I've seen a lot of their lectures and haven't always gotten a lot of applicable widsom to my game, but this was a recent amazing lecture that's helped me a lot and may prevent me from quitting chess. It got me thinking of pawns in ways I hadn't imagined and the examples that GM Elshan Moradiabadi gives are very illuminating. I immediately played afterwards and looked up games too to analyze pawns the way he talks about in the lecture.
Could this be the greatest SLCC lecture for beginners/intermediate players? What are your favorites?
I've seen a lot of their lectures and haven't always gotten a lot of applicable widsom to my game, but this was a recent amazing lecture that's helped me a lot and may prevent me from quitting chess. It got me thinking of pawns in ways I hadn't imagined and the examples that GM Elshan Moradiabadi gives are very illuminating. I immediately played afterwards and looked up games too to analyze pawns the way he talks about in the lecture.
Could this be the greatest SLCC lecture for beginners/intermediate players? What are your favorites?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPrlTiNl2Ug
(May 03, 2018)
"A very important thing is that pawns' main job is to control weaker squares and protect - create a shield in our position." - GM Moradiabadi
highly, highly recommended