WEBVTT 00:01.050 --> 00:08.580 Hi there in his lecture, I want to introduce you to the concepts of systems or set up openings as they 00:08.580 --> 00:09.330 are sometimes known. 00:09.360 --> 00:13.350 So if you play, for example, default D5 and you want to play the London. 00:17.600 --> 00:24.170 Many actually, you save a lot of time just learning tons of opening theory and in your initial stages 00:24.170 --> 00:31.070 of development, memorizing sharp technical lines of, say, the sitting in the fence could be a waste 00:31.070 --> 00:36.260 of time and actually damaging your overall understanding of chess when you should be getting a basic 00:36.260 --> 00:39.800 introduction to opening's middle game and end games. 00:40.370 --> 00:46.940 Instead, if you're going into a very, very technical aspect of a certain part of the game in general, 00:47.570 --> 00:53.530 then it's likely to have far less benefit than getting the fundamentals first in place. 00:53.540 --> 00:58.910 And when you play systems and I do have a London system course for more details on the London system 00:58.910 --> 01:05.760 as an example, you're getting a fairly safe position early on with minimal hassle. 01:06.320 --> 01:13.010 So, for example, say this, this position happens and you set up a solid triangle. 01:13.390 --> 01:16.510 You are looking forward to the middle game with minimal hassle. 01:16.880 --> 01:23.930 It means also when you allocate time to studying the game, you can, for example, sharpen your tactics 01:24.380 --> 01:29.270 by choosing a certain number of puzzles per day and making sure you get 100 percent of them. 01:29.270 --> 01:29.840 Correct. 01:30.710 --> 01:37.880 So you're not sort of swallowed up by the vast ocean of chess, which is called opening theory. 01:38.360 --> 01:43.460 Instead, you're bypassing that ocean and you're just saying, look, I just want a decent position 01:43.460 --> 01:44.180 from the opening. 01:44.540 --> 01:46.250 I'm still learning about chess. 01:46.700 --> 01:53.360 And as long as I get to, you know, console and have my pieces out and here the London system also 01:53.360 --> 01:58.550 has no published bishop, by the way, the bishops are out and about then that's fine. 01:58.550 --> 01:59.870 That's what you're saying with systems. 01:59.870 --> 02:04.280 And you might think, did any of the world champions play systems? 02:04.310 --> 02:10.580 Well, in fact, Bobby Fischer quite regularly, for example, against the French defense, chose to 02:10.610 --> 02:12.890 use a Kings engine attack system. 02:12.890 --> 02:14.110 So, for example, like this. 02:14.510 --> 02:22.970 So he was also bypassing vast amounts of opening theory, playing the opening as a sort of Kings engine 02:23.120 --> 02:23.680 attack. 02:24.200 --> 02:28.820 So the King's Indian attack system surface throughout his career. 02:29.780 --> 02:38.630 And maybe he was researching other stuff, all aspects of chess as well, and didn't want huge theoretical 02:38.630 --> 02:44.180 debates with French defense players, which, you know, in the sharp mind of the French fans, there 02:44.180 --> 02:46.060 is a lot of opening for you to know. 02:46.490 --> 02:53.230 So he was also bypassing of the 846 quite often to play the King's Indian attack system or set up. 02:54.050 --> 03:02.780 So it does serve its purpose, even if you are going to be a world champion of reaching a decent, playable 03:02.780 --> 03:04.940 mental game with minimal fuss. 03:06.350 --> 03:11.630 So systems, in my view, have a very important role, especially for the beginner player. 03:12.110 --> 03:18.280 The beginner player should be focused on trying to be well-rounded in different departments of chess, 03:18.290 --> 03:24.680 the opening mental game and end game without being sucked into that vast ocean of trendy opening theory. 03:26.000 --> 03:32.540 Everything has a cost benefit to acquiring knowledge and skills, but really the acquisition of skills 03:32.540 --> 03:39.740 in particular and understanding will underpin any knowledge gains and make it much, much more effective. 03:40.670 --> 03:48.590 If you understand the reasons behind moves and you understand how tactics work and how tactics are actually 03:48.590 --> 03:52.460 a tool for exposing the downsides of opponent's positions. 03:52.460 --> 03:58.700 Actually, the mental sections in particular the tactics is like the undo button of chess. 03:59.060 --> 04:04.850 You can actually get a bad position at the opening, but undo the damage later through tactical means. 04:05.540 --> 04:09.800 So anyway, back to systems. 04:10.070 --> 04:16.640 Yes, there are a great way of you reaching a playable mental game with minimal fuss and then you balance 04:16.640 --> 04:20.870 out your study time without getting sucked into the vast oceans of opening theory. 04:21.110 --> 04:28.660 That's why I've separated these sections into systems, mainstream openings and gambits game. 04:28.700 --> 04:34.520 It's also play an interesting role to get you to have the experience of very sharp tactical positions 04:35.150 --> 04:40.070 which let you calculate very sharp tactical variations, often involving safety. 04:40.790 --> 04:41.410 Buzzer. 04:41.660 --> 04:45.260 OK, I think some key points to be made about these systems. 04:45.710 --> 04:48.350 I do hope you try them in your games. 04:48.680 --> 04:50.360 OK, thanks so much.