French, Winawer variation Middlegame - GM Varuzhan Akobian 

6 Akobian favourite things: 1.) Don't rush 2.) Think 3.) Push 4.) Focus 5.) Here 6.) Pressure

I love these kinds of lectures where the audience is participating allowing the lecturer to say more advanced ideas.

LOL! I once said not to stop posting lectures of Akobian and they really not gonna stop!!! I love you St. Louis guys!

One of the best lecture i have ever seen :)

move by move thinking: best lectures. please do more viedos like this

Cant stop watching these lectures. So well done, interesting and even funny to watch. Thanks so much St Louis from switzerland!

love watching these. as a beginner a lot of stuff flies over my head, so going over the game quickly a second time was huge! great job on these videos guys.

I really liked the review after the game- helps to cement those good ideas in one's mind.

I love everything about this lecture. The energy, the humour, the precision. A beautifully played game too.

Just the best chess lecturer on the planet and it's not even close (especially as a D4 player). Appointment viewing for me during my daily reload of the Chess Club of St Louis RU-vid page and I see Var was the lecturer. I was home at 7:30 PM on a Friday night to make sure I could take it all in.

great lecture by akobian.. thank you very much.. explained every move..

Man, Akobian is heated in this one, I love it! Fantastic lecture, reminds me why chess feels so awesome to play, watch and learn

Very instructive and fun to watch. Great chess skills, good teaching methods and - not to forget - very joyful to watch. GM Akobian loves this job - he is smiling all the time - and students love this. Very impressive

Never seem GM Akobian this much pumped!

I really love GM Akobian's videos. They are very instructive.

Mr. Akobian's lectures are precise and helpful. This guy is in control!

Akobian style... fantastic and determined!

Just saw this. Mr. Akobian gives the best lectures I have ever seen and heard. I also love the club and would move to St. Louis if possible.

These Akobian lectures will not fail to make you a better player!

Seriously the best teacher ive heard .Was a great listen to learn from !

Did he win his match yesterday? By the way: a real fan of your channel, best chess channel around, covers everything. Thanks a lot

another great lecture!

I tried playing the french once. So my opponent opened with e4, I played e6, he said "fuck you" and resigned.

Amazing lecture, Mr. Akobian! :-)

maybe not the best player but the best chess teacher

This guy is a good teacher.

Mr. Akobian is great.

GM AKOBIAN DOES A GREAT JOB OF TEACHING AND GIVING CONCEPTS THAT ARE USEFUL. HE HAS HELPED MY FRENCH DEFENSE GAME TO IMPROVE .

I always tell people when in doubt ask yourself, "What would Morphy do?" What this does is puts you in the mode of maximising the effectiveness of your pieces. Most club players calculate too much when they should be first assessing the position and brainstorming ideas and only then calculate. ABC ;)

Game + bonus - both instructive. Many thanks!!

great more videos akobian plz

he is the best teacher ever!!!

Wow, finally I get to see a video explaining this sideline against the Winawer.

Very nice lecture Coach

Wow, very nice game; also well explained!

great lecture about pieceplay. Very instructive :)

Very nice. Very instructive lessons.

Great lecture

I need more French vids, really helped Thanks😁

This is one of the very best!

Обожаю Варужана.

wonderful!! thanks!

Says he won't give hints at 12:00 but gives a hint right after

thanks Mr. akobian

After 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Ne2 dxe4 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Nxc3 Nc6 What do you think about 7. d5 instead of 7. Bb5 ?

HereSH! Priceless

Love the lesson. However I have some questions I cant seem to understand here: first 6. Nxc3 someone (Julian?) suggests ....f5 and Akobian says its incorrect but my computer says its -0.01 (depth 28) while Nc6 (the move played ) is -0.05 (depth 25) does such a difference matter that much?? is this only for GM to care about?? second 12. Na5, Ba2, Nc4 was suggested and Akobian said he didnt like moving his Knight so much but its -1.00 (depth 22) and 12.... Nd5 is 0.-45 at (depth 21) again does it matter since both are better for black in a real game should I be worried about such differences when I'm playing a game? third after 15. Qd6 why is Bg5 not good? Akobian said g3 is forced. ( my computer says Bf4 is top pick but it doesnt make sense dont we want the bishop pair?) fourth 16.... Nxe3 was suggested and it was literally laughed at by the group but again the difference between 16. ...a5, (depth 24) is -0.61 while 16....Nxe3 is -0.59 (depth 23) Are the players so good they can sense a 0.02 difference and is such a difference really so big (that people laugh at it being suggested?) How did these people get so good at the club?? ---- Thanks in advance for helping me understand. : ) Steven Z.

Can someone please explain why black is better @ 12:20? Blacks pawn structure is terrible (doubled pawns and pawn islands), extremely weak light squared bishop.. Is one extra pawn so powerful that it gives black the advantage due to that alone? Thanks!

Very instructive!!!

I'm not sure it is necessary for white to play E5 at the start. Just play a3, then bishop takes knight, pawn takes bishop and if pawn takes then Qg4 and you'll get the pawn back

Double up the bubble up!!

nice lecture ... thx

Excelente!

perfect french

Very good video. I would like to have a trainer like you :)

25:49 Doesn't Qg2 wins the queen?

nice lesson Thanks

I play the Winawer all the time...

The favourite thing

And what do you play when you play white

At 22:05 I believe e5 is great. I'm not sure if better, but good indeed. However, Akobian's logic is perfect. But~ e5 has my vote v:

8:30 Was Nf5 ok instead of f5?

23:25 i was expecting that yarn!!

Regards from INDIA

Any questions about the game ? Why is your brain not hurting like mine!

Sir why do you play french defence

17:15 “When your opponent has 2 Bishops you want to get rid of one.” “So Nxe3?” “Why do you want to take that Bishop?” 😂😂

after the lecture,the opening got renamed to->Flesh defence win-over variation...jk

Yeah, but again he was destroyed by So in a brilliant 2 piece sacrifice in less than 20 moves or something I stopped playing the French since.

LMAO @ 5:10 that's temporererererly temporererererly

I heard akobian plays with only a jock strap no underwear

PUSHAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

A typical Petrosian game!

When everyone plays sicilian

Wonderful grandmaster, terrible teacher. Too many of his tips are ambiguous and in most cases nonsensical. For example, he says at some point not to capture the dark-bishop with the knight on d5 because "the knight is strong." Before that he says something along the lines of "the knights want to be like this always." Moments later, he says to capture the dark-bishop with the knight on d5 because the knights don't like interfering with each other. He's clearly a brilliant guy but some intelligent people incapable of letting you in on their thought-process. (He obviously wasn't thinking "the knight is strong and thus I can never capture that bishop" mid-game, or else he wouldn't have captured the bishop next move).

White just did not know how to make a draw in this line

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