Botvinnik vs. Petrosian | World Championship 1963 - GM Varuzhan Akobian - 2015.10.15

[@nilsp9426]

He just forces you to learn, I like how he always demands audience contribution and solving everything by oneself to the end. Very instructive!

[@nilsp9426]

@Ricky Henry Stop commenting on this channel. I reported your obviously illegal and immoral stuff and hope that others do as well.

[@peterchandler9230]

At the end of our talk Petrosyan showed me an onyx chess knight with which he had been presented in Erevan. "look into its eyes," he said. I looked in the Knight's tiny eye and saw, with surprise, a chess board with the final position from the fifth game of Petrosyan's match against Botvinnik. The position was engraved on a grain of rice, and there was a magnifying glass in the Knight's eye. This unique thing was made, not by a professional, but by a member of the Erevan Symphony Orchestra, Kazaryan, an enthusiastic admirer of Petrosyan's skill. Yuri Averbakh Soviet Weekly 15 August 1963

[@classicalmusicforeveryone4766]

+peter Chandler Amazing story! It makes me want to have a knight like that,:)

[@sleepyeyeguy]

We are so lucky to learn from people as accomplished as Akobian for FREE!

[@Thaumazo83]

Yes, it is great, and I'm really grateful.

[@louiss2595]

Love this guy. Very clear and instructive lecture. Thank you.

[@louiss2595]

Damn I was 19 when I wrote this. Now I’m back again to watch my fav chess players all over again! (Tigran and Karpov!) I will be back in another 4 years!

[@drbest87]

@@louiss2595 Nothing changed. Akobian is masterclass.

[@patrickdelvisco5700]

Best teacher on youtube. He has a lot of patience. Sound track reverts to the beginning at 30:14 into the video.

[@Thaumazo83]

30:13 The audio track restarts from the beginning because of a technical problem (I guess). Too bad: I would have liked to understand the final endgame study. Still a great lecture, though.

[@andigro3486]

i was longing for new akobian lecture for quite some time now, thanks!

[@reflv]

Really like Varuzhan Akobian's style of presenting. Very serene and clear.

[@marufsarkar2960]

Legend is back in action.You are still the best sir !!!

[@cardoso1]

finnnnnaaallly an Akobian lecture!!!

[@adilibr]

Thumbs up Ben for wonderful lectures and bringing back Var !!

[@cracgor]

Great lecture!

[@giuseppeindelicati7845]

Excellent! Akobian best teacher! Thanks!

[@gillesrenard2267]

Akobian is wonderfull. Thanks Spasiba!

[@Jinichi8]

Yeah! Var is Back!

[@gh0un]

hell yes, akobian is back

[@jasondoe2596]

Excellent lecture, for sure!

[@idolandevil]

top chess teacher i've seen on youtube, respect and greetings from moscow

[@iLolledGaming]

YES! Hes finally back, omg. I watched all of his lessons

[@PatrickPray]

Fantastic lecture, very informative.

[@PapeeteParis]

It's good to watch Varuzhan Akobian lecturing again. It was so unfair the way he was treated after the incident against So. By the way, I paused the video ( as Mato says...) and solved the study to the end. So happy ;-)

[@pjoct1990]

+Christophe SALAÜN What incident?

[@c.s1393]

Yh what incident?

[@leventeadamszabo1914]

www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/chess/11532088/Chess-world-in-shock-after-Wesley-Sos-family-drama-overshadows-US-Championships.html

[@Mathview]

Solved study problem. TY for presenting this amazing win by GM Petrosian... I have a recollection of another nick-name for GM Botvinnik as "The Iron Man" or something like it.

[@martinriggs3813]

Nice to see him here again. Great teacher. All the best Var. :0]

[@aidenhastings6341]

Some technical difficulties at 30:13. But still a great lecture!

[@duyle733]

I'm so happy to see him

[@asafyan2079]

hey varuzhan! you re best in this job. ı watching you from Turkei

[@binosebastian5746]

polite n knowledgeable instructor..... great.

[@hunterbrooks752]

Var is back!

[@Draalo]

very instructive, thx

[@jpr4747]

Very interesting and pedagogical

[@Trondborg]

Well, glad to see instructive Varuzhan back, but I guess there is one little fallacy: back in 1963 the World Championship of Chess was decided in a best of 24 games match, so the player with 12,5 points wins or, if you are the current champion, you just need 12 points to defend the titel [as for example in Botwinnik-Bronstein match 1951 or Botwinnik-Smyslov in 1954]. After Fischer claims for a match by 10(!) winning games after his win of the crown in 1972, the FIDE under Ex-champ Max Euwe changed the rules of the word championship matches and makes a compromise of six winning games, as in the matches between Karpov and Kortschnoi and the legendary match Karpov/Kasparov in 1984, after then the Fide returns back to the best of 24 modus.

[@jonathanbeeson8614]

+Trondborg Thank you. Exactly so. The structure of the World Championship matches from Botvinnik-Bronstein in 1951 through Fischer-Spassky in 1972 was best of 24 games, or first player to 12.5 points. Aside from this historical error I very much enjoyed the analysis in the lecture, and especially the way GM Akobian waits for his audience to think about the position before he proceeds.

[@rattat6114]

Var is back! This is gonna be great :) Ben's just terrible

[@paulgoogol2652]

that terrible joke was terrible.

[@marufsarkar2960]

+Li Lee .. Ben is good for 800 rated chess player who wants to be 1200.Akobian is best for 1800 who wants to be 2200.

[@kisma8362]

we miss you var.

[@sonried9557]

AKOBIAN AND SERIAWAN, THE BEST BY FARR!

[@emanuelcolon2680]

muy good thanx

[@melodychest9020]

I like his style .. nice!

[@pramodnvs54]

solved that puzzle in a minute..like Akobain's teaching..can we get his FB profile to thank him?

[@markphc99]

very nice

[@mterrazas1972]

Favorite!

[@jpr4747]

Both are from the Soviet school of chess, inspired by Capablanca. Both were Soviet citizens and although Petrossian was of course Armenian, he was born and lived first in Georgia ( his father was a janitor and died in 1943). What's astonishing is that Petrossian learned chess only at 12, and became extremely strong within 1 or 2 years...Botvinnik beated Capablanca ( in a simultaneous) at the same age...

[@Znmann]

Akobian is the best teacher

[@pierremontz2628]

The US is proud to have you with their team just like those two top young players.

[@cuauhtemocbojorquez94]

Nice puzzle!

[@fuglbird]

New personal record for Akopian. He lectures moree than minutes before yawning.

[@sourandbitter3062]

Akobian!

[@bikash7773]

hi akobian i am a big fan of you. could you please make video on bingo gambit and benoni defence

[@nballweg5404]

+Bikash Ghibila bingo gambit ROFL

[@ТимурТолибаев-ъ4ь]

Akobian the best.

[@zacharysolis1808]

Do you believe in life after love ..haha Was I the only one that heard that song play will listening to this.

[@PraveenKumar-ph6jh]

lol. Got the study position wrong. I missed the final move bxa8=B and thought bxa8=Q wins. But this ends up in a stalemate.

[@phuckcoocle6316]

Varuzhan is wrong: the match was played for the majority of 24 games, not until 5 wins like he said.

[@chewinggggggg]

Akobian is the best chess coach ever !!

[@turkiyett0928]

30:13 video not finish

[@Jazeraene]

var i hope u can come to philippines to promote chess we have our pride procession Gm eugine torre the 1st asian GM...andbobby fischer live in tue Philippines

[@ameeshupadhyay]

The classroom is called kingside diner!

[@benpork8533]

This is a really slow but interesting game.

[@Jazeraene]

var akobian is d heartand soul of st louis.chess...

[@Jazeraene]

music is d universal language...?chess is d universal knowledge... var is d guru!!!!

[@MrGaia]

@9:29 - Why didn't he check the king first with the pawn on e6, by grabbing the f7 pawn ...? Wouldn't that give him an extra pawn, while also demolishing the king's castle ...?

[@MrGaia]

Never mind, stupid me - He was in check of course ...! (blush!!)

[@turkiyett0928]

29:26 kh6 Best move I think kf6 slightly better more Quick mate but kh6 no need calcculate

[@raj-rn5il]

More videous in pirc defense

[@paulgoogol2652]

always fianchetto your king on the other side of the board.

[@dannygjk]

Black was weak on the dark squares and white's other pieces already were busy so white's king took up the slack XD

[@JackSmith-bf8ll]

Petrosian very good player yes

[@turkiyett0928]

34:11 brutal

[@Ronbo710]

That e4 knight is a Giant Squid :)

[@turkiyett0928]

7:15 you can find quickly 10:40 you can find quickly depth plan 12:45 I see before 2 mins Petrosian see e4 knight is so powerful attacking c5 pawn example ıf you attack on Queenside ıf oyu play a4(Ra1 supported pawn) opponent play a6 (a7 b6) idea ıf a5 b5 but not possible at this positon because c5 pawn, is free after b5 16:40 Forse I solved questions 19:10 example I see bd4 idea q 22:00 Rd1!! White can't win quickly example Nxc3 Bxc3! 24:05 easy others to after White reach winning positon

[@salamsheikh3995]

No need of subtitle

[@exquisitecorpse4917]

I love Petrosian, and I love that Akobian is helping the positional community with a few videos that don't involve sac-sac-mate chess....but his explanations of the moves leave something to be desired. He'll say things like "Nxc6 - OF COURSE Nxc6 because if you do not what are you doing?" which chastises us for making the wrong move and points out the right one but does very little to explain the decision making process that went in to finding that move. This game is not really an example of concrete chess - it's hard to grasp how positional decisions are made - I just wish that someone who is obviously very accomplished in this field could explain the way he 'feels' the moves a bit more articulately. BUt, then again, English is not his first language, and my Armenian is pretty fking bad.

[@brakeroner]

Javier Mascherano!

[@pat-9443]

30:19 another one xd

[@danielmanahan692]

Kingside Diner Classroom

[@nullvoid3452]

+Daniel Manahan ɯooɹssɐlƆ ɹǝuᴉp ǝpᴉsƃuᴉʞ

[@rayedalenezii7822]

Boring game