3 Beginner Chess Openings You Can Play With Black!

In this video I teach beginners how to start out the game with the black pieces against white's most common openings moves. You'll see the Queen's Gambit, Ruy Lopez, and Guioco Piano.

[riyazhudda]

Way better than GothamChess. Don't know how you managed to hide for so long. I like it that you explain or provide reasoning behind each move. Keep up the good work!

[alexschmidt]

Just want to say I really appreciate your pacing with these videos. A lot of other instructional channels whiz through the moves when us beginners don't exactly have all the squares memorized.
These are really helpful and I can tell I'm getting better from them.

[pikaso]

GothamChess is entertaining but you are the real deal when it comes to teaching

[SEMDuncan]

I too appreciate the tempo you exercise while teaching chess. It is paced to allow slower players to follow along and actually learn moves. Many who teach try to dazzle us with their verbal footwork and instead of learning we are tasked with catching up. I enjoy your videos.

[AFriendRemembers]

Thanks, great to see the scenarios run through with such clarity

[gracieallan]

This was soooo helpful thank you!! A lot of times I’ll watch something that says “don’t do that; it’s a blunder” but they never explain why
You’re a good teacher

[macobuzi]

I have been playing chess for 10 years but still learn a lot from your videos. Keep up the good work !

[lewisnicol]

This video really helped! I like how there was some clear theory behind each line, but not an overwhelming amount of theory; after all I am a beginner.

[dougjohnson]

I just found your videos. I find them exactly what I need to help me grow my chess game. Thanks for the great teaching method and the instructions. Looking forward to watching more of your videos.

[yogi]

Still the BEST chest channel Nelson 👏👏

I learned all my Chess from this channel.

Love Martin, keep him on more 😂😂😂

[DaveEngleson]

Insightful, well spoken, lovely knowledge! 🎉 bless 😊

[Juebar]

Again great video. Exactly my learning level. Not too detailed not too soft. Perfect. Go on lik this, please!

[Kayla-eyzg]

Thank you for your beginner videos! I feel like you explain things in a truly beginner friendly way that is paced well enough that I can actually keep up.

[massimilianogiuliattini]

Great video, thanks Nelson! I found it very helpful to “think ahead” and set up traps

[albertopantaleon]

Thanks for this lesson. I've been very interested lastly in learning how to play black, because I feel its a more difficult side to play vs playing white. So, I've been learning how to play with black very heavily lately as I really enjoy playing black over white.

[PurelyJesus]

YOU ARE LITERALLY THE BEST CHESS TEACHER OUT HERE

[prim]

1:45 I wish I had known about that Qd4 response a few months ago. I knew what the Ruey Lopez was, but I hadn't actually seen someone take the knight immediately with the bishop, and then follow it up by taking the lone pawn. I played pawn to f6 attacking the knight, then they played Qh5+. Wasn't long before they took a free rook with their knight/queen combo

[kreelesley]

thank you thank you!! believe it or not ive been reading chess books and watching other channels as well as playing and still its so hard to visualise and remember patterns. you explaining it slowly and clearly has helped me piece so many things together.

[juliannavarro]

Your channel is amazing, you explain so well and clear in a short time. Most people don't have more than a few minutes to watch a video and it's great when it's quality content!

[PatIreland-twlr]

Seeing the same moves described from both perspectives was particularly helpful.