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hi everyone this is Grandmaster Eugene Perelshteyn

and together with Chess lecture.com

I'd like to welcome you to lecture No. 2

of the series of lectures

in ideas in Bogie Indian

so let's start after d 4

knight of 6 c 4 e 6 knight of 3 we play Bishop b four

this is called the Bogie Indian Defense

and this is the

opening that I recommend in my recent book

called Chess Openings for Black Explained

co authored with grandmasters ginger and Albert

so in the first lecture we covered Part 1 Bishop d 2

Queen e 7 G 3 96 move Bishop g two

now besides Bishop g 2 White has a different move here

Knight c 3

and this is gonna be the topic of our today's lecture

so let's go back and quickly review

why white doesn't like to play bishop g 2

because after bishop takes d 2

White is almost forced to recapture with the knight

where the knight is gonna be more passive

white really wants the knight to be on c 3

and after recapturing with the queen

night e 4 Queen c 2

Black has a terrific move

queen b 4 check

which may immediately puts white into trouble

so let's go back

and after night C6

pressure in the D4 point

white plays night C3

now what's the idea of NCI 3 well the idea is simple

white is gonna play bishop g 2

but at the same time white

is also gonna be

exchanging the knight on c 3 for the knight

for the bishop on b 4 thus gaining the two bishops

so that this is usually the main move

and here we play bishop takes c 3

immediately capturing the knight

and now the best move to recapture with the bishop

and now we play knight e four

the idea of night e 4 is to make sure

make sure we trap this bishop

so that we can always exchange it for the knight

and now in order to prevent doubling up the pawns

white usually defends

this bishop with either the queen or the rook

so let's look at queen c 2 first

after queen c 2 Black should simply take the bishop

Queen takes

and now black has a choice to play queen b 4

which is probably the easiest way to equalize the game

or if they are looking for more sharp

middle game positions they can do castle

and follow our recommendation setup after rook c one

but queen before is the easiest here

immediately forcing the endgame

and now if white plays rooks to one

Queen takes c 3 Rook takes c 3

Black simply plays d 6 and after bishop g 2

Bishop d seven

black has a very simple and easy game

black has no weaknesses

and the position is roughly even

so let's go back

and take a look at rook c 1

defending the bishop on c 3 well

now that the bishop is not really going anywhere

black can continue with his development castle

Bishop G 2

and now d six

remember the whole plan behind Boga Indian

the whole idea of Boga Indian

is to change the dark square bishop

so that black can play d 6 and e 5

creating a very nice structure with c

7 point supporting it

and opening up his light square bishop

so this is the idea of d 6

anticipating e 5 the next move

and now white has a choice

white can finish his development with Castle

or play more aggressive in the

in the opening in the center with D5

so let's take a look at D5 first

so after d 5

black and retreat the knight

or take the bishop on c three

now taking the bishop is probably better

because this way

you're not gonna give the chance for bishop to escape

to B 4 so knight takes c 3 is the right move

Rook takes c 3 and now

black has two ways of retreating with the knight

one is knight d eight

and another one is night 2 b 8

night 2 b 8 is the move that I like the most

and this is actually our recommendation in the book

and the idea is for the knight to later head on to d 7

and or a 6

that's being more flexible than on d 8

and now white can play

d takes E

one takes E6

and night d 4

centralizing his knight

and at the same time creating a very nasty threat

so if black plays a natural looking night d seven

he immediately loses a pawn and gets into trouble

after very nice and I takes e 6

and now if queen takes

black loses immediately after bishop d 5

so

this is the trick that white set up with knight d four

so black has to be careful and play c 6 first

this is the right move and only after white castles

black plays knight d 7 heading to the f 6 square

here white can choose among two plans

white can play b four

with idea b 5 trying to open up the queen side for his

powerful g 2 bishop

or try to plan for positional bind with e four

so let's take a look at e 4 first

after e 4

Black really wants to play e 5

but right now he can't because of knight f five

so that's why we play NF 6 first

and for example if white plays rook d 3

trying to follow with the bind setup

and put in the pressure on the d 6 point

black has e five night c 2

and now a very nice move bishop e 6

hitting the c 4 pawn

so now white has to spend another tempo with knight e 3

and now black plays Rook a to d 8

simply defending the d 6 pawn

and finishing up his development

now let's try to look at this position

and try to evaluate what's going on

black does have a weak pawn on d six

but this is the only weakness

while white has a very bad bishop on g 2

which is not really going anywhere

and also black has a half open f file

which can be used for the attack

and also

white has to always watch out and defend the c 4 pawn

and if white tries to do something like queen d 2

then immediately with knight g 4

Knight takes g 4 Bishop takes g 4

Black can get a very simple game because after f three

Bishop retreats either e 6 or h 5 for example

black has a very good game

so lets go back

and try to look at another move to exploit

to exploit the queen side weakness for black with b 4

b five

so you see after b 4 and b 5

Black is gonna have trouble with his queen side

but the good thing is that black has

very powerful pawns in the center and after

night F6

B5 E5 hit in the night night C2

black can simply play C takes b

C takes b and bishop e 6 again

just in time to prepare d 5 pawn advancement

hitting the a 2 pawn

and also getting ready to play rook c 8

and now it's completely unclear who has the edge

because now all of Black's pieces are playing

and he's gonna fight for the C file

I prefer Black's position here

so let's go back

where white played d 5

so d 5 is no threat

and black can safely play against that

and let's take a look at a more quiet move Castle

now white can save his bishop by playing bishop e

one later so we're not even gonna give him that option

and take on C3 right away

Rook takes c 3

and now we're getting closer to the critical position

e 5 is the right move

and now if white takes on e 5

Black simply solves all of his problems

and probably stands even slightly better after d

takes e because he has a powerful pawn in the center

whereas white doesn't really have any threats

or any squares to attack

so after e 5 White usually plays d 5

trying to keep the position closed

and attacking the knight

and now again we prefer knight b 8

although knight d 8 does have his merits

because after f five

and night f 7 followed by f 4

Black will have the knight helping him on the attack

so night d 8 is playable as well

so let's take a look at night b eight

again

don't be surprised that knight just went backwards

because the position is still remaining closed

and the knight is heading to a 6

and possibly c 5 square

again Black's plan here is to play both

on the king side with f 5

and f 4 and on the queen side with c six

okay so here white has a few moves

white can try to play an ID2

with idea to play for either

b 4 and c 5 and bring in the knight on the queen side

or possibly with f four

another move here is to play b four right away

again to to play c 5

or white can try to play c five immediately

with idea to break up black spawn structure

so let's take a look at c five first see if it works

well what happens if black simply takes the pawn

now queen c 2 knight a 6 defending the pawn rook e 3

putting pressure on the e 5 pawn

f 6 and now

it turns out that white doesn't really have

enough compensation for the pawn

all of Black's pawns are defended

he's ready to activate his bishop to g 4

and Black's position remains very solid

and he's simply up a pawn

so C5 doesn't work

and let's take a look at B4

move

again the idea is to play

C5

now after b 4 Black has a couple choices

but probably the easiest here is to play Bishop g 4

and now after c 5 simply f five

so you see black sort of ignores the

white continuation on the queen side

and starts his king side attack

and if white plays

C takes d

C takes d

and let's say queen c 2 for example

then here black and play simple move night a 6

hitting the pawn

a three

and now since the C7 is well defended

black can now play F4

white doesn't have the entrance square on c 7

he can never play b 5 because of knight c 5

and now black is starting to create threats on the

on the queen on the king side

and black can also play on the queen side as well

for example

the next move I'm threatening here is rook to c eight

trying to fight for the c file himself

so I really like Black's position here

and again notice the whole structure

black has no weak pieces whereas the bishop on g 2

is worse compared to his counterpart on g four

and also

white always has to watch out for e 4 pawn move

so I really like black

now what if white plays night d 2 first

trying to keep in his options open

well after night d 2

we can still play Bishop g four

for example before

and now again

F5 is a reasonable move here with a simple idea

to play f 4 you see the plan is very simple

and black has very

actually many ways to play this position

black can also try to play on the on the queen side

here with a five and trying to create some weaknesses

so basically this position is very dynamic

and I really enjoy playing it with black

so let's go back

and review this line with knight c 3

again knight c 3 is one of the main lines

instead of bishop g 2 and now after bishop takes

bishop takes we play knight e four

trap in the bishop

and now queen c 2 simply met with knight take c 3

queen take c 3 queen b 4 and on rook c 1

we simply play castle

bishop g two

D6

and now we're not afraid of D5 because of night

take C3 fruit take C3 night B8

and if white plays castles

this is a good time to take on c 3

Rook takes and to play e 5 right away

and this is the type of position

we try to strive for in the Boga Indian opening

so my next lecture will focus on Bishop D2

so instead of Bishop d 2

on move three

on move 4 sorry

this is the bishop d 2 move we just looked at here

we're gonna focus

our next lecture is not on Knight b d 2

this is a completely different setup for white

and Black's plans are a little bit different

and I wanna cover it in a separate lecture

and the right move here is B6

followed by the fianchetto of the

of the Light Square Bishop

again thank you

and I hope to see you all in my next lecture bye bye