“It depends on the size” lmaooo

@samuelcharette4224

10 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@coenkuijpers1800

10 ай бұрын

Makes you wonder if he would like it small, or big 😮

@Nightwalk444

9 ай бұрын

Absolutely hilarious

I just love this guys' analogies..."Are you going to be a creep about it? No. You are going to play Knight to D2."

You've rly taught me London and Caro But can you start playing against like 1200-1600s so that your intermediate audience can get a better understanding?❤

Just watched your video and on my first game with this opening I got 2 BRILLIANT MOVES! It is insane how some solid openings are so underrated yet so easy to play and consistent! This is literally a london system but with a surprise element!

Before every chess battle, I scream my warcry, "BANZEA!!!!!"

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

10 ай бұрын

Alex Banzai of Caro-London clan, very dangerous samurai

@chadwickgoodrich9153

10 ай бұрын

I think I will start yelling the “Banzea” war cry at the beginning of each game from now on.

Hi, Alex! Would be awesome indeed to see your speedrun with Colle-Zukertort!

I liked the "penis" part, it was hilarious with that Dracula accent. I am always stunned by Banzea's ability to play chess, teach chess and his ability to speak English so well as a second (third?) language.

Just reached a peak rating of 1400 thanks to your caro kann lessons

Alex, thanks for making these videos so simple and easy to understand. I bought both the Carro course and the London course and they're well worth the money. You are my favorite chess creator.

Another great lesson, as always. I love watching your games.

I’ve heard of this before but most people play a move and it changes to a different opening

Alex another legendary commentary at the beginning of your first game 😂

Much as I love your instruction, Alex, I very much prefer to see you challenge stronger players (1500+) as these weak players make many mistakes which invalidate the lesson.

Hey Alex, this Zuckertort Colle is exciting, hoping for a rating climb series ❤

The strength of the accent helps me understand the ideas properly

Oh yeah, was hoping our man Alex would post more content on the Colle-Zukertort! 🎉

Very instructive video Alex. Some ideas about piece placement is very similar to the London. Petition to do a rating climb with this setup.

i love how he goes into these analogies while the clock is still ticking 17:25

Great info. Your analogies are crazy!

oh my goddd the way you talk is SO GOOD these videos are so helpful thank you

I remember covering basically the same variation of colle with stockfish(which actually got me discovering the colle) with that Bishop on b2. It’s actually really cool, I’ve never seen it in a game

Best thing about the channel? Alex and his amazing teaching skills and instructive videos. 2nd best thing? all the pee-pee jokes 😂😂

I like playing the Colle Zuckertort. Thank you for this video, kickass as usual!

I can see why nobody is ripping on this system in the same way as the London. The bishop fianchetto there I think gives a better position, more obvious the more I look at it. Then castle, it looks very promising. Thanks Alex.

I love the metaphors. They make my day.

I've won the most important game in my life against this system few weeks ago.

Alex thank you, literally spent the whole day searching for a d4 opening that isn't queen's gambit or London. I already use trompowsky but needed something off beat against everything other than... Nf6 for black 👌

I have heard of the zukertort and almost chose to study it, but currently studying london atm

7:14 Not much wrong with Qxe6, followed by Nf7.

This dude right here!!!! LMAO Legendary jokes along with fantastic chess commentary. A+++++

I’m IN LOVE with this opening. Thank you for introducing me to this. I got accused of cheating after making really unsound sacks that ended up working in the heat of the moment lol. Beat an 1800 which is an accomplishment at 1100. Please, more of this

Paused the video after first game and checkmated my opponent first game lol. thanks for the easy opening

Caro is optimal with e4 but Eric Hansen has few speed runs where he responds with c6 to every single d4.

@KenKurkowski

10 ай бұрын

Could go into a Slav after 2.c4 d5

Could you also cover the traditional Colle with some later e4 Ideas?

It looks quite similar to the stonewall at first glance.

Thanks you ❤

Zukertort powaaa! Thx Alex, i requested this one few days ago, it is kind from you! Greetings from France ^^

@lionelbowhunter468

10 ай бұрын

Abig problem for me for my ladder: Vienna ou Zukertort??? Vienna seems to be less complicated...but ukertort is more fun, can not decide

Might be a great opening if your opponent allows you to get that far, which rarely they do.

Whoa Alex you went into NSFW territory there about 1:55. I get your point that the Caro is probably not going to work well vs. d4. The Colle though is very much like the London, which is fashionable to rip on. I'm not ready to give up on it completely, there might still be some good lessons there for early intermediate and beginning players. I've never seen anyone really crush the London, and I think it takes very sharp, advanced play to "refute" it and I think refute is a strong word. It's not my #1 White opening but I can see you'd recommend something else.

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

not sure exactly what you are reffering to

Hey alex quick question what to do when the opponent just trades everything 😶 . I mean i just tried this in 4 game they just take take and take . resulting in either pawns end games or each queens with couple of pawns my rating range is in mid 700 range

d4 c6 can easily transpose to slav which is very solid repsonse to d4, not semislav tho - that is too locked and boring for me. Also London seems to have much more attacking potential than Colle/Colle-Zuckertort (btw it means sugar cake in german)

Alex what happens if they castle to the opposite side? Does the whole system collapse?

Thanks for the video good sir

Interesting variation, but I think I need to recover my lost 10 games in a row before trying something different :) , Thank you for always giving Ideas :)

How to counter queenside attack/opening instead of Carrocan?

Good video, thank you!

i just played the Colle Zukertort before watching your video. And it is really a so "hot" opening and i really killed my opponent with check mate after battled the Queen. So now my friend know what happened when i just post "Rock'n'Colle" in my status ;)

Some games against 1.d4 with black would be nice

@alancoe1002

10 ай бұрын

Queen Gambit Accepted with 2...a6!

"unless it a big one" 😅😂

Very nice video!! Thanks!!😅😅😅

18:46 That e5 square is a bit tender, e.g. dxe5, followed by Nc4 and Nc4xe5.

Please do more colle videos. I love playing black, but I need colle system breakdowns

When I see 1.d4, I go c6 all the time because at my skill level, the Slav transposes into a Botvinnik advance Caro-Kann like 95% of the time. (2.e4 d5 3.e5 c5) Same with the old Benoni if I mouse slip and go c5 instead. Because they’ll usually just blindly go 2.e4 and I’ll go d5 in the smith morra gambit position. But THEN my opponent will go e5 transposing into a weird Botvinnik advance except I’ll have the initiative. Once i get above 2200 I’ll just have to buckle down and finally learn the Sicilian to play this better, but for now; this works.

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

10 ай бұрын

Benoni makes soooo many people uncomfortable cause they just don't know/study this opening - but it is very interesting and useful, you also have Benko gambit which cool

Another banger! Way better than Gotham chess as usual. 🎉

@sliceserve234

10 ай бұрын

Gotham chess is a low bar, and easy to get over. But Alex is indeed gifted at explaining chess concepts.

@chadwickgoodrich9153

10 ай бұрын

You have your own students/fans. Alex keep doing what you do. Your style is unsurpassed in the chess community today. Gotham is someone I will not watch. Honestly, I can’t stand him and his jealous ways. You are awesome 👏🏽

@sliceserve234

10 ай бұрын

@@chadwickgoodrich9153 finally someone else who can't stand gotham! i salute you!

That mouse slip on the first game hurt me to my soul 3:27

“Pray there is no penis.” 😂😂😂 I’ve watched this video several times. Very well done.

i like this opening, can you make some more videos for this?

Expanding your sharp, tactical repertoire to the vicious Colle-Zuckertort is such a London player thing to do 😂 Which is exactly why I started learning it 😅 One issue with it is that it's seemingly not viable against Bf5 and g6 systems. Other than that, it's pretty annoying and scary for Black when you cement the Pillsbury knight and all sorts of sacrifices become possible.

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

I have a thing vs bf5 (That I showed in the video). Vs kid probably just gotta play something a bit weird like e3-Be2 and 0-0 which is sort of meta)

@ChessJourneyman

10 ай бұрын

​@@AlexBanzeaFell asleep when that part of the vid came 😅 Interesting approach, I know that the usual response to Bf5 is c4, forcing Colle player to abandon his plans. But your idea with the pawn storm looks fun, imma try it on some unsuspecting victims at the club ❤

@nathanw3122

10 ай бұрын

I’ve been playing the CZ around the 2100 level with pretty good success! Excited to see more, thanks Alex! I can concur the Bf5 and g6 lines are most annoying to me.

This reminds me a lot of the Stonewall

legend

Made my day better... make it to grandmaster and I will finally have one to cheer for. God bless.. Depends on size was a genius tactic in itself. Keep having fun and throw the sterile chess players off

Yo this man is wild

This dude funny af 😂

What do you personally play with black against white d4 pawn openings?

3:05 beer through my nose.. nice one lol

Can you do more on this opening?

Colle-Zuck is awesome. Please do a video on how to defeat it as black!

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

kzread.info/head/PLy7vABK_JsyPeE-Bivc113GOjuD-hR02s

@48:54 haircut transposition

Can you make a catalan speedrun in the future or queens gambit

i didn't miss it but when you didn't play it i was like i must be missing something lol

Wait, stop, the colle zuk is my opening, don't give away the secrets

Can you make some videos of beating d4 with black?

@VillainousShow

10 ай бұрын

KID, Modern or find a Gambit that works for black.

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

kzread.info/head/PLy7vABK_JsyPeE-Bivc113GOjuD-hR02s

Whats your recommended black opening against e4 for beginners?

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

Caro-Kann!

I love jumping in with my horsie.

I never had an answer on black's Bf5 or Bg4 (35:23ff). With Bb5 those days seem to be over ... :-)

In 2nd game, your opponent played the Czech Pirc defense. I play the Pirc and that variation was a poor choice. When you bring out the Queen, it's to piin the Knight on C3 which you didn't develop. The mainline Pirc is a better choice IMHO.

arguably that may depend upon the size...he says casually and moves on with the lesson like nothing happened LOL!

Yoooooooo this dude just became my favorite.. pause..

New opening yay

Oh, damn, my bad. I didn't know you were on that bus when I was. Stop putting my creepiness out there, please. I won't do it again. 😂

Poor first guy had to castle by hand

Is there a way to know when the jobava london course will be out?

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

I guess around two months

26:28 If it helps, I didnt realize Nc4 is winning a pawn either. ;)

nice colle system

Alex…was at work…now I’m in HR office…thank u 😂

“Girl with a penis” …bwaha!, you need to do more vids Alex …entertaining and instructive as all hell

So is this opening basically the same as the stonewall, but with a fianchetoed bishop? Beginner here

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

it can be, but we are not always going to have Ne5 (especially vs king's indian lines)

I'd just like to thank "idlisi" for helping me to feel better about my chess abilities

“Size” lol

First game I tried it and checkmated my opponent!

Comedy Gold!!!

Heh, the opponent on the first game has watched Eric Hansen's "c6 against everything"-speedrun.

@woodenfences

10 ай бұрын

Just what I was about to say, but after 3...e6, not so sure. :)

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

10 ай бұрын

@@woodenfences What do you mean? Typical semi-slav/triangle system setup

@woodenfences

10 ай бұрын

@@mariuszpudzianowski8400 I was replying to the OP's reference to Eric Handen's "c6 against everything" which doesn't seem to involve the typical triangle, so far.

The faallowing game was so good 😁

At 3:15, heh, I'd argue that it might also depend on how much alcohol is involved and how long it's been since....well, you know. And Europe seems more flexible about these things....your mileage may vary. Everyone be safe now.

What is the name of this opening specifically please? Couldn't quite make it out.

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

Colle Zukertort

@waltdog123

10 ай бұрын

​​@@AlexBanzeaI have thoughts that this might be a good alternate from my Jobava when my opponent blocks the way

In the second game your opponent is playing the Chec Pirc which is a system opening also.

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

Except is bad 😂❤️

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

10 ай бұрын

Except it sucks

@tomtoss2463

10 ай бұрын

Alex and Marius, it is alright to play a system opening but it is not alright to stop thinking. You need to know and understand your opening and when to adapt.

@mariuszpudzianowski8400

10 ай бұрын

@@tomtoss2463 Nothing against system openings, I play London a ton as well as KID - but Pirc is just inferior version of KID - but your point is correct

I love your irreverent analogies!

Thoughts on the dragon Sicilian

@AlexBanzea

10 ай бұрын

Prefer accelerated

ur first opponent spent 6 moves manually castling lol

1:35 LMAO