What a Pawn Wants, What a Pawn Needs | The Secret Life of Pawns - GM Yasser Seirawan

Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows examples of increasingly difficult pawn breakthroughs. Even when the position looks perfectly symmetrical there are ways to get a passed pawn.
2018.04.05

[@StringDogg]

"Okay. This may come as a little suprise, but may I introduce my bamboo stick!" -Yasser 2018

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[@gavinblaze4014]

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[@poyani]

"To show understanding, you don't make a queen." *laughs* "You make a rook". That's gold!

[@ApiolJoe]

Could make a knight and mate next move

[@bluebus15]

Or resign for that matter :P

[@jfq722]

ApiolJoe I would promote to a knight. Gives the other player a chance to show understanding ;)

[@luetzowwildejagd6214]

@@ApiolJoe A bishop will mate next move too. Thats a way for religious people.

[@davidpeak6103]

I could listen to Yasser all day long. Such a calm easygoing teacher.

[@jasondoe2596]

Yasser's lectures are always such a treat :D *edit:* It's heartwarming when a super-GM still remembers the 1700-rated player who showed him some basic concepts early on... the power of teaching :') Also, I think some of these positions were also the material of (much) earlier lectures. Yasser seems really proud of that endgame - and rightly so. It requires deep, concrete calculation and looks like balancing on a razor's edge the whole time. Absolutely beautiful!

[@bagamsnsnsnsns2062]

Jason Doe Uerdue can you help me out? How at 35:04 1 pawn g5 2 pawn captures g5 3 pawn f4 recaptures g5 4 pawn h5 goes to h6 5 pawn g7 captures h6 6 pawn g5 recaptures How does this not win? Is the king fast enough somehow?

[@samuelrosenbalm]

Finding a Yasser video in your feed is like waking up to find your wife cooking your favorite meal. It's little stuff like this that makes life kinda good.

[@slopokes6874]

“I belong to pawn grabbers anonymous” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@michaelvanzyl9418]

More Yasser😁

[@siralfrednobel]

why, He wasted 5 min on what every Russian schoolboy knows!

[@evi9740]

Michael Van Zyl Отличное видео, Гроссмейстер!

[@danvych8894]

This mans heart for chess is bigger than the heart of an elephant. You can clearly see how much he adores the art of the game.

[@AkimboBattleLolis]

This guy always puts such a huge smile on my face!

[@rodrigomachado3678]

His calm voice calms my heart

[@smith_und]

Make a rook, Yasser? Despicable! Obviously at 34:29 we make a knight and play Nf6# next move!

[@samvargas2868]

Thank you SLCC. This production quality is simply awesome.

[@notexactlypaul]

Push em baby

[@___717.]

Ooohhhh baaaabyyy

[@willmcpherson2]

Yeah baby

[@whitenightf3]

Excellent as always I really enjoy these.

[@stinar]

Liked this just seeing the title and Yasser in the thumbnail. "Gift me the pawn"

[@Yaruko]

More Yasser!!!

[@MegaAlterSack]

The winning variation Hou Yifan missed against Fabiano in the Grenke Classic is also a very nice pawnbreak.

[@manjadirkpeeters5576]

I really like his way of commenting games/positions. Calm, funny and insightful. Very grateful that such a world class player "sacks" his time to teach noobs like me some lessons.

[@nsiderultimaseth]

What an amazing lecture title.

[@Sarah-no7lv]

God bless you Yasser

[@SuperDreamliner787]

Very instructional as always! :)

[@BMWE-hm7uz]

yasser probably has the most calming voice to listen to

[@mathiasespindola843]

I love your "oooopsss!!!!"😂😂😂

[@leyubar1]

Yasser would make an excellent sphynx

[@gringobilbo]

lovely as Always :)

[@Sportinglogic]

I can’t believe Yasser didn’t know how to Queen! When I was in Seattle I already knew - from reading the continuation from the Yugoslav GM, Svetozar Gligorić.

[@ACherimoya]

¡Mas Yasser!

[@kurtozan251]

Great content!

[@nighthawk82]

Yasser, the good ol' swagger.

[@elreiec1]

Yasser 🐐 chess teacher

[@andrewschultz6608]

I remember my high school teammates showing me the initial puzzle as a sort of rite of passage. The kings were on a3/a1, so it was more obvious I needed to move the pawns and not the kings. But I remember eventually brute forcing the solution and feeling proud of it and passing it on a few years later. It can be frustrating to remember, but there are only so many moves and combinations possible. In the meantime, I played a few games where I and my opponents both missed that sort of breakthrough (a computer showed me years later.) So I really like this example on top of the puzzle. I saw the 4-on-4 study years later in Kmoch's Pawn Power in Chess. It was worth looking through but would've been even better as a video--like this.

[@bagamsnsnsnsns2062]

Andrew Schultz Uerdue can you help me out? How at 35:04 1 pawn g5 2 pawn captures g5 3 pawn f4 recaptures g5 4 pawn h5 goes to h6 5 pawn g7 captures h6 6 pawn g5 recaptures How does this not win? Is the king fast enough somehow?

[@michaelolesen1909]

34:34 promote a knight to g8 and mate on f6 !

[@elrodtherocker]

Or a bishop! All promotions win!

[@ibnusiraj9790]

That is cute

[@spirou2012]

Even better would be to promote to a knight, move it to h6, then back to g8 and then to f6 mate just after black made a queen

[@chessisbest]

A new Yasser video?? Yes, please!

[@harsh3608]

Where's little eric?

[@ryanmurphy1414]

Almost spit out my drink when I read this. That was a hilarious moment on stream.

[@WillToWinvlog]

Whatever makes it happy sets it free!!!!!!

[@BrokenG-String]

34:30 to truly show understanding you should instead promote to a knight or bishop to further disrespect them and still achieve checkmate since there king is completely cut off and is forced to push their pawn

[@peterfoster8604]

Great Stuff

[@cabadger2776]

As someone that has no patience for endgames this was extremely entertaining.

[@skakofilsanonims4434]

Més Yasser!

[@Synecdoche09]

WHATEVER MAKES ME HAPPY AND SETS YOU FREE

[@jeremybowman4847]

A much needed endgame refresher. Ive been quite mediocre as of late

[@schnabeltasse]

This position remembering me to a book, which has started me to play chess ! It was "Kurt Richter - Der Weg zum Matt", printed in the 40's as a "Sonderdruck für das Oberkommando der deutschen Wehrmacht". This is not a joke ! This was my first chess-book ! 1996 ! Life is a joke sometimes.

[@thomasbauer6118]

very nice... to show understanding , you need to make a bishop on g8 . :)

[@Cesmust]

Yasser is the Mr. Rogers of chess

[@christophkuntz8523]

I'd like to see Mr. Seirawan and Mr. Kummer in one lesson together :D My idea started as a joke but the more i think about it, ... it would be great. Wihout a doubt, Mr. Kummer can learn something, but it would be great to see how they both talk about some games or positions. btw.: More Yasser :)

[@shahidx9]

very instructive endgame

[@V8SupersQirreL]

The film i just saw was called "The secret life of dogs" about what dogs do when they are left at home for hours, they bark, howl, detroy shoes and furniture. So now i wonder what my pawns do when i go to work - but i guess thats not Yassers topic!

[@kapa1611]

we need Yasser to do a Ben Finegold impression!

[@not2tired]

Yasser = Thumbs Up Button

[@raymondsimmons1617]

Exceptional

[@kkkk-ks7ke]

PUSH EM BABY!

[@Bai_Su_Zhen]

#MoreYasser :D

[@anarcho.pacifist]

1:28 this puzzle is beautiful.

[@bagamsnsnsnsns2062]

Daniel Șuteu Uerdue can you help me out? How at 35:04 1 pawn g5 2 pawn captures g5 3 pawn f4 recaptures g5 4 pawn h5 goes to h6 5 pawn g7 captures h6 6 pawn g5 recaptures How does this not win? Is the king fast enough somehow?

[@1406brla]

Like before watching :)

[@iamalittleboat]

I've heard some chess players say they love endgames, and it's their favourite part of the game. Starting to get why now!

[@dinofelic487]

may I introduce my bamboo stick

[@coffeebot7016]

Who is that in the picture on the wall?

[@bobi5202]

Can someone please tell me the name of the book Yasser was looking at 8:11? Thanks in advance!

[@bobi5202]

To answer my own question:it is yassers book winning chess endings

[@ivanwijetunge2831]

Yasser is the best, okay maybe Svidler is just as good!

[@PushyPawn]

i like him

[@marcjameslevesque]

Thank you, Yasser. Now I feel really stupid...and just a little bit smarter. : )

[@benc6190]

dat laugh at 11:17

[@FahadAlFaris]

Yaz , help .. if I play white , after castling , the black bishop arracks my h6 square to open the g file for his queen , how to deal with this ...... thanks ,,btw--u r the best

[@Koolaidrulz21]

It depends. Is it the third Tuesday of the month?

[@FahadAlFaris]

I can't decipher coded replies>> r u related to the Zodiac?

[@ApiolJoe]

It definitely is the third Tuesday of the month

[@s.fartash4244]

Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks Thanks

[@masterblaster7782]

What is this software he is using?

[@nikhilraj6343]

Nice one

[@Treegrower]

OG YASSER

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

We're have all these yasser videos been hiding ?

[@matthewdix2696]

Play the mini game in the game, that's fun.

[@capakluk]

can somebody explain to me why 5 people does not like this video?:)

[@J_Tramel]

Push 'em baby!

[@SeifoX]

Nice

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Very complex pawn puzzle. We have to be very cautious.

[@originsdemise]

King king king king king king king king

[@9181shreyasbhatt]

At 34:30 I would make night or bishop for fun

[@pelefthe]

speed 1.25, perfect

[@athul_c1375]

Even 2x speed is slower

[@jmcgoo]

love a new yasser vid.....but please, the new music is so bad

[@manudasmd]

Ooooooohhhhh

[@oliverwestman3753]

He is bob ross and benicio del toro combined

[@annekenaydenov4446]

33:21, g6

[@IsaacPiera]

"The king cannot prevent me from queening". XD

[@tonyfelix7211]

try speeding it up to 1.5. YW

[@bjorntorlarsson]

You have a KZbin button for exactly that purpose, if you haven't noticed. Oh yes, and now I take your undefended Queen, if you didn't notice.

[@tonyfelix7211]

I guess I'll take your king

[@theinacircleoftheancientpu492]

You really need to listen to the first few minutes of the videos you upload.

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Paws are the weakest pieces in chess. But pawns can be used to defend king and can be used to impossible things.

[@pawngrabber226]

I love pawns,I like grabbing them!

[@RrockCj]

Good lecturer but there's only one thing he doesn't do right, he sets any moves bad or good as a main line in the program.

[@okeoghenekowhegba1490]

Rrock Cj I saw dat..yea, but he's still d best at teaching

[@ricsouza5011]

the secret life of pawns lol

[@jomic9060]

this guy should try to talk much softer, too much aggression in his muffled monotone

[@RealChristopherRobin]

uUuUuUuUuUuhhhh...!

[@jeffgreen3376]

To show understanding, you promote to a rook? lol I've never heard that before, but ok. Is that so you can brag that you only promoted to a rook and still won? lol

[@evgenys177]

POOR AUDIO :-(

[@jeffreycanfield1939]

More Yasser😁

[@browgamer002]

More Yasser😁

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More Yasser😁