I know it seems stupid that I am on a opening lesson video and saying this, but theory kills the game.

You are working with what if's from white side. After b4 Na4, white would continue with Qc2 preventing Ne4 and attacking Na4. The best move for black would be Nc6 which is badly placed for the rest of the game

@@jampubharadwaj9374 the whole point of classical nimzo is to play 4.Qc2 lol

​@@noahwhipkey3762 how is that relevant

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And I wave my hands

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Now he probably wears a shirt that says xQc instead lol

Yea I was thinking of that as well

True, but the results overwhelmingly favor White after this, I guess basically because the c-pawn is a monster and White will be able to activate his position. For instance 13. Qb4 Qxb4+ 14. axb4 Nc3 15. Bb2 Nb5 16. e4 Bd7 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. exd5 exd5 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Ne2 Kd7 21.Nd4 (1-0 in 43 moves, Anastasian-Ifek 1992). Still, it probably should have been mentioned.

to be fair he does lecture for an hour and might get dry throat

Omg yes. Just take a couple of big drinks, not all the tiny sips.

Yeah perhaps can be understood but I dont know. Its a bit annoying and for its not so much about trout , but seems nervous for me... modtly there is no need for the body to need water for talking... most people can talk for very long time witout needing to sip water every 3 minutes. When that said.. when something feels annoying to you. Tho only good way to handle is not to let your mind get attached to it... just ignore it or smile/laugh about it. After all we are here to learn chess and this variations are briliantly explained.. so lets look at the positive... only.. i cant get my self to remember it all.

Dorian L. Hi, I think you mean Knight e4 to g3 as a discovered attack on the queen but after: --Qc1 (or d2) NxRh1 --BxRh8 white will be a piece up because the knight is trapped. Also, you are allowed to castle if your rook is attacked. You just can't castle if: 1. The king is in check. 2. The king would be put into check by castling. 3. The king has already moved. 4. The rook on the side you want to castle has already moved.

+ Arcaeus Good reply, I had the same question as Dorian, I also overlooked that Be5 is attacking Rh8

Might not be the best from a theoretical standpoint, but the trompowski is annoying for black.

g5 is slightly inferior, but still wining for black

@@foretcl he means g5 for white

But it was Black's turn, right?

@@jadsoj Black just moved ... Ra2?? in this situation, making it White's turn

Because you don't want open lines towards your king when your opponent is going to castle

@@Karpnado as he never castled this makes sense in hindsight but otherwise cxd, exd results in a semi open file which isn't immediately exploitable by black I think.

If Nd7 is played, the Queen is just gonna take the Bishop on a6 (... Nd7, Qxa6) - that knight is the only piece defending the bishop on a6.

+Ariking777 Ah, got it. Should have saw that. Thanks

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Black can play Nc6

Greg Battis i appreciate the comment. learning my tactics now..found this awesome site online that'll take a few months to devour

I'm 1700 too, I remmber Openings and stuff but some people in my club dosen't know openings and they are 2000's.. It's good to learn it, But you don't have to.

I find Bird's Opening to be quite underrated.

@@pastorofmuppets4552 Indeed, it's the only White opening for which Black has a higher win rate hahahaha

menpower1, 1.h4?

The guy who invented this opening lost more games with it than he won... You can look it up on chessgames.com

100 percent agree

Rick Renegade Agree with you 100%. Very good instructional videos but why he drinks so much water. Reminds me my wife crunching ice

There are basically three kinds of openings from white's point of view: A. The ones where white can play both e4 and d4 B. The ones where white can play or e4 or d4 C. The ones where white don't play e4 or d4 as first moves. We usually think that A>B>C ; the nimzo-indian defence wants white to stay in the B category, and that's why they want to control the e4 square after white's first move 1. d4

incredible explanation

we are learning the classical variation. White plays classical Qc2 against Black's Nimzo Indian.

They play one opening and they know that o e opening very well. They also are very skilled at the game and had a lot of experience with chess. They don't know all 1300 very well more like maybe top 20 maybe less I'm not sure tbh.

​@@garrysmith1029my chess coach is an IM. He said the most common attribute masters in the 2200-2300 rating have is that they memorized at least 50 key games played by top GMs.

@@JohnS-il1dr that makes sense.

+Shidqi Yudotomo ? His hair looks fine. And he's got a nice beard too :)

When the kids are conducting a lecture they might throw the bottle down and pick it up at the end of the lecture too? That's what you're scared of, is that right?

The video is great but the constant drinking opening and closing the bottle is quite annoying. Imagine playing a classical game against him in a tournament! Maybe he just came back from a hike in the desert.

Some of us teachers have to. Usually because we're using our voice incorrectly, but those habits are seriously hard to change. Have been trying unsuccesfully for 10+ years.