Minority Attack - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2015.09.15

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  • Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan demonstrates the minority attack with two of his games. The concept refers to a number of pawns taking on a weakness of a larger number of pawns. This is the first edition of a new weekly class called "Mastering the Middlegame."
    Yasser Seirawan vs Mikhail Tal, Niksic (1983): E35 Nimzo-Indian, classical, Noa variation, 5.cd ed
    Jaap Houben vs Seirawan, Meesterklasse -2010 (2009): B13 Caro-Kann, exchange, Rubinstein variation

Комментарии • 77

  • @jasonrawls6959
    @jasonrawls6959 9 лет назад +90

    Yasser's love for the game is infectious.

  • @bobby2ram
    @bobby2ram 2 года назад +8

    Such a wonderful teacher and chess player is Yaseer Sir. Not only does he explain so lucidly he makes complicated positions look simple by his laughter

  • @tigerbait1016
    @tigerbait1016 9 лет назад +71

    yasser is a legend. they should do a legend class on yasser!

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 3 года назад +4

      It's funny you mention that because I believe Finegold has done a legends class on Yasser at his chess club and scholastic center in Atlanta.

  • @mikewilliams7745
    @mikewilliams7745 9 лет назад +36

    I counted the score between Seirawan and Karpov when Karpov was World Champ and shortly there after. Of the 24 games the score was Anatoly Karpov 12.5 vs 11.5 Yasser Seirawan. That is pretty dag on good!!!

    • @MK-13337
      @MK-13337 8 лет назад +7

      He was the nineth or eight best player in the world, and at that time they had a lot of draws in the top, so the scores are usually even^^

    • @GeometricStalemate
      @GeometricStalemate Год назад

      Yasser has 4-0 vs. Tal, excluding draws.

  • @ministerofleisure
    @ministerofleisure 6 лет назад +8

    "...and i like pawns." god i love yasser. this guy is a treasure.

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 3 года назад +1

      He really does love pawns. If you read any of his books he makes this very clear.

  • @TheZeroLimb
    @TheZeroLimb 9 лет назад +7

    I have a feeling that this class "mastering the middlegame" is going to be very instructive. Thanks in advance.

  • @imanshaf8429
    @imanshaf8429 7 лет назад +5

    Forget about chess. Just listening to him is relaxing

  • @mournblank
    @mournblank 4 года назад +4

    you cannot say Yasser without having the "Yes Sir" attitude :)

  • @haritejanamala4595
    @haritejanamala4595 9 лет назад +4

    great new concept.Thank you sir.

  • @jaylenlenear7850
    @jaylenlenear7850 4 года назад +1

    His inner dialogue with himself being this calm has probably helped him out a lot

  • @flpsnk4848
    @flpsnk4848 9 лет назад +50

    Awesome, amazing teacher Seirawan is, my immediate recognition of good moves has improved. All hail the Yoda of chess!

    • @TheStupidLama
      @TheStupidLama 9 лет назад +7

      +flpsnk4848 Very much agree I do

    • @augustgreig9420
      @augustgreig9420 3 года назад

      Yasser's calm demeanor and willingness to listen to his students suggestions while taking them seriously becomes all the more apparent when you compare him to a teacher like Finegold.

  • @aluminiumeater
    @aluminiumeater Год назад +1

    I love how he says mikhail like michael

  • @baracatjr
    @baracatjr 5 лет назад +2

    Seirawan = very nice person, best teacher

  • @peristiloperis7789
    @peristiloperis7789 8 лет назад +2

    Nobody can deslike this without feeling gulty after that.

  • @filipj4377
    @filipj4377 10 месяцев назад

    I see yasser video, I like before watching. And then set the speed to at least 1.5 :P

  • @peterpan3914
    @peterpan3914 9 лет назад +1

    This is basically the same lecture like 2 years ago
    It's called "minority attack | pawn structure from 2013.07.24

  • @manmoth_1990
    @manmoth_1990 8 лет назад

    At 34:38. I'm curious about the move c3-c4 for white. Could someone explain why not striking in the center is the principled thing to do with such a lead in development? I might be blundering all my pieces here, but it seems like an interesting option to utilize the advantage.

  • @asmitbhattacharya2958
    @asmitbhattacharya2958 4 года назад +7

    Yasser: Always Check the opponent's king if it can drive it to the corner
    Me: gets my Bishop trapped...

  • @adithyabhaskar5789
    @adithyabhaskar5789 9 лет назад +1

    You're the BEST.

  • @denizifran3676
    @denizifran3676 5 лет назад +1

    I dont understand why he is saying ouch @46:35 because if Kxd3 Qf1+
    king moves and the white queen falls. so you cant take the pawn and then it is gonna queen

  • @steveb.3726
    @steveb.3726 6 лет назад +1

    When he turns to the board I can't see what he's pointing at. Why doesn't he use the software to show stuff?

  • @SiwakSerg
    @SiwakSerg 4 года назад +1

    20:47 What bothers me here is the question: "Why did Michael Tal play Nb7 now?"

  • @michetix7885
    @michetix7885 2 года назад

    33:58
    I quite doesn't understand why he didn't play f3
    can someone explain it to me thanks

  • @Atzenk33p3r
    @Atzenk33p3r 9 лет назад

    Yasser going hard in the paint as always

  • @spd7693
    @spd7693 4 года назад

    I don't know who really invented the minority attack. But in the 1920s even José Raúl Capablanca speaks of it, refuting one of the positions in the Queen's Gambit Declined. Maybe we could argue it was him, but it was not popular until like Karpov?

  • @danielmanahan692
    @danielmanahan692 9 лет назад +2

    @12:44 Yasser missed an important instructive moment to discuss why not black playing Qb4 and forcing a significant structural change with forcing a queen trade, and the computer analysis gives white a lead over a point, but in an endgame that might mean much. It would have at least been very instructive.

    • @danielmanahan692
      @danielmanahan692 9 лет назад

      +Humboldt ChessLyfe After b5 attacking the Knight Black can play Qb4 pinning White's unprotected queen, and force a queen trade.
      it would be educational to explore the advantages and disadvantages for both sides at this point, and that opportunity was missed in the lecture.

    • @Veaseify
      @Veaseify 9 лет назад

      +Daniel Manahan like he says' The cheapo potential of the position goes down with each trade' that was talking about getting the Rooks off so it would be even more beneficial for White to trade Queens. Structurally here Black is lost, his only chance is to get some counterplay with the heavy pieces.

    • @danielmanahan692
      @danielmanahan692 9 лет назад

      +Steve Veasey so it would be a good instructional moment to go over what would have happened in that forced line and what advantages if any black could have gotten. it is worth mentioning especially since it changes the dynamics of the game so much
      white's queen is better, so it is not so clear that a queen trade is always bad for black in that situation.
      was I the only one who noticed that queens could have been forced off the board at that moment?

    • @Veaseify
      @Veaseify 9 лет назад

      ***** White's whole strategy in these kinds of positions is to trade down to a winning endgame so it isn't in the defenders interest to exchange pieces. The same principle applies to the Exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez, if you are familiar with that opening..

    • @danielmanahan692
      @danielmanahan692 9 лет назад

      +Steve Veasey so talk about it. missing that opportunity was a mistake, which was my point.
      we need to see in calculation what could have happened. not gloss over it like it is a moot point
      trust me, this is not a moot point. queen trades absolutely change the dynamics of the game and in multiple ways not just including what you mentioned.
      I put this into the computer to see what it would do, and white won, but do you think it was so obvious how white won? it was not. it is worth going over.
      instead of arguing with me. put it in the computer, see for yourself. it is an instructive moment to cover in a lecture.

  • @davidcaughell6571
    @davidcaughell6571 8 лет назад

    what is the software used for this lecture?

  • @B.N.Y-1980
    @B.N.Y-1980 7 лет назад

    ياسر سيروان ....فخور انك سوري الاصل

    • @mohd1nagyyyyy
      @mohd1nagyyyyy 6 лет назад

      هل هذا كلام حقيقي ؟

  • @peimanenato
    @peimanenato 7 лет назад +1

    What is minority attack?

  • @GymChess
    @GymChess 9 лет назад

    Well, he didn't exactly "offer" the c7 pawn - the d4 pawn was also hanging...

  • @TheSpyroMiner
    @TheSpyroMiner 7 лет назад +1

    yasser is awesome ;= ))

  • @MinetGros
    @MinetGros 8 лет назад

    I guess the book Bent Larsen read was Nimzowitsch's "The System". Still an excellent book and highly recommended, esp. in the original German,

    • @manmoth_1990
      @manmoth_1990 8 лет назад

      Doubt so. "My System" is not an openings book, but a book on chess principles. Also, I guess Seirawan would remember his name if it was "My System". He did write the foreword to the latest international edition.

    • @MinetGros
      @MinetGros 8 лет назад

      I read an article once whwere Larsen praised Nimzowitsch as an inspiration in his youth.

  • @BamThwok76
    @BamThwok76 9 лет назад

    I like the opening music. Was it composed just for chess.com?

    • @tomsmith4452
      @tomsmith4452 9 лет назад +4

      +BamThwok76 ur not on chess.com youtube page so stop saying that :P

    • @BamThwok76
      @BamThwok76 9 лет назад

      Tom Smith Oops! Was it composed for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis?

    • @tomsmith4452
      @tomsmith4452 9 лет назад +1

      +BamThwok76 yup :)

    • @BamThwok76
      @BamThwok76 9 лет назад

      Tom Smith That was fast! Thanks

  • @gentleqez5172
    @gentleqez5172 7 лет назад

    7:21 After d5, surely Qa4+, just wins the b4 bishop, right?

    • @AlexanderEbel
      @AlexanderEbel 7 лет назад +4

      Gentle QEZ Nb8-c6 covers the check and the bishop.

  • @yousteveaaaa
    @yousteveaaaa 5 лет назад

    43:00 Qxd4 + is a threat right ?

  • @GeometricStalemate
    @GeometricStalemate Год назад

    Yasser has a 4-0 score vs. World Champ Mikhail Tal!

  • @jimgardoufy3647
    @jimgardoufy3647 4 года назад

    Every game of Chess must be slow, positional with very little in the way of Exchanges and stuff. And Every game MUST end in a draw

  • @ministerofleisure
    @ministerofleisure 6 лет назад

    Nh4. Yasser is an animal.

  • @isaiahgunn6435
    @isaiahgunn6435 9 лет назад

    yasser you should do a game focused on the traxler counter in the two knights defense. i think that would be fun to see your enthusiasm portrayed in the lecture

  • @somebodys7404
    @somebodys7404 5 лет назад

    Car-you-wanna

  • @vitalityendurance1456
    @vitalityendurance1456 9 лет назад

    hey saint luis chess club, can you pls show us a Julian picture?

  • @blue_genes
    @blue_genes 4 года назад

    minority attack; not to be confused with attacking minorities

  • @aeilers1
    @aeilers1 8 лет назад

    Good lecture.
    Listen to him, he always says Cariuana rather than Caruana. Why doesn't anyone tell him? Annoying

    • @STLChessClub
      @STLChessClub  8 лет назад +23

      We've all tried. Yasser pronounces as Yasser does.

  • @MarkDOES6886
    @MarkDOES6886 7 лет назад +1

    AT 8:30, you don't win the Bishop if Knight C 6...

  • @felikinrobertson2393
    @felikinrobertson2393 3 года назад

    who's watching in 1.25x

  • @rinrts5695
    @rinrts5695 7 лет назад +3

    showing 0 minority attacks in a minority attack lesson. How to troll your class 101.

    • @neilbhavikatti6720
      @neilbhavikatti6720 4 года назад +2

      You must have an extremely low amount of brain cells

  • @Thegamer-yp7qq
    @Thegamer-yp7qq 8 лет назад

    I love u Yasser. I want marriage but unfortunately I am not gay

  • @averagejohnson3985
    @averagejohnson3985 4 года назад

    This title scared a few Fascists

  • @LemonChieff
    @LemonChieff 6 лет назад +3

    omg I never knew GM Yasser Seirawan got to play Mikhail Tal :O

  • @LordDeuce-ul7my
    @LordDeuce-ul7my 4 месяца назад

    Great game Yasser.