Been playing chess 40 years-- only starting to REALLY understand chess in the last 5-10 years... I like your videos and Silman's books are good; your demo board out in the sunshine and beautiful scenery as a backdrop are fantastic!
Excellent. I've missed ya Backyard Prof. I've started keeping a blog of my training and expect I'll be linking to your youtube videos quite often. Hope your goal of Master is getting closer and closer.
Dude, I love your videos. I like how you explore your thought process rather than just saying "this is better". But in all honesty, it's your infectious energy that makes them so damn fun to watch.
You're really sharing Silman's imbalances AND their usefulness in a beneficial way to the listener. May I tell you, I had Reassess your Chess for quite sometime. NOW I want to understand these. YOU are providing the door into this subject in a way that I can undertand, and put this knowledge into my head to use it. How to use this to SEE the board, that is the crucial bit for me. How the opponents must have a different plan. I'm very grateful to you, thank you.
Great discourse, Backyard Professor. Just noted that this video was done years ago. I will be looking at your other videos. I bought IM Jeremy Silman's book "The Reassess Your Chess Workbook" but never finished reading it. You have inspired me to resume the reading. Cheers to you.
I'm really glad you made these imbalance videos. I DO have Silman's book, but one of the first things he says is it is for use for someone rated 1500 or higher, and I'm not quite there yet and felt a little discouraged. Perhaps it is time I start diving into it again!
These are absolutely terrific and instructive videos -- THANK YOU, PROFESSOR!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to make them. They really make it easier to understand imbalances. Thanks again!
You know, honestly teachers in chess schools are not as good as you when it comes to explaining carefully with detailed explanation for chess students, ESPECIALLY for beginners. You have such a talent of anticipating Silman's point of view on different elements of the chess game as well as coordinating with your OWN experience as well. That is just perfect, because you don't only follow what the book says but you also connect your experience with it. Chess schools would LOVE to have you :)
HI Kerry!! When i watched the crush your opponent video, you mention Jon and George. When you described George as the guy who would pick up his pieces and slam them down it got me thinking. So i did some research. Turns out the 2 guys you mention used to be at my chess club here in Wyoming. George was always fun to play with. Dr. Jon and Barb were an inspiration to us all. Good luck on your journey to Master. I am currently at 1630 and want to be a Master too! Let them know Joe says HI
Your videos have helped me more than any so called "expert" ever has. You explain things so that I cant understand them much like Forrests mama in Forrest Gump!
I have long wanted instruction on how to read a chessboard. These videos are exactly what I have been looking for. I might actually see if I can track down the book he is using. The concept of imbalances is a concept I can grab onto. Thanks a lot. :)
Thank you. I aim at making many hundreds of these vids that make it easy to see what's going on. Hang in there with me, I get excited when I learn something new, and that occurs about every single day - WOO HOO!
You are very kind, and I appreciate the encouraging words. I know I have all kinds of "experts" who think this is all a waste of time, but I know better. In showing how a typical normal guy can use Silman and improve his Chess, I find great pleasure and satisfaction in that. But to also SHARE this? That to me is called LIVING! GRIN! I have a LOT more I am going to produce, I promise.
Anyway, I just recently discovered the " T.V .Chess" videos here and watched a few of them-- Karpov, Browne, Seirawan, etc. battling it out for a money prize-- and their commentary on their individual games sounds exactly like what alot of us players do-- calculate tactics; notice positional factors present and future; and they do the "if he goes there, then I will do this" pretty much through the entire game. So I still think calculating deeply and accurately is the key to the game!
At 8:50, white can aggressively exploit the weakness on the king side with Q to h5 (check). If black defends reflexively with pawn to g6, white takes g6 with the bishop (check), and black can't take the bishop with h7 cos he would then lose his rook. So black moves king to f8, letting white either take the h pawn, or bring in the other bishop to g5, or advance his knight to f3. In this scenario, black is down 1 or 2 pawns, he's lost the ability to castle, and finds his king on an open file with 2 or 3 white pieces already threatening a checkmate scenario... White can also go on with Qf3 (check), forcing black to move knight to f6 and lose it to the white e pawn. If however after Qh5 black knows better than defending with g7 and moves king to f8, he still faces trouble: king on open file, can't castle and may lose the h pawn. What would you guys think about this?
Yes after Qh5 + g6 bishop takes pawn, pawn takes pawn and then there goes the rook and knight on g8 as after Qh5 check, g6, bxg6 check, hxg6, Qxh8 and Kf8 the only way to defend the knight, it is mate in 3 after Bh6+, Kf7, Qg7+ Ke8 and mate by qf8.
Yes, there is nothing wrong with attacking..... when the board says to that is...... on the other hand, Silman's ideas of creating targets are fascinating reading and learning.I will also be producing videos on those views in more videos, once I get through the general ideas of the imbalances.....
very nice. i think you will definitely get to master status provided you do lots and lots of exercises. well done. more imbalances stuff. i like watching ur videos. very nice.
Thanks Kerry, your videos are awesome! Only you should work on tactics. Well, I also need to tell you I've made an entire playlist of all your chess videos, as I'm on a phone and, it being difficult, I wanted to make it easier to find'em. Keep learning, Que vos mats resplendissent !
fascinating.I too play for pawns when the board dictates too.gone are the times when both players just attack attack attack no matter what.defensive technique has gone up.
Thank you for making this videos. I bought a Silman book (Reassess your Chess) and I find it very interesting. Something I am disturbed by is that Mr. Silman usually draws his games, which I don't like. I have stopped reading his book and trying to forget what I learned from Him. I don't want to draw my games, I want to Win as much as I can. Therefore I am reading Kotov's book.
Hi sir, can you give me a list of the correct order of these videos? I like your videos and i love the way you teach. thanks for the very instructive videos.
I'm not trying to be snarky because I understand that this is an example game but what if early on, Black just pushed f6 and just let the pawns duke it out? Wouldn't that have been a little less painful? BTW, I really like Silman's books. I also love watching your videos and wish to thank you for them. It's a lot of work that is to be commended. By the way, do you use a lav mic (wireless) or is that nat (natural) audio? Sounds really good. Thanks again.
I know this video is very old but I have a question that I hope somebody can answer. Why, at 18:06, after just explaining that white's imbalance is that he has two knights versus black's single knight, does he choose to immediately sacrifice a knight for a bishop and make the material exactly equal? This seems spoil his win condition in my view.
Hello backyard professor I had a quick question for you. Ive played chess off and on for a few years now and want to get more serious with my game. Ive done research on different methods to follow and love all your videos on Jeremy Silman. Im not sure whether to start with "The Complete Chessplayer" by Reinfeld or "The Ameture's Mind" any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
DON'T let that scare you from learning from his book..... I honestly am nowhere even close or near to that rating, but I am thoroughly enjoying Silman's book! I gotta lotta more to show as well.....
At 18:10 wouldn't it have been a better idea to exchange your bishop since you were setting up a centralized formation and cutting off the bishop's length?
Please tell me which book of jeremy Selman to buy first... I really love watching ur videos.. U have help me alot to develop my chess skills.. Thank you
What a great statement: "the guys at the tournament don't carry around Silman's copy". Of course not, they would be disqualified looking at books during a Tournament. ...btw, before questioning a hair cut (which is a personal issue anyway), looking in a mirror first might be eye-opening. Not really bringing anything to the table chess wise as well.
Silman's ideas conflict with the hyper- modern openings for black, such as the Pirc defense and the King Indian Defense, as Black with these openings is inviting White to demonate the centre of the board. And then countering with an attack with the minor pieces, on White's central pawn dominance.
I played in my first official Chess Tournament last weekend. My rating is zilch....LOL! I have been playing off and on my entire life, but have decided it is seriously time to at least get a Master's rating..... sooooo, I am on my way, and am videoing the process as I learn, I share in videos....
LOL! Ah, but you fail to comprehend something grasshopper. Life is to be lived and enjoyed. The more variety and enjoyment of doing things you love, the greater reasons to continue living well.......
..take my advice here: throw that book away man, just play... don't follow by the book all the time, the guys at the tournament don't carry around Silman's copy. they just get it, so they are creative. I encourage you to lay the book down. Just saying. Also, cut your hair man. seriously... PS: *not being negative, just assertive. take it for what it'worth. Then, Your chess, will improve. (also, I can assure you, you will no longer lose sleep, with my concept.)
Been playing chess 40 years-- only starting to REALLY understand chess in the last 5-10 years... I like your videos and Silman's books are good; your demo board out in the sunshine and beautiful scenery as a backdrop are fantastic!
I'm getting ready to make more videos. Sorry, I got derailed for a bit. But I'm coming back!
Excellent. I've missed ya Backyard Prof. I've started keeping a blog of my training and expect I'll be linking to your youtube videos quite often. Hope your goal of Master is getting closer and closer.
TheBackyardProfessor you back
These video's are a Godsend to a patzer like me, instructive and entertaining and not dry like most instructive video's on RUclips. Thank You!!
Dude, I love your videos. I like how you explore your thought process rather than just saying "this is better". But in all honesty, it's your infectious energy that makes them so damn fun to watch.
You're really sharing Silman's imbalances AND their usefulness in a beneficial way to the listener.
May I tell you, I had Reassess your Chess for quite sometime. NOW I want to understand these. YOU are providing the door into this subject in a way that I can undertand, and put this knowledge into my head to use it. How to use this to SEE the board, that is the crucial bit for me. How the opponents must have a different plan. I'm very grateful to you, thank you.
Really good videos. Your style is engaging and you make it much more understandable. Please keep the videos coming . You're great!!
I have to say that i really enjoy these videos. And I don't even play chess.
Great discourse, Backyard Professor. Just noted that this video was done years ago. I will be looking at your other videos. I bought IM Jeremy Silman's book "The Reassess Your Chess Workbook" but never finished reading it. You have inspired me to resume the reading. Cheers to you.
I'm really glad you made these imbalance videos. I DO have Silman's book, but one of the first things he says is it is for use for someone rated 1500 or higher, and I'm not quite there yet and felt a little discouraged. Perhaps it is time I start diving into it again!
These are absolutely terrific and instructive videos -- THANK YOU, PROFESSOR!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to make them. They really make it easier to understand imbalances. Thanks again!
You know, honestly teachers in chess schools are not as good as you when it comes to explaining carefully with detailed explanation for chess students, ESPECIALLY for beginners. You have such a talent of anticipating Silman's point of view on different elements of the chess game as well as coordinating with your OWN experience as well. That is just perfect, because you don't only follow what the book says but you also connect your experience with it. Chess schools would LOVE to have you :)
Really love these videos. My game has improved dramatically.
HI Kerry!! When i watched the crush your opponent video, you mention Jon and George. When you described George as the guy who would pick up his pieces and slam them down it got me thinking. So i did some research. Turns out the 2 guys you mention used to be at my chess club here in Wyoming. George was always fun to play with. Dr. Jon and Barb were an inspiration to us all. Good luck on your journey to Master. I am currently at 1630 and want to be a Master too! Let them know Joe says HI
Your videos have helped me more than any so called "expert" ever has. You explain things so that I cant understand them much like Forrests mama in Forrest Gump!
Thx BackyardProfessor ! ..im learning english AND chess ! YOU ROCK !
I'm going back through the Amateur's Mind and am amazed at how much I missed the first time through it! SENSATIONAL book! LEARN it.....I am.....
youre doing a GREAT job."Imbalances" has revolutionized my game, thanx sooo much!!
I have long wanted instruction on how to read a chessboard. These videos are exactly what I have been looking for. I might actually see if I can track down the book he is using. The concept of imbalances is a concept I can grab onto. Thanks a lot. :)
Thank you for making these videos. I just bought both of Silman's books and your videos are very helpful.
Thank you. I aim at making many hundreds of these vids that make it easy to see what's going on. Hang in there with me, I get excited when I learn something new, and that occurs about every single day - WOO HOO!
You are very kind, and I appreciate the encouraging words. I know I have all kinds of "experts" who think this is all a waste of time, but I know better. In showing how a typical normal guy can use Silman and improve his Chess, I find great pleasure and satisfaction in that. But to also SHARE this? That to me is called LIVING! GRIN! I have a LOT more I am going to produce, I promise.
Anyway, I just recently discovered the " T.V .Chess" videos here and watched a few of them-- Karpov, Browne, Seirawan, etc. battling it out for a money prize-- and their commentary on their individual games sounds exactly like what alot of us players do-- calculate tactics; notice positional factors present and future; and they do the "if he goes there, then I will do this" pretty much through the entire game. So I still think calculating deeply and accurately is the key to the game!
subscribed!
i really like the way you describe things, you have a motivational enthusiasm unlike some presenters that make the subject dull.
Great video, love the enthusiasm
At 8:50, white can aggressively exploit the weakness on the king side with Q to h5 (check). If black defends reflexively with pawn to g6, white takes g6 with the bishop (check), and black can't take the bishop with h7 cos he would then lose his rook. So black moves king to f8, letting white either take the h pawn, or bring in the other bishop to g5, or advance his knight to f3. In this scenario, black is down 1 or 2 pawns, he's lost the ability to castle, and finds his king on an open file with 2 or 3 white pieces already threatening a checkmate scenario... White can also go on with Qf3 (check), forcing black to move knight to f6 and lose it to the white e pawn.
If however after Qh5 black knows better than defending with g7 and moves king to f8, he still faces trouble: king on open file, can't castle and may lose the h pawn.
What would you guys think about this?
Yes after Qh5 + g6 bishop takes pawn, pawn takes pawn and then there goes the rook and knight on g8 as after Qh5 check, g6, bxg6 check, hxg6, Qxh8 and Kf8 the only way to defend the knight, it is mate in 3 after Bh6+, Kf7, Qg7+ Ke8 and mate by qf8.
After Qh5+ and Kf8.. white can play Ne2, looking to castle. Black is lost as he will have to give up a piece to avoid checkmate
I love the way this guy teach. I wish he lived here in Atlanta... I would definitely enjoy being his student.
Yes, there is nothing wrong with attacking..... when the board says to that is...... on the other hand, Silman's ideas of creating targets are fascinating reading and learning.I will also be producing videos on those views in more videos, once I get through the general ideas of the imbalances.....
You are an amazing teacher! Love from India
Great ...thank you! Like your style
very nice. i think you will definitely get to master status provided you do lots and lots of exercises. well done. more imbalances stuff. i like watching ur videos. very nice.
Really glad I found your videos.
Awesome video
Thanks Kerry, your videos are awesome! Only you should work on tactics. Well, I also need to tell you I've made an entire playlist of all your chess videos, as I'm on a phone and, it being difficult, I wanted to make it easier to find'em. Keep learning, Que vos mats resplendissent !
fascinating.I too play for pawns when the board dictates too.gone are the times when both players just attack attack attack no matter what.defensive technique has gone up.
I need to try to read the board imbalances even better now; I see it's absolutely critical to a successful chess match.
Hello from Brazil. Very instructiv vid, thanks for share you time. Very good didact!
Good job! Enjoyed yours and Silmans analysis
Thank you. These videos are very helpful, I appreciate them
You sure are a character :) I love you and God be with you, dont let pride overtake you, but in ALL these things give God the glory.
Excellent video sir. Subscribed!
Thank you for making this videos. I bought a Silman book (Reassess your Chess) and I find it very interesting.
Something I am disturbed by is that Mr. Silman usually draws his games, which I don't like. I have stopped reading his book and trying to forget what I learned from Him. I don't want to draw my games, I want to Win as much as I can. Therefore I am reading Kotov's book.
Luis E. Batres Read any book, such as Tal's, where attacking the king is the goal. That is how you win games.
Locutus D'Borg Thanks For the advice. Will look into Tal's book.
I've had this Book for a long time, Thanks for the encouraging video! I will be reading this book because of for video, thnx bro!
Hi sir, can you give me a list of the correct order of these videos?
I like your videos and i love the way you teach.
thanks for the very instructive videos.
Thanks Kerry! Looking forward to more videos and I'm going to crack that book open tonight (:
Awesome video! Thank you so much professor!
excellent ideas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!thanks for sharing'em.
good information. thanks for sharing!
Very good video
great video
I'm not trying to be snarky because I understand that this is an example game but what if early on, Black just pushed f6 and just let the pawns duke it out? Wouldn't that have been a little less painful? BTW, I really like Silman's books. I also love watching your videos and wish to thank you for them. It's a lot of work that is to be commended. By the way, do you use a lav mic (wireless) or is that nat (natural) audio? Sounds really good. Thanks again.
I know this video is very old but I have a question that I hope somebody can answer. Why, at 18:06, after just explaining that white's imbalance is that he has two knights versus black's single knight, does he choose to immediately sacrifice a knight for a bishop and make the material exactly equal? This seems spoil his win condition in my view.
My good pleasure. Part 2 is now available for viewing....
My rating is increasing.. thank you!!
Thank you Brotha. Great videos.
Hello backyard professor I had a quick question for you. Ive played chess off and on for a few years now and want to get more serious with my game. Ive done research on different methods to follow and love all your videos on Jeremy Silman. Im not sure whether to start with "The Complete Chessplayer" by Reinfeld or "The Ameture's Mind" any suggestions would be appreciated. Thanks
After fxe5 it is blacks move, but the professor places whites KN on f3 at about 9:12 in the video, now a 2 move advantage is a big imbalance!
Charles Bronson.
DON'T let that scare you from learning from his book..... I honestly am nowhere even close or near to that rating, but I am thoroughly enjoying Silman's book! I gotta lotta more to show as well.....
At 18:10 wouldn't it have been a better idea to exchange your bishop since you were setting up a centralized formation and cutting off the bishop's length?
Great video.
Can you tell me please whats the name of that chess board? And from where can i get one ?
Please tell me which book of jeremy Selman to buy first... I really love watching ur videos.. U have help me alot to develop my chess skills.. Thank you
you look like Guido Van Rossum :) Great vid btw!
My JS (Jeremy Silman) radar went absolutely haywire when I looked at the title for some reason and now I know why
Do you offer private lessons or livestreams?
What a great statement: "the guys at the tournament don't carry around Silman's copy". Of course not, they would be disqualified looking at books during a Tournament.
...btw, before questioning a hair cut (which is a personal issue anyway), looking in a mirror first might be eye-opening. Not really bringing anything to the table chess wise as well.
Is there any particular reason why black can't do f5 in the game at the end?
Beautiful
11:00 at half speed.
diminishing returns, is that like the Idea the kind could be stronger late game moving to the 2nd or 7th rank.
great thanks !
iM GETTING THOSE BOOKS THANK YOU SO MUCH
Silman's ideas conflict with the hyper- modern openings for black, such as the Pirc defense and the King Indian Defense, as Black with these openings is inviting White to demonate the centre of the board. And then countering with an attack with the minor pieces, on White's central pawn dominance.
Are you going though the whole book via video?
11:00 elmer j. fudd style lip move was great . i also do this kind of think when i am confused.. lolllllllllllllll :D .thanks
thank you so much
when are you going to start doing chess videos again?
I played in my first official Chess Tournament last weekend. My rating is zilch....LOL! I have been playing off and on my entire life, but have decided it is seriously time to at least get a Master's rating..... sooooo, I am on my way, and am videoing the process as I learn, I share in videos....
How are you sir ? No videos from many days ?
thanks for the video but i don't understand why black had to get the e5 pawn
or if the pawn is so important in this game why don't you just sacrifice one of your pieces
by the way i love your videos, helps so much improving my chess games
I have read that the byp passed away. Is it true?
do u have a rating?
why is the e6 pawn so important?
You are magnificent loved your video
I heard from another video that the Professor passed a way recently. RIP. You lived life large.
***** One of the professor's other videos, where a poster broke the news. I don't recall which one.
is he actually dead?!?!?!?!?!?!?
well, I could have used these videos when I was in High School.
What is his actual rating? Did he ever make it to master rating?
+Shalya Madra so he's pretty close then :/
Like from Roumania :)
LOL! Ah, but you fail to comprehend something grasshopper. Life is to be lived and enjoyed. The more variety and enjoyment of doing things you love, the greater reasons to continue living well.......
Oh, the time was 2 hours each side per game..... we played 5 games in all.
ROOKS ON OPEN FILES DUDE!!!haha
haight
11:01
p.s. chess is superbly fun :)
18:30 Bc6 better I guess
..take my advice here: throw that book away man, just play... don't follow by the book all the time, the guys at the tournament don't carry around Silman's copy. they just get it, so they are creative. I encourage you to lay the book down. Just saying.
Also, cut your hair man. seriously...
PS: *not being negative, just assertive. take it for what it'worth. Then, Your chess, will improve. (also, I can assure you, you will no longer lose sleep, with my concept.)
play 11:02 over and over agian, hilarious