I loved the changes of plans: attack on the king, then a play on the passed pawn, then a destruction of whites remaining centre pawns, and finally a total and ruthless squeeze on the blacks position. I've hardly ever seen such a consequent and absolute domination of one side in a fairly equal blitz game. Beautiful video!
I sometimes analyze my games with my opponent after the game, but in tournaments where more than 2 players are playing in the same room there is a special analysis room so that players can analyze without bothering the other contestants.
@Nickybisme The boards we play on are electronic, so to "register" the result, this is the mechanism: we put the kings on particular squares, depending on: - white wins: white king on e4, black king on d5 - draw: white king on e4, black king on e5 - black wins: king on d4, black king on e5
@111Socrates777 The official FIDE blitz time control is 3 minutes for the game plus 2 seconds per move. It turns out to be about the same length as a 5-minute game, except it avoids situations where somebody loses on time when a Queen up. Quality of the games is much higher when increments are used.
Yes I am a professional chess player. Since the age of 5 I've been training at least 5 hours a day, and participating in hundreds of tournaments, became world champion in several styles of play including classical chess. Find out more about me at my official site.
I have been watching your videos for a long time.and I really enjoyed and followed .I really proud of your chess dedication.I am your subscriber also.I wish...please put the games against Nathalia Pogania
@659851 Thanks for your comment! You are right about the handshakes not looking like the solid handshakes one gets when one meets a friend for example. It's because both players are quite nervous (if it's a handshake before the game), and if it's after the game, undoubtedly one of the players (the one who lost), will be upset at him/herself, and wants to get away as fast as possible. I supposed it's the stressful situation that dictates this kind of handshake.
@cramie10 Yes I do there are a few videos of games I lost on my channel, against Stefanova (the second game of the final of the Mind Sports Games), against T. Kosintseva for example. But since it's my channel it's normal I put more games I win, don't you think so?
@CallofBeast Of course since it's a competition one gets a little nervous before the game starts. But as soon as the game starts I'm busy calculating lines and thinking of cool moves to play, so there is no more time to be nervous :-)
@jevitigre We have to follow official blitz rules. In the case of an illegal move, the player whose opponent makes an illegal move should claim a win by stopping the clock and calling the arbiter.
@schmetterlingsjaeger but since the knight was taken on the previous move White could simply take on g4 with check. Actually, after trading off bishops, I would recapture on f6 with the pawn, to open up the g-file, but the World Champion knows better what to do, I believe :-)
It's quite normal to be nervous before chess games. To become less nervous, you can play more games, so that each game becomes less important. Also, the better prepared you are, the less nervous you will be. If you have prepared a surprise opening that you know deeper than your opponent knows, it's likely your opponent will be more nervous than you are, and that should make you feel better :-)
Alexandra, what if your oponent move another piece when her king is in check, do you call illegal move and claim the win or do you have to tell her move the king because is in check?(i course i mean when playing blitz).
i guess there is no checkmate any chess tournament since players will resign when they see no other possibilities to counter his/her opponent moves....
The interesting thing about this is that if you do the math, lets say you practice only 5 days a week, then you would have practiced 26 thousand hours over the past 20 years. Theres a book called the outliers that says to be an expert at something you need to have put in 10 thousand hours. You've put in almost twice that! I guess thats what it takes to become a grandmaster.
There are so many courses, it depends what kind of study you like. Try my free video podcasts on the TH-cam channel "chesskillertips". Also lots of DVD's and CD-Roms, check my youtube channel "chessking". Also just buy any chess book that seems interesting to you, and read it cover to cover. You'll be sure to improve! Good luck!
I've been playing since I am 5 years old. I trained on average 5 hours a day for 20 years and at 24 I became the 12th women's world chess champion.
thanks for all the new vids !! Really nice to see GMs play blitz, we 1800-1900 B class players can learn a lot
I loved the changes of plans: attack on the king, then a play on the passed pawn, then a destruction of whites remaining centre pawns, and finally a total and ruthless squeeze on the blacks position. I've hardly ever seen such a consequent and absolute domination of one side in a fairly equal blitz game. Beautiful video!
I sometimes analyze my games with my opponent after the game, but in tournaments where more than 2 players are playing in the same room there is a special analysis room so that players can analyze without bothering the other contestants.
@Nickybisme The boards we play on are electronic, so to "register" the result, this is the mechanism: we put the kings on particular squares, depending on:
- white wins: white king on e4, black king on d5
- draw: white king on e4, black king on e5
- black wins: king on d4, black king on e5
I enjoyed watching you play this one, your concentration is intense!
@111Socrates777 The official FIDE blitz time control is 3 minutes for the game plus 2 seconds per move. It turns out to be about the same length as a 5-minute game, except it avoids situations where somebody loses on time when a Queen up. Quality of the games is much higher when increments are used.
nice game! I only wish I could see the clock during that game though...
Yes I am a professional chess player. Since the age of 5 I've been training at least 5 hours a day, and participating in hundreds of tournaments, became world champion in several styles of play including classical chess. Find out more about me at my official site.
I have been watching your videos for a long time.and I really enjoyed and followed .I really proud of your chess dedication.I am your subscriber also.I wish...please put the games against Nathalia Pogania
well played Alexandra....
that was really magnificent game. very meaningful and attacking. Owais here.
@659851 Thanks for your comment! You are right about the handshakes not looking like the solid handshakes one gets when one meets a friend for example. It's because both players are quite nervous (if it's a handshake before the game), and if it's after the game, undoubtedly one of the players (the one who lost), will be upset at him/herself, and wants to get away as fast as possible. I supposed it's the stressful situation that dictates this kind of handshake.
@cramie10 Yes I do there are a few videos of games I lost on my channel, against Stefanova (the second game of the final of the Mind Sports Games), against T. Kosintseva for example. But since it's my channel it's normal I put more games I win, don't you think so?
@CallofBeast Of course since it's a competition one gets a little nervous before the game starts. But as soon as the game starts I'm busy calculating lines and thinking of cool moves to play, so there is no more time to be nervous :-)
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Brilliant kingside attack. While had no answer.
@jevitigre We have to follow official blitz rules. In the case of an illegal move, the player whose opponent makes an illegal move should claim a win by stopping the clock and calling the arbiter.
At the moment it is not possible, but we hope it will be possible in the future.
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@schmetterlingsjaeger but since the knight was taken on the previous move White could simply take on g4 with check.
Actually, after trading off bishops, I would recapture on f6 with the pawn, to open up the g-file, but the World Champion knows better what to do, I believe :-)
It's quite normal to be nervous before chess games. To become less nervous, you can play more games, so that each game becomes less important. Also, the better prepared you are, the less nervous you will be. If you have prepared a surprise opening that you know deeper than your opponent knows, it's likely your opponent will be more nervous than you are, and that should make you feel better :-)
The moves:
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 O-O-O 6. c4 Qf5 7. Be3 Nf6 8. O-O e5 9. d5 e4 10. Nd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd6 12. Bxf6 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxf6 14. Nc3 Qe5 15. g3 f5 16. Rad1 h5 17. f4 Bc5+ 18. Kg2 Qf6 19. h4 Rh6 20. a3 Rg6 21. Rh1 Rg4 22. Qf1 Be3 23. Rh3 Bxf4 24. Qf2 e3 25. Qf3 Re8 26. Kf1 Bd6 27. Re1 f4 28. Re2 fxg3 29. Qxf6 gxf6 30. Kg2 f5 31. Nd1 Rxc4 32. Rxe3 Rce4 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Nc3 Re3 35. Rh1 a6 36. Rf1 f4 37. Rf3 Re1
Alexandra, what if your oponent move another piece when her king is in check, do you call illegal move and claim the win or do you have to tell her move the king because is in check?(i course i mean when playing blitz).
How you do to avoid nervousness before and during matches? Any special technique?
I like your Scandinavian Defense, ChessQueen, because you don't push your QB pawn to c6 in the opening.
What does it mean the set up of the kings at the end of the game? Does it just mean the game is over?
Can i use a dgt board chess whith the program "Chess King"?
Can you tell me what the best course on the internet to improve our game? May be a current paid.
I did not see all the threats after rook f4, I suppose there was a threat of a devastating sacrifice on h4 or f4, but I did not see why.
38. Rf1 Rxf1 39. Kxf1 f3 40. Ne4 g2+ 41. Kg1 Be5 42. b3 Bd4+ 43. Nf2 Kd7 0-1
how many minutes per game?
since when u play chess?
Is there a free pawn on a3? 4:55
Do you ever upload videos of you losing?
Why do you never analyze the game after it, like Kasparov and Karpov? :)
i guess there is no checkmate any chess tournament since players will resign when they see no other possibilities to counter his/her opponent moves....
The interesting thing about this is that if you do the math, lets say you practice only 5 days a week, then you would have practiced 26 thousand hours over the past 20 years. Theres a book called the outliers that says to be an expert at something you need to have put in 10 thousand hours. You've put in almost twice that! I guess thats what it takes to become a grandmaster.
@Zakdayak Great! Watch also my win against Milliet, also on this channel, you will like it :-)
There are so many courses, it depends what kind of study you like. Try my free video podcasts on the TH-cam channel "chesskillertips". Also lots of DVD's and CD-Roms, check my youtube channel "chessking". Also just buy any chess book that seems interesting to you, and read it cover to cover. You'll be sure to improve! Good luck!
Maybe White forgot about opening theory, This line (with Be3) is considered good for black =)
Are you a professional chess player?