to play the Caro, and I cannot wait until he gets a bit higher rated (I'm 1700 on lichess). Thanks Alex!

You are the most entertaining chess streamer by a mile. Or a kilometer. Whichever.

1:10:50 You'll notice the famous kirokon trojan horse formation

50:25 ahaha love the lichess front

Thanks Alex, great content as usual. For the new Caro course - are you adding middlegame concepts to it (over time) like the London has? Or will that be another new course down the road? Thanks again!

can you play against stronger opponents?

Hi Mr banzea, thank you for this awesome video! I was just wondering if you planned on making a short and sweet version of your Caro Kann course? Thanks!

1300 blitz 1500 bullet and still helpful

11 games! nice, let me grab the popcorn

Following game....!!! For the longest time I thought he was playing over and over, hoping for a Halloween game...

90 minute video 🙏🙏 thank you

Thanks

Finally, tutorials for the big leagues.

Day 2 , second video, watching his Caro Kann simplified playlist . I just noticed Caro Kann has many lines and different move order although some line overlap each other after a few moves. I still think Caro is a lot harder than Vienna

Several years ago I played chess with friends OTB, but without having any clue of chess lines and theory etc. Recently I started playing online chess and was stuck around 900. With the caro-kann I am now close to 1100. Before I played cicilian, ponziani and if possible the vienna gambit. The london system is too static for my taste. I like dynamic games and caro-kann games normally turn into that. I play only rapid chess games with 10 or 15 minutes. I tried today some blitz games. 3 minute was a total disaster and the 5 minute games were not much better. I normally need time to think about my moves after the first 5 opening moves or so and can't blitzthem out. So either I plundered a lot when tryin to keep up with the opponent's speed or I was dominating but then flagged. Do you have any advice how to get better in blitz games? For now I try to play only 10 minute games to get used to less time.

I am here for the analogies!

In game 10 he may refuse the queen trade and take your knight on check, you move you king, he moves the bishop on G5 and its over

Alex, which opening should i learn as black to play against d4?

Didn't expect a @moreplatesmoredates reference. That's a crossover I'd watch. Teach Derek chess.

1:02:47 There was a queen rook fork.

Damn Alex! Have you ever wondered about stand-up comedy career? 🙌😂

I think the advance variation is becoming the most common. Because now whenever I see 3.Nc3, my eyes light up and I’m like “finally I might be able to make the pawn cube in 12 moves.”

Feed me with Caro Alex. I need moreee 🤩

What you play against advance on right side with c5? I never get the free line for the rook and it’s just annoying

Pp on the pp got me a game today! Thanks!

Can’t wait for the episode against 1100 - 1500 players!!

1:02:52 - or ne3, forking, winning exchange

3:50 so ughhhh how much $$$ are we talking 😁😉

when facing the advanced, why don't you consider playing the f6 exchange leaving your knight on f6. then you can deal with the remaining pawn on D4? Thank You

22:10, if white moves K to d2? How does the game end?

1:04:13 you didn’t mate him he mated himself, that’s a draw 😆

Sir, I'm actually 1300 rated chess player.....Can you make a roadmap, how to reach 1800+ what to study like middle games, end games and openings plus book recommendations....and how much time to give to each book.....it would be very very helpful.....thank you so much sir . . Tbh I don't have a good opening choice, sometimes I play Queen's Gambit, sometimes I play the Italian

you know when im tired i can only watch your vids on x1.5speed xddddddddddddddddd ur great tho

Oh shit I'm early let's go dog I've been on a losing streak hahaha

What is this PP on the PP stuff? Sounds like my Friday night? Mostly PP on the forehead though. Pinned piece on the pinned piece?

Hey, wait a minute! I should've gotten a shout out at 3:51. You stole that line from my comment on your other video. 😂 But, hey, I could write all the jokes and analogies for your future videos for, as you said, "a fair price." 😂😂

53 50. More trick questions like that.

5:35 Alex what did you say at this time stamp 😂

How well does Caro work against the London?

Hey Alex I have a question.. Can I still play Caro if my apponent opens with D4?

really need to address my "Pawn-Addiction". 🙃

I can't help but laugh seeing poor opponents mating themselves

This is the funniest edition by far, Game 8 was a highlight for me.. don't watch this video if you were hoping to see the Exchange Variation haha

Game 7 you forked bishop and queen and then took the bishop?

Yes, please log into my account and convert for the win. I often go into the end game up material but I STILL lose too frequently! I hear your voice, "I'm up two pawns in the end game. This is an easy win!" Not for me!

1:02:52 ke3 could have forked queen and rook

Missed the free queen in game 7?

You are so funny

I would enjoy more some higher raring content. Something above 1000+

subtitle broo?

I know it’s my fault but my Caro play never goes this smoothly 🤣🤪

Thought the thumbnail was pyrocinical

Tell me the price for rating boosting KAPPA

What’s the main goal in the caro?

I feel targeted. Every single time I thought you should do a pawn move you immediately talk about why you shouldn’t move the pawn. ;). 1:26:54

i'm 810 so i'm too good for this video

Love you bro, but hyping up the Caro at 700 Elo is a bit crazy. Hey, but nothing wrong with being crazy.

Wait for a week before you marry her! Ha, ha! ❤

Since when are you 805 🤣

Yo this Accent is crazy to me as a dumb american. Yall sound like yall are halt asleep when u talk. Its pleasant to the ear but also freaks me out a bit. Idk why im sorry

I report people all the time. Just resign you babies.

I don't want to say it's getting boring or repetitive and frankly I am only around 2100 real ELO, however I hardly learn anything from the 200th caro or London video against players below 1000 online rating; you know as much as I do that on your level you win against all of them regardless of what opening you choose - I'd really enjoy watching you play against players above 2k with more focus and a pinch less blah blah, you really dont need to become a sellout clown like gotham

its unfair fool low rating players to max rage level and then report them for abandoning the game, thats very rude for a hidden IM. IM means that incomplete Master ? such behaviors can damage your own reputation. think about that, before you act like this please.

Buddy is seriously twisted at the time of making this video