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This is one of the best speed runs I’ve watched. Normally blitz games aren’t accurate enough to learn good play but you go back and cover the ideas after each game and it’s really instructive.
Just another fantastic video on the London system. Thanks again for posting, great for me as I can see where I can improve my game. Best channel on RU-vid right now imo.
@@AlexBanzea You are Great!!I watched a many Masters. I started with G.M. Lemos. But you are now my chess coach. I will watch these every day to master my London skills.. thank you so much..
Another great presentation. It definitely helps us learn how to react in different positions. Your explanation of alternative moves by opponent is helpful.. Hopefully you will be climbing the ladder in this speed run. These videos on London opening will become a classic in years to come..
I love how vigorously you must click the mouse for us to be able to hear it. Also think it's great that there's varying video lengths, 10-15mins are great when under time pressure but when we get time to actually sit and watch an entire hours lesson it's even better. Great content, keep em coming.
Thanks a lot! The video lenght it's pretty random. The thing is that I was climbing much quicker in the beggining, but now the video should average 30-60 minutes I would guess!
great video, i think the analysis at the end is really helpful to have time to understand the ideas cause the blitz format is really fast during the game. For the next london speedrun (which should be soon at this pace :D ), i would love to see longer games. Also people blunder less in longer games. Thank you man for being our london guru these days ! cheers
I totally understand, I could perhaps try like a 3+2 speedrun in the future, or 5+0. For now I will stick to the 3 minutes format and cover the things that I missed afterwards. It might just get way too long since the videos above 1600 will be 1 hour long (to gain 100 points). Thank you for the kind words!
@@AlexBanzea daniel naroditsky plays 15+10 games for his speedruns and imho it's really good to go in depth at every move without being boring. Have a look at his speedrun videos on youtube. I know it's long but it's good content. One video one game, more views for your channel. imo 3+2 or even 5+0 will still be very fast for people like me who don't play blitz.
I got a Belly Laugh at 4:10 upon your saying you would not be putting up with any Eric Rosen nonsense! .... HA, that was funny and also spot on. Your Host Demeanor by the way Alex is outstanding. Sure enjoy your Ch. Thank You Sir. ... Mike.
malgré mon anglais approximatif , j'ai pris un immense plaisir a regarder ta video . je suis débutant , et je joue le système de Londres (du moins j'essayes) greetings from south of France
Lmao, your cute idea backfired and still resulted in a win! My cute ideas result in terrible end games and the loss of pieces. Jokes aside thanks to you I have begun to exclusively play London and Karo Kahn. My rating went up 100 points in the last month in Blitz (3+2). Thank you for the content!
Really love watching your content. First time seeing you ever today. Probably only came up because I was studying d4 and had arrived at the London system today. Great video. Although I’d love to see higher rating games and/or bullet.
This series is fantastic. Seeing how players get punished for straying too far from the mainline is the big thing I was missing. Knight C6 without C5 first is so common at my level and this video showed why strong players play C5 first.
thank you soo much i really needed this london game to see how to play i have a rrated tournament on saturday like 4 days i wanna lpay london its blitz 5 +3 all your london vids really helping so much
I can't tell you how helpful these rating climb videos are. Now the only opening I'm comfortable playing is the london lol. Keep up the great content! Do you offer private lessons or anything?
49:45 "A student of mine used to play Qc2 there - don't do that, it's really dumb..." oof, I do that kind of a lot (and I'm awful, so yeah...). Duly noted. I can see how Qe2 does better for keeping center control watching you do it
this helped me so much bro thank u :). i'm prtty sure ive gone up 50-100 points on lichess b/c of your climbing vids :). . .and to think. . .im around 1600ish on lichess and you've got THAT many more london vids. . .brother i'm SO excited! also on a vid like this may i ask what your typical youtube rentetion rate is?
I love your video! What do you think about this line against the Grunfeld: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. h3 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bc4!? The bishop seems more active than on e2. And Black can not follow up with 7... Re8? (preparing to push pawn on e5) 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Ng5 Kg8 (or Kf6) 10. Ne6 winning the Queen.
Thanks a lot for the kind words! I think that is an interesting line. Personally I prefer the bishop on e2 because it won't stay in the way of the queenside pawns, but I know it's playable, close to equal. I covered a famous game with Bc4 here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4D-L6_c1yJ4.html
Great content, very helpful. Quick question, is the london good against the double fianchetto? I play a lot with my friend who always uses the double fianchetto and I dont know how to get advantage from that opening. Thanks in advance.
It can be good if you know what you are doing! It really depends on what move order he is using, but worst case scenario you should be getting a balanced position with chances for both sides.
Awesome content :) much helpful for beginners like me who wants to master london.... any suggestions for opening for black? currently i am studying london as white and pirc/indian defence as black
FYI the links in this video description are broken, but the prior video has them all. Easy link to the main playlist: ru-vid.com/group/PLy7vABK_JsyNXvxdfLh50DJ2ucwguMAOb Thanks for the great content!
It's definitely okay playing Bg3 once they have commited to ...c5, but as long as they start with ...Bd6 without ...c7-c5 they might never play it, so it's not gonna be as juicy as in the main lines.
Hello, good afternoon. I'm Brazilian e I love you channel. Congratulations!!! O love system London!!! I would like that you play match of 5 or 10 min, for you to better explain each move played. Thank you.
It's crazy how many times I face it. I really don't like the fact that I have them since it's not that instructive theoretically speaking, but I guess you need to know how to refute them to beat these elos.
You are playing with people very much below your level and they keep making stupid mistakes. These videos are not only not educational at all but also you are bullying amateurs for no reason. I think I will stop watching your videos. Just random plays you happen to play on the internet this is not youtube content.
*leans back “I’m just gunna let the game win itself “ 🤣 At 49.55 I was one of those idiots who would always do queen c2 🥲. Thank you for enlightening me…
