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How would stockfish for this go?

Is it just me or on 36:47 man just ignored the d2 knight move?

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Thank you Buddy for the lovely gift, I have download it and I will study it.

Jobava London has some similar ideas where you quickly transition from a passive defensive looking position into a tactics heavy attacking game. Definitely give it a glance after having fun with the collie.

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(@7:15) Another reason you want to move cxd4 is that Nxd4? blunders a pawn; Bxh2+ and white doesn’t have time to trap the bishop with g3, white moves the king, then black just pulls the bishop back to d6 and white now has an irreparable hole in his kingside pawns! 😮

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Hi Nelson. Some comments/questions. 1) A beginner may wonder why white castled, especially if they’ve heard the saying, “don’t castle into an enemy attack” and they notice the bishop on c6 eyeing the pawn on h2. Especially if black moves the queen to c7 (as we saw in the game.) Did white have a better move here than castle kingside? 2) What if black went Re8 instead of Qc7? Would e4 still be a good move for white, or should white continue preparation for e4?

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Definitily worth playing on o lower rankings like mine (1300) I have won, drawn lots of games like that. I've also lost quite a few.

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16:15 but I think nelson, it will be better to play Qa4 instead Bb5 cause we want that bishop on that diagonal to pressure the h7 and g6 pawn ...but the queen isn't doing anything... and most importantly the knight can not be defended or move to safety and can't play f6 which black can against Bb5...so it doesn't matter if we attack that with the queen... So isn't Qa4 is better?

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At 17:57 why not bf6 and qd2 threatening mate in a couple of moves

Great video; but it's very unlikely that an Italian game is going to play out with all these hypotheticals. Did you go through all 347,995 games?

Hey Nelson, i have a question. It's not related to the video but I asked myself whether it's useful to play some chess games very defensive in order to get better at dealing with attacks from the opponent. I know that it's often better to play offensive if you have the possibility, but if you don't maybe it's better to be prepared. I would love to hear your thoughts Ps: very nice videos

good class thank you

Would you still recommend the Colle System over the London System for beginners? Your argument seems so compelling but I feel like if this was the case, all of YT chess would be pushing Colle over London. They're both pretty standard fail-safe systems (vs theory-based openings). They're both quite similar. So why isn't it more popular? What are the weaknesses of the Colle?

I actually quite like the Colle System.

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Howdy! Love the videos. And, I know you don’t want to shorten or spoil them. But when you say, “white’s gearing up for an attack,” it’d be so much more instructive and helpful if you’d just go ahead and draw some arrows to show that right away. It’s much harder to connect those ideas when I have to go back and watch it twice to understand what you were talking about in the first place.

Colle speedrun!

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Hi Nelson, how do I order the book?

what if they c3 pawn?

14:09 what if instead of 15. ...g6 black has played 15. ...f5?

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I like the format of "Hey, we have a good move in this position. Let's find out together at how we can arrive at the good move."

15:10 isn't Qa4 also working? Like I think about the queen first when attacking, and I don't see the way for black to defend the knight without losing a rook for bishop exchange

Why not instead of cxd4 just play e5 and fork the bishop and the knight?

7:20 - That is not the only reason why e pawn was not taken by the knight. The h2 square was also protected by the knight at that time which was attacked by black bishop and queen. Although the h2 pawn being captured by black bishop is not too dangerous, yet it can really weaken the white king's position

Recently Wei Yi played Colle system

after kf6 why not simple play h5 and overwhelm white ?

you definitely should try the colle system sometime, it's such a nice yet underrated opening!

8:00 A question: Can white castle long here?

I like these series.

My copy is arriving at the end of May. I can’t wait to go through this course reading along! Thank you Nelson.

I think knights should be allowed to move

That lesson was helpful.😎

14:14 What if we take the h Pawn quickly? Isn't the other move slow that's played in the game slow?

8:13 I think I would have gone in with the rook because I could have then taken H3 because that square is covered by the queen. I think. 😅

Are all the games in this book featuring moves of pawns in front of the King? It seems to get boring seeing the same thing over and over again. One was forced to move a pawn in front of their King or willingly moved it and lost the game. As for the game, the critical mistake was Nxe4 for Black. Furthermore, I always play c5 on move 3 in order to have my bishop not blocked by the pawn, exchange on d4 and then we either have an exchange Caro-Kann or an open c-file structure that I can take control of first with the a rook. Ever since I learned the minority attack I'm yet to lose a game against London or Colle. Even though I'm in the 1600s and most players at this level don't really understand these plans. And why did the black knights need to stay on d7 and f6? They are Black's only defense. Such an exchange actually favours White. The knight on f6 should always be able to defend against the isolated d pawn, while covering the Kingside. The one on d7 can't go to c5 yet, but defends the one on d7 and when both are on the board you can get away with something like Bb7 after b6. Even though a6 and b5 are better, because you want to counter on the Queenside in an IQP position.