Wow- This is a GREAT lecture: - Ideas are clean and understandable éven for me- a hobby player - putting the question to the audience is a great way to learn to search for the best move for onesself - Repeating all the moves at the end is a nice thing to memorize - Grand master lecture for free - where else can you get that? So thank you very much Mr. Akobian and STL Chess!!!

I really like mr. Akobians' lectures.

@gerbil7red327

8 жыл бұрын

Akobians (akobians lectures')

@mohammednasimhossainbhuiya2277

8 жыл бұрын

nice

@Belfor09

7 жыл бұрын

Patrick Moloney Mr. is a term of respect in my world, not GM.

@gerbil7red327

7 жыл бұрын

Belfor09 how about mr. gm akobian

@abhishekkj3662

5 жыл бұрын

@@Belfor09 GM to you !

I love how he welcomes other people's ideas, but is clear on why he stands by his ideas, too. He is fair. I liked, "I would put an 'interesting' by this move. I still think my move is more direct and to the point, but Rfb1 is interesting and deserves attention." I liked when he said, "Slowly, I can convert this into a win. No question. Slowwly we will convert this into? A win." Confident and clear. That helps me think and stay the course when I'm playing!

Great lecture, as all the lectures made by GM V. Akobian. If GM Akobian and GM Y. Seyrawan could make a video lecture every day I'm sure all we follow them would increase our level much faster.

Thanks so much Mr. Akobian and the whole of the St. Louis chess club team, best wishes from the UK.

@centrelink6003

4 жыл бұрын

I am from UK too? Want to be friends?

Var Akobian is the best teacher you can get, he really helps you in your thinking process. In other words, "How to Think" in chess. I always learn A LOT and i watch the lectures over and over again from time to time. Its always a thrill when i receive a notification saying that a new lecture from GM Akobian is available in the chess club youtube page. Please keep it going!!!

Im speechless master,your so amazing teacher,great teacher ur ,teaching are really music to my ear as chess lover,

And fittingly, I'll be in Carlsbad (Karlovy Vary) this weekend to enjoy that beautiful town, especially now that the leaves have changed.

Var’s lecture is helpful right from the beginning as he goes over different move orders that go into different openings. Explaining these slight differences that unfold into different patterns is much appreciated.

Excellent teacher! Ideas stick in the head better. Thanks guys!

"If you choose a plan, stay with it" - I always explain this as "it's better to make one mistake consistently than a different one each move"

best entertainment -> Finegold best teacher -> Seirawan best content -> Akobian

Awesome video yet again from akobian. After a few years of following these and other games on youtube relevant to my opening repertoire I am now winning loads more games in my chess club. I realise now that the trick is to think middle game rather than loads of meaningless variations where you can come off the rails the first moment your opponent deviates from your learnt path.

This is so far best chess lesson that I found in KZread today.......You such a great teacher. 💓🤗

Mr.Akobian,you are a shifted teacher.i have been following your lessons with at most admiration .you make chess look so easy.i learnt a lot.I am 58 but I love chess.Hats off to you.Thank you for your wonderful teachings.

@deadlysilent7120

5 жыл бұрын

*gifted

another excellent lecture. thank -you GM Akobian and the St. Louis Chess Club!

Great video. Mr. Akobian's lectures are very specific (to openings I never ever play). But I remember his topics, solutions, and strategies better than the other instructors. Thanks CCSCSL

Excellent lecture! Hats off to GM Akobian! In response to the minority attack, black can adopt the following plan: leave the bishop on c8, reposition the knight to f8 like in the video (Nb8-d7-f8), play g6 instead with the idea of playing the manoeuvre Nf8-e6-g7. Once the knight has landed there you'll be able to play Bf5! which preempts any kingside attacks and getting rid of the white squared bishop in the process. This will take the poison out of the minority attack since endgames will be much more drawish. Then again, white can adopt different strategies like going for central control with f3-e4 ideas. It'd have been nice seeing Akobian touch on these subjects as well! Anyway his insights are amazing and he's got superb teaching skills!

this is helpful.he is a good clear teacher just slow enough so everythibg makes sense

Wow- This is a SUPER lecture and easy to understand.

GM Akobian you are an excellent teacher Thanks very much for you lectures Sr. !!!

Great staff from you, as always. As somebody who learned chess in USSR, extra level of appreciation for your lessons.

He teaches like a real teacher thus. Not unlike any chess vlogger who focuses only on their own carrier and their content is very airy without much explanation. It's like a bowl without a rice content.

I love alternating between Finegold and Akobian videos. Both GMs, but very different styles of teaching. I always take home something different with each.

@abhishekkj3662

6 жыл бұрын

BREAKocean From Ben...I mostly take home family guy jokes...or some suspicious moves

Another Legendary Lecture Sir :)

Very nice Sir.. how patiently you explain such beautiful concepts

It's only that I'm clarified with the Carlsbad arrangement in the QGD. YOU are a great generous grandmaster. To us you are more honorable than any selfish world champion. We wish you more power Grand Master Akobian. Fom the Philippines, Rolando C Orro.

How terrific teacher. The best I've ever seen. Chess look to be simple like capablanca, and so much of ideas behind simple and complex moves that you can get alot about how to play with pieces.

Only a few teachers teaches d4 opening. I'm a great fan of his style. Respect

bravo mr akobian strong lecture

all i can say ..is GM AKOBIAN is one of the best lecturer in chess ....

Amazing teacher, thank you very much.

I love you guys !

Very instructional. Thanks.

Excellent lecture!

Thank You so much... You are doing a great Job

i love your accent and you are very good understandable. of course your analysis is great too :) just another german saying ;)

Wow! This dude is the best teacher

Very instructive akobian!!

akobian , you are the best . i am just wondering how a genius like you is not yet a challenger of carlsen

Superb lesson.

Awesome lacture sir thank you 🙏

Thankyou GM akobian for this one! More clarification about carlsbad structure with minority attack with creating 2 weaknesses! :).

very interesting and sharp variation

Excellent! Thanks.

best teacher more videos plz

Great explanation thanks

this video is so good for me

I recently had a game featuring the Ragozin and I actually misplayed the opening. Now I know what to do. Thanks for the video. At 6:00 can't black play h6 Bh4 g5 Bg3 and Ne4 with pressure? I hesitated to play the Bg5 line in my game due to this. Just want to have this clarified.

I love all Akobian's lectures. It's so eluminating to see how a GM justifies every single move. I put this game into my engine which tells that a5? was a blunder losing a single pawn (b5), but with Ra7 the game continuous. What "ruined" the game was the following Rb8?? - losing a second pawn on a5.

I love just going into a Catalan setup from the ragozin idk if that's good or not buts its pretty fun

Just awesome

Your are good teacher!!!!!!

Why not QA4! to then take bishop near start? Am i missing something?

@anomanderrake440

4 жыл бұрын

Nc6 blocks the check and protects the bishop. This is a theoretical move and is played quite a lot. The idea is to misplace the knight on c6 and make it take a bit longer for black to get his c pawn into the fight for the center. However, it’s pretty double edged since the queen is also a bit misplaced on a4.

@jonnozomboid2649

4 жыл бұрын

@@anomanderrake440 Thank you!

Isnt the comparative value of bishop dependent on the position?i would generally prefer my knights in closed positions as they are not blocked by pawns???

i wonder if at 45:43 if black plays b5 then i dont think white will play b4 then black plays a4 i know that c6 pawn is weaken but still black can possibly hold on it as a and b files are closed not giving white some space on a and b files

Incredible chess moments

At least he could see far ahead enough to know that he had no hope. This reminds me of myself.

Around 25:00, all the Mike Kummer haters just got rekt.

@Locke19901

5 жыл бұрын

I came up with the exact same idea at the same time. Then Akobian explained why it fails. Then I'm like, that's why Mike and I are rated about the same and not GMs lol

@doraorak

3 жыл бұрын

@@Locke19901 At 25:06 The queen stares at the rook on the E file. So black can't capture the bishop that took the knight. I don't see why it fails.

hello i am newbie. why don't we just take the pawn because it is not guarded ? at the first game. while opening.

At 35:44 after Qxb5, what if black had played Ba6? Or even Ra7? Little too late to comment I believe... But some advice would be really helpful... Thank you :)

@khaledt2959

6 жыл бұрын

Srikantan N after Ba6 white will play Bxf6 if black trade queens white will be a piece up or after Ba6 white can retraite the queen back and be a pone up

Can someone please tell me, what kind of Chess Software is he using?

Actually 9. e3 is the best move at move depth 18 according to Komodo. Then at move 10. it settles for Bf4 but the difference is very small. At 19 (38 ply) it is even better to play Bf4. Well I wouldn't have been sure but the B with the Q on a5 looks as though pressure can be brought onto Black's centre squares.

@arpitkumar4525

6 жыл бұрын

quagapp I am no master but I prefer Bf4 because black has ideas of playing a6-Rb8-b5. Also Bh4 can be met by g5. This weakens the Black King but I am not good at executing such early attacks on the king. I prefer to play more positionally.

25:11 can white QxRe8 check Kh2 and then white bishop move out?

@doraorak

3 жыл бұрын

Firstly, it is black to move you can't take the rook right away. But yeah that position is winning for white because black can't take the bishop (because rook would be hanging and you would have a terrible pawn structure) so white traded a rook for a pawn and two knights.

With the Bb1, Qc2 idea, isnt white then ready to play e4?

Think space, black and white space, maximise space pressure, always remember this is a game of war. This game symbolizes reality. Study Akobian.

nice video ... thx

why didnt he check the king and capture the dark square bishop when it is pinned the knight

The really surprising moves to me were Nfd2 and Qa4 in the opening Both broke opening principles but had good reasons behind them The key to beating players who are almost at a similar level to you is to introduce plenty of choices so minor cumulative mistakes can be made Grandmasters do this brilliantly Great lesson Carlson once beat the minority attack by a very sharp kingside attack against white on the other side of the board but this is not easy for mere mortals

How can I defend minority attack ?

Carlsbutt structure?

what about Bf3 at 28:13? If black plays b5 then Qc2 and black has not any good defence for e4 square..after any blacks move white will play e4 and if black does not take take pawn on e4 his knight will fall

he is the best

A class on black strong opening please

actually the best move is e3 because after Qa5 you have Nb3 then bd2

Watching in 2020

I like his lectures also, I often don't pick the moves. But I find these positional things almost harder than tactical things. It helps to know the opening. But if you don't then training like this would help. But the computer takes a long time to reject Bxc3, I suspect because it initially is "thinking that there is one less piece attacking e4. Then it finally opts for c6 as Akobian says. So its a lesson here for Black players also. The two Bs should be kept on.

best....

But Bh4 is more natural and probably I would have played that to keep the pin on. Strange the computer prefers Bf4...

e3 is the stockfish's top suggestion

did he say carl's butt structure 42:26 ??

When Be2 was the last move you considered :p

Instead of Qb4...Rb1 is very strong because Rb8 is not possible because of Bg3...and they kept missing it ..

And Bd3 was the best move (by only a fraction) but after c4 then Bc2 is all better than Be2 although Be2 seems logical as he can possibly go to f3.... But I think I would choose Be2 as potentially the R on e8 is exerting pressure. Hard these "obvious" points of the game....to decide. Interesting.

im improve my chess game...tq

why bishops is stronger than knights?

@ByCable

8 жыл бұрын

+Shidqi Yudotomo bishops are worth more than knights in the opening, they also have the ability to pin other pieces such as knights or rooks. Knights have the ability to get forks but bishops control a farther range than the knight

@shidqi1435

8 жыл бұрын

+Arjix thx👍

9. Qa4 0-0 10. e3 h6!? (10....Nb6 11.Qc2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Be3 This position is about equal) . I think 9. e3 line allowing 9...Qa5 is fine for white after the dust settles white has a slightly better position.

Why didn't white just play queen a4 check winning the bishop on b4?

@RobsMiscellania

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Madruga I believe ...Nc6 is valid, blocking the check and defending the b4 bishop.

@thatguy4064

8 жыл бұрын

+Keith Madruga I was thinking the same thing.... Then saw the Nc6 move as well.

@IVKrusherVI

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you

Dont fall asleep :)

26:41 "Jeez.. what a lame crowd. What shall I have for dinner today?" 27:24 "..Maybe I just text my wife to fry meatballs." 29:35 "Yeah... meatballs..."

@deadlysilent7120

5 жыл бұрын

You liked ur own comment

"that's the tarrasch... not very popular" funny how much things change even in just 7 years haha

dk 25:25'de kaldım

Stockfish move < AlphaZero move < Akobian move

First off this is great video thanks. However a nitpick at 23ish minutes you talk about why bishop e2 is better than d3 because of c4 losing a tempo its not quite that simple because the bishop on c2 removes a variation for black that makes it impossible for them to kick your queen. After Bc2 what does black do? b5 is not good as you said because it hurts them kingside thier Nb6 line is now shut down because bishop takes f6 is now destroying their pawn structure as black can no longer play knight takes queen and favorably trade because after bishop takes queen rook takes bishop is still losing an entire piece to the bishop on c2. Re6? then white castles and black does what? the computer thinks Qe3 is ok but after a3? white is better black has no good way to get at the white king and most of his decent ideas leave his king far more exposed.

@TIMEWALKDG22

7 жыл бұрын

Its worth noting it does work out very well in your game as he plays a6 but this is a mistake the best move is Nb6

I hate how he says bishop. I always end up annoyed and leaving.

GM Akopian is always yawning during his lectures.

am sorry it should be read as gifted teacher.

Satans game

Im speechless master,your so amazing teacher,great teacher ur ,teaching are really music to my ear as chess lover,