Akobian vs. Shabalov | 2006 | King's Indian - GM Varuzhan Akobian

[@harKazoid86ShredderC-37]

GM Akobian you are a great inspirational teacher!

[@Ma1efcent]

Aokbian stands out as an amazing teacher. He is very clear, easy to understand, patient with his students, - does not babble or talk at a thousand miles an hour. JUST EXCELLENT. Natural teacher. Thank you.

[@TexasSizzle]

Fantastic video. Thankyou GM Akobian. You are an inspiration. God Bless you!

[@terrabitic7090]

Brilliant lecture! Akobian is the best at in depth analysis and clarification of moves and the ideas behind them.

[@NomeNNescio68]

Just one word: GREAT!!

[@Fcstfan]

I love this format. Thanks for uploading!

[@akshaysvnit91]

I will have to see it 3 times to learn every tactic which akobian sir taught... Great..

[@georgerodriguez277]

Thank you ,thank you ,your such a good and patience instructor George in OHIO

[@Athenian888]

Thanks St.Louis for your contribution to chess fans all over the world.Gens una sumus!

[@V8SupersQirreL]

It's all so obvious if it is explained like this - but in my own games it's never like this! good video, instructive and - very important to me - with a good sense of humor.and the point for me to learn - never think you already won a game before mate or resign - your opponent can always strike back!

[@dmaster20ify]

Love Varuzhan Akobian. I wish I could get some one on one coaching from him.

[@elizabethpetrie3066]

U r a great teacher

[@ILuvPrisonWomen]

24,15 the right move is actually to push the pawn, surprised var didin't see that, followed up with houdini and it agrees

[@klimtkiller]

+Nick “ILuvPrisonWomen” Never that's what i was thinking. no time to take bishop due to pawn

[@adonissage]

I posted the same thing as well. But I just asked my WGM friend. She said Varuzhan might worry about Bh3. Re1 to leave the f1 for the king

[@RedGaming23]

Love the endgame drill, not only useful for that particular endgame but improves tactical thinking and checkmating in general I think

[@kamranabbasi6757]

24:10 b6 is winning on the spot. Akobian says 'I can't really push here because I will loose the bishop', but actually he can push b6 and after R×a6 then play b7 and white is winning .

[@kdpsimplified1560]

He does not want all the complications after, why be fancy and sacrifice your piece? I can see other players going for it, but why all the complications when you can win the game with simple moves, knowing akobian's slow positional style, he probably did not like it fir the reasons above

[@kamranabbasi6757]

​@@kdpsimplified1560 it won't get complicated at all, he would promote and make a queen by giving just a bishop . Blacks position will collapse soon and he will get checkmated easily

[@1471emre]

thx for very instructive chess games.

[@djuri1985]

2 questions: 1) afrer Rxc6 instead of Qb8 what if he plays the immediate Bd7? 2) instead of Re1 what happens after Bc8? Thanks!

[@damianocarraroli254]

Annoying voice in the audience with asinine comments. Varuzhan is a great teacher, very instructive.

[@musicjam5570]

Sir what do I have to do if I want to join these classes I actually don't have any chess teacher so I want to learn online it will be soo good if I can join these classes 😊 ☺

[@GautomChutia-sc8qq]

These end games are very tricky I am very weak in there.more videos

[@TheChessRunner]

min 32. Maybe engines back then misevaluted this position. But the position after 36Qf3 37Qxe5 Kh7 38Qh2. In the videos gets called winning, while engine gives almost equality(and draw) after Qxa3

[@peace_in1move]

Don’t undertand why Re7+ followed by Ba4 isn’t an option. Why the necessity to give up the Bishop so easily? Anyone🤷🏻‍♂️..? Love this man and his lessons, sharing his immense experience and knowledge.

[@herman_h]

1. Re7+ Kh6 2. Ba4 Qa3+ 3. Kb1 Qxe7 This loses the stalemate

[@AmirAnsari-gn1xu]

I started to play chess 2 month ago. Now my rating is 1550 in lichess 15:15 game.... I want to learn openings and variations Please suggest me book or books for that

[@BizuteriaMoxie]

I like him

[@quake006]

15:24 How about moving the white rook to A6 and capture the pawn?

[@KnightToRemember]

True, he missed it

[@isolatedgirl]

great idea

[@moshetelesh2503]

I'm a bit confused about the rules of the end game.I heart that when a king is left alone,he still has 18 moves for you to check mate him? ! also,why with a Quinn he could take,and with a king he can't take?

[@leventeadamszabo1914]

Moshe Telesh There is no such a rule that you have x moves left with a lonely king. For the second question, you have to take with the queen, otherwise the white king has no squares to go because of the black queen, so the game would end as a draw.

[@John-cm3yo]

@@leventeadamszabo1914 yes, draw by stalemate

[@albertomoratorio2429]

Rob! taking the rook is stalemate draw!!

[@adonissage]

25:30 push the b pawn. Easy win.

[@hakaaannnn]

can someone expain why is dark bishop is more valuable then light one?

[@klimtkiller]

+hakaaannnn where did he say that? he said a knight is less valuable than a bishop in open positions (like in the game) so you dont want to exchange your bishop for the knight in that position.

[@jijithjayasankar2961]

He says that sometimes as white can't move in that opening

[@s4623]

Any particular reason why not Nxe6 before Bxa6 for white (first game)? I would suppose either Bishop or pawn takes Knight you can go Bxa6 after, otherwise the black Queen is attacked.

[@padammagar197]

best teach,.....

[@2phil4u]

This time you made a few second best moves, which are good enouph, but after you put the pawn with the queen on e 5, he could play kh7, and this is pretty a draw.

[@thejupiter1744]

Akopian can really play.He beat Kasparov in TWENTY FIVE MOVES in 2002.

[@sysweed]

Vladimir Akopian is not in this video though.

[@yashj1072]

lmao

[@laverduretanguy7344]

33:19 why not ? white King b2 Queen take Roque in e4, then White Bishop c2 ... Draw ;)

[@Gixeer75]

thx ... nice game

[@vishnusreekumar6255]

17:51 how about Rb6

[@vishnusreekumar6255]

I guess Bb7 is fine for black.

[@isolatedgirl]

good lesson for me

[@heheboi-j4l]

❤🔥

[@shy4440]

bookmark 23:23

[@2phil4u]

your endgame is difficult with the rook and the bishop, even Stockfish needs 11 seconds on my dualcore, not easy at all.

[@EnricoPolanski]

I mean, I kept feeling like an idiot, but even the entire audience could not see that, that was pretty painfully hard if you've never seen that.

[@moshetelesh2503]

Never mind,I figure it out

[@jacquelineingram661]

Why can't the king just take the rook?!?! It's unprotected

[@yeshaskrishna557]

because if the king take the rook it will become stalemate i.e there will be no more legal move for the king and it will be a draw

[@edmerobert7645]

Too much advertising

[@mustafasuljic4800]

bad played...why not atack kenig oder top....whit white...figure..18..57...u can make chees mate...whit black kenig and bishop...

[@VanillaSnake21]

I love Akobian, he's a great teacher, but it feels like the class he has is made up of 12-15 year olds, why is he showing level 2000 combinations. The one with queen and rook playing for draw, good luck calculating that.

[@patrickmoloney672]

Age doesn't matter in chess.

[@VanillaSnake21]

Patrick Moloney no, if the kids are 2000 that's fine, but based on all the responses he got it seems like a beginner class.

[@patrickmoloney672]

That Queen and Rook endgame is not for 2000 rated players.

[@VanillaSnake21]

Patrick Moloney you don't think so? I'm 1050 and I thought it was pretty complicated.

[@patrickmoloney672]

I understand and it was probably hard for you. If you're 1050 I'm not sure if this is the right level lecture for you. That is only my opinion and I think it's great that you are interested in chess to a level where you're watching chess lectures. But what GM Akobian is teaching in the endgame is not advanced, it's intermediate I would say. Plus if you want to improve which I think you do, otherwise you wouldn't be here, I suggest you go to chesstempo.com and do puzzles and endgame puzzles. That's the quickest way to improve at you're level.