Sorry 4 hours watched of Aman's fianchetto run

He does it for content, it's not like you have to follow it

Arbitrary rules like that really accentuate the spirit of chess in my opinion. They force you to plan, strategize, and get creative, rather than memorize and recognize patterns. For example, watching Eric attempt the smother mate challenge was one of the most entertaining chess videos I’ve seen in a long time, but to each their own.

The previous episode was the last episode unfortunately.

it’s over

next up is BUILDING PLANS

x doubt

Top 5 stone league right now all fianchetto haha

Don't google that EVER is better advice.

U cant even google it its removed from google

You can play an opening and after that go back to following the habits.

I wouldn’t worry about the opening you’re playing too much, just play what openings you enjoy playing. I think the most important thing as you go through those rating ranges is just to improve your feel for the game tactically. As long as you’re not getting totally lost/really difficult to play positions out of the opening I think you can make any opening work. In my experience, when I play against the Owens defence I tend to get more closed positions, which I don’t think is great super helpful for getting position with more tactics. Closed positions aren’t in the spirit of habits series. I personally would recommend playing something more traditional in the center as you learn. But of course, you can make it work. From the rating of around 700-1200 I played the London with white, and then I switch to e4 to just learn something different and experience some different positions. I think London was great for me at that level because it kind of reduces the amount of different openings I had to worry about. When I started playing E4 suddenly I needed to find a weapon against the Sicilian, the French, e4 e5 etc. I’m not an expert by any means, just a 1600 rated hobbyist but they are my two cents. Best of luck!

@@aaaabb1666 I think your recommendation is good advice, I will stick to the very basic opening moves used in the Building Habits series... for now. Despite the fact that Aman started playing this fianchetto opening as a "level 400", I strongly suspect that he pulls it off entirely because his knowledge and understanding of the middlegame positions is faaaaar stronger than that of any actual 400-1400 range player. I really do believe that I would just be too lost and confused to really handle it. I will revisit the idea of trying this opening once I get to maybe 1100...

Stick to d4 or E4 openings You learn the most from those IMO Stick to the traditional stuff, 1B3 Or B6 is for fun IMO

​@@keithgoddard4192 I'd say both have their pros and cons for learning. 1.b3/...b6 is unusual, so not much theory, specially at lower elo. Also it allows you to use some tactical and positional themes like the long diagonal, how to make your bishop and your pawns work together, pressuring the center, pins. Some important habits from Aman's serie are not relevant with early fianchetto, such as "occupying the center with pawns". Almost all IM and above chess teachers recommend starting out with 1.e4 and open positions because it allows most tactics and is more pedagogical. Cashing in easy wins because your opponents repeatedly forget your fianchettoed bishop sure is fun, but at the end of the day it is not very confrontational and you risk becoming a "one trick only" player which is not very good for progressing. But still, I firmly believe any opening can be fun and a source of inspiration. If you want to have a clear cut path to get better at chess, go with Aman's 1.e4 repertoire of building habits, if you want hypermodern fun try out those fianchetto system. I firmly believe both can be really good for your chess and can provide a lot of fun. For example, I sometimes hear something along the lines of "the Gruenfeld shouldn't be played by players under 2300 elo, too much theory, too complicated to grasp etc". But at my level ( around 1400 fide ) I've always found the Gruenfeld indeed complicated but very rich with a very dynamic game which is a joy ( or a headache ) to play. You can also split between the two every few months to avoid routine. All the way to 2000 elo, getting better at tactics and getting the basics of endgames is much more important than focusing on opening theory. I'm neither a master but that's my passionate third rate club player piece of advice.

I was laughing super hard at the "Yoink"😂

Nope

your mother

@@wasp7969 you're right, his mother is a football GOD!

It’s meant to teach the low rated viewers, not gain honor

yes

Imho (being a beginner myself) GM Hambleton is teaching me a methodical way of thinking in between all of the humor… for free! I can look at it from the POV of learning how this opening works - the reasoning behind the pins, keeping the key diagonal open and the center closed, etc. I can look at it from learning how the opponents aren’t seeing what’s going on, and gain understanding that generalizes to any opening. That’s why videos like this are so valuable to me.

Alright fair enough guys. I use this technique too. And I'm just around 850 in bullet.