Seirawan vs. Korchnoi | Wijk aan Zee | The English - GM Yasser Seirawan

[@debashisbanerjee9415]

Very impressive and instructive. But its sadistic not to give the remaining moves. Victor desperately sacrificed his queen( Qe1) and Seirawan folded the game up convincingly.

[@Mathview]

Excellent presentation by GM Seirawan. Certainly one of the best chess analysis lectures I've seen in years. An amazing win against GM Korchnoi, who was at or near the height of his strength at the time.

[@crazypomp927]

Amazing how Korchnoi arrived at Bc5 almost purely by process of elimination. "I calculated all the other moves in the position, they all lose, Bc5 it is."

[@vibovitold]

The method of elimination, to me, is the only imaginable way how great players come up with very counter-intuitive moves (such as Shirov's famous Bh3). Makes me think of Sherlock Holmes and his "when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

[@bigfuss4135]

I like the friendly atmosphere going on along with the lecture. Seirawan is one of the best chess GMs and commentators.

[@BoBnfishy]

he's like the chess version of mr. rogers. an absolute joy to listen to.

[@biffboffo]

I consider him more of a Bob Ross, but yeah. Velvet.

[@blairschirmerx1711]

Yasser needs to calm down.

[@VincentFarrugia]

RIP Victor Korchnoi

[@kursatosmanoglu6888]

Amazing video. Seirewan is so inspiring. Pity we couldn't see the end of the movie.

[@likegrace1144]

this teacher has a very soothing voice, I could listen for theraputic reasons let alone learning about the chess

[@stevenx2523]

I am a beginner chess player in my mid-30's so I feel like I have about 30 years of catching up to do on some people. This is a really fantastic game study that I enjoyed a lot.

[@tamm_mf]

This statement is also true about me, I am a passionate player but still a beginner on my mid-30’s. Even though I learned the basics of chessmen moves when I was 8 yrs old. Chess is not popular among arabs, and the other barrier was the language. My English only improved at college when I was too busy for chess.

[@Summanininruhu]

Yasser is the best chess lecturer on the planet .

[@MadderMel]

Yasser is fantastic !! Everyone loves him !!

[@henkoosterink8744]

Always a pleasure to hear Mr. Seirawan.

[@Mamsecks]

You can't just cut off the story at this part and leave us hanging! I could check the game result by googling it, but I want the story behind of it! Come on man :(

[@groussac]

So who won? I'm at work and get blocked by security when I click on chessgames.com.

[@blairschirmerx1711]

1:50 - It's ridiculous that we give the GM title to a World Junior winner. The idea that you can become a GM without ever even *_playing_* a GM, let alone beating one, is ridiculous.

[@crazypomp927]

@@blairschirmerx1711 Has that actually happened though? With so many young GMs, it would seem there's an almost 100% chance that the World Junior champion in any given year will either be a GM already or an IM who had to defeat probably at least 2 GMs en route to the title.

[@Matser3000]

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[@ace942]

This was an enjoyable lecture but it would have been enjoyable for it to keep going to hear the conclusion to the match.

[@vitalityendurance1456]

wtf at those days you need to defeat korchnoi to get a gm norm, damn thats brutal

[@vibovitold]

This very instructive game is featured in GM Seirawan's "Winning Chess Strategies" (also available as an interactive course on Chessable).

[@johannorman3067]

VIDEO PRODUCER: please remind the presenters that when they walk to the screen and start pointing moves with their fingers -the youtube audience will not be able to see any of that. Thanks for the great uploads.

[@beeble2003]

@John Marley Actually, no. He very often says things like "Move the knight here" or even "move this piece here".

[@beeble2003]

John Marley When he names the piece and square, sure. But you claimed that he always names the piece and square and that simply isn’t true.

[@TheSpyroMiner]

i love yasser why isnt there an infinite number of videos with him ? :/ ^^

[@Ep1cure]

We can all relate to the move where we think we messed up, but we find excellent lines we didn't consider before the move was played. ;)

[@MLSaini-kk4lr]

Beautiful analysised and instructed

[@thomasaskew1985]

A beautiful game. You have such a great sense of humor, too.

[@richardsrensen4219]

yes Korchnoi was great!

[@petere164]

that was a very good game,,, good explanation too

[@good_opinion_haver]

It seems like this video stops a bit early...

[@marekkuzmicki1905]

Not really. You just on brink of giving check mate.

[@Matheolh123]

He seem like a the grand master grand father we all love

[@mf1110]

I love this story. I wish it had an ending. 😿

[@2birdbrained4u]

What is with the rest of the lecture? How did the game continued? Did i miss something and Seirawan lost with his last move?

[@johannorman3067]

I agree. How weird. How did the game end?

[@Trader19]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8. Nf3 h6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4+ 11. Kf1 Nc6 12. Bb2 Bc5 13. Bc2 O-O 14. Qd3 Rd8 15. Rd1 Kf8 16. Qe4 Bd6 17. h4 Qf5 18. Qe2 Qa5 19. Bb3 Ne7 20. h5 b6 21. Qe4 Ba6 22. d5 exd5 23. Qh7 f6 24. Kg1 Bxc4 25. Rh4 Bxb3 26. axb3 Kf7 27. Rg4 Rg8 28. Re1 d4 29. Rxd4 Be5 30. Rd7 Qxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Bxb2 32. Nd3 Ba3 33. Nf4 Rgd8 34. Qg6+ Kg8 35. Qd3 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Rc8 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Ng6 Ra8 39. Nxe7 1-0

[@2birdbrained4u]

ok cool i have to play it soon!

[@fdsafdasfdas5256]

Hey this was really great but you didn't show him talking about the rest of the game. I had to look it up.

[@paparazzi8101]

Man upload the 2nd part as well

[@lamers4205]

man when you edit this i would like it if you removed the board when yasser explained things or have yasser use the computer.

[@joseventuraaspiras114]

Bravo! Such fun!

[@RafaelEKH]

Where's the rest of it?

[@erbalumkan369]

would like to see the variation @25:40 Qb4+

[@temperedwell6295]

What is wrong with black playing d6 or knight c6 on move 3?

[@feltotem1521]

Thanks for uploading this, my third time watching this. Great insight into the world of top level play. One clarification if anyone has the time, at 37:00 the line ended with Qg6+ then Ke7, and someone said Q takes rook but I cannot see the line that would lead to Q takes rook.

[@DreamWizard9]

Yasser, you "coffeehoused" Viktor the Terrible! Great game! :)

[@vlada995]

By the way, refering to his childhood fantasy pieces, a rook is called "top" in serbian which means canon, he was on to something there :P

[@kaidoChess]

Wonder if he’s ever heard danyas impression

[@dmaster20ify]

Yasser Seirawan is the new Mikhail Botvinnik. He is the father of all of us.

[@macnolds4145]

In the final position at the end of the video, how does W respond after 1. Rf4+ Ke6 ? I assume B is busted after 1. Rf4+ Ke6 2. Qe4 , but maybe Korchnoi can hold on?

[@drinkxyz]

macnolds Rf4+ Ke6 Rxe5+ Qxe5 Bxe5 Kxe5 Qe4+ Kd6 and black position is busted with king in middle of the board. White easily scoops g7 pawn and it goes down hill from there

[@macnolds4145]

John Van Brunt yeah...I see, just take the pawn. Thanks.

[@Jan123.]

Why did Korchnoi resign after 39.Nxe7 ?

[@christophkuntz8523]

mr. seirawan is really great, but his lectures never end! :-)

[@edmundasjauniskis9347]

Very good play!!

[@pythgoreansassistant2789]

Wait so did Yasser win?

[@matjazstaner]

Bf4 at 6:08? =)

[@christianhitschfeld8295]

Actually, in 24 black moves dxc4 then Bc2 and black has the strong Bc5 instead of what Yasser shows leads to a drawish possition. He must defend his rook with some passive move, theres no mate threat if he exchange rooks then he face a back rank trouble. The best answer is king h2 then maybe Bxf2 and g4 the possition is equal. That was the critical point that yasser should have evaluate a little bit more. Anyway great lecture as always.

[@beeble2003]

Ridiculous that all the Seirawan videos end ten minutes before the end of the lecture. What a waste.

[@nhyibyugui1871]

that was very interesting.

[@rafmal7506]

I wonder if after Kf1 black couldnt proceed in unnatural way plan Qd8, Be7-f6. I understand that it looks ugly, but on the other hand White will also have problems with developing attack due to missplaced king, and black good pawn structure.

[@joeted2575]

i like your video but keep in mind for future that you did alot of pointing to the wall board and talking about moves but we can not see what you are doing when pointing to the wall

[@Eorzat]

You're criticizing a video that's 3 years old. Maybe you should look at the recent videos before offering your "advice."

[@svfox]

I play 100 games and all pieces are traded and we have jammed pawns and someone eventually wins somehow

[@trevordrennan3515]

definitely the Bob Ross of chess. How bid black get so underdeveloped??!!?

[@phrytsak1]

Korchnoi! What a bastard! (I mean that admiringly).

[@MusikPiratCH]

Sometimes Kortschnoj (as we write his name in Switzerland) was not really an idol. He just sometimes got upset when losing (throwing the board and pieces on the floor)! ;(

[@666DrDr]

The GOAT

[@sheikmanzoor5003]

Excellent solution for insomnia 🎉🤭

[@MediocreApologist]

rF4+ is KILLER

[@christianhitschfeld8295]

And 29 Be5 is the decisive error, he cant give for free the d file, with rock d7 its over. Better was rook d8 fighting for the key d file.

[@teunverheij4666]

why does Korchnoi sacrifice his queen right after the end of this video? Can someone better at chess explain why? It seems even more losing than he already was! The end of the game goes 30. ...Qe1 31. Ne1 Bb2 32. Nd3 Ba3 33. Nf4 Rgd8 34. Qg6 Kg8 35. Qd3 Rd7 36. Qd7 Rc8 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Ng6 Ra8 39. Ne7

[@GelidGanef]

It's not really a sacrifice. He exchanges a queen for a rook and a bishop, which is pretty fair. The queen's capture of the rook on 30...Qxe1 gives a check, allowing Korchnoi the extra tempo to capture the bishop 31... Bxb2 on his next move. Korchnoi's pawn move on 28 was probably actually intended to draw Seirawan into exactly this kind of trade. Maybe he was hoping that by taking out two of white's attackers, he would be able to neutralize white's attack, and that by trading down his piece advantage would begin to have more weight. This was working decently well until move 38 when he walked his rook into a forking tactic, which is exactly why he resigned next move. Although to be fair, it's hard to say where else he should've been putting his rook, all of his pieces were pretty restricted right up to the end, with hardly a good square for any of them.

[@KF1]

Brutal!

[@jsmith1899]

this lecture is extremely you tube unfriendly

[@JudgeHolden13]

Rooks are like cannons

[@midonik16]

40:30... Seriously? This is, in the worst variation, a draw for white. White can't lose this with perfect play...

[@ronwilliams357]

He means he loses his winning position.

[@marcosabait]

32...Ke6 33.Qb1 +-

[@nsaneinthemembrane]

Me: GM Seirawan, what's your favorite thing to eat with a bacon and tomato on toast? GM YS: "I prefer... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXPWnnuifcaemKsm50s"