Here's my playlist with this opening: kzfaq.info/sun/PLy7vABK_JsyMVS96CROuDBWogBG5Jvj38

Game 1 reminds me that 90% of mates in 1 I miss are because i just want to take a free queen

Bursted into laughter when you said "Bishop G5 - the guy she told you not to worry about" =)))

Opponent: makes a move Alex: Imagine you are dating a hot girl…

Alex’s masterful instruction is like Horowitz playing Scarlatti it’s magical

Alex, I simply looove your analogies when explaining positions 😂

59:30 "However there is Bishop to A5, the guy she told you not to worry about."

What makes your channel so appealing is your ability to talk through games we would encounter. Phenomenal work.

Extremely entertaining „finds the resign button“ 😂😂 Also very helpful as I‘m trying to learn this opening right now! Keep it up :)

I'm in bed with Covid and you are very entertaining and informative-I particularly like your post game analysis and key moves. Thanks heaps!

increible to see how the channel has grown in the short time ive been watching. Keep teaching!!!

Opponent : ChessmasterTeaching is thinking quite a bit, I just played a crazy good move.. Alex : ..tomatoes are expensive..

5:25 king in the middle open up the game with C4! Nice. Never would have seen that. Learned something.

Great video again Alex! I use that opening all the time, but only have a few tricks. You are very helpful and a great teacher. Ill be watching this vid many more times. Thanks man! 👊

I usually am lost watching your videos because I’m terrible at chess but I feel like I did a good job at guessing your moves and improving my board vision. I was 197 when I started playing this january and now I am 1100. Your videos are fantastic and I love learning new stuff, incredible teacher. I think I will start attempting the London

You always put me in awe, the only downside is that the amount of admiration of your skill is directly proportional to the melancholy that i feel that I'd never be able to reach the 50% of your capability.

I've been playing jobava london for nearly a year now. It's a great opening. This video is very good and gives more insight to it. Good work Alex.

I really hope Chessable course update will follow 😊

Amazing how IM Banzea just remains so calm. Very instructive.

Great video. I started watching very tired but ended watching till the end. Very instructive, can't wait to try this!

Enjoying your streams tremendously. Love how you go deep into the Jobava London. I recall hearing some old master once said, that best was to play the same opening until you become deep in it rather than playing too many different things rather superficially. :) Thanks!

Been playing your standard London step up's for a bit now and you always said you preferred that to the Jobava... but just now I'm all aboard the Jobava Train and ready to fish with dynamite!!! More Jobava games please!!! I love how my mindset while playing this setup goes "okay, he's gonna castle... time to go checkmate mate him" ... and then I do! :)

Gz on 50k bro!

Just found this channel a few days ago. Simply love his style, esp the trademark 'it's time to get to....the following game' with a smile on his face 😊.

Can't wait for your Caro course Alex!

Bro, this video made me subscribe. Game 2 was hilarious!! GG Alex

Bun așa! Mersi pentru lecții!

Your best video yet. Loved it. Would you consider making a similar format video on the Black Lion Defense? I feel like that opening fits your style and I personally love playing it as black.

I fully enjoy your content, you are very funny also while teaching. Great job

Man, you are hilarious. And instructive. Well done :)

Great stuff!

Super useful, thank you 🙏

Congrats on 50k, LFG!!

Thanks for this video ❤

59:35 "There is Bishop to G5! The guy she told you to not worry about" haha great line my guy!

I honestly use this a lot. I actually slowly found this opening by trying to different possible positions. There is a bishop trap that tends to develop on the right side as well.

I decided to give it a try and in my second game with it I got a checkmate in 9 moves. I play the hippo a lot and it takes 10 moves just to set that opening up! I'll definitely be playing this more!

Lots of great info here. Always play the London. But didn't understand the Jobava well. Now it's time to practice with it.

Mr. Banzea, I was just looking over your FIDE profile, and though it was a few years back, I bet it still feels fresh! Congratulations on achieving International Master! Such an amazing feat man! Well done! 🤘

More Jobava please! Love this content.

I love yours videos and the courses 😅❤

I watch alot of chess videos - naroditsky, chessbrah, Gotham, Eric Rosen, Bartholomew... yours are by far my favourites. You're fucking hilarious and your teaching style is SO intuitive. I was in a bit of a slump before I started watching your videos a couple of days ago... since I started I've won 7 games in a row. Incredible teacher, definitely gonna keep watching! I'm sure you're gonna blow up soon

I'm glad I found your channel bro 🙏🏼

Thanks for all the effort, and learning you give us Alex! Do you do lectures 1on1 over the internett?

This opening was "discovered" by a friend of mine, a really weak player - he played around 1300, all by his own. That was around 1990. He gave it the name in Greek which it roughly translates to "Ring Around the Rosie", not because it meant something, but I think mostly to show that he had no idea how he came about it, but is was funny that it worked wonders. He played it against a strong IM (later a GM) and he almost won! He won material but his inexperiense showed over the board.

Great video, thank you.

OMG I need Jobava videos now and you actually made it ❤

This fellow is brilliant - thanks.

The game at 21:29 was super instructive. Loved the Greek gift variants.

That Qb6 trap is so good, already used it a few times this week

I'm waiting for another Jobava London video, I'm having a ton of fun with the opening. Meanwhile I rewatched your entire Jobava playlist :DD

I like 5. Bxe5 better than pawn takes in game 1. Seem easier to play, but engine likes them equally. Alex you need to do a Jobava London course after your Caro Kann is done! Thanks for continuing with this series.

Thank you for your video and humor, I'm 300 rated Blitz player and around 650 Rapid. I trying to learn openings (without cheese, don't do cheese, just want solid chess), a lot of blitz players play around 70-85% accuracy even at my level, sometimes 60ish (and on odd occasions sometimes less. So it is hard for me to progress I feel. This helps, I was trying Ponziani recently but my success rate is about 50-50, main problem is with black for me right now, I try Sicilian Defense most times. Think I'm just to old to learn lol. Not sure if you read this, but good content, just wanted to say thanks :)

Thank you - chess coach/comedian! 🤣 - good stuff.

"Fishing with Dynamite!" - name of Alex's next Chessable course ;)

thank you so much

Good content, thank you.

Do you have a section on the Jobava London in your course?

Thx very much.

I played 3 unrated games with literally your video suggestions. In two of them i crushed my opponent and in the other one i had a comfortable position. Super video 😄

I know you already did a speedrun on Jobava, but I wouldn't mind more of this series.

Funny thing, back in the day when I was playing, everybody seemed to play "surprising" openings, to the extent that they were not a surprise at all, and I was quite familiar with them. Anyway, when I first started playing chess without a lot of formal knowledge of openings but had some theory of the basics, this was an opening I naturally played often.

Great teacher 😀

thank you!!

Thanks!

I'm so amazed and confused and in-awe and upset and astounded and jealous and laughing and defeated and exited and in disbelief and entertained by your chess skillz

Great content.

This was well made

25:22 found it instantly cause there is exact similar trap in queen's gambit which is my current opening

Great vid.

Thanks Alex. The perfect video I needed to help add threats to my normal London.

I'll definitively call you Alex "Analogy" Banzea. Appreciate your videos by a lot!

I am addicted 😂 I actually laughed out laughed on more than one occasion.

I said I would never play the London because it's too boring but the Jobava seems completely different and you persuaded me to try it. Great video thanks 👍

Was able to trap someone’s queen just like in game 2! Brilliant stuff :)

37:30 what if you took the c pawn first? would you be able to win a bishop?

Im so unsuccessful with the Vienna and went down from 900 to 600. with caro I still win the majority. Should I learn this or the normal London as 600 in nullet and 700 in blitz?

this video got me through a blockage in my game . thanks !!😅

Very instructive is the course out if not when Sir?

Perfect, another Alex Banzea video! Bro, you're a fkn machine! Guys, don't forget to like this video!

This is one of my favorite openings.

That`s great. This is the first video, that brings me to win a game.

Hi, what's up with 2. ...e5? and/or 2. or 3. ...Nc6? i see those moves rarely covered. Maybe those are stupid but i would love to see if there are some traps or if you would convert to something "not jobava"..?!

Yo i normally played the norma london but tried out the Jobava after watching ONLY this video and got such easily crushing positions! This opening is awesome

thanks!

Thanks

15:45 Another option is to go Bg5 instead of Bf4 with the same idea of going e5. It's just as trappy and even objectively sound. I have a 75% win rate with that line (at the 2100 level). Also if black goes Nfd7 instead of dxe5 there's now the option to go 6.f4 0-0 7.h4 with a very dangerous attack.

the way you know all these traps and tactics is mad impressive. I guess thats the IM difference

awesome teachings 59:32 !

brooo that 18:50 play was a jaw drop moment. I was here staring down at that free rook!

The Guy She told you not to worry about!!!!!! Too much.. soo Good.

wow amazing video thanks :)

16:24 At this point you are not a chess player. You are straight up psychic!

These analogies are hilarious

At 5:25, can anyone explain why he isn't concerned about the qxp at b2? What would follow up moves for white look like? Thanks for the content

I'm not a London fan, but you really make me wanna try the Jobava

“If you didn’t already know checkmate ends the game” 😂

Lost with Jobava London against a Black Lion today .. just saw no opportunities to attack the uncastled enemy king as I usually get with the JL.. Anyway luv your vids ❤

"Drops his brain on the floor" lol love it

Again, your tips for real life survival are even more pleasant than your chess tips ;)... really enjoy listening to you :))