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48 Comments

  1. THIS IS IN THE BOOK🎉🎉🎉🎉 I FEEL SO PROUD

  2. "Control the center and chess is easy."
    Me who does this but in 3 moves loses 4 pieces:

  3. This video inspired me to play chess
    N now I'm 1046 elo ❣️
    Thanks Gothem 👍🏻

  4. That's the opening I've been using for years!

  5. This comment section is so annoying

  6. Oh no you don't call it octopus, you call it the wheel of friendship and get banned.

  7. I won 20 chess battles with that what he show in the vid

  8. The rook is the only piece that can do the exact same amount of moves in any square of the board

  9. And unknowingly i am using this type of opening from childhood

  10. "we call it octopus knight"
    Germany:"we call it history"

  11. yeah. Well that’s true!
    then comes Magnus with his cornered knight and Bishop, a few doubled pawns without a rock and manages to destroy his opponent at the end. 😂

  12. People who take tips from levy and hikaru
    Kings Indian
    Karo Can
    (Sorry if I butchered karo can)

  13. One of my 1000 elo friend allows me to have this and even after a queen sac I win😂😂

  14. I already figured that out on my own without even knowing it works I just wanted to build a wall that looks cool while playing

  15. Bro responded to my comment by a video thanks dude

  16. I call the octopus knight a swastika knight

  17. I USED THIS EXACT SAME STRAT WITHOUT KNOWING THIS

    but i lost EVERY time 🙁

  18. The king: uhh, I think putting myself in the center wasn’t a good idea

  19. Me premoving everything 2 secs later wheres my queen?

  20. Can you win against such hypothetical starting position?

  21. bishops in the corner are also strong in that they can take pieces from 10 light years😂

  22. I use that opening
    e4
    d4
    Nc3
    Nf3
    Bf4
    Bc4
    0-0
    Qe2
    Re1
    Rd1

  23. litteraly only the bishop and the horse cover more squares in the middle. the are the only ones bro!

    okay and the Queen but there it is not as big of the diffrence.

    The position is defnetly even more important. becorse it is about what they cover.

    still I understand the lesson is targeted to beginners and therefore not wrong

  24. i just started playing chess and thinking about controlling the center in the early game made me sooooo much better

  25. Rooks are funny like that, if the bord is free of other pices, it can move to 14 squares no matter where it is stranding. There will always be context but its one reason why a rook is more valuble than a bishop.

  26. Or you could play like you have a set of balls by opening with mega bong rip

  27. Rook: 14 squares, no matter what.
    Queen: Anywhere from 21 to 27. Always a threat.
    Pawn: 3, or just 2 if it's on the a or h file.
    King: 3 to 8, but that's not what he's made for.

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