I was supposed to meet with my girlfriend. But I saw you uploaded. So she has to wait.

bruh poor kindergarten kid was probably traumatized for the rest of his life...

That mating story with the bishop and queen at the kindergarten tournament was absolutely beautiful. lmfao

“.... The same kid!“ killed me 🤣🤣🤣

Edit: Oh shit, they copy pasted this into the description 0:00 Intro 1:00 Accelerated Dragon 2:29 Advanced Caro-Kann 4:22 Nc3 g4 Ng2 var 4:30 Regular var 5:45 Advanced French 7:45 Alapin Sicilian 9:10 Alekhine’s Defense 10:26 Benko Gambit 11:35 Benoni 13:21 Berlin Defense 16:20 Bird’s Opening 16:55 Fool’s Mate Kindergarten Nationals Story 19:03 BongCloud 20:07 Budapest Gambit 21:13 Caro-Kann 23:13 Catalan 24:51 Closed Sicilian 26:28 Danish Gambit 30:04 Dragdorf 31:45 Dutch Defense 34:39 English 37:03 Englund Gambit 39:28 Evan’s Gambit

Everyone watching: ahh yes interesting Everyone watching: *still tries to get scholar’s mate every game*

Levy: Actually explains his thought process Hikaru: I disagree/agree

I don’t think Hikaru really understands chess at the beginner level like Gotham does

I'm so beginner that i don't even know which opening is each.

You should include the crab opening. It's the opening everyone plays on one of their first chess games because they want those rooks out. 1. a4 2.h4

Legendary Openings: Evan's Gambit: 39:30 Advanced French: 5:45 Caro-Kann: 21:13 Danish Gambit: 26:31 Unbreakable Openings: Advanced Caro-Kann: 2:30 Edit: Lol i was doing it for myself, this is why its incomplete lol.

Hikaru: *Puts Caro-Kann h4 in Unbreakable* Also Hikaru after three seconds: Eh... probably garbage tier...

*_= OPENINGS TO CONSIDER =_* (this list isn’t illustrative of GothamChess’ [Levy’s] full recommendations, to see his recommendations in-depth. Search for his “Favorite Openings by Rating” video and “Top 8 Best Openings” for more in-depth repertoire building resources) *+ Legendary Openings =* 39:28 - (White) Giuoco Piano Game: Evans Gambit 5:45 - (White) Advanced French 21:13 - (Black) Caro-Kann Defence 26:28 - (White) Center Game Accepted: Danish Gambit *+ Unbreakable Openings =* 4:22 - (White) Advanced Caro-Kann (Nc3 + g4 + Nge2) *+ Legit Openings =* 24:51 - (White) Closed Sicillian 34:39 - (Black) Englund Gambit 7:45 - (Black) Sicillian Defence, Alapin Variation 31:45 - (Black) Dutch Defence *_= NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS LEVEL =_* *+ "Really, bro" Openings =* 34:39 - (White) English 23:13 - (White) Catalan 1:00 - (Black) Sicillian Defence, Accelerated Dragon Variation 13:21 - (Black) Ruy López Opening: Berlin Defence 30:04 - (Black) Sicillian Defence, Dragdorf Variation [Najdorf + Dragon Variations] *+ "Tricks Only" Openings =* 20:07 - (Black) Budapest Gambit 11:35 - (Black) Benoni Defense: Modern Variation *+ "Garbage" Openings =* 4:30 - (White) Caro-Kann Defence, Advance Variation (Regular) 10:26 - (Black) Benko's Gambit 2:29 - (Black) Caro-Kann Defence, Advance Variation (h4) 9:10 - (Black) Alekhine's Defence 16:20 - (White) Bird's Opening 19:03 - (White) King's Pawn Opening: The Bongcloud

You're not a true Bird's player if you haven't gotten checkmated on the 3rd or 4th move.

Thank you so much for segmenting the video! I wish more KZfaqrs would use this feature, as it helps a lot. Keep up the good work youtube editor guy!

28:40 The sarcasm in the chat. "Ah I see." "Ah yes, but of course." "Faster pls" "Beginner BTW"

Just finished watching “The Queens Gambit” on netflix, and now I’m here to learn

this video is actually super helpful for me, a beginner who's trying to learn openings and counterplay

Thanks it helped me a lot I love it

Hikaru is a god on his own and all, but these Levy crossovers are actually amazing. I freaking love the pairing.

"unbreakable" might be a more suited title for GMs mate in 1s rnt even unbreakable in the hands of a beginner 😳

I kinda like learning/playing bird's opening as a beginner exercise. Maybe moreso for adult beginners than kids though. Not because it's good. More because it quickly teaches you an important principle about opening arrangements, why most of the best ones are put together the way they are, and how things can go very wrong very fast if the opening itself has a hole. However, when you survive the opening with the bird's you're usually in good shape from then on (at beginner and even intermediate level).

Evans Gambit 39:28 Advanced French 5:45 Caro-Kann 21:13 Danish Gambit 26:28

Great content

Seeing Evan’s gambit at the very top after it being missing last list makes my heart soar

Everyone knows the Jerome Gambit is the best opening no matter what tier of chess player you are playing against.

in order to try and get better at chess I've been using these videos to study new openings and researching the ones that catch my interest, one of which was the caro-kahn, and I went and studied it and found it really really hard to grasp, but I wasn't sure why, then after 3 days I came back to this video and hikaru completely blew my mind with his immediate "it's not good for beginners" explanation of the defense

what could be better then 2 gm helping us and sharing Ideas. Lot of respect and sort of not giving away everything to each other.. dark secrets need to stay dark Thank you both !!!!!!

Damn the thumbnail maker is a genius

Thank you for teaching me how good the Evans gambit can be, very good video, felt like a gold mine listening to you show us beginners what’s what for anything 1200 down.

Thanks for these, appreciate the time stamps too!

Was waiting on this one! 🙌

Nobody: Hikaru after explaing every opening theory: "so levy, thoughts?"

When I watched this video, every time Hikaru named a "good" opening I played a blitz game with that opening and won. I won because of the thematic ideas they named.

Thanks!!. I don't expect to be any kind of master but getting some opening concept is great!

16:34 as a beginner myself, i LOVE the birds opening. Its wonderful.

Wow thanks hikaru and gotham for this, i restarted playing chess and after getting obliterated in online chess i got sad but this video gave me inspiration again. I really needed this

been waiting for this one, god damn sub only VODS lol

Great job guys, good advice! I've been teaching this for a while now. This is good stuff.

Very nice format, Hikaru and Levy! Thank you! :)

I used to mirror the moves my opponent made every time, when i played against my friends they were so confused and I thought it was a legit way to play. This was a very long time ago so i knew next to nothing about chess, only the moves...

RIP to everyone who came learn

I always love the background music on Hikaru's channel. It's super chill.

Great video! i am excited for the 1500 one!

Levy: Explains why the opening is good or isn't good for beginners Hikaru: Yes, but actually no

The chat when Dutch defense was being explained: G E K O L O N I S E E R D lol

Surprisingly fun and informative 😎

I have been waiting for this vid

Lol and I have been having a lot of fun with the bird's opening XD

I looked up "Bird's Opening", this was the first result and within 5 seconds of the video all of my dreams of learning this opening were crushed.

Thanks, been needn this

Cant wait to see you hikaru playing in tournament, much apriciation of content

I think for beginners you also need a tier of "no prepped moves will be played"

Levy: Should we teach chat how to defend against it? Hikaru: Ofcourse, not!! Weirdchamp 😂

Thank you! As an advanced beginner, it really helped me!

Ok loving these!

Ah, yes. The new chess opening meta.

Finally some content for me

evan's gambit is my favourite opening, so glad you put it on top :D

this is so good. thank you hikaru!!

the story is hilarious lmao

Me: Learned Bird’s opening first, and only played Blackburne’s mating maneuver. Me: Watching how they trash talk my boy.

Oh damn you added the dragodorf, thanks guys! I definitely agree with the rating. Most beginners (like me) are struggling to even learn the basic Sicilian lines, so playing such a tricky opening is difficult when you could go for something more direct.

Thanks really appreciate it coz this is much needed for me...

that opening story is hilarious, lmao

It's me. I'm the same kid from kindergarten

Thanks for the tips Hikaru !

I've literally just started studying chess yesterday and it's so wild to me that chess is 'this is really great but only if your opponent does a very, very specific set of moves otherwise it's garbage'

Hikaru you are the best youtuber ever!!

“The same kid!” Bahahah dude.

Thank you! You are the best!

Hikaru I simply love your Content! I hope you will never give up your Channel!!!

As an Alekhine's Defense fan, these guys break my heart.

They should have had a begginer giving insight on this video, would have been hilarious

Been watching since Pog Champs. Just now realized I haven't been subbed. You've helped me dominate from 1100-1600

Ty man now iknow what to teach my students

11:03 here you go random twitch user in the chat

Another tier might be "this is good for learning"

i showed the catalan to two u1400 players (i was a similar rating) at a tournament -- they had never heard of it before -- and they both won their next game with white using it -- i climbed to 1700 that summer myself -- it's actually super easy to play and get the idea -- even if you lose the c-pawn because you dont know how to recover it, a doubled pawn down is almost insignificant at the beginner level and the rest of the game is often very straightforward for white -- you'll win the cpawn back almost by accident eventually and black trying to hold it becomes complicated for beginners

17:22 That Bg7 move worked for me today

10:25 "Bengko Gambit named after... Yes class, Mr. Gambit" - Ben Finegold

These are my openings

I think the Berlin Defense is one of the most intuitive openings for a beginner. You are likely to come up with it by chance without even seeing it before.

Beginners tend to just play for the scholar's mate bringing out the bishop and the queen. When they play black, they usually go with e5, Sicilian or french.

In my opinion, for a beginner, he should practice the following openings: 1- Italian and Spanish game. 2- Queen's Gambit 3- Colle and London Systems.

We did a Chess simul with Hikaru last year, huge fan!! We also hired Finegold to make videos, we love the whole chess community :)

d4 openings are good for beginners because there is calm play without much calculations. I almost exclusively played d4 as a beginner. My pawn was already protected by the queen and this prevented me from losing it when I forgot to check if it was en prise

im so happy hikaru likes the advanced french coz its rlly underrated

"as you know" yes of course everyone knows this.

If you're making a part 2, try to talk more like levy, providing reasons and justifications rather than agree/disagree.

I have no idea about this line but somehow I managed to check mated my brother about a month ago with the first variations of opening you showed in this video

28:28 How to counter Danish gambit: Play Bb4+. Now your rook is about to get trapped and taken by the bishop so no matter what move comes next, play Nf6. If they push e5, play d5 to trade the dangerous bishop. If they had played the knight to block the check, play Ne4. Bxf7+ is a move they may play and follow with a queen check. If this happens calmly take the bishop and remember the resource d5! springing your position to life. If they don't play e5, castle short. In some positions you will have to play d5, in some you play d6.

Also ouch, I'm working my way up from 300. (550)

So nice to se Harry Potter and Cho Chang playing chess

I needed this so much

Hikaru with the Secret Service Sushi flex. Legendary for sure-zo.

Doesn’t put closed Sicilian in unbreakable because it’s too “open” good one Hikaru 👏🏻👏🏻

Am i as a 1500 considered a beginner or intermediate?I just want to know if these openings are good for me

Pretty much the only chess "study" I've done in the last few months is learning the Englund Gambit lines for white where you let the queen check happen. At 1500 bullet, that gets played I'd say as much as 30% of the time (not an exaggeration either, maybe I'm just unlucky): it's unbelievably frustrating knowing how objectively bad it is with proper play, but not having the time to punish it properly.

Really useful video guys. I am 1230 rated on Rapid, without knowing openings, it's time to learn. I feel like I am a good beginner. I did learn Gioco Piano a long time ago, I kind of base everything on that, I need to know more opening now, I like Ponziani for white.