Chess Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan presents a lecture at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis on the Sicilian Defense: Pin Variation. 2013.07.03
@@seedyoda5714 True, though all battles are battles of ideas right? China says US spread covid19 and US says china spread covid19. It doesn't matter whether you use sweet voice of HIM (antagonist of Powerpuff girls) to say this.
no the commentor was right, if time moved at double speed he would be only half as fast. He would have to move at double speed which means for him it's like time moves at half speed.
Dagobert Duck sounds correct to me. Like with a vinyl disc: if we hear slow it means *we* are turning too slow and so the disc turner (time) in the original dimension must have gone faster.
No way, A guy who talks slow in our perspective must come from a dimension where time moves at double speed because he is talking normal in his dimension. Otherwise this comparison doesnt make any sense because in reality it doesnt matter how fast or slow time is in his dimension compared to ours. He would always talk normal speed in our dimension., but he isnt so..to make this work scientificallly time in his dimension would be double speed and not half speed. your aproach is more like oh he comes from slow land where people do everything slow.
Finally somebody who speaks slowing off I can actually understand what’s going on. I’ve heard of Yasser for many years but never realized how phenomenal a teacher he is compared to many other who move too fast for us beginners
The rythm at which Yasser speaks is good for taking in the ideas, really gives you time to think and try to find your own ideas if you are (as I am) new to the theory... thanks for the lesson!
Unbelievable, thank you so much! You are an incredibly charismatic person, you do not rush and you properly explain moves, alternatives and ideas! Thank you!
"Chess is a Battle of Ideas" so Yasser's brilliant instruction begins at the Foundational Principle of Chess", and proceeds from there. Best by Test is his teaching method!
I enjoyed this so completely I probably didn't learn as much as might have been expected. What a story was told over the board with the characters playing their parts to the full, knowing the deep history they had behind them. As good as any theatre. Thanks Yasser,
Really nice video, Yasser can literally put the knowledge inside your head, as he explains the moves thoroughly so that the audience can follow the arguements. I personally prefer this style of lesson more than Ben's, I love it of course, but it serves more as a comic relief rather than an instructive lecture, as you can't actually focus on the subject. Thank you for the uploading of the videos, this one especially helped me understand the Sicilian defence, as I always wanted to know how it worked!
This Gentleman is from SEATTLE When he Started.I was the SEATTLE Chess Club Champion 1951 Washigton Jr Champion and Washington State Runner-up!,I'm Glad I did NOT have to Play him!!!
Thanks a lot, Yasser! Gonna practice this opening for a while, since I sincerely like it, especially for the series of forced moves white has to complete and even if so, black has a wonderful play there!
I ve read your books ..genius .. elegant simply .. but I must say you teaching chess in person .. is like me Rogers teaching quantum physics .. just enjoyable. Really
Thanks for the lesson! I have some questions, why white can go Be3 after Knf6/Bb4 bd3 nc6? after Bb4 be3 knc6 white can take the knight in cu and after white takes st with qg4! what black can do about this things?
at 22:22, why does black recapture with dxc6 instead of bxc6, which would open up the bishop straight away while similarly providing a semi-open file for the rook?
6:33 the part where he says black has 4 units, does that mean pieces that are on the board past the seventh rank? i saw black with 4 units but i only saw white with 2 units, but he said white had 4 units, so im not sure what he means by "units".
At 8.00... Why wouldnt white play BishopD2, followed by Knight C6, Followed by pawn E2 to e3. This way A file is open for the rook in the event of a trade. Any help would be awesome.. Great video by the way..
Agree ,, I found a worthy teacher,, Some are so boring and talk like a computer,,, This one wants to make me listen and makes chess so entertaining,, oh,, and so many ideas being thrown as well,,,
+christine chali Yes, I saw that, too. In addition to that, I can't find any (other) convincing refutation of black's NxN. Yasser, we want our money back!!!
+christine chali I think it would be better for white not to play Bg5 yet, better would be white playing b4, forcing the black bishop to quit the diagonal of checking. After black bishop retreats to c7 or b6, then white can play Bg5, and black response Ne4 would be useless.
After Ne4, what about b4? Counterattacking bishop, and if you lose that piece, whites knight can go to b5, threatning both Nc7+ and Nd6+ due to weak dark sqaures.
You all are right actually, the best move is Bh6!, Qe7, (Not knight somewhere because of b4 winning an exchange with an open position for the rooks) Nb3! Bb6 Qxf8 Qxf8 Bxf8 Kxf8 and white wins an exchange.
16:35 what if black plays Ce4 with discover check? That possibility is killing Me because I don't see Anything for white. I think maybe white has to play b4 before Bg5? Or am I missing something?
I don't think that he is slow, even of it is slower than this it's still gonna be enjoyable. Because the way he speeks(polite and kind welcoming along with lovely hahahah sound). I hope he deserves audience attention ☺️☺️☺️ Great sir thank you. One kind note from me, Camera focus is missing many times when you go near to board. Try to give your explanation with the help of arrow marks.
The position at 31:18, Stockfish says +0.0. But not for the reason I thought, which was QG5 threatening mate on E7. Stockfish recommends RC1. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "r1b1k2r/1p1p1p1p/p2Pp1p1/8/q1P4P/6Q1/P1nB1PP1/R2K1B1R w kq - 0 1"]
