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I just discovered your channel now and after watching 2 videos on the Ruy Lopez, subscribed immediately. Pls do more quality content like this on other openings. Keep up the awesome work!
Thanks for saying that:) it feels great to hear such positive feedback. I will be doing opening series on all openings in the next six months. I'm finishing the Sicilian now and the Semi-Slav will be up next!
@@michaelhowell2809 Me three :-) Discovered it a few days ago and saved it to my favorites as I had a feeling this would be good. I was not dissapointed. One sub from me. Looking forward to dig deeper into your channel!
Man, you're crashing it! Your videos are by far the best chess openings lessons on YT. What I like the most about it is your no-bells-and-whistles style - straight to the point and yet comprehensive. Kudos!
Thanks Hanging Pawns! I'm an amateur chess player, and today, I beat my first 2130+ opponent playing black in the Berlin Defense. Your chess principles really guided me well. Without your ideas, I would have blundered before my opponent, and subsequently, lost the game. You rock! I'm gonna keep on studying the Ruy-Lopez opening! I'm actually a queen's gambit, Latvian gambit, and English opening player, so I might not use the Ruy-Lopez a whole lot, but the ideas contained within them are immaculate! For instance, the move Rd1+ that seems to gain a tempo, but ultimately loses one because the other rook is trapped, and it takes two moves to reposition the rooks, leading to overall loss of tempo, is really eye-opening. Same thing with the knight on f3. I've learned to fear it, but intentionally running analysis on bad responses black can give, and seeing how deadly the rook knight combo on the e-file can be. Overall, I'm learning a ton from you, and hope to get better! It's a little embarrassing to say this, but I couldn't beat my 12-yr old self at chess today. I'm trying to get back into it and you're a massive help 😇💙🙏🏽🎉🏆☮️
Thanks for the video, i was really struggling and it actually help me understanding Berlin Defense, people usualy makes it overcomplicated when explaining. great work !
I really like the way you explain everything. Had been following many channel but so far yours is far more rich in info. New subscriber here. Please continue to share your knowledge, it's a big help to us who are starting to explore about chess. Thank you so much. God bless. Awesome job!
Thank you so much for this video. I have noticed that c3 by white has also another advantage. 1 is leaving the c2 square for the Bishop to scape. 2 is preparing the advance d4 and 3 is avoiding the black knight to jump to the center.
First time watching from your channel and I really find this channel very good . I appreciate the work you are doing . Explaining the real ideas behind moves
I like your openings series and other videos as well, keep up the good work. I would just like to bring to your notice that, I think Rio Gambit in Berlin defense is missed in your coverage. I see few top grandmaster games playing that line.
It is important to note that at 17:03, White does not make this move immediately, but we are simply seeing White's future plan. Here it simply drops a pawn.
@Trebt _ If white takes the pawn, Re8 pins the knight. d4 defends still but you can sac the exchange and attack on the dark squares with Ng4, leading to a dangerous position for White.
I was looking for the main idea behind the Berlin, I sometimes "play" it but just to set the fishing pole trap or the noah's ark if it fails, it's pretty great as a lot of people oddly enough don't know it. You gained a new subscriber thanks for the video and the crystal clear explaination !
So if one of the main assets for black in the Berlin defence is having the bishop pair, why the h6 rook lift allowing white to simply take black's LS bishop that soon in the game? After that recapture black is left with doubled pawns and with what compensation? An early doubling of the rooks? Might be that's considered enough, but it sounds like a contradictory way to proceed considering what's been previously stated...
At 2:46 when white threatens Re1, why does the black knight need to retreat? Why can't we move a black pawn to either d5 or f5 to defend the knight against the rook?
really nice channel. hope it gets more popular because you make quality content. maybe showing your face or experimenting different thumbnail pictures will bring this channel along subscriber wise. would hate to see you stop, because unfortunately sometimes quality doesn't always translate to subs.sometimes people want a little bit of pizzazz as well, i myself, however don't care. keep doing your thing
I am recording myself now, been doing that for a while. I can't really say I'm doing it to get more subscribers as a primary goal. I want to create a learning library for chess players. Thanks for the feedback!:)
@@HangingPawns Thats good. I think it helps your chess, I was thinking of a similar idea with p;ogramming/chess but to just stream on twitch...holds yourself accountable. You've done amazing reaching such a high level in a short amount of time. Very rare to reach 1850 in even 3 years let alone 1.5. And yeah I've since watched a ton of your videos, now i wish you hadnt shown your face cus my girlfriend said you looked like brad pitt. The reason why I'm fed up is I've recently encountered a channel called the backyard professor that used to make a lot of chess videos back in the day. They were pretty popular - getting thousands and more often tens of thousands of views despite the fact that he was a sub 1000 player just because his personality and presentation style was so unique. I'm not trying to shit on an old man but if you were teaching someone how to play the ruy lopez than id assume you're at least competent at chess and understand tactics, unlike him. So it upsets me when I see much better quality not getting attention compared to what is honestly crap even tho i agree some of his videos are fun, maybe more funny though. if you ever want to see what im talking abt watch a bit of this - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BQwEyr5qwws.html. its super funny.
I think I came across his channel at some point before. It didn't quite suit me though. If you'd like a combination of fun and mich higer expertise than let's say mine, Ginger GM and Ben Finegold are the way to go in my opinion. I find their videos very instructive and super fun. Brad Pitt? Haha. I look absolutely like him. Me and my girlfriend laughed a looot after reading that:D
Hmm, I like the Easy guide to the RL by John Emms. That's the one I learned from. Re1 is fine I guess. Nc3 is what0s supposed to be the best line for white though. And no problem:)
I am a low skill player now (When I was in school I went to state for chess and got second) but I play as white ursov gambit a lot which once declined I go into a sort of a ruy Lopez esk game. And as black I usually play a Berlin defense or 2 knights defense As I come back to chess I see I am struggling with games I use to be able to handle quite easily. As I go threw these lines my trouble is most low skill players won’t follow a predictable enough line to anticipate I am very skilled in opening and end games but my mid game struggles now Any tips on mid game in these would be appreciated Oh and also great quick explanation of these
Something has been bugging me about the Berlin defense, and it has to do with the d4 move. I have been wracking my brain trying to figure out why this is considered white's best move. To me, I want to answer 4. ... Nxe4 with 5. BxN d7xB 6. Nxe5 with the threat of Re1 hanging and not having the d pawn over extended. Why is this the wrong play?
Playing the Berlin at the end black loses the knights pair in order to develop his rook and he has still a doubled pawn, what is the advantage for black ?
Black advantage -Bishop pair because Bishop are more valuable than knight in open games and take up many space especially in endgame. -queenless endgame (I don't know if this supposed to be an advantage) But if you play Berlin you will be going to an endgame. Also Bishop pair are better than two knights itself Not recommend to beginner player.
My guess is because it later allows the attack on bishop by Nd6 next move? He did mention toward the end of the video how if you were forced to move to Nd6 (e.g. white goes f3 or Re1) while the bishop is on a4, then you lose a tempo and white would be winning, but when the bishop is on b5, Nd6 gains back a tempo for black by attacking the bishop.
that seems to be the second most popular response. the theory seems to be 5.Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 and then it can continute as 10...Re8 or 10...Nf5 the 5Re1 line seems to be very likely to end in a draw though
If rd1 is viewed as misplacing the rook, because white would prefer rad1, why does black play ke8 in many of these lines, well before rad1 is possible?
Ruy lopez opening theory were explained extremely well sir. Which book do you refer to beginners players I have 900 rating on chess.com which is for 10 min blitz how can I proceed and where to start?? sir please help.
Dude, the pronunciation of MVL is fascinating but it also makes me feel bad for MVL as I know how to speak French. Correct pronunciation (With English alphabet characters) : Maxime Vachier Lagrave - Maxim Vashie'c'h Lag'c'hav (Letters surrounded by ' ' are silent but leave an effect over the sound.) I know this is a lot old video but I don't know if you still say this way or not. Whatever, if you want to pronounce what you do then no problem. Because the quality overwhelms every mistake to be ignored.
One rook for a knight and bishop is better in this position considering that rook isn't doing much. If you can get to exchange one of those pieces for a rook later on its a win. Depends on your strengths though.
Congrats I just love it.I'm just struggling with the Berlin with white. So far I couldn't see any point in the white position. Maybe I'll do better now :-)
I've played the Berlin for a long time now and i always have trouble with Nxe4 Re1 Nd6 Nxe5, most of the time white plays Bf1 and avoids the exchange, does that mean the line is very drawish?
@@ivica1942 I'm asking if it is useful to trade the knight to break up the bishop pair. It's a very simple question. It either is useful or isn't. It's not immediately obvious to me so I'm asking.
I just discovered at 11:00 that white instead of taking the light-square Bishop with a knight can also simply exchange Knight and a Bishop for an immobilized Rook and a Pawn playing Nf7. Only if he like to have and play with two Rooks :)
