Using Clearance Sacrifices to Improve Pieces

[@doge0fwaRR]

There is no question, Hanging Pawns is hands down the best & most instructive Chess channel on KZbin. Thanks for another great video Stjepan.

[@PeterSodhi]

Some of the very best instructional content out there. The production standards are amazing as well.

[@JerichoWall04]

Title : HOW STRONG PLAYERS THINK Me: Confused Screaming BTW thanks for the vids😊

[@HangingPawns]

Yeah:D Wanted a little visual mindf...:D

[@greengoblin9567]

I was doing clearance sacrifices before, but never for the right reasons.

[@RobertKaucher]

@@greengoblin9567 Me too but my coach keeps calling them blunders!

[@brknkybrd3542]

Don't Dead Open Inside

[@jonmcclenahan8379]

Stepan I watch a LOT of chess videos to try and improve my chess play. This video has been one of the most effective. I've been on a win streak since watching it. Thank you, my friend.

[@vrebds2484]

Answer for thumbnail: Really, I don't know 🙍🏽‍♂️🤯🧠 Thank you very much *stjepan* for the excellent explanation!!

[@chessmode]

This is a very useful video Stjepan!

[@KW-vm5fc]

Watched this over 2 days...excellent topic for a lesson. Good reminder of a key chess principle which everyone can benefit from and use in their games. Well done.

[@lestrelincom]

Tremendous work on your whole KZbin channel, I can mesure it even better now that i'm myself a chess youtuber. I'm astonished by your commitment, BRAVO ! :)

[@siraf1234]

Another concept thats fascinating to me is sacrificing the exchange without any immediate compensation, its crazy how gms can evaluate the position right and be brave enough to do it.

[@lukahj]

Do you plan on making videos about the English opening and the Reti? Love your videos btw

[@Joel-co3xl]

Very useful video, thank you. Maybe try to cover some more possible lines, for instance at 22:14 giving a broad overview of the lines after Bxg5 Nxg5 Rxh6 would be helpful. A couple of other positions in the video same thing. All in all I really appreciate the higher level commentary though.

[@KH-ks7si]

Thank you so much for the very helpful video! At the start of the video I didn’t know much about this topic but by the end I was able to find all the last couple clearance sacs

[@threebees7785]

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[@RahulSharma-oq2ut]

This is such a good meme

[@eliaucohen42837]

He's not from England

[@abidshadman3332]

Players*

[@raulpower740]

@@eliaucohen42837 it is actually correct. You just have to read it better. It's playing games with your mind

[@cndbrn7975]

@27:20 when you said pawn has to take Re4. Why not Qxh6? The knight did it's job getting the rook off the 6th rank.

[@kevintycz453]

Great thought-provoking video. Thanks Stepjen!

[@Zaneninja077]

Hey stjepan I just wanted to say thank you for your guides I have been watching you lately and I have skyrocketed in chess and it is all because of you. Bless you with a long and happy life and hopefully you get that grandmaster title you deserve it✌🏽🙏🏽

[@diosn6909]

Nice video, very good explanations and amazing games! I love the middlegame and endgame videos!

[@dougveganparadisebuilder5808]

Thank you for showing these tactics. I hope I can spot them in my own Lichess games.

[@sretengvozdenovic7867]

Odlicaan video..Ja zivim 2 km od Mataruske Banje 😀

[@HangingPawns]

Haha. Koja je sansa covjece:D

[@lukahj]

14:18 if you take the rook then you make an illegal move and lose even sooner (rook is pinned)

[@Richard_Buurstra]

Everyone knows, ty

[@lukahj]

@@Richard_Buurstra if so then don't bother to reply

[@mr.shtazi8868]

You are a very strong chess teacher 🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷

[@clarklawton2862]

Love your videos. You are my favourite chess youtube coach!

[@lousarmento1127]

very instructive - opened a new door for me - thank you.

[@southparkninja3190]

Great video like always! Hope you are well.

[@divangibran8007]

19:16 After e5 what's the plan after Bf5 hitting the queen? Bcz now after gxf5 fxg3 comes with tempo and the queen is blocked by its own pawn.. Idk..

[@berlin_bouldering]

Looking at the Enkhbat - Shulman game, it seems the clearance sacrifice was made twice back to back. First, white played f4 to force black to take exf4, clearing the way for e5.

[@nicolaerazvan-daniel5896]

If you take the rook it is an illegal move at 14:20, Stejpan

[@the_onionman]

This video made me strong think, thank you Stjepan

[@artistryartistry7239]

I really don't even understand the point of most outposts. I mean sure, sometimes, you can get to a square that you cannot be challenged, but most of the time they can kick you out of the square. I really don't understand why it's such a big deal to get to a square that in most cases they can fight for. Getting to a square where they have no chance of removing you is a very rare occurrence, and yet we are still told to fight for them. Could you explain this?

[@williamsmith9510]

The most powerful peice on an outpost is typically a knight of course. In certain openings such as the Sveshnikov Sicilian, the stonewall dutch, ect there are holes in your enemies position which make good places to put your peices, and a knight exerts the most pressure typically from these squares. The idea would be say you're stonewall dutch opponent has traded their knights and dark square bishop. Leaving them with their lightsquare bishop which is notoriously bad against say a knight on e5, which would be nearly strategically winning for white. The pressure exerted by the knight bundles blacks position and holds them hostage in a web of their own design. When you look for outposts keep in mind what peice should be there and look for a way to get it there as they exert threats and pressure, and when peices are traded if you have a bad bishop for a good knight, you'll usually have a good position if material is even. Not to mention if there is a hole near the king the hole can be a great lane for peices to enter the enemy encampment. I hope this helps and I am sure there is more I am missing, wonderful comment and I'm glad I can help.

[@madhavsanap6690]

Same here. Even if knight gets an outpost then the opponent sacrifices the bishop and get rid of the threat. So much manoeuvring is wasted in one move.

[@williamsmith9510]

@@madhavsanap6690 if the bishop that would be on the same color is already gone they cannot get rid of the knight. It's about planning for what peices you want on and off the board and the pawn structure you are both playing with

[@vladsirin]

Creating outpost positions rechannels your opponent's focus as to demand a reply to the outpost move. If the opponent does not respond and your move was well wrought, you have the game. If the oppenent responds and your move was well wrought, you have won tempo in the middlegame and developed other pieces. However, an outpost move isn't a move in a vaccuum of singular pieces. Secondary and tertiary lines of attack through supporting tactics of an executed strategy in the opening are always layers of attack available to you when making these middlegame sacrifices. Just my opinion...or????

[@ojasdighe991]

@@vladsirin i get what you are saying and i agree with that but i need to see more examples. Any idea on where i can find them?

[@boredash4020]

great video as always stejpan . although I've always wondered , how do you usually find game examples to illustrate themes ? i mean the only ones i ever find are from one or two books so i never really see a practical way in which various themes are applied , would appreciate some feedback . bye!

[@HangingPawns]

Mostly by analyzing games and looking at games. In time I have compiled lists of various ideas.

[@cndbrn7975]

chessgames.com the largest online data base

[@boredash4020]

@@cndbrn7975 I don't mean,how you find games online,I meant how does one know which game has a certain theme,I mean do you just go through a lot of games and hope that you just luck out and find the theme you were looking for?

[@cndbrn7975]

@@boredash4020 ok i believe he gave the name of the tactics books he got these examples from.

[@andreshernandocerquerameji2148]

Thank you. Keep it up.

[@N_B_123]

What a fantastic lesson!

[@dedayberhanu8136]

you're still a student of chess. but you are a good teacher

[@Arnold-l4x]

U have really helped me

[@maharjanlaxman]

Love your Work Keep it up

[@HafeezaAkhtar-r1k]

Very helpful content, Спасибо

[@ashutoshgupta4803]

Sir ur teaching is great ..... Love u sir♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@j.rivera1209]

Thank you for the lesson

[@hak1111111]

I've always wondered how players strong think. thank you

[@МилорадЈеремић21]

odlicno, za 4 godine igranja saha mislim da retko ko bi toliko dobro napredovao, trebao bi da budes sigurniji u sebe

[@slowslav6653]

very nice content i was able to find all the moves

[@rameshbhattarai8674]

5:41 Why Q can't take rook

[@arnoudh6203]

Because then you take on c8 with your rook

[@Nakano1254]

I cant be the only one that read the thumbnail as "how players strong think"

[@Guitare_picking]

Thank you !

[@wnJhntn]

In the third example, after bc3, what about Bf5+ gf5, Qb6+ Ka2, Nc4?

[@kevinjusak6240]

13:10 black doesnt take on c3 with the queen cuz Rc1 wins black's queen?

[@otaviocf4657]

you can just edit your original comment instead of adding a correction in another one

[@arielcurra7647]

Very good!

[@madhavsanap6690]

Sometimes I think GMs do not calculate too far. Just 1 or 2 moves ahead. Also GM games are kind of mechanical with all known openings up to first 40 moves for a 30 move game.

[@davidelederman7337]

this is great stuff

[@miika1237]

18:16 IM TELLING YOU ROOK TAKES D6 IS EVEN BETTER

[@miika1237]

I was so confident that was the sacrifice

[@SANJAGcY]

Sir how can I contact you

[@MCMasters4ever]

Dont Dead Open Inside

[@EpicVideoMaster11]

Tytt

[@ELOFIDE-sb3qk]

How come you are not streaming on twitch

[@boredash4020]

he said his internet connection was weak but he will hopefully continue next week

[@HangingPawns]

I wrote about it twice in the community tab. The streams will continue next week according to schedule. My current internet connection is too weak for streaming and I had to stop my last stream. By next week I will have a stronger one.

[@danielbatista8760]

yo for real tho keep on uploading quality video \.

[@AntonioSoltysik]

Why bother with that when you can simply play Qxf2 and then Rxg2 and then Rg1! And then you win the queen back and have an excellent position

[@sanketpatil6711]

#Suggestion Hey Hanging pawn will you plz add english subtitles to your video plz..!! That may help a lot in understanding quickly!

[@mikoajozarowski86]

I don't think there's need for that, Stjepan's english is very comprehensible.

[@sanketpatil6711]

Mikołaj Ożarowski Comprehension differs from person to person !! Also depends on your country, education and mother tongue!. I and some more I know found it difficult to understand the autogenerated captions and so I requested Stjepan for subtitles.

[@mikoajozarowski86]

Good point, maybe I can understand him easier because I'm also from one of the Slavic countries. Greetings!

[@TymexComputing]

14:28 ;) if you take the rook you lose the king :)

[@randomperson7569]

wheres your dog?? lol