I'm a simple man, I see Caro-Kann, I click thumbs up.

more caro theory for the bois

The awards you really deserve are "Most Perspicacity" and "Strangest but Most Satisfying Metaphors". Congrats Alex!

Alex!! I almost cried today! I played the Jobava London just like you told us. He went for the bishop / knight to c2 “gambit”. I sac’ed the queen just like you told us AND I skipped my little knight to c7, JUST LIKE YOU TOLD US. HE PULLED HIS KING OUT AND I FKING CHEKMATED HIM WITH MY WHITE BISHOP! ALEX IT WAS BEAUTIFUL! MY HEART IS POUNDING! GOD BLESS YOU AND GOD BLESS ROMANIA!!!! AND GOD BLESS JOBAVA!

You're a very good teacher. Award was well deserved! Congratulations!

6:50 "I'm happy for no reason". This is the dream. Well done.

Alex’s metaphors always catch me off guard. Spot on and creative 😂😂

I really like the 'motivational introduction' you have before the individual games now, explaining the theme and key structure of the upcoming game. That's great and really helpful!

Congrats! Please put up you Jobava London course! I don't want to buy the other guys stuff on Chessable, I want to support you..

Congrats on your award ! Well deserved

Thumb's up and we're watching. Thank You for all Your work, Alex!

Best Caro-Kann course! Voted for you 5 times!!! Thanks!

You are the man Alex. Seriously one of my all time channels in any niche on KZfaq. You are hilarious and so helpful

Always love the caro content!

Thanks for the caro kann video and congrats for the award, Alex.

Just got your London course a few days ago. Thank you!

You calmly explain your logic. Very much the best teacher on KZfaq. I don't just watch your videos but watch them x 3 because there is so much to learn.

Thanks for the extremely helpful and prophylactic Caro course

There is more you did showing you’re gratitude, I have the full Caro course and I will enjoy it for a lifetime. I really love it and it’s improved my chess a lot and it will keep doing that for a very long time!!!

Alex, thanks for your vids, i think i improve watching so many videos of the caro can and the jovaba. I learn and got entertained. They are great , hope you have a good day ❤️

Congratulations! Your Caro-Kann videos are the best!

Thanks for you work Alex, that award was a gimme! Keep up the hard work!

You have elevated my chess and entertained me at the same time. 100% deserved 🎉

Congrats! Well deserved. Bravo!

Lessgoo Alex Thanks for the Caro Video

Thank you for refreshing my rusty mind. The award is well deserved.👏

I love ur Caro kann content I watched ur video since I don't know what is Caro kann and now I played it and got a solid position+pawn chain easy to play end game. Thank you Alex👍

Cheers to my favorite chess player and teacher, Alex Banzea!

Thank you Alex!!!

Thanks for the video. Enjoying the analogies, too. You course (which I have) and your bumble bee shirt are both making quite a buzz!

Love you alex, your way of teaching is unmatched❤ I dipped out a bit of chess but now semester starts again and i can play with people over Board 😁😁

hell yeah!! my man... I have two of your courses. London and Caro kann

bravo congratulations on your award. Your teaching style is very good

Greeting from Bulgaria and very very nice tutorial. I love all your videos . Great explanation.

Thank you Alex for this video. I’m a chess beginner and I owe it to your videos the fact that I love the Caro, which is my favorite opening and the one I’m fully dedicated to nowadays. I dream that one day we could meet and get some one on one lessons with you, Cheers!

Yes, new Caro-Kann content!

Proud to give anything back to you, buddy. Best chess channel today

Congrats to the best chess KZfaqr out there hands down

Well deserving of the award !!!!!

Gratz glad I could help

Your checkmating idea in game 4 was genius!

love the last lesson. ez breezy simple dimple strategy :)

Congratulations for the award. You totally deserve it. I now have Jobava as my main for wbite games thanks to you

your caro-kann course has given me hundreds of elo in a matter of weeks. the millisecond you release the jobova london course I will be purchasing it

Congrats man!

Fantastic that you won that Chessable award. You are very deserving. More power to you.

I LOVE ALEX BANZEA

Alex Banzea: the best analogies in the game

Your analogies are funny brother :D Also I used the london system like you suggested in a chess tournament this week and the opponent literally fell for the queen trap while going for my h2 pawn. It was hilarious Thanks a lot man. Keep posting these free videos. Love from India.

love you alex banzea these videos help me with the caro and I'm 2100 now tqq

Very high production value 👍Keep up the good work 😉

Caro video!!!

Bought your course for twenty Aussie bucks! Thanks mate, have been wanting to find a way to give you a few bob cos you’re the best…and omg I should have looked at chessable before this ha ha

I never get caught stealing from houses thanks to your advice. No more sandwiches.

I love your metaphors😂

Glorious Caro video

thank you

Always good.

How did I just found out about your channel? I should have found this sooner. Really love your simple explanations.

Thank you oncr again, sensei

CONGRATS ON THE AWARD i actually do deserve thanks because i did indeed vote and I was probably the final difference. also much respect for just reusing your most popular thumbnail i'm ready for another one of these

It's funny how watching someone else play you see tactics and certain moves easily. But when you're actually playing, you get tunnel visioned a lot more. 😅

Every time you come to the channel, you should lower your expectations. 😂 Alex Banzea, you are killing me ;)

Grow that mustache out bro! Man, I watch your videos every day and some of the same videos multiple times, and I think I need to get a Chess Kids account or something. I'm trying to memorize the best lines, but I get tripped up in the middle, and my end game is TRASH!! I watched your end game in game 3 like 6 times. So freaking awesome man! Rooting for you and your channel to keep growing! The next step is to save up for your Chessable courses! Keep up the good work homie!

Thumbs up and congrats. We all voted :) Was missing caro already.

I always thought that caro-kann is boring ,and hard to play But since i started to follow ur videos and this channel it became my main weapon ,and it improved my Rating and skills so thanks a lot alex !

My Caro Kann midgame is WEAK! So I'm glad you made this video! :D

25:40 In English we would ordinarily pronounce 'bipolar' as BYE-polar, but with that shirt on you must naturally say BEE-polar. Maybe even "killer BEE-polar"!

Missed Caro and u ❤️

Congratulations for the Award! 🙏 I have a request: it would be great if you could cover an alternative in the advance variation, instead of 3. ... c5 3. ... g6 which I think is a fine approach as well, especially for an intermediate player, as soon as he understands the basic ideas. Hikaru has tried this in Blitz Games and won, so it looks like a sound opening. (Of course Hikaru is not an intermediate player, before Somebody misunderstands my comment...)

what I'm really impressed is that my 600-700 elo opponents (in blitz) give me more trouble, and have usually 80-90% precision against my Caro Kahn (I'm doing the course now for 3 months, 46 variations studied). But those in the 1000s that I see in the videos seem to play quite confortable for black, and manage to blunder a lot.

You deserve it bro

I don't always win up a pawn but I always lose when I'm down à pawn, so yes, a single pawn is definitely precious !

For black I am still looking for as aggressive opening as jobava. I tried caro kan however i feel cramped for space while playing it. i just loved your grunfield ideas those are really good

"I'm a victim of circumstance". 😂😂

Congrats for your award man, I took on the caro-kann because of you. been using it for a year I am no longer confused playing as black anymore, I am starting to move away from it now ( my ranking went up 150 pts thx to it ) and starting to enjoy the Sicilian more (old variation) . Main reason is I m startign to find Caro boring. Any advice to make it more entertaining ?

Shaved your moustache...I thought you had a mucky lip, maybe drank some chocolate milkshake 🤣🤣🤣. Seriously, love more caro content! Brilliant stuff, as usual!

"He went to check his eyesight and got a colonoscopy instead" What a scream! Good chess advice too. Many new ideas came up.

Yeah, that winning a pawn is enough, this concept was a turning point at some point in the past.

Bought the Caro course👏🏻 and am now playing the Jobava only as opposed to the London. Don’t 😂but I am staying at 500 now after being stuck between 250-350 for a few weeks. Otw to 1200+

From 1700-2000 Caro Kann did miracles for me❤.

that pawn checkmate was brutal "the king is trying to climb mount everest while being completely naked" lmao

I need to prepare more against Caro now. I'm usually e4 player and have some difficult time facing against c6 player maybe because of your influence? LoL Great video as always I can now get to see inside the head of the Caro player🧐😂

I FUCKING LOVE THIS GUY

I don't think you get enough credit for your humour! I just never know what you're going to say next, e.g., in this video we learned the tragic tale of the naked king climbing Mount Everest.

Can you cover the Bird's opening? Just started playing it and its a lot of fun with White!

new to the channel alex you are funny

Hello Number 1! Can I ask you when will be ready the new course of Jobava? ❤ And can you tell me if you arledy did some videos about how to play this variant: 1. d4 d5 2. nc3 c6... I'm having some problems dealing with that. Thank you big Banzea!

You make it look so relaxing and easy! I just got smacked a few days ago by the Alapin variation. I'm sure it's in your course but do you also have a game on KZfaq?

Congratulations on the award! Thanks for yet another video

congratulations! geat karo video too!

Alex : See's Albanian flag... These are very dangerous in general XDD

yo alex when is the jobava course coming out 😢

Newer Better thumbnail Alex :) gj

I mean that course should have honestly just got best Chessable course ever award not even 2023 it’s like the Bible of a looking-to-improve tournament player

Do you stream? If so, what platforms?

Hey Alex thank you for teaching me the CK i wanted to ask does your course (move trainer) covers both the Alien gambit and the line i most struggle against (don’t know its name ) that goes e4 then d3?

“Relatively accurate, a 97” 😂😂😂

Now you have to complete the repertoire making a course against d4 and Nf3

Hey alex plz play game with opponent around 1700/2000 from your caro repertoire