Yasser Seirawan teaches the basics of chess

[@TheEddiecooldude]

MORE YASSER CLASSES PLEASE!!

[@TheLordiys]

Yasser-Classer

[@alexanderelea8032]

I would show up every day for this

[@ocaly]

@@TheLordiys bro I was about to comment that

[@ocaly]

@@TheLordiys funny guy

[@javabandit]

Chessbrah needs more content like this. I've played chess for years and this 20 minutes taught me basics and fundamentals I've never learned. Most instructors teach "put this here" and "put that there". But never explain why. This showed me why space control matters and why the value of the pieces are what they are. It also shows me what a "bishop from hell" or "best knight in history" means. Thanks, Yasser!

[@edbunkers4516]

I couldn't stand Dan's energy though. Unworthy of Yassar

[@stag6161]

Yea, I already knew where the pieces have the most moves but I never considered this is where the point value comes from

[@danielcrase]

Yasser is a goat, he started playing when he was like 12, and STILL BECAME GM. That’s amazing to me.

[@nat-moody]

Yasser just oozes class. No surprises he is also a brilliant teacher

[@edbunkers4516]

He's just extremely slow and talky and then he slips little gems here and there so you can't even scroll or you'll miss them

[@NarutoNinjaSensei]

I'm not proud to say this, but a few years back I had a drug addiction. One day I was meeting my dealer down a dark alleyway, as I did every week. We made the trade, and I began my journey back home. It was then when I heard sirens in the distance. Naturally, I picked up the pace, but the sirens steadily got closer. Eventually I could hear the car at the end of the street, and started running. When I glanced backwards I saw Eric Hansen screaming "I need some speed" whilst Aman Hambleton played a techno song I had mistaken for sirens. They caught up to me quickly, and Hansen grabbed a hockey stick and whipped it across my ankles. I fell to the ground in pain, but quickly tried to get up. Hansen jumped on me, stopping my escape, shouting "That's not a move chief!". The chessbrahs took my wallet, phone and drugs, and left me tied up, bruised and sore on the side of the street. Don't support these guys.

[@jadiellima8922]

Thank you for sharing your story, we all here can relate to it pretty much and know that you aren't alone anymore

[@redminote7334]

Man I live for these comments, chessbrahs should put together a collection and publish them as a book. That'd be my daily crack-up dose

[@seankohoi1951]

I swear the exact same thing happened to me, isn't that crazy?

[@Crutoiful]

I can confirm this is true

[@adamlennon750]

I learned the basics of Chess from a youtube video of Yasser teaching children a few years ago. Just the basics got me to 1400, one day I'll learn one of them openings with Yasser and the sky will be the limit!

[@kp5343]

You think it's exponential but in reality it's logarithmic

[@jayyy5270]

@@kp5343 You think it's logarithmic but in reality you just flagged.

[@susanmcallister4912]

I found this fool Adam. He’s lying thru his teeth

[@notjohncena5108]

@@susanmcallister4912 probably someone broke his teeth because of his constant lying and now his tongue is sticking out 😝

[@saurabh5148]

@@jayyy5270 you think its flagged but in reality it's 2° parabolic.

[@GregTurismo]

Based on Dan's behavior, I think he would prefer Ben Finegold to be his teacher. Yasser is very kind and patient, Ben would just roast him the entire time.

[@yaiirable]

honestly, he needed a slap

[@GregTurismo]

@@yaiirable Yes he does

[@edbunkers4516]

I loved Finegold when he played "The Penguin" from the old Michael Keaton Batman movie. The truth hurts!!

[@kimtaewoo3274]

Ben would make fun of him

[@alejandrotopo]

This is the best content I have ever seen in chess for beginners, thank you

[@carsenarsen8634]

The first chess book integer owned was Yassers... He has been my chess hero since I was 12. Almost 30 years. I would absolutely die for a 5 minute conversation.

[@tdleach]

I've never heard this explanation before, fascinating! Yasser is an amazing addition to Chessbrahs!

[@evilkruemel]

This thumbnail is absolute gold.

[@StahliCell]

Fantastic lesson, can't thank you enough for putting out this content!! And for Yasser: Thank you so much for taking your time to explain to us this beautiful game :D

[@albertmosca1204]

Why do I feel that Dan is not giving a f*ck? Lol

[@Mat0m]

The most instructive chess video i've ever seen. Play chess for 20 years and i've never been exposed to these concept and believe me, i am a learning machin. Thank you for the content you guy, Dan and Yasser also to the Chessbrah gang you guys are great.

[@SacredWhisperPrayers]

Goated thumbnail for such an instructive and helpful fundamental lesson. I’ll look back on this video when I try teaching anyone chess in the future.

[@jetiscool1]

I love Yasser. Great GM, Great Teacher, and Great person.

[@nicolash576]

Amazing lesson! Great work from Yasser, so much kindness coming out of him.

[@reluminopraha5948]

Great lecture! Yasser very concentrated.

[@chessgains8075]

Nice! The extra point for the queen because of the perpetual check was a little strange tho imo. Its a VERY powerful thing ofc but why would that count as 1 material point? I've heard the explanaiton before that the Queen acts as a rook and bishop combined. Which should be 8. But the Queen can change from black to white squares which a bishop cant. So the Queen can operate on different colour diagonals. Therefore the Queen is slightly more powerful then a combined rook and bishop. So its worth 9 instead of 8.

[@edbunkers4516]

A rook is 5 because a supercomputer calculated if pawn=1 point, a rook is even against 5 pawns

[@reluminopraha5948]

@@edbunkers4516 The value is a traditional heuristic knowledge from times when no computers were used to analyze chess, the less any supercomputers. Humans were. To be true, I learned queen as worth 10. For beginners, they probably are.

[@reluminopraha5948]

It is an interesting argument! I would tend to agree with you. The "combinationality" is definitely also a factor. The reason why queen is 9 while two rooks 10 is said that the queen cannot protect itself while one rook can protect the another. Hence in the endgame two rooks tend to eat pawns more easily then the single queen. I also had an idea how to "improve" or "innovate" the chess. By letting bishops change the color. Eg. one step left or right would be added to common bishop moves. Though, it would ruin the chess knowledge. Still interesting as the experiment.

[@BR34NY]

One of the most instructive videos I've seen

[@kingalonsoiv]

Wow, amazing lesson! More please

[@VishavKapoorTheFatPanda]

This is the absolute best. So much insight into space control. Please keep this going. More of Yasser teaching.

[@MrDamnitSam]

Yasser is an amazing teacher. Thank you Yass!

[@andrewmarr2385]

Fantastic content!! More like this would be great!!

[@thomasallen9003]

Found this clip referenced in a beginner chess forum thread. Led me here and now it looks like I’m headed towards a Seirawan video binge. Great simple instruction. 👍🏼

[@kevmoho]

I just started playing and find this incredibly valuable! Thanks Yas!!

[@navyseal93]

Fantastic video. More Yasser lessons please!

[@yungcobba1421]

Dan couldn't seem less enthuased if he tried.. smh

[@deadlypendroppingby]

He's like: this meeting could have been an email.

[@mynameischess230]

This Dan guy is not showing the proper respect to this legend

[@adamh6094]

Double like for the instruction! More yasser please! He’s like a drug

[@waltlock8805]

Awesome video - more of this please !! Just a great vid in both substance and style.

[@tele-marmotte]

Go Yasser ! Great teacher, great smile !

[@hulkmarvel9359]

Man need more chess lesson from Yasser ❤️

[@bringmusktomarz749]

We love Yasser thank you for the educational video brah

[@siddharthkrishnan3107]

More Yasser. Very instructive.

[@lucasoscar]

whenever i see Yasser i remember him holding Hikaru cash and championship ring so he could get his ass kicked by Eric xD

[@HiFisch94]

Probably holds the money still today

[@petergriffin8767]

@@HiFisch94 LOL

[@JoeeyTheeKangaroo]

This has got to be one of the best lessons about space

[@thegrandyata]

We are a simple audience: we see Yasser, we click.

[@yobroh0]

The Great teacher with the impatient student, how wonderful…

[@yoniziv]

One of the best videos! thanks for sharing

[@laska09987]

yasser is my favorite chessbrah, yoda yasser

[@michaels3860]

Immagine having Yasser as a friend, or father figure in real life....

[@douglasbotelho1303]

More of these videos please!

[@manawearblack]

Wow, what an honor it must've been to be taught by the one and only Yasser Seirawan, I am truly envious

[@TheEddiecooldude]

Wow. I loved this video. Amazing.

[@macdaddy11c32]

There’s a reason Eric’s so good. Yasser all day baby

[@-chessmatics]

am sure you will also be very interested. There I raised my rating from 100 to 1522.

[@Steve-xo4nb]

Had to watch this twice.. First time, the little flake on Yasser's Right eye kept taking my attention. But yeah after the second watch.. Such a valuable video this was!

[@TheDavveponken]

With an amazing thumbnail like that you get a like upfront

[@natepace2173]

We need more of these deep dives!

[@robbiekeen2644]

I clicked for Yasser, I stayed for relatable Dan gameplay

[@TheKawww]

Love this content fellas! Ferda

[@zeguitardude]

I feel like this is helpful even at 1700

[@вінницькийпсихопат]

whoever came up with the idea of this thumbnail is a pure genius

[@-chessmatics]

I will subscribe and love it with pleasure.

[@bronzor1718]

God Yasser could talk about paint drying and I would still feel warm and entertained.

[@Grunfeld]

That was great! Thanks

[@mistergolfer7]

Yasser is the man!!! Keep it coming

[@tadeuszmullins6352]

Yasser has become my favourite person in chess ❤️ Thank you chessbrah for introducing him

[@rkz7606]

With Yasser we learn in chess not only take the pieces and mate the king,

[@juicer6793]

I am a war general.

[@sawyer9times]

Nice going Dan!! Keep it up!!

[@tomastesar2318]

Wow, exactly what I needed

[@-chessmatics]

You're just awesome.

[@kimberbearly7909]

Unreal. Great insight

[@Kirmo13]

MORE YASSER!

[@josephvalinski849]

I got so much time for Yasser.

[@Jaaol1]

I love this guy

[@laeb08]

Why is Yasser so awesome lol

[@joeljohansson6097]

Good stuff, but isn't mobility also a factor when determining the piece values?

[@yewchoobes]

Yes, that's why two rooks (5 each) are worth more than one queen (9): the rook is faster than the queen as it's a bit lighter to pick up so you end up saving time on the clock, which could win you the game.

[@joeljohansson6097]

@@yewchoobes maybe range is a better word. English isn't my native language. A knight can access all squares, but a bishop can't.

[@HiFisch94]

@@joeljohansson6097 well, it depends on the situation. Yasser explains the potential value of a piece here, not the factual value for all situations

[@yewchoobes]

@@joeljohansson6097 Mobility is fine! I was just joking, your English is better than mine by the sounds of it

[@waltlock8805]

@@yewchoobes That's always been conventional wisdom. I think engines are now giving the edge to the queen with perfect play in most positions. (yes, I realize you're making the joke - just thought I'd toss that in anyway).

[@TheMarksT]

Very interesting take on it!

[@damiester1]

lol how has Dan stayed 1200 ELO all this time? In a house of chess players, he should be at least 1500 now.

[@adamlennon750]

Hitting bongs and not giving a fuck most likely

[@MrBonified66]

I never thought of it like that!

[@KZ-or1zq]

I don't understand why the knight on d6 only attacks 6 squares. What about the other two on the white side?

[@iamjadedaf]

At the start it's mentioned that they want to consider only squares in the enemy half of the board

[@KZ-or1zq]

@@iamjadedaf thank you!

[@0ussama0]

If we put the queen on d5 and e5 it controls 18 square !? 18:30

[@troobs1990]

Not all in opponents half of the board though

[@0ussama0]

@@troobs1990 oh sorry i calculated some squares twice

[@Andytk33]

Let's go, Yasser! Push em' baby!!

[@Mike-zj3zj]

Great stuff.

[@xzjulius]

Didn’t know how I felt about Yas in the previous video. Now I love him. Fr fr @chessbruh

[@user-vt2ih1iq3u]

Yasser is poggers!

[@heyooooh]

Love yasser

[@WagwanEquation]

Great lesson, obnoxious student.

[@purdysanchez]

Yasser is a saint

[@-chessmatics]

Very interesting.

[@PushyPawn]

Omg... From the thumbnail It looks like Yasser is teaching MVL.. LOL

[@langletprolet8378]

Awesome lesson 👍

[@juhonieminen4219]

The bishop can control 7 squares, compared to knights 6 squares, AND it can also change the side of the board faster, when intercepting or supporting pawns. BUT, the knight can support or block both colours of squares, when the pawn is promoting. AND the knight forks are tricky in blitz.

[@grzesiek7358]

Yas ser, thank you !

[@mashbrown8622]

In conclusion, the queen is clutch.

[@vinodrczz]

🤩🤩🤩great class...

[@garbour456]

God I love Yasser so much

[@phenakismos]

But what about knife f 5?

[@DivinePlant]

Legend

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

I don’t want to alarm you Yassarr but you appear to be quite green on the thumbnail, please please take care to avoid grand pianos suspended above doorways

[@Bigp707]

getting strong Cruella vibes here!) Jokes aside Yasir one of the greatest imho! Its just a plesure listening to him!

[@xzjulius]

I’d pay big money for a Yass course !!!!

[@MalsawmkimaKhawlhring]

More like these videos so i can cross 1500

[@RG001100]

You might like their "Yasser Seirawan" playlist, which has videos like that. kzbin.info/aero/PLUjxDD7HNNThPhpIiBIb_8weNic1DEbJe

[@MalsawmkimaKhawlhring]

@@RG001100 wow thanks alot

[@GrantHancock1407]

Love Yasser, not a fan of this Dan guy... get someone who is actually interested in being there!

[@zacharygralinski941]

Yasser's lessons are the best! More Yasser!

[@kyra8105]

Fabiano caryuana

[@bdpv025]

Is this guy dan a pro?

[@Peter-dk2ov]

I wish yasser was my dad