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  • Опубликовано: 5 мар 2014
  • Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan presents a lecture on the English and how to best respond to c4. Presented by the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis.

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  • @BungoBolson
    @BungoBolson 8 лет назад +256

    I sometimes think that watching Yasser's videos is more fun than actually playing chess. He explains games with a perfect pace, like taking a walk on a promenade, enjoying so much the view.

    • @sleepy4x
      @sleepy4x 8 лет назад +3

      +Alejandro Murgia And he seems to be a nice person. I relax when I listen to him.

    • @BigReno73
      @BigReno73 8 лет назад

      well said, i agree there.

    • @giardtgreyling7761
      @giardtgreyling7761 8 лет назад +1

      Yeah cool guy

    • @onegerard1
      @onegerard1 8 лет назад

      nice nicer Yasser?
      :))

    • @abhishekkj3662
      @abhishekkj3662 6 лет назад +2

      thats like saying watching people having sex is better than doing it yourself..

  • @ldeans5620
    @ldeans5620 7 лет назад +90

    Yasser has found his calling as a teacher even more than as player. Lucky for us

  • @ace942
    @ace942 9 лет назад +43

    I met Yasser once when the chess hall of fame was in Miami. He is a very nice gentleman and I very much enjoyed this lecture.

    • @zachhaywood1564
      @zachhaywood1564 10 месяцев назад

      I've heard the same about Karpov and Anand.

  • @markphc99
    @markphc99 10 лет назад +42

    All your lecturers are good , but Yasser is my favorite

  • @runronnierun7213
    @runronnierun7213 7 лет назад +205

    The Bob Ross of chess tutorial.

    • @izzojoseph2
      @izzojoseph2 5 лет назад

      Andy Bartlett 😂

    • @evanhughes6952
      @evanhughes6952 4 года назад +1

      “...mmmkay? And then *my* idea, was to play c4-c5. Okay.”

    • @victorAPR96
      @victorAPR96 3 года назад +4

      There are no blunders, just happy accidents

    • @thomaswood3584
      @thomaswood3584 3 года назад +1

      @@victorAPR96 brilliant

  • @BigReno73
    @BigReno73 8 лет назад +40

    GM Yasser Seirawan is a legend

  • @sheikmanzoor5003
    @sheikmanzoor5003 2 года назад +4

    Nowdays we have computers and internet . Back in Yassers time it's just plain book learning.... Major Respect for Yasser.👍

  • @izzojoseph2
    @izzojoseph2 5 лет назад +5

    Yasser, I can’t see anyone being a nemesis. You’re so seemingly gentle and kind that people would feel bad about beating you even if they could! Seriously, you strike me as peaceful as Mr. Rogers. Add to that you’re brilliant at the game. Great video.

    • @chessdad182
      @chessdad182 2 года назад +1

      I lost a simul game to Yasser. A small number of slight inaccuracies by me and I suffered.

  • @Protanly
    @Protanly Год назад +1

    I once had the pleasure of playing against Yasser Seirawan in Seirawan chess, which is a variant of his own creation. He complimented my play and told me I had good instincts despite being leagues above me, which seemed very humble and down to earth. That experience stuck with me.
    His advice for me was simple, but memorable. "Dazzle them with brilliance, and if you can't manage that, still remember to smile."

  • @cmdrfun1
    @cmdrfun1 10 лет назад +47

    Am I wrong to instantly like before I watch the 30 mins?

    • @aravindgundakaram1830
      @aravindgundakaram1830 3 года назад +1

      No
      I mean, probably yes, but we’re speaking of Yasser Seirawan, so.....................

  • @AmazingFilms247
    @AmazingFilms247 2 года назад

    Always an insightful commentator. Loved watching his coverage of the '21 US champs.

  • @ebutym11225
    @ebutym11225 10 лет назад +12

    This is a great channel.

  • @domenicoscorpiniti1326
    @domenicoscorpiniti1326 5 лет назад +4

    really instructive, after i watched the first time i had to watch again to study the position and I discovered that Yasser at 1.25 speed seems really natural anyway

  • @fredkaddu2830
    @fredkaddu2830 4 года назад

    GM YASSER IS JUST THE BEST & AS SOMEONE COMMENTED ITS MORE FUN SEEING HIM LECTURE ON CHESS THAN ACTUALLY PLAYING CHESS. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO CHESS EDUCATION

    • @rorke6092
      @rorke6092 2 года назад +1

      THANKS FOR YOUR COMMENT I REALLY ENJOYED READING IT. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION TO THE COMMENTS SECTION

  • @H1E500
    @H1E500 8 лет назад +27

    Unfortunately a lot of the interesting analysis was missed by the cameraman who didn't follow the speaker when they are talking whilst pointing at the screen.

    • @jackcarter3944
      @jackcarter3944 8 лет назад +10

      +Phil Mc That would be the fault of the editor, who does not remove the board when Yasser works the screen. It's an unfortunate drawback of this format.

    • @David-hq8ir
      @David-hq8ir 6 лет назад +4

      Probably Yasser was supposed to use the mouse and point on the monitor

    • @fungoorstitch
      @fungoorstitch 6 лет назад +2

      I tried grabbing the overlay board with my mouse and dragging it out of the way. Lol.

    • @Thaumazo83
      @Thaumazo83 5 лет назад

      He should use the computer and software with which the club provided him.

    • @digocr
      @digocr 4 года назад

      Agree that cameraman and/or editor could have covered this. "This pawn and this pawn". Which?

  • @Quidoute
    @Quidoute Год назад

    seriously thoe, this is the most enjoyable chess lecture I have seen so far !

  • @nickolasbelliveau7095
    @nickolasbelliveau7095 8 лет назад +14

    Yasser, that jacket is hella slick.

  • @dictionaryofwords1108
    @dictionaryofwords1108 4 года назад

    First Yasser Seirawan video I've seen on this channel. Love this guy's personality, great video

  • @ralfsprenger3000
    @ralfsprenger3000 6 лет назад +20

    ill actually call this the "engish opening- seirawan attack"

  • @hplovecraftmacncheese
    @hplovecraftmacncheese 3 года назад +1

    These Yasser lectures are some of the best, but I gotta set it to 1.5x speed.

  • @tessa8230
    @tessa8230 7 месяцев назад

    What a beautiful voice.

  • @user-sg5jq3ig4k
    @user-sg5jq3ig4k 8 лет назад +2

    Well done! Inspiring, instructive and entertaining lectures- well done!!!

    • @jackcarter3944
      @jackcarter3944 8 лет назад

      +‫איתן אלחנני‬‎ Is there anyone better than Yasser? The economy, sense, intelligence, clarity... a master of the field.

    • @onegerard1
      @onegerard1 8 лет назад

      one on one teachings would do that,
      even... or better said; also with GM Yasser Seirawan.
      he does drop names for this or that....

  • @PalanivelTS
    @PalanivelTS 3 года назад

    A delightful way to learn this opening ... I really enjoyed this video.

  • @dirkjanssens754
    @dirkjanssens754 5 лет назад

    the best teacher and the greatest performer in chess history!

  • @warrenthompson5904
    @warrenthompson5904 5 лет назад +5

    Very instructive BUT the online board obscures the board Seirawan uses, Seirawan's style is to point out on the board his ideas and the online audience doesn't see this.

    • @tsonus
      @tsonus 5 лет назад

      A lot of Yasser's lecture is lost to us beginners due to poor editing which kind of defeats the object of the video. Lecture somewhere else please Mr Seirawan.

  • @fungoorstitch
    @fungoorstitch 6 лет назад +13

    How about a split screen and have Bob Ross paint each piece as it moves?

  • @KurtvonLaven0
    @KurtvonLaven0 5 месяцев назад

    16:40 I think this is the line Yasser is talking about off screen, but please correct me if I misunderstood: 1. Qb3+ Kh7 2. cxd6 cxd6 3. Ba3 ... 4. Nd2 ... 5. Nc4 ... 6. b6 ...

  • @chadmacgargle5311
    @chadmacgargle5311 Год назад

    The modern computer doesn't like it at all will give you about a 60% "accuracy." Peace and love. There's simply never lived a more beautiful player than Yasser (.) Peace and Love

  • @martinbauer100
    @martinbauer100 10 лет назад

    I love your channel. This very lecture is very helpful as I want to improve my openings. I used to play "kids-style" before (getting pawns in the center, develope peaces, castle), but now I've come to the point when I really have to get the ideas of openings.

    • @kontrapunkti
      @kontrapunkti 10 лет назад +3

      There`s nothing wrong with putting pawns in the centre, developing and castle, it`s a very good way of opening, but i still get your point.. it`s nice to try other things

    • @martinbauer100
      @martinbauer100 10 лет назад

      Well, just putting pawns in the center and somehow survive the opening gets boring with the time... And I don't always want to ask my friend Fritz! what the opening is called ;-)

    • @kontrapunkti
      @kontrapunkti 10 лет назад +1

      Well anyway who am i to say what somebody shoul play, or not. It`s really a matter of taste.
      As white i do play mainly classically for the occupation of the centre with pawns, and build up my play from there. With black i tend to favor more"Hyper modern" Style. I surely dont have a massive knowledge of the openings and all the various modern trends etc., but im also not total and complete beginner, rated about 2000..

    • @tylerwaye632
      @tylerwaye632 10 лет назад

      Hey Martin, if you're interested in improving your understanding of the openings I strongly recommend Modern Chess Openings 14th edition; that book was a real turning point for me in my opening preparation. Besides providing a wealth of book opening lines, they also provide you with concrete ideas for each opening variation.

  • @nicholasbrassard3512
    @nicholasbrassard3512 3 года назад +1

    @yasser 24:31 a quick analysis with stockfish 11 at depth 20 says this position it's 0.0 :o

  • @thomasbeckett1245
    @thomasbeckett1245 3 года назад

    Thanks ! I recently played Against the C4 opening, with B5. Such a short successful game… very fun.

  • @thesilentmajority2765
    @thesilentmajority2765 4 года назад

    What a great instructor

  • @2freet
    @2freet 2 года назад

    I like it, but I often can't follow the variations he's talking about on the fly. It would help if he would put them on the board.

  • @shubho3003
    @shubho3003 6 лет назад +2

    where can i find all of Yasser sir's games? i really wanna study the english opening and learn from his games

  • @tonypeter8209
    @tonypeter8209 5 лет назад

    Well explained with some variations.👍

  • @DoctaHobo
    @DoctaHobo 5 лет назад +2

    i love seirawan but this video does not deliver what the title offered.

    • @DoctaHobo
      @DoctaHobo 5 лет назад +2

      he just talked about how he played the english. never really talked about how to respond to c4

  • @antonbar7718
    @antonbar7718 4 года назад +2

    Great guy, and it's funny how natural he sounds at x1.5

  • @SumNutOnU2b
    @SumNutOnU2b 5 лет назад +1

    So the idea was to play an opening that was strong on positional themes and not dependent on tactical variations. I'm not as good but tend to prefer the same.
    So now I wonder what he decided on for black? The Sicilian is extremely tactical and well studied, so not a great option. So what instead?
    (I used to prefer the Dutch and Caro-Kann, but both have drawbacks and don't really work to the same strategy)

  • @kahuna2588
    @kahuna2588 3 года назад +1

    26:34 sammy actually played what stockfish suggests at depth level 26 :D

  • @eswarnaik833
    @eswarnaik833 Год назад

    Good afternoon Sir Eswar Naik

  • @1264036
    @1264036 Год назад

    Wow !! It was Sinqufield Cup!!

  • @alensmithee3852
    @alensmithee3852 2 года назад

    I definitely like spending years studying Grünfeld, King’s Indian Defense/Attack, or King’s gambit declined. :|

  • @bewareofnikhil
    @bewareofnikhil 5 лет назад

    Insightful!

  • @hectormejia1494
    @hectormejia1494 8 лет назад +4

    where would i take this classes?!
    Seirawan is a excelent instructor and GM.....

    • @jackcarter3944
      @jackcarter3944 8 лет назад +1

      +Hector Mejia I believe they are given in St. Louis, at the chess center there. Perhaps he gives private instruction via the internet?

    • @hectormejia1494
      @hectormejia1494 8 лет назад +2

      I want to go to st Louis to know him and to take some classes live. But by internet is good too.

    • @onegerard1
      @onegerard1 8 лет назад

      the world and its inhabitants at your doorstep :)

  • @stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638
    @stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638 5 лет назад

    What an explosive opening

  • @paulgoogol2652
    @paulgoogol2652 10 лет назад

    Why does Seirawan say it takes longer to study QGD longer than KID or the Gruenfeld? I play the Queens Gambit Declined because its solid and seems easiest to me, especially if you accept the "gambit" on move 3 or whatever. Dxc4, c5 and exchange. But of course you can keep it closed trying for a complex game.

    • @Veaseify
      @Veaseify 10 лет назад +1

      I think he;s looking at it from White's perspective. He means learning all of the sub openings that come from 1.d4 d5 2.c4 like the Slav, the Semi-Slav, the Tarrasch, the Semi-Tarrasch , even the Chigorin. plus the QGA, and the 'normal' QGD. When you play white against the KID or the Gruenfeld you can concentrate on one variation in each opening. On the other hand you could just play the exchange variation and that really cuts down the learning time although you need to be a great endgame player to make it work.

    • @galacticstorm854
      @galacticstorm854 8 лет назад

      +Steve Veasey Not true. Both the Gruenfeld and the King's Indian have tons of theory behind them and are very topical at the highest level of play. Grandmasters need to study these more because they're played more often, and are considered more trying than the QGD

  • @elasticharmony
    @elasticharmony 9 месяцев назад

    Ill be using this Rb1 is great because that rook can end up setting there anyway. Keeping black that far back is also prime for me, I get attacked.

  • @peppercap
    @peppercap 5 лет назад +1

    Wouldn't it be funny if Yasser Seirawan decided to become the Liberace of chess?

  • @Jam1457
    @Jam1457 9 лет назад

    This is a terrific opening and if I was black ...I was terrified of the c4 move.. but now I am ok with it.. I will be using this a lot going forward. Incidentally, Bobby Fischer played this c4 opening a lot, some call it an English Opening, others call it a Scandinavian defense. Either way.. brilliant opening for sure!!

    • @edwardbottle1018
      @edwardbottle1018 8 лет назад +16

      +Trev Morson nah, Scandinavian Defense is when black responds to 1.e4 with d5.

    • @ja773r
      @ja773r 8 лет назад +1

      And Fischer didn't play it a lot either....

  • @lalalabene
    @lalalabene 9 лет назад

    hi, can anybody tell me: why is the pawn structure bad after ..-e5 Kd5-exd Qxd3 at 14:40? Very interesting and entertaining lectures btw. :)

    • @michaelflaherty3202
      @michaelflaherty3202 7 лет назад

      lalalabene I don't think there is an e that can take on a d and there isn't a queen that can take on d3? Maybe I'm missing something.

    • @icecolddr-pepper4486
      @icecolddr-pepper4486 5 лет назад +1

      ...e4
      Nd5, exd3
      Qxd3

  • @smaklilu90
    @smaklilu90 5 лет назад +4

    the thing about these videos, you think that you learned something and you go to a game and you forgot everything and lose every time lol

    • @sashaallan855
      @sashaallan855 4 года назад +3

      That's because you need to work on it to improve. Improvement in chess is like any other subject, you need the knowledge (lessons) and then practice. Also even if you learn something the real learning happens while you sleep, so you probably will not see improvement until a few days in

  • @marcolevak8897
    @marcolevak8897 5 лет назад

    Name of that opening for black?

  • @xjjay554x
    @xjjay554x 3 года назад

    We still play the English to avoid theory lol

  • @estebanembroglio6371
    @estebanembroglio6371 5 лет назад +5

    1.5 speed lol

  • @77chickennug84
    @77chickennug84 5 лет назад

    6:36 what about a3?

    • @77chickennug84
      @77chickennug84 5 лет назад

      it also makes an attack
      on the queenside

    • @sashaallan855
      @sashaallan855 4 года назад

      @@77chickennug84 It doesn't create an attack (as it doesn't attack any enemy squares), but it does prepare b4, so probably it is just as good (just playing a different move order)

    • @sashaallan855
      @sashaallan855 4 года назад

      @@77chickennug84 I suppose it allows a3, a5, b4, a4. No idea if this is good for black but it would make the attack much harder

  • @mq3900
    @mq3900 2 года назад

    7:18

  • @botramduuze7188
    @botramduuze7188 2 года назад

    Yasser is god

  • @fakecubed
    @fakecubed 4 года назад +1

    1...f5!!

  • @thedarklight6752
    @thedarklight6752 6 лет назад

    Yasser Seirawan is like the Bob Ross of chess.

  • @ronalddonahue8325
    @ronalddonahue8325 6 лет назад +1

    1... b6 BAM

  • @MadScientist3000
    @MadScientist3000 5 лет назад

    he is forgetting about the people at home

  • @jackcoleman1632
    @jackcoleman1632 3 года назад

    GM Seirawan, I played chess in Oregon when you began your career, you were famous then! However, you had an older gentleman who functioned as your tutor/friend who played in tournaments at the same time, was rated much higher than yourself and guided your chess development. BE HONEST about your history and how you came to the English!!!!

    • @teocantsleep4611
      @teocantsleep4611 3 года назад

      Did you even listen to the lecture?

    • @jackcoleman1632
      @jackcoleman1632 3 года назад

      @@teocantsleep4611 Yes, I did and that is exactly why I commented on his forthrightness. He was NOT just a kid learning to play chess. He was groomed and mentored by an adult (some guy from Europe or Russia). He had all the advantages that anyone could want. Yes, Seirawan was good but who wouldn't be when developed like he was. But to hear him tell the story: "I was just a humble prodigy who cam to chess out of my own intellect ", uh no I don't think so.

  • @MsKwaiChang
    @MsKwaiChang 5 лет назад

    I wish he'd get off the board and stay on the computer.

  • @calencrawford2195
    @calencrawford2195 4 года назад

    I started chess at 8 but I'm 15 and I still suck lol. I'm 1900 Elo.

    • @calencrawford2195
      @calencrawford2195 4 года назад

      I crap you not I started out chess rated 100 Elo. I've come a long way since being so bad I constantly opened my game with 1.a4 2.h4

  • @ambihost.418
    @ambihost.418 4 года назад

    horrible! he is talking to the computer offscreen the entire time.

  • @test-pp7dl
    @test-pp7dl 10 лет назад +3

    Akobian's lectures are better. More serious and motivating imo

    • @Renanbrazp
      @Renanbrazp 10 лет назад +21

      Disagreed, i prefer GM Yasser's lectures, he's more experienced, has good stories, more showmanship and at his prime was a better player than Akobian. Although i do enjoy Akobian's lectures as well Yasser is just another league.