Opening Ideas/Theory - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2013.06.26

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  • GM Yasser Seirawan presents a lecture at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis covering different opening themes including the Queen's Gambit Accepted and the Sicilian, Taimanov Variation. 12-year-old Wunderkind IM Sam Sevian introduces a fun variation at 27:00.

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  • @ΒασίληςΌμικρον
    @ΒασίληςΌμικρον 10 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    In my opinion, GM Seirawan is one of the greater chess teachers, and one of his books i 've read, it was the best book on tacticks i ever imagine existed, it really amused me/
    I 'm really happy i have discovered this.."Scolastic Chess Club.." wich allowed these lectures to go public and free. Good for the game, good for us all.
    Thanks, a lot.

    • @jackf3619
      @jackf3619 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Store pølser - stor smag winning chess tactics or winning chess combinations

    • @andyjames7665
      @andyjames7665 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is GM Ben Finegold talking in the background, too?

  • @jessicashea7914
    @jessicashea7914 9 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    I was watching this thinking, "Who is this kid who is just throwing out lines better than Seirawan was able to calculate?" Then I realized it was Sevian and it all made sense.

  • @Veaseify
    @Veaseify 11 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    and because he's so unassuming easy to underestimate..this is the World Junior Champion from 1979 and top 6 player in the world for more than a decade just apparently shooting the breeze

  • @trevbarlow9719
    @trevbarlow9719 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Step 1: See Yasser's name.
    Step 2: Immediately watch it 3 times.
    It's that simple!

  • @pedrosotelo4008
    @pedrosotelo4008 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Please more lectures by yasser. For Years I've been waiting for more of his. They are by far the best chess lectures online

  • @STLChessClub
    @STLChessClub  11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Akobian will be here in Saint Louis for the Sinquefield Cup Septemebr 9-15 (featuring Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky) and he'll be conducting some classes and lectures after that, so more Akobian videos at the end of September!

  • @a7a0000000000000
    @a7a0000000000000 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    It does feel bad when others best us, but others accomplishments should not be tarnished out of jealousy! Its best to keep an open mind and continue the journey of learning!

  • @bahaiguy
    @bahaiguy 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This channel SHOULD be the most-watched chess channel on TH-cam, hands down. Best chess lectures I've ever seen, and I'm so jealous I'm actually considering applying to St. Louis for my medical residency just to be closer to the club :)

  • @STLChessClub
    @STLChessClub  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    You better buckle up, Joel, because I was on paternity leave and I've got a SERIOUS backlog of Seirawan/Finegold videos. Also, I haven't even cracked into our archive of lectures from pre-2013 either, and there's an amazing one from Nigel Short with Kasparov heckling him from the crowd. Get. Ready. Spread. The. Word.

  • @zealoussleeper4673
    @zealoussleeper4673 9 ปีที่แล้ว +22

    Is GM Ben Finegold talking in the background, too?

    • @matthiaszielinski2343
      @matthiaszielinski2343 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Zealous Sleeper haha ye I thought its just me hearin him

    • @AG-ld6rv
      @AG-ld6rv 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, that's GM Finegold. You can even hear him say someone is thinking Arby's.

  • @renehenriksen1735
    @renehenriksen1735 9 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Just to make a Little fun with Yasser Seirawan´s name. Yes Sir! Sir I won! :)

    • @afsanhoque5592
      @afsanhoque5592 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      lol

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      They put the names backwards in Chess. Sir, I won! Yes, sir!

  • @travismiller7938
    @travismiller7938 11 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    i thought this was a Seirawan lecture not a Sevian lecture

  • @hili467
    @hili467 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    favorite part of the lecture is at 38:45 when Yasser is exploring moves with the class, and the computer has a green arrow showing him there is a pawn fork at e5 forking the queen if he takes the knight - this would have forced white to move the queen and lose the bishop, yet Yasser still goes to capture the white knight on the b file. So he misses an obvious pawn fork even when the computer showed him it was there. I guess he was worried about the bishop letting the b knight to fork and take his rook, but if the white knight went for it, white would lose his queen when he took the rook.

    • @joecressman3956
      @joecressman3956 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I don't think he missed it. I think if his opponent plays d5, white responds Bxd5 and white wins material

  • @CatRocketMoo
    @CatRocketMoo 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    These are an amazing resource. Thanks all involved.

  • @platitudeomenw441
    @platitudeomenw441 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow, great find by that kid. Computer recommended. But after rook takes a2 king b2 rather than bishop takes b5

  • @alekspachalov1223
    @alekspachalov1223 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for your answer, I am sure this will soon be the most

  • @Mudd0000
    @Mudd0000 11 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I checked it with Houdini, white is almost a pawn up after Nc4!!!! what a smart kid

  • @JohnnySkillish
    @JohnnySkillish 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The kid smashed it with Nc4! Followed up by Nxe5 is best. That Knight will end up taking 3 pawns and BOTH of Blacks Bishops before its demise with a strong pawn structure and a pawn up. Great vid and insight! TY!

    • @TheClassicWorld
      @TheClassicWorld 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +JohnnySkillish Well, that kid is the youngest grandmaster in U.S history haha.

    • @JohnnySkillish
      @JohnnySkillish 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      +The Anti-Theist Very cool!

  • @ericnewbury4900
    @ericnewbury4900 9 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    The part where someone suggested the alternate move for white with the knight was interesting, but the majority of time the person just perpetually talking in the background was just distracting. They made it so the teacher could hardly finish a possibility move to end game without them making him backtrack to try another theory. Maybe it's good for that class, but it made it hard to watch. Just let him talk a bit.

    • @tommydashed4205
      @tommydashed4205 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Eric Newbury you realize that the people analyzing in the background with Yasser are GMs right? Sam Sevian and Ben Finegold

    • @CGoody564
      @CGoody564 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Tommy Dashed no, much if the time it was the kids (not Sam) throwing out bad lines as well as Ben and Sam contributing to the conversation

  • @leandroearth
    @leandroearth 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great channel, great videos...
    this one is superb
    Seirawan is incredible....

  • @pedroakjr2371
    @pedroakjr2371 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Actually, Na3 with the idea of playing Nc4 was the first sequence in my mind when he asked. :)

  • @STLChessClub
    @STLChessClub  11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ronen just arrived to town yesterday and will serve as our Resident Grandmaster from now through the middle of September. We should get about 10+ Ronen videos while he's here. Stay tuned, and please spread the word! This should be the most-watched chess channel on TH-cam!

  • @jeffgreen3376
    @jeffgreen3376 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I've found that you can avoid these nasty, early attacks (by white) by playing the Najdorf or Sheveningan move orders. d6 and/or a6 before e6. I used to play the Taimanov, but switched the the Sheveningan, because of this early Nb5 attack.

  • @Bobby_Hall
    @Bobby_Hall 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It looks like Yasser will have to give up 6...Ne5 and play 6...e5 instead! It's a Sveshnikov-style position but at least a much better version for black.

  • @thomasarneson4511
    @thomasarneson4511 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    At 28.52, Na3, followed by Nc7 check for white, looks good. Black could check with the bishop, but then its mate.

  • @benoitb.3679
    @benoitb.3679 ปีที่แล้ว

    28:00 that Nc4 suggestion was amazing

  • @ZiggyZugzwang
    @ZiggyZugzwang 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yes, in my opinion it's the greatest chess channel and I've subscribed to a heck of a lot ;) (Chess Noir was amazing as well, but he doesn't seem to upload new videos; hey Chess Noir, make new videos please ;)).

  • @Review_MasterBD
    @Review_MasterBD ปีที่แล้ว

    The move Nc4 theb what if I played bc5? Isn't that stopping Nb6 threat?

  • @gabrielcowger5797
    @gabrielcowger5797 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing teacher

  • @La_sagne
    @La_sagne 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    sevian and finegold in the audience.. what a lecture... rawr

  • @cameronchristiansen2852
    @cameronchristiansen2852 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 14:20 what about bxe5 and after pawn takes back queen trade . Preventing black from castling and double pawning black

    • @KagirinaiYonaka
      @KagirinaiYonaka 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Black gets huge compensation on the dark squares. The black king could also castle artificially with Bc5 Ke7 Rd8.

  • @chess6446
    @chess6446 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Always much opening theory. Learning these theories helps improve my game.

  • @animeeex4017
    @animeeex4017 ปีที่แล้ว

    nice lecture

  • @matjazstaner
    @matjazstaner 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    at 18:32 black has a strong attack with chasing a knight on c3-whites knight has no good square so black get the advantage also on queen side

  • @dznyc
    @dznyc 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    How about attending the class remotely ? It would be great just to listen in during live sessions. Don't even mind paying a fee for it.

  • @tuoljg
    @tuoljg 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    that g4 idea is pretty damn smart. It looks absolutely playable for white.

  • @paper_man
    @paper_man 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What if white plays knight c7? 21:00

  • @דניאלאסרף-צ5ל
    @דניאלאסרף-צ5ל 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    amazing

  • @twist2shout
    @twist2shout 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    At 28:00 a chess star was born

  • @alekspachalov1223
    @alekspachalov1223 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Any GM Akobian video please answer

  • @renehenriksen1735
    @renehenriksen1735 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Yasser Seirawan is definitely the Chesshire-cat of chess.

  • @Socialdogma
    @Socialdogma 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    What is the emoticon for drooling? :)

  • @WillToWinvlog
    @WillToWinvlog 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    yes!

  • @RealBenDufresne
    @RealBenDufresne 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Can someone spell out the word he says at 10:00 , as in the thing he says he despises.

    • @southeastasia43
      @southeastasia43 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +Benjamin Dufresne Hi, Benjamin. I believe it was the Sveshnikov

    • @samcosby3017
      @samcosby3017 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Benjamin Dufresne I believe he says "Sveshnikov".

  • @markphc99
    @markphc99 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    what a nice man!

  • @Idontunderstandchess
    @Idontunderstandchess 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks for the vid

  • @stephenryan2676
    @stephenryan2676 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Queen captures?

  • @rickkarras9708
    @rickkarras9708 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    These gosh darn computers are to tricky to figure out
    After blunder so many moves with the stylist pen his holding

  • @eshnar
    @eshnar 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best. News. Ever.

  • @KingsExecutor
    @KingsExecutor 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    after long-castle by white black must play Ke7 instead of Bd7, which is a mistake exactly for the reason of Nc4. Embarrassing :D I would check my games with Rybka before presenting it and its variations^^

  • @theo0784
    @theo0784 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hello Mr Yasser! Your videos are great! The only comment I would have is why are you presenting black from a subjective point of view in the objective part of the chess board (in this video)? In my opinion it makes the game a bit harder to follow as it doesn't match the convention. Anyway, your videos are fantastic!

    • @pphedup
      @pphedup 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      I'm used to seeing Black at the top of the board in presentations whether the presentation of White or Black, so it doesn't bother me - I'm used to it.

  • @peristiloperis7789
    @peristiloperis7789 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Sam seems to be a serious candidate for a new chess star.

  • @gavikabb6121
    @gavikabb6121 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    if you played bishop g7 and queen took it then knight c7 forks the rook and king

  • @NotKingConn
    @NotKingConn 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10:01 Are you ok?

  • @n.a1441
    @n.a1441 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    ASMR voice. Great lecture

  • @renehenriksen1735
    @renehenriksen1735 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    I bet he would like to hear that from his students when they´ve played in a tournament. :)

  • @alekspachalov1223
    @alekspachalov1223 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Watched chess channel on TH-cam . I hope there are a

  • @theonlyptrk
    @theonlyptrk 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    this kid killed lesson by his nice ideas x)

    • @connors2388
      @connors2388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pretty sure that kid is a grandmaster now, so it was nice to hear from him!

  • @Regular_guy
    @Regular_guy 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Chess' Bob Ross

  • @AsliAmine
    @AsliAmine 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good video again.. Except the part when students start coming up with Rybka ideas !! Such things can took hours and hours to analyze..

  • @talaalnasser596
    @talaalnasser596 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    hahahaha and here I am waiting for some theory about the sveshnikov,the opening I play, when he says I hate it (I don't know how to spell the opening's name)(sorry)

  • @vincelviss
    @vincelviss 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Superdupernice ;)

  • @davehumphreys1725
    @davehumphreys1725 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I have to agree with Eric Newbury below. I realise that you are in a classroom environment, and that you encourage the students to ask questions, but the constant jumping back and forth between variations in response to questions made it impossible for me to get anything out of this video at all, and left my more confused than ever as to what I was supposed to take away from this lecture.

  • @MichaelMagill1990
    @MichaelMagill1990 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Who were the two people who thumbs downed this, and why did you do it?
    If you're thinking about disliking this, please message me with your reasoning.

    • @MichaelMagill1990
      @MichaelMagill1990 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Still waiting...

    • @jeffgreen3376
      @jeffgreen3376 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      My guess is that it had to do with the annoying kid that's in most of Yassar's videos. :/ I also gave it a thumbs down, due to Yassar's Ne5 blunder. He really should delete this from TH-cam.

  • @stzu07rel
    @stzu07rel 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    all the interrupting was very distracting. He couldn't get a complete, coherent thought out without someone trying to go a whole different direction than the way he was going :\

  • @bowskiechessplaya3337
    @bowskiechessplaya3337 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    three lifetimes worth of chess knowledge in this room and some people just want to complain... you have two ears and one mouth for a reason

  • @jawidader8374
    @jawidader8374 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    But whhhy are youuu talkiiiiiing like thaaaaat

  • @alekspachalov1223
    @alekspachalov1223 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Tonn of Akobian and ronene vids

  • @jeffgreen3376
    @jeffgreen3376 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bc5 was the best reply to Nc4. Why couldn't anyone see that? Also, I don't like Yassar's Ne5 move in the opening, to begin with. I have played e5 against this line and won. I think Petrosian had it right. Petrosian lost because he was playing against Fischer, not because e5 is bad. Ne5 looks like a blunder in every variation. Why accept doubled pawns, move the same piece twice in the opening and use a knight to block an attack on a backwards pawn, if you don't have to? Yassar's novelty is busted (not just because of Nc4, but because it's bad in many ways).

  • @RRRaszkolnyikov
    @RRRaszkolnyikov 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I truly believe that kid is a very talented chess player, but he should learn some manner... first of all, GM Seirawan should be respected and not being interrupted at every move... I believe if he would raise his arm, GM Seirawan would give him opportunity to explain his ideas. It is obvious the kid is a great chess player, because he sees very reasonable lines, but he IS NOT the LECTURER! Also, this ruins the lecture for the internet audience... or at least, for me...

    • @orionp.9476
      @orionp.9476 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      He's Sam Sevian. One of the youngest american chess grandmasters. You saw future, he eventually achieved it. (two years later after this lecture to be precise)

    • @douwehuysmans5959
      @douwehuysmans5959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Rather than be grateful they put their lectures online for free, you complain that some kid that actually does pay money to be there is asking questions during the lectures and not just any kid, he is a GM, so get your head out of your arse

    • @dodgecoates8760
      @dodgecoates8760 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That kid is 17 now and a 2645 :O, about as high as Seirawan's peak rating

    • @BugTheRoot
      @BugTheRoot 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Robert, that wasn't a LECTURE. It was a class. And GM Sierawan is the leader who has chosen to treat his pupils with so much respect he treats them as EQUALS. We are flies on the wall, we are not the purpose of the video. We are observing how a humble master encourages his pupils to think and challenge him. And as we saw, his pupils saw opportunities he missed. So perhaps you might think twice before commenting just as you might think twice before making a chess move. In other words, chess discipline is life discipline.

  • @paraiso1972
    @paraiso1972 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    28.00, Some kid had a computer move there. Good move though, but if he made it up himself, he would have mentioned it waaaay earlier.

    • @briangerra5236
      @briangerra5236 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Mike Brouwer He is a GM idiot

  • @madhavsanap6690
    @madhavsanap6690 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    He is too slow.

  • @andyjames7665
    @andyjames7665 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    i thought this was a Seirawan lecture not a Sevian lecture

  • @samuelrosenbalm
    @samuelrosenbalm 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Was that Finegold in the audience?

    • @JackSprat2323
      @JackSprat2323 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. Second half of the vid is basically a chess game post mortem between Seirawan, Finegold and Sevian