Recognizing Combos - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2013.06.27

[@lagerbaer]

A rook in the corner isn't bad. According to Ben Feingold it's great because that way, when you resign, your rook is already set up for the next game :D

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

finegold*

[@josef3475]

Ben is savage all the time

[@learningisfun3901]

LOL

[@WonderTechie]

Yasser, one of the nicest guy we can find in the chess world.. Always like the way he teaches to the students with a great smile :)

[@Cruz0e]

you can edit your post.. you can take out the word 'chess' from your first phrase:-)

[@briancolyer4947]

It’s true. Totally humble guy. He’s the Bob Ross of the chess world.

[@kurtozan251]

Yasser is to chess as Bob Ross is to painting.

[@jonathanshore5768]

No he's the Mr. Rogers

[@chesspro22k64]

Jonathan Shore yes I was tryimg to remember who he reminded me of. That soft spoken painter guy.!!

[@kkalski]

We're just going to put a happy little queen over here.

[@Bleh67420]

Accurate

[@Holdino_]

I love how he communicates.

[@RCmaniac1231]

the way he talks really kept my attention. Very mellow voice

[@luisantoniojachozambrano7605]

This guy makes me feel everything is all right.

[@SaleemRanaAuthor]

One of the best chess teachers I've ever come across.

[@dkpandey1996]

He is probably the best chess teacher today. Very instructive, useful video.

[@koenpalstermans9180]

Fantastic lecture. Yasser Seirawan knows how to entertain and teach at the same time. That's in my opinion the way to keep everybody's attention.

[@masterchief699]

This guy's enthusiasm is infectious. This is a teacher

[@robmckennie4203]

Yasser has that look some people have, where you don't think they could stop smiling if they wanted to. Seems like such a cheerful guy

[@RareCargo]

As a fellow Seattle chess player I thank you for sharing with us your great insight and knowledge of chess

[@Pide0piper]

Thank you Chess Club and Scholastic center of Saint Louis for sharing such wisdom.

[@damleman]

Great lecture! Never before have I seen the strategic principles of chess explained so well.

[@MrCamel254]

I actually started my journey into chess with his books. They are absolutely fantastic. Really transport his charisma as well as his deep understanding of the game.

[@dmaster20ify]

And I love how you brought combinations under three broad headings. Now we can now what to look out for when calculating. When the king is unsafe you should watch out for checkmating combinations for example. This will serve as a bright sign indicating what combination puzzle you are solving

[@SembeiNorimaki]

In 22:16, why does white take the bishop instead of forking the king and rook? Sure the black rook is not yet playing and the bishop might be a more active target, but we are talking about taking a bishop against taking a pawn + rook, it's a substantial material difference

[@joshh6376]

Good topic. Did Bob Ross help prepare you for this lecture. I felt like you might take away the pawn on d4 and replace it with a tree maybe with some snow covering it.

[@CGoody564]

Josh H the d4 pawn is just a happy little bird, making his way across to migrate for the winter... Or is being sacrificed with no mercy.

[@lior617]

LMAO

[@KF1]

Entertaining lecture. I like how in the end it's left to wonder.

[@jdupuis1378]

Hi Yasser, you're not only GM but I believe great communicator. ( GC). Thx for these videos.

[@CGoody564]

Jean Dupuis GMoC: Grand Master of Communication.

[@mrpawrihawri9972]

05:23 actually got me cracked. LEL!

[@Anon_581]

For me, it was 10:04; the way he says it so calmly/casually makes it even better!

[@juanricardogarciagarcia8106]

Excelente exposición muy didactica, valorando iniciativa y planes de ataque, gracias dé Cd Juárez Chihuahua México

[@daymongray3516]

9:45 a simple analysis of opening strategies with pawns. Thoughtfully said.

[@superomelet2897]

Great video and I'm glad I watched it, but it's only tangentially about spotting combos.

[@ChillSoftwareDeveloper]

i still dont believe, this lecture was shared free, Thank you!

[@Supernovchik]

IT IS SOOOOOO HELPFUL! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!

[@chessenginefight9321]

"A rook that's sitting in the corner, completely unemployed, doing nothing." I'm exactly like that rook.

[@PhillipRajcany]

Best advice I garnered from watching this- "Don't grab a pawn [when you are behind in development]".

[@mattbell5602]

This was great...Yasser is the man!

[@bigstar3000]

Great lesson Mr.Yasser and thanks

[@glenhoffman4035]

If White replies with 3. d5 followed by 3. . . f5, is castling queenside (for Black) a good idea followed by a kingside pawn storm?

[@solfeinberg437]

I've never wanted to study chess to the point where I'm familiar with various openings - an in insufferable flaw in my game I know, but I haven't had that much interest - but this is pretty groovy - he makes the various possibilities very logical to evaluate. I actually like looking at puzzle books.

[@ZiggyZugzwang]

that's more than I could have asked for, my friend. Thanks for sharing that knowledge with me!

[@ilusoriob]

Excellent class. Thank you.

[@tinytim8173]

When I play 1d4 after d6 I always play Bf4 but Yasser said there's only 3 moves and that move wasn't one of them so can someone explain why Bf4 doesn't work against e6?

[@Ancient_Road]

With the move d6 black is set up perfectly for an e5 thrust on the third move after playing 2..Nd7

[@karanvirsingh2830]

U lose the tempo

[@dominusdone5023]

You give black some iniative when you place your bishop there. So a pawn push comes with tempo

[@AlexRaxach]

About the last question. Is it good to trade queens for who or with what purpose. Besides good or not, there're also alternatives.

[@lukastux3024]

It's a fantastic strategy lecture, but I don't see at all how the title of the video is related to Yassers lecture. It seems to be about strategy and queenless middlegames where I Black lost the right to castle. The video should be called "(When) Should you trade Queens in the opening?"

[@cenntraru]

I'm confused about the title for this video. I don't understand how the skill in recognizing combos patterns is related to this dry berlin-like opening, but the main theme about comparing Berlin as the best defense against 1.e4 and this defense against 1.d4 is very interesting. In my club-level games though, white never plays 2.c4 in this position, it's 2.e4 or 2.Bg4 or 2.Bg5 so I have to switch into Pirc or something Indian-ish.

[@CGoody564]

Квант-Сёрфинг the particular opening is simply an example. The position itself doesn't inherently involve strategic combinations unless you choose to play them, which can be done in almost any opening depending on the particular position. This particular position doesn't have to do with strategic combos on its own, however I could say that about absolutely any opening whatsoever. Your statement would technically be true about any opening whatsoever, but it's extremely disingenuous. The class isn't spotting strategic combos in the berlin defense; it is spotting strategic combos in general, and this just happens to be the example position he used to demonstrate said idea.

[@brucewayne2184]

So when is it good to trade queens then?

[@brandonbreaker7390]

how do i get in the class

[@ZiggyZugzwang]

Hello Mr Yasser Seirawan.I really like your idea with f4, but what happens when black plays say Be6.Thats the most common move in the Mega database(only played 15 times tho).Would you continue with Nf3 then?Now what if Black answers Nd7.I don't really see how we achieve our idea.Do you? ;) In one of my otb games we reached a similar position but m opponent played Be6 before he played c6.So he attacked my c4 pawn and I continued with e4.Is it possible to play f4 instead?(whats the follow up)TYVM!

[@Enpassantful]

The title of the lesson is recognising combos and it immediately goes off topic to talk about strategy?

[@clancybond1543]

is this guy played by jeff goldblum?

[@starbuck26]

I wonder if GM Seraiwan could present a game where Queens were traded and black did not lose the right to castle. It would go a long way in determining the answer to the question at the end of the lecture.

[@halimhandoko3374]

Love yasser, good teacher

[@qablo81]

I think you could play after Be6, f4 anyway. And if he capture your c4 pawn, just play Nf3, and I think you have compensation. If he goes after f4, Nd7, I think Nf3 again should be OK. Another idea is simple b3 after Be6

[@p3tr0114]

@1:30 Is it really a 2nd type of combination or is it a "little checkmate?" After all, winning material has the goal of checkmating.

[@jinjiakun4315]

what if white plays knight b5 in 32:00, how can black defends d6?

[@tombareket8677]

+Jin Jiakun your right he cant

[@jinjiakun4315]

+Emil Savery When the knight in d6 it protects Pawn in c4 and attacks b7. it's hard to take pawn in c4 because it's protected by bishop and can be protected further by pawn in b2.

[@edmis90]

Why not 2.Bf4 as a 4th option?

[@Ancient_Road]

Because of 2..Nd7 3..e5, the pawn on d6 is supporting the eventuality of e5 putting pressure on f4 square forcing an exchange or a loss of tempo

[@edmis90]

@@Ancient_Road 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 Nd7 - Stockfish evaluates as +0.6 at depth 24. 1.d4 d6 2.Bf4 Nd7 3.Nf3 e5 - Stockfish evaluates as +1 at depth 25. Since there is no material loss, that +0.6 and +1 can only come from better space or development. Maybe there is something to Nd7 e5 so deep that even stockfish can't see at depth 25. But for all intents and purposes to an average chess player - Bf4 seems fine to me still. There has to be a reason why Yasser completely dismissed any dark square bishop move. Wish he gave his reasons for it.

[@dominusdone5023]

@@edmis90 stockfish sees lines not evaluation. Its only as good as 0.60 if you are good and can find the best best moves

[@dominusdone5023]

@@edmis90 so even though it says 0.6 its hard for humans to play 0.61

[@videostar75]

How did this guy get so happy?

[@Guitare_picking]

He is so awesome !

[@sunnymaneg]

great as usual ... thx STL

[@sunilbhattad.8917]

I like yasser seirawans teaching

[@matteovrizzi]

Yasser is the best!

[@Miticuss]

Did anybody know, what this Yasser want to tell?

[@LordDeuce-ul7my]

Yasser the goat

[@imchessman6107]

i love all the slc content on yt but you guys gotta chill on the ads, its every 3 mins or so -.-

[@tillfaerber4787]

6:40 Bishop f4 London System

[@TheBebelehaut]

Oh Yasser, We never knew ye!

[@lolitoeik]

Great lecture as always from GM Seirawan but he should have someone running the computer for him so that he didn't have to bother with that kind of technical stuff. Question: what happened around 24 minutes into the video when suddenly a completely different game is being analyzed?

[@maxsamuel1253]

"Open files are magnets for Rooks"

[@nphalnikar9]

Yaseer is N'Golo Kante of Chess :)

[@samuelrosenbalm]

When you're up material but without an attack, when your opponent is attacking, or when you have a spatial disadvantage. There are always exceptions based on the peculiarities of the position, but generally speaking, that is when I would suggest trading queens, as per the last question posed in the video.

[@lepredator189]

I suggest smiling as he did, in answer to that question. iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.

[@redwagon4632]

Hilarious. "...since none of you play chess..."-3 times in 12 minutes. Smiling all the way.

[@marshmallow___bars___7578]

Love this Rat defense ❤

[@lolitoeik]

Since a couple of months have passed without any answer to my question, I'll ask again: What happened around 24 minutes into the video when suddenly a completely different game is being analyzed?Great, fantastic lecture up until this point.

[@0717570580]

Gm Yasser is one of the best of both worlds lecture plus player

[@vortexkd]

The f4 pawn magically switched to an e4 pawn - I imagine the lesson was cut?

[@marks4178]

I’m an amateur rated 760 rapid chess. 700 in blitz. I play D4 with white and it’s nice to know now that C4 is possible move 2. Thanks Yasser

[@suntzu3541]

These lectures are brilliant. Love this channel!

[@ghotrix]

isn't it massivly cut?

[@cyrusvanbeethoven8799]

PUNISH BLACK FOR HIS SINSSSSSSSSS!!

[@lepredator189]

How racist.

[@kelvintakyi1862]

Am 1800 in just 4 months cos of u yasser

[@FirstNameLastName-tc2ok]

Kelvin Takyi lol seems realistic

[@JavedIqbal-ef4yx]

Kelvin Takyi . what was your rating before 4 months?

[@lepredator189]

Yeaah, from 1799. Ok.

[@MrSupernova111]

I seriously doubt that! Hahaha

[@cyrusvanbeethoven8799]

Yasser, I love the the video, thank you. I'm lost for words; during the build up of this video, you leave us with the question "When is it good to trade queens" Followed by your priceless smile... And I think to myself, "Pfff well that's what I was hoping you'd conclude, or give closure on." - I'm extremely ameture in chess, very new to playing with players on Websites etc, so there is heavy competition. I know my theory department lacks completely. Would it be so detrimental after the initial trading of pawns to just develop your bishop in front of the queen? (on the premise that you wanted to keep the queens and not trade, I don't know which IDEA is better, keeping or trading, and for whom it's better to keep or trade. I was hoping you'd get to that!!!) Sadly, the more I learn about chess.... The more I realise I don't know much. Great game, love it.

[@simonenoli4418]

in openings usually who trades queens has an edge if kings arent castled. usually you wanna trade queens whenever your opponent has a strong attack or you are up material. there are exception of course but mainly it is like so. in the berlin endgame though black can equalize with careful play thanks to its development lead and the fact that it is difficult to be checkmated in the center without queens on. so it is somewhat compensated in doing so.

[@mathiasespindola843]

A42 English Rat !? What a name for an Opening!

[@yestintudz5429]

Visit Chessbrah in youtube. he is still active!

[@sarahdubois2386]

Jerry Sienfeld's long lost cousin teaching chess.

[@smwg4187]

This audience had the average USCF of 900.

[@chadw7994]

great video great guy

[@gentrygarage]

26:10 LMFAO

[@Bibabumm]

Really nice guy indeed and therefore a good teacher for kids. I really would like to stay positive here, but i would like to encourage the sir to not come up with his own terms of "combinations", if he is not able to differ betwen terms like strat and tac. Also the amount of knowledge he is trying to transfer in a ~40min vod is just "too weak, too slow"

[@TheSludgeMan]

Tip: yasser speaks at normal speed if you select 1.25x ;)

[@reggiedavis7850]

But after queen takes queen, black can no longer castle.

[@grahamyodude]

This was one of the first strategies I invented as a little kid when I was playing against my dad! Trading queens to deny black castle rights right off the bat!

[@aashu1011]

hahahhahahahhaah.. anybody really play chess there?? nt even one guy plays c4 after d4..

[@bisbarrafa1234]

Ashu Dhawale do you know what queen's gambit is?

[@aashu1011]

Ofcourse.. brother i am 1689 elo player..

[@MK-13337]

bisbar rafa thats not exactly queen's gambit, and the opening is still undecided, usually until black's next move, might it be 2...c5 or 2...Nf6 or 2...f5 (love me some leningrad dutch). But yeah, he was quoting Yasser when he tried to provoke the audience by throwing in a joke about nobody playing chess^^

[@aashu1011]

Certainly mattii

[@rampathak1784]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂chess class

[@jacobedelman7464]

this guy reminds me of john ritter so bad

[@Noah-il2wf]

I think someone farted at around 17:20....

[@magicaryeh]

combo breaker

[@alberthoefel4731]

The intro is way too long for me :(

[@aqeiwwrgunaug4ne3]

Does anyone here play chess? Lmao 5:30

[@kevlarunderwear22]

apparently there are alot of low rated players in the audience.the instructive thing is to point out whats wrong with d5? it is a complete waste of time

[@zacharywoodford8530]

Love this guy. With that being said, put the video to 1.25x speed for your own sanity lmao

[@valentinonanani629]

The Joker of chess

[@GuitarSlinger2112]

You sprang forth from your daddy's loins with a title then?

[@atomicpiano]

The class should be participating...if I were in that class I'd be throwing out all kinds of ideas...all kiiiiinds.

[@heinrich-joachimvonmorgen5998]

K

[@andrejstubljar3761]

1.e3,e5 2.d4,d6 2.dxe5,dxe5 3.Sf3!,Dxd1 4.Kxd1,

[@AZCaveMan480]

Should've stopped asking the class what they would do after 10 minutes. It's obvious they don't know much. I'm a freaking noob and I know at least a few of the answers, or play a few of the ways he asks. Either that, or they're cowards, too afraid to give a straight answer in fear of being wrong.

[@harshankbansal235]

He really needs to calm down!

[@coreywooten3680]

he talks too slow for me :/

[@DayanMarchezi]

You can change the video speed.

[@misanthrop1958]

People, who are too nice, like Seirawan, always make me suspicious. What do they do with their anger/frustrations?? Aren`t this the guys, who eventually become serial killers?!

[@kongyuexuan313]

misanthrop1958 He is just really cool

[@irresistablejewel]

@misanthrop1958 They win the American chess championship four times... Lol Actually it's people like you that makes me suspicious...

[@MrSupernova111]

This guy can put me asleep right after a great night's sleep. Damn it.

[@blackswordsmanhypertrophy6095]

What kind of bozo suggested d5

[@Darkenedbyshadows]

+Varenyam Maharaj ikr, what an idiot.