The Berlin Defence in the Ruy Lopez - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2015.02.21

[@cjl12897]

The Bob Ross of chess

[@guilhermesilva285]

+Chris Lujan imagine being on the other side of the board, being trashed by master yasser, in all his grand smoothness....it will crush you for life ^^'

[@guilhermesilva285]

with pleasure mate

[@Ikerus0]

I'm glad someone said this. I like watching GM Yasser. You can tell he just really enjoys chess.

[@geitekop507]

I was actually hoping he'd crush me. And he did. :D

[@blairschirmerx1711]

4:30 - This is a poor explanation of why openings "fall in and out of fashion." It has little to do with "fashion," of course.

[@luqjas87]

he's such a passionate teacher in chess and he has so much respect for the other grandmasters. a perfect role model!

[@mymneisadj]

want to say thank you to the chess club and scholastic center of saint lousis for the best chess coaching on you tube

[@CGoldthorpe]

+dj johnson The Back Yard Professor is very effective for beginners also. Yasser's series with Microsoft was six books. Openings, Strategy, Tactics, End Games and a few others well written for beginner level to about 1300

[@calabiss4672]

+dj johnson *youtube

[@blairschirmerx1711]

It's a shame this video is missing a lot of content, where Yasser goes to the board and indicates this move and that move and that idea but... it's all covered by the 2D board concealing half the screen. --Can St. Louis Chess start doing a better job? This is profoundly amateurish and could have been solved by basic editing, eliminating the 2D board while Yasser is at the screen.

[@Imalrightma]

here here

[@stefanholbek2449]

In later lectures by Schrantz this was fixed. We all start somewhere ... and learn from our mistakes. ;O)

[@MrMsnedeker]

Yasser is the best! Great lecturer and a great commentator.

[@AlexisAlfaro9]

GM Yasser is a great story teller. This is one of the best presentations on chess I have ever seen. DOPE.

[@tamirshahin]

It is such a very pleasant experience to listen to this man , his relaxing soothing deep voice , his very decent comforting smile , slow confident tone , he is not only a talented gifted FM , but also a very skilled talented eloquent speaker and lecturer

[@azzteke]

Don't plank! Looks stupid.

[@teo5146]

Yasser is not an FM but a GM, and not only that but he was one of the strongest players in the world some years back. On the rest of the comment I agree entirely :)

[@floydmoneymayweatherjr.4011]

Alpha Zero loves the Berlin defence.

[@ollie7070]

Wow i play a robot defense, neat.

[@Namelessuser501]

Colin King its not a „Robot defense“, it’s the Defense of an ai

[@jak7062]

I guess we can call it A.I defense

[@heroe1486]

@@ollie7070 even better when you figure out alpha Zero learns it by himself

[@hammurabitheawesome674]

I'm saving this video so I can turn it on when I go to sleep. Yasser's voice is too good.

[@PCruz-md1jb]

Love the history and context you weave in your videos. Truly engages me as a viewer.

[@KSG148]

Yasser's energy is too pure for this world.

[@marcwordsmith]

thank you thank you thank you. Beautiful presentation. Mr. Seirawan, you are awesome. St. Louis Chess Club, you are as well and I hope to make a pilgrimage to you some day!

[@patriot4251]

be careful !!! this is hypnotic !!!

[@tylerdream]

This series of lectures is just amazing

[@TheRealAbrahamLincoln]

I enjoyed watching GM Seirawan as a young man teaching chess on old VHS tapes and he was amazing. If anything, he has gotten better with time which is quite amazing.

[@dubwild7012]

Hi! im 29 and I am starting chess, i choosed the ruy lopez to stick with, and wanted to know what was possible for black, if i came across a good defense, and this was a beautifull lesson, thank you verry much for the work you do on this chanel. Guillaume, France.

[@AdiPrimandaGinting]

King Indian Defense and Sicilian defense variations are the best ways for black defense

[@harap24]

Ok I have to withdraw my premature comment because after half of the video it was strike of genius who handles the camera and show the essentials what I need thx and wery well done to show the point. :) thx

[@lo0ksik]

Thanks for the best videos and thank yasser for the always nice lessons

[@MurrayMelander]

Many years ago (I can't recall how many), Yasser either owned or co-owned a chess store in Seattle. I'd go there often. They sold a plastic chess men set that to this day was the best low cost set of chessmen I've ever played with. I eventually gave my set away to a nephew. wish I could find them again. Yasser's book 'Play Winning Chess' was my favorite for a long time, the 3rd chess book I bought. Preceded by 'My System' and 'Logical Chess, Move By Move' (Irving Chernev). To beginners I still recommend 'Play Winning Chess' as their first book to study.

[@CGoldthorpe]

+Murray Melander I liked Logical Chess Move by Move for motivated beginners, at least 8-10 years of age, I liked "The Most Instructive Games of Chess Ever Played" (Chernev also) Fred Reinfeld was very prolific and very good at teaching below expert level players!

[@johnathant6735]

It took me 15 minutes, but I now love his voice.

[@joseluisparreno4999]

A great teacher. Very ineteresting as usual.

[@lapirate3408]

Great resources are the only way I can describe your videos. I love the history and I appreciate the knowledge. So much to thank you for !!!

[@thebatman5741]

Yasser's voice is so relaxing.

[@brasileirokubrusly2]

he is the sweetest. what a truthful smile

[@Alan7997]

He has a very pleasant voice and demeanour.

[@highgroundchess]

I could listen to Yasser for hours. He totally needs a chess podcast.

[@JavedIqbal-ef4yx]

A very nice video personally I loved the idea, this kind of lectures make creative players. Asking questions and telling the ups and downs of the moves.

[@virioguidostipa5681]

An amazing teacher, for sure!

[@DrugzMunny]

In 1934, someone taught Arthur Bisguier the Berlin Defense and, 80 years later, it's good.

[@michaelclyne5250]

Yasser is so amazing to listen to. I absolutely love listening to his stories and his insights are wonderful

[@kkshA_n]

Hi Yasser, thank you for great story telling and helpful video. Ironically enough, Sicilian Sveshnikov was used by Magnus Carlsen in the 8th game of the World Chess Championship 2018 :) The improvement of computers are undeniable, it has great contribution to the game of chess.

[@gosteve1]

how can you not love Yasser Seirawan

[@maheshkumartak3096]

A top class player teaching in a top class way . Now I'm sure i atleast know two things sir yasser is great at two things.

[@kapillamba]

Thanks Sir, for such wonderful videos.

[@sidgar1]

Pause at 23:06 ;)

[@DrEru]

berlin defence is what nazi's play

[@brandony8691]

It's funny, back then they were debating whether computers would "solve" openings. Fast forward 45 years and you have these highly sophisticated computer engines that can tell you the absolute most precise moves to play and still you have super grandmasters playing 1. e4 e5, 2. Ke2

[@giovanninavarrete8592]

The problem with this video is that you can't see the projected screen that is obscured when Yasser is pointing to its pieces. Those pointers are not transferred to the computer screen we see.

[@200degree3]

Aywa ya yasserrr

[@jak7062]

Anyone middlegame :Connect rooks,centralize pieces No one ,absolutely no one Alphazero h4 h5 h6 h7 h8 h9 .....

[@AmbassadorAusar]

At 31:38 why didn't black play dark bishop challenging the white knight?

[@grahamb007]

Generally, I love Yasser's lectures. But at 12:20 Yasser skips over a MAJOR strategic idea that I don't understand. If white wants to keep queens on the board, why play bishop takes on C6, followed by D takes E5? Night takes E5 wins the pawn back. Rook E1 looks good. OR after the black night moves away to F5, why not play queen E2? I don't understand why Kasparov would play that line so far and let Kramnik trade queens...

[@teo5146]

Thank you Yasser for a very enjoyable lesson. I don't like in the Berlin that the ability to castle for black is lost. I will try it though!

[@Radjehuty]

I'd love to see Yasser's analysis of this defense in light of the AlphaZero and Leela's games. It's funny how the Berlin came in to fashion in the early 2000's yet I personally looked in to this defense a lot more as inspiration from AlphaZero's games since it preferred it so strongly. I'd love to know if his feelings about this defense remain the same or if he's learned something new about it because of those games.

[@Greg_Ulmer]

julian

[@Sempapax]

eggertstwart lol, only time they put caption on the whole video 😂

[@jarmokajander7990]

KIITOS!! THANK YOU!!

[@GH-oi2jf]

I liked the part about exchanging queens to reduce the opponent’s advantage. In the 1980s I would play the chess game on a Sun workstation. I found it was possible, but difficult, for a player at my level (low) to beat. Somehow I discovered that exchanging the bishops made my task easier.

[@vernerimastosalo5146]

11:40 What if exd4?

[@idirbenouaret4665]

17:31 why not B takes Nc3 ? instead of Ne7

[@Emilian595]

well after Bxc3 bxc3 the knight cant go to e7 anymore and has to go to h6 where white can either double blacks pawns too by playing Bxh6 or leave the knight in a bad square and just play a move like h3

[@boomjonggol5757]

"Playing on the flanks" AlphaZero in any middlegame: *h4* Everyone: *aight lets follow*

[@jedrekpobocki7534]

Who would have thought that Berlin will so quickly become unpopular

[@sanju200100]

8 years later Magnus is still the world champion

[@6Uncles]

what's the opening and closing music to these?

[@Ibakecookiess]

+David Wu It's a song somebody wrote for Ben Finegold or something.

[@PeskyWabbit.]

woah... I'm in Lincoln Nebraska

[@shoespeak]

The US Open is held in Lincoln, Nebraska? .....why?

[@GH-oi2jf]

Affordable hotels.

[@morethanusuall]

GM Yasser Seirawan = play speed 1.5

[@garvitaabansal6945]

your videos are really nice

[@jetpaq]

Hes So Gentle! reminds me of Mr rogers..! Who was, incidentally a war veteran...Maybe they are both kind and gentle till you make them strategize and survive!!!loll

[@mxaxxxxx]

ur such a w teacher

[@strong8705]

Should have let audience continue with Ng5 after Kc8 instead of putting bishop on b2 for them? :)

[@mu99ins]

It's too early to exchange Queens. Opening up the d-file with Bishop takes Knight, then Pawn takes Bishop, results in the exchange of Queens. That is exactly what Black wants. The whole mess begins with the concern over losing a tempo with d2-d3. Stay focused on staging the white Bishop on c2 or even a2. It's worth the tempo.

[@liamtobin5750]

D3 is a move that is played quite often at the top level but in my opinion (which may be wrong) i don't like the fact that d3 is quite slow it allows bc5 and if you don't capture the knight nd4 followed by nxf3 and c6 it looks like it gives too much but correct me if I am wrong

[@GymChess]

Is someone chained to a chair and a table, nervous or has a fire burning in his pants in the background?

[@chesterturley1]

I think they are nervous about the possibility of being chained to a table because they are already chained to a chair for their history of starting pants fires.

[@GymChess]

Jared Standley It's good that you put out yours.

[@ChromaticTempest]

So a history teacher chained to a desk keeps dropping his lighter while attempting to commemorate GM Bisguier's strict decorum when addressing e4.

[@chewinggggggg]

Where is the varuzhan akobian!!

[@pratikkakade7639]

Watch in 1.25x its perfect

[@AlonsoRules]

The Berlin Defense is why people are pushing for more Chess960

[@CGoldthorpe]

The Berlin was Kramniks' krytonite against Garry Kasparov in their 2000 Brain Games match.

[@Cruz0e]

at 46:20 after 22. Rxa7 g4 there is 23. c4! looks pretty bad for black:/ (not gonna lie I'm not a good player:D i was using engine the whole time during watching the video) following each steps:D

[@thejupiter1744]

YASSER NEEDS TO STOP SHOUTING AND CALM DOWN!

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

And now deep mind goes for berlin defense too...

[@Goriaas]

good lesson

[@dorukbay]

46:34 c4!

[@jayjo675]

He needs to learn how to use the "pointers" in the program, instead of pointing to the physical screen...it is so frustrating to not know where he is pointing when he moves off camera and points to the physical screen. He is such a great instructor otherwise.

[@insouciantFox]

So completely opposite from Ben but still great.

[@markedwards9247]

Thanks Yasser . Superb presentation , but I thought the analysis went too deep considering the topic . I personally hate the Berlin . White has way too much tempo advantage while you struggle to develop those confounded rooks . imo the loss of the ability to castle is not compensated . I think the only reason the top grandmasters like it , is because such an open game has so many variations , that there is always the opportunity to find a winning combination .

[@harap24]

thx for Saint Louis Chess Club its great I like all the great people (I like the most SLCC and agadmator's Chess Channel) BUT Yasser Seirawan like to explain things not only on virtual chess board but realy like to point things and explain on the projector and this was bad to not see what he points on the projector. So please try to adapt and conform your players teaching styles. for example in case of YS videos you should concider show where his finger points than the virtual chessboard please. :))))

[@jetpaq]

44:10 black Nc5!!!!!!fork ..oh man o man!

[@neffrw]

+jetpaq This would still lead to Rb8+ Kd7 Rd8#

[@jetpaq]

Reece Neff niiiiice...

[@alextilson9741]

I wonder when chess will ever become a solved game.

[@skakofilsanonims4434]

I guess never, mankind will get extinguished before, or mankind will solve it so far in the future that we would no longer be humans like nowadays.

[@muammergulcan4098]

11:40

[@michaelthomheadley]

Julian!

[@someone-_-1769]

He should make a opening for his eyes

[@fakecubed]

Skip the start of the video until you actually see the Berlin Defense on the board. Then set playback speed to 1.25x or 1.5x. You're welcome.

[@StudioDomowe]

I wish, but i can not handle this guy expresion ;/

[@northzealand]

Modern Chess Engines still say Rd1+ Ke8 is the best move (0.26) whereas; Nc3 Bd7 is on (0.05) Komodo 9 64 Bit Depth=28 - Komodo was chewing on this for 25 minutes. On an intuitive level you can also see its should be better insert the check first and keeping the black king exposed and not allowing the him any safety on the queen side behind those pawns.

[@furkankarakaya26]

NoTriangles the more it gets deeper search, it says nc3.

[@CocaC]

I like sicilian !

[@nerd6066]

ResidentSleeper

[@bubrgopa830]

This guy never gets to the point.

[@sergikotrikadze3053]

There is something weird about this guy

[@GH-oi2jf]

The only thing weird is his lack of personality defects.

[@imamgiuseppe5103]

Is he gay? Just curious

[@karlalner5226]

No but u are

[@mrcelada]

Sorry, but I dont stand his voice.

[@mangojuic3e]

d'oh lol

[@nerd6066]

ResidentSleeper