Lecture with GM Varuzhan Akobian (Lie vs. Akobian | 2006 World Chess Olympiad) 2013.10.10

Chess Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian presents a lecture about games from the 2006 World Cup. In this game, Akobian employs one of his favorite defenses: the French.

[@harKazoid86ShredderC-37]

GM Akobian you are awesome! You teach very well!

[@lekhrajprasad8026]

Varuzhan is the best GM chess teacher in this world

[@dusancvetkovic345]

GM Varuzhan Akobian is an amazing teacher...

[@coolhandluke1978]

Excellent description of strategical chess and how it goes hand in hand with tactics.

[@merc95]

Mr Akobian, your lectures/instructions are great!!!

[@Jerrysaw1]

i love this lectures, please keep uploading from Akobian and Seirawan, if u doit every week many of us will be happy

[@conradkappel9426]

Fantastic win and fantastic teacher!

[@MrWoodFloors]

Quality lecture from GM Akobian

[@danilogallardo5804]

excellent lecturer

[@TheTechBite]

Thanks for making such coherent videos.

[@FreiaGaming]

It's in my bucketlist to attend one of your lectures. Keep being awesome! 😁

[@brabhamfreaman166]

Akobian is such a patient and focussed teacher, all about the chess. Every answer is met not with a cutting comment or such like, but just a move that exposes its potential weakness. Really enjoy his instructive lectures.

[@TheTechBite]

Excellent video.

[@damonm3]

I’m shocked it ended up so close at the end for such a dominant opening and mid game. Had to be a great opponent to not loose quicker... great game! I don’t win unless I have 2 rooks or queens or a combo. 😂😂🍻

[@GymChess]

Excellent.

[@MrBanko8]

Great video! Thanks!

[@ed55joma84]

You play amazing!! I found this variation: after Re4 black play Ng3+ hg Qh4+ Rh5 Rf1+ Kh2 R:e1 R:h4 Bh1+ Kh2 R:a1 und e1Q

[@GuitarSlinger2112]

This guy is such a good teacher. :cheers:

[@Pinzote]

25:52 hey, why not afer ...g5; fxg6 Bf2 ? Using the same idea as a line before, looks winning.

[@V8SupersQirreL]

In a way Varuzhan is like a little boy, so cute...

[@YoDempsey]

Davin, watch again very closely, at 25:52, when the black g7 pawn tries to move to g5. He says "but if takes...", and then he moves the white pawn at f5 to g6, capturing the black pawn. That's an "en passant" capture of the pawn, so it's very legal. Note that Akobian first shows the case where the white f5 pawn doesn't take the en passant capture.

[@Occsei]

My favorite part is 41:40. Very nice. By the way, I miss Yasser I hope there are more videos coming from him.

[@reza6718]

best teacher

[@fritzvold9968]

in the position @35:27, he missed the brilliant 33...Be3!! forcing the win of the exchange with a crushing finish: 34.Re1, Re8!! 35.Rh1, Bf4!! 36.Bxf4, e1=Q and White can resign. An example of his lesson point not letting his shock and disappointment about overlooking White's 31.h4 resource distract him from looking ever deeper into the position for a line that secures the "lock" of a well-deserved full point!

[@sporadiccrash]

26. ... Ng3+ is also winning immediately, a move people found during lecture ( 30:00 ) .Akobian admitted indirectly through his body language that he did not see this move :)

[@rainerausdemspring894]

Lie may look strange for a Norwegian player. However, Sophus Lie was a great Norwegian mathematician.

[@freimi]

at 18:45 instead of Nf4 Qh4 seems, at a glance, to lead to some interesting lines as well. There's the dark square bishop at c4 eyeing down the g1 square, then there's the pawn close to queening, and posing a possible threat to the rook on f1, while white has the other rook blocked by bishop and thus cannot take the queen with pawn. And lastly the white pawn at f5 is pinned...well kinda at least. Didn't calculate the lines to the end thou, but seemed interesting enough to mention.

[@Cwra1smith]

Bravo!

[@alexhoffmann5767]

at 18:30 why not rook to d8, white queen takes the pawn. than push black pawn e2. Neyt move rook to d1 and gg?

[@nikolalalev732]

39:30 till the end! (rofl) And before that: Q: Was Hikaru playing at the Olympiad? A: Yes Q: Did he shake his head? (rofl)

[@darshabhatgaming6751]

Good teacher

[@dylan2009ist]

very nice!

[@alikooti7368]

Akobian the best teacher

[@aidanahram8245]

At 9:00 what’s wrong with Bb5?

[@jasperhalsey8574]

24:15 “This is what happens when you don’t develop your pieces. They’re not gonna help you.”

[@danielmanahan692]

13:20 the knight does not have to move because white's f pawn is pinned to the backrow mate on f1.

[@karanvirsingh2830]

Actually it wouldn't have been a checkmate bcoz of the knight✌

[@hvitekristesdod]

9:02 doesn’t Bb5 win the exchange? He can’t block and if Re1 Bxf2+

[@pascalbernhard5680]

hvitekristesdod sounds very reasonable for me, only thing maybe: Bb5, Knightxh7, Rxh7, Bxh7 and then if you take the rook on f1 your night is hanging and your king side damaged?

[@teamchess501]

Looks like Ba4 saves white there

[@jindrichzapletal5822]

In fact! when he says that he is happy that after messing up he still showed good technique, the computer begs to differ and tells us that exactly at that moment he missed another decisive winning shot (as is very often the case). After h4! Rf1 Kh2 Rxb1 Rxb1, he should have played Be3! Re1 Re8, winning an exchange and the game

[@tharindanimnajith3525]

Akobian is a human, not a super computer... He did win the game in a brilliant way with a instructive endgame too...

[@teamchess501]

That's a nice line

[@entityzero1269]

akobian is just an excellent teacher even ben finegold is watching

[@mr.all8366]

RESPECT .. Akobian

[@WilliamLeeDaPianist]

this is how a grand master play chess

[@pascalbernhard5680]

does this man never loose or why is he just showing wins of himself? Would like to see him talking about mistakes too... (the mentioned Knighte3 is very much an exception for him...)

[@ShankarSR-nc9mj]

How about knight g3 at 30.02

[@carlescamps1523]

25:51 after fxg5 maybe Bf2 wins, right?

[@janriis4742]

After white Qb1, Rook h4 seems to win: - Rh4, Be1 Rf4, h4 Rf1+, Kh2 Bd6+, g3 Bxf3, Bxf3 RxQb1, RxRb1 Kf5xg3!, Re1 Rf1 and its over. The idea is to force whites black bishop onto e1 and have the rook on the e-file take over the f4 square ... this wins the game :-)

[@YoDempsey]

Akobian seems to have huge patience. If all those little snot-nosed geeks had been in my class, laughing and giggling and making fun of his game/moves, I'd have kicked them out, even if it meant I'd ended up speaking to only myself. His style, of course, is the more admirable one, but I'm embarrassed for him by the lack of respect from the audience. Awesome lecture, awesome game, awesome training!

[@SuperYtc1]

This is why you are sat on KZbin making stupid comments and he is lecturing. It's a joke and he was laughing with them. I don't think anyone would want to be in any room let alone classroom with such an arrogant and negative person such as you.

[@YoDempsey]

Good for you, SuperYtc1! Glad you can see everything negatively. You should hone that trait the rest of your life! However, if you tried reading my comment again, with objectivity, you'd see that I was hugely complimenting Akobian. I have come to love his videos and training. In no other class on this channel have I ever seen the audience/kids misbehave so badly. If you think my comment is a "stupid comment," that's fine. But sadly, I was trying to leave a strong compliment for Akobian--that's all. Oh, and yes, I noticed that he was laughing along with them, but it was an uncomfortable laugh, if I remember correctly. And BTW, I have lectured numerous times--not on chess--but on AI, neuroscience, supercomputing, transhumanism, etc., as an invited scientific speaker--in places such as Tehran, Beijing, London, Jerusalem, Melbourne, Tokyo, and many, many other places. I've never lectured to a bunch of unruly or disrespectful kids, though, and I was shocked by their behavior on this video. I wouldn't have taken it as well as Akobian did. Thus, my respect to Akobian, pure and simple! Deep respect, in fact. That was my *main* point--hopefully, a very positive one. Thanks for your comments, though. I'll keep them in mind next time.

[@SuperYtc1]

Yo Dempsey While you see it as being rude, other people see it as some light hearted fun and kids just enjoying their time. You see the negative side, because you're a negative person. Don't try to bring others down to your level.

[@striker045]

Yo Dempsey yeah dude, he is just a relaxed dude i hear the class, and see him laughing at one point or another in every one of his videos

[@mrgoldie109]

He who has the most pawns wins. Pawns are like gold.

[@niceverkaufer4184]

he's a bit to proud

[@kunkonezendoon1326]

I cal culo ted all my pisses

[@bhdr111]

a very very difficult game

[@djuri1985]

When it comes to chess, Mr. Akobian doesn't have a sense of humour :)