Watch more chess lessons from GM Levon Aronian on kasparovchess.com/lessons. While having your pawns occupy the center is generally an advantage, in certain cases the center can be weak and easily targeted.
The videos in this channel are gold. Except the lag on the 2D display is unbearable. You have to wait like 15sec to see the varaiation that the GM is suggesting on the 2D board. The editor needs to work on that!
I think Bobby Fischer said something about how the way a player interacts with the pieces can tell you a lot about his abilities to play the game. This video is a perfect example of that
I would love to know as well. I've spent a ridiculous amount of time looking at chess sets and I've never come across these. Many similar, but not these exact pieces.
2:04 I will take Levon's word for it that the position is easier for black to play if white goes e5. However, Stockfish thinks the position is dead equal.
@@raimundohott9716 I believe it's their ability to calculate all viable lines so deeply (and in time, of course) that it allows them to play sharper, riskier lines than a human can do, even the super GMs. I've noticed if you try to attack an engine too aggressively.......you just lose faster lol. If you crank down the difficulty to a level you have a chance to beat, although it may take you many attempts, you win by strong positional play. (and taking advantage of that 1-2 small mistakes it makes) If you do an engine battle, sometimes to human eyes it looks like the eventual winner is in real danger of checkmate, but it always wiggles out of if it to go on to victory.....it knew it was never in danger.
Yes, just like in yesterday's Magnus vs Duda 2nd tie-break game. Stockfish gave Magnus' position -0.5 but Svidler kept saying that he's busted. And he went -5 after a couple more moves. Humans can't really defend like Stockfish.
I don't think it's a tactical reason, it's just to use an extra tempo to bring bishop from e7 to c5 where it's relatively more active... also after Re8, the rook attacks white pawn which it couldn't have done if the bishop was on e7
@@kshitiz6185 white take the rook on d6 before playing the killer e5 ;).. so if rook take d6 for black, rook takes rook bishop takes then e5 crushes black position
