1:19
Says 2...Nc6 stops the d4 push, but 3.d4 is the Scotch, a popular opening played by many GMs.
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1:33
Says Bb5 indirectly forces d4 and the capture of e5. It's not so much that this is incorrect (which it definitely is) it's that I have no idea what he was trying to say here.
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3:05
Says in the exchange Ruy one of the most noteworthy features is white's kingside pawn majority and black's damaged queenside pawn majority. This is true, but the presentation may be a bit confusing because he hasn't included d4 exd... so as he talks about pawn majorities the position he's showing doesn't have one.
There are also a few inaccuracies like saying black will be unable to force his pawns forward. That's not the point. The point is you can't force a passed pawn to appear when your majority has a doubled pawn. Another inaccuracy is he says white will have an advantage in any endgame. In a pure king and pawn endgame, yes, but there are plenty of cases in the exchange Ruy where black is the one with pressure thanks to the bishop pair / a better minor piece.
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3:38
Says black will have equal material with a better position because white can't castle, but black's advantage has nothing to do with king safety or castling rights.
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4:38
Says black can't play Nxe4, but Nxe4 is the open Ruy variation, which he covers later.
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4:59
The typical Ruy intro will show the traditional move order 7...d6 8.c3 because the idea is simple and logical. d6 defends e5 therefore allows the c6 knight to go to a5. As a response to this white plays c3 to give an escape square for the bishop. In his intro he talks about how the Ruy has a logical idea behind each move, which is true, and is often how the Ruy is presented, so it's a bit of a shame he skims over this.
I understand he shows this move order for the sake of leading into the Marshall attack, but I feel like it's worth pointing out he doesn't mention 8.c3 is inviting the Marshall. In other words white has many anti Marshalls available on move 8, which are very popular at every level.
In other words 8.c3 is shown with no comment even though it's a fairly consequential move for two reasons (creating an escape square and inviting the Marshall)
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5:03
Says this is the starting position of the closed Ruy. In the context of his frequent comment "in 99% of closed Ruy's ____ is played" calling this the starting position is incorrect. 9.h3 is, to use his language "played 99% of the time" and is the main branching point for most closed Ruys.
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5:15
Says this position can be seen in 20% of top GM games which start with 1.e4 e5. Simply incorrect, but even if it were, this adds nothing. I don't know why he says this.
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5:30 to 6:40
He's says a few inaccurate things, but at 6:40 in particular he says f5 is black's pawn break in the position. That's simply incorrect. Even in the 9...Nd7 variations the point is not to play f5. d5 is the quintessential equalizing pawn break here, and very much worth putting a spotlight on, but when he does finally mention it, it's more like an afterthought.
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7:14
Says there are two main variations... technically he does mention the two most popular ones, but I feel like this is misleading since black has many popular and well known options on move 9 (Na5, Nb8, Bb7, Nd7)
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7:27
Says one of the main points of the Breyer is that the knight is well placed on d7. This is simply not true. d7, like b8, is a transition square. The knight does not want to stay there. He says after Nd7 black will have d5 as "a real possibility." This is simply not true.
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9:20
For the next 3 minutes he says so many inaccurate things about the Berlin that it's easier to say what he got right. Yes the Berlin is a popular drawing weapon at the top level. Yes Kramnik popularized it. Yes white's kingside pawn majority is a main feature of the position. Basically everything else is wrong or misleading. For example he heavily implies Kasparov lost games as white in the Berlin against Kramnik in their 2000 match (which is incorrect). He also says the main goal for black in the Berlin is to avoid exchanges until he can force concessions from white (which is incorrect).
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15:10
Says the Marshall gives attacking chances to both sides. (He also said this about the open ruy.) This is more adlibbing on his part, white has no big attack. Soon after saying this he goes back on script and correctly says black has a lasting attack and white often has to give back the pawn just to survive.
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16:42
Says it's considered that you can't become a good player unless you know the Ruy perfectly and that this is partly because in the Ruy there are no attacking gambits or sacrifices... this is particularly strange considering he covered the Marshall attack which features a pawn sacrifice and a big attack.
I suppose this is another language barrier issue. What's true is that the Ruy is often recommended to developing players because it leads to a wide range of position types and structures and can therefore provide many excellent lessons. It's also a "forever opening" -- one you can play even after you're a strong GM.
I was asked to watch any of his videos and give my thoughts which I'll do in detail in my second post. With this post I'll give my overall thoughts. Here's the video I watched:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFWI3gkizZg&list=PLssNbVBYrGcC8gwt8Q-dIJ_bBKihu8sT7&ab_channel=HangingPawns
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First of all I want to say he says many things that are correct, and I certainly believe he's 1900 FIDE and I get the impression he's played chess for a while. He even gives some historical context such as how Kramnik popularized the Berlin Defense in 2000.
However my overall impression of this video is negative. Putting aside the language barrier and what I'm convinced is his penchant for adlibbing, he says things that are factually incorrect. To his credit many times he contradicts himself later by getting it right. For example he says "Black's pawn break" in the closed Ruy "is f5," with no context, he just states that as a fact. This is incorrect, but then later says black would like to play d5 if he can, which is correct. Some of the contradictions will be confusing to people who are trying to learn. For example he says in the position below black can't capture on e4 but then later gives Nxe4 as a main variation.
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This sort of thing happens many times, and not all mistakes are corrected. For example he says black's main objective in the Berlin is to avoid trades until he creates an initiative or forces white to make concessions. This is simply incorrect. As an instructional video aimed at players who wont know what to believe and what to ignore these are major flaws.