This series is just beyond useful. Having most people just show you 10 moves and say " white should be slightly better" and leaving it there is beyond frustrating. I never know what to do in the resulting middlegames!
"greek gifting his ass" omg Alex you had me laughing and choking on my drink. good chess content and a few laughs too. hi from Canada. Yes we girls are also watching your content.
Sometimes I have no plans to pin with bishops and they will waste two moves playing a6 and h6, and they achieve nothing but give me openings towards their king.
Hey @alexbanzea, I'm a simple man, and I just got my first Tartakower checkmate using your Queen, black bishop setup. I own both your London and Caro-Kann courses (with videos), and i'm following your guidance in approach for low rated players. Enjoying your chessable courses which really go nicely along with your youtube videos. Very good value and fun to work with. I like your focus on principles and the focus on lower rated games. I haven't looked at your Jovaba London yet. I feel I've still got a lot of work to do with London before switching to Jovaba London.
just curious: do you use any ai enhancer for your voice? Ive noticed that the audio quality seems to have gotten worse compared to older videos, even though you are using the same mic. besides that great and instructive video as always!
Hey Alex! Great vid as always. Are you Andrea Botez’s coach? She’s been playing a lot better recently it seemed to me. Although I think she won most of her matches with black last tournament haha. Can’t wait for the Jobava course to come out! Hey I haven’t seen you make a video on when opponent try’s to refute the pawn storm by taking our G4 pawn with their knight. And after we take knight, they Queen H4. I’ve seen a few variations of this pawn storm refute at my lower 1200 elo. Do you see this attempt to refute pawn storm at the higher elo also? Thanks for everything!
Hi Alex. Your insta in your profile doesn't work. Found you though 😊 Thanks for all your work! Edit: could you make a video about how you find plans in the midgame? Sometimes when opponents also follow you, it'll be interesting to see how decide: 1. Which side to go 2. What to focus on 3. When to maintain tension and when to break it
I am here undercover to learn the ennemy's tactics. Don't you find it almost laughable that London players hate to face it as black ? Yes, I strongly believe the London was invented for people with no soul. Now, on to unravel the devil's mind... Do your worst, Alex ! I'm watching.
I'm curious but your English is so good that I wonder where you learnt. Did you spent years in an English speaking country or were you forced to speak English travelling for tournaments ?
How should we play Jobava against blacks Fiancetto white bishop (1... a6, 2... b6, 3... Bb7) and blacksquare bishop - our c3 knight exchange? I find it as a very annoying and hard to play counterplay ;/
Years in the making, I've finally cracked 1500 rapid. Thanks Alex; your Caro Kann and London courses had a big impact and I'll pick up your Jobava London when it drops and any anti-e4 opening for black.
When is your jobava london course coming out? I see you have a traditional london course but i dont see anything for jobava. Great videos and thank you for helping so many of us.
As always it was an incredible video. Your explanations are really clear and simple and you're very funny. Please can you do a chessable course on the king's indian covering all the lines like the caro it'll be insane.
Great content as always! But whyyyy no analysis on the endgame for the last game :( video cuts away just as you are about to get to the analysis, such a blunder by the editor
Like the way Alex shares his thought process with the games. Also nice to see complete games and alternative lines explained. Always helpful videos. Been trying to get Jobava down and these videos are a massive help.
I recommend at 1000 elo rapid chess.com because below 1000 you can play safe and collect their blunders. The Jobava London is more attacking/loose which can be tricky for new players. So below 1000 I would just do the normal london and play solid, wait for mistakes and capitulize on them by focusing on the puzzle routine.
Hey Alex, do you have, or are you planning to release a Jobava London course? i have the one from Naroditsky but it's too complicated and for a much higher level than mine (1800-2000 elo online) i feel like your videos and plans are much simpler to learn and follow insthead of 25+ moves engine lines to remember just to be +0.4 against a GM...
+0.4 it’s a miracle these days haha! Yes I’ve been working on my course for almost two years now. You can sign up to my newsletter to not miss it alex-banzea.ck.page/0c22cd2d70
@@AlexBanzea Thank you! Can't wait to see it when it relises! Nut no pressure whatsoever, i'd wait another year for your usual quality and clearness of explaining! 💪💪💪 Cheers from Italy 🔥
well- as a noob i was stuck at 200. i learned the jobava london .then i practiced it and practiced it . over a few months i went to a liottle over 500 rated . BUT ... now im losing almost every game in the last 25 games even against players below 400. THERE IS NO magic bullet in chess .your either good at it ..or like me and suk
Think about making sure all your pieces are defended. Think a move ahead constantly and ask if you are hanging anything by playing your proposed move. Ask yourself what your opponent will do if you play your proposed move. Learning curves go up and down as you experiment with new info. Push through!
Love the jobava videos. And the Vienna. And the caro. And the old scotch video. Quick question: you always say “d5 which allows us to do jobava”. Have you posted any videos about what opponent moves can make it so we cannot do jobava? And maybe what we should do when we can’t?
just c3, key details that the knight is protected by the f1-bishop. we can just follow same like in the game even with the Qa5 inclusion, c3 is a useful move for us.
@@regjones6071thanks for the reply. I thought I saw a comment on a video saying the same thing I just was hoping it wasn’t true lol 😅. That’s unfortunate! Did he mention where the course was gonna be offered? Does he have a website or something?
I still don't understand why Simon Williams said this is a low theory opening. Alex must be prepping 350+ lines for his Jobava course. Any news when the Jobava masterclass will be released? Or does Andrea Botez have to become 2000 FIDE rated first to prove the course works? 😂
On the bright side, I came up with a format that's literally blue print from 1000-1800 rapid elos, however it takes a bit of extra time to craft. It's not just a theory course, it will have around 100 model games, exercises, typical endgames and many more. All of this hopefully in a chill manner to not get overwhelmed. Funny thing, Andrea actually got a decent Jobava vs Boston Mike in their latest video haha
it's leading to complex games. I will have that line as an alternative for 2000 elo+, but for beginners I just stick with the universal development + e4 break. (also that's what I normally prefer in my games)
@@AlexBanzea Awesome, I'm definitely not 2000+ level but I've been studying the Jobava quite a bit and just want to continue to learn! Thanks for the response!! Will your upcoming Jobava London course be on Chessable??
