How To Learn & Study Chess Openings

In this video, we talk about chess openings and how to study them. I discuss chess openings for beginners, theory - Sicilian, Caro Kann, Vienna, Kings Gambit, and London Opening vs Kings Indian. I show you openings databases and discuss various platforms and teach you to analyze games.

0:00 Introduction
0:35 WHAT ARE OPENINGS?
4:45 DATABASES
12:40 HOW TO ANALYZE GAMES

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[AnishGiriOfficial]

Noobs, you are lucky that GothamChess exists.

[SuperStingray]

Me: *moves a pawn one space forward*
Chess theorists: "Ah yes, a classic Pythagoras' Last Stand. A popular tactic, but easily countered by an Istanbul Thrust."

[Spoon]

Yeah I just choose my openings based on how cool the name is

[henrydyess]

What I learned from this video:

Confuse the enemy with weird moves until they do something dumb

[ghostmanscores]

I throw my opponent off by advancing my queen to the other side then demoting to a pawn. It confuses them EVERY time.

[hetsarsava]

He teaches us opeanings, endgames, middle games, tactics and ides. Entertains us with streams, recap, best game, bits, etc.
Thankyou sooo much for all of it

[xkx]

POV: you suck at chess and levy whispers secrets that you'll never fully comprehend

[fkjsg]

Bro be spilling terms like "Juggernault Assault" and "Reverse Butterfly" like an anime character

[wdsrocha]

4:23: "they can't just pre-move the opening"
MoistCr1tikal: ...and I took that personally

[GothamChess]

One more thing: how to study/memorize. Find what works for you. Import PGN files into a PGN reader and slowly go move by move. Use a physical board if you want. Train with a friend. Play the opening vs yourself a few times.

[rickelmonoggin]

It's not just about moves though because you can only remember so many variations; more important is to understand why a move works. Ask yourself what are the advantages of a move against its disadvantages, and how does that compare against other candidate moves. I think if you do that enough you will begin to intuitively understand why any move is superior to another.

[spectrefzier]

some takeaways I got from this video,
1. Openings are best dynamic rather than setup based(unless you are new to the game)
2. Try moves that surprise your opponents and puts them out of their comfort zone. Expanding your repertoire is something to consider.
3. See the success rate of the moves you played and if they put you at a disadvantage correct them.

I am sure i might have missed some pointers, so feel free to add them as replies.
Although the video was great, It didn't answer some questions I wanted it to, Namely, I find it really hard to remember optimal response to novel lines, i cannot memorize 10 lines for every opening, so I would like some general principles that I can follow to learn a new opening.

[Seanabo]

4 am? time to learn some more opening theory

[Ausgephilipt]

Every other Chess YouTube channel: Serious explanation of intricate theory
Levy: 69% Winrate Nice

[ThisGuitarIsAWeapon]

I'm only two videos in on your channel and I know this is what I've been looking for. The passion you have is contagious and what is missing from many traditional methods of learning this game. Thank you.

[randomguy]

I asked Levy about this on stream and he lead me here. Thank you so much I'm a solid 1800 player and most of my losses are because of my poor opening knowledge. This was a life-saver. Your content is really amazing!

[bahaaaddintaleb]

no one litterally spoon feeds you the information like levy and naroditsky.

[Ceejnew]

I can't claim that I understand everything in this video but I now understand the importance of choosing an opening and a defense to master as a beginner in order to get a deeper understanding of how to progress in my learning. This video is exactly what I (and probably all beginners) need. Knowing how to know. Good pedagogy.

[reemmohammed]

I'm a chess beginner and I like this video
Keep doing a lot of videos like this♥♥

[SpamDestroyer]

I play into the fried liver attack because I've studied it so heavily that my opponents always blunder something eventually. Despite being a dangerous attack, I have not lost a single game defending the fried liver.

Studying openings is wild.