Queen's Gambit Declined, Exchange | Carlsbad Structure - Chess Openings Explained 

this is probably the best chess channel on youtube thank you guys ALOT for your work

I laugh my ass off with Ben but Mr. Schrantz is the best teacher in my opinion, I've learned so much with him.

Danny , the new hero in the lectures

So glad Schrantz has his own channel now. Love all his material here

Great lecture. Jonathan always has an energy about him that makes it easy to engage with the material.

I'm a 1200 rated player who only knows 5 variations of general openings (counting scholars mate), so I will be subscribing and watching every new video that you guys post. Love your content.

Very nice instruction as always! Your videos have helped me greatly with understanding openings on the next level, this coming from a player working towards a title. I've even adopted new openings or variations due to these videos (Caro-Kann classical variation and McCutcheon French). To be honest, I've always preferred the structure for black, but now I have an idea of not only how to play it as white, but how to play against it as black (or white in other openings). As a request for the next video, how about the Scotch? It's an interesting alternative to the Ruy Lopez, and with players like Kasparov and Vachier-Lagrave playing it more recently against fierce competition like Karpov and Carlsen it's been coming in and out of fashion (and probably more prone to wins than the Italian as an alternative for example). You could go over the Mieses, Classical Main Line (4...Bc5 5. Be3), and/or other possible variations like 4...Qh4 (Steinitz) or 4...Nxd4 (which although not accurate is seen at lower levels). If I had to choose a single variation, the Mieses seems to be the preferred defense as black at the higher levels. Keep up the great work!

I would like to see the French Winawer Poisoned Pawn variation. This a wonderful series thank for these wonderful videos!

Who is Dannnnyyy. Every vid he's talked about. Is he the only guy in the audience?

hey I just want to thank you from México! and say that I have grown up as a chess player watching your videos, I mean, I felt I started improving my game after watching at you guys, the thing is I will play the state tournament the next year on february and there is one very strong player I always fight for the first place with, and I would really appreciate if you could finish the video of the benko gambit, but this time declined with b6 please..... =)

15:00 The plan for black you suggest, of weakening his Kside pawns with g7-g6, then the convoluted knight maneuver ending in Ng7, and *then* playing Bf5 in order to counter white's light-squared bishop on the b1-h7 diagonal seems almost... bizarre, and is certainly byzantine. (Furthermore, the position isn't *that* closed; a five tempi manuever in order to contest a good but not great bishop is surely excessive.) An earlier ...Bg4-h5-g6 would have addressed the issue faster and at less cost (is the expense giving white f2-f3 with tempo?), let alone Short's even more economical ....Bf5, which you mentioned at 13:35.

An overview of the Sicilian Najdorf, 6. Bg5 would be nice! With the f4, Qf3, g4 plan for White and what Black should do against it. Thanks!

King's indian defense, bayonet attack mainline (with Nh5; any white move after would be great).

At 36:06, why didn't black take D4 instead of K-F7?

Jonathon: Superb lecture, but can you get some music into your voice, some emphasis? You seem to be straining a little to be heard, which gives your voice a "shouty" quality, which in turn flattens your ability to emphasize one word over another. Also, please slow down just a very little bit. Sorry if this is unwelcome, it's just that your material is so good, the delivery should match. Many thanks.

Could you talk about the trompowsky next ? 1 d4 Nf6 2 Bg5 ... And maybe about the Vaganian Gambit in the Trompowsky attack

at 36:08 we should probably ask what happens if black wins the d4 pawn with the knight instead of moving the king over to protect the bishop since the knight would be both attacking the rook and protecting the bishop

23:10 -- Good explanation. We see how a single tempo, where black has failed to get in Ra8-d8 and put the pressure of a second piece on white's d4 pawn, is costly to black. Has Keres' passivity in this game ever been explained?

At 27:31 I was thinking of Rxf5, xf5, Rxf5, Ke8 and the queen is hanging.

Excellent videos! A video about the King's Indian Defence, ideally the Sämisch variation would be great!

On 27:38, what about taking a black knight on a F5 with white knight from H6. Then black have to take that Knight with G6 pawn and white can take a pawn and check the King. After that black have noway on escaping a checkmate.

Either you, finegold, or seirwan please go over the main line benko gambit I know you have made a fienchetto variation lecture already but a main line one with 6. Nc3 followed by 7. e4 would be extremely helpful. If you guys actually consider this, please include how white can defend his whole camp on the queenside. In my recent tournaments I have been unable to break through the white position on the queenside despite my major pieces in a main line benko Thanks!

Please go over the Franco Sicilian with 2. Bc4, e6

The Rubinstein-Salwe game referred to was a Tarrasch defense and didn't have this Carlsbad structure.

How to play Ponziani opening can you please explain it

Best lecture , Thank you !

21:49 : I don't understand the need to support the e4-square. White can play e4 immediately, In fact, I think Re1 is misplaced as well and should've been on d1. By placing the rook on e1, black should have played ...h6 indeed, forcing white to trade, leaving the black Bishop on f6, aiming at the now poorly protected d4 pawn, preventing white's desired e4. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rbe1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Ng3 Nf8 * ...vs 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rbd1 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e4 * ...and double pressure on the e-file by black doesn't prevent the e4-march either: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. cxd5 exd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Qc2 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Nf8 11. Rab1 Bd6 12. Kh1 Ng6 13. f3 Be7 14. Rbd1 Nd7 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. e4 *

Thank you Jonathan!!!

can you do the caro kann in depth and all the popular sidelines for it?

At 27:40 Can we take the knight with the rook giving a check, and after the pawn takes the rook, the other rook takes giving a check and if the king moves, the white queen can capture the black queen. Isn’t it a nice tactic?

hey i love your videos. im preparing for a tournament and i am a leningrad enthusiast. the staunton gambit always gets me though. please tell me the ideas for white as well as black in the opening. or semislav marshall gambit which you slightly hinted in your noteboom lecture

Very good lecture.

29:40 Nf3 is an inaccuracy due to Nf4

I hate playing f3, and c3 for that matter. But in this context I can see how a normally ridiculous move proves useful.

Just so people know, the move 4. ... Nxd5 really isn't bad. It leads to the semi-tarrasch, which has been played by many top level players with black. Kramnik being the main proponent.

hi , can you please do Catalan opening for white in detail please because it is one of the most popular and aggressive choices with 1.d4

Wow sorry i watched so late but this taught me so much in my favorite opening.

very good video John.

Help: could someone please tell me why the black king did not take the pawn on H-5 and instead moved to H-6? Exactly 9:30 in the video.

Highly recommend going over the Scandinavian with both 3.Qd8 and 3.Qa5, with John Bartholomew everyone plays it now xD

I would like to see the Sicilian, Alapin Variation. So 1. e4 c5 2. c3. Thanks!

What about the move 5.Bb4 for black. The exchange ragozin

can you do an entire lecture on the dutch leningrad with the move 7.e6 instead of Nc6,c6,a5,Qe8.

Thanks for that much appreciated!

Is that Danny Rensch? And could you do the Scandinavian?

Did the people in the class have hearing problems?

please make a video on Sicilian classical variation

Is there one from the Slav exchange from the Black pov?

Loved it!!

I would love to see this line in the Ruy Lopez. 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 Nxe4 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb3. This is the Ruy Lopez: Classical Variation, Zukertort Gambit. I think it's a nice way to avoid the most well known theory of the Berlin. Plans for both sides would be appreciated, thank you.

Please make a video on french defence

please make a detail video on benoni defence

please give a line of the 1e4 c5 2 nf3 nc6.

can someone link the 1908 tourney game? i can’t seem to find it

8:12 but if you are a grunfeld player I guess you're not playing the queens gambit declined :)

you should go over the grunfeld stockholm variation

You should take a look at the Danish Gambit accepted

Awesome !!

Thanks !!!

good job

Goddamn Danny

good one

why 36:08 Kf7 instead of Nxd4?

A lot of people ask me if I know the name of a variation and I say this: Idk the names of stuff I just play different strategies, and traps

Cambridge Springs Defense

What engine is this?

can u do semi slave exchange?. or alaphin white or black. plz

Nimzo Indian with Qc2

I want a opening of QGA

6 34

Never play f3

2018

You speak to fast like you need to deliver your duty to your student, you are NOT a good or even a teacher...but you deliver...

14:18

i love hearing captain america lecturing about chess :)))))))

the crowd doesn't seem to be that great at this lol. Great video though!

Latvian Gambit!

could you make a video for latvian gambit :)

Great video Jonathan. However, I highly recommend next time to edit ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-v-_HCcRkXg4.html. Is that a farting spree?

for black

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Great teacher. He does goes too fast. But hey its a vid so you can slow down, pause and re-play

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Too bad he stopped after Kg6. Don't ya hate it when the "expert" shows something like a king coming out of its den and doesn't tell you what to do with it? Most people who don't know would hide the king on g8 and then move pieces over to protect it. Unfortunately, they won't learn how to deal with it in this video.

This guy nervous cough is so obnoxious!!! Apart from that geat video.

This guy goes too fast, he needs to slow down when examining variations. poor introductory.

If only i had 100000 dislikes

terrible

Please make a video on french defence

Please make a video on french defence