Chess look so simple with this guy

Great teacher! Very knowledgeable, patient, a joy to listen to.

This is the best positional chess lecture I have ever seen, and I've seen a lot.

I really like the way he explains things. Makes it clear and understandable. Thank you, Varuzhan!

Great teacher! You can see he loves Chess and loves to teach!!! Thank you GM Varuzhan Akobian !

Incredible lecture! I was linked this game on a forum as one of the most instructional videos on youtube and I wasn't disappointed! Very helpful and engaging from start to finish! It was my first Akobian lecture, but now I'll be sure to check them all out! Thanks!

An incredible lecture! Shows the exact thought process of a grandmaster.

Really love these lectures from GM Akobian. There where some great positional ideas presented in this video. Thanks a bunch for uploading these.

By far one of my favorite GMs, thank you for all your videos :) they are a great help.

Great teaching! Akobian's lessons help a lot, thank you.

Very instructive, thank you :)

Thanks for all the lessons akobian you’re awesome!

great lecture and great teacher

Akobian! =D we require more lectures..

we're all lucky here to see his lectures on yt. var still my favorite chess lecturer!

Great techer & greater explanation...thanx GM Akobian. 🌼🌷

Thank you Grandmaster. You are so kind to teach the Way.

The best chess lecture I have ever seen!

Arguably the most effective teacher on this KZfaq channel. Thank you Var!

Outstanding teacher. Outstanding jacket.

Great teacher.

This was a very good lesson. Thank you Mr. Akobian.

Varuzhan Akobian is not only a great grandmaster chess player, but a great teacher too. It is a delight to watch his videos and learn from them. Many thanks for these videos and look forward to many many more to come.

Great teacher , iam really excited when i listening to your lessons. You make me interested in chess ..

Very nice and instructive!! I like the dutch as black and learned a lot, just great stuff!!!!! Thank you GM Akobian!

Very nice game very well explained analysed. I Just love the way of teaching. Salute you Sir.

you are the best chess teacher I have seen all videos

Very instructive, thanks

The best person I have ever seen who teach chess. Such an awesome Man Love you :)

I learn very much with you, you is the better teacher in the world

Akobian is a great teacher and great GM. Thank you for your contribution sir!

To all those saying he is the best chess teacher in the world, you might be right. He actually slows down and lets people think for a second. It drives me nuts when people just plow through games without giving you time to think or explaining the broader principles of chess while discussing the game. Like they are simply offering commentary as opposed to analysis and lessons. A 1 hour video with one game and one position, perfect. Learn from him Ben Finegold... you don't need to pack 5 games in one hour... It is better if you explain one game deeply. Not just that, but actually use the game as a means to teach valuable lessons. Thank you Akobian.

Only for this man, I can play chess little bit.. Huge thanks to Akobian Sir.. Great teacher, great personality..

This game was a masterpiece from GM Akobian

watching this in 2018 he is a very good teacher him and gm yasser are my favorite

Var is just my favourite chess lecturer on the web. He teaches so well.

EXCELLENT VAR!

Excellent techer of chess.really great teacher

This is very interesting, im learning a lot

I'm Dr malaka Dear Varuzhan your teaching is great. I went through lot of video lessons. But you are doing very well. Thanks

Great lesson I really enjoy Akobian's style (1.d4) and presentation his videos are my favourite on this channel at the moment as my playing strength is about 1800 and have my new goal of 2000+ strength within the next 2 years - this channel and Akobian's epic videos will help :)

He is best chess teacher in the world

Thanks

That first game was simply beautiful

Very complicated games, but the explanaiton makes it simple and understandable. :)

Thank you GM Akobian very much for your time with these informative videos! You are my new secret weapon! Do you have any information on 1 d4 f5 2 Nc3 lines?

Best lecturer

your the best chess teacher in the whole world of chess hands down!

very nice lot of good thinking!!

You have given so much brain game to play, Amazing

Thank you akobian sir

great teach,...

this guys one of the best teachers at the chess club

I've never seen such an amazing taecher

nice thx

beautiful and simple . I love you akobian😃😃

WOW what a lecture. How awesome was that. Anyway what book was Mr Akobian using???

It seems playing vs pirc as white is worth learning for 1. d4 players. Also London players if black sees that white doesn’t play into pirc can get more favorable lines with 1. d6 leaving Nf6 to be flexible with Nh6-Nf5 improvement in some lines

Many thanks. The positional exchange sac. to carry on the attack. Just out of interest which book were you referring to when you mentioned Petrosian ? Was it perhaps Petrosian's Legacy or another ?

Варужан спасибо! Очень классные лекции. ХОтелось бы лекцию, которая научит просчитывать ходы.

That "g-force" be with you! Great Master Jedi Varuzhan Akobian!

15:31 N to e6, is that an idea to 'block' the bishop on d7 and attack the Bg7 and Re8? Just curious on this one

VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY GOOD GOOD GOOD!!! Princípios, táticas, idéias e o "escambau". Não basta ser um grande enxadrista - é necessário ser "gente". Um abração, tu merece!

At 28:50, what happens on f5 (instead of b5) when you put your knight on e4 ? The knight has to move back and it looks like he can exchange the bishops or take back the e file...

This man is the embodiment of patience

28:06 I first thought it was Bf1, but then I found Ne4, reasoning was if Qxc4 Nxd6 Forking the c4 and e8

He is the only one that can make positional chess look fun

A simple piece of advice that would improve, "Just think," would be, "Start evaluating candidate moves from most forcing to least forcing moves." The Re6 is easier to find once one looks at books like Laszlo Polgar's Chess: 5334 Problems, Combinations, and Games. King attack and building a box around the king with square control of 3,5, or 8 squares around King will help intermediate students calculate moves like Re6.

What if Qd8 after Qh4 in the Kasparov endgame study?

at 36:45 sir why did you play Re7..? what is advantage for white & what is happen if ...R×e7..

good lecture.. every move.. he asked why this move is mistake? what your plan? what your evaluate? who is better?

20:00 nf3 is the best move because it can go to h4 attacking g6, and it keeps pressure on e7.

Great, but would be helpful to be able to hear the audience.

also his style is very interesting.

Took me a while to find the move. I finally found R1e6 which is close but not the best rook to move.

amazing how long it sometimes takes the people to find the move

at 36:45 what if black rook take white rook? does the idea still work?

This man is genius

Sick 😅

good lesson! kudos to the guy that found the rook killing move

Yusupov fundamental book!!! If you are a beginner (play chess for some years but not seriously) and never saw a chessclub this book is for you! When i bought the book than i saw how rich chess is. there are 9 books of them coloured coded so buy 1 colour first. (saw only the orange book didnt check if the puzzle match so)

"always use h4 h5" He's so right lol. Just look at alpha zero's games.

I was screaming Ne4 for five minutes at like the 26-27 minute mark 😂😂

in the kasparov game his oppenent should have tried Rc3 instead of Qa3

Hello Sir, thank you very much for this video. One questions please. I play dutch against 1.d4 but still do not know how to play against 1.e4 ... something that is closely related or the same theme as the dutch defense. Can you give me a hint? I am 1700-1800 elo club player. Thank you

other than playing Good Chess GM Akobian is best at explaining the game; My Fav

@51:00 why not rxe4?

I have a question i have heard a GM saying that in the endgame it is better to have a rock instead of two pieces but in an endgame in my opinion two bischops totally dominating a rock. And a bisschop And a Knights are Also better than a rock in the endgame or am I wrong?

Since i'm very interested in this game i analysed it a little bit: IMHO 10. a3 is a mistake. As long as the bishop on b2 is undefended, Black can push the pawn to e5 by using tactical means (namely e5, Ng4) but the pawn on d6 will be weak...that's why black wait for White to play Nbd2 (closing the file). So after 10. a3 e5! 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Qc2 Nxe5 black is out of the hook and he has a clear plan (Qe7, f4, Ad7 etc etc). So IMHO 10. Qc2 was a better order to reach the very same position as in the game while ruling out the tactical push to e5. If Black play 10. ... Nb4 11. Qc1 Ad7 12. a3 Na6 13. Qc2 we have the same position reached in the game.

this feel so much like Judo, pull and tug, both player want to find a better position and have better leverage. waiting for the opponent to slip or show their weakness, then Wham!! slam them on the ground.

Damn you ads why don't you understand after skipping every ad that I don't want to be a grandmaster.. 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️

The legendary Wooden Shield

the intro music? anyone knows ?

Can you or anybody help me to understand what you or he says in min 27:50, please? 'You never wanna get to the point in your game where you actually.., (next I'm lost) .., and you make a move' I get the whole contest of his thoughts but not his words in this particular master-sentence.

i don't think I've ever yelled at my compyter screen more. how did the entire class miss most of the moves he asked about

30:04 … why not pawn to f5 ?! I don’t get it. That‘s why I always discarded knight to e4. Black‘d get the file and strengthen his white squares

the mate at 45:00 was insane

I enjoy this very much but there is a problem... When Mr. Akobian prompts the audience, we can not hear the audience questions or observations, this makes for what every radio & TV host dreads: dead air time.... Maybe edit out the dead air time and things would be perfect...

28:50 what if black plays pawn f5 after you play knight E4

He let us think ( when comparing to spoon feed by majority of teachers in here)