The Most Solid Chess Opening: Berlin Defense | Best Opening Moves, Strategies, Traps & Ideas

Let's check out the Chess Opening that most Grandmasters are playing nowadays. Even the great Magnus Carlsen plays this opening quite frequently. This opening is none other than the Berlin defense. There are various chess opening strategies, tricks, traps, moves and ideas that you can use to win more games. In this video, I will show you the Basics of the Berlin Defense, which is one of the most solid openings for both white & black. The Berlin Defence opening variation can be used by black against the Ruy Lopez opening. In this video, I have covered the 2 most important lines which can be used to either draw or force a win depending on your situation. The opening moves shown in this video will help you build a strong opening repetroire & will help you win more games. You just need to follow these starting moves, practice in game situations & you will definitely improve your game. Let me know which is your favorite chess opening? I also have an interesting puzzle at the end of this video. Let's see if you can solve that by finding the best move continuation for white.

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[ChessTalk]

Here's Another Strong Opening - the Sicilian Defence. Watch the Full Video Here:

[aryankhadgi]

Imagine two opponents watching this video and trying the same opening trick😂

[swaroopn]

Hello Chess Talk. The solution of this puzzle is
1.Qe5, it's a check. If the f pawn captures on e5, the Bg5#.
This is the first variation.
The second variation is
2.After Qe5+, if the d pawn captures on e5, then Bc5#.
Thank you for the puzzle Chess Talk.
And if possible please make the noak's ark trap to your fan.
#Pleasemakeitifpossible
Thank you🙏🙏🙏🙏.

[RituAmitMittal]

Puzzel :
We will sacrifise our queen by playing it to e5
If he takes the queen with the f6 pawn then bishop to g5 is a checkmate, if he takes the queen with d6 pawn then bishop to c5 is a checkmate, if he blocks the check with his bishop then we will take his bishop with our queen and its a checkmate.

[gireeshnair]

Sir, first of all a very Good Morning. Answer for the puzzle:
Queen to e5 check, then if the d6 pawn captures then black squared bishop to c5 its a check mate✌️✌️😁.
2nd variation :
Queen to e5 check, then another possible move other than d6 pawn takes is that the f6 pawn take, then we will simply move our bishop to g5 then it a check mate.... 😁😁😁

[aravpipada]

Answer To the chess puzzle:

1. Qe5+
Black 3 logical moves. He can take with the d pawn, he can take with the f pawn or he can block with the bishop on d2.
If bishop e3, then qxd3#
If d pawn takes then bc5#
If f pawn takes, bg5#
Also Please do some more famous games played like The Gold coins game, Mikhail Tal vs Alexander Cobblins etc

[jarellallysonlim]

Puzzle:
We sacrifice our queen by playing it to e5 if pawn takes queen, bishop c5 is checkmate, but if black block the check with bishop e6 then Qxe6# is a checkmate too

[random]

Answer to the puzzle:
It is forced mate in 2 moves whatever black plays
Qe5+
If dxe5 Bc5#
If fxe5 Bg5#
If Be6 Qxe6#

[rugvedtipare]

Sloution for the puzzle:
Qe5+!!
Sacrificing a whole queen!!
1. If f takes on e5, then Bg5 is a beautiful checkmate.
2. If d takes of e5, then Bc5 is a beautiful checkmate again.
3. If black ignores your queen and plays Be6, then Qxe6 is another beautiful checkmate.
Let me know if I am right or wrong in the replies :)

[NehaSharma-gevj]

The answer to the puzzle:
Queen to e5 check . Since, there is no way for the king to then there are three cases:
1st case : Pawn on d6 captures Queen then Bishop c5 is mate .
2nd case : Pawn on f6 captures Queen then Bishop g6 is a mate.
3rd case :Bishop e6 then Queen captures g6 is a mate

[_raj.deep_]

That was a brilliant video. I now know the reason why top players play this opening. Anyway the solution of the puzzle is below -
1. White plays Qe5+ forcing black to take the queen.

2. If black takes with d pawn then Bc5# and if black takes with the f pawn then Bg5#

Hope my answer is correct and please sir make a video on Sicilian dragon opening.

[dangduynguyen]

Answer :Qe5+
Because he cant move his king so he need to blocks or captures
If he blocks with his bishop, then Qxe6#
And if he captures the queen with his f pawn then Bg5# or he captures with his d pawn then Bc5#

[kartalkrish]

Hello Mr. Advani, here's the solution to the puzzle:
We play Qe5+. This check forces black to capture with either the d pawn or f pawn.
If dxe5, then bc5 is mate.
If fxe5, then bg5 is mate.

P.S. I love your videos! Please do Nakhmanson Gambit!

[justaveryrandomguy]

Now you probably don't have any idea why i have got so many likes and a heart

[princedave]

Your explanation is more understandable than the others who explains opening in more complex words.

[Drag]

The answer to the puzzle would be bishop e3 to g5. Black has two options, to capture with f pawn in which case queen takes would be checkmate, or to ignore it and play another move, say pawn c6 to pressure white’s d pawn. Then, queen to e2 puts black in check and the only move is to block with bishop to e6, which can end in a checkmate when queen takes as the square is also be guarded by the pawn

[shreyashshivadikar]

Now I got to know, why i always, lose from the black side when my opponent plays this opening. Thanks to you. Also, the puzzle is very simple, its queen to e5, neither pawn can capture the queen otherwise, bishop to c5 or bishop to g5 is mate

[parthchesschannel]

the answer of the puzzle is Qe5 and now there are three variation let's take look on all of them

variation 1
we play Qe5 then black plays f×e5 then Bg5# (checkmate)

variation 2
we play Qe5 then black d×e5 then Bc5# (checkmate) BTW nice puzzle

variation 3
after Qe5 Be6 then Q×e6 mate (sorry i forgot to mention

thank you sir! for making such informational video and hats off to your done :) and i will also be trying out this opening in my games

[_s_u_b_rah_manyam]

Bishop to g5
Pawn takes bishop
Queen takes pawn
It's a checkmate

[astro]

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