My FAVORITE Chess Openings by Rating

And once you become a Super GM, it's time to play the Bong Cloud.

I am convinced levy has a folder filled with faces of him for thumbnails

this is for me Beginners 00:38 White --> London System 02:00 White --> Stone Wall 02:37 White --> e4 Nf6 04:34 Black --> King's Indian Setup 05:35 Black --> Scandinavian Defense 06:34 Black --> Sicilian Defense (Dragon Sicilian) Intermediate 08:10 White --> The Vienna Gambit 08:31 White --> Vienna Copycat Variation 08:50 White --> Closed Sicilian 10:31 Black --> Highly recommended: Caro-Kann Defense 11:06 Black --> Against any but e4, The Dutch 12:26 Black --> Traxler 13:11 Black --> Stafford Gambit Advanced 14:10 White --> The Trompowsky Attack 14:43 White --> Trompowsky Raptor Variation 15:00 White --> Catalan 15:20 White --> The English 16:20 Black --> e4 e5 (Ruy Lopez or Italian) play g6 system 17:17 Black --> trickier sicilians, not main line (Nimzowitsch, Two-Knights Sicilian) 18:05 Black --> e6 b6 setups thats it!

When you see that the first opening is for 1100s cries in 280

best 2700+ opening: e4 ke2 it has a 0% loserate

I have never played a single game of chess, so this feels like I’ve sat down in the wrong lecture in college but am too nervous to leave so I just sit and listen

eginner White : London System (0:40), Stonewall (1:53), e4 principles/Fried Liver (2:37) Beginner Black : Kings Indian (4:18), Scandinavian Defense (5:32), Sicilian Dragon (6:34) Intermediate White : Gambits (7:23), Vienna/Vienna Gambit (8:10), Closed Sicilian (8:45), Advanced Caro-Kann (10:08) Intermediate Black : Caro-Kann (10:28), Dutch Defense (11:04), Traxler+Sneaky stuff (12:23), Stafford Gambit (13:12) Advanced White : Straying away from/not allowing mainline theory, applying pressure (13:43), Trompowsky (14:11), Catalan (14:59), English Opening (15:18) Advanced Black : e4 e5 sidelines/g6 systems (16:18), Nimzowitsch/2 Knight Sicilian (17:10), e6,b6 setups (18:02)

"like begginers", nice it's for me gothamchess: begginers are for 1100 me being 500 :(

8:15 Vienna opening (intermediate) 10:37 Caro-Kann (intermediate) 15:00 the catalan (Advanced)

Excellent video Gotham :) I am learning a lot from you :) I think you are becoming the major force of Youtube, and a great credit to you for your huge consistent efforts and passion. I guess you may be a fan of British Grandmaster Julian Hodgson - he won the British chess championship a few times with the Trompovsky as a key weapon of choice. I am also a fan of the Leningrad Dutch but had a heartbreaking loss with it once and didn't play it so much after. Your analogy with the reversed Closed Sicilian is encouraging. I am also a fan of the Vienna game :) We do seem to share some favorites. Cheers, K

“English opening relies on your solidity and long term strategic planning” Oh.. maybe that’s why I suck at the English. Been using it since I was 1000 and now at 1700 I still have no idea what I’m doing😂😂😂 I take it I only win because my opponent also has no idea what I’m doing.

12:15 "Who has the advantage? Me. Because you're watching my video." Very Finegoldesque , Levy

Me : at 900, complete beginner Also me : thinks he has big brain by only watching and playing the 1800+ openings

Beginner openings: London System - 0:43 Stonewall - 1:59 Potential gambits and aggressive tricks - 3:09 (Black) Kings Indian Defence - 4:33 Scandinavian Defence - 5:36 Dragon Sicilian Defence - 6:39 Intermediate openings: Gambits and new theory with e4 - 7:26 Vienna - 8:12 Vienna Gambit - 8:26 Closed Sicilian Defence (if they play Sicilian) - 8:49 Smith Mora Gambit (if they play Sicilian) - 9:23 Wing Gambit (if they play Sicilian) - 9:29 London System against the KID variations - 9:43 (Black) Caro Kann - 10:33 Dutch Defence (any move that is not e4 or g4) - 11:16 Traxler Trap - 12:33 Staffordshire Gambit - 13:16 Advanced openings: Trampowsky - 14:13 Catalan - 15:03 English - 15:23 (Black) Caro Kann -16:16 Bird Variation - 16:43 Tricky Sicilians - 17:16 e6 b6 setup for positional mastery and tricks - 18:06 That's it.

this guy makes the best chess content, love how passionate he gets when talking about the vienna.

As a 2000 rated player here are some of the openings that worked for me at different rating levels: Unr-1200 - The Stonewall Attack for white got me many easy wins, lots of easy attacking ideas and I was always ahead on the clock because my moves are typically the same. As black the Nimzowitch (1.Nc6) worked really well as I met 2. d4 with with 2.d5 and typically got easy development and met 2. Nf3 with f5 (the Colorado gambit) which most of my opponents didn’t know so I ended up with even material and a big center From around 1100-1700 I started to switch to the London and it worked really well. It’s a lot more flexible than the Stonewall yet still shared some of the same attacking ideas As black I started to play the 2 knights Sicilian. It’s tricky as in the main lines if white plays in the style of the English Attack (Be3) or classical (Be2) black is set up to play Bb4 and d5 with a good position. 1700-Now I stopped playing the London as my main weapon as it really doesn’t challenge a well prepared opponent and moved onto the Queens Gambit. Obviously it would take a lot to go into what lines I like, but typically I liked setups involving an easy f3 and e4 against the Nimzo, Kings Indian, Gruenfeld etc As black, the Caro Kan Tarktakower variation has served me with easy plans against players who can’t really claim to use my doubled f pawns as an advantage. Just some thoughts, cheers Levy

Gotham:- Go for the Fried Liver Traxler Counter Attack:- Hold my Dark-Squared Bishop

Thank you so much for this. Starting with some solid openings has really eased my early-game anxiety about unnecessarily exposing my side to attacks. I think I’ve watched the first half of this like 20 times.

"Developing here super simple" Me when play chess: "Hey, that's ilegal"