Russian Chess Assassin | Story Time With Yasser

[@juanr.cordova515]

Korchnoi basically castled.

[@illme3435]

Underrated comments of chess, 2021.

[@luisalonso959]

good strategy xdddd

[@dreadbos]

And left the rook hanging.

[@masterblaster7782]

Lmaoooo dude xD

[@jedinxf7]

lol if only the story took place in Paris instead of Zurich. Then there'd be a French Defense joke too

[@ErC0411]

I could listen to Yassers stories every day. He has such a calm voice.

[@GingerBalls420Bro]

He knows more than most that’s forsure.

[@detectivemarkseven]

Plot twist: Soviet agents tried to assassinate him, but instead found Yasser who was 20 years old and as strong as an ox.

[@chrisiver8506]

"I have a bad back" lol

[@mrmonster8242]

I would love an animated version of yasser's stories!

[@MrAintthatabitch]

this needs to happen

[@potatoonastick2239]

Yasser = instant like. Most personable and nicest guy in chess history!

[@anosmianAcrimony]

I love how Korchnoi's first idea wasn't, e.g., "buy a security system" or "buy a gun" or "hire a bodyguard", it was "get some stooge to sleep in my bed so he'll get shot instead" LOL

[@WilliamJonesChessInMinutes]

Every story by Yasser is a gem.

[@flutediary]

I read this story many many years ago on Yasser's book. He keep telling this stories in between his lectures and I never got tired listening to this amazing story with Korchnoi. I am glad now there is a video DEDICATED to this story!

[@mikalokasso]

What is the book called?

[@Holfast1000]

@@mikalokasso I would be interested too

[@kafkaesquee521]

What’s the book called?

[@flutediary]

@@kafkaesquee521 "Chess Duels: My game with the world champion" by Yasser Seirawan - amzn.to/3aZzxy7

[@ColdSleep]

Yasser is a (inter)national treasure. If he wasn't a GM he could make an easy living as a voice actor or presenter.

[@masterblaster7782]

That one dislike is from the Soviet assassin.

[@jhadesdev9576]

Yasser is funny. He could tell a story in the middle of a fistfight, and you wouldn't notice it ;-)

[@StringDogg]

I love Yasser

[@n0visual541]

@@LeventK because Yasser.

[@askamundsen667]

Why did you delete your videos? You where so far ahead of the game when it came to funny chess content on youtube!

[@robby7119]

Man, Yasser is the best. We need a whole Yasser stories channel

[@douglasquaid7550]

Zero dislikes just shows how charming Yasser is.

[@deepaklachman9340]

Good old Yasser, the David Attenborough of the chess world. LOve this man, his stories are golden

[@kylesmith6141]

I like how Master Storyteller Yasser Seirawan is also a Chess Grandmaster.

[@jennymurrell4888]

More of these please 🙂

[@unclearyan]

yea i loved these

[@adememresadkoglu1532]

he cant just make up more great stories as cool as this.

[@lockdowndb4863]

A Grand Master in telling stories👌

[@dearlittleheart]

The Karpov vs Korchnoi documentary is amazing 👏

[@ReinaldosChessLessons]

He has wonderful memories.

[@sorenwestwood1514]

I love how Grandmaster Yasser's most important lessons are off the board. Its more important to be a GM at life anyway.

[@shadmananwar6986]

That's actually similar to a detective story I have read. A person thinks he's life is in danger and gets another complete stranger to live in his home for a week or more while he himself goes to hiding. Later the stranger hires a detective to find out what's going on

[@franklinturtle9849]

The 1 dislike is the Russian assassin..

[@zancospancos]

Yay, storytime!

[@sasha_ytube]

Yassir so polite, Korchnoj realised he'd only yield, if he thought he were saving Korchnoj's life

[@Боря-в7я]

I think Spassky told the best stories. But Yasser is great!

[@sooooooooDark]

more yasser 🥳

[@n8style]

hahaha I love Yasser's stories :D

[@manisdogfish]

Amazing! What a story!

[@iqmamm9714]

Wooo story telling 10/10

[@lorcanoconnor6274]

Shirlock-like Holmes-brilliance

[@MrYamchu]

That is an epic story and KGB clicked 1 dislike

[@viccietudaye370]

Excellent bedtime story lol

[@markhughes7927]

Back in the early ‘70s or possibly late ‘60s my father played chess with a Russian man every morning at his favourite coffee bar in Estepona in southern Spain - then he just suddenly stopped showing up. A week or so later he was discovered in the hills at the back of town with bullets in him.

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Nice twist in the end

[@maximschoofs]

*it's Wijk Aan Zee not Wijk Ann Zee

[@AgentSmith911]

nobody cares. It's just some small village somewhere in europe

[@maximschoofs]

@@AgentSmith911 true, I thought the content creaters might want to know so they won't make the same mistake in the future.

[@UltimateBop]

I appreciate the note on the correct pronunciation. Even if it is a 'small village' doesn't mean we can disregard any attempt to correctly pronounce the name.

[@priz4726]

Yasser looks like Uncle Max from Ben 10

[@trevormuchenje1553]

😂😂😂 thank you Yasser

[@arneverschoor6994]

'Wijk Ann Zee' come on how did you fuck that up.

[@tgrimshaw]

zero dislikes = zero people who didn't watch til the end :D

[@eoghancasserly3626]

Still no dislikes!

[@skeptic010]

so wijk aan zee is in tilbur right?

[@RotterdamFeyenoord1]

Wijk aan zee

[@xXG3TPWNEDXx]

That's kind of messed up though.

[@benjisisler]

Thats hilarious 😂😂.... Unless of course korchnoi legitimately put yasser in a dangerous scenario. Does anyone know if the soviets were after korchnoi or anything more about this story?

[@tushar5011]

Push em, baby

[@clashplaya8638]

0 dislikes

[@Review_MasterBD]

I don't understand why Soviets wants to assassinate to their own? Isn't vk is a soviet citizen at that time? Pls someone explain me...

[@sensennsen]

Yasser's stories prove how dangerous and cruel the Soviets were. Knowing that it's a fascist-type of government.

[@connorveach5986]

can we all just appreciate Yasser's shirt for a moment like GOD DAMN

[@MrMadraMhor]

All my stories are terrible.

[@Jealod24]

Let’s be real... Korchnoi picked up on those closeted vibes Yasser puts off and thought he would try his luck at some cuddle time in the guest bedroom... when Yasser rebuffed him Korchnoi pretended like he intended for Yasser to take the master bedroom all along.

[@JanJezierski]

what the hell bro

[@erikkr3491]

This is not the way

[@GoutamDas-xr1bs]

It's hard to believe that you could get killed over a chess match. Sounds a bit too much!!

[@kayblis]

There's a lot of money, status, and influence involved in world championship matches, completely believable. Even more so given that this was during the soviet era.

[@synchronium24]

Pretty sure Yasser would have stopped being friends with Korchnoi if the story was true.

[@Sprtschk]

I just don't think he really believed someone would try to assasinate Victor in his home.

[@hauntinghaze5161]

@@Sprtschk no shit, soviet could do that

[@user-ro9md9wp3j]

@@hauntinghaze5161 but they didn't