Akobian at the 2014 Olympiad | Mastering the Middlegame - GM Varuzhan Akobian

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  • Grandmaster Varuzhan Akobian shows his game against GM Daniel Fridman in the USA vs. Germany match. With Var's guidance, see if you can find the difficult moves to make in the middlegame and endgame.
    2016.03.01
    Varuzhan Akobian vs Daniel Fridman, Chess Olympiad (2014): D56 Queen's Gambit Declined, Lasker defence

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  • @bhdr111
    @bhdr111 8 років тому +83

    simply the best instructor I ve ever seen

  • @eydok5114
    @eydok5114 4 роки тому +109

    Dude lowkey roasting the entire audience xD

  • @nathanielanderson4898
    @nathanielanderson4898 2 роки тому +1

    This is the best teacher I have found so far on Utube.

  • @mrtampham
    @mrtampham 5 років тому +10

    wow one of the most instructional lectures I've seen. rewatching it again 1 year later makes me realize how much I still have to learn. bravo.

  • @lostblue5651
    @lostblue5651 7 років тому +18

    34:16 what a beautiful move... akobian's lectures >> all

  • @jamesflagg4824
    @jamesflagg4824 6 років тому +9

    This dude's videos are the best imo. Very informative and straight to the point. I only wish they had a room mic so i could hear the students comments/questions better. But Akobian is great at repeating them either way.

  • @marekbanaszkiewicz6338
    @marekbanaszkiewicz6338 8 років тому +10

    Excelent endgame. It shows how much theory you need to know to play like this. And many thanks to Akobian for wonderful lecture as usual. I am big fan of him and I'm trying to watch all his videos.

  • @jtekholm
    @jtekholm 2 роки тому +4

    I love the videos by Varuzhan! Simply amazing, especially for a new chess learner like myself! Such valuable information through and through!

  • @brianfinnegan9700
    @brianfinnegan9700 2 роки тому +1

    absolutely love this guys videos, so incredibly instructive

  • @mikevillanueva8664
    @mikevillanueva8664 5 років тому +26

    I could tell he had a huge meal prior to this class. Had heartburn throughout the whole video lol

  • @asadshah6996
    @asadshah6996 Рік тому +1

    absolute legend i always watch his ideas whenever i am trying to relax

  • @Simpleconfounder
    @Simpleconfounder 4 роки тому +2

    Another masterpiece lecture from Gru !!!

  • @bjarkegregor8259
    @bjarkegregor8259 8 років тому +8

    Amazing Video on a really exciting line in a othervise little dull opening ! Also the Endgame study is useful :)

  • @bobby2ram
    @bobby2ram 8 місяців тому

    Thank you very much for this wonderful game explanation

  • @KiroSave
    @KiroSave 7 років тому +10

    This intro in my brain forever

  • @Scy
    @Scy 8 років тому +114

    Finegold: Never play F3
    Akobian: Always play F3

    • @LemonChieff
      @LemonChieff 5 років тому +2

      When your king isn't on g1 f3 doesn't expose your king quite as badly. Here it doesn't matter with the king on e1

    • @shogun6291
      @shogun6291 5 років тому +2

      I play f3 as opening and busted 1600+ in classic

    • @Chris.M
      @Chris.M 4 роки тому +1

      Completely different type of position. Here King is centralized and f3 is strong.

    • @penta4568
      @penta4568 4 роки тому

      Lmao! Yeah I saw f3 but immediately remembered GM Finegold so I didn’t think that could be the answer

  • @venkystanley9180
    @venkystanley9180 8 років тому +4

    excellent lecture. Akobian lectures are becoming increasingly addicting these days.

  • @charlesdarwin180
    @charlesdarwin180 8 років тому +14

    Nice rook endgame.... Where subtle moves prevail.

  • @tharindanimnajith3525
    @tharindanimnajith3525 8 років тому +9

    Brilliant game! Brilliant lecture!

  • @elbay2
    @elbay2 8 років тому +16

    Ouch; that was complicated!

  • @pnw2455
    @pnw2455 5 років тому +13

    Who else pauses these to try and figure them out?

  • @diosn6909
    @diosn6909 8 років тому +2

    I find this lecture one of the most instructive from st louis club!

    • @jagadishathaluri3346
      @jagadishathaluri3346 3 роки тому

      Your lectures are top class.But mike for students is a must.we MI’s the important questions.we don’t hear their replies properly.please look into it..

  • @laishramimocha8667
    @laishramimocha8667 4 роки тому

    Very Instructive and easy to remember

  • @ianallen738
    @ianallen738 6 років тому +2

    This is an exceptional game. White has pushed pawns across the board and castling isnt even mentioned until 12 minutes in. I love your lectures, GM Akobian, but I wish you would post some commentary addressing this issue, ie the long-game regarding king-safety.

    • @ianallen738
      @ianallen738 6 років тому +2

      As soon as i posted that he started talking about this in the video. /facepalm.

  • @williamkleitsch1153
    @williamkleitsch1153 3 роки тому

    This guy is a great teacher!

  • @karolydavao8979
    @karolydavao8979 7 років тому

    very good :) Perfect lecture

  • @petkopetkov5009
    @petkopetkov5009 7 років тому

    cool video, very instructive

  • @skakofilsanonims4434
    @skakofilsanonims4434 5 років тому +25

    25:34 is this is the so called Luft move?

    • @mammutit
      @mammutit 4 роки тому +3

      well he was playin against a strong german grandmaster so the luftwaffe had to be attacked

  • @srinikethvelivela9877
    @srinikethvelivela9877 2 роки тому +1

    that game just ate my mind

  • @Saschaborg
    @Saschaborg 8 років тому +1

    Today's a good day: another Var lection.

  • @aamirbhat7284
    @aamirbhat7284 Рік тому

    I like his method of teaching

  • @warriorofice33
    @warriorofice33 3 роки тому

    That 40th move was a big blunder under time control, good for you.

  • @quagapp
    @quagapp 7 років тому

    It is a good lesson though, I had trouble finding some (quite a lot) of the moves. Partly as I forgot this was a "positional game" when he started with g4!? after the exchange...

  • @Gixeer75
    @Gixeer75 7 років тому

    nice leson ... thx

  • @fhadenal-mutairi3294
    @fhadenal-mutairi3294 5 років тому +1

    I don't know why akobian doesn't go to complicated (unclear) positons.. that's why I love his style!

  • @ditch-1196
    @ditch-1196 3 роки тому +2

    Bring your rook into the game(C1 D1 E1) ,then to the 7th rank& place both rook at same column .Everytime Block an isolated pawn ,and never move the piece you blocked with( here it is a knight in F3). Keep attacking the queen if it is in the middle of the board.

  • @WiggTheMobileBarbR
    @WiggTheMobileBarbR 3 роки тому

    This guy is cold 🥶 with it

  • @BruinChang
    @BruinChang 5 років тому +1

    In order to predict the position precisely after several moves, should I see it one by one progressively, or using possible positions in combination?

  • @benjaminvmobile
    @benjaminvmobile 5 років тому +3

    In between about 10:00 and 12:00 he talks about a hypothetical line of moves where "you are not afraid to lose your rook." Do you remember this? Why are you "not afraid to lose your rook?" I see that you would get his knight and a pawn back and maybe some positional advantage. Am I missing something else please?

    • @mdarshaq5143
      @mdarshaq5143 2 роки тому

      It didn't completely make sense to me either when I saw it, but when you plug this into Stockfish 14, it basically says that every move except Bxd5 is downright losing (at least -2). Funnily enough, moving the rook away isn't even one of the top 3 lines! My guess about the logic behind it was that the resulting pawn center and the knight + pawn from Bxd5 was enough compensation for the rook. Turns out, even that doesn't fully make sense, because Stockfish just sacs the rook and then Qxc3 instead of Bxc3, and it thinks the position is equal.
      What's truly wild, though, is that as black, it's not even the best line (at depth 32) to take the rook. Instead, after Bxd5, ...Nxb2 Bxc4 Rac8 Ke2 Be6 Rb3 Bxc4+ Nxc4 Qxc4+ Qxc4 Nxc4 Rxb7 Nd6 Rxa7 Rc2+. Crazy sequence to trade down into this endgame.

  • @lucasleal8729
    @lucasleal8729 2 роки тому

    What a lesson!

  • @hismind3053
    @hismind3053 4 роки тому

    Great teaching thanks

  • @leenaoleenatarun
    @leenaoleenatarun 4 роки тому

    Waooo, nice sir, thanks ,
    U r garret Kasparov by playing teaching and looking also

  • @Blaisem
    @Blaisem 4 роки тому

    What happens if white plays pawn E4 at 22:10? The idea is to remove black's pawn in the middle to allow white's king to advance and white's knight to move.

  • @LordDeuce-ul7my
    @LordDeuce-ul7my Місяць тому

    Nice game!

  • @khudoyorrakhmatov7530
    @khudoyorrakhmatov7530 3 роки тому +4

    28:55 is another strong gassy attack

  • @isolatedgirl
    @isolatedgirl 5 років тому

    idea is great

    • @MercuryGodz
      @MercuryGodz 3 роки тому

      Sup soltini, u down for a match

  • @muhammadnabeel2602
    @muhammadnabeel2602 7 років тому

    which software he used

  • @BabyFischer
    @BabyFischer 8 років тому +6

    23:00 Optically my knight is better. But in fact is not better. So you need to understand that.Chess is basically searching of this truth, in pure Robert James Fischer style...

    • @nilsp9426
      @nilsp9426 8 років тому +1

      +Euclaz Barlad Importantly the rook endgame is favorable for white is my message about this exchange. What matters is what stays on the board, not what came off :)

    • @marekbanaszkiewicz6338
      @marekbanaszkiewicz6338 8 років тому +1

      Indeed. "Knight is optically better" is one of my favorite sentences in this lecture.

  • @udai414
    @udai414 8 років тому +89

    Fart with effort on 25:34 :D

    • @danagboi
      @danagboi 7 років тому +51

      He pushed for a victory

    • @kealohabraceros7617
      @kealohabraceros7617 5 років тому +19

      This is the type of analysis I came here for, thank you.

    • @drorbh11
      @drorbh11 5 років тому +7

      lol! even a slight groan after haha

    • @fif5616
      @fif5616 5 років тому +13

      Another one at about 28:53

    • @chicagomusicvideos
      @chicagomusicvideos 5 років тому +2

      One of those middle game nuances you have to muster.

  • @Aivatravel
    @Aivatravel 2 роки тому

    16:18 Why not H4? Would this be a bad move? Can anyone tell me ,please?😇

  • @VanHaleNNoodle
    @VanHaleNNoodle 4 роки тому

    17:25 can someone please explain why he needed to move king f2 and then pawn to f4 instead of going first f4?
    Thank you

    • @sudeonder4856
      @sudeonder4856 4 роки тому

      Because he was planning to exchange queens , as I understand..

    • @berksezer4751
      @berksezer4751 4 роки тому

      Because if
      1.f4 Qe4
      2.Qf3 Bf5
      3.Qe4 Be4
      The bishop is better placed on e4 than on d7.
      And if
      1.f4 Qe4
      2.Kf2 Bg4
      3.Qb1 Qe7
      The queen on e7 prevents the white rook from coming to c7, making keeping queens on the board a viable option, which is preferable for black. In the lines played in the game (after Kf2 first) the black bishop, since it could not have come to the g4 square with tempo as in the lines starting with f4, had to be developed to a square which will either block the queen's sight to the c7 square or will create problems defending the isolated d5 pawn after declining the queen trade.

  • @unknown-gy8jz
    @unknown-gy8jz 4 роки тому

    Nice

  • @festerbutt
    @festerbutt Рік тому

    Why does delaying knight c3 by one turn prevent bishop b4 when the other horse can't even help the c3 horse atm?

  • @psychoreaper86
    @psychoreaper86 8 років тому +30

    25:34 LOL

    • @JimLink
      @JimLink 8 років тому +8

      ...Did he fart?

    • @emmayy67
      @emmayy67 8 років тому +7

      +JimLink deep breath..FWOOMP!...exhale....sly grin

  • @renekrsnadasa14
    @renekrsnadasa14 7 років тому

    Can someone explain something to me?

  • @muhammadsaad4373
    @muhammadsaad4373 3 роки тому

    This lecture is veryy good, nothing against the guy but man fibegold sure has spoiled us with his jokes

  • @rohamtavakkoli7562
    @rohamtavakkoli7562 2 роки тому +2

    Killer chess moves + chemical warfare = 100% win

  • @quagapp
    @quagapp 7 років тому +5

    Chess is a terrible game. The only joy is if you win (or possibly draw) but if you win the loser suffers. Even Svidler said he is tormented every time he loses. But it is like an addiction, I keep playing it and keep playing bad moves but still sometimes winning with bad moves! Or losing won games....

    • @powerpug964
      @powerpug964 4 роки тому

      Lol thats the same with literally every game, chess is an amazing game

  • @Gixeer75
    @Gixeer75 7 років тому

    nice middlegame ... gg

  • @musicguitar
    @musicguitar 2 роки тому

    Chess is hard. Endgame is the hardest. I usually swindle my opponents in time trouble. But then again, I’m not a professional.

  • @PeterBalkusTV
    @PeterBalkusTV 2 роки тому

    11:30 not sure if this is solid as all pawns are on dark squares

  • @PeterBalkusTV
    @PeterBalkusTV 2 роки тому

    3:35 actually audience is right bishop isn't developed before rook

  • @jimmyalderson1639
    @jimmyalderson1639 5 років тому +1

    Always play f3

  • @gruminatorII
    @gruminatorII 5 років тому

    Why not take the H pawn before exchanging the queens

  • @mixedvibes9613
    @mixedvibes9613 2 роки тому

    you can never watch a long chess video without someone coughing. but my god that cough on 23:12 i hope that man is okay.

  • @duyngo2370
    @duyngo2370 3 роки тому +1

    5:37

  • @HolyBucketsYT
    @HolyBucketsYT 3 роки тому

    So I'm a beginner here, but why doesn't black take whites pawn, pc4 in the early game, it would be free.

  • @jonathancastro1135
    @jonathancastro1135 Рік тому

    He looked physically and mentally upset this time, he lost his patience 😅

  • @livingfreelyinspired7400
    @livingfreelyinspired7400 Рік тому

    Did you say Hare Krishna

  • @ricaelamial8556
    @ricaelamial8556 7 років тому +3

    That fart though..

  • @parnadBhattacharya1234
    @parnadBhattacharya1234 4 роки тому

    F3

  • @lovedicks241
    @lovedicks241 Рік тому

    Did he actually fart @25:34 ? Sounded pretty exhausted after that fart.

  • @smaklilu90
    @smaklilu90 5 років тому

    the kid who is figuring out the moves might have an engine on his phone or something

  • @meghanherbeck9465
    @meghanherbeck9465 3 роки тому

    I kind of had no idea what this dude is saying.........Kinda..........

  • @kylemguile9980
    @kylemguile9980 8 років тому

    so did team usa beat the nazis?

  • @raygordonteacheschess5501
    @raygordonteacheschess5501 3 роки тому

    Wow, a lesson from a human who can't even survive the middlegame against Stockfish. He's 900 points weaker and therefore teaching us BAD moves. Learn directly from the machines.

    • @archaicnymph2977
      @archaicnymph2977 3 роки тому

      He learns things for the engine and is synthesizing the information so that a child can comprehend it.

  • @Ripen3
    @Ripen3 4 роки тому

    Im sure you're good in chess, but you really need a course in teaching. Those are 2 different things.

    • @KF1
      @KF1 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe you need a course in learning. I found it very informative and engaging.

    • @Ripen3
      @Ripen3 4 роки тому

      @@KF1 Already have one..

  • @vkvk3525
    @vkvk3525 Рік тому +2

    This the guy that cheated Wesley So

  • @namandafria3223
    @namandafria3223 2 роки тому +1

    Finegold: Never play F3
    Akobian: Always play F3