In my opinion, GM Seirawan is one of the greater chess teachers, and one of his books i 've read, it was the best book on tacticks i ever imagine existed, it really amused me/ I 'm really happy i have discovered this.."Scolastic Chess Club.." wich allowed these lectures to go public and free. Good for the game, good for us all. Thanks, a lot.

I was watching this thinking, "Who is this kid who is just throwing out lines better than Seirawan was able to calculate?" Then I realized it was Sevian and it all made sense.

and because he's so unassuming easy to underestimate..this is the World Junior Champion from 1979 and top 6 player in the world for more than a decade just apparently shooting the breeze

Please more lectures by yasser. For Years I've been waiting for more of his. They are by far the best chess lectures online

Step 1: See Yasser's name. Step 2: Immediately watch it 3 times. It's that simple!

It does feel bad when others best us, but others accomplishments should not be tarnished out of jealousy! Its best to keep an open mind and continue the journey of learning!

Is GM Ben Finegold talking in the background, too?

These are an amazing resource. Thanks all involved.

This channel SHOULD be the most-watched chess channel on KZfaq, hands down. Best chess lectures I've ever seen, and I'm so jealous I'm actually considering applying to St. Louis for my medical residency just to be closer to the club :)

i thought this was a Seirawan lecture not a Sevian lecture

Great channel, great videos... this one is superb Seirawan is incredible....

Just to make a Little fun with Yasser Seirawan´s name. Yes Sir! Sir I won! :)

Wow, great find by that kid. Computer recommended. But after rook takes a2 king b2 rather than bishop takes b5

Akobian will be here in Saint Louis for the Sinquefield Cup Septemebr 9-15 (featuring Magnus Carlsen, Levon Aronian, Hikaru Nakamura and Gata Kamsky) and he'll be conducting some classes and lectures after that, so more Akobian videos at the end of September!

Thank you for your answer, I am sure this will soon be the most

I checked it with Houdini, white is almost a pawn up after Nc4!!!! what a smart kid

The part where someone suggested the alternate move for white with the knight was interesting, but the majority of time the person just perpetually talking in the background was just distracting. They made it so the teacher could hardly finish a possibility move to end game without them making him backtrack to try another theory. Maybe it's good for that class, but it made it hard to watch. Just let him talk a bit.

Actually, Na3 with the idea of playing Nc4 was the first sequence in my mind when he asked. :)

favorite part of the lecture is at 38:45 when Yasser is exploring moves with the class, and the computer has a green arrow showing him there is a pawn fork at e5 forking the queen if he takes the knight - this would have forced white to move the queen and lose the bishop, yet Yasser still goes to capture the white knight on the b file. So he misses an obvious pawn fork even when the computer showed him it was there. I guess he was worried about the bishop letting the b knight to fork and take his rook, but if the white knight went for it, white would lose his queen when he took the rook.

amazing teacher

I've found that you can avoid these nasty, early attacks (by white) by playing the Najdorf or Sheveningan move orders. d6 and/or a6 before e6. I used to play the Taimanov, but switched the the Sheveningan, because of this early Nb5 attack.

At 28.52, Na3, followed by Nc7 check for white, looks good. Black could check with the bishop, but then its mate.

The kid smashed it with Nc4! Followed up by Nxe5 is best. That Knight will end up taking 3 pawns and BOTH of Blacks Bishops before its demise with a strong pawn structure and a pawn up. Great vid and insight! TY!

amazing

28:00 that Nc4 suggestion was amazing

nice lecture

Always much opening theory. Learning these theories helps improve my game.

sevian and finegold in the audience.. what a lecture... rawr

thanks for the vid

At 14:20 what about bxe5 and after pawn takes back queen trade . Preventing black from castling and double pawning black

It looks like Yasser will have to give up 6...Ne5 and play 6...e5 instead! It's a Sveshnikov-style position but at least a much better version for black.

You better buckle up, Joel, because I was on paternity leave and I've got a SERIOUS backlog of Seirawan/Finegold videos. Also, I haven't even cracked into our archive of lectures from pre-2013 either, and there's an amazing one from Nigel Short with Kasparov heckling him from the crowd. Get. Ready. Spread. The. Word.

What is the emoticon for drooling? :)

Yes, in my opinion it's the greatest chess channel and I've subscribed to a heck of a lot ;) (Chess Noir was amazing as well, but he doesn't seem to upload new videos; hey Chess Noir, make new videos please ;)).

How about attending the class remotely ? It would be great just to listen in during live sessions. Don't even mind paying a fee for it.

yes!

The move Nc4 theb what if I played bc5? Isn't that stopping Nb6 threat?

Any GM Akobian video please answer

at 18:32 black has a strong attack with chasing a knight on c3-whites knight has no good square so black get the advantage also on queen side

what a nice man!

that g4 idea is pretty damn smart. It looks absolutely playable for white.

I bet he would like to hear that from his students when they´ve played in a tournament. :)

What if white plays knight c7? 21:00

Best. News. Ever.

Yasser Seirawan is definitely the Chesshire-cat of chess.

Was that Finegold in the audience?

Can someone spell out the word he says at 10:00 , as in the thing he says he despises.

At 28:00 a chess star was born

ASMR voice. Great lecture

Queen captures?

These gosh darn computers are to tricky to figure out After blunder so many moves with the stylist pen his holding

if you played bishop g7 and queen took it then knight c7 forks the rook and king

Sam seems to be a serious candidate for a new chess star.

Superdupernice ;)

Ronen just arrived to town yesterday and will serve as our Resident Grandmaster from now through the middle of September. We should get about 10+ Ronen videos while he's here. Stay tuned, and please spread the word! This should be the most-watched chess channel on KZfaq!

Watched chess channel on KZfaq . I hope there are a

after long-castle by white black must play Ke7 instead of Bd7, which is a mistake exactly for the reason of Nc4. Embarrassing :D I would check my games with Rybka before presenting it and its variations^^

hahahaha and here I am waiting for some theory about the sveshnikov,the opening I play, when he says I hate it (I don't know how to spell the opening's name)(sorry)

10:01 Are you ok?

this kid killed lesson by his nice ideas x)

Good video again.. Except the part when students start coming up with Rybka ideas !! Such things can took hours and hours to analyze..

Chess' Bob Ross

Hello Mr Yasser! Your videos are great! The only comment I would have is why are you presenting black from a subjective point of view in the objective part of the chess board (in this video)? In my opinion it makes the game a bit harder to follow as it doesn't match the convention. Anyway, your videos are fantastic!

Tonn of Akobian and ronene vids

Who were the two people who thumbs downed this, and why did you do it? If you're thinking about disliking this, please message me with your reasoning.

three lifetimes worth of chess knowledge in this room and some people just want to complain... you have two ears and one mouth for a reason

I have to agree with Eric Newbury below. I realise that you are in a classroom environment, and that you encourage the students to ask questions, but the constant jumping back and forth between variations in response to questions made it impossible for me to get anything out of this video at all, and left my more confused than ever as to what I was supposed to take away from this lecture.

28.00, Some kid had a computer move there. Good move though, but if he made it up himself, he would have mentioned it waaaay earlier.

But whhhy are youuu talkiiiiiing like thaaaaat

Bc5 was the best reply to Nc4. Why couldn't anyone see that? Also, I don't like Yassar's Ne5 move in the opening, to begin with. I have played e5 against this line and won. I think Petrosian had it right. Petrosian lost because he was playing against Fischer, not because e5 is bad. Ne5 looks like a blunder in every variation. Why accept doubled pawns, move the same piece twice in the opening and use a knight to block an attack on a backwards pawn, if you don't have to? Yassar's novelty is busted (not just because of Nc4, but because it's bad in many ways).

all the interrupting was very distracting. He couldn't get a complete, coherent thought out without someone trying to go a whole different direction than the way he was going :\

I truly believe that kid is a very talented chess player, but he should learn some manner... first of all, GM Seirawan should be respected and not being interrupted at every move... I believe if he would raise his arm, GM Seirawan would give him opportunity to explain his ideas. It is obvious the kid is a great chess player, because he sees very reasonable lines, but he IS NOT the LECTURER! Also, this ruins the lecture for the internet audience... or at least, for me...

He is too slow.

i thought this was a Seirawan lecture not a Sevian lecture