How to WIN Closed Chess Positions!

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  @philippides · 4 years ago

  The "regular development but blunder a pawn on move 8" opening is one of my most frequently played openings, so cool to see it featured in a video

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  @bennetth7008 · 4 years ago

  The new mix of instructive and fun chess is perfect, Levy! THANK YOU

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  @MaccoRoma · 4 years ago

  I have a suggestion for a series of video. You could solve puzzles of positions taken from middlegames of certain openings. For example: "Ideas and patterns in Caro Kann middlegames". Since most of your followers are beginners and seem to struggle from the middlegame onwards this could be a really helpful series of lessons

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  @joshuatree9298 · 4 years ago

  &quot;if you dont play with a bishop and a rook ur gonna lose&quot;<br>me: oh.

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  @NecDraws · 4 years ago

  FINALLY! How to win closed positions!

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  @ahbraveconscript997 · 4 years ago

  the recipe for closed positions is already found out by Fatslob: berserkers, onagers, scorpions and treuchets. wall early then force them to go through your chokepoint.

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• PA

  @pabumpablito3869 · 4 years ago

  I once played a 40 minute game where in total one single pawn was taken on like move 60 or so we agreed to a draw i still have nightmares of that to this day xd

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  @spencerkaminsky · 4 years ago

  As a player who isn&apos;t committed enough to memorize several opening lines, this is incredibly instructive!

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• LO

  @loganstout1298 · 4 years ago

  Love the &quot;here&apos;s a concept&quot;, then &quot;here&apos;s how it&apos;s used in a different number of situations&quot; way of explaining things. Keep up all the awesome work!

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  @ddoda759 · 4 years ago

  Hi Gotham i&apos;m the guy with the white in the 1st game <br>It&apos;s good know that the one time that i open with some weird moves i end up in a video of yours lmao <br>Still some good tips for me too thank you :)

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  @goldenj04 · 4 years ago

  Have you seen the game Karpov-Unzicker 1974? Probably the best example of complete domination in a closed position ever. For the first 40 moves the only trade is a singular pawn. Unzicker resigns on move 44, after just one set of bishops is traded. All of his remaining pieces are on the last two ranks.

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  @t19563 · 4 years ago

  I am confident to say that if I were to learn 100% of his videos I&apos;d be a GM.

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