Exploring the Hedgehog - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2014.02.27

[@G102Y5568]

Man, Yasser Serrawan's stories are intense. He is such an awesome guy.

[@Scy]

I'm on a Seirawan lecture binge :P

[@zuheyr1]

+Roberto Alba a bit corny? :)

[@blairschirmerx1711]

He really needs to calm down.

[@ruthwikrao9603]

@@blairschirmerx1711 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@aesaehttr]

When you run out of lectures you'll need a subscription to Bob Ross

[@buffalodebill1976]

@@blairschirmerx1711 LOL

[@marcwordsmith]

what a gentleman, to annotate one of his losses with such clarity and patience and even apparent enjoyment. Just brilliant. Glad you made it to the Candidates' Matches, Yaz! You deserved it. Sorry you didn't win and get to challenge GK.

[@myigitilful]

Great personality in history of chess. Long live Seirawan.

[@craigvandenberge6520]

Love the humility to talk through a loss like that

[@amrmohamed1387]

I really enjoyed all of your lectures and if you read this one a day I really want to say you are awesome . In fact I'm from Egypt and I got those amazing lectures very helpful thank you Mr Seirawan

[@penearth]

first lecture I have watched of Yassers. very very good.

[@stefanholbek2449]

+penearth HA! I'm right now eating EVERYTHING I can find from that man! He's funny, polite and a great teacher for the youngsters ... A TRUE gentleman! ;O)

[@maheshkumartak3096]

Watch his pin variation of sicilian.

[@andrewmays3988]

Love Yasser's encyclopedic knowledge of the history of chess !😇

[@GhostAemaeth2501]

WoW - this man is a real great teacher!

[@arrowofkira5658]

That a knight becomes more powerful the more it is supported by your other pieces is such a valuable lesson, i on my own would have never figured that out, i definately try to adapt this knowledge into my own games.

[@nicholasshannon1071]

Ha, this speaks to the wonderful game of chess that DOESN'T get played... he spends 20 minutes talking about a possible line with all kinds of really cool fun stuff that he didn't end up playing. I remembered that from my games... I'd play OTB and go home and go over it and think "is that all there was?" because the UNPLAYED game was so much bigger than the played game.

[@panrudzki454]

Awesome video. Thank you, Yasser.

[@jasondhathaway]

Penultimate means "next to last."

[@Mathview]

Missed this video on publication date, and just now watching. TY for a fascinating 41 minutes. Watched it straight through. As I recall GM Robert Byrne was the chess columnist for the NYT in those days. Can we hang the flawed analysis on his door?

[@2birdbrained4u]

Hello Chess world, I love these lectures!

[@letlapafly]

came here to learn about the hedgehog but got so much more

[@alpulley4894]

Another great Yaz lecture

[@DailyChessTV]

@ 19:33 The line given seems not correct, as mate can be prevented by Qb6+. Qb6+ picks up the hanging rook, which means Black will get the other rook and White has to opt for this instead: Rxf8+ Kg7 and Rg8+ Kf6. But this seems ok for Black.

[@GleamingBlade1]

instead of Rxf8+ what about Bd4+ it seems like white would be the exchange up

[@jeffgreen3376]

Wow. That was a heck of a game. Korchnoi was really something special and so were you, Yasser. You both deserved to go to the Candidates tournament. Who was the WC that year ..... Karpov or Kasparov?

[@SteelyDylan97]

Kasparov, that cycle turned out to be final match between Kasparov and Karpov for the title (5 Matches!)

[@geitekop507]

At 20:29, doesn't white mate? (Black played Qxe2) 1.Qxf8+ Bxf8 2. Bd4+ f6 3. Bxf6# ?

[@yavuzkoroglu7792]

You're absolutely right

[@eliask5867]

Aram Hassan black has Bg7

[@geitekop507]

Elias Keso missed that one. :)

[@eliask5867]

ahmet eren Tekbas no,because the bishop on d4 is on the way from the rook

[@frequensea9434]

If anyone brilliant stumbles upon this vieo and comment. I'd love to hear any thoughts on a trasnposition from KID (i assume just the NIMZO) into a hedgehog. I'm prepping hedgehog against my rival who plays the english. But i'd love to play it more proactively against D4 if possible to get practice in as no one seems to be playing the english at my level.

[@EdSuastegui]

Sorry, Yasser, but at the 21:10 mark, there is no mate on h1: f2 is available to the White king, and you have nothing to bring against it to trap him there. And at the 21:58 mark, the White knight is no longer trapped.

[@garagavia]

I think he is saying that he is in a dangerous attacking position that could result in a mate, but I may be wrong.

[@Malvegil357]

So what is the definition of the hedgehog defense? Is it just putting pawns on e6 and d6 ?

[@leventeadamszabo1914]

Malvegil357 Me It is very well defined on wikipedia. It's a pawn structure (mainly for Black) where he exchanges the pawn in c5 and puts pawns.on a6, b6, d6 and e6. The manoeuvring of the pieces are also very typical.

[@TheSpyroMiner]

i love yasser

[@cloudatlasminer478]

34:19 ivory queen to f6, forcing ebony bishop to f6 then ivory bishop f6. Checkmate? Sorry I don't the way to write chess moves yet.

[@nicolasmartinkuyumciyan7028]

Black isn't forced to capture the queen on f6, he can play e5 winning the white bishop

[@mickdrummer5965]

Chess education on a silver platter !!! Thank you !!!

[@ianfischerschilling9779]

How can this masterclass have less then 1.000 likes?

[@dmaster20ify]

Why does Yasser have to recapure the knight on g6 with his f pawn after the knight sacrifice on g6? Doesn't that mess up his pawn structure and give him worries? What is so bad about hxg6?

[@djosephsss]

+John Brown Taking with the f pawn gives him potential counterplay pn the open f file, and pressure on the white kingside, while taking with the h pawn opens up the h file, where black can't place a rook for play, and he is more likely to get mated on the open h file

[@dmaster20ify]

Will reexamine video and reply back to you

[@dmaster20ify]

So I looked back at the video and I feel you are wrong. The h file is not opened for white, and there is no counterplay black can get on the f file. The g pawn firmly protects f3.

[@Veaseify]

+John Brown After hxg6 its mate in 2 - Qh6+ followed by Qxg7 remember the bishop on g7 is pinned!

[@dmaster20ify]

[32:00] Steve Veasey you are absolutely right. This shows I am not going to be a grand master.

[@renehenriksen1735]

Has anyone in this area of the chessworld ever heard about the Nesjmetdinov-gambit in the Siesta-variation of the Ruy Lopez? I´ve seen it in Jakov Estrin´s little red book about gambits, which in my language is called "Gambit-play in chess". It´s just that no one seems to have heard about it and even the strong computer-engines doesn´t seem to know about it. Strange I think.

[@zagadka5471]

What about Qb3+ in 19.32 ?

[@miyukiteishi9051]

Soon GM Young Lady will be teaching the class

[@markschwarman7231]

Instead of Qd3 in subvariation after Queening pawn etc...QxRf8+ followed by Bd4+ leads to mate...Yasser was incomplete in analysis.

[@dorikaspar2415]

Mark Schwarman I was thinking the same, but I believe Black can save himself with ...Bg7, correct?

[@markschwarman7231]

@@dorikaspar2415 Quite right! I had optical illusion of Rook jumping over Bishop!

[@caseybroadfoot5227]

im confused on the part at 32 min after bxf3, why does whige have to take back? cant he slide rook over check, the bishop defends king, then whotes bishop attacks blacks bishop and king cant do much

[@animalntelligence3170]

I wonder if in the past 9 years the young woman (sounded like under 12 years old) has become a master -- she spoke up with confident and accurate moves.

[@aker9046]

Hello, may I ask what is the chess teaching app that the Grandmaster uses in his presentation? Thank you!

[@Neueregel]

Carslen also plays the Hedgehog sometimes

[@MrPrezer]

Korchnoi is a beast...!

[@dannygjk]

+MrPrezer Yes he is one of the best players to never win the world championship.

[@MusikPiratCH]

+Dan Kelly I would mention other (perhaps more innovative) players like David Bronstein or Paul Keres! According to Boris Spassky Kortschnoj (as we spell him in Switzerland where he lives) is a 'chess worker" (meaning not that much talented as others but he worked very hard for his success - nothing wrong with it). But you could see the differences in his World Champion matches against Anatoly Karpov! Kortschnoj lost three times (including the 1974 candidates final)!

[@dannygjk]

MusikPiratCH Yes of course he lost to Karpov, Karpov is one of the strongest players ever.

[@MusikPiratCH]

@@fundhund62 That's just speculation. We'll never know. ;) But it's important to mention that even in 1973 Spassky was stronger than Karpov! Spassky won the UdSSR Super Championship ahead of Karpov! :D

[@MusikPiratCH]

@@fundhund62 Though Spassky won the tournament! :P The direct game isn't that important! That could have gone in either way. Because I already mentioned Spassky in my comment!

[@atestarossa]

Serrawan's stories are good, and he's a good lecturer. He speaks a bit slow though, so I find need to increase the speed of the video to stop my mind from wandering off while he's speaking.

[@msan3965]

This guy’s voice is like velvet

[@bengski68]

*Smiles* "Knight takes G6!... No."

[@raymondarmagnac]

very good

[@reaperstar7822]

modern defense please

[@rokuroen4088]

can't believe how far they see the game. i can't even win AI lv(3/9) on my phone.

[@bonkyabeans]

"Euuuurrrrrrp" - Yasser Seirawan

[@prussianblue14]

19:39 Qb6+ wins the rook and does not loose,but win..

[@chaddonschaddons7084]

Did you know Yasser was a Marine drill instructor? Didn't work out too well though.

[@KF1]

His platoon didn't have the patience for an hour of what if this, what if that. -blank stares "Come on.. doesn't anyone here play pushups?"

[@SethingtonIII]

Yasser stories/smile > Feingold bad jokes/insults

[@charlesdarwin180]

But why was Seirawan playing for a win at times when he knew all he needed was a draw to qualify for the world championship? The logic of risk vs. rewards doesn't match up.

[@yavuzkoroglu7792]

I think Seirawan tries to say if it is draw, his qualification depends on some other games whereas if he wins he immediately qualifies.

[@levarkizer3161]

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[@jabbablade1884]

25:50 white plays Bd4

[@kylefogel3994]

This is what I was looking at. Did anybody find a refutation?

[@jabbablade1884]

@@kylefogel3994 I don't know what I was thinking 4 years ago, but I wouldn't play that move now, it seems pretty bad since black can then just take the queen for free. I am not 100% how it would play out but even after not playing chess for more than 3 years I would say that would be just a bad move for white.

[@kylefogel3994]

@@jabbablade1884 lol wow, that’s why I’m 1400

[@jabbablade1884]

@@kylefogel3994 Don't worry, when I first wrote that comment 4 years ago I was 1700, no matter how good you actually are, you will always make blunders... but you will make them less often as you get better for sure.

[@thelight288]

Waving a red bull, didnt expect yasser to do that :p

[@u.v.s.5583]

Wave a Red Bull against a flag, play hedgehog!

[@SangaXD44]

29:24

[@guapoglass]

Too angry. Get a calmer speaker next time.

[@iPlayChessAndStratego]

zzzzzzz

[@bogdan.b]

19:36 Yasser would’ve won with Qb6+ forking the rook.. 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@Aphixx]

Good eye