Minority Attack - GM Yasser Seirawan - 2015.09.15 

Just like his smile.

It's funny you mention that because I believe Finegold has done a legends class on Yasser at his chess club and scholastic center in Atlanta.

He was the nineth or eight best player in the world, and at that time they had a lot of draws in the top, so the scores are usually even^^

Yasser has 4-0 vs. Tal, excluding draws.

+flpsnk4848 Very much agree I do

Yasser's calm demeanor and willingness to listen to his students suggestions while taking them seriously becomes all the more apparent when you compare him to a teacher like Finegold.

He really does love pawns. If you read any of his books he makes this very clear.

Gentle QEZ Nb8-c6 covers the check and the bishop.

هل هذا كلام حقيقي ؟

+BamThwok76 ur not on chess.com youtube page so stop saying that :P

Tom Smith Oops! Was it composed for the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis?

+BamThwok76 yup :)

Tom Smith That was fast! Thanks

Doubt so. "My System" is not an openings book, but a book on chess principles. Also, I guess Seirawan would remember his name if it was "My System". He did write the foreword to the latest international edition.

I read an article once whwere Larsen praised Nimzowitsch as an inspiration in his youth.

+Humboldt ChessLyfe After b5 attacking the Knight Black can play Qb4 pinning White's unprotected queen, and force a queen trade. it would be educational to explore the advantages and disadvantages for both sides at this point, and that opportunity was missed in the lecture.

+Daniel Manahan like he says' The cheapo potential of the position goes down with each trade' that was talking about getting the Rooks off so it would be even more beneficial for White to trade Queens. Structurally here Black is lost, his only chance is to get some counterplay with the heavy pieces.

+Steve Veasey so it would be a good instructional moment to go over what would have happened in that forced line and what advantages if any black could have gotten. it is worth mentioning especially since it changes the dynamics of the game so much white's queen is better, so it is not so clear that a queen trade is always bad for black in that situation. was I the only one who noticed that queens could have been forced off the board at that moment?

***** White's whole strategy in these kinds of positions is to trade down to a winning endgame so it isn't in the defenders interest to exchange pieces. The same principle applies to the Exchange variation of the Ruy Lopez, if you are familiar with that opening..

+Steve Veasey so talk about it. missing that opportunity was a mistake, which was my point. we need to see in calculation what could have happened. not gloss over it like it is a moot point trust me, this is not a moot point. queen trades absolutely change the dynamics of the game and in multiple ways not just including what you mentioned. I put this into the computer to see what it would do, and white won, but do you think it was so obvious how white won? it was not. it is worth going over. instead of arguing with me. put it in the computer, see for yourself. it is an instructive moment to cover in a lecture.

We've all tried. Yasser pronounces as Yasser does.

Shut up

You must have an extremely low amount of brain cells

You ARE gay