We finally have a strong and well organized opening course for White and one for Black. With these and the FREE beginner to master level playlist from this RU-vid channel, it’s all about consistency over an extended period of time 😎💪 ⬇ Course on Black Opening (Counterblow) www.chessable.com/ramirez Course on White Opening (First Strike) www.chessable.com/firststrike Free Playlist (beginner to master level) rb.gy/hw61wt All the Endgame Knowledge I have rb.gy/zels9y All the Strategy Knowledge I have rb.gy/g1iqro
I love how you teach us the opening in a systematic manner. Not rushing with the theory, just little by little explaining us the moves and how it came to be.
only learn these side line opening when you are at least 1200+ (just 8 to 10 move and the idea) and get more serious when you r at 1800+ , if you are not that high as i noticed , you should only play normal opening like italian or something
Learn the Italian, the bishops opening, the two and four knights, and also the traps and tricks like the fried liver, the cotage trap, and the traxxler. After that, learn your pawn structures, and read a endgame book, learn your endgames well, opposition, pawn islands, and how to manuveur your king. Your king becomes a piece when exactly in a game, and also learn your squares, which squares are weak, strong etc. Learn all of your chess tactics, like skewers, pins, x rays, etc. Learn how to outpost your knights, and also learn to calculate all of your pieces each move, and opponent, and move on then to the Vienna opening and also the King and queen gambits. Then move to the scotch, and grandprix . Go on from there write this down I am trying to help you saying you are 800 elo
I think I like this opening more than london system , it has a solid positional and aggressive play if you want to. Btw coach what a great explanation!
Many great chess teachers out here, but I think you’ve got the best pedagogy of them all. I’m a teacher and you really know what works for learning new information. The clear explanations, the repetition, and especially the review! Thanks Robert!
The best opening lesson explained and shown how to play I have ever seen on the web! And then followed up with real games to demonstrate in other videos... priceless... thank you !!!
I was searching for this opening tutorial and got halfway through one, then i saw yours on recommended and instantly switched, love your content man thanks for the videos!
You are welcome, Andrew! Feel free to check out the other lessons on the KIA. I have played it on some games too. I am leaving below the links to those lessons in case you would like to check them out 👍 KIA (my way) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TUiOGUADxBI.html Playing games with the KIA ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-N6oAsP-iIao.html Playing KIA vs Botez bot ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YJdHXF-_Hww.html
What an awesome guy and teacher, thank you very much this video it's amazing! I am new to chess and plan to learn the King's Indian Defense and Attack so I can try to improve with just one opening on both sides and not get bogged down by all the different openings. This is the best video I have seen on the King's Indian Attack. Thank you!
Thank you Robert, for producing these excellent videos!! I have played the KIA for years, and many of my most enjoyable games are a result of it! I used to hate playing against the French, now I love it! LOL
your teaching is good pronounciation is nice with clear voice and teaching students from the basic also you r honest without self boasting so i think u r a great teacher please continue your work we r enjoying studying chess kudos to you
Really really i like you so much.. You take alot of time to exiplan al the game to us whitch gives us more imformTion and help us alottttttt i cant discribe my feeling to find a great channel like this😭❤️❤️✌️
Using Czech pirc and KID as black was the best opening that you taught us and i am still using continuously and mostly winning but now with white pieces apart from other openings like e4 this i feel like is one of the top opening and people are still not habituated with this opening at my lvl near 1000-1100 guess i have to see how far i can go with these openings and and additing variations accordingly. Thank you sir for teaching us the lesson
First of all, I'm not a Grandmaster. But I am a big KIA fan. What i like about the KIA is that not only is it a great opening in its own right, it can also dovetail into other systems, which is important if you play tournaments and your games end up in databases. You might need a White opening repertoire rather than one predictable system. So 1. Nf3 c5....you can go into an English wth 2. c4. After 1. Nf3 d5 you can play 2.c4 and a Reti. Some opponents will hold their centre pawns back so you could play Nf3, g3, Bg2 and in some cases d4 & c4 and have a Catalan. Very flexible - I have noticed some strong players will play 1. Nf3 d6 and go for a e5, f5 (a Philidor Defence like structure) and try and open the f-file for their Rook. I've not had good results against this and so started playing 1. Nf3 d6 and then 2. d4 - don't give them what they want.
I've been playing the KIA/KID more and more and I found this video very helpful! You are an excellent teacher, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us 🙂
I got a chance to play this opening vs a 2900 rated bullet player and he trounced me 10-1 :P, the one game I won was a dirty flag and I was down a piece in that game. He basically premoved the entire game. It was kind of insane. Though Opperwezen usually is :P It is a good setup but I think it is too passive vs 2600+ players on lichess.
Your content has been super helpful for me. Since you play the Bird's opening, do you also play the Dutch Defense? A video about the Dutch would be nice!
A big thank you! The KIA saved me from so much trouble from the Caro-Kann. I have HORRIBLE win rates with Caro-Kann as white, and KIA is way better! Thanks!
I do play chess before. I don't know much about it. I tried to learn but I am struggling. I don't like to play e4 for white. I also try playing caro kann against e4 but something off when playing caro kann and I always get crush in opening stage. But Your videos of Pirc defense are very helpful. I think this opening suit me and it is going to be my main opening for black just like you. King indian attack for white get me some success. I will also try king indian defense against d4. I think similar concept help to cope many situations. Thank you very much for details explaination. It is very helpful for a novice 1100 player, me. I will learn and research pirc, king indian attack and defense.
Great video and really enjoyed the walkthrough of Fischer's games. Definitely going to add this to my 1.e4 repertoire. Currently I'm playing the Mengarini variation vs. the Sicilian but this looks more solid--especially against better players.
Ever thought of doing a Chessable course on the KIA? ....you could probably cover it in a couple of hundred trainable lines and its a great opening (with 1 Nf3). I've been playing it since I was 17 I'm now 72! Cheers Michael.
Looks like my old set-up when I was playing in high school thirty years ago. I had no idea that Bobby Fischer used it (or who he even was back in those days). It just made sense to me and worked quite well in my matches.
There you go, Jamie. I bet you can still use it like you used to thirty years ago. The ideas in this system have not changed much, which makes it a reliable weapon throughout the years. With that said, I hope you learned some new ideas from this lesson 👍
@@NMRobertRamirez I did! And it's funny since one of my teachers from the old chess clubs days once told me that I was the only player he had ever met who played offensively by playing DEFENSIVELY. Again, it just made sense to me, and I enjoyed watching my opponents wreck themselves upon that king-side iron wall.
@@jamierife7789 it is interesting that it came naturally to you. It must have felt good when you found out your system was already such a powerful weapon in the professional Chess world.
@@NMRobertRamirez Indeed so! It served me well when I was playing back in those days. I'm more or less an intuitive player since we never had access to any chess books in our school or public library, being in a rural community. So I had to figure it out myself and never knew there was any such thing as "chess theory" and such.
woow I prepare it now with the whites for the tournament !! thank you soooooo much for your help !!!! thank you !!! I'm going to rest a little so that I wake up focused and study it. really, thank you !!
i will learn more kings indian attack games of fisher on database too after learning your lesson very well. your lesson its awsome lesson really a great thanks !!
@@NMRobertRamirez i learn it now at 4am heheh . I have a smile when I saw all the preparation of the chakemate in the minute 26:45. now I took my poor notebook and my chessboard to repeat the lesson and learn it. the two ideas of h4 in the first game and g4 in the second I loved them. I saw one of your games in which you played h4 in blitz a few months ago I think in this game you said that fischer was using this idea. but here it is more detailed. thank you sooo much. yesterday while sleeping i started playing blindfold xD again after seeing your video when i was tired. i think thats why i woke up now with lots of ideas so heheh and motivated. this lesson also motivated me for my game not for the tournament but for me hehe to get to what I want to achieve
@@NMRobertRamirez my mother told me now that she saw your lesson notice yesterday when i was sleeping heheh xD. she told me I took the whole lesson. I asked him and you all understood ?? she told me yes he shows with the arrows and how he got to the opposing king at the end. and it shows what i can do if it eats my pawn in the center etc etc xD. she made me laugh because she doesn't understand english plus she just learned the rules of the xD game heheh. she told me i'm gonna go play the tournament for you hahahah xD. she makes me laugh all the time like that hahah ps: she made a like video too :)
Thanks a lot for your comment, Lynch! Feel free to check out the other lessons on the King's Indian Attack. I even created a KIA playlist in my channel where I put all of them together 👍
Brooo just what I needed! How did you know I would use kia in my tournament tomorrow 🤣🤣🤣 Edit: This really helped a lot! Thank you! Very mindblowing stuff I didn't even know as a kia player!
My pleasure! I think some main differences are the way you get to it. For instance, if Black plays the French, the Vienna might not be so effective. Also, the middlegame plans. You will not see that Bf4 and h4 in the Vienna for example. Hope this makes sense 👍
It has been quite sometime, since I could watch your videos. Missed a lot. I am going to watch sequentially on the king's indian series, starting with this. So excited for this! Thank you so much! Btw did you watch the Nepo vs Dubov match from Magnus invitational, yesterday? It was an Austrian attack if I am not mistaken. :) Love from India.
Hello! Nice to see you back 👍 I just saw the game after reading your comment. I told Nepo to play 5..., c5 and he did not listen 😅 Nah Dubov is just an exceptional player!
I'm surely going to try that as white. Thank you for the video. If I understand correctly, if they find time to push e5 before we get there, then the plan changes: trying to open with d4?
Hey Laurent! If you do try it, let me know how it goes. I did not talk about what to do if Black does e5, but you are right: we can do c3 and d4. Anyways, soon I will show you other ways to deal with Black's e5 just for you to have options.
Just an awesome and very helpful video! I played e4 and italians and now i am bored with it...it helped me reach 2000 though...so wanted to learn a nice system against everything...hence i think this is just perfect for me...would you recommend any books regarding the opening?
Hello Aryan! Glad you liked it! I learned this opening by reviewing games and using Chess encyclopedias like I covered in lesson # 72. I do not know what book is good, but I am sure you will learn from any book now that you are getting started. If you find a good one, please let me know 👍
Great content, Robert! Having played a lot of KIA as white, I found that the most annoying response from Black is to castle queen side. Very hard to crack... Any ideas?
Hello Jiangwei! And thank you 👍Regarding that variation, I just treat it the way I mentioned towards the end of this lesson. Taking on d5 makes the black pieces think twice before castling queenside. And if they still do it, you have a nice set up to attack their king. Hope this makes sense.
NM Robert Ramirez is my favorite chess instructor, but something's missing. When you say 3.Nd2, explain why--because us C players don't know why, and knowing why prevents an out-of-order move. The reason is so that if Black plays ...dxe5, White can play dx35 without allowing Black to trade queens.
Since you liked my comment recently, I’d like to say that I am pleasantly surprised that you are active even in your old videos. If you could spare a few minutes, how viable is the KIA? Can it get me to 1800 or is it too bad at high play? Thank you
Thank u so much my terrific teacher for teaching pirc defence ,i applied on my online games , the result is so amazing ,crushing all my opponent even i'm white or black , your so great and i invite all my friends to subscribe your you-tube channel.
as a new player around 830 ELO, would you suggest becoming familiar with this opening or stick with the London which is the only one I know? ty for your excellent work!
my kia kid puzzles and strategiees night hehehe i search a video of how we can plan any move and another where you return the bishop of the oponent desgusting bishop heheheh i also learned some games from anand with ruiz lopez because i like this opening today i didn't play just games i did (hard puzzles, game ruizlopez; kia review, scheck pirc, and some strategies) and i review your video (speedrun where you play lots of games) for hours :)
Hello! Good question. Please, click on this link to see exactly where I answer this question. It might be easier to understand than reading a long reply. Hope it helps you 👍 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-TFYNJJkX_oU.html
