If you need a Good Opening for black, use this.

H3 pawn against the knight?

Awesome content ! Thanks GM!

Tried this and lost to a 1250 rated player

I’ve tried this opening 6/7 times and lost every game to 1200 rated players. It never repeat never goes the way the video says. This chess video is absolute lies and rubbish

I’m currently a 497 was up to a 900+ a few years ago before I stopped playing. Before I get online I have been doing puzzles and playing bots. I have also been focusing on playing white. This bot destroys me every game with various queen / knight or queen / bishop combos that no matter what I do it get into my back row and get 3 to 4 pieces, 2 or 3 checks, at least one pin before I somehow stop them (more likely they give up) the one piece that destroyed my opening and any chance of me winning because usually in 8 to 10 more moves I’m in checkmate. It’s freaking frustrating because no one makes instructional videos on how to counter this manslaughter. Sure, there is one that instructs on the qh4 idea but that’s just one and even these vids provide specific instruction on counters to very specific moves that literally don’t happen in the game. I’m 52 and have played since a child but we are talking about 2 times a year maybe 10 games. Now I’ve lost all my confidence and there wasn’t much there in the first place. I’ve taken IQ tests 3 times in my life (administered by VA hospital) veteran with post concussive syndrome 151 150 and a huge declination with a 135. So I should be able to play chess. At least learn it.

Thanks, tried..getting absolutely demolished..

After 1 e4 Nc6, White can and should play 2. Nf3. After 2… e5 (probably best), then 3.d4 transposes to the Scotch Game. 2…d5 gives White opportunities to mess up, but 3. exd5 assures White a solid game. The lines in this video MAY work against lower rated players, but play a lot of non-rated games, blitz and the like, before trying it in rated games.

Excellent sir

What if they play g3 though? D:

I've tried this like 10 times now and it doesn't work at all lol

Lost heaps terrible opening

Great video.

4.Bg5

Wow.. really has made my black opening more fun (new player here)

you pig, you got close to the queen! XXD LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL

I play for over 30 years and i would not play this because it's pretty passive. If both sides play perfect you are stuck.
I prefer whites set up with a strong center here. Offcourse with the right moveorder without mistakes.

Let’s watch……. OK some action by the master He plans and is moving his knights 4 time with his first five moves while the 300 rate is playing with his pawns….breathless action.

Great except if they play knight c3 at the very beginning none of this works, thank you for that experience.

This only works if white pushes which is not a good ideea in the begining to push pawns

What if white decides to push d6? Losing a pawn but in all cases black has one of the two bishops blocked while this gives white time to develop?

out of about 40 games I have not gotten a similar position once

Played this vs a 925 player and lost…he got space freedom was crushed 😂

It's interesting. The Nimzowitsch defence is a hypermodern opening. That means basically that you instead of playing directly, you play indirectly. You could say that instead of confronting your opponent head on, you play around the opponent instead. It's like flowing water. Where it cannot get through, it flows around. It's also slightly enigmatic and obscure, in that it being indirect it often confounds and confuses the opponent, and you can lure the opponent ot overextend himself, play around his attempts and defeat him by using his own play against himself.

I gained 500 elo from this. And my pee pee got bigger.

Bad opening:

thank you

guessing this only works on -500 blitz 3m, I'm 600 and saw it miles away

By the way, there's a trap in this opening sequence: 1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.d5 Ne7 4.d6 cxd6 5.Qxd6? Ng6/Nc6! This defends the e4-pawn and gains tempo and initiative by subjecting White's queen to a discovered attack from the bishop on f8, necessitating another move. Playing 5...Nc6 instead of the common Ng6 in this trap allows Black to directly follow-up with a strong f5-break after White's queen moves back to the most commonly played d3-square, offering Black a slight edge and a robust center despite being pawn down in material. The only downside, is that people rarely play 4.d6 allowing this line, but on the other hand you don't have to be afraid of 4.d6 either, because you know what to play if white goes down this route.

No thanks I'll stick with the carokann

i just tried this now and i won the game. thank you. this is me playing like this but dont know what i am doing😅. attack to the sides is my favorite!

I'm a 72yr newbie trying to learn I'm so confused I must be so thick

Terrible plays in my opinion

4 h4

I played this opening against a stronger player and he repkied Knight E7 with Bishop-G5 pinning the knight to the queen and that was the end😂

You just move the knight 3 times in a row, this way you gave space and time for development for your opponent. Terrible system 👎🏻

I do like the timing in which you teach... There are so many other chess videos out there where you need to fast forward and rewind so many times because of nonsense fill words you get right to the point you have a engine bar on the screen I'm subbing bro.... But yep that's how you got myself good luck God bless my friend....

As black I usually play very reactive based on what my opponents play. Maybe I’ll try this, but It will feel odd letting them take the center. Btw I’m 1100, what rating is equivalent to intermediate? I feel I still fall under beginner.

I've tried this probably 15 times and d4:e4 for white: happened. What exactly is fast in g get development about bringing your pony from g7 to c6? Yes, the juicer pony videos are hilarious.

White plays 2. Bb5 and then captures my knight on his next move and I wind up with doubled pawns. No thanks.

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Thanks very very much for this trick

Love the Nimzo.

IsdiSTUPIDpiesdownSOUNDneded??:((

I been playing this black opening and its amazing how the first 5 moves for white can all lead to the same board position. Its a good opening at the dog track level (~1300) because you want to take the game out of whites comfort zone where white moves pawns that are hard to defend. Even if the game transpositions into something different than the video, its also ok because black is not overextended. Nimzo has also taught me to learn the scotch game. Nice job with your explanation on the variations.

I’ve been using this opening for a while now, and it helped me jump from 500 to 1000 in just 3 months. I love how flexible it is you can use it for both black and white and it really messes with your opponent’s mind. That moment when they have to choose between pushing or taking the pawn is such a psychological battle and most of the time they push. I used to play the Hippo too, but after learning this, I dropped it. The best part is saccing the bishop it almost always leads to a brilliant move, and the game’s basically over. You’ve added some fresh ideas that I can’t wait to try!

was trying it against the computer, but it always counters this in early beginning already even on moderate difficulty in many different ways. KnF3 followed by Bsh G5 against the exposed queen ruins the day.

I rather play the Sicilian defense.

The key is white knight e2😂

What if they put Bishop on E3 then we can't place our Bishop on C5? So the whole concept is wrong!! Also everyone known that knights comes out before bishops it's very rare that you find three pons in the middle...I have tried did method but always failed!!