yep, some sort of identifier in the thumbnail

I agree, I wouldn't have clicked but for Yasser, but this video was actually gold, I kept looking at the title and what Yasser was saying in the beginning with cognitive dissonance. I also disagree with the titling efforts for chessbrah in general, Aman checkmate without moving pieces was badly titled

Agreed, throw them in a playlist

Yasse and masterclasses are synonyms

true

Yeah man, Yasser is amazing, whether he teaches a theory or tells the stories from chess history. He is of the right age to follow new developments and to remember old masters like Fisher, Spasky, Kortchnoy, Karpov and many many others.

I've always wondered what Islam thinks of chess is it haram ?

@@georgewbushcenterforintell147 I'm not sure, maybe some do? I'm a secular arab, that implies im not heavily religious or religious at all, but I can't imagine why they would thinks it's haram, if anythings it's har(a)m-less. Arabs are pretty asian in culture, as in, they appreciate hard-work, education, erudition, and art even... they hate laziness. Besides some judeo-christian, mostly judeo, views generally speaking... there's no incompatibility that I can see... and this addresses the arab world, not really islam. Islam is a religion, with many sects... so depends on who you ask. Generally Chess is well liked, rivaled by perhaps backgammon, but not loved as much as say Russians do, but I'd say maybe appreciated just as much as china does. After all, we introduced the game to Europe...

Your comment is correct

Yasser did beat Kasparov!

That would probably be constructive too. People are taken away by Kasparov's sort of wild/aggressive play style and they are wooed by it and they like to show these daring brazen wins. But Karpov's games would be instructive too, as he is brilliant in his own way.

@@peterbedford449 Exactly. Also, not a lot of people know that Kasparov only held a +2 score over Karpov, even though they've played over a hundred games. It's too bad hardly anyone wants to credit Karpov for his wins.

Kasparov's total record against Karpov was something like +3-1=116 in slow chess. They drew a ton. Very few wins for either side.

@@12jswilson Since Karpov had already beaten Kasparov 5 times in their 1984 World Championship match, that record can't be right.

At least I can find old karpov teaches chess videos .

@dominic amoe Jeez, chill...

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There are some games of his on the Sinquefield channel I think.

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