Learn Positional Chess FAST With Garry Kasparov

[@GuideUsAllah401]

This is definitely high level. I would never have thought of exchanging a ROOK for a weaker piece. AND I would never have thought of letting pieces hang in favour of setting up other moves. You really need to be able to think well ahead to be confident enough to allow pieces to hang.

[@richardcasey4439]

It’s so very instructive to hear the reasoning behind Kasparov’s moves. I did not see the rook sacrifice until it was put in the context of positional chess, protecting the knight on D5

[@epicchess2021]

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for watching

[@nagee76]

This game and your analysis was very instructive and enjoyable. Thank you and keep it coming!!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot cheers for watching!

[@HaischkaEST]

Your analysis is amazing! I am too impatient for most chess videos, but your analysis is captivating. Wonderful job and thank you.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh thanks very much appreciate it, this was one of my old videos as well, I like to think I’ve improved slightly since then haha. Cheers for watching

[@hoola_amigos]

This video is popping off getting recommend left and right! Good for you big man!

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah weird lol cuz my stuff back then wasn't so good! Bit slower, thanks a lot

[@hoola_amigos]

:P

[@parthapratimnath1998]

very crisp and precise.......its really helpful....more from you hopefully..Thanks

[@epicchess2021]

Glad it helped! Yeah I post every day pretty much, similar stuff

[@HRaz100]

Very instructive, thank you!

[@epicchess2021]

No worries thanks for watching!

[@Chunda8]

After Black's move Ra2 at 6:08, Kasparov had Nbd7, winning the Rook on f8, he castled instead.

[@epicchess2021]

From memory the queen can move and create a counter attack on white king and then you save room and it’s not as good

[@i.g.l.z.9215]

A fascinating game with perfect comments, making it easy to understand. Thank you!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed!

[@moxgen]

Thank you, this gets you into the mindset of passing up a nice move for a better move.

[@epicchess2021]

No worries thanks for watching!

[@learnerbetter9872]

How do we determine if a square is key?

[@epicchess2021]

no hard rule tbf, often central squares and outposts are though, as a rule of thumb (probably google 'chess outpost' in case you don't know what I mean by that). thanks for watching!

[@luizfernandotesck144]

When it can't be defended by pawns anymore.

[@roqsteady5290]

Ask yourself if you want to see one of your opponent’s pieces sitting on it!?

[@LT-qq2bs]

But, overall, an excellent practical question. :) Sometimes it’s not quite so obvious to everyone.

[@languagemail255]

I thought this video was going to be about that.

[@hnrishu3207]

crisp, precise exactly what i was lookin for.......... thank you u gained a new sub

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed

[@masonlaplante8499]

Danya analyzed this same game a year before and his video is much better in terms of explanation of the positional concepts.

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah fully agree and my older ones are a little weaker. But in general yeah I’ll never compete with him or Hikaru’s etc on pure chess understanding and would never try!

[@capkarr]

Absolutely loved this video! Well done!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks very much glad you enjoyed! Cheers for watching

[@MH-jz4kr]

Big thanks for keeping the game on full screen ❤ other creators want their faces in and hog up 85% of the screen. Great anylisis and a new sub😊😊 Thanks a big bunch!!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot! Although I'm afraid I do feature my face in my more recent videos lol

[@MH-jz4kr]

@@epicchess2021 your face is good to go my friend but I've seen folks take up 75% of the screen hahahaha and there are old folks with not 20/20 vision🤣

[@epicchess2021]

@@MH-jz4kr oh I see what you mean haha yeah that's annoying

[@theruthlessgamer1706]

thank you very much

[@epicchess2021]

No worries thanks for watching!

[@leedsmanc]

A simpler way to think about that rook exchange, he can take the bishop and then immediately immobilize the knight, kinda like getting 2 pieces for one.

[@LT-qq2bs]

HIGHLY illustrative. Thank you for the video. :) (Any more like it to come??😉) I look at a game such as this and find myself reminded of just how much of a spectacular player Kasparov really was.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks! And yeah he was so creative love his best games. And yeah I mean basically all my videos are similar to this of you check out the latest but I will do some soon with similar titles to this I think

[@bernardthefourth]

Thanks great instructional video.

[@epicchess2021]

No worries thanks for watching!

[@ShivangB]

Wow Garry was on another level

[@amgi31415]

This is art.

[@paulderby2117]

Thank You Epic. I've subbed

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks very much appreciate it!

[@chippyiam2u]

Good lesson,. Like your game choices.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot!

[@perkalov]

The main problem isn't "chucking peices on a square", the problem is to identify important squares. d5 is a knows square to fight for control in a multitude of variations of The Sicilian. I'll know it when I see it, but spotting the less obvious or those I don't have previous knowleage of... That is the tricky part.

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah really good point, and mainly that comes with experience I guess. Thanks for watching

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

Great Channel! 👏🏾💯

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed

[@wokkeredmi2193]

2:35 why didnt black take the Knight on d5 with bischop? Wouldnt it be good to trade a well placed Knight for a badly placed bischop?

[@Midnight890]

I’m not a very high elo player so take this with a grain of salt. I’m only 1430 but in my opinion I think he didn’t take with the Bishop because it’s a fianchetto bishop so it is stronger than the other bishop, you lose your bishop pair, and you create a weakness in the light squares and you will be punished instantly by the pawn recapture controlling the light square

[@epicchess2021]

After the queen recaptures the rook would be attacked on a8 plus there's then a threat to play axb4 and open the white a rook to add more pressure. So yeah like said in comments probably not a good idea t give that bishop at this stage even though it's a strong knight. Thanks for watching!

[@animegamer674]

Wasn't there a mate in 2 at 9:23 by checking the king with the knight and taking queen into the action...

[@lubluck5044]

The Knight is guarding the Pawn

[@supvanillaface6668]

How do I improve at positional chess, are there puzzles I can practice?

[@epicchess2021]

A very good book is IM Jeremy Silman’s how to reassess your chess!

[@johnkriesel-b5z]

At 6:02, why didn't White move Kb6 to d7, thereby forking Black's Queen and Rook?

[@epicchess2021]

Black plays queen a7 threatening mate on f2 and after white castle black can save the rook on f8! I should have covered that line sorry

[@arvinjuntereal1004]

Nice analysis of the game. I think that it would have been better for Black if he tried to contest the d5 knight early on after White’s c3 by playing Be6 or Ne7, eliminating the active knight before the other knight on a3 can support it. The game would have gone differently but I believe Black would be much better than in the actual game.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot and yeah defo some improvements could have been made

[@zbrazy5393]

@6:02 why not knight to d7?

[@epicchess2021]

Black then plays Queen a7 threatening mate on f2! So no time to take the rook on f8 and after castles the rook can move

[@elasticharmony]

Interesting how much better the computer found.

[@ismailabdelirada9073]

What do you say if a friendly ghost persistently shows up on top of your head? Casper! Off!

[@wokkeredmi2193]

Is there a second part for the endgame my elo is only 1100 and i dont really see a win from this position (i mean i see it i just dont know how keep it 😂)

[@epicchess2021]

Sorry I should have gone deeper! This was early days of the channel

[@DanteTimbalaco-ej7kp]

❤❤❤

[@dannygjk]

Suscribed for proper pronunciation of Kasparov. 👍🏼

[@epicchess2021]

Haha thanks very much!

[@kovaicheckmates]

Hi

[@epicchess2021]

Hi welcome to the channel! Hit subscribe to never miss a video! Your channel looking good too

[@vivekbajoria902]

As a 1100 ELO player..I think I took nothing from this video.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh dear lol

[@tefomogasha]

Yes, it's for Elo 1800 up.

[@richardcasey4439]

Disagree. I learned a lot from this video

[@gm2407]

Positional chess is about where your horizon is for the advantage. Tactics are for now. If I play a move that gives the other side a difficulty they have to consider for the next thirty moves as I bring my pieces around the king whilst they have to struggle to dislodge whatever bind has been inflicted on them, then that makes the game easier for me as I know my plan. If I play a sharp tactical line which takes 6 moves to resolve where it will be a slight advantage if best moves are played or calamity for both sides if one makes an error then the game is harder. It helps to have both abilities as stringing tactics together is a lot easier with positional understanding. In this instance black spent 24 moves distroying his co-ordination trying to dislodge the knight from the outpost and white was able to create other weakneases in king safety and a passed pawn during this game. Finally in the resignation position white would be able to take the g pawn and have a passed h pawn. Black allowed occupation of an outpost they had no defense for. Note even if the light squared bishop took on d5 then exd5 creates another outpost on c6. It can also be locked in by playing c4. So one thing you can take away from this is that the pawn structure is very dangerous for black even though it contests the centre. So if you play the Sicilian with this centre as black your minor pieces are super important for guarding the light square weaknesses. Note, am 1200 Elo player trying to improve positional understanding.

[@Grims-Arc]

​@@gm2407you explained positioning and tactics better than Magnus himself

[@claudedupras2492]

I'm learning chess, and I can see that I'm a poor boy and I'm a long, long way from home

[@epicchess2021]

It’ll come in time!

[@arthurmartinez7058]

winning position for white!

[@ChallHatt]

You need these skills at the 2000 level to go up the ladder.

[@brajeshpawar9375]

So, can it be said that the moral of the story is, 'a knight on a central outpost which is in the opponent's territory which can't be attacked by other minor pieces is worth a rook. So, we should sack our rook and trade our minor pieces to make sure the knight reaches the square.

[@epicchess2021]

Correct 😁😆

[@GranChad]

Uh. Am I the only one that wanted to see how the actual game ended ??

[@epicchess2021]

Oh did I not show it fully sorry, I made this a couple years ago and was still my early days making videos! Thanks for watching though

[@DuckSoup-w1p]

Im 1400 and... Wtf did i just witness

[@MarkMcDougal]

Monster Knight onD5 not 4😂

[@epicchess2021]

oh whoops thanks!

[@geauxgaia]

🌟💥

[@banoobs]

kasparov misses the mate in 2.

[@GuideUsAllah401]

Where?

[@stevenjulian8590]

9:30, Kasparov could just Nc7+, and either the king goes to f8/e7, Qxf7# is a mate (Queen is protected by the bishop)

[@MrBabadis]

Yeah it would be mate if blacks knoght wasn’t sitting on d8 lol

[@johnknight9150]

As an Australian, whose nation unleashed upon the world the terror of the Australian Question Intonation, I must implore you: please don't go up at the end of sentences like that. It makes everything sound like a question and undermines your authority. You're saying very intelligent things, but the question intonation makes you sound like a chavvy Essex girl on a hen night.

[@epicchess2021]

Hahaha and yeah this video annoys me too, recorded it 2 years ago when I was just getting started and I also find it painful to listen to! Don't do this anymore

[@johnknight9150]

@@epicchess2021 👍

[@JoE_Songs]

clickbait. "With Garry Kasparov" ?? are you kidding me? ridiculous.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh sorry! Genuinely not meant to mislead but I see where you’re coming from, I’ll change the title now