Breaking stereotypes Part - 1 by GM Igor Smirnov

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

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[@kingscrusher]

In other words there are times where black is doing more damage than good from trying to "un-pin" with h6 and g5. Techically the weakened light squares include f5,g6,h7. Also technically g5 can be used as leverage for say the opponent playing h4 to undermine the pawn chain. Which is why there are no strict rules about pinning or un pinning. But the video seems to lack objectivity on this occasion for not showing examples where the process of "unpinning" can cause serious damage to the position.

[@apclay777]

Thanks for the video. Realy helped me and has enlighten me. Great theory lesson

[@andrewbellinger6120]

Right after watching this video the first game i played, my opponent tried pinning my knight with his bishop. I pushed the bishop back with a3, b4 took the bishop and then pulled the rook out to b2. I won four moves afterwards with a brutal queenside attack. It felt great to finally feel confident that I was doing the right thing in this situation. Thank you Igor yoy are a great teacher with clear explanation and a great pace to your videos that make it easy to use/apply the information. Some other GMs with youtube videos just rattle off squares/moves too quickly and I find it hard to follow their reasoning. You and John Bartholomew are the backbone of my chess study.

[@MrHaro187]

Thanks for the lesson Igor, it was great! You're a good teacher! :)

[@iancunningham2440]

After black’s pawn move at 4:40, couldn’t white have just responded with Be3? Either way, when black responds by moving his kingside pawns, perhaps that could help white in the way of either preventing the dark-squared bishop from fianchettoing (had the bishop & king’s pawn not already moved) or taking the knight away (which piece black would probably prefer to keep in openings where the kingside knight is a key element to black’s attacking plans).

[@akiratoriyama2528]

Smirnov is brilliant in teaching teach, I have many chess books, this is only the first time I see a good player explained well the drawback of the bishop pin Bg5

[@Reza090]

Hi Igor, can you please make a more updated version of this subject. A lot of amateur level players like me have this problem with their knights getting pinned. This is perhaps one of the most dealt with issues for beginners. A refresh would be great❤❤❤

[@deepskywest3633]

Great teaching style!

[@Zywl]

22:29 what if black plays H5 instead of retreating with the knight?

[@Talazorn]

Great advice and observation!

[@szachistaz]

Great lesson, I hope I can apply in my next match!

[@kingscrusher]

Surely one of the main ideas of things like the Averbakh variation of the Kings Indian White side is to use the Bg5 move to create weaknesses on light squares. For example suppose sometimes black plays h6 and g5 - assuming White has a light squared bishop then a common strategy is Nf3-d2-f1-e3/g3-f5 - also an exchange of light squared bishops with bg4 will emphasise in particular the f5 weakness. f5 btw is kasparov's favourite square for an attacking knight.

[@farrell.flores9784]

Thank you so much!

[@akiratoriyama2528]

But I like to add for balance Igor, you should also show positions where h6/g5 does not work.

[@alonsoquijano51]

great video, with a number of new ideas that I had not previously considered.

[@peristiloperis7789]

Very convincing examples, Igor! I will think twice when such positions appear in my games!

[@Roberts536]

Hi Igor something seems a bit unclear to me, which is: In your video on black's opening 1. ... g3 you recommend bishop to g5, pinning the knight, as an important part of your strategy. However you say in this video that it is a mistake and a bad move, and you don't analyse White's counter h6 anywhere in your video on black's opening 1. ... g2. Please could you explain?

[@MazenLababidi]

Thank you , very informative

[@Elzification]

These videos are very instructive! Thank you for teaching us...

[@xDMrGarrison]

This video was very helpful, thanks!

[@chessprentice]

Great lesson! Thks for sharing.

[@Gregorovitch144]

I found this lesson fascinating. Excellent,

[@angel_machariel]

These are nice examples but a little too black&white for me. In many cases the pin is good and an in many cases the knight doesn't have to retreat to the side, but can retreat to the D or E file.

[@hkellogg3172]

No insult but have you read Petrosian's "Why I like Bg5" - did the World champion not understand chess ? Also When attacked , the Bishop often exchanges for the knight and strives for a closed position where the knights dominate. I would like to see how to take advantage when exchange is made. Thank you

[@Idontunderstandchess]

its weird i also got strong attacked with pushing the bishop away but i never thought about it and realized how bad pinning is, its crazy how thoughtless i am in chess.. thanks for the vids.

[@Mel-cy9pf]

idk why people focus on this guys accent so much STFU this is how is speaks and he takes his time to make and teach us in these videos so come on fellas grow the fuck up and understand that its really shitty to make fun of someones accent culture race ect.

[@luisarturoreinoso1479]

thank you so much for your videos on chess...the world is now a better place.....God Bless

[@KnighteyKnight]

Wow. I was just talking with my brother about this exact annoyance. It always seemed wrong, and somewhat robotic for players to do it in 1/2 the games I play. I didn't know why it was bad until now. Thanks!!

[@archeseth]

I always wanted to know how to deal with these annoying pins! Thank you!

[@carlessolucas]

what about this idea: Bg5 h6 Be3 ... Qd2 threat h6? or Bg5 H6 h5? when black o-o e white no? and queen gambit bg5?

[@backyard282]

The whole GM secrets course and GM positional understanding and opening laboratory you've taught us to use the principle of max activity (Bg5). So, when playing a game, how can we know that Bg5 doesn't work?

[@willy1955238]

Great great video lesson on chess...thanks Igor!

[@luisalbertomorenor2434]

It is a valuable lesson I do really appreciate it.

[@veritiapp5310]

Thank you..

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

No mention of the h6 followed by Nxe4 trick if white plays Qd2?

[@Idontunderstandchess]

thanks a lot, yeah its really stunning how logical it is but i still mist it... your lessons are very good indeed.

[@hkellogg3172]

LOL I just noticed your next video on the exchange LOL but still do you think Petrosian Did not understand what he was doing ?

[@vegardt3433]

I don't know how to comment on a playlist, but it seems like the "Thinking rules" playlist is backwards. At least when it comes to the breaking stereotypes videos.

[@fayskelley]

Exceptional ! thank you ~

[@torbis75]

I actually never do the "g5" move myself either, i just did not like it, and now i know why. BUT Actually if you ask an chess engine it will recommend you 1: e4 e5 2.Kf3 Kc6 3.Bb5 (which is the "Bg5" move) but this is before the pond D7 has moved. It further tells you to take the Kc6 after black plays 3......a6 so i imagine that before the d7 pond has moved it is an ok move??? Here you have no queen or bishop available for the next move to stop the double pond exchange, it will eventually be 3.........Ke7 which the computer does not like ( up from starting at 0.18 advantage to white to 0.55 after 3 moves) Please any opinions, especially Mr Smirnov`s :-)

[@bruhifysbackup]

Did you get any opinions

[@mrgdhamz]

Sir Igor, I really love your videos.. thank you so much Sir Igor

[@TheKingtut777]

Amazing!!

[@pavanrajselvaraju4682]

But doesn't this pin work well for the Ruy Lopez?

[@ThortheMerciless]

1. Maybe this is a little overstated to make the point. 2. In the Spanish White has just enough time, thanks to the move being so early and the inherent threat, to make it work 3. Bb5 is a little different to Bg5 in that a6/b5 generally won't be attacking the White King (unless you castle long). 4. Controversy sells. :)

[@Diougnes]

Great, Igor

[@m0skit0]

What about Black sacrificing his Bishop with h5 after h3?

[@baravi2005]

Vow! Never thought it can be such a stupid and even dangerous move to play Bg5 just like that and now I know that if my opponent does make such a move, I'll go on a rampage with the pawn assault :) Thanks so much Igor for sharing this very valuable knowledge!

[@mcpartridgeboy]

on what setting ?

[@rawandi9859]

I think his lesson is very simple and cuts thru the essence of Chess. Bg5 is truly a robotic move that serves no purpose IMO. Everything Igor says makes perfect sense. If Capablanca played it, I don't know why the hell should I even be listening to troll comments from below 1600 players. As to KC follow up on the light square weaknesses on f5,g6,h7 from pushing black's KS pawns, I guess that if you manage to block the white LS bishop, the rest should be easy. Remember that Black King can always castle Queen Side and confuse the hell out of White. Eventually it's a clash of ideas on the board, and by kicking the white Bishop like a football, Black has fulfilled the two basic dimensions of Chess: Time [tempi] and Space, which is very powerful.

[@marcamus21]

@lemaire yeah i also thought about that...

[@koroshabdoli1739]

ایگور همیشه بهترین بوده او نظیر نداره .

[@anthonymarloncueto5705]

Nice video,two thumbs up.!

[@manuelrca8284]

Hi asdfgoogle, The lesson is about 25 minutes long. You can also watch it in chess-teacher(dot)com/breaking-chess-stereotypes/ Thanks, Manuel / Student Support Officer

[@AyrtonTwigg]

nice video!!! keep it up!

[@FirstNameLastName-tc2ok]

I dont understand why h6 g5 is a good move in a lot of these positions. Doesn't it seriously weaken the king?

[@GMIgorSmirnov]

Thanks for the question. It does weaken the king's position. But it also restricts opponent's bishop and gains some space. In some positions, they are positional blunders. In positions that Igor showed they work well. Prasaadh | Support RCA

[@sandystorey5711]

Great stuff :)

[@gangadharhumraskar7541]

Great !!!

[@lollipophugo]

But then I am not a gm or even close so what do i know.

[@frank124c]

great vids!

[@Cousinsjay]

excellent

[@OnlyTruthMatt3rs]

I thought making your king side open is a bad idea, like this G-pawn pushed..?

[@mcpartridgeboy]

nice one, your too good for me !

[@johnny555slo]

i played rated game and i was having strenght on 1800, but now i am able to get a draw on 2100.

[@wrathofgrothendieck]

Igor Smirnov da god

[@maximganzenko568]

I always thought a knight and bishop were of equal strength...ne Pravda li???

[@lyranrenegade]

That's a different idea I guess, because it's not a pin but a way to double blacks pawns..

[@Sifo_Dyas]

Is he correct-a bishop is more powerful than a knight? They're both worth 3 points, no?

[@kreativ4674]

thank you papi

[@johnny555slo]

you just need to get closed position and than it's easier. XD

[@lollipophugo]

This video so far is a bit disappointing from what i've seen of smirnov's videos so far. h6 and g5 unbreaking the pin often leads to a weakening on the kingside (or the white equivalent) that can be broken up by a timely h4, and trading the bishop for the knight is not ALWAYS a bad thing (in closed positions, knights often are stronger than bishops). This vid just seems a bit objective and "this is law"-ish - none of these rules fit for even the majority of situations, as is being suggested.

[@tugafighter]

An international grandmaster as opposed to what? A national grandmaster? Would make sense, if that existed.

[@martillyu3922]

IM, then IGM. Most of the time they just call it GM.

[@ahahaha4223]

thumbs up if u like his voice

[@johnny555slo]

wow with all your videos i manage to give fritz 13 a draw.. XDXDXDX..... Thanks a lot

[@MobiLocalBiz]

I do... in all verations and sitchations. :) (but pieces rhymes with feces? that's a bit much) Great video, nonetheless.

[@mcpartridgeboy]

thats a very fank statement frank frank ! are you fench if so how many francs would it be to be frank with frank frank hahaha

[@Reza254]

That's because he's not Russian, he's from Ukraine.

[@gaurangdiya4232]

O

[@Marcsimusus]

красиво стелишь

[@hierikt]

Nice accent

[@iGavid_Doggins]

i dont understand why you try so hard to speak like an american its ok to have an accent it sounds a little funny when you try to hide your accent so hard

[@j.6230]

Jon Doe I don't understand why you complain about such irrelevant things when the video is substantively good.

[@adflicto1]

I won't like your comment because it has 69 likes