Middlegame Planning | Mastering the Middlegame - GM Josh Friedel

[@djordjekojicic]

Great teacher!

[@Sarah-no7lv]

"You might know Eric Hansen" lolz crazy how far the chessbrahs have came the last few years.

[@souryadeeplikesyoutube8028]

Damn

[@ammarkhulood]

15:56 how about pawn g4 to g5? And if black takes it queen h5 check then king to g8 queen takes pawn on g5 and next move knight to h5 and threatening mate on g7

[@Buranazi]

34:15 black doesn't get slaughtered after Qxe6 Qxb5 Qc6. It will just be a good endgame for white. Also I think in the first game the plan to go for f2-f4 was fine but maybe better with one of the rooks off.

[@cruelpirate78]

exactly, although I actually think black is close to winning after Qc6 in your line. What's white's justification for sac'ing the piece?

[@Buranazi]

No material has been sacced.

[@fhadenal-mutairi3294]

good lecture.. thank you Josh!!!!!

[@GangstaGijon]

24:56 i think Qg6 with the plan to play knight f8 is good. If black plays Qd8 you can play nf8 and take on d6 pinning the rock if black plays rock f7 you can take on g7 and rock d8 if black plays rock d8 you can play knight g5. pls correct me if I am wrong.

[@GangstaGijon]

if i am correct i think it wins easier and faster

[@GangstaGijon]

okay i found the solution for blacks problems after Qg6 maybe you see it too :D comment it if you get it

[@teamplayer2helper]

Kg8?

[@GangstaGijon]

Shagglefire yep :)

[@richiel5384]

The R isn’t pinned anyway ..black can play 1 Qg6 Qd8 2 Nf8 Qxf8 3 Qxd6 Rf7

[@Rupert-eg6lk]

Isn't it a smothered mate around 38:50ish?

[@grantscott147]

no, black can take with the king

[@lekrangourou4630]

@Luqs Tech 37:27 Nf2 check, if rook takes you win the game, kg1, Nh3 is double check ( with the queen), Kf1 forced, Qh2. Rxh2 forced because the knight on h3 protects the queen, king takes is illegal, then Nf2 is checkmate :)

[@shy4440]

positions 2:11 31:30

[@sams2124]

What accent does GM Friedel have?

[@alpulley4894]

Sam S Merica

[@alfreedom3971]

He's from New Hampshire.

[@jackismname]

He has a small latino/ spanish accent, wouldnt be surprised if he came from a hispanic family

[@martinvoet217]

9:40 Why not 1 Qe4 - Re7. 2 e6? To me the e5 pawn seems to be better placed on a square that can't be reached by the black Bishop. If he takes with the pawn: Knight g6 check, forking the King and Rook. If he takes with the rook, you take the rook with the knight. If he doesn't take on e6, solidify with Rook e2 followed by Rook a1-e1.

[@nalin.subasinghe]

not only the youtube vids are but also live streams on twitch!

[@remcovanhartevelt588]

10:25 push the e pawn?

[@remcovanhartevelt588]

Cause if e6 q*f4 *d7 R*e2 d8->Q+ kh7 R*e2

[@remcovanhartevelt588]

If someone sees this notation and has advice in how to do it properly i would be thankful for the advice

[@richiel5384]

9:30 …Kh8 was terrible, stockfish next move for black is …Kg8. Lol. Instead 2 …Rde7 3 Nd3 c5 4 c4 Ba5 or 4 Qf3 c4 and black is equal.

[@josephs7442]

The move Kf3 doesn't seem to me to be a house keeping move. If White wants to solidify the knight with f4, he must move the queen. Black last move was meant to stop Qg6 and prepared to meet Qe4 with Bxf4! when the knight is pinned and capturing with the queen drops the knight on e6. So the clear point to Kf3 is to protect f4 so Qe4 is playable. Of course, Qd3 is stronger after Kg8, but the idea was the same.

[@AMusicalPsychosis]

I didn't know David cross was a chess player

[@nilsp9426]

12:23 sad story is sad

[@atomicpiano]

It would have been nice if Josh would have lectured a little better. I feel like him waiting for the class to get the right answers doesn't really help with explaining the theory behind the moves.

[@awaedin]

in the second position stockfish says ra5 +2 to white

[@amadeusradio9608]

A good teacher simply does not make open generic questions (what can you do to solidify the position? what's the ideal move here?). A good teacher gives hints, to push the student in the right direction. That's why no one says anything, because he's not suggesting anything.

[@brunobosnjak3011]

He is good teacher and gradually gives hints. No point in giving hints right away, it does not motivate to struggle for solution and improve.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Round about 7 minutes, doesn't pushing e5-e6 win a rook and create a majority?

[@arsenalfanrichi]

No, it doesnt

[@awotnot]

why the hell did he not take the pawn with the rook - the queen would have to move - rook exchange - and the knight would fall if the queen did not defend

[@creatureofhabit7049]

I think you are talking about time around 14:20, black would lose his rook if he takes pawn If rook rxe5 then qxe5 then black has to kill the queen with his queen and then rxe5 and black is down a rook

[@ExtremeAcer]

There's just a lot of dead silence also he keeps on waiting, why not just tell them the answer and explaining to them WHY that's the answer, he rejects every answer they give him thus delaying learning what should've been the tactic in the game

[@kenmendoza6932]

Plus, it doesnt matter if he rejects the answer or not. The point of asking those questions are to make the students come up of their own ideas. In a real game he cant just tell his students what the right moves are, the students need to come up with ideas on their own.

[@jackismname]

You learn much better searching on your own. I would teach like he does, if I were him. This isnt about cool tactics and entertainment, but really about teaching.

[@jonmichaelplotner3132]

@@jackismname ya but its not good tv, its good learning...in this video the two are not mixing well, thus the complaints

[@spectralanalysis]

@@jonmichaelplotner3132 You can easily skip the parts where there's dead silence. It's a chess club lesson, not a lecture. The channel is called Saint Louis Chess Club, not Saint Louis Teaching You Mindless Middlegame Strategy. If this lesson is not at your level and you're getting annoyed because you're finding most moves he asks for, then there are playlists or videos for more advanced players. There you will have a harder time finding moves, I assure you.

[@nofanfelani6924]

umm... 37:27 Nf2+ winning the rook right???

[@proxirr1509]

Qxb5 and white gets some things going

[@Aizen343]

It's Friedel night, after all.

[@duyngo2370]

17:14

[@jimdaily737]

Thanks Tobias Funke

[@holystrokes]

Jonathan schrantz in 10 years

[@awaedin]

simples

[@peterkrauliz5400]

You shouldn't be that laid back Mr Friedel nipping from your cup without doing proper lecturing.

[@sabdopalon2179]

till 8 minutes piece ain't move you just like playing quiz here

[@patrikcerny2323]

chessbrah

[@ChessJourneyman]

"I'm not a fortune teller" - well, you sure waste our time like one. Lecture or don't.

[@markphc99]

Not even a proper country anyway?

[@WolfersHD]

Really love this guy but he waits on the audience for too long

[@Enpassantful]

We were hoping you would tell us rather than asking us to find the answers, lessons like this just take too long.