Openings: London System 2

Am I good at chess? No
Do I feel welcomed watching Hikaru's videos? Yes

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His subscribers are blessed to get a first hand lesson from the five time himself. Great! 🙂

Watching hikaru explain the move/strategy make me feel like a GM

I love Hikaru shows that the same ideas come to play in different ways. The Rc1 never occurred to me, even though my bishop is on f4. good stuff.

I like this because I usually am not losing by move 3 when I play the london

I love the london system, it's really awesome how its simple to learn, effective at most elo and has many traps / can be expanded to be stronger as you become a better player yourself.

Amazing how clearly he sees everything in real time, and is still so down to earth and relatable even though he is a genius

Thank you Hikaru! We are blessed to learn from you. I love this.

Today, we are blessed with another lesson from hikaru

This is brilliant, please do more

Glad to be watching this vid, I've been trying to fool someone with the Tennison Gambit and not once has someone played the Scandinavian defense (or they have but it didn't work out for separate reasons).

London is my favourite opening because it's just so easy for white to play aa a beginner. No early queen attacks or some extreme variations to complicate things. It's allows to play safely and develop as a player slowly at this stage. And I wanna say after this video, I learnt some lines that I used to struggle against like the bf5 line. Thanks a lot Hikaru

Congrats on your wedding! Sincerely wish the both of you many happy years. Your video is instructive and pleasant to watch. Thank you Hikaru.

Much respect to Hikaru, consistently making content even with tournaments

Hey hikaru, as usual, amazing video! But I just wanted to make a request. Beginner opening are available in plenty of YouTube channels, everyone's trying to promote the same London, Caro, tricks, gambits, Vienna, Italian, french etc. But almost all creators shy away from teaching the English and the Sicilian always saying it's too complex for beginners and intermediates to try. I for one am very interested in both these opening and I'm sure there would be more like me who'd like a series on the English opening especially, cus it's very unique and an easy way to catch people off guard in the early stages of our rating. So, I thought there could be no one better than you to dissect some English and Sicilian games to teach us the themes, and ideas which can help us play these openings. Thank you for your content! Hope this happens some day

The HUUUUHHHH?!?! after not taking the queen was so fucking funny. 🤣🤣

Nice in-depth lesson.

Fantastic explanation. Thanks for sharing

Great commentary!
Playing explosive chess with c4!!