As a fellow french player, this video was extremely helpful! I hope you keep up the great content❤

Thanks for another great video! You are the only streamer that I have found who actually presents chess concepts in a manner that beginners can apply in their games. Other streamers are knowledgeable and entertaining, but they pile on too much additional and distracting information that beginners, like myself, are not able too use yet. We aren’t looking for the 6 consecutive moves that might give us a slightly better position. Our opponents, after all, are also beginners …

Nice video and explanation. In closed positions you have time to work against structural weaknesses because they won't go away. To me White's big weakness is the backward b pawn. He can't play b4 because then he loses a pawn to Bxc4. Pawn moves are committal (point 1) so I'm hesitant to play a5; the pawn could be a target and I might want that square for a Knight. My instinct is to play Rb6 intending Rab8 and ramping up the pressure on the b pawn while keeping good piece activity. White might want to play Bc1-a3 to attack the c5 pawn, but then we have Na5 available. If the b pawn goes, the c pawn probably will as well, and then we have two connected passed pawns. Sometimes "a threat is stronger than its execution"; the passed d-pawn is always there as a threat that White will have to keep an eye on. Incidentally I don't necessarily agree with the idea that Knights are more valuable than Bishops in closed positions. True for "bad" Bishops, but your other "good" Bishop is valuable, including as a defensive piece; without it, you have no way to stop outposts and invasions on the opposite coloured squares to your pawn chain. And if someone can make a break and the position opens up, the Bishops may suddenly become more useful.

My day immediately gets better when I see a new video from you. I love playing closed positions so this is very helpful.

In this position I would most likely play Rxb3. I think looks like you would get just enough compensation and piece activitie to make the position equal. But it would be a lot more fun to play for me.

You are my chess soulmate.

Great video, I’ve been struggling with my middle game but you’re helping me understand what I should look out for and how to progress in many situations

I would play Rb6 or a5 first to target the b pawn. Great video.

fix and attack the backward pawn. start with a5. then double rooks on the open file.

Nice video .thanks y

queen d8 was what i was thinking of starting with then knight a5 coming

I would play bishop to h4. If the trade is accepted I would win a knight for a bishop in a closed position. If the rook slides away, I could have a fork or win a pawn while also having an opportunity to get my knight to an outpost on the c file

Love it. Are going to do speedrun?

How do u kmow which style u prefer..

When a pawn has an oposing pawn in front of it: this is not considered a backwards pawn.

Your very good very natural at chess. Why did no one teach you this game at 6 or 7yo. Can you imagine.

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I am the first viewer of the video ! great content Kamryn

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as black I would play a4

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