This guy is like the Yasser Seirawan of chess

this is the polar opposite of ben finegolds lecture on the advance french, where by 3 minutes in he already roasted his audience and ken west 😂

@joxnjoxn399

2 жыл бұрын

He gets into Ken all the time!!! Haha.

@slylataupe4272

Жыл бұрын

It’s Ye now

@LordDeuce-ul7my

26 күн бұрын

Lol

Thinking of the chessboard as a topographic map where the center is higher is genius. Changed my whole perspective on one sentence

The Bob Ross of chess. Glad i found this guy.

What a delightful personality...easy to listen and appreciate his happy disposition...very useful indeed.....thanks!

Its always great to see Yasser lectures..you can always take something away from them that you can apply to your own game.

Really like GM Seirawan's personality. He seems very at ease speaking in front of any group.

Great camera angle. Looking at his back while he's pointing out things on the screen is highly instructive.

@letsgooo1637

3 жыл бұрын

Look at you complaining over a free former superGM class and trying to sound clever too AH

"giving up a bishop, without even requesting that White qualify the capture..." Yasser's speech is the reason I have kept listening to him since he unveiled Seirawan chess on youtube. He is a gem to the chess community

Steady but sure is how I would describe GM. Seirawan teaching style. I am glad he has taken the time too explain the French.

Thank you GM Yasser, I've learned a lot from your videos and well written books. You are a superb instructor!

His love of the game is clear. A born teacher as well.

man i really like this guy, i learn and laugh at the same time

this guy is like yoda of chess ahah

@mlghardscopeftw419

6 жыл бұрын

rui.pedro.almeida more like flash from zootopia

@WalyB01

5 жыл бұрын

At that point I was thinking exactly that!

@belljasonj

3 жыл бұрын

Love this man!!!

@pastorofmuppets4552

3 жыл бұрын

More like Obi-Wan. At 2:56 he’s telling us about the advantages of the high ground.

Great commentary Sierawan! One of your early videos helped me start chess as a beginner and have early tournament success. It helped me become more interested in chess and learn. Great videos and commentary!

I just want to thank you Yasser for relaxing and instructive videos. Greetings from Sweden!

just realized he's the Mr. Rogers of chess

@tramanon-2347

6 жыл бұрын

Miles Hayford crap you beat me to it

@kennethlauer4735

3 жыл бұрын

Bob Ross

great stuff, I like especially his anecdotes.

I've watched this video several times by now... he's such a great lecturer. I'm also a fan of the French, so there's that too.

Brilliant videos from a brilliant channel as usual! :)

I have read Yaz books and viewed his chess dvd. These clips on your page help solidify some of what I was able to grasp from these items. Thanks for posting these up! Maybe I will be able to play well enough to resist my opponent eventually.

Hrrm. Fearful he is, fear leads to the dark side!

@TheClassicWorld

8 жыл бұрын

+mberg1974 Love leads to jealousy, jealousy leads to hate, hate leads to the dark side.

Its over Anakin, I have the High ground.... YOU UNDERESTIMATE MY POWER.... dont try it... AAARRRGGHHHHHH plop*

this channel should have more subscribers.

I like the idea that the chess board as a battle field is not flat but rather a comprises of high and low terrain.

Always a pleasure to watch, thank you very muc

I wish I had something like this when I was growing up. I think I would have been such a better player.

@SteveRunciman

8 жыл бұрын

+A Whether Moments Poet No doubt you would have been. But why give up? Yasser gives private lessons. There's still hope.

I find all the sidelines and suggestions a bit mentally exhausting...which is actually a good thing. Yasser really has a way of making me think things through.

Search through the STL Chess Club videos. There are many lectures that GM Akobian has given at the club. I've attended many of them. They are awesome.

@Thaumazo83

5 жыл бұрын

GM Akobian is great, and GM Seirawan is also good.

Yasser Seirawan has to be one of the nicest guys in the chess community. His disposition is like that of listening to Bob Ross painting his masterpiece, only his canvas is the chessboard. Thank you for remaining a pleasant and awesome instructor sir.

Yassir is the man

These videos are quality unintentional ASMR

I agree. He seems to be enjoying himself in these clips.

This man is calmer than Bob Ross

There are many reasons why I love Yasser.. But I just came up with another! - I'm a huge metal fan, and realised, if you slap some long hair on Yasser, he'd look ironically A LOT like Tom Araya!!

ASMR of chess!

This master loves teaching chess. He is slow so his students will get the idea. Thanks for the master and for the uploader. For a Grand Master Chess is breakfast lunch and dinner. They spend many hours to become great. And you dont listen of bad behavior of their part. An example for all.

Awesome lecture! The Mongolian tactic actually is useful. See 35:20

Bob Ross Mr. Rogers Yasser Seirawan

Nice channel name.

The duplicate subtitles are more distracting than helpful. That being said the lecture is still thumbs up worthy on the basis of content as opposed to presentation.

Thumbs up.

The Mongolian was Lhamsuren Myagmarsuren.

When he stands in front of the board and points w can't see what he's pointing at. It would be better if he used the mouse to indicate.

if u wanna open files 4 your bishops why c5 on 25 m isnt a good move?

I feel calm here

43:11 my move is g3, Kg2, Nh2, Bf4

this looks interesting '1. Nf3, 2. e3 is bad', is my favorite opening :(

Yasser is great, the speech he did was great, but as usual all the stuff is way over my head. I can't remember/read out any of this. If I tried to put this into practice I'd just screw it up. Is there some kind of basic knowledge I'm unaware of? I don't know the openings, is that it?

@trentwatkins6724

10 жыл бұрын

These are intermediate courses for people who have nearly mastered all of the fundamentals and are now focusing on mastering strategic ideas and tactics. There are beginner courses up now taught by Kummer, I believe, that will get you closer to this point in your chess career. Hope that helps!

@Padraic54

10 жыл бұрын

I just recently came across a guy named Igor Smirnov that has helped me along. I'll check out Kummer too. Thanks.

@thejupiter1744

9 жыл бұрын

Study the middle game. My first book was exchanges in the middle game. That one book improved my chess greatly. Then pawn strucure etc etc. Chess is like learning to speak a language, the more work you put in the better you'll speak. Endings are of course important, especially rook endings as they arrive about 50% of the time should an ending occur, but 75% of games are decided in the middle game and if you get real good at it then any ending you arrive at should be easy to convert into a win. Openings? For me i learnt 200 Ruy lopez GAMES, rather than getting bogged down with reams of souless "variations".

I thought the Mongolian was because of the 2horses/knights, mongols loved horses x)

Does anyone know where I can find the game between Fischer and the Mongolian Grandmaster? As far as I can tell, the USA didn't even play Mongolia in the 1966 Havana Olympiad :/

@user-ro3tv8ns6l

6 жыл бұрын

David Sim kzread.info/dash/bejne/pYJnuLJ7g6-Yfto.html

e3 does fight for the sweet center spot... it may be a 'bad' move but it surely fights for the sweet center...

@very_unoriginal_name1714

8 жыл бұрын

+Hose Armando It only fights for d4 and f4 (1 sweet center and 2 total central squares). In contrast, a move like d4 occupies itself on d4 (a sweet center square) and fights for 3 total central squares (c5 and e5) therefore fighting for 2 sweet center squares, and 3 total central squares, plus maintaining space. In addition, e3 blocks the dark squared bishop's path in the future where it may have to go to d2 (passive) or b3 (slightly time wasting) Pawns are to faciliate piece development, defense, and breaks. Pieces are to WIN. :)

@7percentSolution

8 жыл бұрын

+Very_UnOriginal_Name "Pawns are to faciliate piece development, defense, and breaks..." True; but the above statement significantly leaves out that every pawn is also a potential queen. Just the *threat* of a pawn becoming a queen alone can many times have huge strategic and tactical implications in a game, with the balance of power often tipping in favor of the side with the passed pawn, and therefore being instrumental in winning the game. Moreover, pawns can be used to take part in, or give, checkmate.

@very_unoriginal_name1714

8 жыл бұрын

Heat in the Heartland Thats true too. But... afterall, so many positions are possible in chess that anything is possible, almost. Of course its not possible to give checkmate with a K+B vs K game

@TheClassicWorld

8 жыл бұрын

+Hose Armando But, not the best fight for the centre, oui? Much better is 1. e4 - best by test.

@very_unoriginal_name1714

8 жыл бұрын

The Anti-Theist d4 is better.

ok, so I won't be using the Mongolian anymore. So many things I play was corrected and answered through this one video. ;)

The Bob Ross of chess

Please someone already tell GM Yasser how to point squares digitally, and to not show his back to the camera.. He is one of the best chess coaches giving lectures here, but has that minimal drawback for recorded explanations.

@onatkorucu842

7 жыл бұрын

you can speed it up. i suggest 1.25 or 1.5

@sighisoaraa

7 жыл бұрын

How does your comment relate in any way to what Albireo has said?

@KorbyWaters

6 жыл бұрын

your getting a 100 dollar lesson for free ... shut up

@adrienassier8760

6 жыл бұрын

Why ? He makes a really good point.

@CurtisKornegay

6 жыл бұрын

the lectures are fine

haha the Mongolian Tactic

@pastorofmuppets4552

6 жыл бұрын

Catapulting the infected corpses of your own soldiers into the enemy's territory. Classic.

@amigosXcorrespondenc

5 жыл бұрын

@@pastorofmuppets4552 Is that a real thing tho?

@amigosXcorrespondenc

5 жыл бұрын

@@pastorofmuppets4552 I actually google it after my first reply and read a whole article about it haha. Thanks.

@pastorofmuppets4552

5 жыл бұрын

NATURALTALENT, No Problem. :)

hello we cannot see through you

The Bob Ross of chess lmao..

When yasser moves the white queen up the h file away from attack he puts it inline of a deadly check fork from the bishop tutt tutt gm yasser tutt tutt

@drivenbythewill

9 жыл бұрын

At 31.30

@joegreenwood86

9 жыл бұрын

It was his move at that point.

@jasongarland7135

9 жыл бұрын

Bxf7+, Qxf7, Qxf7+, Kxf7

@eran99999

9 жыл бұрын

check yo' self before you wreck yo' self "Gm" ryan

Obi Wan says take the high ground

Do you have any videos of GM Akobian please answer I will be great

@Thaumazo83

5 жыл бұрын

There are more than 100 excellent videos with GM Akobian on this channel, I know because I have watched all of them :)

how to use mongolian tactic can some one tell me im intrested

@munkhbilegmunkherdene5238

7 жыл бұрын

Orgil Ider its narural thing

is this Bob Ross’s cousin?

He's teaching ben finegold?

@WalyB01

5 жыл бұрын

And burning him too

@JonnyBurkholder

5 жыл бұрын

The truth hurts

ben fine gold surrious ly

his voice has asmr channel potential lol

Wheres french defence?

That camera is nauseating following him every step like that.

ASMR chess

What Ben is Mr. Seirawan talking.

@artman201

9 жыл бұрын

John Brown GM Ben Finegold, most likely. He works at the scholastic centre as well.

@dmaster20ify

9 жыл бұрын

I know Ben Finegold. But I am going to have to re-watch this video because I forgot why I asked the preceding question.

@samuelrosenbalm

8 жыл бұрын

+What's Wrong With No chance it's Finegold. Finegold doesn't need private lessons and he would never play as the "Ben" in the chess game above played. That "Ben" is probably a C class player. Certainly no GM.

@dmaster20ify

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your consideration Sam. As part of the quest for answer I might add that Ben might have been coached by Sierawn before he became GM.

@Mr100JUMPS

7 жыл бұрын

That's true.But in this case,I think it's a different Ben.Ben finegold is a GM and plays much better chess.I think it's ben simon.BTW What would finegold say to the move Qd6..Terrible..

No French Defense can stop a German Attack... 😂

1.25 speed is what you need.

Stop moving around so much yasser!

"French Defense". This is incorrect. The French form of defense is surrendering. Haha.

@ChessdumyTV

9 жыл бұрын

Kristin Olsen So the french defense is resigning after white's first move, or if you're playing white, then to resign before you make your first move? :P

@krisp1871

9 жыл бұрын

Correct

@krisp1871

9 жыл бұрын

Sean McCleaver He wasn't even French, though.

@williamjefferson8280

9 жыл бұрын

Kristin Olsen No, he was definitely French. Born and raised.

@williamjefferson8280

9 жыл бұрын

Kristin Olsen You might want to read up about WW II a bit more. They really had no choice in the matter. Fighting back for no reason accomplishes nothing and just wastes more lives. The U.S. would have done the same. Luckily for them they have never had to face an enemy on their own soil.

He looks like an old Elon Musk

too slow for me

@piotr.kaczmarski

7 жыл бұрын

You can increase the speed in youtube player options (little gear icon)

Watch it on speed 1.5 ! Thank me later

@GoldenBoyXCM

5 жыл бұрын

Heresy! Yasser is perfect how he is.

@EnriqueDominguezProfile

5 жыл бұрын

I was looking for this exact comment when I came down here.

you are not transparent

Lol this guy should put his ego on a diet

Rule 1 for effective development: don't play the French 😂

He should have stayed at the computer to explain instead of walking in front of the camera.

I don't want to critisize because I really love most STLChessClub chess vidoes, but good lord - could he possibly talk any slower or feminate? Painful video to watch.

@Thaumazo83

5 жыл бұрын

I find the way he speaks excellent: he's mellow, articulate and soothing.