Just what I needed. Explain it to me like I'm 5...literally.

"where does the queen go?" "d1" "yes, d- no the queen is already on d1" I'm dead 😂

I'm 66. You're never too old to learn. Very helpful.

Gm Akobian: Ok, so this is queens gambit Kids: Yes! Gm Akobian: Just to confirm, what was the name of the opening I've just shown you? Kids: Uuuh..

What a good teacher, he has the patience of a saint and provoke the students without excessive pressure, making them think. Mr. Akobian, you're awesome.

Just started playing chess as a 22 year old. These lessons are great for me, haha

I’m learning chess during covoid 19 pandemic.

We live in a time where this type of content is available for everybody, that's just amazing! I am a beginner in chess and having the possibility to listen to the lesson given by a Grand Master is incredible!

The patience is strong with this one...

It's pretty useful to add a time index. Considering how old this video is, weird none has suggested it. 1:00 - Queens Gambit Accepted 7:20 - Queens Gambit Declined 9:40 - King Pawn - Italian Game (bishop C4) 12:10 - QGD 16:10 - QGD, Slav Defence 17:05 - Slav Defence, Exchange variation 27:25 - Kings Indian Defence 32:05 - Nice KID trap against black 35:10 - QG, Grunfeld defense (no just kidding, re-look through KID) 44:10 - Summarizing the openings he has gone through. 45:35 - Some basic tactical positions (forking, back rank etc) Important Points: Get center control, (normally) develop knights first. (*cough* not both in Carlsbad though) IN QGD (and kings Indian) white dark squared Bishop=G5 while Slav=F4, Whites white squared bishop in QGD and Slav=D3 while Kings indian=E2 Develop all major pieces before starting an attack (unless there are obvious targets/tactics...) You Want rooks on open files if possible. Don't let your pieces stand on passive spots. Try to get Bishops out before you block them inside the pawns. My thoughts: Very nice beginner walkthrough of the QG overall. But very little of E4 I think. (considering it's openings and tactics, and not titled "Queens Gambit openings and tactics". QG is often has a much more positional and slow paced game than E4, which is often more tactical. I personally often resort to QG against obvious stronger players than myself. (when I'm white). Meanwhile E4 when we are more even or other way around. Still never underestimating.

My respects to GM Akobian. His teachings are quite good if we consider that he is just a human being. He is not at my same level in chess (3600 rated), but he is very clear to teach mere mortals.

You can tell he has a good heart by the way he interacts with the kids. Need more of this in the world.

Brilliant teacher, Akobian has the patience of a saint! Unfortunately the kids already forgot what they were taught 5 minutes ago but he was so calm and patient with them.

Almost an hour, passed like nothing! What an awesome guy.

Me: Somewhere 20 km from right answer Akobian: Yes...you are close

I am 65 years old and learning. Great teacher.

Even as a 20 year just getting into chess, I find these videos an excellent resource and this teacher is fantastic!

Akobian does a lot of things great. He's patient with the kids. Encourages the slower kids to answer, instead of just calling on the couple who know all the answers. He repeats and reminds frequently. If I had to find a critique it would be in showing the names and mainlines, but not always explaining WHY. Better to know why a bishop belongs on a particular square than just that this is where it belongs in a particular opening. He definitely does some of this, but probably could have made a few more points. Good video altogether. I wonder if his sequel got uploaded.

I'm a retired elementary school teacher, and your teaching technique is excellent! You are great with the children. I'm 73 and just decided yesterday to try to learn a little chess. Thanks for the video.

Love the way he is teaching and getting the kids involved

It seems incredible to me that people can remember these opening lines and all the variations.

Very Essential Steps---- 1/ control the center 2/ develop minor pieces (knights, bishops) 3/ castle the king 4/ finish developing including major pieces (rooks and queen) 5/ Start the Attack (move pawns to the center or activate your minor pieces towartds the center ) ---- thank you so much for this! as a beginner i can tell this is very helpfull !

This is absolute gold , thank you for the upload St Louis Chess club , and of course Mr Akobian.

Over a million hits. Incredible. Congrats Var!

He's a patient teacher....for kids or adults like me.

Akobian is The Reason I subscribed to this channel. He is the greatest teacher the STL has. He is very thorough, his expositions are easily absorbed and presented with great patience! All this Chanel's teachers should emulate Akobian, none come close to his style. Congrats Varuzhan Akobian for your recent accomplishments. I hope to see more of your lectures on this channel, thank you.

This man is patient beyond recognition. Great teacher.

I'm 65, need to keep my brain active and have only ever been useless at chess. But these lectures for youngsters at this chess club are wonderful and just the right pace for me. I even find myself putting my hand up occasionally and I'm wowed by a lot of the solutions. Great fun.

I really enjoy watching how patient he is with the students...seems like a great guy

Gotta love the patience this guy has. Great teaching aspect.

This teacher is so good. I'm learning how to play chess as a 36yr old!

you can hear that his students are so young, i love this class im so much older and i never played, and this is so great for the brain

Absolutely incredible instructor.

Best instructional video I've ever seen on openings. Learned a lot. Thank you for posting!

I'm 55 years old and although I know how to play chess I'm still a beginner. I feel like I fit in well with this class!! At 55 I'm confident in this class of 10 year olds! The way he talks to them/us... I feel I can learn!!! lol I'm ready really ready to take on these kids! I just need a few more videos like this one! :)

I found this helpful as an adult, and as someone who's taught children in the passed, greatly appreciate Akobian's attitude and patience.

Greatest Chess Lesson on KZfaq! We want more GM Var lectures please!!

Hi. I love your lessons and my chess is improving fast since I found your lectures. What a fantastic teacher you are. I just finish to win a King Indian's Defence using the trap you teach in this video. Keep on the good work. Regards from Portugal.

This guy is an amazing teacher. Always keeps the class involved.

I love the way he explains, with such patience and humbleness, he completely caught my attention. Great teacher.

This is what i was looking for OMG! You, sir, are a true teacher of chess :) Great job!

Varuzhan Akobian is awesome, calm and collected.

I love this teacher. I wish I would have had a teacher like this. He's a blessing to these kids and they will remember him fondly for the rest of their lives. You can tell this guy is kind.

Your patience with these children is admirable. Thank you

Excellent class! Master thanks.

Akobian is brilliant. I look forward to showing this to my 5-year-old nephew.

This is really great. Started playing chess a couple days back, and your tutorials are excellent and really helpful

This video will hit well over 10 million views , what a fantastic teacher and an incredible opportunity for young chess players

such a good teacher- I think he could teach anything

This guy is amazing at teaching. I have learned more about chess strategies in the first 10 mins than the hours of tips and tricks videos I have watched

Amazing teacher with awesome patience with the students which sound very young.

This guy is great, I am going to watch all of these! So rare to have someone explain chess so clearly!

Its great to have some good openings to get my chess game on the road. thanks for your beautiful lesson.

Thanks GM Varuzhan Akobian for amazing lecture!!!

Fantastic teacher!! I really absorbed the knowledge the way he explains it.

He’s such a great teacher. I have been playing chess since 2nd grade and I still have things to learn. Thank you for sharing this video.

GREAT chess lesson! Thanks for taking the put to share your knowledge with us aspiring players!

I wish I could upvote this a thousand times. Best Chess teacher ever!

Your patience is amazing

I have learned many things from this video and I have been playing for many years ! These fine youngsters are getting such a great education and on their way to being very dangerous players out there ! What you are doing is so great !!! God Bless !!! 😁✌

GM. Akobian Great teaching skill allows him to inspire and catch your attention in the games being explained. Thank you GM Akobian!

Excellent presentation. Thank you for posting it!

Your knowledge for this beautiful game for attacking and defending is impregnable. I love chess but do not know how-tos. Thank you for your well -abled professional and many best practices you delivered in this beautiful world of chess.

I'm learning chess and 20 minutes in I have to say this guy is an amazing teacher. He emphasizes the most important aspect of each thing, uses repetition in a helpful way to get it to stick... I've seen Finegold videos but I feel like now I'm actually learning. Might be because I need beginner videos too though lol.

Excellent opening strategies taught in a simplified manner!

2019 and this video still rocks 👍

Damn, people, those are just little kids, probably just learning. Mr. Akobian is an excellent instructor-very patient and thorough. I wish he'd write stuff down on a board though, maybe that way the kids can pick things up faster.

Great video and great teacher. I like it

I love his lessons!!! Could we maybe please, please have the continuation of this lecture as well!? Pretty Please?:)

I was looking for this video again and I found it. It's never bad to brush up on the basics

It's very reassuring when he says , " sometimes I also play this and win some games" unfortunately I don't.

Nice job Varuzhan!

That “Netflix show“ really boosted, deservedly, the views for this guy/channel! -🐻👍🏾💚

Amazing teacher. Loved this!!

Dang. You are a good teacher.

These videos are golden in so many ways! GO CCSCSL! You are making good content for our future generation of players. Best Regards from Finland!

76 years old, haven't played since college days. Started again few months ago. Your videos are the best ones out there that I've discovered so far. All the others seem to be driven by their desires to demonstrate their virtuoso talents...to fast.

I literally needed this ELI5 and it has already helped me a ton. Im 35.

I'm a 11 year old and I used the tactics and I won every game against my classmates, so THANKS A LOT!

Im learning chess at 28 to teach my child to be a Grandmaster. Wish me good luck

Absolutely useful. I wish I knew these things a lot earlier making me a better player. Thank you!

I love this content and shared it with my nephews- thank you for posting it!

10:00 welcome to chess where safety is number 1 priority. Didn't know crazy russian hacker stole his intro from this guy

You forgot my favorite, Queens Gambit Screwed-Up

An incredibly generous man, Grand Master and freely giving of his time, I really appreciate his conversational style, ideas, replays and possibilities, an excellent learning resource; age 64 here just learning the game ... thankyou!

Learning with patience is already difficult... but having learnt it and teaching what was learnt with patience to kids is God level.... Kudos to GM Akobian

He has so much patience...

i'm here after watching 'Queen of Gambit " lol

Awesome lecture….. very knowledgeable and patient teacher….

He teaches us very useful openings and puzzles.

im 32 and i started playing chess recently and im terribad at it. Ty for this lesson now i know couple of opening names =D and hopefully some traps aswell

Hey, I'm wondering if there is a part one of this one, or is this part one...? becasue this is really really good for me, I'm a beginner myself so this really helps alot, or, do you have to figure out what parts that comes after this by the dates? Thanks a ton for posting this on youtube, Cheers!! QuQ Edit: and... what did they go through last sunday..?

Excellent in teaching & teaching what is exactly needed, Not adding any additional word more than need !!

Wonderful presentation of core ideas in chess with passionate, patient delivery to young students. May the chess god reward you with the next world championship!

Very good video. I'm just starting to actually learn chess and this was extremely informative. Thank you! (I agree with the comments about the kids :P they're young so they get a pass but I'm sure your patience got thin lol.)

I find the series for kids right up my alley, (I'm an adult beginner) but I dont always know what to do when others dont play what the lessons say they will.

This was so amazing, thank you!! Very well explained and I loved the puzzles at the end!

I have already improved my chess openings as a result of watch just his video. I appreciate the clarity and direction of the presentation. It is good to watch it a few times.

This man has an awful lot of patience asking these type of questions. I would've lost it if i would ask something 3 times, and still no one would have remembered.

13:16 queens gambit declined 19:37 Slav Defense 27:16 Kings indian defense