To all of you who commented about Bxd5 or Qxd5 stopping the mate in game 1 .... Bxd5 can be met by Kb2 (any move by black), Qb3ch, BxQb3, cxb3 mate. Qxd5 can be met by Ra7 Rd6, Kb2 Qd4, QxQ RxQ, Ra6 mate. If black answers QxQ with Rc6 (in order to prevent the mate), then Qd3 (or Qe3), any move by black, Qb3 mate. 2:26
Good to see many people payed attention to first one. I think bishop doesnt defend it, but a queen does. I mean, queen takes d5 look good, feels good, and is good. It centralizes the queen and defends b3. White CANT instantly give a checkmate so, i think gingerbeard should have at least noted that it isnt as easy as it seems. I tried to find a force checkmate with white there, but seems like after black takes d5 with queen, he has one spare move to get out of the situation. If white plays Kb2, black queen can pin with d4 and it will be a queen trade and no check mate. If white tries to distract black queen from d5 by rook to e5, black queen can check on d1 and IF king ever plays to b2, he can pin it again. So, no clear win here. If someone tells me, i would be glad.
COuld be because if black plays ... Qd5 White goes for King to b2 Black can still play Queen to d4? So instead after Queen to d5, Rook to a7 trying to checkmate at a6 There are too many ways white can try to give a checkmate and black looks helpless...
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2:21 What? But Qxd5 protects b3? I put this position to stockfish and it says it's a dead draw, so if there is a win here it's certainly not straightforward. I would've liked a bit more explanation on this.
Topalov isn't a machine as far as I am aware. Garry was playing a human. Tal may be thwarted many times if you're going to put his sacrifces up against modern engines.
Bro if Q×d5 than Kb2 since black queen has to stay on white diagonal if black plays any other move than white plays Qb3 and u to take white queen and than pawn takes b3 checkmate
He talked about one great move he did, but they are nothing like these super Gm moves. His was a shorter calculation but still impressive and creative.
on 6:30 vs Anand, what if after Bishop H6 Black plays Knight F3 #, if Pawn takes Knight then Queen takes pawn E5, It stops mate, Black's a Knight down but white sacrificed a rook earlier. Also if white Queen takes Knight instead of pawn, Queen still takes pawn E5 with threat on capturing both white bishops, one with pawn one with queen.
@ 2:24 why can’t Queen on d6 take pawn on d5 to defend against the checkmate. Rook on E7 is useless now since the king is further down the board. Or even Bishop to take the d5 pawn. Protects against the checkmate
2:21 Topalev handled the position the best he could and if Kasparov weren’t Kasparoff he would have lost that game. This is maybe the most famous example of “it takes to geniuses to make a good game” or something like that
In the last example, a slower way to win could be Bg5, preventing the King from attacking the other bishop and threatening Qf4. This could at least lead to Black losing his queen. But a quicker win is best.
Great channel! Its not like you’re not going to really be able to steal these different players’ moves, but what an awesome insight into how they think during a game.
Great moves by Gary, but in the 1st example at final position on 02:26, why can't black take the pawn on D5 with his bishop?? Protecting b3 so the queen cannot deliver check mate? If white plays rook A7 that is met by Rook D1 to H1.. What am I missing here what i don't see?
In the first game, I could see black has couple of moves, BxC6 or QxC6 putting a defender on B3 square which stops the Qb3 checkmate. Evenif White put a Rook to attack be sqaure Black has Queen and Rook in same rank. Am I missing something here?
Just a correction Bxd5 or Qxd5 protecting the b3 square. Agreed Black king is in White territory but it is protected by Black and white pawns. If White sacrifice his queen the there is nothing to atteack the black king
Can someone explain the reasoning behind why black resigned in the second (2:30) scenario? As far as I can tell, black could still sacrifice his queen to temporarily block. If white then plays Qxc5, bxc5 trades queens. So obviously white would opt to play dxc5 instead. However, while black is down a queen and the attack is still on, white's d pawn is now temporarily blocking their queen's check. And so black then takes white's knight with gxf6. By white's next move, black's king has room to breathe. Black is down a queen but white is down a knight. I'm still a brand new player so I could be misreading this. And if a professional resigned they certainly saw something I couldn't here. Can someone explain if there's a forced mate down the line? Thanks in advance.
Another suggestion for the first game: White plays bishop e6 Black pawn takes white bishop e6 White rook takes black pawn e6 Black queen takes white rook e6 White queen to c7 check Black bishop to b7 White queen takes black bishop b7 checkmate
@@alexnovak201 if queen or bishop takes d5 then kb2 comes..after it if black plays anything then white plays Qb3+ and then if you take with queen or bishop whatever you have on d5 then cxb3 is checkmate
GM Simon Williams i believe Gary Kasparov believed in the skewered check mate which he demonstrated against Anatoly Karpov.The great chess champion ever.? Probably because of his insane calculation and exertion.
if he does that, can't kasparov then just move the rook along to a7 and threaten checkmate using a6 instead. The bishop is blocking either of his rooks from interfering and the queen can't stop both attacks, i think?
camerojl the bishop could be moved on b7 to prevent a mate. Even if the bishop gets sacrificed, it doesn’t matter as black is some material up. Then the rooks would be connected, so that they could defend a6?
in the first game .. what if after Qc3. black captures that pawn on d5 using Queen or bishop? white King can just move to b2 and its over right? or no? sorry am just a noob
in the last game, after Bishop takes Rook on h8, isn't Knight to e2 a forced checkmate if white Queen doesn't take that knight? and if she takes the knight it is Queen, rook, bishop for black vs rook and two bishops for white. Unless i'm missing something
On the first example what if black plays Qxd5 if R a7 then B b7 and then R a8 if K b2 Q d4 so white can't move his queen and with rook up and exchanging queens it's winning,the bishop on h6 isn't doing much and it will be very hard to come to c2 or d1 to give some check
Once I made a very similar move to number four against my dad. It was six moves to mate in the same situation, involving two bishops and one rook sacrifice
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2:25 but what happents if black play bishop in A8 To D5
@@skyrahmad5594Or Qxd5?
tldr: Kasparov yeets his rooks
The first Game shown is still the greatest attacking game of all time played between strong players.
It's amazing how his opponent had a million ways to lose lol.
@@magnafire1 incorrect the last variation leads to a draw just he did not analyze it any further.
Deepak Tiwari i still think tals games are greatest attacking games that exists
@@hungarianguy6995 apparently you didn't get my humor. There weren't a million ways either.
@@hungarianguy6995 I highly doubt it. Care to "analyze" it then?
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Great opening line Simon 🤣
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what about the one where he sacrificed queen for two minor pieces against kramnik? that was the best one imo
thats the best one ever tbh
That was a blitz game
He didnt show it, because the queen sacrifice was prepared at home and not found over the board
The first game with topalov wasn't easy at all... The moves were hard to find so I think that it's the best one
The first one against Topalov is probably Garry’s best game ever played
Garry vs me.
Garry-- Sacrifice his queen!
Me-- resign!
When a player loses his Queen they usually resign. Gary Oak flips you the reverse Uno card when he plays.
@@GinjouArmy nah I do it every game. Got used to it
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To all of you who commented about Bxd5 or Qxd5 stopping the mate in game 1 .... Bxd5 can be met by Kb2 (any move by black), Qb3ch, BxQb3, cxb3 mate. Qxd5 can be met by Ra7 Rd6, Kb2 Qd4, QxQ RxQ, Ra6 mate. If black answers QxQ with Rc6 (in order to prevent the mate), then Qd3 (or Qe3), any move by black, Qb3 mate. 2:26
The violin edit at 2:09 is gold😂😂
First move of the day, "Who needs those rooks anyway, just throw them out."
Good to see many people payed attention to first one. I think bishop doesnt defend it, but a queen does. I mean, queen takes d5 look good, feels good, and is good. It centralizes the queen and defends b3. White CANT instantly give a checkmate so, i think gingerbeard should have at least noted that it isnt as easy as it seems. I tried to find a force checkmate with white there, but seems like after black takes d5 with queen, he has one spare move to get out of the situation. If white plays Kb2, black queen can pin with d4 and it will be a queen trade and no check mate. If white tries to distract black queen from d5 by rook to e5, black queen can check on d1 and IF king ever plays to b2, he can pin it again. So, no clear win here. If someone tells me, i would be glad.
why topalov did not played bishop to d5 or queen to d5 at 2:27
Probably because it will be met by Kb2 threatning a queen sac on b3, followed up with fxb3# and there is no way to stop that.
COuld be because
if black plays ... Qd5
White goes for King to b2
Black can still play Queen to d4?
So instead after Queen to d5,
Rook to a7 trying to checkmate at a6
There are too many ways white can try to give a checkmate and black looks helpless...
Do you think Topalov, a player of such caliber, would miss those?
I like this GM
Emad he is one of my favourite GMs and youtubers! not sure if you have seen them already, but search Simon Williams blitz and watch all his videos they are hilarious :)
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2:21 What? But Qxd5 protects b3? I put this position to stockfish and it says it's a dead draw, so if there is a win here it's certainly not straightforward. I would've liked a bit more explanation on this.
But then he can pin your queen to your king with Qd4 and force the exchange. I agree with the op that this isn't straight forward
i was looking for someone on the chat that had explained this. I really don't understand how this is mate.
@@jacobbelanger2648 but if black plays bd5 he prevents the exchange and defends b3, i really dont see the mate here
Topalov isn't a machine as far as I am aware. Garry was playing a human. Tal may be thwarted many times if you're going to put his sacrifces up against modern engines.
Bro if Q×d5 than Kb2 since black queen has to stay on white diagonal if black plays any other move than white plays Qb3 and u to take white queen and than pawn takes b3 checkmate
@2:29 why can't black bishop capture d5 defending checkmate?
Then white plays Kb2 and there would be a checkmate with a pawn 😅
@@asemasasasas5849 not pawn. There is still another variation
brynn Sales No. I think he/she is right there is checkmate with pawn for sure
@@BANCKU-qx1gl sac that queen so you dont get checkmated with a pawn
Wouldn’t Kb3 to take pawn after bishop sacs queen be a way out of this?
This guy even before starting the video: “Like the video NOW!” So scary!! I liked the video and ran away! Lol.
I would love to see the commentator's Top 5 best moves of his career
He talked about one great move he did, but they are nothing like these super Gm moves. His was a shorter calculation but still impressive and creative.
on 6:30 vs Anand,
what if after Bishop H6 Black plays Knight F3 #,
if Pawn takes Knight then Queen takes pawn E5,
It stops mate, Black's a Knight down but white sacrificed a rook earlier.
Also if white Queen takes Knight instead of pawn,
Queen still takes pawn E5 with threat on capturing both white bishops, one with pawn one with queen.
Amazing! Could watch this all day.
This guy is awesome and great moves from Garry too
7:50 knight e2 king h1 knight g3 check h2 pawn captures only choice queen f1 with check king to h2 and white queen on b1 to cover the g6 square?
3:13 black queen moves near white pawn queen eat queen check
Pawn eat queen
@ 2:24 why can’t Queen on d6 take pawn on d5 to defend against the checkmate.
Rook on E7 is useless now since the king is further down the board.
Or even Bishop to take the d5 pawn. Protects against the checkmate
Etai science
Love the videos, thanks!!
2:21 Topalev handled the position the best he could and if Kasparov weren’t Kasparoff he would have lost that game. This is maybe the most famous example of “it takes to geniuses to make a good game” or something like that
It's a stake if the black queen doesn't target the pieces
This is one of my favorite channels.
At 2:23, why don't the oppenent tried a8xd5? Bishop will protect that square right. Am I missing something?
Can someboby please explain why at 2:19 pawn on D5 can't be taken either by queen or bishop to protect B3 square ? Thank you.
My sacrifices are even more mysterious
Nice vid. Sweet n concise.
It was not checkmate 2:20 : black plays Qxd5, but Re7+ is brilliant
At 2:22 why wouldn't a8 or d6 to d5 not work? And at 3:12 what about c8 to c4
At 3:12 after Queen to c4 follows Knight to d7, a deadly fork that takes the Queen and basically closes the game
Search Kasparov's immortal game for information
Wtf.... C8-c4 is illegal
Ginger Rules! Love these top fives!!!!!
In the last example, a slower way to win could be Bg5, preventing the King from attacking the other bishop and threatening Qf4. This could at least lead to Black losing his queen. But a quicker win is best.
You have really picked up fantastic positions from various players
Great channel! Its not like you’re not going to really be able to steal these different players’ moves, but what an awesome insight into how they think during a game.
At 7:30 instead of black queen move, black could have moved pawn to 6g to delay the game little longer sacrificing the queen. Correct me if I'm wrong?
At 2:24 can't the black queen just take the pawn on d5, defending checkmate?
@Hadi Purwanto after queen d4 pinning the queen and force a winning exchange?
Qxd5, then Ra7 attacking a6 pawn and after Rd6 (If Bb7 Rxb7 does the same) Kb2 Qd4 Qxd4 wins on the spot
Great moves by Gary, but in the 1st example at final position on 02:26, why can't black take the pawn on D5 with his bishop?? Protecting b3 so the queen cannot deliver check mate? If white plays rook A7 that is met by Rook D1 to H1.. What am I missing here what i don't see?
Then Kb2, with next move after whatever black plays Qb3, B*b3, c*b3 and checkmate.
At 2:19 , Black can defend CheckMate by Capturing d5 Pawn with Bishop.
Bxd5 or Qxd5
No he cant. You should check ou the game, its Kasparov's immortal
2:28 what is stopping queen and bishop to come on d5 check mate can be successfully defended !!
Exactly my thought
In the first game, I could see black has couple of moves, BxC6 or QxC6 putting a defender on B3 square which stops the Qb3 checkmate. Evenif White put a Rook to attack be sqaure Black has Queen and Rook in same rank. Am I missing something here?
Just a correction Bxd5 or Qxd5 protecting the b3 square. Agreed Black king is in White territory but it is protected by Black and white pawns. If White sacrifice his queen the there is nothing to atteack the black king
@2:25 what happens if Bxd5
Rajasekhar reddy rasinti Kb2 followed by Qb3+ Bxb3, cxb3#
@@tze-weilim1632 but mirrored :D
Georgi Violinov :) :) :) I didn’t realize what I’d written until I tried to figure out your comment. Should I edit it?
Georgi Violinov Unlike most players I know, I am much better at Descriptive Notation than Algebraic. Thanks for the pointer, Georgi.
@@tze-weilim1632 I would if I were you haha.not all the people will get what happens there
Your commentary is awesome
0:55 cxrook?
2:19 risky move
7:53 Last game knight e2+ and knight f5 wining for blAck. Can anyone explain .there is a chance for back rankmate
Can someone explain the reasoning behind why black resigned in the second (2:30) scenario? As far as I can tell, black could still sacrifice his queen to temporarily block. If white then plays Qxc5, bxc5 trades queens. So obviously white would opt to play dxc5 instead. However, while black is down a queen and the attack is still on, white's d pawn is now temporarily blocking their queen's check. And so black then takes white's knight with gxf6. By white's next move, black's king has room to breathe. Black is down a queen but white is down a knight.
I'm still a brand new player so I could be misreading this. And if a professional resigned they certainly saw something I couldn't here. Can someone explain if there's a forced mate down the line? Thanks in advance.
In the first game at the end is it possible to take d5 with the bisschop. Or do I miss something?
Same question
Another suggestion for the first game:
White plays bishop e6
Black pawn takes white bishop e6
White rook takes black pawn e6
Black queen takes white rook e6
White queen to c7 check
Black bishop to b7
White queen takes black bishop b7 checkmate
There is this element of blindness in chess where the obvious is seen but the optimal is hidden ❤
2:25
Qc3 Qxd5 they are equal
Then Ra7
Ra7 following after Qxd5
...Qxd5, Ra7, Bb7
Rxb7 Qc4, Qxf6 Rd1+
@@ammani88 oh
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7:59, can the black queen not come to g6 to avoid check mate?
Cant black defend with Qxd5? at 2:20 or do i miss something?
In the first game couldnt Black take the pawn on d5?
@2:22 how can garry checkmates him if his opponents eats his d5 pawn by bishop or queen ?
Love your enthusiasm great examples thanks
The First one was Not just the move it was the Game, Thats the craziest Game i‘ve Ever Seen, Kasparov vs Topalov
Almost every move in this entire series is a sacrifice
At 2:23 what if black queen takes the pawn on d5
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Please replay at 2:10 to 2:20. Your amazing and quiet symphony just doesn't work! Please correct it.?
3:10 move the black queen to e5,its a winning match
Move the black queen to c5 and you are still in the game
2:26 black could use bishop to defend because if bishop moves to d4, it can kill the queen.
2:21 Well Not Actually Defenseless With Black Queen moves and takes the pawn on d5 it can dismiss the checkmate
Jello Verzo or bishop that’s literally what I was just looking at, that way if rook goes to E5 you still have queen protecting that diagonal
@@alexnovak201 if queen or bishop takes d5 then kb2 comes..after it if black plays anything then white plays Qb3+ and then if you take with queen or bishop whatever you have on d5 then cxb3 is checkmate
I love your videos. Thanks Simon!!
2:20 why cant queen just take pawn at d5 and defense that line?
I think bxd5 is a better way to demonstrate your idea, and the response is beautiful too. Kb2(damn Kasparov) and now u can’t defend against Qb3, cxb3
What about the game from Kasparov - Karpov World Championship Match (1990) with the awesome Queen Sacrifice? That was pretty sweet, I think.
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2:25 why not bishop x pawn?
2:20 Bd5?
7:00 Couldn’t he have moved the other bishop to d7 and got check then if the rook takes the bishop the queen can take the rook and checkmate?
king takes queen!? no checkmate in sight
2:27 what about Black Qxd5 ?
2:20 wasn't bxd5 possible?
Yes, but you can play Kb2 and checkmate with the c pawn.
yes, but not Bxd5 but Qxd5! which is quiet drawish according to Stockfish12
2:24 Black bishop to D5 doesn't stop mate?
First game how it is check mate?if queen capture d5 then how check mate?
Every time watching those videos ,have a feeling ,that I become a little bit better myself.
At 2:18 wouldnt it have been check mate if white moved his king to B2
2:28 why not Qxd5 for black after Qc3 for white?
GM Simon Williams i believe Gary Kasparov believed in the skewered check mate which he demonstrated against Anatoly Karpov.The great chess champion ever.? Probably because of his insane calculation and exertion.
2:17 Bxd5?
word salad Then Kb2, the threat is to play Qb3+ followed by cxb3#
Yea I figured, Qxd5 is equal though
this deserved to be analysed more I agree
...Qxd5 is the only move
if ...Bxd5, Kb2 threatening Qb3. Bxb3 cxb3 checkmate
Firtst game shown: Why can‘t the Queen take the pawn on d5 and prevent the mate on b3 which would lead to an equal position?
you mean the pawm on d5?
that what happened in the game and it continue
if he does that, can't kasparov then just move the rook along to a7 and threaten checkmate using a6 instead. The bishop is blocking either of his rooks from interfering and the queen can't stop both attacks, i think?
Omar Al Zughoul yes d5
camerojl the bishop could be moved on b7 to prevent a mate. Even if the bishop gets sacrificed, it doesn’t matter as black is some material up. Then the rooks would be connected, so that they could defend a6?
3:10 is it checkmate or just a check cause im confused
Please why at 2:20 black can't play bishop D5 ??
then just rook e5
Taken by knight
On Game 1 you went over doesn't Qxd5 or Bxd5 provide adequate defense and black is doing fine? Or what am I missing...looks even after that
3:10 black puts queen on c5?
d4 pawn will take queen c5. Just prolonging the inevitable I think?
in the first game .. what if after Qc3.
black captures that pawn on d5 using Queen or bishop?
white King can just move to b2 and its over right? or no? sorry am just a noob
3:09 what after Qa3+ ?!
I like " the ginger beard of knowledge "
i read it "the ginger bread of knowledge" instead of beard
I think he said the ginger beard of Norwich, it’s a place in England, north of London
How is it a checkmate at 2:20 if black can capture the pawn and protect that square??
Ok i get it, nvm. What a nice mind exercise
2:20 can the bishop take on d5 and protect the check mate or am i dumb
in the last game, after Bishop takes Rook on h8, isn't Knight to e2 a forced checkmate if white Queen doesn't take that knight? and if she takes the knight it is Queen, rook, bishop for black vs rook and two bishops for white. Unless i'm missing something
2:23 black can defend checkmate with Qxd5
Agreed, I can't imagine why it was not noticed?
2:23 how about queen or bishop to d5
On the first example what if black plays Qxd5 if R a7 then B b7 and then R a8 if K b2 Q d4 so white can't move his queen and with rook up and exchanging queens it's winning,the bishop on h6 isn't doing much and it will be very hard to come to c2 or d1 to give some check
Once I made a very similar move to number four against my dad. It was six moves to mate in the same situation, involving two bishops and one rook sacrifice
I LOVE this series
At 7:00 why not bishop to g5 and then queen to h5 check ?😅