Hey Levy, i'm taking advantage of being early in the hope that you will see this comment. I had never played chess before, but always felt like it's a game that i would enjoy, and i finally found a content creator which makes me enjoy it, that being you. Your videos are extremely entertaining, i've been griding them the past few weeks, thanks for all your work :)
Hello there Nicolas. Since you are a new player, two very good chess channels for learning are NM Robert Ramirez and Hanging Pawns. The first one has a lot of nice videos on many areas like tactics etc. and he is very good if you want to learn the Pirc Defense and Kings Indian (also has two videos for London). Hanging Pawns is great for learning openings at a deep theoretical level. I like GothamChess especially for chess game analysis. Opening videos like these have the goal of showing you the basic ideas. Of course all of these channels are very helpful.
Just got into chess and I’m a 700 in rapid needed to come back here after playing a 85.7% accuracy game using the London system against a Frenchman who immediately accused me of using an engine. So thanks Levy much appreciated
if someone was cheating it would be way higher than 85%, i got banned for cheating on an old account and because of that i know that if you use stockfish 1.15.1 you get at least 95% per game
This is completely useless when my opponent just takes EVERY F**KING PIECE. he just suicides all his pawns in the middle and breaks my London. What am I supposed to do?
My rating went up 100 points within a day of watching this. Thank you! You might not be a GM yet Levy but you are a far better teacher then a lot of other GMs.
This brings many memories I studied London opening from Gotham openings now this video is verry improved and super I love you sensie for teaching us a lot
I had a deeper look at the London back when masters hardly ever played it. This was before youtube chess channels and twitch, before Magnus Carlsen was a name and Kasparov was the GOAT. In the end I gave up on it because I hated dealing with ...Qb6 attacking b2. Levy has gotten me interested again, but ...Qb6 is still an issue.
You’ve become so polished since I started watching (which was only around Queens Gambit time). Every video just keeps getting better, your work ethic is incredible and is influencing my own. Thanks for all you do Levy.
Just started playing seriously again and this really helped me in my 1st Tournament (LV Open, only one week prep) in 5 years. Really familiar with the Stonewall attack and this merged nicely with that background. Black, yeah, those games didn't fair so well, and I'll definitely be hitting those vids next. TY for all your doing.
Hey Levy, please could you continue your 'Easy Chess Endgames' series you started 8 months ago? People were super hyped for more videos but then they stopped. I'm loving this pure educational content again. Thanks!
I enjoy watching openings I know naught about. As a 1000 blitz, I’m still just working on my one white opening and two black responses to e4 and d4 respectively. I’m starting to notice similarities in ‘ideas’ that some openings share, and that’s a big deal to me. It means that even as man approaching 40, I’m capable of learning. To get to the bottom line, couldn’t be done without these guys like levy. I discovered chess on RU-vid about 3 years ago and would like to give John Bartholomew a shoutout.
for black you can play the King's Indian defense as a good opening for black and I think you can do it against most of whites openings, alternatively I found some success with the Scandinavian defense against e4
21:43 I am so happy Levys_lamp got to collab in this video. It has patiently waited in the background for so long in his videos. Edit ✍️: I can’t wait for his bat 🦇 king to strut its stuff in future instructional videos
Im glad that I own both yours, and Eric Rosen`s London course. His course is more trappy (obviously), while your course is more solid and positional. If you add them together, they are perfection😘
@OWNER OF THIS VIDEO, @GOTHAM CHESS I A BIG FAN OF CHESS I LOVE ALL UR VIDEOS, I LIKE ALL UR VIDS LOTS N LOTS, BTW, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO WHICH IS OPENING WITH 1. E4, THEN 2, F5, IT IS KNOWN AS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING 1. E4 2. F5, IT IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING THIS VIDEO PLZ????? I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL LOTS N LOTS
@OWNER OF THIS VIDEO, @GOTHAM CHESS I A BIG FAN OF CHESS I LOVE ALL UR VIDEOS, I LIKE ALL UR VIDS LOTS N LOTS, BTW, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO WHICH IS OPENING WITH 1. E4, THEN 2, F5, IT IS KNOWN AS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING 1. E4 2. F5, IT IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING THIS VIDEO PLZ????? I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL LOTS N LOTS
@OWNER OF THIS VIDEO, @GOTHAM CHESS I A BIG FAN OF CHESS I LOVE ALL UR VIDEOS, I LIKE ALL UR VIDS LOTS N LOTS, BTW, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO WHICH IS OPENING WITH 1. E4, THEN 2, F5, IT IS KNOWN AS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING 1. E4 2. F5, IT IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING THIS VIDEO PLZ????? I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL LOTS N LOTS
@OWNER OF THIS VIDEO, @GOTHAM CHESS I A BIG FAN OF CHESS I LOVE ALL UR VIDEOS, I LIKE ALL UR VIDS LOTS N LOTS, BTW, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING A VIDEO WHICH IS OPENING WITH 1. E4, THEN 2, F5, IT IS KNOWN AS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING 1. E4 2. F5, IT IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING, CAN U CONSIDER MAKING THIS VIDEO PLZ????? I LIKE YOUR CHANNEL LOTS N LOTS
@Bastiat CAN I ASK U SOMETHING? FIRST I A HONG KONG GIRL I BORN YEAR 2000 I HONG KONG GIRL I ALSO HAVE EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME SEVERE SEVERE SEVERE ADHD ADHD ADHD IRL, CAN I ASK U: DO U KNOW WHAT IS THE FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING? 1.E4 2. F5, WHICH IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING DO U KNOW THIS OPENING 1. E4 2. F5 WHICH IS FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING, CAN U TELL ME WHETHER U LIKE THIS OPENING OR NOT???????????? I A HONG KONG GIRL I ALSO HAVE EXTREME EXTREME EXTREME SEVERE SEVERE ADHD ADHD ADHD IRL, I BORN YEAR 2000, CAN U TELL ME WHERHER DO U LIKE THE FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING CAN U TELL ME WHETHER U LIKE THE FRED DEFENSE TO KING PAWN OPENING PLZ?????? ARIGATO??????????????????????
Hey dude. Thank you so much for getting into the social media space. You have made studying chess so much more exciting/fun/interesting. Your charisma and wit makes me look forward to everything you put out. Thanks for being you dude…and I look forward to the day you capitalize as a GM.
i’ve been playing the london for probably 200 games and i’ve finally gotten this video. it’s a shame i’m gonna forget everything and keep hovering around 600
Improvement comes with practice, I used to be 500 and in a little less then 2 years I’m 1900! So just keep play and analyzing and you’ll improve in no time 🙂
@@amaanurrahman6230 look at the indian systems (king's and nimzo) and later benoni. they help you understand why you are fighting for squares and how to set up pawns.
Hi, Levy I'm a beginner and started off at 600 elo not knowing anything. After a couple months of watching your videos I'm already at 800. So far I have been using the London when I have white and king's Indian when I have black. I have been doing pretty good with the London and this video helped me to do even better and understand more of the positions. If possible could you make another video just like this one but with a popular black defense. Whenever I play king's Indian with black I lose probably 65% of the time
Goth Daddy, just want to say that I only watched the video for about four minutes, tried the London, whooped ass at 300 elo and now am confident that I'll be fine and can push for 3000 elo. Thanks for making the rest of the video but not needed. Much love.
I am a 2000 rated uscf player, and I find that in online bullet, another thing you can add to the first order is bg3, and f4, and bf2. This will help you as it completely locks the center
@@dawghousetv yeah, just play h3 yourself and move the bishop back. Also, when he moves the pawns, the become weaknesses, so maybe h4 or f4 becomes an idea later on.
The most useful thing right now for me is learning how to identify what square i need to take control of and/or protect. its you can practice puzzles for tactics, and catch people hanging peices on ladder, but that mind set of identifying important square to control is so critical to set up future plans.
I dont believe he missed this he even said he could play the queen. He just decided to go the other way. He had options all over the place which is what he was trying to teach.
btw Levy have a great "10 minute chess openings" series on his channel. Yeah, they are kinda old and his new content is better, but its still very useful. I learned London system and Caro-Kan thanks to Levy
I learned the basic moves of chess as a child, but never had any real tuition, I am 69 years old and a very weak player, so I have decided later in life to try and make a concerted effort to improve my play. Hoping the London system is a good place to start, thanks for the great video. I am currently watching from sunny beach in Bulgaria, but I live in Nottinghamshire UK.
Day 2 of suggesting Levy to analyze the Pearl of Poznan game. A game where a rook and a knight could not stop 2 pass pawns. ~Yours sincerely, 486 rated bozo EDIT:- The game is named Tylkowski v/s Wojciechowski (1931)
I’m so glad this video came out. I just started diving into the London system and I feel I’ve been way more dominant with it. I love the cues that you share as well, such as when you’re opponent opens King’s Indian, you push the knight out immediately to castle queenside. Looks like such a flexible system. Great instruction Levy, thanks!
This is completely useless when my opponent just takes EVERY F**KING PIECE. he just suicides all his pawns in the middle and breaks my London. What am I supposed to do?
Levy, nice work here. My idea is I watch your videos over and over and eventually I see the moves naturally. This isn't always the case so far, but I couldn't even write down an opening sequence when I started watching your channel. Now I do see the board much better and the pieces and their attacks, and understand the attack progression and looking at the board from the opponent's perspective. These seem to be some of the key ideas you repeatedly emphasize. I still don't see the end game check mate patterns too well.
I was looking for an introduction to the London that avoided massive detail and I am glad I watched this video. I will probably watch it several more times to make it all sink in. I would be interested for you to do a video on the O'Kelly variation of the Sicilian
YES I needed this I used to play the London but stopped because I couldn't maintain an advantage from the opening unless my opponent blundered Gotham you're the best ❤️
Hey im London player , i started chess 1 year ago and this opening is very niceto begin. Now i started to study the Queen's Gambit and a 30 min video like this one would be amazing too ! Thanks for you're content Levy i really enjoy all of your videos !
This is completely useless when my opponent just takes EVERY F**KING PIECE. he just suicides all his pawns in the middle and breaks my London. What am I supposed to do?
@@unkown215 how about analyze your game later with an engine and see where you went wrong. In fact loosing games are much more instructive than winning games. Find out what moves were bad and why they were bad so you don't repeat the bad one's. It's not as easy as watching one video and then your a chess player extraordinaire. It doesn't work like that.
Dear Mr. G Chess I started playing the london system after watching one of your videos, i did not study it or anything and at first i was losing, but I started learning how to answer my oponents moves and then suddenly I began winning game after game and my elo has been steadily climbing since. I started on + - 320 elo on the 10th of feb this year and by may was 620, with my highest rating being 765 now in august. This is all thanks to your videos and the London system
I'm 47 years old. I have the E4 course and the Caro-Kann and they've helped. I'm not good, nor do I expect to be. But this video...holy crap. I decided to give it a try. I lost, but my game accuracy went from the high teens to 50 something percent. I claim that as a major win.
@@martywhite2988 2100 FIDE. But my rating shouldn’t matter. I rarely comment but your comment came across an interesting point that needed to be clarified. In a sharp game, it’s hard to maintain accuracy. But that might be the style of play that someone opts for. Some people enjoy tactical positions and outclassing their opponents on them. Others prefer to play safe and solid chess to frustrate their opponent. I personally adopt both styles but i do lean more towards aggressive chess because i find that a lot of fun. Although the London system is one of the safest openings in chess and it’s very easy for beginners to learn and i find it so frustrating to play against an experienced player because most positions in the London tend to be drawish but white will always have the upper hand and black is one mistake away from his position being lost. On the other hand, white can afford to make a mistake or two.
@@martywhite2988 Rating doesn't matter, his point remains. Percent accuracy is based on how your opponent plays, not based on how you play. If your opponent is constantly blundering, the moves to achieve 100% are obvious.
Between Levy and Aman's London YT tutorials I've switched all my white piece games from E4 to D4 until I climb at least 100 or 200 more in rating. You guys rock!
Have started playing chess after 8 years and now I’m able to improve my game on daily basis. Motivating, engaging and excellent explanations. Thanks Levy
God, thanks so much. I play the london so much without any real idea of what I'm doing past a certain point. If they don't go into a few trappy lines I learned from Eric (Rosen), I kinda feel like I'm playing reactively instead of planning a win.
I agree While it's nice to see an explanation of why the best moves are the best, it's also nice to explain why common mistakes are bad It helps train your intuition so that you can spot the bad moves on your own
My issue is I build this London system and I'm scared to make a move and the player across from me on the internet is also afraid to lose pieces so we always come to this point where we don't know how the trade is going to work out and the board is crowded and we're kind of getting stuck I need to figure out where to focus my aggression
Gotham! Thanks to your videos I've managed to go from sub 1500 to close to 1700. I've watched dozens of hours of your content. I've gone back and rewatched key videos. I've forwarded some of your videos to help friends who are also trying to improve. I know you don't know me, but we've been hanging out together for almost two years. Thank you!
2:48 if pawn plays c4 13:32 against their g6 start 4:53 if pawn plays c5 3:40 if they take the knight 4:59 take their c5 pawn if you are more advanced and set up a trap a few mins from here 6:00 joe london variation to start with. maybe don't need this 7:37 they play queen b6. protect your b2 pawn 9:45 when they leave lightsquare bishop near yours 11:30 don't trade dark bishop early. if they challenge it you move it back and hope they take you so you can settup that hikaru sequence
I created my own variation of the Dutch defense specifically to counter this. I think a lot of beginners and some intermediate players like it because they see it as “automatic” and easy but if things don’t work out the way they planned often times critically mess up in middle and endgames
@@rayriflepie397 Yup! I'm accustomed to playing Levy's line in the Staunton involving Queen e2... But only against the computer since a lot of people blunder early instead of knowing Staunton main line. xD
Just started getting into chess recently. Little late I know. Literally tried the London opening and switched to queen's gambit in the open since they responded with Knight to D6 after watching the video. Ended up cleaning up the entire queen's side with my queen.
there is no way, you would almost have to play random legal moves to get to 100. In a sense reaching that ELO unironically is actually quite impressive.
Wow, thank you soo much!!!! I watched whole video, and then I played it for the first time (I am 600 Elo) and played it perfectly with 3 great moves in a row and I had 85 accuracy! That is the best I've ever done when playing a new opening.
I didn't understand the trap with the light bishop and thepawn in the theory portion of the video. If the pawn goes up, doesn't the queen just take a free pawn because the bishop is defending the discovered check?
This is 2 years old. But especially for early players Levy completely does not talk about the importance of not sacrificing your light square bishop for the other but for the knight controlling the D5 square taking with the light square bishop damaging structure and allowing you to plant ur knight on D5. Creating attack on king size especially if early castle
if he doesn't move the bishop, you just take the bishop and the king has to move, if he moves the bishop, then it's discovered check when you push the pawn. either way you lose a bishop or a queen
Hey Levy, I have been a player on and off for years and never really got into theory at all just played on wits (I wasn't very good). After watching your videos I have increased my Rapid rating by 300 - Bullet by 400 and correspondence 150. Thanks man, I actually play with some structure now and frequently get top the mid game without being a piece down
Today something very fun and cool happened. I was practicibg the London, inspired by this video, and after a couple of moves, the guy I was playing against said in chat: "Levy?". Was fun. Levy you should be proud of what you are doing, helping a lot of people to become a better player, no matter the rating
Levy, I honestly didn't think that you could stoop this low. I've seen you do many videos on the london before, but this is the last straw. The london is the worst opening invented, obviously after modern defense.
