I am excited to share my knowledge on the Jobava London with you all. There is a lot of "theory" to cover here which isn't available in a structured or in-depth format anywhere else on RU-vid since this is a relatively uncommon opening. I hope you find these videos helpful.
Thank you for the kind words, they are greatly appreciated. I am happy you're enjoying the videos and finding them to be straight forward, that is always my #1 goal when producing and editing videos.
I just discovered this channel so it's my first video watching but I loved it, really nice explained for 15 mins of videos and we can see the knowledge about it, I'm curious about ur rating, and I'm deffo going to watch more of Jobava London since I would like to change my opening and play this one !
Hey! Thank you so much for watching, glad you enjoyed it. I'm hovering between mid 1900-2000 elo right now, and the Jobava London is a great weapon against anyone.
You have a great ability to teach complicated chess idea. I have subscribed and have been downloading many of your videos. They have all been very helpful. THANK YOU - much appreciated!
I'm happy to hear you've been finding the videos helpful. Thank you for subscribing, it means a lot to me. I try to teach chess in a way that I wish I was taught, so I am glad that you like it!
Well explained! This is my favourite opening as white and has given me many exciting games these last few years. I have both Simon Williams and Hans Nieman's chessable courses which I recommend. I have lost some games when I have castled queen-side and neglected my own king safety because I was so focused on my king-side attack! Something to be aware of at all times.
Thank you! It is most certainly an exciting and unorthodox opening, which oddly enough, isn't studied well by most players. Simon Williams is a really good teacher, I believe he also has his own book on the Jobava London. After castling queenside, it pretty much becomes a race of who can get to the king first. I will make sure to put emphasis on this in my future videos!
great stuff will be fun to try some of these lines, thanks! Bortnyk's also really fantastic example for alekhine's defense, another really fun and interesting opening
Nice video! 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Bf4 c5 4.e3 cxd4 5.exd4 is the same as if 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Bf4 Jobava or Caro-Kann Exchange? Maybe 4...Nc6 instead of 4...Nf6 is the difference? Also, that's why if 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 I play 2...c5 3.e3 cxd4 4.exd4 getting the Caro-Kann.
Thank you! Yup, the Jobava London can transpose into the exchange Caro Kann with the line you've mentioned. White's knight on c3 is dubious and ends up rotating to e2 in most of these positions. Black is able to equalize with this transposition, which is a big reason why you don't see the Jobava in super GM classical tournaments. That being said, the bishop on f4 is very well placed and even with this line, both players have equal chances.
It definitely doesn't end there, but black is -0.9 to -1.3 depending on how long you let the engine look at it. On paper it is a 1 point material advantage for black, and white gets no compensation for it. Additionally, since at this point in the game, both players are entering an endgame, having two rooks that support each other will be in black's favor.
His name is Hanging Pawns, in reference to the pawn structure. Mine is Passed Pawns, in reference to passed pawns. Believe it or not, pawns are a big part of chess and having pawns in my name doesn't mean I copied anyone.
