Caruana vs. Giri, Sinquefield Cup 2016 | Chess in the 21st Century - GM Varuzhan Akobian

[@calmarcalmar]

/me just loves Akobis lectures...for some reason. Possibly because of his calm / logical / easy to understand approach.

[@TheJimmiececil]

I liked the idea of "miking" the audience so that their questions/comments can be clearly heard. :)

[@syyhkyrotta]

SO GOOD!!!! Thanks for lectures!

[@Httfvds]

I'm learning English and chess thanks to Akobian's videos, so thanks to the Saint Louis Chess Club for sharing this amazing work

[@aliamine3920]

nice analysis

[@elbay2]

Very well explained; thank you!

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

Brilliant Lecture!

[@Znmann]

great lecture. thanks Var

[@matn1965]

Very good lecture!! Thanks

[@PraveenKumar-ph6jh]

Tq Akobian!! I missed that zwischenzug :(

[@ArvindMishra2222]

Great Stuff

[@ART1GAMES]

Yay! Akobian!

[@RaymondR127]

Akobian is great!

[@1222-b1y]

great job ben simon

[@briankurek9700]

VERY STRONG GRANDMASTER.

[@atulnemlekar9539]

Great !

[@mathewmgmg]

Amazing lecture... though I couldn't understand why Anish could not play C5 By moving his knight to b8 when akobian said that black is worse due to c5 not being played.

[@MK-13337]

He did mention that white has a lot of pressure on the files. Moving the knight and then c5 is too slow for the position, and can lead into some trouble. The c5 pawn would most likely hang if you give white the extra time to play Rac1 Ne4 for example

[@flamingspew]

I don't think that was micing, I think that was amplifying in post.

[@xNOTMYREALNAMEx]

PRESSHUH

[@Lanijiro]

Nice jacket, Mr. Akobian.

[@mensise]

His coments truly are great. But I think his audience can be a little confuse when he speaks on "problems". I think he should use word "weekness". In coment to move g2-g3 he axplain why position with bishops is so strong. For me is so strong with simple reason, white has no weekness and black can do nothing on white side of the board. True, in this game Giri shows he has a huge problem with timing. Why he decline f7-f6 so early? Mistery to me.

[@isolatedgirl]

strong grandmaster ,,,,

[@sabrinakribala6054]

Well - it seems to be fot absolute beginners - not for ELO 2000+

[@allbdo2945]

Would be nice if Akobian actually answered the questions the audience asks. General answers like "there is pressure there and there may exist threats" are the leaks where opening novelties are found.

[@aliveli-hq6zk]

not beginner lesson.

[@juliocesarcaye2946]

i really dislike akobians lectures. like in the beggining of this video, he was explaining how playing c5 was great and all, but when asked the reason to not just move the knight and play c5, he kinda dodged the question. couldnt he at least give just one sample line of how that would be bad for him? also when the girls comments on what ben said during the live broadcast, he once again starts out trying to dodge (though in this case he eventually shows a sample)

[@MoCheezy]

He probably isn't dodging, it's probably just SO obvious for a player of his caliber that he feels it doesn't need to be explained. Like explaining 2+2 doesn't equal 5

[@juliocesarcaye2946]

Ok, but that still makes him poorer of an instructor. I hope he realizes he's not lecturing grand masters eventually, the overall level of the lectures isn't at all bad, but this point just bugs me so much

[@tinhnguyen2610]

He did answer her question, it would cost too much tempi and time and there was a lot of pressure on the c and d files. By the time the knight move back c5 and knight moves back to c6 white would just add more and more pressure on the kingside and the center. It probably wouldn't be worth it by then.

[@blackswordsmanhypertrophy6095]

The questions that some people ask are garbage .He either isn't in the mood to answer them or he thinks they are joking

[@MK-13337]

He did give a reason why getting the knight out of the way and then c5 was not played. The fact that white has too much pressure on the open files is a good reason to not waste time. Concrete variations are usually out of the scope of many 1 hour lectures, and this game is in all databases, so if you are interested and want to learn more you can use your own wits to solve the variations. That's how you get better.

[@totalwalrus5320]

He's just a bad teacher not a bad player. He obviously understands the content, communicating it is harder than it may seem.

[@patrickmoloney672]

You are wrong.

[@alrawandi8402]

I don't like his lectures and the way he dodges questions as much as I don't like his personality. What he did to Wesley So was disgraceful. I'm glad that Wesley demolished him a year later in less than 20 moves or so in a brilliant 2 piece sacrifice.

[@marekbanaszkiewicz6338]

Please watch more videos with Var before you say you don't like him. His lectures are very instructive and can't find better ones on this channel. Actually I watched all of his videos and I did significant progress in my chess skills.

[@MK-13337]

"What he did to Wesley So"..? He got disturbed when Wesley broke the rules of the game, and reported it to the arbiter. He didn't do anything to Wesley himself. How is Var always the bad guy in the story where Wesley broke the rules for the 3rd time in the same *elite* tournament in the same manner, 100% knowingly that he would get punished if he continued, and Var (the 3rd person to notify this mind you) just trying to play by the rules? Cheating is bad, reporting cheaters is not