How to play the English Opening | 10-Minute Chess Openings

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IM Levy Rozman aka GothamChess is back with another 10-minute chess opening video on the English Opening for the White pieces. This was played in the recently concluded Magnus Carlsen tour finals a lot, and is a great chess opening for beginners and intermediate players alike.

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310 Comments

  1. I have a friend who calls himself c4, asked him about it and turns out was this

  2. Love your opening courses. Can you make a video on the queen's gambit declined variation and the Vienna system

  3. No matter what everyone says, you're not a bad coach

  4. The english has been my secret weapon for a week or two now, I really like how it throws people off.

  5. Please make Reti opening. Thanks 🙂

  6. Just had a shot this is the perfect thing to do after

  7. Pirc defence please. I always play it. But I get good positions but somehow I always blunder

  8. When they play the english i usually go for the reverse grand prix. But they often mistook it for making random pawn moves so they reply with random pawn moves it's so annoying!

  9. Nice vid Lev. May I suggest doing one on the Modern Defense? It would help me a lot!

  10. 7:58 I call that a building, cuz you build the structure up and its relatively hard to break idk

  11. So instructive,Thank you so much!❤️🙏

  12. for some reason c4 also loses in the engine engine matches i run

  13. You can keep an advantage in the English when they try to copy you by playing
    1. C4 c6
    2. Nf3 Nf6
    And then immediately push d4

  14. The V formation. Flying V . Floating v. ? Thanks your awesome Gotham man.

  15. I tried the english for the first time, but i got black and suprisingly my opponent played the english, himself. So I said fuck it, I will be the prick that plays the symmetrical. Here is my game1.c4c52.Nc3Nc63.g3g64.Bg2Bg75.Nf3Nf66.O-OO-O7.e3d68.d4cxd49.exd4Bg410.a3e611.b4b612.h3Bh513.Qc2Bxf314.Bxf3Nxd415.Qd3Nxf3+16.Qxf3Rc817.Qe2Nd718.Bb2d519.Rac1Rxc420.Rfd1Qc721.Nb5Rxc122.Nxc7Rxd1+23.Qxd1Bxb224.Qb3Bg725.Nb5a626.Nd6Be527.Nb7Rb828.f4Bd4+29.Kg2Rxb730.Qd3Bg731.Qxa6Rc732.Qb5Nf633.Qxb6Rc2+34.Kf1Ne435.g4Bc336.a4Ng3+37.Kg1Rd2. I made only one mistake and some inaccuracies. It involves a queen sac for two peices while i was two pawns up thinking that I could hold it and a nice finishing. "English Opening: Fianchetto, Ultra-Symmetrical Line"

  16. i tried it and failed pretty bad at 1424. i took too much time for each move. need to practice it some more….

  17. Wow what a coincidence! I was literally studying English and Hyperaccelerated Dragon systems for the last few days and now this comes up! I almost stopped playing the London system last week.

  18. Sir please make a video on grunfeld defense

  19. Levy please do a video about italian …. E4 E5 NF3 NC6 BC4 IN case you dont know this opening as it maybe too hard

  20. Pls make a video of how to play against the English, preferably an aggressive line

  21. Thanks, Levy. My ELO has improved like 100 pts in this last month because of your videos.

  22. As someone that learned the english as my first real opening, I have to say you handled explaining it wonderfully. Great video, keep up the great work!

  23. the only reason i play symmetrical openings is because I don't know the theory, and you cant really go wrong

  24. Thank you Thank you Thank you!
    That what i WANTED!

  25. LEVY I KNOW THIS ONE IS HARDER AND DEEPER IN TERMS OF THEORY BUT CAN YOU DO ONE ON JUST THE NAJDORF SICILIAN ??

  26. Is the English good for Sicilian players? Are they similar?

  27. I will totally copy the English player as black now. xD

  28. Thank you Levy I was 1500 elo but now I have watched your videos and I am now 1250!

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