“It depends on the size” lmaooo

I just love this guys' analogies..."Are you going to be a creep about it? No. You are going to play Knight to D2."

You've rly taught me London and Caro But can you start playing against like 1200-1600s so that your intermediate audience can get a better understanding?❤

Just watched your video and on my first game with this opening I got 2 BRILLIANT MOVES! It is insane how some solid openings are so underrated yet so easy to play and consistent! This is literally a london system but with a surprise element!

I liked the "penis" part, it was hilarious with that Dracula accent. I am always stunned by Banzea's ability to play chess, teach chess and his ability to speak English so well as a second (third?) language.

Before every chess battle, I scream my warcry, "BANZEA!!!!!"

Another great lesson, as always. I love watching your games.

Hi, Alex! Would be awesome indeed to see your speedrun with Colle-Zukertort!

Just reached a peak rating of 1400 thanks to your caro kann lessons

Alex, thanks for making these videos so simple and easy to understand. I bought both the Carro course and the London course and they're well worth the money. You are my favorite chess creator.

Alex another legendary commentary at the beginning of your first game 😂

Oh yeah, was hoping our man Alex would post more content on the Colle-Zukertort! 🎉

Best thing about the channel? Alex and his amazing teaching skills and instructive videos. 2nd best thing? all the pee-pee jokes 😂😂

Great info. Your analogies are crazy!

oh my goddd the way you talk is SO GOOD these videos are so helpful thank you

i love how he goes into these analogies while the clock is still ticking 17:25

Very instructive video Alex. Some ideas about piece placement is very similar to the London. Petition to do a rating climb with this setup.

Hey Alex, this Zuckertort Colle is exciting, hoping for a rating climb series ❤

I like playing the Colle Zuckertort. Thank you for this video, kickass as usual!

This dude right here!!!! LMAO Legendary jokes along with fantastic chess commentary. A+++++

I love the metaphors. They make my day.

The strength of the accent helps me understand the ideas properly

I've won the most important game in my life against this system few weeks ago.

I remember covering basically the same variation of colle with stockfish(which actually got me discovering the colle) with that Bishop on b2. It’s actually really cool, I’ve never seen it in a game

"unless it a big one" 😅😂

Much as I love your instruction, Alex, I very much prefer to see you challenge stronger players (1500+) as these weak players make many mistakes which invalidate the lesson.

Alex thank you, literally spent the whole day searching for a d4 opening that isn't queen's gambit or London. I already use trompowsky but needed something off beat against everything other than... Nf6 for black 👌

Could you also cover the traditional Colle with some later e4 Ideas?

Zukertort powaaa! Thx Alex, i requested this one few days ago, it is kind from you! Greetings from France ^^

I can see why nobody is ripping on this system in the same way as the London. The bishop fianchetto there I think gives a better position, more obvious the more I look at it. Then castle, it looks very promising. Thanks Alex.

Might be a great opening if your opponent allows you to get that far, which rarely they do.

Thanks for the video good sir

I have heard of the zukertort and almost chose to study it, but currently studying london atm

Very nice video!! Thanks!!😅😅😅

Good video, thank you!

I’ve heard of this before but most people play a move and it changes to a different opening

Thanks you ❤

Caro is optimal with e4 but Eric Hansen has few speed runs where he responds with c6 to every single d4.

legend

Yo this man is wild

7:14 Not much wrong with Qxe6, followed by Nf7.

I’m IN LOVE with this opening. Thank you for introducing me to this. I got accused of cheating after making really unsound sacks that ended up working in the heat of the moment lol. Beat an 1800 which is an accomplishment at 1100. Please, more of this

Hey alex quick question what to do when the opponent just trades everything 😶 . I mean i just tried this in 4 game they just take take and take . resulting in either pawns end games or each queens with couple of pawns my rating range is in mid 700 range

This dude funny af 😂

Alex what happens if they castle to the opposite side? Does the whole system collapse?

Please do more colle videos. I love playing black, but I need colle system breakdowns

How to counter queenside attack/opening instead of Carrocan?

Paused the video after first game and checkmated my opponent first game lol. thanks for the easy opening

It looks quite similar to the stonewall at first glance.

Oh, damn, my bad. I didn't know you were on that bus when I was. Stop putting my creepiness out there, please. I won't do it again. 😂

d4 c6 can easily transpose to slav which is very solid repsonse to d4, not semislav tho - that is too locked and boring for me. Also London seems to have much more attacking potential than Colle/Colle-Zuckertort (btw it means sugar cake in german)

Whoa Alex you went into NSFW territory there about 1:55. I get your point that the Caro is probably not going to work well vs. d4. The Colle though is very much like the London, which is fashionable to rip on. I'm not ready to give up on it completely, there might still be some good lessons there for early intermediate and beginning players. I've never seen anyone really crush the London, and I think it takes very sharp, advanced play to "refute" it and I think refute is a strong word. It's not my #1 White opening but I can see you'd recommend something else.

What do you personally play with black against white d4 pawn openings?

3:05 beer through my nose.. nice one lol

Can you make a catalan speedrun in the future or queens gambit

18:46 That e5 square is a bit tender, e.g. dxe5, followed by Nc4 and Nc4xe5.

Expanding your sharp, tactical repertoire to the vicious Colle-Zuckertort is such a London player thing to do 😂 Which is exactly why I started learning it 😅 One issue with it is that it's seemingly not viable against Bf5 and g6 systems. Other than that, it's pretty annoying and scary for Black when you cement the Pillsbury knight and all sorts of sacrifices become possible.

i like this opening, can you make some more videos for this?

Can you do more on this opening?

Alex…was at work…now I’m in HR office…thank u 😂

Another banger! Way better than Gotham chess as usual. 🎉

Made my day better... make it to grandmaster and I will finally have one to cheer for. God bless.. Depends on size was a genius tactic in itself. Keep having fun and throw the sterile chess players off

Wait, stop, the colle zuk is my opening, don't give away the secrets

That mouse slip on the first game hurt me to my soul 3:27

i just played the Colle Zukertort before watching your video. And it is really a so "hot" opening and i really killed my opponent with check mate after battled the Queen. So now my friend know what happened when i just post "Rock'n'Colle" in my status ;)

Interesting variation, but I think I need to recover my lost 10 games in a row before trying something different :) , Thank you for always giving Ideas :)

New opening yay

Colle-Zuck is awesome. Please do a video on how to defeat it as black!

i didn't miss it but when you didn't play it i was like i must be missing something lol

arguably that may depend upon the size...he says casually and moves on with the lesson like nothing happened LOL!

Heh, the opponent on the first game has watched Eric Hansen's "c6 against everything"-speedrun.

Poor first guy had to castle by hand

@48:54 haircut transposition

Is there a way to know when the jobava london course will be out?

I'd just like to thank "idlisi" for helping me to feel better about my chess abilities

When I see 1.d4, I go c6 all the time because at my skill level, the Slav transposes into a Botvinnik advance Caro-Kann like 95% of the time. (2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5) Same with the old Benoni if I mouse slip and go c5 instead. Because they’ll usually just blindly go 2.e4 and I’ll go d5 in the smith morra gambit position. But THEN my opponent will go e5 transposing into a weird Botvinnik advance except I’ll have the initiative. Once i get above 2200 I’ll just have to buckle down and finally learn the Sicilian to play this better, but for now; this works.

The faallowing game was so good 😁

Comedy Gold!!!

Some games against 1.d4 with black would be nice

ur first opponent spent 6 moves manually castling lol

I love jumping in with my horsie.

I never had an answer on black's Bf5 or Bg4 (35:23ff). With Bb5 those days seem to be over ... :-)

In 2nd game, your opponent played the Czech Pirc defense. I play the Pirc and that variation was a poor choice. When you bring out the Queen, it's to piin the Knight on C3 which you didn't develop. The mainline Pirc is a better choice IMHO.

Whats your recommended black opening against e4 for beginners?

“Size” lol

Thoughts on the dragon Sicilian

First game I tried it and checkmated my opponent!

What is the name of this opening specifically please? Couldn't quite make it out.

I love your irreverent analogies!

26:28 If it helps, I didnt realize Nc4 is winning a pawn either. ;)

“Girl with a penis” …bwaha!, you need to do more vids Alex …entertaining and instructive as all hell

nice colle system

In the second game your opponent is playing the Chec Pirc which is a system opening also.

Waiting video with stronger opponents - 1700+ 😁

Yoooooooo this dude just became my favorite.. pause..

Can you make some videos of beating d4 with black?

At 3:15, heh, I'd argue that it might also depend on how much alcohol is involved and how long it's been since....well, you know. And Europe seems more flexible about these things....your mileage may vary. Everyone be safe now.

1:35 LMAO

Alex you are wrong !! Simon Williams aka Ginger Gm made a famous course about Zuketort some 3 years ago!!

So is this opening basically the same as the stonewall, but with a fianchetoed bishop? Beginner here