@majorsromo No, we did not add any "false" clapping at the end of the video, the sound is exactly as it was in the room, we just added very soft music at the beginning and at the end. A few people did in fact clap as it was very unusual that the current women's world chess champion beat the current overall world chess champion and the game had been incredibly tense.
@Nickalispicalis The game was played at the official FIDE Blitz time control, which is "3+2", meaning the game is 3 minutes per player for the whole game with an increment of 2 seconds per move added from the very beginning of the game. The increment allows for much higher quality games to be played, as the risk of losing with a big material advantage is practically gone. The games lasts about 10 minutes with this time control.
@Bjazz Thanks. That game was at the official FIDE blitz time control 3+2 (3 minutes for the game + 2 seconds per move). On my channel I also show many classical games played with slow time controls.
@Bjazz The official FIDE time control for blitz is 3+2 (3 minutes + 2 seconds per move). It's about the same as 5 minute blitz, but gives better quality games. On my DVD all the games are commented from start to finish.
In this tournament I beat Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Morozevich, Grischuk, Judith Polgar, Gashimov, Naiditsch, Tkachev, all rated 200 points higher than I. Indeed it shows I am stronger in blitz than in "classical" chess. However, if I were you I would never say "always", as sometimes unexpected things happen... ;-)
Nicely played! Was it a 3 or 5 minute blitz? Your videos are really nice, but I'd like to see the annotations and analysis for the full games. Let's root for Anand on the current championship games.
Great job, Professor Kosteniuk!! You are glowing with satisfaction as you talk about the game. Good to see you happy! Thanks for sharing your win with your fans. We love to see you succeed.
Those who have written that a woman chess player will become chess champion. My reply - NEVER EVER! Currently in the list of 100 best players only ONE female.
Great game and accomplishment Aleksandra. It is really nice to see a world champion replying to our random posts. Love your work! Who do you think will win Anand or Toplaov?
In chess it makes absolutely no difference if you play with your right or left hand. If you're playing blitz chess without incremental time, the left handed player will play faster with the clock on his left, and slower with the clock on his right, but that issue exists for right-handed players who have the clock on their left side. In any case, nowadays, most blitz games have some incremental seconds added each move, so the issue practically does not exist.
Alexandra Kosteniuk these videos are terrific I just wanted to let you know that. There is a sense of humor in your instruction and the irony of your victories brought upon by your masterful skills makes them fun to watch. Just love your work, amazing job. Just wanted to also add that we teach a great group of female players over here and they love that you stomp the big boys. Thanks again.
In competitive sports one always wants to do well. So if you play 2 games and you lose the first one, you want to do your best to win the second one, that's normal :-)
Alexandra Kosteniuk these videos are terrific I just wanted to let you know that. There is a sense of humor in your instruction and the irony of your victories brought upon by your masterful skills makes them fun to watch. Just love your work, amazing job.
@mikethedevil I think exactly at that time Vishy saw the maneuver Qc8+ and Qf5 which puts him in an extremely uncomfortable position with the pinned Knight on e4.
Anand is an unusual champion. He plays very fast, but he plays, according to those who know, classical Chess, which means he either plays by his own classical rules, or he doesn't have to think about the requirements of classical Chess. The latter situation means that classical Chess is natural to him. I think there is no dividing line between the two situations, in his play, perhaps. Well done, Ms Kosteniuk!
@ChessQueen Thanks. You are very kind to answer all our questions here ( not just the mine ones ). I will check out your DVD, maybe your tips help me in winning the "WinB( C)" more easily, the chess engine of the Internet Chess Club, my daily enemy there. :) I am not a strong player, sometimes is hard for me to win the WinB (C) there in blitz games. I hope the DVD can be sent to Brazil. Thanks for your excellent channel in TH-cam.
@maschinenmeister Yes you are right, it's "only" blitz. It's a fast chess game. The whole chess game lasted just about 10 minutes. Blitz chess is fun, it's the future of chess. It brings more unpredictability in the game, much more interesting for the spectators to watch (and often also for the players to play!). In a blitz tournament in one day one can play up to 20 games, which is impossible in a regular time control.
If you look at my list of games, you will find games I lost against Stefanova and against T. Kosintseva. But you are right most of the games I post are wins.
OMG!... it's fantastic!! the precision transforming possibilities ... Your positional sacrifice was simply amazing, even more in blitz, when you don't have so much time to calculate every line!! ... The mathematical mate position ending the game.... You simply was a machine here!! ha ha ha. Congrats Alexandra, this wonderful game is in my collection of «Golden Games»
I like how Chess masters touch all the pieces before the game , it is like " good luck" "good luck" "do your best" " i will sacrifice you in the opening,sorry" haha
Thank you for your video, chess blitz are like the rush 400m in athletic games , and chess bullet like the rush 100m or ping pong. Yes, there is also the 40 km marathon, but every sport need different levels, and I guess Miss Kosteniuk is a genius in every level.
Yes it's true Bobby Fischer once said that... but I think times have changed and he would not be able to say that now. Top women chess grandmasters are considerably stronger now and can give a real fight to any man on the planet.
This question can be applied to every sportsperson but i'm curious about your opinion. You tell that somewhere deep in your heart you wanted to take revenge. Is it always the case that the top sportsmen/women are ambitious people? And isn't this noxious for someone in long term? I know that you weren't that serious and it was a figurative speech but still "revenge" is a very strong word. It's also commonly used in sports.
Beautiful and exciting game ... Defeat Vishy must be very a demanding task! I'd like who is in your opinion the current strongest player in blitz mode (please, include yourself.)
@familyguy1231 I like all styles of chess, blitz, rapid and classical. Blitz and rapid are more fun because you get to play more games in a day and the player that loses does not get that upset as there are more games to play almost immediately. As you can see from my videos, the quality of blitz and rapid chess can still be quite high.
@zereniaa Sure on this channel there are many classical "slow" games (including from the world championship), rapid games, even Chess960 games, and of course blitz games.
What were the Time controls ? If is a rapid game, it is even more of an accomplishment, as Anand what thought to be the one of the best in the world in this area. As a WC, Anand perhaps can be considered a first amongst equals.
@VinnyLog I have a daughter, at the moment 4 years old. I'd love her to play chess, but not professionally, just during the pre-school and school period since it helps a lot in developing the intellect of the child, memory, concentration, logic. However, I will never force her to play chess is she does not want to.
I made a long post answering that question on my chess blog (put those words together and add dotcom) on October 17, 2009. Men are different from women. In many ways.
@kruger2006 No I have not, that's why I like blitz chess, more chances for upsets like this. The level of chess in blitz is still pretty high, and the interest for spectators is much higher, makes for great TH-cam videos.
@KRISYSable Yes I do comment some lost games, you will find some on this channel. But since it's my channel, and I'm commenting, you will understand I prefer to comment won games. :-)
excellent video! Maybe reading bullet points instead of long script at the start would allow a less wooden introduction. Difficult I know, especially in what is not your mother tongue, but your natural personality would shine through more.
I agree with you, Ruxistico, women's titles are needed, otherwise many women would stop playing chess. When we will have more women playing professional chess (it's happening little by little), the level will go up, and the difference with men will be less.
I would like to see a standard chess game between Vishy and Sasha, and make it a best of six series. Nevertheless, given this one game, it is great that Sasha beat Vishy with the black pieces.
@adhdboy699 If you want to become good at anything you need to train hard. Six hours chess training passes very fast, there is so much to study, tactics, strategy, openings, current games, own games analysis, playing training games, etc.
@ChessQueen I totally agree. IM are more than amateurs playing chess for hobby, you must devote time to chess in order to reach their level. Look for the Mikhail Botvinnik book "Achieving the aim" and you'll see how preparation for tournaments is a whole that includes jogging and proper dieting.
@jbat100 Sure, on this same channel you will find a game I lost against Stefanova in the final of the World Mind Sports Games. I lost the first game but then won the 2 next ones. All 3 games are online. Enjoy!
Sure I've been at the Marshall, it's a great chess club. I gave a lecture there on the Ruy Lopez. You can find it on TubeChess, search for the word "Lopez".
you are sooo soooo sooo beautiful and i love your voice and your commentary is also on point just love your videos I hope to see many more of your games as time passes.
congratulations on beating Anand!! I dont think they should separate women and men in chess its ridiculous. you should be able to compete and simply become the worldchampion period.
@voyeurcrat2 You are right, Anand is an extremely nice person. I know him and his wife quite well, and meet them quite often at tournaments, and it's always a pleasure to see them.
@ngc7013 I have lots of interests apart from chess, reading, modeling, photography, and all kinds of sports. Although I must say I train for chess almost all the time, so there is not much time for anything else (apart from sports to keep in shape).
@pixarian72 The world is going faster nowadays, people have less time to play tournaments that last 9 days and 7 hour games. On the web, by fear of computer use, everybody is playing online blitz. Society as a whole is now doing less in-depth thinking, more multi-tasking. Blitz tournaments with many games in a day would seem to be more and more popular as time goes by. How can one wait for 7 hours until you see your next email, SMS, chat message, TH-cam comment, missed phone call?
first time i saw this game, i thought you were just lost after you played ...a6 anand just plays Qc2 or Bd3. But yeah after analyzing this position, you definitely have compensation.
@codonauta Yes the video is only part of one video of my CHESS BLITZ FEVER DVD, which has many more games (for example Aronian, Morozevich, etc.) in their full version, as well as a chapter with tips on how to play better blitz chess. It's on sale on my site chessqueen dotcom slash shop.
good job, this woman can play. a win is a win, blitz, long game, take it anyway you want it. I like Anand's style because he's really aggressive and for you to beat him in a blitz game is just awesome. gratz. and also i didn't know that the raining womens world champion is one gorgeous looking gal. i don't follow women's chess enough, sorry.
@majorsromo No, we did not add any "false" clapping at the end of the video, the sound is exactly as it was in the room, we just added very soft music at the beginning and at the end. A few people did in fact clap as it was very unusual that the current women's world chess champion beat the current overall world chess champion and the game had been incredibly tense.
@Nickalispicalis The game was played at the official FIDE Blitz time control, which is "3+2", meaning the game is 3 minutes per player for the whole game with an increment of 2 seconds per move added from the very beginning of the game. The increment allows for much higher quality games to be played, as the risk of losing with a big material advantage is practically gone. The games lasts about 10 minutes with this time control.
beating the world champion. That must be a rush!
Nice game, nice commentary - 5 stars.
Your youtube-presence is a blessing for chess-lovers!
@Bjazz Thanks. That game was at the official FIDE blitz time control 3+2 (3 minutes for the game + 2 seconds per move). On my channel I also show many classical games played with slow time controls.
Anand is not in his best form right now. But still this victory is amazing.
@Bjazz The official FIDE time control for blitz is 3+2 (3 minutes + 2 seconds per move). It's about the same as 5 minute blitz, but gives better quality games. On my DVD all the games are commented from start to finish.
@zereniaa Of course we shake hands, at the beginning of the game and at the end of the game. Vishy Anand is a very nice and polite person.
Is that, at the righ side of the video in the beggining, a DVD you are selling about blitz game playing?
You will find on my channel also games I lost, in particular, a game against Stefanova and one against T. Kosintseva.
In this tournament I beat Carlsen, Anand, Aronian, Morozevich, Grischuk, Judith Polgar, Gashimov, Naiditsch, Tkachev, all rated 200 points higher than I. Indeed it shows I am stronger in blitz than in "classical" chess. However, if I were you I would never say "always", as sometimes unexpected things happen... ;-)
Nicely played! Was it a 3 or 5 minute blitz? Your videos are really nice, but I'd like to see the annotations and analysis for the full games. Let's root for Anand on the current championship games.
hi! u r amazing! is there a men and women tournament? i dont know -.-
Great job, Professor Kosteniuk!! You are glowing with satisfaction as you talk about the game. Good to see you happy! Thanks for sharing your win with your fans. We love to see you succeed.
Those who have written that a woman chess player will become chess champion. My reply - NEVER EVER! Currently in the list of 100 best players only ONE female.
You're pretty damn good at blitz; kudos for beating several of the topic chess players, e.g. Carlsen, Anand, etc.
Nice game with domination on your part. The combination of slow-motion and pauses were effective to get your point across.
Great game and accomplishment Aleksandra. It is really nice to see a world champion replying to our random posts.
Love your work!
Who do you think will win Anand or Toplaov?
@Cliroxs Yes in chess there are women's tournaments and also mixed tournaments, where women can play with men.
In chess it makes absolutely no difference if you play with your right or left hand. If you're playing blitz chess without incremental time, the left handed player will play faster with the clock on his left, and slower with the clock on his right, but that issue exists for right-handed players who have the clock on their left side. In any case, nowadays, most blitz games have some incremental seconds added each move, so the issue practically does not exist.
Alexandra Kosteniuk these videos are terrific I just wanted to let you know that. There is a sense of humor in your instruction and the irony of your victories brought upon by your masterful skills makes them fun to watch. Just love your work, amazing job. Just wanted to also add that we teach a great group of female players over here and they love that you stomp the big boys. Thanks again.
In competitive sports one always wants to do well. So if you play 2 games and you lose the first one, you want to do your best to win the second one, that's normal :-)
Alexandra Kosteniuk these videos are terrific I just wanted to let you know that. There is a sense of humor in your instruction and the irony of your victories brought upon by your masterful skills makes them fun to watch. Just love your work, amazing job.
@mikethedevil I think exactly at that time Vishy saw the maneuver Qc8+ and Qf5 which puts him in an extremely uncomfortable position with the pinned Knight on e4.
Anand is an unusual champion. He plays very fast, but he plays, according to those who know, classical Chess, which means he either plays by his own classical rules, or he doesn't have to think about the requirements of classical Chess. The latter situation means that classical Chess is natural to him. I think there is no dividing line between the two situations, in his play, perhaps. Well done, Ms Kosteniuk!
Alexandra, do you prefer Blitz or Standard time games?
Very nice video, thx!
@ChessQueen Thanks. You are very kind to answer all our questions here ( not just the mine ones ). I will check out your DVD, maybe your tips help me in winning the "WinB( C)" more easily, the chess engine of the Internet Chess Club, my daily enemy there. :) I am not a strong player, sometimes is hard for me to win the WinB (C) there in blitz games. I hope the DVD can be sent to Brazil. Thanks for your excellent channel in TH-cam.
@maschinenmeister Yes you are right, it's "only" blitz. It's a fast chess game. The whole chess game lasted just about 10 minutes. Blitz chess is fun, it's the future of chess. It brings more unpredictability in the game, much more interesting for the spectators to watch (and often also for the players to play!). In a blitz tournament in one day one can play up to 20 games, which is impossible in a regular time control.
@empoleonin I started playing chess at 5 years old. After 20 years and lots of chess training I became the 12th Women's World Chess Champion.
excellent a moment to cherish for a lifetime
I will publish in a few days my win against Judith Polgar from the recent World Blitz Championship also here on TH-cam.
If you look at my list of games, you will find games I lost against Stefanova and against T. Kosintseva. But you are right most of the games I post are wins.
@ChessQueen Have you ever played vs Kaspárov?
this is the true " beauty and brains"!! nice video posting alexandra!! love the editing, =)
@TheSkysYourLimit I like your nick! I agree with your complaint, I'll make more videos. So you stop complaining. :-)
OMG!... it's fantastic!! the precision transforming possibilities ... Your positional sacrifice was simply amazing, even more in blitz, when you don't have so much time to calculate every line!! ... The mathematical mate position ending the game.... You simply was a machine here!! ha ha ha.
Congrats Alexandra, this wonderful game is in my collection of «Golden Games»
I like how Chess masters touch all the pieces before the game , it is like " good luck" "good luck" "do your best" " i will sacrifice you in the opening,sorry" haha
When did you start playing chess?
Thank you for your video, chess blitz are like the rush 400m in athletic games , and chess bullet like the rush 100m or ping pong. Yes, there is also the 40 km marathon, but every sport need different levels, and I guess Miss Kosteniuk is a genius in every level.
@molib2000 No I have not played Kasparov, he stopped playing when I was just starting.
One more question:
Do you have any observations about left handed chess players?
@x33mmm My classical chess ELO rating is approximately 2520. Range 2500-2550 recent periods. But in blitz it would be higher :-)
It is interesting that you only upload your wins, alexandra.
Yes it's true Bobby Fischer once said that... but I think times have changed and he would not be able to say that now. Top women chess grandmasters are considerably stronger now and can give a real fight to any man on the planet.
This question can be applied to every sportsperson but i'm curious about your opinion.
You tell that somewhere deep in your heart you wanted to take revenge.
Is it always the case that the top sportsmen/women are ambitious people? And isn't this noxious for someone in long term?
I know that you weren't that serious and it was a figurative speech but still "revenge" is a very strong word. It's also commonly used in sports.
Beautiful and exciting game ... Defeat Vishy must be very a demanding task!
I'd like who is in your opinion the current strongest player in blitz mode (please, include yourself.)
@familyguy1231 I like all styles of chess, blitz, rapid and classical. Blitz and rapid are more fun because you get to play more games in a day and the player that loses does not get that upset as there are more games to play almost immediately. As you can see from my videos, the quality of blitz and rapid chess can still be quite high.
@zereniaa Sure on this channel there are many classical "slow" games (including from the world championship), rapid games, even Chess960 games, and of course blitz games.
What were the Time controls ? If is a rapid game, it is even more of an accomplishment, as Anand what thought to be the one of the best in the world in this area. As a WC, Anand perhaps can be considered a first amongst equals.
@ChessQueen Thanks! Your story is very inspiring to me i wish you the best of luck in your career.
Well done - congratulations! Roy
i have watched videos of her defeating Judit Polgar, Magnus, and Anand. She is truly a grandmaster of chess
@maschinenmeister common man.. she almost lost in time pressure give her props for having the nerves.. this is a legit win.. she even played black..
@VinnyLog I have a daughter, at the moment 4 years old. I'd love her to play chess, but not professionally, just during the pre-school and school period since it helps a lot in developing the intellect of the child, memory, concentration, logic. However, I will never force her to play chess is she does not want to.
Brilliant play
Rc8+ was tempting several times, but leaving the square vacant to play Qc8+ was much more intelligent
A wonderful vision
I made a long post answering that question on my chess blog (put those words together and add dotcom) on October 17, 2009. Men are different from women. In many ways.
do you know that she has beated magnus carlsen? ..
@SrHugobrasil I like to play with both white and black pieces, but it's true that some tournaments I seem to have more success with black :-)
@kruger2006 No I have not, that's why I like blitz chess, more chances for upsets like this. The level of chess in blitz is still pretty high, and the interest for spectators is much higher, makes for great TH-cam videos.
@KRISYSable Yes I do comment some lost games, you will find some on this channel. But since it's my channel, and I'm commenting, you will understand I prefer to comment won games. :-)
@baar34 I train for chess at least 6 hours a day, more just before tournaments.
i like the layout of the video.. its easy to watch, although i wish i got to see the whoel game
excellent video! Maybe reading bullet points instead of long script at the start would allow a less wooden introduction. Difficult I know, especially in what is not your mother tongue, but your natural personality would shine through more.
I agree with you, Ruxistico, women's titles are needed, otherwise many women would stop playing chess. When we will have more women playing professional chess (it's happening little by little), the level will go up, and the difference with men will be less.
@IndrasBlade77
nope the advantage is that anand was thinkin more to kosteniuk than the game
I would like to see a standard chess game between Vishy and Sasha, and make it a best of six series. Nevertheless, given this one game, it is great that Sasha beat Vishy with the black pieces.
@adhdboy699 If you want to become good at anything you need to train hard. Six hours chess training passes very fast, there is so much to study, tactics, strategy, openings, current games, own games analysis, playing training games, etc.
@ChessQueen I totally agree. IM are more than amateurs playing chess for hobby, you must devote time to chess in order to reach their level. Look for the Mikhail Botvinnik book "Achieving the aim" and you'll see how preparation for tournaments is a whole that includes jogging and proper dieting.
@jbat100 Sure, on this same channel you will find a game I lost against Stefanova in the final of the World Mind Sports Games. I lost the first game but then won the 2 next ones. All 3 games are online. Enjoy!
wow this is complete and total domination! great game! i can only wish to have a game like this against a top GM
Sure I've been at the Marshall, it's a great chess club. I gave a lecture there on the Ruy Lopez. You can find it on TubeChess, search for the word "Lopez".
@darklordyahoo82 Thanks for your kind comment :-)
I disagree... Until we have a larger portion of top-level women GMs I think women's titles is an important motivation factor.
beautiful game
Really Amazing, Alexandra! You are at least 10 times Smarter than the average person!
you are sooo soooo sooo beautiful and i love your voice and your commentary is also on point just love your videos I hope to see many more of your games as time passes.
Great game! I find blitz too frustrating :). I like to sit and think.
I doubt it, he was trying real hard at the end but he was too much material down.
@babykevinxoxo In chess men can play with women, that's one of the few sports where it is done!
@cilraycil Of course I am. ChessQueen is my official nickname.
She's one of the strongest blitz players on the world.
why do they divide men and women in world championship? You think they should just have the world championship for everyone? what do you think? :)
Asuuu...! ojala que algun día juegue como tu kosteniuk, Gracias por tus videos, asi voy mejorando thank you very much chessqueen.
congratz hope to see you here .
I love your voice :)
congratulations on beating Anand!!
I dont think they should separate women and men in chess its ridiculous.
you should be able to compete and simply become the worldchampion period.
@voyeurcrat2 You are right, Anand is an extremely nice person. I know him and his wife quite well, and meet them quite often at tournaments, and it's always a pleasure to see them.
@tuzmor newsflash, all chess players are arrogant. Some can simply control the feeling better than others.
@ngc7013 I have lots of interests apart from chess, reading, modeling, photography, and all kinds of sports. Although I must say I train for chess almost all the time, so there is not much time for anything else (apart from sports to keep in shape).
@ChessQueen women can not play in WC tournaments against men. This is my idea.
@pixarian72 The world is going faster nowadays, people have less time to play tournaments that last 9 days and 7 hour games. On the web, by fear of computer use, everybody is playing online blitz. Society as a whole is now doing less in-depth thinking, more multi-tasking. Blitz tournaments with many games in a day would seem to be more and more popular as time goes by. How can one wait for 7 hours until you see your next email, SMS, chat message, TH-cam comment, missed phone call?
first time i saw this game, i thought you were just lost after you played ...a6 anand just plays Qc2 or Bd3. But yeah after analyzing this position, you definitely have compensation.
Not fair. You used your charm to win the game.
Are you really Alexandra Kosteniuk?
No shame to be a world champion and to lose to a woman, but to lose to a machine .. you have to be Garry Kasparov
Go girl! Vishy you got beat up. I am only joking Anand, massive fan of the mighty Tamil Nadu homeboy. Kosteniuk is starting to become dreamy for me.
The reason why anand lost is because Alexandra is very pretty and anand couldn't concentrate on the game :)
@codonauta Yes the video is only part of one video of my CHESS BLITZ FEVER DVD, which has many more games (for example Aronian, Morozevich, etc.) in their full version, as well as a chapter with tips on how to play better blitz chess. It's on sale on my site chessqueen dotcom slash shop.
Kosteniuk you are beatiful and smart, a perfect combination. I love you
good job, this woman can play. a win is a win, blitz, long game, take it anyway you want it. I like Anand's style because he's really aggressive and for you to beat him in a blitz game is just awesome. gratz. and also i didn't know that the raining womens world champion is one gorgeous looking gal. i don't follow women's chess enough, sorry.