Defensive Chess Openings Videos

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Expert Arjun Puri is back with a dozen more chess items. See twelve dynamic difficult chess openings, and how to beat them. 2021.02.09 Stafford Gambit: C42 Petrov’s defence Stonewall Attack: D00 Queen’s pawn, stonewall attack Scotch Game: C45 Scotch, Steinitz variation Grob’s Attack: A00 Grob, Fritz gambit Nakhmanson Gambit: C56 Two knights defence Benoni Defense: […]

The Portuguese Gambit starts out with the moves 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4. Black looks to give up material in exchange for a very active board. For more chess openings check out:

Jonathan Schrantz teaches the Marshall Attack (sometimes seen as a gambit) in the Ruy Lopez. Black gives up a center Pawn to create weaknesses. See the original game where it failed, then see a modern improvement on the idea. 2016.08.22 Jose Raul Capablanca vs Frank James Marshall, New York (1918): C89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall counter-attack […]

The Sicilian Defense is one the most-played chess openings for Black as a response to 1. e4. It is a solid opening for both players, but can sometimes have some deadly traps. In this video, I go over some of the best traps from the Sicilian Defense opening, which has lots of tricks, traps, strategies, […]

👉 Want to improve in chess? Check out our free website: 👉 Support the channel with a donation: The French Defense is one of the fundamental openings and a common defensive strategy against white’s first move 1.e4. In this video, IM Andrey Ostrovskiy is sharing with you some of the major ideas and plans in […]

My HIPPO COURSE: Chess Openings: Learn to Play the Hippopotamus Defense… as Played by Ruslan Ponomariov! There are many chess openings for black against e4 including the French Defense, Pirc Defense, Caro-Kann Defense, Sicilian Defense, Owen’s Defense, and Scandinavian Defense. Likewise, there are many good chess openings for black against d4 including the Nimzo-Indian Defense, […]

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A look at the Owen’s Defense variation where White plays 3.Nc3. The most attention is paid to the line 3…e6 4.a3 Nf6. Also included: random references to other openings. A large portion of this video was improvised – apologies in advance for errors/omissions. Just take this video as “a collection of some ideas and lines” […]