This whole deal is what the Internet should be all about - providing useful information and promoting learning. I've been watching these lectures for a couple of weeks - these people do this for the benefit of anyone who can use the web. Great job, thanks a lot!
This is a fantastic lecture. No silly jokes or distracting asides. No mis-identifying pieces or squares over and over. No talking down to the class. Pure instruction on the highest level. Two or three of the regular CCSCS lecturers should watch this and learn.
That's really gracious of Akobian to show a game that makes Nakamura look good--considering that in a couple of games they played against each other Nakamura acted like a complete dick!
Just stumbled upon your videos today and found myself utterly glued to your amazing instructional techniques brimming with masterful insights. I hope you'll offer more such videos. Your classes are more entertaining to watch than movies and, educationally, serve as superfoods for the brain! Thank you very much!
Advanced - Intermediate player here! Akobian is my favorite GM to learn from! I understand some people dont like it , but i personally appreciate the fact that he will take the time to play out and thus show WHY a certain move is inaccurate. As opposed to, shrugging off the suggestion and chalking it up to something like: "trust me it's bad". Like many other lecturers do. Particularly if I too would have such a move. Such as: knight f3 during the opening phase of this game for white , with the idea of completing development. Plus the detailed explanation around @10:30. On a side note; I now call the strongest piece in the game the "Qwhen" instead of queen. That's GM Akiobian rubbing off on me! Love that accent man! 😂
I agree. The best thing he does is that he challenges audience and viewers (youtube) to find the best move. And the he shows the logic behind the best move. 'Don't Rush!' as he says.
This is a very good lesson. I like akobian's style. I think he is a talented teacher we have seen it in his lessons. I would have a remark: isn't Karjakin from Ukraine?
Increíble el nivel táctico de Nakamura, realmente instructivo.Dominó la partida desde el principio y nunca dio contrajuego alguno a Karjakin, que es uno de los mejores del mundo.Gran presentación de Akobian, muy clara y entretenida.
BTW the 15.. Ne5 is not in a list of 7 top responses by Stockfish on 40 plies depth. It is aggressive yes but premature attack. And guess what is the absolutely equalizing moves here ? 15.. Nb6 and 15.. Nf6 and advance of the d pawn is not a problem since it is being captured quite easily. Also someone from audience has asked about these alternatives and was absolutely correct in his evaluation. 15..Nb6 immediately puts a question on this d pawn and eliminates it freeing your pieces from the need to blockade it.
Well I strongly believe one should analyze with a computer these days prior lecturing! I especially liked how he confronted at least equally strong 26. Qb2 idea brought by someone from the audience, while giving almost ! point to the 27.Re5 that followed, which is actually a weaker move in this position As a matter of fact after 26.a4 f5 27 Qb2 is much stronger than Re5 forcing Kg8 and white can take on f5 following the take on g6
If knight e3+ that would be a blunder as you lose that knight and a knight and bishop can checkmate a king, though this is very hard to do and takes at lot of moves. It may still be a draw as you would only have 50 moves to get the mate, but for a super grand master this would be easy unless he was under bad time pressure as it is so easy to mess up even for the best of players and black is not just going to give it up without trying his best. Keeping is the only way to draw by force, and knight under promote is just a draw even if you give up the knight and doing nothing also draws.
Good game. The last hypothetic move that Akobian suggests is a move Karjakin would have never made. Kg7 offers mate in 3, which by the way Akobian missed. If Kg7 then follows Re7+, best move Kf8 attacking the rook, but after pawn queens+, Knight e8 to stop the check, then queen takes E8 mate. Karjakin is a fantastic GM and very humble. Nakamura,....let's leave it there.
When he says bishop at the end does he mean knight? Because if you promote the pawn to a knight he can't fork you, your knight could just kill his knight... If you make a bishop he just forks you and takes your bishop, no?
+marc wagnolio 2 knights and king against king is a theoretical draw. Checkmate is possible but not forced as long as the defending king stays away from the edge of the board. Edit: Also, since it's not stalemate after Nxe3, it'd be a blunder to play that since knight and bishop against king is winning. So white would probably keep his knight around for defense and still draw with best play.
What about promoting to a Bishop? There is a (very difficult way) to checkmate with knight and Bishop. But I analyzed this with Stockfish and with a promotion to a bishop, white would keep his knight and move with the Queen. Then it's Knight against bishop and knight and that is a draw.
In the last study, after queening and Ne3, couldn't black just go Qd2 forking the knight and the king? Then, after that knight would take knight and it would be Queen+Knight+King vs King.
Nakamura missed 42. f4! and after gxf4, 43. g5+! Ke7 44. Bd5. The explanation? I put it down to fatigue-by-mineral-deficiency; probably iodine, vitamin B12 and/or magnesium. lol (google "common mineral deficiencies" for further details)
This whole deal is what the Internet should be all about - providing useful information and promoting learning. I've been watching these lectures for a couple of weeks - these people do this for the benefit of anyone who can use the web. Great job, thanks a lot!
Couldn't agree more
You sound like youre a boomer
Amen!!!
This is a fantastic lecture. No silly jokes or distracting asides. No mis-identifying pieces or squares over and over. No talking down to the class. Pure instruction on the highest level. Two or three of the regular CCSCS lecturers should watch this and learn.
you mean ben finegold should watch this?
agree
Agree on how irritating it is to get a million jokes during a chess lecture.
Absolutely brillant lectures!!
Thanks, Akobian!
Another quality video from Chess Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian
Thanks very much for these interesting videos, mr Akobian. Not only great player but a very good teacher.
That's really gracious of Akobian to show a game that makes Nakamura look good--considering that in a couple of games they played against each other Nakamura acted like a complete dick!
When was Nakamura a dick to Akobian?
+Doug Sears 6 years ago lol
theres actually a video of that too nakamura being a dick lol search on youtube
These comments aged well
Thank you for the amazing classes, GM Akobian and St. Louis.
Panie Akobian. Bardzo dobre lekcje w całkowicie zrozumiałym języku angielskim.
Tak trzymać!!!! Thank you!!!
Jan Drabikowski
Just stumbled upon your videos today and found myself utterly glued to your amazing instructional techniques brimming with masterful insights. I hope you'll offer more such videos. Your classes are more entertaining to watch than movies and, educationally, serve as superfoods for the brain! Thank you very much!
Very good and clear analysis..we need more of this. Thanks...I'm learning a lot
Love your videos, thanks GM Varuzhan Akobian
Very fruitfull topic,my game improved listening to my idol gm akobian
Excellent and engaging chess exposition!! Thanks a lot!!
Advanced - Intermediate player here! Akobian is my favorite GM to learn from!
I understand some people dont like it , but i personally appreciate the fact that he will take the time to play out and thus show WHY a certain move is inaccurate. As opposed to, shrugging off the suggestion and chalking it up to something like: "trust me it's bad". Like many other lecturers do.
Particularly if I too would have such a move. Such as: knight f3 during the opening phase of this game for white , with the idea of completing development. Plus the detailed explanation around @10:30.
On a side note; I now call the strongest piece in the game the "Qwhen" instead of queen. That's GM Akiobian rubbing off on me! Love that accent man! 😂
What rating label is ‘advanced-intermediate’ and how much have you improved the last 4 years since this comment?
Thanks Akobian, you're a great narrator.
Id love to attend one of your classes once that were like this. Amazing teacher
Amazing lecture.I love his style of explaining positional play. Please make more videos on Grünfeld and Englung gambit declined if possible...
Excellent lesson on total positional domination! TY!
At 5:11 I think Akobian missed clicking "Black O-O" and "Black O-O-O" as well as the white ones.
I guess even strong grandmasters can't see it all!
he just misunderstood white's castle checkbox for black's
great game and commentary by GM Akobian
I agree. The best thing he does is that he challenges audience and viewers (youtube) to find the best move. And the he shows the logic behind the best move. 'Don't Rush!' as he says.
This is a very good lesson. I like akobian's style. I think he is a talented teacher we have seen it in his lessons. I would have a remark: isn't Karjakin from Ukraine?
Loool
the lecture was far brilliant then the game .! I loved all the refutations of the peanut gallery haha! Akobian doesnt mess around lol!
thanks mr akobian for these lesson
the best teacher i was ever seen, he is briliant
True
Great lecture. Was really informative!!
luftloch is the right word. loch means hole and luft, as you allraedy know, means air . so h3 for exaple creates a luftloch.
Increíble el nivel táctico de Nakamura, realmente instructivo.Dominó la partida desde el principio y nunca dio contrajuego alguno a Karjakin, que es uno de los mejores del mundo.Gran presentación de Akobian, muy clara y entretenida.
Miss him!! Please record nee lectures for beginners
Thanks for the teaching video.
rough day at work for the black knight
Best chess teacher !!!
BTW the 15.. Ne5 is not in a list of 7 top responses by Stockfish on 40 plies depth. It is aggressive yes but premature attack. And guess what is the absolutely equalizing moves here ? 15.. Nb6 and 15.. Nf6 and advance of the d pawn is not a problem since it is being captured quite easily. Also someone from audience has asked about these alternatives and was absolutely correct in his evaluation. 15..Nb6 immediately puts a question on this d pawn and eliminates it freeing your pieces from the need to blockade it.
Nice lesson. I was wondering at 23:06 if for white Rf5 is a good move? with the idea if rook takes f5, Qe7+ - Qxd8+ ?
Such a wonderful class
Well I strongly believe one should analyze with a computer these days prior lecturing!
I especially liked how he confronted at least equally strong 26. Qb2 idea brought by someone from the audience, while giving almost ! point to the 27.Re5 that followed, which is actually a weaker move in this position
As a matter of fact after 26.a4 f5 27 Qb2 is much stronger than Re5 forcing Kg8 and white can take on f5 following the take on g6
Akobian is the best lecturer there is
In the tactics at the end of the video black can prevent stalemate by promoting to bishop?
Great positional moves by Nakamura
What program does STL ChessClub use in these videos?
instructive akobian again!!
what an amazing end game
It's also a LongPause Gambit in 35:15 to 35:42
It's a LongPause Gambit in 34:21 up to 3:49
How to get to the notes of that game and others.
great teacher
Thanks very nice tutorial..
Best teacher.
Brillant game of Nakamura!!
Which program is he using?
chessbase 12
but doesn't d1=Bishop also leads to a draw after Ne3+? how does it stop draw by under-promotion here?
If knight e3+ that would be a blunder as you lose that knight and a knight and bishop can checkmate a king, though this is very hard to do and takes at lot of moves. It may still be a draw as you would only have 50 moves to get the mate, but for a super grand master this would be easy unless he was under bad time pressure as it is so easy to mess up even for the best of players and black is not just going to give it up without trying his best. Keeping is the only way to draw by force, and knight under promote is just a draw even if you give up the knight and doing nothing also draws.
good teacher..
Akobian should have mentioned what happens if you decline the gambit.
Awesome game!
Good game. The last hypothetic move that Akobian suggests is a move Karjakin would have never made. Kg7 offers mate in 3, which by the way Akobian missed. If Kg7 then follows Re7+, best move Kf8 attacking the rook, but after pawn queens+, Knight e8 to stop the check, then queen takes E8 mate. Karjakin is a fantastic GM and very humble. Nakamura,....let's leave it there.
Loved the lesson.
Hated watching him toggle white castle permissions while trying to castle black only to hard reset.
Nakamura's moves are very hard to find. This is why he is top 5 in the world.
When he says bishop at the end does he mean knight?
Because if you promote the pawn to a knight he can't fork you, your knight could just kill his knight...
If you make a bishop he just forks you and takes your bishop, no?
+marc wagnolio 2 knights against 1 probably has possible checkmate?
+marc wagnolio 2 knights and king against king is a theoretical draw. Checkmate is possible but not forced as long as the defending king stays away from the edge of the board.
Edit: Also, since it's not stalemate after Nxe3, it'd be a blunder to play that since knight and bishop against king is winning. So white would probably keep his knight around for defense and still draw with best play.
Good job everyone!
amazing game
Sweet tactical game
Yes Luft is german word and means air this is why german air force called Luftwaffe during world war two
Akobian is the best teacher
Akobian is the best!
I found that move after 15min of thoughts
What about promoting to a Bishop? There is a (very difficult way) to checkmate with knight and Bishop. But I analyzed this with Stockfish and with a promotion to a bishop, white would keep his knight and move with the Queen. Then it's Knight against bishop and knight and that is a draw.
Because it's the only way to try for a win...
good idea
are you kidding?
In the last study, after queening and Ne3, couldn't black just go Qd2 forking the knight and the king? Then, after that knight would take knight and it would be Queen+Knight+King vs King.
it was good
15..Nb6 16 d6 Qf6 17. d7 Rad8 and we take this pawn the next move
NAKAMURA NUNCA SERA COMO CARLSEN!!!
cool
I think he is thinking for someone in 35:15 to 35:42
In 34:21 to 34:42 its a LongPause Gambit
But he is a great teacher
I like him also
Nakamura missed 42. f4! and after gxf4, 43. g5+! Ke7 44. Bd5. The explanation? I put it down to fatigue-by-mineral-deficiency; probably iodine, vitamin B12 and/or magnesium. lol (google "common mineral deficiencies" for further details)
it is not luft but luftloch quit funny hearing you speak in german
blacks in check