the way he hides behind his laptop and looks into the camera is just epic

Akobian trying not to crack up is hilarious hahaha

The... the castle... right next to the queen. The rook you mean? yes, next to the queen *Hiding behind the laptop*

GM Akobian - not only a fantastic player but also an incredibly good teacher. Definitely among the top 5 best chess commentators on youtube, along with Yasser Seirawan.

7:50 Akobian trying not to laugh his ass off xD

Varuz overload this week and I love it. PLEASE keep these coming.

9:40 The desperate stare of GM Akobian into the camera is just epic :D He didn't know what to do with the student that was calling the rooks 'castles'.

7:40 Akobian wants to laugh so hard, he hides behind the computerscreen to laugh.. :D this is so funny

Omg.. this is my favorite chess video.. ALL because of the guy that makes Var laugh so hard.. I have to watch it once in week..

haha his accent when he says focus sounds like.. something else. "focus focus focus. You have to focus for the entire game." 17:35 Sorry Var. I love your lectures.

8:52 Akobian finally gains back the composure not to laugh...

loooooool he's hiding trying to not burst out laughing loooooool

I enjoyed this video a lot! Excellent way to teach and as an observer I have learned and I have had fun. Thanks!

7:34 Var having trouble with people in the audience not following dutch rules :) who are these audience members that don't know the dutch rules?? well, it is better to follow

As always great stuff from Vazur! Thanks

It's like Akobian's audience is full of people who literally just learned the moves. I can definitely understand why he's laughing. Great game by Botvinnick, though, even though I hate to see Tal lose.

Extremely strong space play by bottvinik.

I love how he can't suppress his laughter lol.

I had to stop watching the video after that whole "castling" business happened. Wow. Couldn't imagine being Var there.

Yes do a knight and bishop end game lecture

27:34 - "I'm taking you home with me. Tell your mother I'm single." AHAHAHAHHAHA !!! :D

What a beautiful game, wow

I didn't need move.. I need the plan.. thank you akobian!

GM Varuzhan! I Curse to show a bad game of Tal! But The lecture was great! And keep moving the castle next to the queen!

Akobian always talks about D4 opening. Has he ever talked about E4? I'd enjoy to hear his opinion on E4 openings and tactics.

Varuzhan Akobain gave Mikhail Botvinnik is real dues. Mikhail Botvinnik is the father of Chess.

Why would anyone assist to a high level chess lecture when he doesn't even know the name of the pieces? It's ridiculous... and making everbody waste their time.

I can only immagine how he laughed after he left lol

14:38 his facial expression when he says passed pawn is the best

Damn this guy's a great teacher!

It would be great if you corrected the title to avoid confusion. It should be Botvinnik vs. Tal.

The boy was saying move the castle, Akonian " maybe we can exchange the queen", the boy " aha, that is what I had in mind"

omg I can't stop laughing

yeah...true - that made me chuckle too....but anyways...what had this woman to do in this course? given her unqualified comments? just funny though

Great example of positional play.

14:40 The way he said passed pawn almost killed me, wtf, hahahaha

Can anyone tell me if this Grand Master has his own KZfaq channel

They need to place Novices in a Novice class. If not enough Novices for a class then private lessons first. The one poor kid was still wondering what happened to the horsies.

ah American technique of inserting a person in the audience to relieve the tension with stupid questions

Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight! Bishop & Knight Video Please!

Soooo.. Is it Botvinnik or Tal who is playing white? Cause the lecturer keep on saying that it's Botvinnik, while the title says it's Tal..

Such a shame having a GM lecture on Tal-Botvinnik Championship game and has to answer questions like what it means to gain space. What a waste.

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hahahahahahahah 8:00 made my day

Who is this genius "same guy" 😂😂

looooool 8;00

I think the kid thought the rook could attack the queen like a bishop. In which case Re1 might have been a good move.

17:37

Best part 7:30

i8 burst out laughing

around 8:45 Var has problems not laughing too much :D

Imagine a Karpov Game - every second move someone would be... 23:05

im not sure laughing at your students when they give you wrong answers is a great technique, but great game besides that.

Il put you in check, yeah she did it emotionally, cause he couldnt stop laughing however he didnt want to insult her :) that was check mate.

When you say space advantage what do you talkin about ----- aah not again... :D

17:35 fuck us fuck us fuck us

funny !

Never play f3!

was this a class full of drunk people? lol

hahahahahaha

If you don't even know the names of pieces or anything about the game, why on earth attend a GM lecture? This person should first learn to how to spell "chess".

who is this noob that''s cracking Akobian and the net??? LOLOL.

Chess is not for dumbs but u can't stop them from trying it. Calling rook a castle and speaking stupid things is too much coming from a person taking lectures.

Such a nice chap... mocking people, unable to control his facial gestures. If there is huge rating gaps within your audience, which you could have (or have) crafted as a lecturer, make sure you have enough emotional intelligence to handle the situation. If this was an isolated incident, well it was just bad scenery, but its widespread in Akobian videos. Disgusted by lack of character.