Course just got published: www.chessable.com/the-caro-kann-simplified/course/171080/

Using the inset screen for the alternative lines while leaving the "live" board visible is a masterstroke of editing. All chess instruction videos should do this. Bravo.

Alex Banzea puts the "care" in Caro-Kann. All the best, sir.

Yooooo, 20$ for the full in-depth coaching for the carro? I'm in.

16:20 I too have lost some games after starting out with Alex's Caro-Kann teaching/play. I don't let it bother me, because I eventually learn from my mistakes and learn the positional reasoning for Alex's move choices. Then I start winning more than losing with the particular opening I am studying (in this case, Caro-Kann). Thanks for the great videos, Alex, I truly appreciate them.

I have the Gotham Caro Kann course, but after having bought your London course I am definitely gonna buy your Caro course too. Seeing the idea behind different branches of the opening is 100x more useful than knowing some rare computer lines.

Hurray! Really looking forward to the course :)

This is the content I'm here for. Big fan Alex appreciate your work!

Dude for real i love ur videos, so entertaining, keep up the hustle

So hyped to get your Caro Kann course!

great video very instructive

My favorite chess content on YT. Always looking forward to the new video

your videos are always fun to watch and very instructive. caro kann was always my favorite opening for black, and since watching your videos it boosted my winrate by a lot. Now I'm trying learn vienna by watching your videos and it fits well on my playstyle.

Lowkey thinking about picking up that caro course 👀 thank you for all the educational content!!

I love your content :D have a nice day you got yourself a new follower

Alex - Glad to see that your course is now live. I beta tested it and can highly recommend it to anyone reading this comment.

This is the best instructive chess video I've ever seen. Please do one on the London and the Vienna ❤

I really appreciate your analogies and humor. Who knew watching chess videos would be fun?! I’ve learned a lot from you using the London and Caro and I’m up to 1200 rapid- up from 800 just a few months ago.

Hi Alex I just want to say I'm usually an aggressive player since the only opening I know was King's Gambit but now learning Caro kan has taken into a whole new dimension and helped me improve as a chess player in general , Since your marathon covers so many lines in different rating and explaining what you do in every move and learning new tactics etc. I've managed to beat a 1650 opponent with Caro today I'm looking forward to hit 2000 in next few years hopefully. I am also looking forward to buy the Caro Kan Course ❤

I'm still watching this video as I type this but just got to say how masterfully that first game was played.👍💯

Thank you for teaching me this opening and especially your style of sitting back passively. A 14 move win against a 1700 player on my first try 😮 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c4 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Nd7 10. Qd3 Nf8 11. b3 g6 12. Bb2 Bf5 13. Qc3 Rxe2 14. d5 Be5 0-1

Alex, I know you have always recommended the Tartakower variation but could you maybe make a video on the Karpov variation? I think it's a great solid variation as long as you don't fall into the cheap traps such as Ng5 and Qe2

Hi Alex, I love your videos. It would be nice to see your recommendations against non-e5 defenses, like the Scandi, French and Sicilian!

yooo the little popout animation of the side lines is a true brilliancy thanks dude.

I can honestly say my game has improved since starting the karokan. And the vienna opening! Love your videos and content! 💯

Amazing course!

Thank you, Alex. After learning the Caro the way you taught us in your videos, I can start a game any day of the week without paying attention to my opponent's rating. That's why I've just bought your new course.

Thank you so much for your videos ! Enjoying playing caro and jobava london exclusively at my bozo level and having a lot of fun with it. Have a good day 😊

Just started playing chess again a month ago. Last time I played regularly was 20 years ago. Love your videos with example games at that Elo range. Been steadily climbing my 5 minute blitz rating from the 500’s to 900’s (low, but Im happy with that in 30 days). Would love to make it to the low to mid 1000’s in the next several months.

Always make your comments! You are a fabulous teacher and I LOVE the humor

Thank you for your videos, you made me believe again in the caro kann. I'll buy your course soon

I have responded similarly in the first game. But I don't start with light bishop attacking horse. I put it in front of king, then queen behind it for batter. Then maybe attack horse. Because anytime he plays that edge pond I eat it with bishop which is a sacrifice. And I get similar checkmate because my dark bishop is a threat and the castle is also moving upwards.

It's not even a big banana! Definitely instructive.

Super helpful, especially the last White rando opening. I see that a fair bit.

can you make a playlist of middlegame ideas for almost every opening?

Man, the way he just creates these makes me want to switch from my aggressive Sicilians to the quieter caro, but at the end of the day, when you know how to handle mad dash crazy positions where both sides are shoving pawns up the board as fast as possible, you gotta go for that instead of playing for a slight edge because of superior structure and central majority

That rent free apartment on g3 is rather cozy.

Thanks!

Thanks you ❤

Can't bleeping wait for the Alex B caro course to drop on chessable tomorrow. Hit 1000 rapid this week. Mainly down to this channel. Thanks Alex

I think now, the biggest strength to this channel is the small quips for what moves are. I will forever only refer to nf8 now as seatbelt knight, and that is how I'll remember this move is what to do. As opposed to the easily forgettable knight to blah blah.

I love it. 'Shoot them with a banana... and it's not even a big banana' that's gold.

I really like your videos and teaching style. I love the so called “boring” way of playing chess where you win a pawn and trade into the winning endgame. It makes me feel like I outplayed my opponent. Hahahaha

Alex, i'll say it simply. THANK YOU :)

Started two months ago in the 600 range. Learned some basics, then went Ponziani/Scandinavian. Then found this beautiful Romanian neighbor and transitioned to Jobava/Caro. Currently on 1090 rapid but with 62% win rate as white (210 games). Still have some catching to do with blacks mainly because they often open with d4. So I've chosen Kings Indian against d4, again because of Alex. Keep on going man - you are the best teacher out there.

This is your best Caro-Kann video so far.

Can't find the course using the link :). London i do have. Karo i do need :). What i like is that i see here your London/Karo games. Like that and always waiting for new vids ! So much fun to watch and listen/learn. Thank for all your work buddy.

This video is pure madness. I love it.

Alex thank you for your excellent and funny teaching, I was stuck on at rapid elo 1400 for about a year and basically gave up on ever getting better. Then I heard you saying how rubbish blitz players below 1500 are and I suddenly thought - yeah! Rapid players at 1500 must really suck then! And with that confidence I managed to finally get through 1500 and then 1600 within 2 months. And yes the caro kann helped too!

I just started playing chess, but have climbed from 600-900 in 3 days while watching your videos. I know this climb has to slow down but 10/10. highly considering buying a course soon!

Any content on facing d4 and other non e4 openings? Love your play style btw!

Your English is just fine. Great even. Loved the chain of pre-moves in the 3rd game.

Thanks for this video. I'm a Caro Kann lover. ❤❤❤

I believe that the annotation for move 10 in “White avoids the Tartakower with 5.Ng3” should read Nxe3 instead of Nxe2

So happy your course is out. I was about to start playing the French instead....

Another great video. So other than the Advance, is the pinned Nf3 typically a take in any other variations? Now I understand it's not in Tartakower or Fantasy. Even though I may not have been playing those variations precisely, I've had solid success following your CK instructions (to my best ability). Appreciate it.

are any of these videos helpful if I play classical chess around master level??

These videos took me from 300 to 100 in a couple of months. Whoever says the Caro isn’t a good opening is just doing it wrong, straight up. Now I’m at 1000 I’m smashing puzzles to try and improve. But I have noticed it gets a lot tougher for me at this level, but this is because I miss things. Not the Caro lol

3:50 "You're trying to shoot them with a banana. And it's not even a big banana." xD (got monty python bonus points -- banana self-defense sketch, anyone?)

I would like to buy your course but I cannot find it at Chessable and the link does not function properly for me. All it provides for me is your London opening course.

When are you making something against 1 d4 for Chessable? I can’t wait for the Caro course to come out. I have all of your courses so far.

Sicilian defense is the better opening as you have a higher chance of winning. Simple. But Caro can be a useful tool to have

Hi Alex, how about the French defense? Could you make video about it please? It is a very solid opening and worth learning it. Thx for all your instructives videos! Greetings from France ^^

Hey man i dont know if you read these, but here i go. Ive been playing chess on and off for over a decade now. About a month ago i decided to start playing again and taking the game a bit more serious. With the help of your videos and naroditskis videos i went from 1100 to now am about to break 2000. Caro is my main against kings pawn. Is there any chamce you can get deep with ryu lopez and the nimzo indian games please ? Thanks man, youve been great.

When is your Caro Chessable course coming out?? And thanks for explaining your thought process... It is quite helpful!! Never mind.. It showed that time. Picked it up! Thank u Alex

Hey Alex, do you plan on streaming over summer?

Alex, great stuff as usual! Please make a tutorial how to deal with Accelerated Panov Attack by White. In my last rapid tournament I lost to this attack by plaing the Caro -Kann

Will be buying it tomorrow!

What I understood from this is if I’m to throw a banana, it better be big. Thanks Alex!

Can you make a video focussing the middlegame tactics of the vienna gambit

I just had a game that started e4 c6 and white responded with c4, which is called the accelerated panov attack and it shows as a 51% winning against the caro-kann. Do you cover response to c4 in any of your videos?

Former 1400 rapid game Caro Kann player, current 1500 Caro Kann player after watching your videos.. Every time the opponent starts with e4, a happy man here.

Wake up honey banzea posted another caro-kann banger

Is there any way to make this playlist play in the order it was published? It looks like it's been uploaded in reverse.

Hey Alex, I'm intrested in getting coached by you but I don't know how to contact you privately

Opponent playing g5 in the first game was a ridiculous move.

I am guilty of thinking Myth No5 from time to time. Crazy lines generally come from lower rated players, and in trying to pounce on their mistakes, I sometimes blunder when I should play principled Caro-Khan.

The fantasy is the only variation white can really effectively respond to the Caro-Kann with in my humble 1300-1800 opinion. and I still tend to crush it when I figure out when to go Qb6 and Bc5 without blundering my position.

Ehi! I love your videos, don’t forget about us higher rated as well! I’d love more content on the jobava but for 1500-1600 elo

New course for my birthday 🥳

I want a chess tournament between you, eric rosen and levy rozman (gothamchess)

Broke: 'I lose 12 games with caro kann, its bad 😢' Woke: 'skill issue 😅'

Don't mind the comments, I'd say. This is a great channel and the teaching is gold, thanks

At 4:53 why didn't we take the night and CM in 2 moves? What I'm I missing? I'm just a beginner

I went from 800 to 1400 in two months playing only a couple games a day. Tnx to the carokhan and ur insightful teachings

What do you mean by we get hundreds of hours of video if the 21.99€ course is without video? Thanks in advance

I'm in for sure... Made a note for the 19th

man this course is legendary i am gonna rate it 5 and also gonna buy the videos too

Your humor kills me

You made the exchange not boring :D

White did watch your ambush e4 chessable course lol

The tartakower pawns are so strong that they will practically never be taken. If I don't win immediately I will win by attrition. However I would still rather play the Sicilian

LOL min. 3:50 "it's like trying to shoot them with a banana" :D

I don’t have a diamond membership so my knight can’t move backwards 😞

Bro I played the Caro as you said and lost 143 games in a row. Can you explain this ?

Best place to learn abt the Caro

Alex is the funniest guy on chess KZfaq and it’s not even close. Sorry Gotham 😢

I lost 12 games with the Caro-Kann and Mr. Kann didn't even have the respect to refund me!!! Wouldn't ever C6 again. More like... Lets 'C' 6 game losing streaks (x2). Love hearing that complaint. Haha

I've been playing the Scandanavian. The Caro Kann is even worse than the Sicilian. Terrible opening for Blitz and anybody below 2000 rating.

Every time you say “in case he plays this beginner mistake” I’m “yep, that’s what I play” 😂 Well, I am a beginner so it’s ok. I’m here to learn 😊