Pawn Structures Explained by GM Yasser Seirawan 

yasser is a definition of peace and kindness

I would give a decent amount of money to see Seirwan playing chess with Dark techno playing in the background

This guy's manner of speech is hypnotic. Draws you in completely.

I’m a simple man, I see Yasser and I drop a like.

This great master is the Uncle Iroh of Chess. In case you don't understand the reference - there is no higher praise. This man is an international treasure.

This is the most important chess lecture anyone can ever watch. Yasser explains things so well and the subject matter is so crucial.

Yasser is our friendly neighborhood chess uncle.

Save our bob Ross of chess

Everyone: What to do with passed pawns? Yasser: *P U S H E M B A B Y*

Thank you so much for making this Grand Master-thinking and intuition available for free on the internet: It honors and promotes chess to so many thousands. The laid-back style and hearing you describe your thought process in many situations is a gift to chess-pretenders like myself. Chess = Life

Yasser's enthusiasm for the game is infectious

If I was an old lady, I would like to be with him. Luckily I'm 21 years old man.

This is golden, and actually very entertaining too. Yasser with his deep knowledge of chess struggling to erase an arrow, or, I was grinning at 10:35 when, after chastising chess authors for using descriptive phrases such as 'the rook is powerful', Yasser is saying "Thanks to my very powerful rook..."

No exaggeration, Yasser is one of the best teachers I have had the pleasure to witness.

Yasser is the Socrates of chess.

What a privilege it is to enjoy this lesson. GM Seirawan is a fantastic teacher, thank you!

Yasser is the best and most importantly a kind and a natural born educator!! God bless you Yasser

I love this so much! Strategy always seemed like a some sort of remote knowledge that suddenly appeared in the minds of great players, and this lessons, as basic as they are, made me really think about this concepts and start to have a glimpse on what strategy is, making me much more conscious of it! And also Yasser is just great and a pleasure to listen to. Keep'em coming brahs, I'm sure this might not be the most successful videos and people prefer when something absurd happens or high energy streams (which are great don't get me wrong), but this are to my eyes the greatest videos you have and the one's I appreciate the most.

Wow, that cookie anecdote certainly didn't have much of a payoff.

These lessons are awesome. When I can learn something elementary and basic, that I didn't fully understand, that's a great teacher and a great lesson. Thank you Yasser and Chessbrahs! This is brilliant free content, and this playlist is going in my bookmarks for sure! Looking forward to the next ones

Yasser is just a gem to the chess world! Amazing stories and very clear explanations of chess principles.

This is mind-blowing! More Yasser, please!

I needed this! So helpful!

It feels like I’m watching and listening to a chess book. These videos are incredible, thank you!

Very informative. Gives a whole new perception to strategy

Yasser you are great ches player and more then this you are great person you can give a chess lecture for players from elo 800 till 2600 you are capable to understand who is your audience and let them understand your thoughts. keep going and thanks from Israel

So good. I cant wait to see more.

I remember watching Yasser explain these things ~23 years ago in chessmaster 4000 turbo teaching program. That was a huge revelation back then. Yet here I am and I still feel I can learn more. Damn need to hire him as a coach :P

Big like, Yasser has wonderful teaching skills. I'm a fan instantly!

really enjoy these. thanks so much Yasser!

Sometimes i dont feel like he knows how to communicate these ideas well but as i watch it becommes clear that he is so perfect at explaining these ideas that its hard to get him until he ties things together. He really breaks things down simple enough so i can fully understand his lessons.

Yasser is a terrific teacher. Such a blessing to be able to access this kind of high-quality instruction for free!

This is the best chess lecture I have ever watched, amazing!

Fantastic video Yasser, thanks for the lesson.

Wow, such great masterclasses! Love it

Such high quality content. Gotta love Yasser

He's too hostile. He has anger management issues

Probably the best breakdowns I've ever heard Wish I was just learning these concepts for the first time

Extremely helpful and well put together

I like that! Hope more learning videos will come soon... *You Are Doing great job I appreciate that*

I love that he questions the idea of powerful or strong. What does that even mean? It means this move controls more space! Key insight!

Yasser - without a doubt the best chess lessons on yt

A great class from Yasser as always!!

Another unforgettable lesson, Thanks Yasser.

KEEP THEM COMING!!! Instant thumbs up.

Thank you sincerely for sharing these. So grateful for your new content. You are US chess' best ambassador and a great teacher

Excellent. Thank you very much!

Yasser: ''e5, thank you very much Elfhater! :) '' this guys is so widepeepohappy, love him

Very nice lesson, thank you!

I've never heard Yasser lecture before. He's so well-spoken, relaxing and easy to follow.

This series gives me a reason to go on

Finally! Thank you for the nice video.

Powerful lesson

a wonderful lesson, thank you. beginner but this helped me immensely.

Yasser , you make me love chess more and more

Excellent! Yasser is great!

He sounds like he's getting ready to tell you a bed time story.

What an excellent lesson and teacher!

Great series 👍👍👍 Plz keep it coming

I immediately recognized a great teacher. This is what I've been looking for!

And it was in this position that Captain Jean Luc Picard realised he had missed the opportunity to explore the space that matters.

Great video which I know will improve my game! Thanks!

Great video! Everyone loves GM Yasser. Just a suggestion- since it’s a series with the other videos on Elements, why don’t you link these videos to each other in the description??

Beautiful thanks

I really like these lessons

Yasser is the coolest dude!

Somebody should definitely make that into a chess puzzle. You get a chess position and a piece. And you have to drop the piece in the strongest position . You can complicate things by having it be your move or enemy move. If it’s your move you have to drop the piece and then move it You could add positional sequences to it or tactics… But I think that would a really great way to develop better positional understanding

play the video at 1.5x speed to make yasser talk like a normal person

This is phenomenal lesson! While I'm rated 2000+ online on all time controls I don't necessarily think this clearly about the position of my pieces. I would highly recommend any beginners or even intermediate players review this lesson until they memorize all of it. Pawn structures are highly neglected by beginners and this is far more important than any other aspect of chess learning. At my level, if I thought this clearly about my pawn structures and their effect on my pieces I would easily be rated 200 points higher. Great lesson Yasser! Thanks!!

What an incredibly beautiful man.

Ok. Now i'm in mood to read Kmoch - Pawn Power in Chess. Another chess book to long untouched. Thx for this intruduction Yasser!

Another great video

This just made the 100 hours of chess stuff I’ve watched make sense in 45 minutes….. space guys SPACE that makes so much more sense

Whenever Yasser speaks I keep getting Mr. Roger vibes. He is good at explaining things about chess.

Amazing!!

Great video

21:38 context matters.

Yasser feed us more please! Too impatient for the next one.

Great teacher

very informative

Epic series, could tighten up the editing Eric.

A fianchettoed rook is a powerful piece.

when you think about the placement of knight and bishop this kinda reminds me london, maybe thats why it is easy to play

Extraordinario abordaje de análisis de una estructura de peones,como aprovechar las piezas activas y el espacio, gracias maestro dé Cd Juárez Chihuahua México

This is the best!

The question of what if a piece couldn't cross the middle of the board into "enemy territory" is really interesting because that's true of almost half the pieces that aren't pawns/footsoldiers

Yasser, we thank you for your super chess genius and immortal eyebrows

This is gold.

what a beautiful human being mr yasser is

Yasser Seirawan my personal lord and saviour

No one can explain chess like Yasser.

more please

This video is a masterclass...

I never knew 1.75x could be this useful

the chess bob ross! thanks unc!

Yasser is not allowed miserly and anger enter him. He is always in good mood

Hello Mr. Seirwan, I love your voice.

He just explained to me space, structures and plans in around 30min. This man is insane.

Pawns are singular but they move much more than than what bishop space is

Yasser pro spanking technique 18:17