Chess Lesson: Ruy Lopez Opening - Cozio Defence

[redMotif]

@6:49 you leave the variation saying white is in a better position, but the knf4 creates a nice fork and continuation for black... Do black's chances sputter out after that?

[jjpeterson1]

In the Cozio after white castles then black does a3!, then what? Whites fucked. Maybe do some more research!

[jjpeterson1]

I play this defence.

[rhyne222]

Why you did not play against chessnetwork ?

[MrsPoker]

Uhmm, after you get checked, you can't castle anymore right??

[goalsavior]

@MrsPoker you cannot castle through check, into check or out of check. However if you block check, you can castle as long as you obey the rules i just mentioned

[bluedasher23]

1:00

"And it peed off"

LOL! Great video!

[TheSanguineNight]

I played this once and won!!!!! PS it's a good variation, bit closed but still very good!

[1sammj]

Aronian play this .i thing the best for white is..Kc3!?becouse blacks idee is to play d5

[1sammj]

Aronian play this .i thing the best for white is..Kc3!?

[a1231212]

i hardly play 1.e4, but when i do and the opponent tradionally moves 1.e5, 2.Nc6, i ALWAYS play the Ruy Lopez. The reason it is the most studied and played opening is that there is no real way to defend it, i cant stress that enough. Personally, i wouldnt use this defense, (blocking opening for Q and B), but i do enjoy watching your videos. I do seem to look at the game in similar ways as yourself

[Zastanick]

Hey Jrobi, enjoying the videos - starting to learn a bit of opening theory for the first time, and must say I tend to learn more variant openings so this is a nice addition. Been playing with Grob's attack (1.g4) on the basis that I've always been a defensive player and need to learn some attacking strategies - you had a look into anything like that?

Keep up the good work

[ChessLover4Ever]

I've played this opening for awhile, and I've got a question about whites 7th move, 7. exe5. No one i've played against does this...99% of the time, the move is 7. e6. After that, white maintains the initiative and advantage in the center. HELP!!!!

[lfroggyl]

why not cover the white bishop taking the knight forcing double pawns and eliminating the sole pawn defender?

[dwasdwas1]

Jrobi, you are the man! I'm glad i found your sexy, sexy vids!

[kweetvanniks]

@dwasdwas1 Sexy vids?

[DYOUNG36]

Great videos JR.Thx for helping to improve our understanding.

[mattfca]

(this should be the beginning) I ran into an interesting line in a game on chessworld. After my opponent played the Cozio, the game continued as follows: d3, a6, bc4, h6, O-O, b5, Bb3, d5, exd5, Nxd5.

[mattfca]

Now I played a temporary sacrifice with Nxe5. He recaptured with his knight and then I played Qh4, pinning down his f pawn and pinning his e knight to his d knight, and guaranteeing that I will regain the knight and be a pawn up. He played Qd6 and I played Re1. This is where my game is right now. I don't know if this counts as a trapping line but it put my opponent in a terrible position.

[PhoienixSniper]

forgive me if I am not making any sence but when you go through the moves after white plays N C3 and the resulting line looked a bit like a combination between the sicilian dragon and tne roy lopez with out the black pawn on C5 good video though

[rich187113]

This is probably the best defence black has against the ruy lopez, and most testing to see how the white player responds.

[ThaRazor1990]

Fried, knight d4 is a good move then - White has to move like pc3 or bishop a4. Black can play ng6 and be7 then, and has a fine position since the knight on g5 has to retreat.

[fried2styles]

Thaks for the vid! I'm starting to use the Cozio and have had a rough time of it. In my current game, white played 4) Ng5 and I had NO IDEA what to do. Anyobdy got suggestions???!!!

[4trafton]

Thanks for all of your beautiful videos!

Great work, keep it up, please.

[thatffxiguy]

As white I would play 4. d4, because if black exchanges on d4 that gives white a nicely centralized queen that can't be easily driven off, and if black tries to defend with 4. d4, f6 I would simply exchange pawns on e5, giving my queen the half open d file and moving part of the black king's pawn cover toward the center, discouraging a short castle.

[HeadDominion]

i'm a total noob but i don't like the knight sitting in front of the king - too cramping and doesn't attack the central

[anders23033]

what the program u use to get help from the computer? ripcard or what are u saying?:P

[schachgott]

Rybka 3

[BoudieBatsnikov]

rybka 3

[TheChessvids]

@anders23033 He uses Aquarium.

[zuhairboy1]

hi can any one tell me what is going to happen if in the C3 variation on his 8th move white capture the bishop with the knight instead of B pawn i mean he would have good pawn structure an isolated pawn at d4

[vietmaste12]

Can you look at Ng6 rather than g6 in the Ruy lopez? There's a guy at my chess club that plays it, and I need some theory on good positions for white

[jerkhead777]

lol, this is funny

i use this opening all the time against the ruy lopez and ive Never Realized it!

[VincentVega44]

would you mind sharing this link to the database?

[wikradani]

yeah a like this video, coz i'm a ruy lopez maniac

[zUchihaCloudz]

I don't mean to rush you; or sound rude, but could I ask you to hurry with the a6 variation? When I play Ruy Lopez, that's the most common response that I get so I really hope you can put out a video soon. Thanks in advance!

[yellowalley]

Thnx man. Because of the numerous videos you have posted I have begin to discover the hidden beauty of chess.

It is indeed a very beautiful art.

[krillansavillan]

jrobi

couldnt the black play pawn to a6?

[jrobichess]

Absolutely - it's a different variation of the Ruy Lopez which I plan on covering in another vid - but it's defnitely an option. Thanks for checking out this one!

[krillansavillan]

very prompt response.

Iv watched a good portion of your video's,

and just subscribed.

You've helped me beat my father :)

Keep up the great work.

Best chess tutorial on UTUBE

[Aethonan99]

as referring to your comment , i should say that i had learned chess from my father and one of his old book about chess:)

jrobi , thanks for videos anyway they are informative...i'm absolutely fan of sicilian defence but im trying to use other systems , such you explained in videos...great...

[TheSanguineNight]

@krillansavillan it's a most played variation, i think, of Ruy Lopez

[lpjuunin]

As fascinated I am with the Cozio Defense, I'm not sure if I approve of it against a Ruy Lopez, seeing as defending the Queen-side Knight with 3... Nge7 logically implies you are looking to replace a fallen Knight if an exchange variation should happen. Even if not replaced, White's next 5 Nxe5? is an error due to Black's 5... Qd4! 6 Nf3 Qxe4+.

[EagleUSA85]

Thank you jrobi. The video is awesome. Your videos helped me to understand a lot and develop interest in chess. I used to play, but it was just a game for me. Now, it is something serious.

[jrobichess]

That's great Eagle! Keep me posted on how things go!

[tave2344]

your really awsome

[Muaybor4n]

u should do a vid about marshal gambit(attack) in ruy lopez

[Zyrog]

What does that term you called fee and kettled mean? something like that.

[skyppy1313]

"Fianchetto" is developing a bishop to the second rank in front of the knight.

[Ninjakilla99]

at 6:52 could you do black knight to F4 forking the bishop and queen?

[Ksharp4321]

do u play on FICS if u do i'd like to play sometime my handle is throwdown

[vindictive24]

I can't help but think of Zukertort vs. Anderssen (They played two games, both ending in the same result) whenever I hear of the cozio defense. In both games, Zukertort used a knight + queen sacrifice to mate the black king. Please look into these games, as they are very fascinating. If you want a link, let me know.

[EagleUSA85]

Of Course we do. I do. Thank you beforhand.

[DriftingAimlessly]

I would like to watch a vid about the A6 response to the bishop move as well.

[Andronicus88]

hi jrobi, I've been watching your ruy lopez opening videos and was wondering whats wrong with black moving his pawn to A6 forcing the bishop back earlier in the opening?

[jrobichess]

Nothing is wrong with that at all - in fact it's another very popular variation of the Ruy Lopez.  I plan on making a video on those variations in the near future. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[blackbtty123]

That's called the Morphy defense. It is very popular, but not covered here.

[kenarthurmack]

Great vid!! My first chess mentor used to play the Cozio all the time. It was his only defense against the Ruy but he seemed to have no problems equalizing and winning with it. I would say this defense has a lot of merit if used as a surprise weapon because nobody studies it. In fact, I think this video is probably the best treatment of it one can find. Thanks for your effort!

[GoldSamuraiArmor]

So um, I see a lot of trades that would leave black double pawned without anything near to back it up. Why doesn't white do this? It looks so rewarding.

[SuperDieMaxx]

i think it's pronounced "fianchetto" with a "ch" sound not a "k" sound. this video was good however.

[Koreanguy82]

Hey Jrobi, what type of program do you use for these tutorial vids?

[jrobichess]

I have a list on my site (link is on my channel page). Thanks for checking out the vid!

[Styrofoam02]

what about the the morphy defense? an immidiate a6?

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking out the vid - I will be looking into all the primary variations of the Ruy.

[Styrofoam02]

thanks for getting back to me so soon. I only asked for the morphy defense because it seems like the best, and incidentally, also the most natural move for black. In fact, 3) ...a6 is what i see most of playing the ruy lopez as white.

[Syncdev]

Seems like the best option for black when faced with ruy lopez

[jrobichess]

It definitely has merit, and an element of surprise as it's not played substantially.

[idlenessss]

this opening is very similar to a scotch, which i understand very well, although the bishop rarely is best on b5 in such positions. The more I look at this the more I think a way for white to 'improve' is to not play 2. Bb5 :).

[jrobichess]

Interesting comment!

[idlenessss]

by the way, jrobi, its hard to say what the best chess engine in the world is because they all have various strengths and weaknesses. A big reason why rybka performs well is not so much its engine but its excellent opening book. Fritz will beat rybka in brute force calculation, but this involves 'forward pruning' which means it will miss deep zugzwangs (relatively rare). Furthermore, all computers are not that great in methodical long manouvering positions which these really are.

[nr1771]

In the first version, white ends up with an isolated pawn on the D file. It seems to me that that's something black could exploit. I haven't read the other comments, so I apologize if this has been mentioned already, but it's what jumped out at me.

Thanks for the video!

[idlenessss]

isolated d pawns are infamous for how not weak they are. Unless black can force a lot of exchanges, white 'accidentally' protects an isolated center pawn while he centralizes his peices. Meanwhile, the open lines greatly help the more mobile player, and the d pawn is hard to fix, it is mobile itself and participates in the attack.

[thesunassaulter]

yes it's interesting that the result remain uncertain after so many moves.

[jrobichess]

The defence has advantages - it isn't played often, and creates interesting positional/tactical play.

In this defence, overall tactical awareness and positional play as opposed to memorized move orders will play a huge role in coming out ahead from the opening, moreso than other Ruy Lopez lines that are studied to a great depth.

Thanks for checking out the vid!

[thebabaul]

After Qe2+( 3:50 )why not Be6 developing the bishop?. Black don't have to lose a tempo after 1.Qe2+ Qe6 2.Qd2 threatening Re1, if the Bishop will be on e6 instead of Queen.

[GameOverXbox]

after ..Qe6 2.Qd2 it looks like white is the one who lost the tempo. and what kind of threat is Re1?

[MoIsMyNameNow]

Why not not capture the knight with the bishop for a move for white, if all the capture follows white will get a extra pawn

[DeepGlue555]

HIARCS 11 beats rybka 2.2c 9 out of ten games.

i am going to pit Rybka against Crafty to see which is really better.

[jrobichess]

Rybka 3 outplays Crafty handidly. It also won the Computer World Chess Championship 2008 a few weeks ago. That being said, Crafty is pretty good also, coming in at around 2700. Rybka 3, however, boasts an impressive 3150+.

[F2L4Life]

Fritz 11 is good too.

[jrobichess]

It's good, but even the makers of Fritz publically stated that Rybka is the best chess engine available. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[ArtThroughtheAges]

I discount the reply after white's P-QB3/ because by then moving /P-QR3, Black has shown that the N-K2 as being a 'tricky' move, probably set up as a specific trap against someone.

On the other hand, /N-K2 really disregards the very fight for the center, doesn't it? Instead of playing for control of it, it's almost as if Black is holding hgis arms and hands over his head to protect himself from an avalanche (which wouldn't suffice very well, eh?) when he should be developing pieceS on board.

[srn347]

How is checking with the queen better than checking with the rook? Databases won't help much with moves that aren't done very often.

[jrobichess]

At that stage of the game it was engine analysis and not database moves.

[familyguy1231]

hey again ran a test with crafty using my line and black end up with a double iscolated d pawns so i wouldnt use this p.s im gonna start posting some chess vids on my games hope you can see them p.p.s its gonna be cool p.p.p.s what screen capture program are you using im going to use cam studio p.p.p.p.s will u make a video on the ponziani its a very good opening and ive won a lot of games with it, its my fave opening p.p.p.p.p.s sorry about my long message im probably making its worse with pp's

[familyguy1231]

hey jrobi been doing some analysing and after g6 6:57 white should play knight d5 nxn bxn pd or b xb pxn pxp nxp and white looks in good shape

[Taraborn]

I LOVE your videos, thank you very much. Keep 'em coming :)

[sch0koteufel]

hey mate i tried it out and killed the fucking clown ;)

[familyguy1231]

hey jrobi please look at my comment on the classical defence

[seysay]

i dont like this defense

[hondacivic701]

jrobi, just wanna know about your rating?

[jrobichess]

I usually just default to my last game vid for rating. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[KylePetersJones]

play on FICS

[aquaman85]

REALLY NICE VIDEOS.where can I play free good chess in the internet

[KylePetersJones]

Play on FICS

[pinkyfrogs23]

Thank you Jrobi

[supermariop2007]

hei robi. nice video, in the Cozio Defense there is a nice trap with 4.c3 d6 5.d4 Bd7 6.O-O Ng6? 7.Ng5 h6 8. Nxf7 Kxf7... thanks anyway

[familyguy1231]

hey jrobi please make another video about 1 of your chess games

[BrooklynNY1992]

Since white gets all the favorable positions, this opening benefits white. Black never really benefits from the Ruy Lopez in any variation :(

[GreenCastleBlock]

I decided to try out the Cozio in an internet game. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nge7 4.O-O a6 5.Bc4 Ng6 6.d4 Be7 7.d5 Nb8 and my opponent missed the chance to play 8.d6! (the game went 8.Nc3 d6 9.Be3 f5 with a good KID style position)

Klaman-Petuchov 1977 went 8.d6! cxd6 9.Nc3 and White won due to Black's serious structural flaws. But the alternative is 8...Bxd6 9.Ng5 f6 (9...O-O 10.Qh5 wins). The Ng6 is a poor K-side defender.

I suppose that is why Black is supposed to answer 4.O-O with 4..g6.

[ivanleomessi]

i love your vids buddy

im in the chess tourbey in my school and i won it using some of your things you teach thanks man keep it up

[jrobichess]

That's great ivanleomessi - thanks for checking it out!

[Gewgala]

Really enjoyed the video, thanks a lot! There's a little typo in the video title, don't know if somebody already pointed that out or not :) But who really cares, right?

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking out the vid! Which typo are you seeing?

[Karkunt]

jrobi:

Great videos !!!

I'll suggest more videos on gambit lines

For ilovexoxo69 I love the smith -Morra Gambit against the sicilian ;)

[jrobichess]

Thanks Karkunt!

[ilovexoxo69]

jrobi, due to the fact you like king's pawn opening, could you show an effective way to brake sicilian and french defense please ...

cuz ive been down too many times agaisnt those defenses ...

ohh and do you have something on the ponziani? ive watched another video and sounds a prety effective opening thx =)

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out ilovexoxo69 - I will definitely take a look at that.

[deadpoetic333]

the first position that you showed (ends about 4:44) what do you guys think about the next move for white? im thinking 1. Bc4 pinning the knight to the queen and attacking the knight a 2nd time since it has only the queen defending it. Black would have to defend with 1... Nb4 2. a3 at this point it seems like black doesn't have a way to save his/her piece. correct me if im wrong.

Or 1... Rd8 2.Bxd8 Nxd8 immediately black goes down to pints. I might be missing something thou

[Rdarkholme]

After 2. a3, I'd probably try b5 looking to continue Ba6 if I'm looking at it right.

[Tiwaking]

Excellent video as always. I'll stick with Birds Defence(3 Bb5 Nd4) to the Ruy Lopez though because its easy to draw with

[Kaillerasweapon]

Hey, I like this one because black has a better position. Unlike the other ruy lopez variations.

[brucewallace2]

Nice vid Jay as usual there are a lot of people wanting your take on the sicilian. I play the Ruy myself sometimes and I don't think I have ever face Ne7!?

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out bruce. The Sicilian is high on my list too - it's one of the main plays by black I see as white after playing out the King's pawn.

[brucewallace2]

It certainly is Jay. However there are so many lines after c5. In the Lopez it's white who decides on the opening after 2...Nc6 3.Bb5

In the sicilian if white plays 2.Nf3 there are so many black options. e6,d6,a6,g6,Nc6 and others. Good luck if you're gona take this on. It'll be a life's work!

[srn347]

Cozio defense is the only way to not drop the pawn or get doubled pawns in recapturing.

[harshvgaus]

how do you counter a dragon-sicilian? please make a video on it.

[Newbeeses]

lol check out bobby fisher games

[MrFedel]

hey! great video, can you put a video for the sicilian? people use it against me a lot so i would like to know more about it

[darkteknical]

Thanks for putting all this work into your videos. This is great learning material.

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out darkteknical!

[familyguy1231]

hey jrobi great video as usual quite exotic opening if i play black i might try this out

[jrobichess]

It's definitely a rare option in the Ruy - that's for sure. Thanks for checking it out familyguy!

[Acephalic66]

Ah man - what is the Cozio (these variations never end)

I've been studying the Ruy Lopez lately and changed back to the Piano.

With the 2 being so similar - any chance of getting you to showcase the Piano.

Thanks so Much !!

[jrobichess]

I will definitely check into it Acephalic66.  Thanks for checking out the vid!

[SquareyCircley]

Nice video as usual, thank you

[jrobichess]

Thanks SquareyCircley!

[slinkyhot]

This also helped me in my blitz game, i won, but i think my oppentant mistakes helped as well :)

[jrobichess]

That's great! Thanks for checking out the vid!

[moponyo]

after wathcing the vid i play a blitz as black and played the cozio defence,and won the game..i think my opponent was in unkown territory!now the cozio is my secret weapon.GREAT VIDEO and thanks!

[jrobichess]

That's great moponyo! Thanks for sharing the story!

[mat19892000]

Great video as alway. Some guy played me one hour ago on Ruy López, the Bird variation or something like that. The first time I've seen it.

[1kingconan]

found the video interesting,and glad to see that you do serious research for your videos. I have continued to improve my skills and appreciate your vids.

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking out the vid and commenting kingconan!

[Tomahawk52]

will do, chief. But it's a month from now so gotta wait for a good bit.

I'm actually in a match right now where me and my opponent have started with the Lopez fashion, but he just castled. Gonna try attacking him from the backside with the bishop lure to rook/queen checkmate.

[bobbiness78]

Thanks for posting this - very interesting video.

[jrobichess]

Thanks bobbiness78!

[Tomahawk52]

thanks for the analogy - I got a tournament starting Nov 1st using the Lopez starting positions so this will come in handy.

[jrobichess]

That sounds like a lot of fun - definitely send me a message and fill me in on the details once it wraps up. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[0147896325rubikcube]

Do you know any very good downloads (text/software)for an beginner-intermediate player?

Thanks, very good analysis.

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out rubikcube! I have something coming up that you might find interesting in regards to your software question.

[0147896325rubikcube]

Ok, thanks. I have been wondering this for some time, so I'm just going to ask now.How long do your games normally last and about how much time do you spend with things dealing with chess? Oh yeah, I just faced somebody, who caught me off guard (then killed my queen & knight). Using a tactics I say from some one of your videos, I easliy found holes and destroyed him (YEAH!). What is the difference between strategy & tactic in chess? So, thanks and keep making those videos.

[topshonuff]

Thanks for the video..

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out topshonuff!

[dearkgar]

Man, your videos are great! More blitz games!

[jrobichess]

Thanks dearkgar!

[Robotman42]

7:34 - h3 looks like a waste of tempo. In fact, I think White should probably castle queenside and set up a formation that would be used to fight the Sicilian Dragon with pawns on e4, and f3, knights on d4 and c3, bishops on e3 and b3, and the queen on d2. The black kingside is down one defender (knight on f6) and the c-file is not available for black to respond with a sharp queenside assault.

[jrobichess]

Interesting idea - I think H3 is played there to prevent the bishop from taking advantage of that complete diagonal. I don't think it would be a waste of tempo, but it's definitely defensive in nature.

[ilovexoxo69]

nice video bro =)

but following ur line would be better

e knight takes c6 than b pawn takes c6?

i mean to remain the pawns line intact?

or it has some future problems to do that?

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out ilovexoxo69! Which line are you thinking of, under which primary move option?

[GreenCastleBlock]

Interesting video. I did not really know a lot about the Cozio Defense before. I thought of it as being a crouching defense but you demonstrated lines also where Black trades on d4 and plays ...d5 countering in the center.

My only complaint is that most of the first 2 minutes of the video is redundant, and would be better spent discussing 4.d4 and how Black demonstrates equality(?). 4.d4 should have been included in the discussion of what White's best 4th may be along with 4.c3,4.Nc3,4.O-O.

[jrobichess]

It was very new to me also - so while it took a long time to research (the depth of 16 for each move in the total line took a very long time) it was exciting to learn about it when cross referencing with available book lines and the database. As for the first 2 minutes, I have this habit of talking a bit too much in the beginning, but I like to share the background. I will try to shorten that down a bit in the future.

[Bobitoz]

Thank you J. I can tell you put alot into this one. Keep up the great work.

[jrobichess]

Thanks Bobitoz - this one definitely took awhile. I found it interesting that the published lines I was able to dig up didn't hold much water when compared to the database and computer analysis. But there isn't much to go from in terms of games played - so that's understandable. Thanks for checking out the vid!

[lucy6M]

Its useful to see the early variations in each opening line you present, rather than going deeply into a game. I'll add this one to my extensive library. Keep up the good work J!

[jrobichess]

Thanks lucy6M - I appreciate that!

[pagpmike]

cool

[jrobichess]

Thanks for checking it out pagpmike!

[BarrelLifter]

Well presented & very clear. For my own personal use, this defence seems less beneficial than other routes. However, I'm not a good player to begin with so take that into account!

[jrobichess]

It's definitely less played - no doubt about that. Which has some good things to it in terms of playing against Ruy players who don't see it that often. The only negative aspect to it is that white has some definite options for strong positions.

[Infernoblitz]

Did you even watch it before posting?

[killaboy711]

yes i did

[killaboy711]

good video as always

[jrobichess]

Thanks killaboy711!