How to actually improve your chess 

Thank you for pausing your robbery to record this video in a strangers home. Such dedication🙏

When the world needed him the most he returns!!!!!!!!!

I have only managed to find you a week ago, but must have watched atleast 10-15 hours of your videos (I'm not exactly sure how much). Before you came along i was struggling in 3/2 Blitz with a rating of 280-315 bouncing around there. Yes, I still lost half my games, but now I am 442 in blitz. There are many factors, the first realising my old brain is slow and losing 40% of my lost games on time I now play 5/5 after seeing you do it (did not know it was an optionbefore lol). However, the most impressive change is my opening knowledge. I've been playing since October 2023, and this week, i have learnt more than in all the time before. Reason for this? You're teaching me :) . Thank you once again Alex.

FINALLY YOU ARE BACK!!

anyway we can get a slav full guide? you've taught me how to crush as white, how to crush e4 as black...but its d4 that still gets me.

Middle game plans are my Achilles' heel, so this is an excellent video for me. Thank you.

excellent video Alex. Please do more of these jobava /caro kann videos

I have scoured youtube for good chess videos to learn for so many weeks and I'm fortunate to have found you at last!! I love the way you explain your thinking process and rationale for each move. You are doing a fabulous job at this and there is no doubt you are the best chess teacher I have ever come across. Thank you so much for your priceless knowledge on this beautiful game and hope you will be more successful in your chess career. My best wishes and thanks to you Alex! ❤

This was the perfect video for me and contained everything I’ve been looking for recently to improve. A brush up on Caro Kann, Jobava and even 1.d4! Great video, been playing about a year and you’ve been my favorite channel! Slowly approaching 1100, big thanks to you for all the great videos!

Just what we needed, thank you for blessing us Alex 🙌

This video deserves to be celebrated and shared with the world. Well done!

finding this channel randomly, about 3 months ago. was the inspiration to learn chess. thank you keep up the great work. cheers 🍻

Congratulations Alex! Love your content esp Caro, Jobava!

"its like putting pineapple on pizza...this can't really work" ....not all heroes wear capes

I just found your channel a few weeks ago and I'm loving your videos. Great walk through of your games and clear explanations, really good content! Most of your analogies make absolute no sense, but I'm all here for it! Makes the explanations more memorable! 😄

Congrats on the Caro course, Alex!

The Return of the King.

Love your sense of humor! Thank you for your videos 😊

Once again very good video! I just started playing the Jobava and I love it. Keep up the good work Alex !!

Glad to see a new video. Not the same fancy background, but the same great content - which is what really matters. (and he starts off with an interesting comparison. lol)

Brilliant once again ! My favourite Master ❤

Can you do another video on the Colle Zuckerfort opening? I just started playing cause of your previous video and would love to see more of it on the channel!!!

Welcome back. Your videos have been missed

Welcome back Alex!!!

Excellent! I appreciate you and your awesome lessons!

Great video!

Good to see you.

The hero YT needs returns

Dude you are the best thank you

Love your content. Thank you

Luv your videos, awesome, as always 👍 👍 👍

Finally! You are back! ♟️

I’ve been watching your vids on the caro kann and so far it has helped a lot. I just finished a game were my opponent started playing that and I recognized whet he was doing. So I threw some wrenches in his plan early on. Basically a couple moves that weren’t the normal ones that the top csro moves plan against. He didn’t know what to do by turn 4 and took nearly a full minute of a 10 minute game to make his next move. He finally quit about 10 moves later when I forked his king and queen. Oh, and he was a 1400… and I had not quite broken 1300 yet :). I will continue reviewing your vids. Thanks!

would love to see you cover the bishop's opening or the nimzo-Larsen attack

I got into chess like 8-9 months ago and just now I'm finding this channel!! Your videos are really good, and they make me wanna play chess. For me, your explanations work best because the things you say makes sense to me, and the way you say it, the timing, the accent, everything just clicks with me. I honestly increased my elo by 100 just because I was able to pay more attention in my games after learning some of your ways.

Great video

Always Happy to see you❤ every Video i See from you is Just awesome, stay as wonderful as you are❤

Thanks. My chess hero is back

love this content, thx

bro is funny and good at theaching and playing chess, a blessing for you my friend

Thanks

Cold vid Cold background🥶

Love this video, you even got some Kings Indian going!

Follow the long term plan? Or grab the free pawn? Plan? Pawn? Plan? Pawn? I take the pawn. I’m weak that way.

"I guess he had some snow on the f8 square so he didn't see the knight" hahahahha

tysm!!

Hey Mr. Banzea, Just wanted to note, that you're my favorite chess youtuber. There of course is a lot, hanging pawns is great, but yeah. Good work, Alex. Started 50 days ago. Glad i found you.

Lets gooooo

Those are paid actors for sure ! Why no one plays like that against me 😅

Alex u gave me the best repertoire with the jobabva and caro kann i was 900 elo when i first subcribed reached 1383 you are the best

Thanks Alex for this video! @27:08, the longest White thought on a move this game was 0:47 secs, and it was the move where the White Queen was already trapped. Playing fast is never a good idea, imho.

man you're so funny with all those sneaky remarks 😂

The man the myth the legend is back

Welcome back!

Alex where is my money you owe me for throwing games against you ???? love your content keep it coming

Bravo bravo 🎉

My friend sent this to me and the first I see is me getting crushed by an IM. Well played Alex!

@0:20 When I first started watching chess, many of the commentators would say "the player was in time trouble". Many commentators have accents so I heard "the player is in time travel". I took me a year before I realized this and really I think "time travel" is a better way to describe what is going on when you are having analysis paralysis.

Yep it's the middlegames where almost all my blunders happen.

Personally, if I was going to jump on YT and record an intro talking about robbing houses, I would have combed my hair. Good video anyway, I always learn a lot and thank you!

Yoooo great video bro

Alex, I just purchased your Caro-kann course and so far it's amazing! I was wondering if you'd consider adding middle game chapters to it or do you feel like it is all explained well enough in the text?

Very exciting news at the end of the video!

Alex was away studying the words “As a rule of thumb “ 😂

Jovaba + Caro... I'm innnnn!!!.... Alex, after finishing your jovaba course and taking a break, are you thinking about a Slav or repertoire against 1d4, nights and english?...It would be the cherry on the cake, a take my money one, as it compliments perfectly this 2 as I see it... Your caro course is just amazing, and I'll probably get the Jovabava too, but this d4 is where I'm most lost as the majority of the people here as I see it.

Can you pls make a Video about the alien gambit ( i got really destroyed by it)

Tunnel vision never happens to me. I have a fixed plan in mind and am always surprised that the opponent tries to do other things that are not part of my plan. 😂

I like the title including the word “actually”… putting pressure on Gotham on chess terms lol

Need a fully explained kings indian video alex like really really

We need a video to stop the alien gambit and the aboyantent attack Mr Alex

Can you do a video for tips to reach 1000 elo please? Eg. Main concepts / endgame tips / best openings / how to calculate / how to analyse…. I’ve just started chess and that sort of video would be awesome for many people I’m sure ❤🙏🙏🙏

I'm starting to love the King's Indian defence as a response to 1d4. It's very dynamic and i don't feel restricted like in the qgd or the slav. Plus I have two pretty obvious pawn breaks

Please nobody make kidnapping jokes.. Alex what’s the ransom I’ll pay it if it means more uploads. 😞I couldn’t resist the low hanging fruit 🤮

I really live this video ,im currently using 2 black opening For e4 I use Caro for D4 I use KId ,but sometimes i use Pirc against E4 too. And this video i learn6both Caro and Kid, i also hope to see more KID videos

7:49 "Double isolated pawns is like putting pineapple on pizza." YES. I can't wait to use this with my opponents.

A chimp tried to play the Jobava against me once, but I had your Caro course so I was able to get a draw!

"Like you're holding hands with a girl for the first time. Very close to promotion. Probably like usual, nothing will happen with uhhh...that...pawn, but it feels pretty nice I guess." Laughed too hard at that, while appreciating your exquisite teaching. You're the man, Alex!

Perfect teaching voice for english

Long time no see

Hey. Long time no See my friend 😅

I like this video even though you hated on pineapple pizza 😆 Thanks for the wisdom Alex!

Skips to Jobava course update, then watches rest of video 😅

First game the opponent collapsed like a sack of potatoes....

super tare....

I was worried you retired! Relieved to find you're only doing some larceny on the side.

Liked this format of this video, Alex. But you still never explained why I still lose 12 in a row using your Jabova and Caro-Kann. Do more videos like this!

oh I like the new wild hair, very becoming, you shaggy god you

Very nice video i really like that you covered 5games

And now after this last game we are all waiting for the KID course as well!

Do you not stream anymore on twitch?

Could you do me a big favour and tell me the name of that painting or its artist behind you? It's driving me nuts, I even tried to do a Bladerunner style zoom in on it to see if I could detect a name.

instructions unclear i’m now mid robbery

🔥🔥

Far better. You are using the weird comparisons less than before, which means that I finally feel comfortable watching your videos without cringing. I’d love to see an Italian course on RU-vid that is updated too so that’s an idea for you in the future. I’ll start to learn your caro-Kann defence ideas now past this video because if you stop the strange comparisons. I watched your videos for over a year before and got quite good at openings too so if you keep going like this, I’ll be watching a lot more.

Gonna play some caro kann while eating pepperoni n pineapple pizza 😋😛

You look for a new job and you decide to start robbery 😂

Congratulations on another course of the year. Too bad one of you fellow (sister) chess streamers, Anna Cramling, was robbed of her streaming award on twitch. I’ll get you Jobava London for sure when it comes out. It would sweeten the deal if those who bought your previous London course got a small discount - sort of a delayed package deal 😀

Hey I'm a lowly 1200 here... But at 11:02, wouldnt it have been better to take the pawn (Rxb3) before CONSIDERING the Knight (Bxd2)? Just saying... Cause I THINK I can see a better variation after capturing the pawn with the knight still pinned to the Rook 😅

Last game. Why do they come down with Bg5? I see this alot in sub 300 games.

He is funny!