Varuzhan on every move "This is the moment now. You need to find a very good move here."

I love how Var goes through the game after all the moves. It is really good for learning purposes. His enthusiasm is also very much appreciated. :)

The world of chess is getting brighter because of your valuable lectures GM Akobian. You are great! From Rolando Orro of the republic of the Philippines.

Akobian is an amazing teacher!

Akobian is an outstanding teacher, and I appreciate that he often analyzes some tough tactical challenges after the games !

Excellent teaching! Thank you Var. Sorry I'm 6 years too late!

I can watch this guy all day - amazing stuff. Better than any books I've read about chess.

Its realy a great way of teaching ....thanks for the video..

amazing 9 moves .....calculation

Good to to hear he said he prepared some positions shows his commitment to teach the kids.

really impressive work done!!!

Akobian is a patient and instructive teacher. One of my favorites.

Superb coaching 😊

Brilliant game and calculation by GM Akobian. A computer will refrain from taking the Bishop on e2 and just play Nc3, and accept a 2 point disadvantage. At GM level, 2 points should be easy to convert I guess. Amazing that FM Yanayt took the Bishop .. the difference between an FM and GM I guess. Super game and lecture!

excellent lectures! v.tough endgames though--wow!

GM Var enlightens & widen my knowledge in chess his style in teaching is the best!!! i hope we can hear well the suggested move from the audience for us to evaluate why not a a good move.

amazing GMs can see 9 moves and beyond wow

The last game puzzle was brilliant. I found ...Rd2, Bxd2 Rxd2, Ke1 Rd7 attacking the bishop. Still playable at intermediate level. Computer does not give this variation, as it finds the stronger g4 idea, which is very hard to find for intermediate players like me. At the end however, @ 40:30, instead of white's Rxd1, white has the option of playing Bxa5! and vacating the e1 square for the King. I think this way white does not lose a pawn and it is even stevens? Nice lecture! Mind blowing!

Any chance we are gonna get that bishop knight vs king endgame that GM Akobian promised? He had already promised to do that a few years ago, but it either didn't get uploaded or he forgot about it, and ever since then I have been waiting for it. Now that he renewed his promise to cover that endgame, I am eagerly waiting for it!

Var is the best..Var and Yasser make the best teacher couple in the world..Do they even check out the comments on youtube or the club let them know?

“That’s not very good, you lose a piece”

He’s outstanding! One day I’ll travel to St. Louis just to watch a lecture.

10 moves ago you find the wining move with other possibility its superrrrrrr

In the last game ( speelman )..isn't Nb7 possible? If rook takes then we double on the 1st rank and take the bishop?

awesome man!

At 25:50 a better move instead of Nh3 is actually Qd5(more forcing)

An excellent, instructive lecture from GM Akobian, as always. Would it be rude to ask what book this game was in? Was it by Jon Speelman by any chance?

Var you are the best. I learnt so much from you. Can you go over some good Grunfeld lines as black?

Dear Mr. Akobian, you are teaching me chess wery weell, so I decided to teach you how to pronounce "Zwischenzug" =)

He's getting Katuff, the worst thing that can happen to the king is to get KATUFF to the backrank. P.s. It's a joke obviously, I ♥️ Var Akobian, his lectures are the best

He thinks like a king 👏🏻

Wow, He saw 9 moves in a row means 18 piece pawn movement, genius, how a human can achieve this level of imagination!?! someone tell me

We want top ten chess opening against 1 d4 by Sir Akobian.

GM Varuzhan is fantastic, that kid in the crowd was terrible but Varuzhan was very patient with him.

-miféle megnyitás ez? -talán katalán..!? :D great combination, but black's task was relatively easy, finding all forced moves. what i don't get, at first sight at least, is that in reply to ..Ba6 why White didn't try to develop the b1N to c3 instead of passively defending the e2P with the Rook.

nice

Any thoughts on 6. c5?

Good one.

@ 16:45 why not kf6 to ke4 threatening f2

28:40 the king if 'gut uff' on the back rank

17:00 Ne4 threatening Nxf2 should also win. if Rc2 Qd5 threat of discovered attack. If Kg1 then Nh3 mate.

Knight to e2+ ,bishop can’t take it as pinned by rook , white king only move is a1 , then check by black queen and mate in end game ,akobian sir pl comment

can somebody tell me what they say at 22:13 pls ?

Just keeping track of where I left off: 18:23

what about rook takes bishop before playing queen to d5?

22:47 "The idea to go bishop b2" You mean b7 don't you Vsruzhan! These lecturers always point out when someone from the class makes that type of error, so I think it's funny to point this out. :)

Wow the first guy got strangled

In the position where he said only Nh3 wins, Qd5+ wins as well

At 17:00, instead of Nh3, can Ng4 be stopped? It looks like forced mate. Am I missing something? He said Nh3 was the only move

At 16:02 wat if he moves the pawn to f3 ..can someone tell me why thats not better than rook takes rook...i know free rook but wat if he saw the attack?

training with board is the key to see this variation , don't use chess engine like Gm caruana say's

Varuzhan I told you this many time before: stop shuffling your feet. It is a sign of nervous disposition.

last position why white dont play f3 ? who tell me ? knight is trap

kat af

@37:53 Thank me later

37:54

N e4

Akobian mostly shows us games against much weaker opponents!2300 is NOTHING for a 2650!

Actually it fails never mind

39:59 "TELL ME WHY PAWN f3 IS WRONG." "King takes rook.." 40:18 "Just move it." "Move it? Correct, where!?"

Someone tell him already that the plural of tempo is tempi ! :D