I dont knw shat people talk about u sir akobian, u r the reason for improvement in my chess.. I just love watching ur chess videos.. u r the best chess teacher.. huge love from india :-)
Deep Fritz, maybe? If you can run Mac PowerPC applications either by Virtual Machine or maybe an old Snow Leopard laptop I recommend Sigma Chess (which is free). Very nice for annotating PGNs.
I agree calling the benko obscure is a bit much. It's quite a tricky opening to play as White and it's objectively no worse than the kings Indian, for example
i play Akobian any day with the benko if he plays like that. Black stands fine after capturing the second pawn they don't take with the bishop on a6 but play g6 first. And manual castling for white is way to slow. Black can put his perfect set up easy without any problems
The only exception to the rule is accepting the Queen's Gambit, since most players actually decline it. Thought it's debatable whether it's a gambit at all.
ya as Matti said Mr. Akobian was talking about gambits with black. also queens gambit is great both declined and accepted. both lines are very well studies, analyzed, with even club level players knowing many, many moves of theory because it is so popular. Stockfish (at least the version i have) declines the queens gambit. But with a microscopic, almost non-existant advantage. like if you accept it you are at -0.15, if you decline you are at -0.1. so ya like who cares. 0 to 0.5 for humans is basically a equal position. it's only because computers can look forward 500,000 moves that 0.1 actually makes a difference, and even then the game usually ends in a draw with computer vs computer. unless you are using a really bad engine.
@@sexismagainstmen4617 Computer don't look 500,000 moves, more like 20 plies. And they are not especially good at evalutating openings, without book at least. (They're not bad but they can say 0.5 and eventually end up to 0 after the best line (according to them) has been played)
Akobian's lectures are always instructive but I notice that he always makes a big deal on the names of the openings. As long as you manage to understand the basic ideas and principles of the opening (which he conveys eloquently) who cares what they're called.
It is good to know the names of the openings as it feels that you are very familiar with them when you are playing the certain opening and the name is important for further studies on them specially for the beginners... And thank you very much Var for another fantastic lecture on d4 openings. Waiting for more on this topic from you... Can you please explain some e4 lines as well?
In general, its a lot easier to talk chess if you know the name of things (openings, particular positions etc). He is training young boys and girls for "live" chess and for those who goes on playing, it will be helpful. I'll try to explain... I currently play maybe 10-15 tournaments a year. If my friend asks me, "How was the game"... I can simply respond with something along the lines... "We played Fried Liver Attack" (Giving my friend an exact move order) "After Qf3+, my opponent played Kg8, so I won". My friend will know exactly how the game was played. I don't need to show him.
in the queens gambit white offers a pawn, not black the advice "when black offers you a pawn, accept it" stems from the idea that black needs to get at least 2 tempi to overcome white's opening advantage. gambit pawns are usually offered in exchange of time in development and seldom black will get 2 useful tempi, so there's nothing to fear. whereas when white offers a pawn and already has better development it gets ugly really fast. some gambits like the benko are real positional gambits, they are dangerous to accept, but nonetheless still obscure
To dogmatic too much stobbern memorization, too much focused on remember names or lines rather than understand the ideas. I bet you could ask the kids what they learned afterwards and they could not tell you.
As a 1.d4 player these lectures are invaluable. Thank you GM Akobian.
Even I'm D4 player. Tell me ur I'd, let's play a game
Kid was right, third opening covered was dutch defense
I like the energy he starts with right away! Great to have such knowledgeable people lecture for us.
I dont knw shat people talk about u sir akobian, u r the reason for improvement in my chess.. I just love watching ur chess videos.. u r the best chess teacher.. huge love from india :-)
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Very nice lecture! I really enjoy GM Akobian's lectures 👍
This video is a hidden gem.
It was 1992 for the Karpov-Short game and Short won the match, just not the game shown here.
The best chess instructor
Professor Akobian. He is the epitome of a master lecturer.
Thanks a million Sir
Anyone have the pgn of all the moves?
Usually a double attack is when two separate pieces are each attacking a piece, but not attacking the same piece as each other.
Around 25:00 what pressure are you talking about? If the Qxa2 Rxa2 Rxa2... your up a rook for a queen? I’m confused about the pressure?
Whats the program they use? I need a gui
Deep Fritz, maybe? If you can run Mac PowerPC applications either by Virtual Machine or maybe an old Snow Leopard laptop I recommend Sigma Chess (which is free). Very nice for annotating PGNs.
Thanks! I will try with fritz! :D
I'd say calling the Benko 'obscure' is a little bit too much?
It's pretty obscure outside of blitz games. Even in blitz I've never had black get anything, but i play a little differently with g3 Kg2
I agree calling the benko obscure is a bit much. It's quite a tricky opening to play as White and it's objectively no worse than the kings Indian, for example
At 19:15 what about bishop g4 ?
f3
I prefer Yasser's lesson on the Budapest! :P
Except for Vassily Ivanchuk who used the Budapest in the Candidates tournament in London! xD
yes, i agree yasser's better as it goes to endgame . But Akobians also good.
Does Akobian give simuls?
Benko Gambit is with a6 and Volga Gambit is with e6 instead of a6
i play Akobian any day with the benko if he plays like that. Black stands fine after capturing the second pawn they don't take with the bishop on a6 but play g6 first. And manual castling for white is way to slow. Black can put his perfect set up easy without any problems
Those pros are like a freeking database
The only exception to the rule is accepting the Queen's Gambit, since most players actually decline it. Thought it's debatable whether it's a gambit at all.
"when black offers you a gambit"
ya as Matti said Mr. Akobian was talking about gambits with black. also queens gambit is great both declined and accepted. both lines are very well studies, analyzed, with even club level players knowing many, many moves of theory because it is so popular. Stockfish (at least the version i have) declines the queens gambit. But with a microscopic, almost non-existant advantage. like if you accept it you are at -0.15, if you decline you are at -0.1. so ya like who cares. 0 to 0.5 for humans is basically a equal position. it's only because computers can look forward 500,000 moves that 0.1 actually makes a difference, and even then the game usually ends in a draw with computer vs computer. unless you are using a really bad engine.
@@sexismagainstmen4617 Computer don't look 500,000 moves, more like 20 plies. And they are not especially good at evalutating openings, without book at least. (They're not bad but they can say 0.5 and eventually end up to 0 after the best line (according to them) has been played)
Also the Colorado gambit
@@HenryMcCraken4 what's the colorado gambit?
21:30 I consider benko gambit a subvariation of benoni, lol
Whos ia idiot?
DOUBLE FORK! exclamation mark :D
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at 19:13 Bg4 seems interesting move.
f3! And white is winnig
What? Never play f3
#BenFinegold
i replied to David he said at 19:13 Bg4 seems interesting move. but after Bg4 the move f3 is winning
poor kid in the front :(
Akobian's lectures are always instructive but I notice that he always makes a big deal on the names of the openings. As long as you manage to understand the basic ideas and principles of the opening (which he conveys eloquently) who cares what they're called.
its good to recognize them so you can reference and search for studies
also note that he is teaching kids, and in the last video a kid asked what happens if you don't follow "the dutch rules" (sic!)...
It is good to know the names of the openings as it feels that you are very familiar with them when you are playing the certain opening and the name is important for further studies on them specially for the beginners... And thank you very much Var for another fantastic lecture on d4 openings. Waiting for more on this topic from you... Can you please explain some e4 lines as well?
In general, its a lot easier to talk chess if you know the name of things (openings, particular positions etc).
He is training young boys and girls for "live" chess and for those who goes on playing, it will be helpful.
I'll try to explain...
I currently play maybe 10-15 tournaments a year. If my friend asks me, "How was the game"...
I can simply respond with something along the lines...
"We played Fried Liver Attack" (Giving my friend an exact move order)
"After Qf3+, my opponent played Kg8, so I won".
My friend will know exactly how the game was played. I don't need to show him.
when you become a GM you will know the importance of opening names
that idea of : oh when the black player offers you a gambit you accept it. what about the Queens Gambit? most games I see are in the Declined lines.
in the queens gambit white offers a pawn, not black
the advice "when black offers you a pawn, accept it" stems from the idea that black needs to get at least 2 tempi to overcome white's opening advantage. gambit pawns are usually offered in exchange of time in development and seldom black will get 2 useful tempi, so there's nothing to fear. whereas when white offers a pawn and already has better development it gets ugly really fast.
some gambits like the benko are real positional gambits, they are dangerous to accept, but nonetheless still obscure
Akobian
Nice video, however 4.Nf3 is a better choice than 4.Bf4 in high level.
Hu
I dont think he is the best teacher for kids
Why not?
Dagobert Duck Reggie! What's wrong with you?
To dogmatic too much stobbern memorization, too much focused on remember names or lines rather than understand the ideas. I bet you could ask the kids what they learned afterwards and they could not tell you.
Dagobert Duck your chessboard is not ready...
Do you always like your comments after posting them? Well i disliked yours and put it on my own thank you.
You like Akobian or you don"t like him. Me, i don"t like him. He is too dogmatic.