Robert Plunkett's Chess Lab
Robert Plunkett's Chess Lab
National Master of chess recognized by the United states chess federation. Chess coach and author of the book "Commanding The Chessboard" which is available on amazon by clicking on the title below. I am available for chess lessons. I have over 20 years of coaching experience with players of all ratings and skill levels. I am especially interested in working with people that love chess and are willing to work hard. You can email me at [email protected] if you are interested in coaching.
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Super interesting!!
Not sure how true the story is but it’s a banger 😂
@@everydaffodil5344 It is a true story based on a fictional story. LOL. Yes that's a thing. LOL.
8:40 couldn't have said it better myself. Chess is a game of both creativity and memory, but I think more of creativity
Could you maybe make something covering the Rauzer attack in the classical sicillian?
Okay
@@robertplunkettschesslab thanks man, i always try to find something for white but all the coverage is on the f4 lines not the f3 lines I prefer
@@fili24 I am going to do a video that covers both.
The video is coming out tomorrow so keep a lookout. It covers both f4 and f3. My personal preference is f3 but through the h4 move order.
Excellent in-depth review. Thank you
You mentioned a course with the taking of c4 does it combine it with the c6 and eventual b5 like this game?
@@RL.777 in my videos on it I focus on the lines with a6 and not c6. So the similarities between my recommendations and this game are only conceptual.
@@robertplunkettschesslab Thank you!
My friend likes ng5 instead of nd6 what do you think
i just noticed at 230 your board is wrong. queens are gone and kings on wrong squares...what am i mising. queen is huge in bmd
I have a line in the early theory where queens get exchanged. I show the main line theory where Queens stay on the board after this. Most of my videos follow this pattern. I show sidelines and then mainlines. The vast majority of the video focuses on positions with queens on the board.
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Qd8 then bg5 i would say
What was wrong with putting both rooks on the 7th rank? looks more principled to me.
Very principled. Unfortunately Whites back rank was still weak. If Ree7 then ....Rd1+, Re1 Rxe1#. And black wins. So white had to make luft before he could think about doubling on the 7th.
A very unique way of play Fischer's Bc4 with a hint of Velimirovic Attack do you have more videos on this?!!!
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Thank you, Robert. This is most helpful.
I have prep created with dxc5 and Qxd5 but I haven’t studied it. I will go with c3 until I do. I call nimzo Sicilian fake alapin. Thanks for the video.
I won the club championship at the chess castle of Minnesota in 2001 and 2003. Thank you for checking out my channel.
f5 is such a Cool Line! Thank you for showing.
@@danielshirinyan2018 gotta love the 1990s opening theory. We were fearless back then. LOL
Seeing that you play 2...Nc6 I assume you play the Svesnikov or Kalashnikov?!
I don't play 2...Nc6. I played 2....d6. I play the dragon as my main line. I've also played the Najdorf. In this game my opponent played 4.Qxd4 instead of 4.Nxd4 and I played 4....Nc6 to attack the Queen. The Lasker pelican etc is not in my repertoire.
@@robertplunkettschesslab I Will check out your dragon videos!!
@@robertplunkettschesslabDo you ever play the King's Indian? Seems like the sort of opening that would fit your style
@@ianm.2699 I used to play it as my regular weapon. I switched to a slav when I realized that I was scoring better with it. Since then I have played both a slav and a QGD and managed to greatly improve my results with the black pieces. I haven't gone back to a KID. That switch is what allowed me to break through and get my master title for the first time. At the highest levels the KID is a very hard opening to get right. Even the very best players don't use it as their only weapon anymore. Home analysis and computer preparation has made it a much more difficult opening to play.
Omggg amazing 𝚟𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚘❤❤
Dude great video, just came upon this after encountering the Amsterdam for the first time and knowing something was amiss, but not being able to exploit it in a 5 min game.
@@ianbent0n happens to me all the time. LOL..... It's good if it happens in blitz. That's better than having to figure it out in a tournament game.
😊Omg i cannot tell you how much i love your videos😊
@@maryamnajeeb812 thanks.
...Qa5 ...Qc5 is the solution
Great video thanks!!
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I love to play against the catalan with black pieces! In a nutshell: Push from the Q- side of the board first with your pawns and protect them even with bizzarre sounding moves such as Rb8 (to protect the pawn on b5 etc.)
Had doubts about this line, the video cleared them..😊
great video. always had difficulty with this line.
the nuance of not playing rc8 so early is appreciated.
Thanks for your great content, as always most underrated channel! Would be also great if you could maybe cover russolimo as black in some of your next videos! Anyways, keep the great work going and will always appreciate it.
hell yeah
Great video always had issues with this line!
A best of 10 between you and Graif would be amazing to watch
Wow, I have been looking in youtube for long time for such chess content, and finally i found it These are extremely excellent and highly educational videos Thanks so much sir!
@@bassam8788 I looked for a long time too. I wanted good opening and endgame videos for tournament players that didn't constantly try to cater to absolute beginners but I couldn't find any. Eventually I gave up and just started making the content myself. LOL
Wait. . . Is queen f1 - queen f1, rook e1 not a better line? I feel the danger in queen f1 is less abstract and more immediate.
@@RhetoricXZ if ....Qf1, Qf1 Re1 then just d4 is advantage white. The exchanges are even and white is left with better pieces and a better structure. After Qxf3 black has a winning advantage.
Interesting. The line I would have played instead would have been Bishop to f2, check. If King takes, Rook to e2. If king doesn't take and goes to h1, Queen takes Rook on f1, check. This forces Queen takes Queen on f1, and allows the rook drop for a pin. Always interesting to see how different people play different lines.
@@AnsharSeraphim on Bxf2 just king takes f2 is a winning advantage for White. On Re2 just King back to g1 and everything is held and white is up a piece.
nice very in depth appreciate the effort
Make against black we also play as white
Nice video, thanks! It's going to be useful for my upcoming tournament! Anyway, when i prepared alone this variation, i saw some lines when you still sack the knight even if there's no immediate win of material or mate as you showed, and i got a little worried, like: oh no and what if i don't succede, what if he consolidates? Even if that lines is +3.00 or something, do you think that it's easier to play as white, knowing you have to find something right now, or as black, knowing that you just need your king to safety and a little of cordination and development?
@@Leoscacchi08 I'd take white and I do in actual games. Black can't consolidate with best play but more importantly black can't consolidate if white just plays competently. White typically has 3 or 4 decent moves in every position and has multiple ways to continue the attack. Black is basically just waiting for white to blunder because there isn't an actual plan that consolidates without ending up with a losing position. There is no actual "safe place" for the king to hide and there is no clear way to finish development. Blacks issues of king safety and development are just as permanent as white's material deficit. Black is just waiting for a blunder.
@@robertplunkettschesslab ok nice, thanks for the explanation👍 Initially I thought that in the position where i'm down a piece i have to play every time "the only move" to continue to have an advantage, but yeah now that i think, black is the one with almost the "only moves" so it should be funny to play with white👍
I use to play a ton of the 2 knights defense and when running into d3 this c5 with queenside expansion in mind was what i often played for. I can see now here that you are essentially getting that same structure with so many tempi saved on kingside development, as be7 re8 bf8 is excluded.
I had never really considered volluntering the light squared bishop up here! I had been considering playing g6 instead of e6 but this gives me even better understanding as to why g6 bg7 might be the best way to approach a closed sicilian.
@@getmilked6216 It's a very important theme in the closed Sicilian to keep in mind. Especially when you have a fianchettoed dark squared bishop. If you can trade the light squared bishop for a knight it increases blacks control of the dark squares.
thank you for putting all this content on youtube.
oh this might be the video i was looking for haha
man id love to get this deep into the sicilian.
@@getmilked6216 I do a whole series on the dragon. There are a lot of lines that go this deep or deeper. The dragon has a lot of long forcing continuations and you can win and lose a lot of games just based on theory.
@@robertplunkettschesslabI was looking at your najdorf stuff and couldnt find one demonstrating how to play into 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4. I know its an amatuerish line for white that doesn't according to the computer, fight for an advantage, but at ~2200 I often struggle to prove in any way that the bishop doesn't belong. I play e6 a6 and depending on whether or not they play a4, b5. I tend to get fine positions but sooner or later f4 f5 comes through and I just cant help but feel like white is totally fine! Given that its such a disreputable move for white I rarely find meaningful study material in master games.
Why the Air „” when saying the world champion Ding Liren? lol jk Robert we all feel the same. You have a lot of good videos already out there but I strongly agree with some of the comments already made here - this is one of your best ones you produced. Very very helpful stuff on the e4 e5 d4 d5 pawn clash for us - average wood pushers.
@@peterbodziony9768 thanks..... It's not a secret that me and a lot of other people are less than enthusiastic about the upcoming world championship match. It feels like a world championship match should be between the two best players in the world. (or at least two players in the top 5) Not number 6 and 15. LOL
You look similar to vladimir kramnik
@@kingslayer5986 I wish I could play as well. LOL
Nice!!
Hey Robert thanks so much for explaining the c5 e4 push, i have shanklands course on semi slav but he doesnt explain things as well as you do i learned alot.
Thank you
I was learning intricacies of the Tartakower and this exact question came to my mind. Didn't expect that one of my favourite youtubers has already answered the question! But the search is great.
didnt know that it had any name other than smothered mate.
@@getmilked6216 this particular pattern does. The four move combo with the queen and knight is called Philadors legacy.