Good content But maybe try and explain a few ideas slower and in more detail. A bit of information overload. But thx for posting
@ZDTFКүн бұрын
My balls are itchy
@noobcadmanКүн бұрын
Of all the Najdorf lectures, this is one of them.
@GiftigeBalspuwerКүн бұрын
I only play the bongcloud opening. Best opening ever !
@Victor-ji1rzКүн бұрын
Hey, great video. as a 2100 lichess rated player, I've been drilling the 100 endgames you must know and yeah I feel like I am barely better at actual endgames, how do you suggest actually training them, especially for someone who plays aggressive openings and rarely reaches the endgame in my games ?
@ifbfmto933817 сағат бұрын
Practice them against a training partner, if possible Or practice them against yourself, and use an engine to ‘guide’ you (to make sure you’re not blundering/overlooking stuff) That’s the best way to do it, that’s a lot better than just reading, in my opinion
@fpsmeterКүн бұрын
No training = no improvement, simple as that. Same in every sport. I play golf. My handicap was dropping very fast as I learned how to play and was training a lot, then it stopped aroud 20 it was becaming more and more difficult to improve so I gave it up and started playing just for fun. There's always a plateu and law of diminishing returns, where each hour of training will yield less and less gains and it takes HUGE amount of time and systematic & organized effort to achieve the "holy grail" level in given discipline e.g. HCP 0 in golf or FM title in chess. And even this holy grail does not put you in the best, coz best golfers have even lower HCP and in chess there are IMs and GMs and super-GMs. At certain point individual talent also helps, but it just moves the plateu level a bit further.
@Thechesslad1Күн бұрын
Silman's complete endgame course Is the greatest endgame book
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
I've never read it actually, but yeah heard good things about it
@ifbfmto933817 сағат бұрын
It’s good It’s a much better book for club level players than more advanced stuff, like Dvoretsky
@Thechesslad117 сағат бұрын
@ifbfmto9338 yeah so like it's better for 99% of chess players
@ifbfmto933812 сағат бұрын
@@Thechesslad1Yes But you can also argue, that Dvoretsky matters a lot more (it does) for the 1 percent of chess players that actually matter
@JoseDownUnderКүн бұрын
Nice topic Sam 👍 I think at least basic end games you should know how to win or draw - rook pawn end games. I have messed up several rook end games where either I could have won or at least hold it.
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
Yep for sure, need some basic theoretical endgame knowledge
@markhathaway9456Күн бұрын
So, after all that, what did the IM teach you? All I'm seeing is your game post-mortems.
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
Yep, so I believe I mentioned my two main takeaways right at the end of that first game, and then game 2 is an illustration of lesson 1, and game 3 is an illustration of lesson 2 - although I admit the lesson 2 is perhaps a bit more abstract.
@MatthieuSCHREKКүн бұрын
Chess is scary.
@ifbfmto933817 сағат бұрын
Chess is hard And it gets more and more difficult to incrementally improve, the higher your rating gets
@banzaiburger9589Күн бұрын
Good stuff mate. I have the Dvoretsky book still in its plastic wrap with every intention to one of these days actually read it…
@Robertl-xz6ylКүн бұрын
Never said what to study to get good at endgames if not DEM/100 EYMK!
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
Shereshevky's 'Endgame Strategy' is probably a good place to start. I picked up a lot studying players like Karpov (edit: and from getting beat up several times by stronger players in endgames)
@briandwi2504Күн бұрын
Thanks for that!
@NinjaSquirreIКүн бұрын
Please summarize the key points you are trying to teach us.
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
Mentioned at end of first game
@walterbrownstone8017Күн бұрын
Endgames make me cry. Are endgames harder than openings? For me, yes. But for the master level too?
@walterbrownstone8017Күн бұрын
I want to learn the QG and Catalan but there is so much theory.
@SamAsakaChessКүн бұрын
Check out my video on 'the easiest way to start playing the catalan' I put out last wk, might help give you a start. Also what's your rating? Depending on that you might need a lot less theory than you think
@kaijiesoo8588Күн бұрын
thank you! Highly instructive!
@noooooooo8675Күн бұрын
IMs are bad at chess, just take their pawns for free
@carrot64954Күн бұрын
Amazing!
@NinjaSquirreI2 күн бұрын
So, what should a player rated 800 do to get better?
@christopherparsons32243 күн бұрын
The better you get, the harder it gets to improve yourself and your opponents get more difficult also. Or, another way to look at it is that the closer you get to perfection, the harder it is to see your faults.
@Steveross28514 күн бұрын
One caveat for lichess blitz players rated 1600 - 2000, this is not as "easy" as it looks and I would suggest practicing first with lots of blitz games against a weak lichess Stockfish level like Stockfish 3 or Stockfish 4 depending on your strength. Those Stockfish engines blunder a lot thus giving you a lot of practice crushing it with your opening ideas sure, but even those weak Stockfish levels can still sometimes be tricky enough to beat you if you're not careful. Once you're confident you can crush those Stockfish levels consistently in blitz then you'll be ready to use the Catalan effectively at the lichess 1600 - 2000 blitz level.
@makayneilson75705 күн бұрын
😂 Girlfriend dumped him after she found out he plays the London!
@user-lx4wr8rt4s5 күн бұрын
That Bob example lowkey cracked me up 💀
@anthonybongo945 күн бұрын
Meh. I'd wager basic value plays a pivotal role here. It's even like your experience in highschool right, there were tournaments going on, you probably had some friends where chess was a huge part of the relationship; there were so many emotional factors working if your favor to develop good habits. Of course basic effort and attention is important, but I'd wager for a lot of the cases you're describing, these people don't actually want to get better, and oftentimes they aren't even aware of that.
@SamAsakaChess5 күн бұрын
Yeah, definitely I think in some of my younger years played a role. The period I described in this video I though there was actually very little I had in my local environment in terms of friends that played chess, or a chess scene in general, as my family moved from Australia to Japan - and Japan is not exactly known for having many strong players, or tournaments for that matter. So I would say I kind of improved in spite of those circumstances. But yeah that's an interesting point you say about people not actually wanting to get better (and being unaware of it), I would say there are certainly cases where thats true.
@prabhatkiranmukherje5 күн бұрын
Very high quality recap even if the quality of the game itself left a lot to be desired. One small suggestion would be to cover the gruesome end in a little more detail. Just very practically, not all your followers are 2100+, so the finish may have seemed obvious, but surely not so much so that it merited only seconds. Also, even at 2200, miracles certainly happen, people have bungled much more winning positions, so maybe the recap maybe a slight hint that you're not feeling totally in the zone, where you may have tried more desperately to find ways to make his task even 1 or 2% harder and give him a chance to go wrong.
@theg355 күн бұрын
I'm 2000 and play the caro-kann as well, really interesting video !
@FatesReveal6 күн бұрын
I am happy to call myself a member of the Catalan Cult.
@SamAsakaChess6 күн бұрын
welcome to the club
@sausei80556 күн бұрын
Played the Catalan to improve by about 300 elo
@MatthieuSCHREK6 күн бұрын
I was curious about what to do when black plays an early Bf5 ( move 2 ? ) when I'm going for a Catalan setup. In this game, it seems you don't fiancetto your own bishop on g2 then. I'll try and search for more games. Thank you for sharing, as always.
@SamAsakaChess6 күн бұрын
Yeah you can still play Catalan-style vs Slav with 4.g3, but for many years I've specialized in playing this 4.e3 line vs Slav. On move 2 though (d4 d5 c4 Bf5), you just take on d5 because they haven't properly backed up their center
@MatthieuSCHREK6 күн бұрын
@@SamAsakaChess Thank you very much for the nice details. Of course, you are right : with white playing d4 and then c4, we can take on d5. In my games ( I just checked some minutes ago ), I was always going for 2.Nf3 though. Thanks a lot, man. Matthieu, a frenchman living in Japan (around 1900 rapid lichess to give some context) I'm binging on your videos, and learning sooooo much already.
@humlakullen6 күн бұрын
There are different brain “hacks” you can use. If someone needs to memorize a bunch of facts, they can use mnemonics for example. To see the different possibilities on a chess board, you can start practicing expanding your awareness. Close your eyes and imagine a random number (or a letter) in the darkness in front of your eyes. If you can easily “see” two, or three numbers/letters next to each other, then try to expand that to four or five. Don’t “count” them left to right. Visualize them all at once.
@DorothyBarksdale-x2h6 күн бұрын
Anderson Sandra Young Joseph Miller Sharon
@altrfryd58597 күн бұрын
I am 1900
@bryceschess7 күн бұрын
I have been loving these Catalan videos, do you suggest getting a course on it? Like srinath or Alonzo’s on Chessable? Or just learning it and ideas as you play more and more
@YogKing7 күн бұрын
play against computer 2500+ for a month or two. you lose every game. then go back to playing humans, see how you improved.
@alphabeta95947 күн бұрын
facts
@flight_knight_7 күн бұрын
Kris Chan is an incredible name to have lol
@undetectedviper11217 күн бұрын
as someone who haven't tried catalan, yes, this brilliant opening is not for those braindead london player
@margaretmcpherson29127 күн бұрын
Great series of videos! Sam Shankland Neo Catalan Lifetime Repetoire on Chessable gives modern update on Wojo move order kzbin.infoANX9xSh4mws
@dVTHoR7 күн бұрын
Nobody is willing to just state plainly that innate IQ largely determines your ceiling. Chess is all abstraction, working memory, it’s straight up IQ. Plain and simple. Crystallized knowledge or lack thereof creates play in the joints, but the parameters of individual potential are set.
@ifbfmto933813 сағат бұрын
Plenty of people with high IQ suck at chess IQ certainly helps but it’s not enough in and of itself
@jaylenlenear39447 күн бұрын
Can you post what you consider your best game period
@eoingeary54557 күн бұрын
I just go after my opponent's king when I play. I'm hardstuck 1100 but at least I enjoy it
@Thechesslad17 күн бұрын
I believe like 95% of people can surpass that below 1200 elo range Trust me I was at the same elo as you last year I was so close to 1200 then I went back to 1000 and quit chess for 5 months Once I got back in january I focused on puzzles almost everyday I didn't surpass 3 games per day I analysed them just to see where I missed tactics and where my blunders were By April I was at 1400 elo And now I'm at 1500 Trust me the right plan with consistency is the key always
@ZDTF8 күн бұрын
Gyattalan
@bbloodqueen8 күн бұрын
never playing the jobava london again
@taylornz_8 күн бұрын
13:35 This is a critical try in g3 slav but through the 3.g3 move order black doesn't have to allow this, they can play 3... Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 h6 and they'll transpose to the less critical g3 slav lines So both 3... Bf5 and 3... c5 are good ways for black to play in this move order
@SamAsakaChess8 күн бұрын
Yes that move order is quite annoying - but again its one of those things that not many are aware of.
@JoseDownUnder8 күн бұрын
vow, another Catalan video :), keep them coming. thanks Sam
@NoobToTheMax8 күн бұрын
Very cool opening!
@tulljack84728 күн бұрын
He talked for over three minutes before he said anything useful. Then I stopped watching.
@MMABeijing8 күн бұрын
I like your strategic timing
@Tetus73 күн бұрын
Type of guy who buy high and sells low
@BobChess8 күн бұрын
KZbin can make you 1600 elo fide. After that it's only yourself.
@eugencharles33848 күн бұрын
Interesting video and nice being included, and I agree with a lot of what you said. I just don't totally agree with everything said in the c4 moveorder. While it was listed as a con that one has to play the normal flank pawn opening stuff, but the Moveorder opens up a lot for white. The symmetrical English in my opinion is in style not so far away from the catalan with the strong diagonal bishop and more often that not having a space advantage and slight tempo advantage against black. The reverse sicilian is not something for everyone, but i play the Sveshnikov with black and the sicilian is pretty much the only opening that i have played against e4 since the first year where i learnt chess, so obviously I am not scared of this. Additional value, and for me to of the crucial points, one why I originally played the wojo move order and one why i now play 1. c4, is because you dodge the slav and more importantly the Grünfeld. The only positions where I have the feeling that black can try and play super aggressively is the KID, which I have learned not to fear. Most things that apply to 1. C4 apply to 1. Nf3 too, to a lesser extent, although I probably hat 1. ... d5 as an answer like 60% of the time, which after 2. d4 made a catalan far more likely than in the English. In the end, if ones goal is to reach the catalan as often as possible, then I would not recommend 1. c4, but i feel comfortable with more or less every line i play and in that, i have the feeling that my positions are slightly more enjoyable.