Basic Opening Ideas - Chess Network

[ahsan400]

Jerry, great channel! Thank you for that. I'm interested in a game between Bobby Fischer and Mark Taimanov a.k.a "Fischer Scientific." Would that be possible for you to do a video on that? I'd be immensely grateful. Thanks

[smittybang]

i am a novice when it comes to chess, i applied your techniques and point system and i check mated a king by only losing my bishop! thank you

[jojopuppyfish]

Hi everyone....this is Jerry!!!

[KungenBaz]

I just started with e4, then f4, awesome opening :)

[samboygsm]

nice it works!

[JTItalia5]

at 4:44 you say that white movies up two spaces so that he can capture blacks pawn....why wouldnt the black pawn just capture that white piece first???

[AUTubeN22]

had you planned move 8 with the middle game pawn advance or was it in responce to blacks last developement move?

[piknik70]

Realy helpfull! Thanks!

[Haleyjoy0]

This video is the reason I am so interested in chess today. I stumbled across this video a year ago, knowing very little about chess other than how the pieces moved. Having never learned these basic principles growing up, chess seemed somewhat mysterious to me and I never took the time to learn about it any further. However, after watching this video, I became obsessed with the game and learning as much about it as time allows. It is a fascinating game. Thanks for helping me realize that.

[ChessNetwork]

@Haleyjoy0 You're welcome. Thanks for the feedback.

[melpo16]

a 2:52 what if black mouves pon on h6

[nrekk]

Please, just a question I've always been wondering about.

what if at 7:30 white plays Bg5 - g4 and black plays pg7-g5. What are disadvantages for white/black in this case?

[WeinerschnitzeI]

I can't stand when White plays this noob opening.

I can pretty much hold a draw without much trouble as black, but it does do a good job of limiting Black's chances of playing to win... which is highly annoying.

Although Jerry is absolutely right... for the beginner, this is a good opening to practice so that you don't get beat right out of the opening.

[Sherigami]

what's with all that arab shit in the description?

[zadaqom]

It's a helpful video,thanks. Do you have also a video about Middle Game ?.I just don't know exactly what to do after the pieces have been developed,and they are in the right positions.Could you provide us some links.

[serrie85]

Nice video again Jerry. Unfortunalty you first rules of thumb fails when black plays Aljachin Defense (e4 - Nf6 , e5 - Nd5)

the first time i saw that i was thinking, ah this is good for me, he has to move his knight on end on and i can do pawns moves with tempo to make way for my pieces. Suddenly some pawns became very weak.

[ultranoob802]

bishops are like 3.3 points!!! most of the time

[TheKecman006]

gread vid jerry. keep up

[UchihaoItachi]

which is the most aggressive opening for white ?

at first i loved the closed Sicilian but it's reeeeeeeeeeeeeeal slow opening and gives black a much time to develop his peaces

now im looking for something that makes me develop faster while black stay somehow inactive

im not even sure if such a thing exist but i shall wait for your replay anyhow

[ChessNetwork]

@UchihaoItachi Depends on how black responds. Can't really say.

[lazimofo90]

@UchihaoItachi if e4 e5 try qh5...its very aggresive.

called the parnham attack.

[serrie85]

@UchihaoItachi there does exist some things as agrassive openings (but not all openings are equally good) Denisch Gambit (e4 - e5, Nf3 - Nc6, d4 exd4, c3 dxe3, Bc4 cxb2, Bxb2)

Mora Gambit (e4 - c5, d4 - cxd4, c3 - dxc3, Nxc3)

Blackmar Diemer Gambit (d4 - d5, e4 - dxe4, Nc3 - Nf6, f3 - exf3, Qxf3) I ussually capture with the knight but with the queen is even more agressive)

[GoldenBoyXCM]

@UchihaoItachi check out the Fried Liver Attack video! from chesswebsite on youtube

[firestartertwistedfi]

Good vid. One idea I read in a book (John Nunn maybe) is to have an idea of where you are going to develop all your pieces to, though depending on what your opponent does, you are going to have to adapt this!

[yazeed4]

Nice I'v Tried this7 moves many times It alweys works ! no matter how am plaing with ! , So Thanx alote .

[ChessNetwork]

@yazeed4 "About 7 moves"...7-10 is a good range. :)

[renumeratedfrog]

Sorry this is a bit off topic, but is there a more less reliable way to test your ELO rating using some online test, or a software? If I play Rybka with its engine set to 1500 and I win 50% of the time, does that mean my rating is approximate 1500, or is it actually much lower, or higher?

[michaeljimpogi23]

connected knights are good for defence..classical knights are good for attack:)right?

[chessguy0]

This is a good video. A note about the middle game when black re-captures exd, while the moves you showed after that were standard looking developing moves and very useful for your video it's handy to know that this interesting pawn structure is known as the orthodox exchange where almost always white needs to use his a/b pawns for a minority attack while black will attack on the king side, so both Qb3 and Rc1 wouldn't be good middle game moves although they are good opening moves and for video

[nblfyb]

That helped me understand an opening better. Thanks Jerry.

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[Zadythomas]

with this opening you are now dealing with a closed game, where knightsare more important then bishops so why not exachange knight for bishop at 4:45 instead of moving Pc4?

[Pisimi]

Thanks for this video, i am fairly new and this has helped tremendously. Thx

[joshjimjoe]

Hi Jerry, although I'm about a 1250-1300 player I was following along with the intro and saw the layout and when you were about to start attacking at 4:50 the first thing I thought you would do as white was knight to h4 but you did pawn to c4 instead. Could you please explain why kh4 might be faulty thinking on my part. I may be missing something under my nose but it seems like an easy 3 pts.

-jjj

[ChessNetwork]

@joshjimjoe I guess Nh4 is an alternative looking for a knight/bishop trade. Not bad...in fact maybe better prior to c4. The only faulty thinking I believe on your part is that it's not an easy 3 points if what you meant by such is that you would be getting 3 and your opponent none. It would be...generally speaking...3 for 3.

[joshjimjoe]

Thank you for the response, you are right about the 3 for 3 but I guess what I meant is that I see so much advantage of doubling up the opponents pawns and messing with his pawn structure over developing pieces. I don't know if this is a flawed motive which is why I ask.

Just trying to get better but I'm in a rut. I'm finding it hard to increase my online rating.

[ChessNetwork]

@joshjimjoe Saddling your opponent with doubled pawns isn't necessarily an advantage unless you can exploit them.

[mifahmi46]

thanks for this my school has chess tournament

[surfermx]

@joshjimjoe kh4? u arent a 1300 player,

lia u must be a 1500

[GrandElemental]

I have just recently started to study openings more deeply as I have pretty much concentrated my efforts to the endgame. I really like to see some basic things before going to the "book theory". Thanks for posting, again very helpful and appreciated! =)

Come to think of it, could you do some endgame studies as well? It would be neat! ^^

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliment and suggestion GrandE =)

[Darrowthebassman]

I can tell by this video: You are a no nonsense player,thanks for the video

[ChessNetwork]

Glad to know that I come off as the "no nonsense" type. =)

Thanks for the comment.

[CommonSense90]

Jerry, please make more videos! You have the best ones on YouTube. =)

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliment. =)

[8mikomi8]

Hi there, i am an okay chess player.. the reason i watched this video was for some englightenment concerning the openings. do you personally think it is better to play book lines or just strtegically, cause i arent that familar with all of the book lines. also does it even matter?.. thanks

[ChessNetwork]

I don't know a whole lot of book lines. I try to just play logically.

[8mikomi8]

also, do you think that chess is a game that the more knolwedge you have the better you play, or the more you play the game and develop your style and learn that way the better you become?

[TheFrenchLegend1]

very good video for a rookie like me, it will sure help me on how i should open and develope the game for the first 7 move . I didnt know that the pieces where worth point so it helped me a lot thanks. 5 stars !

[ChessNetwork]

Great! Glad you could benefit. =)

[eiroight]

hi, thanks for the responce, one more quick question.

if just one of the players for example lets say he moves a knight in the same square 3 times but the other player does other moves, for example lets say he is moving a pawn up. does it still end in a draw?

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. The game is a draw if any specific position repeats itself 3 times.

[rosyface2k]

No.

[eiroight]

Hi

i have a quick question, if someone puts you in check 50 times without a pawn being moved or any piece captured in that time is it a draw?

[ChessNetwork]

Hi.

Check or no check, if 50 moves are made without a pawn move or piece capture then it is a draw.

[DrummerChess]

OK I'm just an "intermediate amateur." But thank you for the video.

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. =)

[DrummerChess]

Are you sort of moving randomly? It looks like you are trying to play colle system. I figured since you were a chess business you would know what you are doing, though.

If you were indeed trying to play colle system, I have never seen black play a defense like this against it.

[ChessNetwork]

Hi.

No, the moves aren't random nor were they meant to be some specific opening variation. The point of the video was to just give the viewer the basic idea in the opening. Namely, bring out the knights, bishops and castle.

Thanks for the comment! =)

[gallopsxt]

its amazing..you do answer every questions that people want to know:) keep it up:)

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks. =)

[JahJoJah]

I can beat higher ranked people... About where I'm at. But the lower ranked people get me, because they don't show the same strategies as higher lvl people. Do you have any suggestions to help beat those "gimmick" players? (I.E. Someone who can get you once, but then you know what to look for the second time? I don't like losing a game taht I could easily win.)

[ChessNetwork]

Assuming that the strategies that these gimmick players (as you refer to) use are not as strong as the strategies of your higher ranked opponents, I'd suggest focusing more on what the drawbacks/weaknesses (i.e. a pawn weakness which creates a hole in your opponents position) might be as a result of the chosen, not so strong, strategy and then to try and exploit such. Hope this suggestion proves helpful. =)

[JahJoJah]

thnx bro.

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. =)

[thammara]

Do you play more reckless/careless when you're playing lower ranked players? What I mean is that when you're playing lower ranked players, do you play more aggressively and not paying attention to your defense?

Sometimes weaker players can withstand your attacks and then you end up with a weak position when it is possible for someone weaker to exploit.

I'm assuming that you're a beginner.  If you are a beginner, then I suggest reading a book. Jeremy Silman's Reassess your Chess is good.

[ChessNetwork]

I play what I consider to be the best move regardless of my opponents' strength.

Thanks for the book suggestion.

[JahJoJah]

It's more of thinking they're not going to set up something advanced. Like, they can pull out the occasional pin and stuff, but they don't use them correctly... then they know something good, and i get OWNT.

[ChessNetwork]

Just a suggestion...play what you consider to be the best moves regardless of your opponents' strength...always.

[JahJoJah]

Yes, but they show no signs that they're good at something. Like, they use an unorthodox opening. And then they look like they don't know what they're doing,t hen a pin goes down, and there goes my queen.

[ChessNetwork]

Okay.

[PaulGioia]

Jerry - once again - awesome! Theres a move I haven't been able to understand and to be honest I find it very annoying and thats the Bishop to G5 or Bishop to B5. What is the purpose really. I am new at this - love chess and look forward to your instruction- you do a great job! peace

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliments!

Those moves can be made for many reasons. It can be to pin a knight to an opponents king or queen. This can by very bothersome to an opponent and rightly so because if I need to move my knight and can't...ugh!! Solution: Try and get out of pins ASAP. The move can also be to just simply develop a piece and by doing so, one influences the center of the board indirectly seeing how if the knight is captured, it no longer protects/guards center squares.

Hope this helps! =)

[josephstra]

What tools do you use to make this into youtube production?

[ChessNetwork]

I use a microphone, CamStudio software and Blitzin software. I then save my work, make any editings with Windows Movie Maker, resave it and finally upload it via utube.

Hope this helps. =)

[josephstra]

thanks for the info.

[spw234]

Im new at chess. Good, basic and to the point. thanks

[ChessNetwork]

Great! Thanks for the feedback and you're welcome. =)

[indiavb2003]

Where can i find a video that focuses on the YugoSlav? This is the opening i would like to learn to play!

Thanks

[ChessNetwork]

I'm really not sure. Sorry. =(

[Wally101192]

What program do you use to make the arrows and highlight squares?

[ChessNetwork]

I use the Blitzin software.

[0147896325rubikcube]

Hi Jerry, glad to see you made another great instructional video. Yesterday I faced my first strong opponent1650 USCF and had a really great game. Even thought I lost after he used a rare opening,all my moves were either the 1st or 2nd best move possible according to a chess engine(excluding the first 2 moves and 1 tactical error in the middle game. I suggest The Amateur's Mind Turning Chess Misconceptions Into Chess Mastery and How To Reassess Your Chess, both positonal by IM Jeremy Silman.

[ChessNetwork]

Great! Glad to hear of it and thanks for the suggestions. =)

[erdal0]

im a beginner in chess

im good with forks/pins/and discovery attacks

but im really bad in tactical moves and mvoes in the long run

i want to get better but how did you guys learned it? pc software? books?

[ChessNetwork]

I learned the most by playing against opponents who were stronger than myself.

[erdal0]

and the rest?

i assume you learned from software and books not?

[ChessNetwork]

Some from parts of books and playing through games of higher rated players.

[erdal0]

i want to know the titels of the books =)

[ChessNetwork]

Some book from the Zurich tournament by Bronstein, MCO, games by Capa, Smyslov and Rubenstein.

[DigitalShaolin]

If you want to get better at tactics first read a basic book. A very good one is Yasser Seirawan's Winning Chess Tactis.

After that get Lazslo Polgar's 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games and also Winning Chess Tactics for Juniors by Lou Hays.

The latter book is not like the first one. The Junior book is just 500 or so easy 1, 2, and 3 move combinations. Read from the second and third books everyday and you will soon see your tactical vision improve greatly.

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for providing some suggestions DigitalShaolin. =)

[toluen01]

hi

your videos just excellent:D

but can u pplease make a video how to play in opening if u are playing black. i hear that if white play e4 is the best response to play c5...

can u plz make one video to explain us black opening :D

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliment and feedback. =)

[randomjediguy]

Wow, I used these beginning ideas against my dad, (tough for me) and I ended up beating him! It started me off good! :)

[ChessNetwork]

Great to hear of it. Don't let him see this video now! =)

[Raskolvikov81]

great!! nice synthesis for beginners!

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliment! =)

[Darrowthebassman]

your videos are so good,thanks for the help

[ChessNetwork]

Thank you for the compliment and you're welcome. =)

[DigitalShaolin]

Good to see you back Jerry! A good video as always. One thing I would add is the value of learning at least a few openings and the middle game plans of each. Just learning the basic principles only worked for me for a little while. Once I started running into people using the Sicilian I had to learn a little book knowledge.

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks. I appreciate the feedback. =)

[yamelchenko]

Hey chess, nice vid. thanks for posting

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks and you're welcome. =)

[meauxx]

Welcome back Jerry! =D

Long time ago.. Does this video mean you're going to make videos more frequently? I do hope so.. ^^

Nice video.. =)

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the welcome back. =) I always 'hope' to make videos more frequently. I guess we'll have to see. =)

[adnanrk]

Very nice video.

[ChessNetwork]

Thank you! =)

[yoshimitzu56]

Great video, as a learning chess player your videos have been a big part of my foundation in chess. --- thanks man; keep them coming!

[ChessNetwork]

It's really awesome to hear of that. I appreciate the compliments/feedback. =)

[xBakaPeterx]

thanks for the video this helped me a lot

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. Glad to have helped! =)

[moze916]

I always enjoy your video posts. They are so easyily digusted

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the great compliment!! =)

[supermburu]

Great video ChessNetwork! It's yonbeast from Live Chess, keep up the good work.

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the compliment! =)

[badmephisto]

hiii welcome back :)

in that situation with the bishop on g5 that is attacked by pawn. What do you find is the better strategy, to take or to retreat? I always run into this dilemma when I play... it occurs quite often

[ChessNetwork]

Bishops are often better than the knights and so I'd choose to retreat to h5 in that position.

[homofaggitbitch]

Thanx for this vid, usually I just develop without any goal haha. Not anymore. I'm the person who is interested in the orgin of these rules. Can you tell me some words I can search for?

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. I'm sorry, but I don't know some words you can search for. =(

[rabotikoner]

nice vid, I loved it! next time can you make a video for more experienced players

[ChessNetwork]

Great! Glad to hear of it. I'll see about a more advanced type of video.

[fLowKnows]

I recommend the book: Logical Chess, Move by Move by Chernev for more understanding into openings. Then after that, books like: Beating the Open Games by Mahrin.

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks for the suggestion. =)

[Rollin558]

Thanks for this video. I enjoyed it greatly.

[ChessNetwork]

Glad to hear of it. =)

[hockey2hockey]

Great video Jerry! I'll be focusing on starting using your pointers.

[ChessNetwork]

Thanks. I appreciate the compliment. =)

[Robotman42]

Not a poor starting point, but there some things I don't like.

1. The rules are too static - bishops can be more valuable than knights and vice versa, depending on the position. Don't focus on point values.

2. Castling, while it connects the rooks and moves the king out of the center, is not ALWAYS necessary.

3. Not moving the same piece twice...is only because you want to develop as fast as possible

4. Control the center! (and explain why)

5. Opening of 7 moves? Not necessarily.

[ChessNetwork]

You're right about how the bishops can be more valuable than the knights. Do however keep in mind the title of the video, "Basic Opening Ideas". This does not imply "ALL" opening ideas. I cannot cover everything. Point values are to be taken into consideration. The opening consists of "about"(as spoken in the video) 7 moves.

Thanks for the feedback.

[Supreme4321]

wellactualy the ishops are more valubal than the knight in tw3 situations, the first is two bishops are only greater than two knights or the bishops are geater in end of mid game a end game

[martogon]

Hi Jerry i am about a 1800 , 1900 player and i have trouble improving from that level. What should i do get to 2000 rating and above??

[ChessNetwork]

Hmmm. Tough to say because I really can't recommend a book since I've gone through little of few. I always found that I've improved by playing against those stronger than myself. For example, when I'd enter a tournament with a rating of let's say 1850, I could play in the U2000 Section, but I choose to play in one class higher(U2200 Section). Maybe you could try this.

[Aldind2x]

Would you mind posting a video of some famous/popular openings and stating their pros/cons?

[ChessNetwork]

I'll have to see about that. Thanks for the suggestion.

[jamesjddong]

but what if the bishop on g5 is kicked with the pawn? wouldn't that be moving the same piece twice? so would that force the capture of the knight? Sorry for all these questions, but in the ruy lopez, in some games the bishop just get kicked back by the a6 and b5 pawns, is that okay? thanks a lot

[ChessNetwork]

Yes it would be moving more than once, but for good reason!(Reason being: to avoid being captured!). So, yes this is okay. You do need to react to your opponents' threats accordingly.

[RussellsParadox]

An important thing to keep in mind is that moving a piece that gets kicked by a pawn on the a, b, g, or h file doesn't usually lose too much time, since the opponent is using the tempo he gains simply to move a measly flank pawn, rather than to develop a piece or center pawn. Also, advancing pawns too far is often a weakness, since pawns can never move backwards to cover the squares they leave behind.

[ChessNetwork]

Great point! Thank you for the feedback. =)

[jamesjddong]

cool! thanks for the explanation

[ChessNetwork]

You're welcome. =)

[Luisa7x]

but seriously loved the video

[ChessNetwork]

Great, glad to hear of it! =)

[jamesjddong]

welcome back, great explanation!

[ChessNetwork]

Thank you! =)

[Luisa7x]

first!!!!!

[ChessNetwork]

Congratulations!! =)