Weak Squares & Bad Gambits | Chess Openings Explained – NM Caleb Denby

National Master Caleb Denby looks at what happens when chess beginners follow their opening principles without thinking. Learn to avoid these opening pitfalls.

2020.12.21
Caleb Denby vs. Tim, 2020: D21 Queen’s Gambit Accepted, 3.Nf3
David Chopin vs. Nathan Waldman, 2020: D10 Queen’s Gambit Declined Slav defence, exchange variation
Napoleon Marache vs Paul Morphy, New York (1857): C52 Evans gambit

Denby vs. Derrick Higgins, 2020: E25 Nimzo-Indian, Saemisch, Keres variation
Magnus Carlsen vs Atle Groenn, Norwegian Championship (2005): D43 Queen’s Gambit Declined semi-Slav

21 Comments

  1. Explainers think they are smarter than you. I only share my ideas.

  2. “You think this game lasted 170 years cuz Morphy played c2?” LOL good one.

  3. 15:35 isn't this breaking an opening principle anyway? In the sense that it's better to 'move your knights before bishops in the opening' play. I agree Bg4 is a poor move

  4. please make a video on how to play against english from Black side

  5. Never thought to look at openings through a square color complex perspective… Very interesting! 😎

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  8. Is it safe to say that beginner players should never accept the queen's gambit? It seems like a sucker move unless you really know what you are doing.

  9. Isn't that Morphy game part of a blindfold simul he was doing? That looks like a checkmate I saw in a Ben Finegold lecture on Morphy.

  10. Brilliant lecture sir. Working my way back to 2000 on chessworld and your videos are a great help!

  11. Instead of Rxh5 leading to mate after Kxh5 or gxh5, there was a mate in 2 with Q-e3 check N-f4 h4 mate.

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