I am so happy to hear your kind feedback, thank you! For some reason, the algorithm does not show my videos to too many new people, so please do not hesitate sharing the channel with your chess friends. 🙏
Experts always say understand your openings don''t just memorize them.(But don't explain them!). Your lectures are soo clear and logical and also easier to remember. Thanks alot. Your viewership will just keep increasing. Regards
The best ever on teaching about an opening, concentrating on the "WHYs" instead of the "WHAT". I learned a lot, even implemented some of the ideas shown on the video in my game. By telling the reason why certain moves are played, why they are good or bad, helps a lot in UNDERSTANDING the ideas/principles of an openings instead of just memorizing it. Dr. Can you are the Awesomest Maximus of chess coaches, please continue your great work, if I have you as my teacher during my younger years, I could have been at least an IM, as always thank you.
A few things I like to do when learning opening strategy. One is to see what happens when an opponent makes a reckless move. It helps to understand how to punish such moves and therefore what the strengths are of your opponent's position and how they might refute your opening. Another is to learn one or two traps against your opening so to avoid subtle blunders.
Thank you for your kind feedback! Sounds reasonable to me. That was why I showed when ...Bf5 gets punished. It is important to learn when our logical opening moves are punished.
I've been looking for an opening for 1.d4. You have inspired me to pick up the slav in earnest. Your opening video are as good as the rest of your vids
Thank you so much for the video! I am currently learning the Slav and made a blunder last night in the opening. Now I know "whyyyy" it was a chess crime! I really enjoy the simple, yet solid, foundational principles which I can use to build on.
I find it interesting to discuss openings... but I also find that it is a topic that is covered too much everywhere... I think that the strength of your channel is precisely that of dealing with the rest which I consider much more instructive.
I have watched many youtube chess contents, but yours is really shining and outstanding from others because you put your heart into your videos. We can all see that. DO NOT let low views discourage you. Thanks for being consistent.
❤️ These are such motivating words. It means a lot to me. Thank you so much! It is passion speaking in my videos, indeed. Please share the channel so I can continue producing on the same rate in the future. 🙏
I have played the Slav since 2020, and I still learned a few things in this video. I have run into the Qb3 move like 50 times, it is annoying but I think that your rule of thumb might be legit. I was also always afraid to sack the b-pawn, but I think that you did a great job of showing the compensation.
Amazing, totally loved this why's of the Slav, you make it so easy to understand. Looking forward to more followup videos and how about a Chessable course ?? I know there are few on the Slav already but this could be aimed more at the beginner level, call it the Whys of the Slav , thank you so much .🙏
I loved this video! Very nice to understand the basic ideas of the opening. So many of this videos and courses are based on memorization solely, when I find much easier to memorize anything once you understand the principles behind it. Please make this a series!
Love this! I usually play d4 as white hoping for a queen's gambit accepted, and have encountered the slav many times (without associating the name). So the patterns and play here are familiar and its very helpful to see black's ideas (and traps for white, I've also walked into a few!) being so clearly explained.
Great video, like your other videos, slav opening video also provides a lot of insights and great learning experience. Please request you to do 1.e4 openings video as well for beginners.
I'm creating a study of this awesome new opening video, and noticed (well, stockfish told me) that at 26:21 - black actually has rook takes bishop followed by queen takes knight and black is on -4.9 eval. Wow!
Thanks for mentioning it! I only gave the general ideas but concretely g4 does not seem to work at that particular moment! Good to know those tactical patterns! :) Good luck with the Slav!
This is excellent! The slav is the first opening I'm trying to actually learn and I love your explanation of the reason and strategy behind both specific moves and the overall strategy of the opening. Hoping you can do a video on the queen's gambit next!
Amazing to hear it, thank you so much 🙏 For some reason the algorithm is not showing my videos to new people, so please do not hesitate sharing the channel with your chess friends and other chess platforms.
Thank you so much i was just thinking about ditching the slav and go for the Budapest…this amazing video specially with the new idea of dxe4 cemented this opening for me…
Great oppenings start. Please continue with other oppenings to this level. Then, series 2 can be for the intermediate level players, some of them graduates of newbie level.❤
:) Amazing to hear it. For some reason, the algorithm does not show my videos to new people, so please do not hesitate sharing the channel with your chess friends 🙏
Excellenc video 💯👏🎉am a slav player myself because of the understandable logic, but i still learnt something new 🎉the knight trap 💥i usually accept a double pawn on f5 and ues. It as an outpost square,but i like the bishop to e4 an trapping the dim knight😅 great idea 👏👏👏
That is amazing to hear sir! So motivating. Please ask me anything while you get better at piece trades ❤️ And don't forget to ask the "WHYY?" question!
@@Dr.CansClinic , evet açılış videoları fazla yapılıyor, ama sizin ele alış biçiminiz gibi değil, İngilizcem kısıtlı olmasına rağmen daha çok yararlanıyorum sizin videolarınızdan, sahi hiç Türkçe yayın yapmayı düşündünüz mü ? Keşke olabilseydi, tekrar teşekkürler, iyilikler...
I play the Caro Kann against e5, and I find the Slav often leads to similar pawn structures and queenside play. I used to suffer under 1. d5 until I got into the Slav.
Ive been thinking of adding the Slav because I like the stability of the London. I think the Slav would give me a solid opening for black, and I love your opening salvo into it.
That is a great idea, I play the slav and used to play London before (now the Catalan, but it is much more complex). You get used to the structures and pawn breaks. Also the Caro Kann gives you similar pawn structures (against 1.e4).
Really enjoyed this episode, especially as a beginner, as I still haven't choosen an opening repitoir for black, or white to be honest (would love to see a follow up video from whites perspective on the Catalan, as this was an opening I really liked the look of as it seems to have so many options for either side, making for such diversity and interesting positional play for both sides, I seem to favour those type of positions, however, after watching your episode when you played against this opening as black I've never dared play it!) A very nice introduction to the slav defence, not an opening I'd even considered but may well give this a go, thank you for your insight 👍
@@Dr.CansCliniccan I ask in the position where white has the threat of Ng5 and you showed our response prior which makes sense, so either h6 or Be7 to cover the g5 square why we shouldn't in this case play f6 to cover that square and use the pawn break rather than defending?
@@Dr.CansClinic Thank you for this, I can see why it's not as safe now you've kindly explained, I think with all the great lessons you've been producing I'm trying to look for multi purpose moves or forcing replays and I'm sometimes forgetting that a simple defensive move is all that's required at times, thanks again for taking the time to explain 👍
Few years a go I learn slav defense,I already forgot the line ,Now I learn hindu The line I get is 1.d4 ,d5 2.c4 , c6 3.Nf3, dxc4 4.e3 , Nd7 also solid avoid white Qb3
