Its truly rare to find someone who is so insightful and still so willing to teach and help. This is one of the true gems of the internet. Says so much about your spirit and character. Can't thank you enough. Tremendous.

Excellent teacher! His teachings aided my game greatly. I went from a 1100 to a 1695 standard rating over the last few years!

@krishnaprem2847

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you much, I very much appreciate this!! Sorry for the delay in reply on this! :)

@CGoldthorpe

3 жыл бұрын

Yes very clear and very consistantly at the same level. He speaks clearly and keeps it short! Likely the best on openings on the internet!

@CGoldthorpe

3 жыл бұрын

The largest part of anyone's progress from 1100 to 1600+ must involve massive TACTICAL improvement, As you know, you could deliberately play a weak opening, even with some minor errors, then win in the middle game during the inevitable blunder-storm.

@Sam07989

Жыл бұрын

@@krishnaprem2847 do you provide chess lessons? I’m basically a class C player wanting to get to 2000+.

As I've come to expect from your videos, an excellent introduction. Thanks! You are a gifted teacher.

Outstanding presentation. Your enthusiasm for the pirc is enough to ensure that I'll be both using it and studying it further. Thank you.

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Excellent!! Great to hear! Thank you for writing!! :)

@jerry500xu

6 жыл бұрын

He's not enthusiastic for the pirc at all, hes clearly trying to tell you it sucks as an opening and you just get into a bad position most of the time.

@bestscenes60fps42

5 жыл бұрын

If you watched this video you must definitely watch this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gaFn1Klrg8vImcY.html

SOLD!! I really liked this video. Some of the positions that can arise is my kind of chess. Truly an inspiring demonstration of the Pirc. Liked it so much I went out and purchased a MCO. Great stuff, Keep em coming!

Just like to say, that of all the authors on chess you are by the best. You are clear and concise with your moves and move orders, plus why's and whens! Very instructive and good, clear audio and video! Bravo!!!

You have quality videos that are easy to understand. I like how you explain things. I'd like to see you do on separate videos different variations of openings.

I really enjoy your videos and the way you show the opening. Good job !

I like your concise and focused videos. The style of presentation is excellent! I like how you mention variations based on the logic of the piece placement and principles of the opening. This approach makes the info easier to use because you can just remember the variations based on the principles. Great work! Please keep it up!

Your overview of the subject matter seems thought out and easily understandable, the aesthetics of the video like the window and the physicality with the two chessboards is cool.

An instructive (as usual) video! Just for viewers' info, @10:17, in the bit that the English (and Spanish) subtitles regard as 'inaudible', Dereque actually says, 'And now, to deploy his queen to an aggressive post, Black plays c5'.

Thank you, I'm glad you really enjoyed the video! More are on the way :) -Dereque

(2/2) Another suggestion: When assessing my progress against higher-rated opponents I've often not looked at my concrete results because that is likely to remain at a dismal percentage for sometime. Rather, I have had success with setting a more short-term goal like "making it out of the opening with a reasonable position" or "having the initiative at one point in the game". When you achieve a good batting average at this kind of intermediate goal you're ready to set something more challenging.

I'm really glad you like the videos, thank you! -Dereque

As somebody who only got his first official chess titles this year, ACM first, then AFM Arena FIDE Master, I still feel it's always beneficial to watch these kinds of videos and refresh these ideas into your mind. It's amazing how many times you can learn from such instructional videos, especially with a very enthusiastic teacher. Good work.

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Very happy to hear this, thank you! :)

Oh my goodness I LOVE your videos!!!! And many many THANKS for doing the Pirk. A person I play with a lot always uses it when he's black. You'd think I knew better by now but this video has been super helpful. So thanks again for all the work you do.

Excellent Class! One of the best chess videos I´ve seen so far...and I watch a lot of them. Elegant! He is a modern Borovsky!

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy a couple of Znosko-Borovsky's books! Glad you're finding the videos so enjoyable :)

You are the best Dereque! Thank you so much.

Hey Dereque, thanks for the video. I'm 1800 USCF and recently won some tough games to win runnerup in High school state tournament in Kentucky thanks to the knowledge of opening game and theory you give in these videos. Thanks xD!

Bravo! Excellent presentation on the pirc.

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! :)

I really like the way you present concepts. Great production, with you on the board and the schematic as needed.

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video! Not sure at what point you're asking this question?

This channel is always my first stop when learning about a new opening for a quick overview.

@KebuChess

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martin!! :)

Once again, your videos are great.

Fantastically clear explanations. Thank you!

Thank you for the suggestion! I don't think I'll be doing one on the Pirc for Black soon but who knows? -Dereque

Love the content; love the defense style. Liked and subscribed :)

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!! :) Welcome to the channel :)

another great video. Good work.

I like this combination of real person and virtual board. Also you explain very well. Thx for taking the time to do this.

A few people have asked about the Bird, so maybe it's time to get cracking on a Bird video... Glad you are enjoying the videos! -Dereque

What a marvelous job... Well done man... Thank you very much from Brazil... Keep going !!!

@KebuChess

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, I truly apprecaite this!! :) -Krishna :)

Good question! White's goal is to defend the g4-square in the way which contributes most of all to his long-term plans. In this case, h2-h3 does not fit in well if the eventual aim is a kingside pawn storm. This is because the h-pawn itself will want to be thrust forward to h5, exchanged, and the open h-file exploited. f2-f3 supports the center but also fits nicely into the plan of kingside attack by supporting g2-g4 and h2-h4-h5.

Great video brother, thank you.keep up the good work.

Learning a lot with yout explanations. Thanks

@KebuChess

8 жыл бұрын

+Rubén Idafe Hdez Herrera Sweet, great to hear!

Very, very good! Many thanks!

Dereque, your chess video instructions are presented well, and your skill as a chess National Master is remarkable. One major help would be to have black openings demonstrated from the black side to the viewer, please. It's the only reason that I also go to other videos on chess openings, and I'm sure this is the case for others viewing chess openings. Thanks for the colorful and knowledgeable presentations, Dereque!

Indeed! Thank you

Thanks, your video has been very helpful. 2. e5 does look annoying. Now I know how to deal with black's d6 move whether I play d4 or e4. I'll try transposing into the pirc opening if i'm not in the mood to play against the king's indian.

That is one quite viable way to go. Another good idea which Queen's Pawn players often prefer is 2.Nf3 followed by 3.c4 (but not 2.c4 first since this allows an annoying variation 2...e5!? which, I think, is comfortable is Black). In that case, play often transposes to the King's Indian (if Black develops his bishop to g7) or a somewhat more passive system known as the Old Indian if Black plays an early ...e5 and ...Be7. White has good chances in both.

Yes, love your videos

I do love your videos Dereque. I became a serious student of the game because of them! So thank you. Therefore the following criticism is primarily meant to dissuade people who watch this video from prematurely characterizing the Pirc as an undependable or shaky defense to 1.e4 rather than to disregard your analysis. In response to the rather bleak outlook on the Pirc from this video which some people are accepting as I scroll through the comments below.. From Chess Developments The Pirc by James Vigus 2012: "The most creative of players, Vassily Ivanchuk (35th in the world), has taken up the Pirc as a weapon of choice when playing for a win with Black against 1.e4, with predictably impressive results. Vladimir Kramnik (5th in the world!), who has been known to struggle with White against the Pirc, recently saw the light as well and likewise began to employ our opening in top-level tournaments. The Pirc has another elite champion shakhriyar mamedyarov (22nd in the world)..." pg. 7, parenthesis mine. He goes on to list Grischuk, Topalov and Aronian as dabblers in the opening. Whether Paul Vigus is showing bias towards the Pirc defense or not (his first ever win against a GM was with the Pirc!), it remains a "fact" that the Pirc is gaining in popularity at the top levels of chess even though since the mid-1990s publications on how to defeat the Pirc have abounded. I myself purchased The Pirc in Black and White by Vigus and began memorizing the lines of the f3-system right away due to this video. Now, to be fair, you did focus in on castling kingside as highly dangerous for black in the midst of the "150 attack" followed by the slow a6-b5 Queenside counter-play so your conclusion is warranted. Moreover, you qualified it with the statement that Grandmasters today often refuse to castle kingside in these type of positions, and therefore this unfavorable situation is unlikely to be reached so quickly. And according to James Vigus and Andrew Martin's analyses, you're right. But to say that White can ultimately count on an advantage in these positions is not at all what James, Andrew (and lowly ranked I) have discovered, and both Yasser and Akobian have stated in their videos something to the effect that they consider only the Austrian to be truly critical for the Pirc. I offer a final quote below from James Vigus' book to those viewers who might dismiss this defense too quickly after watching this video as I had.. It's a shame to think that I may have never picked up this rich defense had I not accidentally came across other resources. While Dereque is trying to be fair and balanced in his handling of the Pirc for those who are beginning their journey in opening theory, it just seems to me that he has nothing truly positive to say about it. I was left thinking, "Well, if I'm going to get real serious about chess it's probably to my advantage to pick up something other than this" and I can't see how others haven't thought along the same lines. In my opinion, it's unfortunate and unfair to the Pirc. Talk about a first date: Hi, I'm the Pirc! I struggle to prove an advantage in every position, want to go out again sometime!? lolol Nigel Short: "The Pirc Defense is one of those openings I find difficult to take seriously: Black concedes the centre and allows his opponent to adopt just about any set-up he fancies. If White likes a sharp attacking game he might choose the Austrian Attack [4 f4], or if he prefers a quieter approach, the Classical system [4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Be2]. Either way he decides. And yet it must be admitted there is still something to be said for this flexible hypermodern system which can either confuse the opponent or, alternatively, lull him. ...I, for one, am rarely able to demonstrate the inadequacy of (a) Black's development or (be) his neglect of the centre." Yea, both Nigel and Kramnik struggle to prove an advantage over the board. Even if it is indeed true that White always has an advantage to whatever degree, if top GMs have difficulty demonstrating it then shouldn't that be even more true for us mortals? "Significantly, Short nowadays tends to avoid the challenge of the Pirc altogether, inviting transpositions to a Sicilian with 1 e4 d6 2 Nc3 and 3 f4." pg. 9. If you like hypermodern systems, or are new to opening theory and find them interesting, know that there is plenty to get excited about in the rat (otherwise know as the Pirc!), though it will probably take more effort than the more "solid" defenses. Mamedyarov would applaud you, and Nigel and Kramnik may some day fear you :)

@KebuChess

8 жыл бұрын

+Aron Forch Hi!! Thanks for the comment. The perspective which I use in my own games and throughout these videos and applications for the IPhone/Android is the same as it's been for over 10 years.... to get good at chess you must become very good at middle-games, and middle-game strategy can be gradually acquired from a careful study of opening theory as middle-game positions are closely connected with the openings from which they arose. By systematically answering such questions as "why are the Pirc and Philidor 'worse' than the Sicilian and 1...e5" (for example), we can begin to learn important things about how and why the pieces and pawns should be deployed in certain ways and these kinds of principles last throughout the game. This is simply an approach to chess study that I have "devised" and utilized to reach master and it's what I share with everyone who is asking me some information about how to improve. So in some cases I make this clear but sometimes I do not remember to remind people...I'm never saying "don't play the Pirc"! Or any other opening. Yes, you can win many games with the Pirc, and in certain cases you can win more games than with more "tried and true" openings like the Sicilian. That's not the point, and it's not my task to encourage people what opening to select. For those who ask me privately, I often point out that openings that are "inferior" analytically are absolutely playable and sometimes even preferable especially until you reach certain levels (2400 and beyond it seems to matter). The point of paying attention to the inferiority or superiority of certain lines in these videos and any of my instruction materials is to teach chess principles from an analytically sound point of view. It's early in the morning, and I'm not sure this makes much sense the way I've described it, but hopefully you get a little of what I'm trying to say.... thank you for the comment!!

this is awesome!! subbed

Another excellent lesson. Thank you Dereque!

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I much appreciate it and am grateful that you find the lesson excellent!! :)

Thank you for all your vids they have really helped a lot. Any chance you can do bird's opening in the future?

i could watch these videos all day...

6:42 and 7 52 queenside?

Dereque I like your videos.this opening is my most used opening.i am very good at middle game but not so good at end game.Cn you give some tips plz.Thx

Wow, excellent work! I'm glad you found the videos helpful :-)

Good catch, thanks!

Thank you! Glad you find the videos helpful :)

I love your video I am a fan of yours

Thank you so much for the uploads! I was wondering if you could make the digital board have the coordinates, just so that it's easier for me to follow along. I'm sure there are others who feel this way. Thanks so much :D

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

You bet!! Thanks for the suggestion, I kind of like that players are stretched a bit to find the coordinates as I think people will succeed at learning algebraic notation a bit faster. But again thanks for the suggestion! :D

Any suggestions on how to deal with the f4 3 pawn Austrian attack by white? I have difficulty with them shutting down e5 for black. I've tried c5 but little success.

Explanation is so good..This made me to understand easily..It inspired me a lot..Excellent Teacher...Thanks a lot for this video...

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, I much appreciate this!! :) Thank you!

Thank you!

Hello! Your videos are very helpful, thank you for sharing your knowledge! I have a friend at the club I play at who plays a "pirc" like defense against e4 by playing 1...d6 2 d4 Nf6 3 Nc3 e6 4 Nf3 and avoiding the fianchetto, like you described, plays Be7, 0-0, then starts pushing queenside pawns, making it a little uneasy for 0-0-0. I have fought a lot of hard battles against what looks like a really cramped system. I haven't found a good opening plan against this. Any suggestions?

Hey, I just have a quick question, when the Knight is developed to c6 what would be black's ideal response to d5?

Great commentary! :)

Thank you very much!!

Hi there ! I like the Way you explain your thoughts. Your Passion is going to inspire everyone, especially Beginners and the Youth . Keep on goin ! Do u have some Thoughts about the chinese Attack against the Pirc? (4.Be2 and 5.g4) Thx !

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it's worth a try! :) Thank you for all the kind words, much appreciated!! :)

Thanks for the kind words! I doubt I'll have any luck on that one ;) Still, there must be something you can do to learn more! But what? -Dereque

Glad you enjoyed it :)

amazing you are such best coach

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

So much appreciated, thank you!! :)

Thank you! Suggestion noted :)

Glad you enjoyed the video! I'd agree, this seems even a bit more dangerous for Black than the Dragon Yugoslav -Dereque

Nice lesson Thanks 👍

Thanks!

Great to hear :)

(1/2) This is a really great question to which I have no easy answer. If another round of videos is forthcoming, one idea I have to is to take situations exactly like these (where one side has made standard errors at the beginner level) and find some principles of play and examples to comment on.

Hats off to you sir....

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!! :)

thanks!

Soon, I hope!

Glad you enjoyed the video!

do you recommend using the pirc defense anyway? in my experience it’s a pretty decent opening unless white uses the Australian attack

At 3:15, when white plays f4, cant black put the bishop on h6 and pin the pawn? Great vid and pls review the kings gambit (unless u already did) keep up the good work!

Thanks for the reply ! I seem to get black a lot in tournement . I am near 1700 USCF and was wondering if you could recomend the best black opening against e4 and d4 and Nf3.

if i play d4 and my opponent plays d6 can i just transpose into the pirc opening or would you say theres a better why to play with d4.

ur the shit! im getting ready for the orlando open RN. c't study enough

Great explanation 👏

@KebuChess

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! :)

:-) I'm glad you still like the videos

@atilla baspinar: Thank you!

Just wanted to say thanks for the video Dereque. Your videos are my go to when researching or deciding on using a new opening to get an idea of the strategies.

@KebuChess

6 жыл бұрын

Very great and encouraging to hear - thank you! :)

(2/2) Eventually, in such a case, you should be able to make use of your extra space to deploy the pieces better than the opponent can. Then at the right moment - breakthrough or sacrifice! I know it's not much but I hope this helps.

You're welcome and thank you!

Thank you! The Austrian definitely gives Black a run for his money. I wish I had time to learn them both! Like many flexible openings, the Pirc allows White quite a bit of strategic flexibility. Studying White's various strategies and comparing them to one another is a great way to increase positional understanding in general. -Dereque

Im just beggining to learn chess but what is the difference between the Pirc defence and the kings indian?

its actually pronounced pirc (peerts) defense. but good vid and yasser says austrian attack was best against pirc. its also a favorite response of mine to the pirc defense. 2nd is classical. 3rd saemisch. 4th can be 150 or four pawns.

@evelyncecilia2746

10 жыл бұрын

Pierce..

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Awesome! I will try that!

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

:)

@bisbeeper Thank you! I agree, it wasn't an especially accurate pronunciation. -Dereque

This video was very informative, however I am curious about the mainline 5.f3, To me it seems like its weak while the king is not castled and a more effective continuation would be 5.h3, which is the thematic defence of the najdorf, but I looked it up in masters games and h3 is about 3 times less popular, is that because f3 supports the pawn center strongly and h3 would make the pawn storm disjoint, which weakens the center?

Modern Defense warrants another discussion , there are many ways Black may choose to deploy his pawns in that system. Also Black often delays ...Nf6 for some time in the Modern Defense whereas in the Pirc Black plays ...Nf6 early.

8:02 instead of a6, how about b5? If Nxb5 Rb8 Nc3 With many ideas like Nb4 then to a2 Be6 And Qd7....

2. "Avoided" is perhaps a strong word. The general idea is that Black delays ...Bg7 so that if White ever plays Bh6 ...Bxh6 can be played without Black having lost any time or having to castle kingside and expose the king. Since White is "poised" for this exchange (due to his moves Qd2 & Be3) Black often tries to delay ...Bg7 for as long as possible and simply expand on the queenside and in the center. It's a risky concept however!

can you make a video how to crush the caro kan??

Great vid! I really learned a lot from this!

@KebuChess

9 жыл бұрын

Xtremeo Files Great!!

great explanation

@KebuChess

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words, much appreciated!!! :)

Not sure where you are referring to?

You're very welcome!

Hey, Dereque. Could you do one on the Pribyl Defense? It's similar to the Pirc, but very different too.

@KebuChess

10 жыл бұрын

Very interesting! I appreciate the suggestion :-)

im playing the pirc defense inverting the King and the queen with e4 - d6 - Any White move - Kd7 - ... - Qe8 - ... Kd8 (LOL) ...Just playing something different...

That would be an interesting one! I'll see what I can do... -Dereque