This was all before fucking computers started doing the kibitzing. Ashley was sharp and entertaining, King was equally sharp and analytical. Now everyone spews out computer lines, it's just dulling to the mind.
The commentary on this is legendary. My favorite part is the contrast between the accents. The main voice is the posh Royal English... but then it's accentuated with some Jamaican-American flare.
I like this with 2 chess commentators going back and forth like done in many sporting events; much different then just one commentator putting in just his thoughts about the moves and positions.
GM Maurice Ashley is one of the coolest chess commentators ever! He makes the game sound like a high-octane boxing match! Chess is indeed mental warfare! I'd love to meet him someday.
I watched a lecture GM Ashley gave to a bunch of younger people in St. Louis (who seemed not too familiar with chess) and the entire lecture was showing how chess is in theory similar to football; similar terms, plans, positions, etc. During a portion of this lecture, he talked about how he commentated chess, and that when he commentates, he brings the "Gangster" chess talk. I now see what he means lol. This is so much more exciting with GM Ashley calling it out. When I think of chess I don't normally think of the word "lethal"; GM Ashley has forever changed that. So much better than the usual "what a crushing attack". Id love to hear him trash talking across the board in Brooklyn in his younger days
One of the things that americans do so well, is sports commentary. Maurice injects a wonderful enthusiasm into the game, with Danny King's calculation, and Maurice's great "colour" commentary. Some of the best chess commentary I've heard. Thanks for posting this up :)
We have one more preview vid for this series: Anand vs Kasparov at the World Trade Center observation deck. If you want I'll give you a coupon for 50% off the digital download version, just shoot me a private message. The full version is over 6 hours long and contains tons of games from Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Short and more.
interesting idea - i think he was trying to get the very most out of the position and snatch the g4 pawn as well before cashing out his a7 pawn for black's c7-knight
wow. This is very different to how I would play chess. I would line up both groups of pieces in war formation and just slide them at each other. Last team standing won. It was tragic when the King held his dying Queen in his arms. Maybe I should have gotten some friends.
The rook pawn, bishop which can't attack h8, and black King at h8 just requires shuffling about next to the h8 square to draw. The pawns can even be sacrificed and the draw still exists.
watching this for the first time in a few years, and reminded myself just how badly Piket absolutely botched a completely winning position in this one, with a time advantage...credit to Adams for taking advantage and using great technique to force the draw though
Thank you for the quick response! I've a question - The Clocks used in this Video (With the Intel Logo), are they available anywhere? My Trainer, who had won the World Open the year that we met, had the exact Clock pictured above. Now, his Former Trainer was an older Gentleman who himself was an IM; when this Gentleman passed, he willed his Chess Collection to my Trainer. (My Trainer's Trainer had no one in his Family with an interest in Chess.) Being able to find this Clock would be amazing.
I'm looking to purchase a digital clock and have yet to find one whose design that I find fitting. I do have a wood clock - a rather beautiful clock, if I may say - though I'd like to purchase one for Park Chess. For some reason, I'd like to find one from your store - I consider it happenstance that I happened along this video.
You've realised it's a draw by stalemate, which is good. Please notice now that\ the situation in chess that sometimes occurs isn't called 'Tsung Tswang' (which sounds like something Chinese) but actually is called 'zugzwang' (German for 'compulsion to move'.)
haha no joke i bet Kramnik wasnt too happy about losing to Miles. well looks like Kramnik got the last laugh! thanks for your comments - i'd be glad to send you a 50% off coupon for all digital items in our shop - just send me a personal message and i'll get back to you with the coupon code. cheers, will
I think they're saying "theoretical draw" to mean that there is no way, even in theory, that white could force black's king from the corner with a king, a pawn, and a light square bishop.
it's the same thing as when they say things like "the game is lost for white" - with perfect play from both sides the game is theoretically a draw. for example a position where both sides just have a king and pawn and neither side has a way to queen their pawn is a theoretical draw and only a blunder will make it a win for either side.
White could play Bc6, then black plays b4. Then white plays Bd5 and then the black pawns are stuck. They have nowhere to go. There are other moves, but basically the bishop can stop/blockade the pawns.
I dream of having this type of play and broadcasting of chess on cable tv like other sports. I mean come on!!! CHESS over golf baseball basketball football soccer etc etc etc any day!
+Septima S I looked at ignoring A6 AND queening, but it eventually fails with what i think is white's best try... please note that there's alot of strange reasons why other possible moves fail: starting with black's knight: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A7-A8+(queens), G8-H7, A8-B7, E6-C1+, F1-F2, C1-D2+, F2-G1, C3-E2+, G1-F1, D2-D1+, F1-F2, D1-G1+, F2-E2, G1-G2+, E2-D3, and white's A6 queen finally comes back to guard the king, and prevent repetition check. So, black can't actually pull off an attack if, if white has a queen on A6. HOWEVER: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A7-A8* (queens with check), C7-A8, A6-A8+, G8-F7, A8-B7+, E3-E7, G2-D5+, C3-D5, B7-D5+, E7-E6 Black is just up a pawn in that variation. White is actually forced to exchange down material, or he'd be down two pawns, white gets checkmated if it's black to to move, if black's not in check, and white doesn't have a queen on the A6-F1 diagonal. White's E3 knight is hanging, and D5 is actually protected by the C3 knight... hence why the knight was placed on C3... it specifically prevents Queen-A6. With queen to A6, the position ends up with black having an extra pawn on C5, and both players having only queens on the board. None of black's pawns fall, because White's queen on E6 holds all the loose ones. It's draw, or quite possibly win. Even if black TAKES the queen on A6, and white queens, white can't just promote with check, and grab the loose knight on A6, without losing his own knight on E3... and black is up a pawn, or two... and his D5 pawn holds. I assume, however, that you're suggesting: E4-C3, E2-A6, C7-A6, H7-H8 (queens with check), G8-F7, And knight takes D5 allows white to draw with a repetition check starting with E6-E2+ Bishop Takes D5, C3-D5, E3-D5, A6-B4, and it's unclear how white exchanges knights without being a pawn down, it's also unclear how white doesn't exchange knights, when B4-D3 threatens mate in five if not responded to. All that happens is that white replaces his queen, with the unpleasant effect of giving up H7 pawn for D5 pawn, and giving up bishop for a knight. White might be able to grab a pawn and draw, however... not that taking on A6 is actually best for black. /EndRant
+SpiritualFox Yes, very interesting but, I'm looking now and how about... after you mentioned e4-c3, e2-a6, e6-e3, and now not a7-a8+(queens) but rather, a6-c8+, c7-e8, g2-d5+ ( just prevent any mating possibility) c3-d5, a7-a8 (Queens)
+Septima S Following *that* line, white is automatically mated, unless white allows draw by repetition. Full line: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A6-C8+, C7-E8, G2-D5+, C3-D5, A7-A8 (queens), E3-C1+ 1) Interchangeable with below line---> F1-F2, C1-D2+, F2-F1, D5-E3+, F1-G1, D2-E1# mate. 2) Interchangeable with above line---> F1-G2, C1-D2+ G2-G1, D2-E1+, G1-G2, D5-E3# mate. 3) white's best try---> F1-E2, C1-C2+ ---> E2-F1, C2-D1+, (F1-F2 or G2), D1-D2+ (Transposes into one of the two mating lines i showed, above) ---> E2-E1, C2-C1+, E1-E2, C1-C2+, E2-E1 (repeat until draw) Deflecting the knight only works if the knight can't come back. Regardless, i don't think black even needs the knight to draw. White has to leave a queen on A6 to interrupt this forced-draw possibility, if white intends to give up check.
Anttjuan Santos Maurice and our very own Daniel king commentating. Two great friends and great GMs giving expert and incisive analysis. Hello from England!
i do not understand why it is drawn... can't white king go and eat the black pawns while the bishop protects the white pawn? then black has to move anyway right?
I'd never be able to keep up if the TV didn't let me pause their video stream... Then again, I guess they could get instant replays just like the other sports do too...
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How is it a draw when there are still pawns left on the board? Shouldn't it only be a draw when it's a stalemate or lack of sufficient material to checkmate?
+ProClifo The game is a draw because white has a rook pawn where his queening square is black, and the white bishop works on white squares. White can't force pawn promotion, so the best that white can do is to capture black pawns.
no it was possible to win with tsung tswang he had to move pawns and bishop could eat both then he would have to move king off black square, bishop could block pawns and attacking king's square on white
7:20 F5-H4, and all king moves except F8-G7 lead to a queen exchange, or a white getting his queen in close, with check. F5-H4, F8-G7, F4-F5 and i don't see what it is that black is supposed to do to prevent white's queen from going to C4 (still guarding against E2 check), then posting to E6, STILL guarding E2, and locking black's queen out of the game (forcing exchange?). Black's king must go into check @ E7. But how could black avoid queen exchange (ending up a piece down after A7-A8, and losing, most likely)??? Example: F5-H4, F8-E7, D3-H7+, There's 5 squares for the king... 1) E7-F6, H7-G6+, queens exchange. 2) E7-D6, H7-G6, queens exchange. 3) E7-F8, H4-G6+, F8-E8, H7-H8+, --->E8-F7, G6-E5+, F7-E7, H8-G7+, (E7-D6, H7-H6, and queens exchange because of fork threat @ F7), (E7-D8, G7-F8+, C7-E8, A7-A8+ queens with check, so no, not that either, so it's a queen exchange on E8 (E6-E8)), E7-E8, G2-C6+, E8-D8, G7-F8+ and black loses a queen, or gets mated, likely both. 4) E7-E8, H7-G6+, queens exchange. 5) E7-D8, H7-H8+, --->D8-E7, H8-G7+, E7-D8, G7-F8+, E8-E7, F8-F5, queens exchange off the pin. --->D8-D7, H8-G7+, D7-C8, G7-F8+, C8-D7, F8-F5, queens exchange off the pin. Assuming i didn't make an error (i probably did, lol) Why can't GM not calculate this in 4 seconds, when it takes me an hour? Tisk-tisk.
iChess.net Thanks for the vote of confidence. I understand why he didn't move the knight there, however. It looks like a clunky rim-knight, and there's a lot of different variation to calculate, and you *have* to calculate all of them, because losing control of the D-file for even one move leads to white getting himself instantly mated.
The only way that white could go on to the next round was to win.In this position he couldn't win so there was no point on continuing the game.Black is on the next round!!!He didn't care much about the win...
+Pvsmuntje They can lose on time, but there are two other ways that they would draw before they happens. 1.) repeated positions (eg: both players cannot improve their positions, so they must move their kings back and forth between the same squares) and 2.) the 50 move limit rule--after 50 moves with no captures or pawn moves, either of the players may claim a draw. The idea is that, at this level, no players will make mistakes that will allow the other to win in such simple positions, so they agree to draw right away.
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I love the commentators so active and they make chess more exciting!
maurice ashley makes it exciting
+voltronsupreme he does. Chess should be bigger idk why it's not.
This was all before fucking computers started doing the kibitzing. Ashley was sharp and entertaining, King was equally sharp and analytical. Now everyone spews out computer lines, it's just dulling to the mind.
TheObserver I totally agree
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The commentary on this is legendary. My favorite part is the contrast between the accents. The main voice is the posh Royal English... but then it's accentuated with some Jamaican-American flare.
I like this with 2 chess commentators going back and forth like done in many sporting events; much different then just one commentator putting in just his thoughts about the moves and positions.
+Chris Smith Thanks! I'm glad that you found this video interesting!
I like how they have different accents.
GM Maurice Ashley is one of the coolest chess commentators ever! He makes the game sound like a high-octane boxing match! Chess is indeed mental warfare! I'd love to meet him someday.
AND THE ENGINES ARE GOING CRAZY
agreed - maurice ashley is hilarious
some gatorade on the side, some cheerleaders and we are on business!
+Carmai7 indeed!
Cheerleaders? Hell to the NO.
After watching the Piket vs Adams game, I could geniunely see Chess as an Olympic sport.
Such a shame Jeroen Piket stopped playing chess at such a young age.
I watched a lecture GM Ashley gave to a bunch of younger people in St. Louis (who seemed not too familiar with chess) and the entire lecture was showing how chess is in theory similar to football; similar terms, plans, positions, etc.
During a portion of this lecture, he talked about how he commentated chess, and that when he commentates, he brings the "Gangster" chess talk. I now see what he means lol. This is so much more exciting with GM Ashley calling it out. When I think of chess I don't normally think of the word "lethal"; GM Ashley has forever changed that. So much better than the usual "what a crushing attack".
Id love to hear him trash talking across the board in Brooklyn in his younger days
Yes, Maurice is a great presenter!
Never in my life have I been so enthusiastic about watching a chess game.
I like the commentaries...makes it more exciting to watch
One of the things that americans do so well, is sports commentary. Maurice injects a wonderful enthusiasm into the game, with Danny King's calculation, and Maurice's great "colour" commentary. Some of the best chess commentary I've heard.
Thanks for posting this up :)
definitely - maurice ashley kills it
I would love watch 5 minute blitz vids on tv or even a net stream =D Especially with announcers like this :P
I wish I knew what chess sets were used in the PCA series games. They have the German Knights but the knights have longer snouts.
Maurice Ashley always makes this videos fun,he talks like this was a boxing match or something.I hope you upload more vids like this William.
agreed - would be really nice to see some more blitz chess on tv.
Yes! Thanks for watching!
We have one more preview vid for this series: Anand vs Kasparov at the World Trade Center observation deck. If you want I'll give you a coupon for 50% off the digital download version, just shoot me a private message. The full version is over 6 hours long and contains tons of games from Kasparov, Anand, Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Short and more.
Wow I love the old digital chessboards, they remind me of the old nintendo... Great video!
+Alex Thurston It's remarkable that in 2014 some productions were still using illegible red pieces.
what's the difference?
awesome - good to hear Ryan! Cheers, Will
I think King and Ashley are the perfect commentary pair. Both understand chess AND good showmanship.
He did a good job calling this game.
Mr stewert i really love these daniel king live commentry games do you have more if so please post !
hilarious commentary by Maurice and KIng!
in my first chess tournament i got drawn by an opponent using that Bishop pawn tactic i never knew it was a draw luckily our team still won gold
If your opponent draws you - call the director and say that this guy trying do some art with that drawing distracts you. lol ;P
Hi! After Bc6 Black can play Qd6 in order to stop the mating threats. He can also consider Qb1+ . GM Lemos
I have these tournements on DVD - GREAT series here. Also the Master Game series from the BBC in the late 70's and early '80's was outstanding too.
Why isn’t chess broadcasting like this on mainstream TV nowadays?
Food for thought. :-)
Wow, I never knew that blitz could be made so exciting. If more Americans played chess, a show like this would be HUGE.
Man, those early 90s glasses, though.
Ivica Pavić Terrible 😂
interesting idea - i think he was trying to get the very most out of the position and snatch the g4 pawn as well before cashing out his a7 pawn for black's c7-knight
wow. This is very different to how I would play chess. I would line up both groups of pieces in war formation and just slide them at each other. Last team standing won. It was tragic when the King held his dying Queen in his arms. Maybe I should have gotten some friends.
LostPuppet SOS Lol I love your comment
The rook pawn, bishop which can't attack h8, and black King at h8 just requires shuffling about next to the h8 square to draw. The pawns can even be sacrificed and the draw still exists.
i believe the game was a theoretical draw, thats why the players shook on it so quick and the announcers knew it as well. Cheers! Will
watching this for the first time in a few years, and reminded myself just how badly Piket absolutely botched a completely winning position in this one, with a time advantage...credit to Adams for taking advantage and using great technique to force the draw though
Why J.Piket didn't convert his pawn to queen earlier itself, because he would have gained material advantage by removing black's rook ?
Great job guys! Chess is great with your help!
I wish we have a commentators like this in 2018...
Thank you for the quick response! I've a question - The Clocks used in this Video (With the Intel Logo), are they available anywhere? My Trainer, who had won the World Open the year that we met, had the exact Clock pictured above. Now, his Former Trainer was an older Gentleman who himself was an IM; when this Gentleman passed, he willed his Chess Collection to my Trainer. (My Trainer's Trainer had no one in his Family with an interest in Chess.) Being able to find this Clock would be amazing.
this is literally the only video of Maurice Ashley doing live commentary on TH-cam....are there any others?
This was like football match commentary
Best commentry
I'm looking to purchase a digital clock and have yet to find one whose design that I find fitting. I do have a wood clock - a rather beautiful clock, if I may say - though I'd like to purchase one for Park Chess. For some reason, I'd like to find one from your store - I consider it happenstance that I happened along this video.
With essentially no internet in 1995, how in the world would one watch these chess broadcasts?
Damn this is more exciting than any sport...
You've realised it's a draw by stalemate, which is good. Please notice now that\ the situation in chess that sometimes occurs isn't called 'Tsung Tswang' (which sounds like something Chinese) but actually is called 'zugzwang' (German for 'compulsion to move'.)
haha no joke i bet Kramnik wasnt too happy about losing to Miles. well looks like Kramnik got the last laugh! thanks for your comments - i'd be glad to send you a 50% off coupon for all digital items in our shop - just send me a personal message and i'll get back to you with the coupon code. cheers, will
I think they're saying "theoretical draw" to mean that there is no way, even in theory, that white could force black's king from the corner with a king, a pawn, and a light square bishop.
it's the same thing as when they say things like "the game is lost for white" - with perfect play from both sides the game is theoretically a draw. for example a position where both sides just have a king and pawn and neither side has a way to queen their pawn is a theoretical draw and only a blunder will make it a win for either side.
White could play Bc6, then black plays b4. Then white plays Bd5 and then the black pawns are stuck. They have nowhere to go. There are other moves, but basically the bishop can stop/blockade the pawns.
Nice video!
superb game! wish I could think as quick as that.
My favourite commentators ever!!!
In 07:54, if he plays Qa6. Is an very strong move, do you think it?
I dream of having this type of play and broadcasting of chess on cable tv like other sports. I mean come on!!! CHESS over golf baseball basketball football soccer etc etc etc any day!
at 6:15 wouldn't Qa6 get the knight? After knight takes promote the pawn, check, takes the knight.
+Kevin M No, because after white promotes to queen Kg7 Qxa6 the knight on e3 is hanging.
We were not amused
No kidding that was really exiting
On 6:22 min white had a beautiful combination, 1) Qa6/Nxa6 2) a8=Q+ and d5 pawn is hanging and the Night on a6... But first white has to take d5 pawn
+Septima S
I looked at ignoring A6 AND queening, but it eventually fails with what i think is white's best try... please note that there's alot of strange reasons why other possible moves fail: starting with black's knight: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A7-A8+(queens), G8-H7, A8-B7, E6-C1+, F1-F2, C1-D2+, F2-G1, C3-E2+, G1-F1, D2-D1+, F1-F2, D1-G1+, F2-E2, G1-G2+, E2-D3, and white's A6 queen finally comes back to guard the king, and prevent repetition check.
So, black can't actually pull off an attack if, if white has a queen on A6.
HOWEVER: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A7-A8* (queens with check), C7-A8, A6-A8+, G8-F7, A8-B7+, E3-E7, G2-D5+, C3-D5, B7-D5+, E7-E6
Black is just up a pawn in that variation. White is actually forced to exchange down material, or he'd be down two pawns, white gets checkmated if it's black to to move, if black's not in check, and white doesn't have a queen on the A6-F1 diagonal.
White's E3 knight is hanging, and D5 is actually protected by the C3 knight... hence why the knight was placed on C3... it specifically prevents Queen-A6.
With queen to A6, the position ends up with black having an extra pawn on C5, and both players having only queens on the board. None of black's pawns fall, because White's queen on E6 holds all the loose ones.
It's draw, or quite possibly win.
Even if black TAKES the queen on A6, and white queens, white can't just promote with check, and grab the loose knight on A6, without losing his own knight on E3... and black is up a pawn, or two... and his D5 pawn holds.
I assume, however, that you're suggesting: E4-C3, E2-A6, C7-A6, H7-H8 (queens with check), G8-F7,
And knight takes D5 allows white to draw with a repetition check starting with E6-E2+
Bishop Takes D5, C3-D5, E3-D5, A6-B4, and it's unclear how white exchanges knights without being a pawn down, it's also unclear how white doesn't exchange knights, when B4-D3 threatens mate in five if not responded to.
All that happens is that white replaces his queen, with the unpleasant effect of giving up H7 pawn for D5 pawn, and giving up bishop for a knight.
White might be able to grab a pawn and draw, however... not that taking on A6 is actually best for black.
/EndRant
+SpiritualFox Yes, very interesting but, I'm looking now and how about... after you mentioned e4-c3, e2-a6, e6-e3, and now not a7-a8+(queens) but rather, a6-c8+, c7-e8, g2-d5+ ( just prevent any mating possibility) c3-d5, a7-a8 (Queens)
+Septima S Following *that* line, white is automatically mated, unless white allows draw by repetition.
Full line: E4-C3, E2-A6, E6-E3, A6-C8+, C7-E8, G2-D5+, C3-D5, A7-A8 (queens), E3-C1+
1) Interchangeable with below line---> F1-F2, C1-D2+, F2-F1, D5-E3+, F1-G1, D2-E1# mate.
2) Interchangeable with above line---> F1-G2, C1-D2+ G2-G1, D2-E1+, G1-G2, D5-E3# mate.
3) white's best try---> F1-E2, C1-C2+
---> E2-F1, C2-D1+, (F1-F2 or G2), D1-D2+ (Transposes into one of the two mating lines i showed, above)
---> E2-E1, C2-C1+, E1-E2, C1-C2+, E2-E1 (repeat until draw)
Deflecting the knight only works if the knight can't come back. Regardless, i don't think black even needs the knight to draw.
White has to leave a queen on A6 to interrupt this forced-draw possibility, if white intends to give up check.
if queen a6 then queen c6
First time I ever seen a draw.
Good games from the good old days.
I wonder if Maurice Ashley is reliving these memories during the St. Louis Rapid/Blitz Tournament :)
He's certainly livelier than ever! :-)
worth watching video indeed
I didn't see Maurice Ashley. Was he playing?
commenting
soakedbearrd Thanks. Finally, someone answers 5 months later :D
Anttjuan Santos Maurice and our very own Daniel king commentating. Two great friends and great GMs giving expert and incisive analysis. Hello from England!
james knox but the Viedeo-name is still wrong!It must be like Short vs. Adams commentary by Maurice and Daniel
Wonderfully Amazing!!!!!
+Raw Fats Thanks!
He was about 5 years old at the time.
wow, best commentator ever
God, Kramnik looks older there than he does today.
I agree it's a brilliant spectator sport.
I love these announcers! haha
It's just really hard for non chess players (meaning producers) to get over the fact that well.. it's chess. So it's not often we get to see it on tv.
At 13:07, I'm a bit worried Dreev might fall of his chair there!
moving to use c-4 is always a winner.
i just love the game boy graphics on 1:50
i do not understand why it is drawn... can't white king go and eat the black pawns while the bishop protects the white pawn? then black has to move anyway right?
I'd never be able to keep up if the TV didn't let me pause their video stream... Then again, I guess they could get instant replays just like the other sports do too...
Why didn't black queen take white queen at 8:19? sorry i'm new to chess.
Sorry, but I don't see when the black queen can take white queen
roleychiu its the king not queen
Yeah? How would you have played it differently?
I knew it was King as soon as I heard mikky
When Chess was an E-Sport..
I was speaking in general terms, Einstein.
Hey Ryan - we don´t offer clocks yet, we should start selling them in the next 3-6 months. I would be glad to offer you a 25% off discount for all DVD items currently in our shop - send me a personal message if you´re interested. Cheers, Will
Im not ranked but I wonder if I can get into one of the major tournaments. sneak into the backdoor like Wu Tang.
How is it a draw when there are still pawns left on the board? Shouldn't it only be a draw when it's a stalemate or lack of sufficient material to checkmate?
+ProClifo The game is a draw because white has a rook pawn where his queening square is black, and the white bishop works on white squares. White can't force pawn promotion, so the best that white can do is to capture black pawns.
no it was possible to win with tsung tswang he had to move pawns and bishop could eat both
then he would have to move king off black square, bishop could block pawns and attacking king's square on white
2 things:
1. why isnt there a mini chess board at the bottom so we can see the pieces.
2. is one of the comentators Samuel L jackson? :DD
The commentators make it sound like a soccer match penalty shoot out or a motor grand prix marvelous stuff. Who took the flag.?
7:12 a7-a8 queening.
Yes!! Adams!
wow.......
Amazing!!
+Averagebum Bum Thanks!
Why exactly?
7:20
F5-H4, and all king moves except F8-G7 lead to a queen exchange, or a white getting his queen in close, with check.
F5-H4, F8-G7, F4-F5 and i don't see what it is that black is supposed to do to prevent white's queen from going to C4 (still guarding against E2 check), then posting to E6, STILL guarding E2, and locking black's queen out of the game (forcing exchange?).
Black's king must go into check @ E7. But how could black avoid queen exchange (ending up a piece down after A7-A8, and losing, most likely)???
Example: F5-H4, F8-E7, D3-H7+,
There's 5 squares for the king...
1) E7-F6, H7-G6+, queens exchange.
2) E7-D6, H7-G6, queens exchange.
3) E7-F8, H4-G6+, F8-E8, H7-H8+, --->E8-F7, G6-E5+, F7-E7, H8-G7+, (E7-D6, H7-H6, and queens exchange because of fork threat @ F7), (E7-D8, G7-F8+, C7-E8, A7-A8+ queens with check, so no, not that either, so it's a queen exchange on E8 (E6-E8)), E7-E8, G2-C6+, E8-D8, G7-F8+ and black loses a queen, or gets mated, likely both.
4) E7-E8, H7-G6+, queens exchange.
5) E7-D8, H7-H8+,
--->D8-E7, H8-G7+, E7-D8, G7-F8+, E8-E7, F8-F5, queens exchange off the pin.
--->D8-D7, H8-G7+, D7-C8, G7-F8+, C8-D7, F8-F5, queens exchange off the pin.
Assuming i didn't make an error (i probably did, lol) Why can't GM not calculate this in 4 seconds, when it takes me an hour? Tisk-tisk.
+SpiritualFox Yes, Nh4 was probably the best move in this line.
iChess.net
Thanks for the vote of confidence.
I understand why he didn't move the knight there, however.
It looks like a clunky rim-knight, and there's a lot of different variation to calculate, and you *have* to calculate all of them, because losing control of the D-file for even one move leads to white getting himself instantly mated.
Am I the only one wondering where GM Maurice Ashley is in this video?
He is commenting :)
The only way that white could go on to the next round was to win.In this position he couldn't win so there was no point on continuing the game.Black is on the next round!!!He didn't care much about the win...
I'm a beginner. Why can it be a draw if there are still pawns on the board that can promote?
Two players can agree a draw in a chess game if they feel they can't make progresses in their respective positions.
+iChess.net But in this case they can lose on time right?
+Pvsmuntje They can lose on time, but there are two other ways that they would draw before they happens. 1.) repeated positions (eg: both players cannot improve their positions, so they must move their kings back and forth between the same squares) and 2.) the 50 move limit rule--after 50 moves with no captures or pawn moves, either of the players may claim a draw. The idea is that, at this level, no players will make mistakes that will allow the other to win in such simple positions, so they agree to draw right away.
Because, beginner, the position is a dead draw, go study some more.
+TheObserver So cocky to a beginner wanting to learn. You should learn more about being nice to one another.
Piket messed up big time, he was in total control but let Adams get back into the game...
nice game
The golden era of chess before computers ruined everything.