Only five minutes in, and I remember why I love Akobian's teaching style. The fundamentals, the openings, the basics... skip through their variations with simple refutations because this is Middle-Game class. The moment something critical comes up, the part of the game where most beginners rush and don't think about making critical, non-theoretical moves, he slows down and encourages people to think around an idea. "How to activate the light squared bishop?", he asks. And in that, we students (if patient enough to harbor his style) learn to ask the same questions when all of the theory and the memorizing is over.
Great lessons Varuzhan Akobian very much enjoy it and appreciate it so thank you, and thanks St Louie Chess Club for uploading these videos. I'm pretty new to chess, and these lessons just do wonders in helping me improve
how am i going to thank you sir...?when i was in elementary i always in the third place same as in the high school..i thought chess is not my game so i decided to stop of playing chess!.and then one time our company inviting for a chess tournament..i decided to join just for fun..so i prepared my self before the opening cuz i know my weaknesses from opening,middle game to end game..im searching to youtube every lecture in chess and then i found 1 of your lectures and maybe all of your lectures..from this i learned a lot..i win every of my game..and guest what?i win the championship..!this i the first time achievement of my life..all my family,friends and workmates are proud of me..its overwhelming..i cant explain the felling..!and its all because of your lectures..so i hope you will read this sir..!for you to know your "a great teacher".so thank you thank you..and all chess club and scholastic center of saint louis teacher..i now love playing chess..
Oh God thank you so much mister Akobian, I started learning chess from your videos with children and I had troubles finding moves and here I am finding almost all of them either by instinct or correct calculations. I felt like I improoved a lot recently but I'm proud of myself after this video !
Haven't watched a GM Akobian video until this one (cause he wasn't GMs Finegold, RVK, or Eric Hansen) but man. This guy is good at lecturing. I've been missing out.
I strongly recommend you to watch all his lectures! I have learned a lot from him! Simply an excellent lecturer... With all due respect to Yasser, Ben & all others, I think Var is the best!
@@Thaumazo83 Afaik, he hadn't done any lectures on a game he lost way back when OP commented, but sometime a bit before this reply, he did a lecture on the final of the 2017 US Championship, which he lost. I mean, it could certainly be an ego thing, but I also think it's probably just much easier to talk about a game you won, where you know why you played every move and were in your opponent's head enough to understand what they were going for.
@@wmichaelbooth I suppose it's in the "My greatest losses" series, where Var was forced to talk about a loss. The practice of talking mostly or exclusively about one's wins is common among GMs. My coach, an FM, does sometimes talk about his losses. Stjepan on the "Hanging Pawns" channel (rated about 2000) comments on all of his tournament games, regardless of result. Fischer's famous book with 60 games features three losses. Other GMs that are famous on the web, like Ben Finegold, seem to be a bit more open than Var to talk about losses, but it's just a hunch. I'd say Var's behavior is only slightly above (or below, depending on how you see it) standard GM practice. Nothing exceptional, by all means.
@@wmichaelbooth I'd like to add that I started playing chess from zero in 2018, and I was in my 30s. Now I'm still a total patzer with a rating lower than 1500, but Var's videos from St. Louis were my first contact with real chess, were very important for my understanding of the game, and unleashed my passion toward chess. I enormously enjoy Var as a teacher and appreciate his "Russian" focus on the endgame. So, my comment wasn't meant to be a criticism of him, I was just stating a fact.
Var is a very strong Grandmaster! He has beaten many strong players in his career. Plus what's wrong with showing a win against a 2300? I mean when a 2600 (Var) plays against a 2300, sometimes 2300 looks like a 1500.. It's not about the rating of the players.. It is about learning something from this great lecture!
To be fair this is a 14 year old kid we're talking about. Typically younger players aren't as good at slow positional games as they are at sharp, tactical positions.
This guy was born to teach.
Best lecturer on the planet!! YES! Var is Back! Please more of his lectures....
Nice to have you back, master.
Only five minutes in, and I remember why I love Akobian's teaching style. The fundamentals, the openings, the basics... skip through their variations with simple refutations because this is Middle-Game class. The moment something critical comes up, the part of the game where most beginners rush and don't think about making critical, non-theoretical moves, he slows down and encourages people to think around an idea. "How to activate the light squared bishop?", he asks. And in that, we students (if patient enough to harbor his style) learn to ask the same questions when all of the theory and the memorizing is over.
"Where does my light-square bishop belong?"
Akobian - Most instructive. Finegold - Most entertaining. Seirawan - The Mr Rogers of chess
That's by far the best explanation of the B+N mate that I have ever seen.
The best chess teacher EVER!
The legend is back, welcome Var
i like this channel, because i trainning my english and chess
Great lessons Varuzhan Akobian very much enjoy it and appreciate it so thank you, and thanks St Louie Chess Club for uploading these videos. I'm pretty new to chess, and these lessons just do wonders in helping me improve
Really I learn so much from your lectures....thanks
Your videos are very educational, thank you. Ps. I like the way you break them down.
Var is back! The best lecturer!
how am i going to thank you sir...?when i was in elementary i always in the third place same as in the high school..i thought chess is not my game so i decided to stop of playing chess!.and then one time our company inviting for a chess tournament..i decided to join just for fun..so i prepared my self before the opening cuz i know my weaknesses from opening,middle game to end game..im searching to youtube every lecture in chess and then i found 1 of your lectures and maybe all of your lectures..from this i learned a lot..i win every of my game..and guest what?i win the championship..!this i the first time achievement of my life..all my family,friends and workmates are proud of me..its overwhelming..i cant explain the felling..!and its all because of your lectures..so i hope you will read this sir..!for you to know your "a great teacher".so thank you thank you..and all chess club and scholastic center of saint louis teacher..i now love playing chess..
yes Akobian is one of the best teachers in my opinion.
congratulation bro
haaa finally ! akobian is back! happiest person on earth :)
Oh God thank you so much mister Akobian, I started learning chess from your videos with children and I had troubles finding moves and here I am finding almost all of them either by instinct or correct calculations. I felt like I improoved a lot recently but I'm proud of myself after this video !
Thank you Akobian your tutorials are my favourite to watch and you're my favourite chess coach!! Blesssings, Mark
If there wasn't a Jedi master called Akobian , there should have been
I don't remember an Armenian Jedi so guess not
Lord akobian
Haven't watched a GM Akobian video until this one (cause he wasn't GMs Finegold, RVK, or Eric Hansen) but man. This guy is good at lecturing. I've been missing out.
For sure!! He is really good and has passion for teaching .. u r gonna enjoy all his lectures :)
I strongly recommend you to watch all his lectures! I have learned a lot from him! Simply an excellent lecturer... With all due respect to Yasser, Ben & all others, I think Var is the best!
Happy to see mr. Akobian again!
Oh yes!!! Akobian is back
akobian you are the best chess teacher, keep it up👍
Great coach superb explanation
Thank you very much professor!
great Video, thanks
Oh, I like that "W" manouvre. I've never seen it described that way before... rather I've seen the 'triangle method'
Awesome lecture.
Var is back yeah. At 06:35 maybe Nc6?
Then night takes queen
I always forget these moves
Isn't e6 also winning at 19:22 ?
yea but it takes 3 moves longer due to
1. e6 Rc1 2. Rxc1 Nd6 3. Rc6 fxg4 4. Rxd6 g3+ 5. hxg3 b5 6. Rd8#
wow akobian after a long time......
thank you mr var you are the best chess teacher!!!
Thank you!!
why not rook d1 on 16:30?
very instructive akobian!!
genius no games lost!!!!
viva Var
Love the instruction on don’t take the rook back. And fighting back the instinct.
Akobian sir rocks
Tnk u . Akobian ur good.
Which software he used
Viva Akobi!
More finegold incoming?
Nice
you post only the games you wins no games lost?
Yes, GM Akobian only posts his victories.
@@Thaumazo83 Afaik, he hadn't done any lectures on a game he lost way back when OP commented, but sometime a bit before this reply, he did a lecture on the final of the 2017 US Championship, which he lost.
I mean, it could certainly be an ego thing, but I also think it's probably just much easier to talk about a game you won, where you know why you played every move and were in your opponent's head enough to understand what they were going for.
@@wmichaelbooth I suppose it's in the "My greatest losses" series, where Var was forced to talk about a loss.
The practice of talking mostly or exclusively about one's wins is common among GMs. My coach, an FM, does sometimes talk about his losses. Stjepan on the "Hanging Pawns" channel (rated about 2000) comments on all of his tournament games, regardless of result. Fischer's famous book with 60 games features three losses. Other GMs that are famous on the web, like Ben Finegold, seem to be a bit more open than Var to talk about losses, but it's just a hunch. I'd say Var's behavior is only slightly above (or below, depending on how you see it) standard GM practice. Nothing exceptional, by all means.
@@wmichaelbooth I'd like to add that I started playing chess from zero in 2018, and I was in my 30s. Now I'm still a total patzer with a rating lower than 1500, but Var's videos from St. Louis were my first contact with real chess, were very important for my understanding of the game, and unleashed my passion toward chess. I enormously enjoy Var as a teacher and appreciate his "Russian" focus on the endgame. So, my comment wasn't meant to be a criticism of him, I was just stating a fact.
hello ben simon
Requirements: x2 Kings; One knight; one bishop!
Anybody after watching MTV just wanted this guy to win .I feels bad he never did that's how odd that episode was .He played his part good though 😂
When your dad joke is documented for eternety @34:24 😁
19:47 e6 is the superior mate.
increase the pressure!
var is the best
GM Akobian makes chess look so easy
why varuzhan looking serious.. nervous..
12:00
hi
that kid was killig it
that 2300 player sure played like a 1500 really, its nice to have var back, but it seems he can only beat much lowerr rated players xD
Big chess teachers usually sharpen students swords instead themselves! , like Yousopov or Aggaard and ...
Var is a very strong Grandmaster! He has beaten many strong players in his career. Plus what's wrong with showing a win against a 2300? I mean when a 2600 (Var) plays against a 2300, sometimes 2300 looks like a 1500.. It's not about the rating of the players.. It is about learning something from this great lecture!
Just don't take notes on his lectures or he will call Tony Rich. :3
:D :D :D
first
hello im second
Georges W Bush, very lame joke!
Jeez I didn't know FIDE Masters were such scrubs that game looked rather pathetic
To be fair this is a 14 year old kid we're talking about. Typically younger players aren't as good at slow positional games as they are at sharp, tactical positions.
Storm is just a troll, and gets crushed all the time
haaa finally ! akobian is back! happiest person on earth :)