Learn Danya's Jobava London Chess Opening

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In Chess, the Jobava London is one of the best openings for beginner to intermediate players to learn. A favourite of the Grand Master Daniel Naroditsky, there are quick checkmates, king side attacks, fun tactical theory, and plenty of other positives to learning it. This guide will run you through the basics, and highlight how Danya crushes his opponents with it.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:39 Jobava Declined - Pirc
2:00 Jobava Declined - French
4:31 Jobava Basics
9:08 Danya Game
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Пікірлер: 139

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

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@Shalom589 10 ай бұрын

Tnk u . You are doing well. Good explination. 👍👍

@improvechess 10 ай бұрын

Bro can you please tell me what head set are you using ?

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :D

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

It's an audio technica BPHS1 with a RODE AI-1 amplifier. The mic quality is great but they hurt my ears a little so probably try them on first before buying them 👍

@improvechess 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints thanks for replying ,by the way i loved the video ! its instructive and engaging . i am also planning to do similar videos in my channel 😃

@jefftaylor1186 10 ай бұрын

Let’s chill out on the Jobava videos. Black is starting to learn how to play against it

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Ahaha it's still so rare to play against don't worry :)

@lewisdc14 9 ай бұрын

For real. Especially over the board. Im still the only one in a tournament who plays it.

@ChessBlueprints 9 ай бұрын

@@lewisdc14 legend

@jovonsims7186 3 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@MasterInHD 10 ай бұрын

Bro, I’m a 2150 London System and Jobava player and you know more theory than me 💀

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Ahaha I enjoy learning theory probably too much :D

@amansanghvi7363 9 ай бұрын

super insightful - thanks man!

@sepfms 10 ай бұрын

Amazing video. It’s super useful when you show some common traps along the way 🎉

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment :)

@lavatrex 4 ай бұрын

thanks man. this is a really great video, concise, helpful

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@aprimic 10 ай бұрын

Damn son, this is my new favourite chess video

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you that's awesome :)

@shubhambaviskar18 2 ай бұрын

You are providing massive value through your content. thank you so much

@ChessBlueprints 2 ай бұрын

thanks :)

@GiantChihuahua2000 3 ай бұрын

Love this video. I'm eager to check out your others. Thank you!

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@LethalxSmurf 3 ай бұрын

Mate really awesome video. Quick, to the point and detailed. So many chess videos on YT are long and boring. Will defs check out your channel

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Cheers, glad you enjoyed it

@moosemanuk 10 ай бұрын

Great video mate, just found your channel and subbed. I have not played this opening before (for Queens pawn games I try Queens Gambit all the time!) but this looks like a lot of fun, will definitely give it a go

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub! I'm thinking of picking up the Queens Gambit again soon tbh, fun as well :)

@cliffberry1900 10 ай бұрын

An excellent overview. Great video.

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :)

@yudangaming1561 Ай бұрын

Thank'u

@Hailmich10 10 ай бұрын

Excellent video-I hope you make more about the Jobabva London-thanks!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :) I do love the opening so we'll see!

@grantgiltaway6265 10 ай бұрын

thank u for this man! been learning this opening! chigorin french sounds interesting!💯

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

It's a lot of fun :D

@jasonwolfe2991 10 ай бұрын

I love playing the Jobava, but I hadn't seen that trap before, so keep up the good work!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment :)

@nazirkazi2531 2 ай бұрын

Excellent Video! Really appreciate your showing us the alternatives to play as white if Black does not allow the regular Jobava set up!

@ChessBlueprints 2 ай бұрын

Cheers :)

@TheBearDrewww 10 ай бұрын

Really well-explained and logically organized video! Keep up the fantastic work!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment :)

@SimenStaabyKnudsen 10 ай бұрын

This is great! I have recently played the job and it's really fun! You should start stream or record some of your games with this like Alex Banzea is doing. I'll be looking at all your games if you do so!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Aye I love Alex's stuff too. Thanks for the comment mate I'll keep it in mind :)

@ChessMate_0102 10 ай бұрын

Thanks alot for the video. I recently included the Jobava London to my opening repoirtoire and I love the attacking chances I get. Please make a video on the Ruy Lopez and some effective traps in the opening. Thanks again 👍

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate. Will do :)

@paulpowelljr1092 2 ай бұрын

Very nice effort; great job. I know it's tempting to focus on quick pawn wins, but to progress, you'll need to focus on the most challenging moves.

@ChessBlueprints 2 ай бұрын

I've definitely been guilty of that. Probably still am ahaha

@Heroball299 10 ай бұрын

Nice one mate. Watching from Brisbane :)

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :D I'm from Sydney 👋

@newyorkslim2001 10 ай бұрын

Thanks -- very lively and informative -- and I love your South Carolina accent!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Ahaha thank you, I'm actually Australian though :D

@newyorkslim2001 10 ай бұрын

whoosh! @@ChessBlueprints

@OswaldoLafee 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video… my “one and only” opening to study! Lol…

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

It's worth it :)

@huwwiliams8426 3 ай бұрын

Great video, well explained. As my mate plays the bird opening against me and he is a bit better than me (1800 to 2000 mark). I would love to see The bird opening and in particular, how to play against it.

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

I think I've played against the bird opening once ahaha, very tricky from your friend. I'll keep it in mind cheers

@lewisdc14 10 ай бұрын

One of the best chess videos. I’m waving this one! What tool do you use as your screen recorder?

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :). I'm using obs to record 👍

@lewisdc14 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints thank you 🙏

@lewisdc14 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints looking forward to more of your content too

@Joel-vw9mo 10 ай бұрын

Is there something wrong with the accelerated london system move order against 1.d5? From what Ive heard that move order gets more ppl to fall for the main trap

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Nothing wrong with starting out with the accelerated London :). If you already know that opening it's probably better to do that tbh. Avoids having to learn the pirc and French theory.

@HustleHub777 3 ай бұрын

Came to learn Jobava, learned Pirc instead, good stuff though

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Ahahaha no worries

@matijsvandesande4466 2 ай бұрын

Great video! What if black responds to Bishop F4 with Knight to H5 in the third move?

@ChessBlueprints 2 ай бұрын

Thanks :), I've never seen anyone do that ahaha. Best engine move is e4 but everything seems okay.

@lsystems1 8 ай бұрын

Maybe I’m missing something but when you sack your queen at 5:27 what is to stop black from finding a discovered check with Bishop at B4. You would lose your queen?

@ChessBlueprints 8 ай бұрын

so the queen is already hanging when the queen takes the pawn. The black queen can just take it, but we win it back with the knight fork. The bishop check doesn't change much you can just block and it's the same tactic :)

@claudioscola 5 ай бұрын

How do run this analysis mode of black v white,?

@ChessBlueprints 5 ай бұрын

If you go to chess . com -> learn -> analysis and put in the moves you should be good to go

@williamh694 3 ай бұрын

Just an FYI: Pirc is pronounced "Peerts." Also, the 90% win rate is against what rating levels? Naroditsky is a strong GM, after all. He could play 1. f3 against most of us and win easily.

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Cheers for the pronunciation tip. Most games were against strong opponents but the sample size was only about 10 games

@mlayte 9 ай бұрын

Black pins my knight on C3 with his bishop as soon as I put it there. Do I play a3 before Nc3?

@ChessBlueprints 9 ай бұрын

It depends on the line. Most of the time you can avoid the pin by playing Nb5. Or if it's on move 2 like youre saying you just have to live with it sadly. a3 can definitely be a nice move to avoid that headache though

@scrotube 10 ай бұрын

How does this only have 293 likes?

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :D

@LatteEsportsLeague 10 ай бұрын

I’ve been studying the jobava for about a month and have both naroditskys and Simon Williams revised course. Any opinions on either?

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I have the narotisky course and there were some great bits in it but overall I found the course a bit difficult to consume and dense in some parts for my current understanding. I haven't tried the Simon Williams course, what did you think of it?

@LatteEsportsLeague 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints I’m a new player with a year of chess experience and only around 1200 online. I think Simons lines are shorter in depth but easy to digest. He even had video with it which is a huge selling point. I think his package is great for a beginner like myself even though many lines deviate from what Daniel suggests. At least the early 6-8 moves seem consistent. Daniel’s lines seem more structured and sound but Williams lines have great tempo in my limited experience

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the overview. Will check it out when I can :)

@LatteEsportsLeague 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints I’m a fan of your delivery. Hope to see more of this content

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

@@LatteEsportsLeague Thanks :) Will definitely be putting out more!

@jaybingham3711 10 ай бұрын

Very nice. Excellent stuff. One nit...Pirc pronunciation. You're not alone of course. It's a common butchering. Sure you can call Albert Einstein "eensteen" and nearly everyone will likely know who you're talking about. But you're gonna get, rightfully so, lots of weird stares. Vasja Pirc, and all that know/knew him, would undoubtedly stare weirdly at calling him "perk" since his name has no 'kuh' (no punch) at the end. It's more like 'pirjc'--ending on a subtle note. An acceptable bailout is to just say peers or pierce. For Vasja. Respectfully. Again, great content.

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks mate, I had no idea. Had to watch a video just now to get it right ahaha

@walterbrownstone8017 4 ай бұрын

Good video on the Jobava. I just want to say I don't think it's possible to get to the French Chigorin from 1.d4. (1.e4 e6 2.Qe2)

@ChessBlueprints 4 ай бұрын

ah yes, it's called the normal variation with 3.Nc3. Not sure what I was thinking! Thanks :)

@walterbrownstone8017 4 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints Well I call the Jobava the Chigorin because half the time I play it that's how it is called on lichess. The French Chigorin is a pretty interesting opening too. Literally nobody plays it but it's still pretty good.

@ChessBlueprints 4 ай бұрын

Yeah it's the first I've seen it so must be super rare

@iceicebaby6980 10 ай бұрын

London, Caro-Kann, I'm happy. Let's go!!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Lots of fun lines in both :D

@binks3371 10 ай бұрын

Daniel Naroditsky will have a 90% win rate in any opening if facing lower rated players

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

I think 2/10 of the opponents were significantly lower, so 7/8 still super impressive :)

@binks3371 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints well, the stats speak for themselves

@ruthxk7844 10 ай бұрын

The opening is nice, but obviously in the "Danya game" opponent just blunders a 1.000 times by opening up the side where his king is... he could have put an x-ray with the rook to Danya's queen and then walked the king away and sure, it would still be tough, but in this game is not so much the opening just working but the opponent making him win. Even though, very nice video, interesting stuff! Subbed!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the comment :). Yeah that certainly wasn't a GM level performance by the opponent, but it's the same kind of mistakes you'll see a lot of intermediate players make 👍

@ruthxk7844 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints yeahh I understand we won't face gm-level opponents, but opponent was making me shout with every move lol cause I saw what was coming 😂 either way as I said very good video and channel!! 😊

@ruthxk7844 10 ай бұрын

(even if I saw what was coming I cannot assure I would have been able to stop it, & against Danya OF COURSE NOT... but of course everyone is a gm when watching games, not when playing😅)

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

ahahaha so true

@aprimic 10 ай бұрын

Can you do Sicilian Defence?

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Here's a vid I made on the Nimzowitsch Sicilian :) kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMVzecp9sLacYqM.html

@MrSupernova111 4 ай бұрын

Very interesting. I'm a die hard KID player and someone tried this 2. Bf4 line against me today. Instead, I held my ground and played ...d6 anyway because I simply never play ...d5 after 1. d4 Nf6. But then, before I had a chance to castle, white set up a trap for me with e5?! Turns out that if I take the pawn on e5 and misplay the position white might be able to fork me with Nc7 and maybe even mate with Rd8#. However, I spent a lot of time and found ...Nh5 (after e5) forcing Be2. Ultimately, I came out of the opening up a full pawn and traded down to a completely winning endgame. I finished the game with 97% accuracy according to stockfish 16. After the game the opponent confessed that he was shocked I found all the solutions in the game. Apparently, lots of people fall for these type of cheap tricks but people forget than in otb classical games we have a lot of time to sniff through the nonsense. Anyway, it was a good try by him and now I'm going to learn everything about this Bf4 idea and continue crushing opponents.

@ChessBlueprints 4 ай бұрын

Nice work. Yeah I've heard that trap works really well so good thing you sensed the danger

@MrSupernova111 4 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints . It really threw me off in the game. Very aggressive opponent. Thanks for the video. Cheers!

@pramodkumarnarayanan9520 10 ай бұрын

Bf5 is best punishes using f3, g4, h4-h5... Ne5 seems like quite counter intuitive and there is so mch weakness on white camp after the aggressive g4!

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

It's definitely a double edged position but if you learn the theory it's a lot of fun :). I like playing f3 against very early Bf5s personally.

@mastermind8047 10 ай бұрын

that was the old line, honestly playing the line you suggest sucks if black just goes h6 and hides his bishop... black def equalizes there, the Ne5 line poses more challenges

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

@@mastermind8047 Yeah I noticed in Danya's database that he does the worst against h6. I'm 1500 and never had anyone play the preemptive h6 after Ne5 tbh, and I've played what feels like 100s of games in this variation. Give it a go if you're around the same rating :)

@thetransferaccount4586 3 ай бұрын

jobava is the king

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

👑

@stevenorth1564 21 күн бұрын

PLAY 3. ...C5.. learn that line as black and white is hosed

@DudeWithTheNose 10 ай бұрын

How the hell have I stumbled on Jake's chess side channel

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Ahaha good to see you man :D

@willtcox 10 ай бұрын

Learn it if you want, but if you want to learn the Jobava you’d better also learn the King’s Indian, the Pirc, the French, as well as the positions inside the Jobava London itself. But it’s not even remotely appropriate for a beginner. The Jobava London is super complex with tons and tons of lines. The regular London is a system opening which is appropriate for beginners. You can learn it quite quickly. Also: Dayna wins 90% of his games because he’s rated around 3200 in Blitz. It’s not because he has a magic opening.

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I don't think the Jobava is worth learning until you're ready to study a bit of theory.

@fonsmarks5667 10 ай бұрын

After Dxd5;Bf2+. Dxd5. So Nc6 is not a mistake

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Sorry I'm a bit confused what timestamp are you talking about?

@josephsalmonte4995 10 ай бұрын

Bortnyk smashes people all the time with the Jobava 👍

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Yeah I like bortnyk's videos he's awesome :)

@JSJ1978 10 ай бұрын

No one does it at 8:45 😂😂 It literally happened my first game after watching this video. Anonymous took with the knight on Lichess. So maybe it was Magnus 😂

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Same thing happened to me! Right after recording this video ahaha. People are catching on :(

@mlayte 9 ай бұрын

Is there a new recommendation when encountering this?

@ChessBlueprints 9 ай бұрын

@@mlayte it's interesting to look at with the engine. Best line is f3 Nh6 h4 (to block the queen checking on h4) then preparing long castles

@belsayshootingground 8 ай бұрын

I cannot use the kings Indian. No matter how well someone explains it. Someone always find a new way to mate me in 2.

@ChessBlueprints 8 ай бұрын

Yeah I really struggled with the king's indian as well. Try out the caro kann and Slav defence, that might help :)

@daily5minvlogs211 10 ай бұрын

very helpful video and guess that 10% is prob bcuz of magnus hahaha

@ChessBlueprints 10 ай бұрын

Thanks :) I love watching those 2 play aha poor Danya

@daily5minvlogs211 10 ай бұрын

@@ChessBlueprints haha but danya's a great speed chess player!

@rafaelnadal796 Ай бұрын

Pues parece ser que Nara es un crío

@etiennejounbarberon4916 3 ай бұрын

Sorry but what you say about the french defense is not accurate at all. As a french player, I'm very glad that you will tranpose the Jobava into a french. In the french defense, Rubinstein variation, every french player know that Nbd7 is the correct move (even Bd7 of the fort knox variation is ok). You did not even mention the french winawer and just mention a bad version of the Steinitz french where everyone know that d6 is a square to be carefull of with the knight.

@ChessBlueprints 3 ай бұрын

Maybe above 1700 that makes sense, but at least in my experience barely anyone knows as much french theory as you do ahaha