Basic Chess Openings Explained

I love how eloquent Levy is in this video, whereas, in his more recent ones he’s straight up roasting you.

I just started learning chess and I'm 28. That queens gambit show made me wanna learn lmao. Thanks for your videos!!

if i play anyone and they know what an opening is, i've already lost

A Polite and relaxed version of levy lol

This is the calmest I've ever seen Levy

0:15 Opening Goals 1:36 Danger for Black 2:58 Setup openings (White) 4:27 Theory openings (White) 5:18 Setup openings (Black) 6:25 Theory openings (Black) 7:01 Opening Study is for 1400+ Players

Really helpful and well made video: - Clear and concise - Different levels of complexity but keeping it "simple" throughout - Good starting point to delve deeper Started on specific openings (your videos) but good thing I found this as they feel like a continuation of basic concepts (for total beginner at least).

Levy is too polite and civilised here.... It's making me uncomfortable

Finally a video that really explains it, without doing complicated quick moves using terminology I don’t understand, thank you!

I honestly love your twitch and I have to say your tutorials are probably the best quality out there! I’m really surprised that you don’t have more viewers. I think you should do more tutorials like that because they honestly make me want to play more chess.

Back in my childhood I used to spend hours and hours playing chess, and just a couple of months back, during the corona crisis, I started playing again. I got the love back, the passion. I am so glad to find great people like you uploading these videos. An easy way to understand the fundamentals of chess.

The kings Indian has got me from a miserable 130 to a 205! - I've been playing for two weeks now and I'm loving it!!

I'm really appreciating your coaching material. Your getting really good at teaching and making concepts understandable.

My god Levy is so calm it's creeping me out

It's so nice to watch your old videos and see how much you evolved as a content creator. Keep up the excellent work!

Best pleb summary of this video: Memorize the London System and Kings Indian and superfocus on them for life!

very good, thank you. I studied this video carefully after losing 3 speed chess games last night and won 3 games this morning using your openings you describe. I wrote down the openings for both black and white and used them. I am getting back into chess after many years of not playing and I never have really studied the game but now I am. Ive even bought a couple of books and they are useful as well. What I am seeing so far is without a sound opening strategy your chances of winning or even preventing a disastrous game are slim. So after this morning I m back up to just over a 1000 but hope to continue to improve my game and my rating from your instruction and the books I am reading. thanks again.

"If you're looking for relationship advice, you've come to the wrong place."

Do not follow the setup openings blindly. Be aware that the opponent can still capture the pieces you put forward, based on their opening. Just look out for possible dangers before making a move.

Can you do a chess openings breakdown, in like a tree diagram or whatnot? I recognise that there are many different variations but I think it would be helpful for beginners like myself to have an overall idea of what's out there (how many roughly so that I know how doable it is to learn it in what breadth and depth), probably even just the names would be good (white/black common openings, what's good to play for black in response to white's what, why etc.) love your vids!