The Greatest Move in Chess History - Or So They Say
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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator The 15th annual Linares Super Tournament, held from February 21st to March 10th, 1998 was a Category XXI event. Seven of the world's top players, including the World Champion, competed in a double round robin format. The participants were (in order of Elo): Garry Kasparov (2825), Vladimir Kramnik (2790), Vishwanathan Anand (2770), Veselin Topalov (2740), Vassily Ivanchuk (2740), Alexei Shirov (2710), and Peter Svidler (2690). Anand won clear first with a performance rating of 2840!
Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov vs Alexey Shirov
"Troublesome Priest" (game of the day Mar-14-2016)
Linares (1998), Linares ESP, rd 10, Mar-04
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange Variation (D85)
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This guy goes so deep into the hypothetical situations that i forget lol
Mark lmao!! Same
Mark It stays in the hypothetical line for so long that I actually think its the real line
Yeah, when he finally gets back to the actual game it makes me feel like I do when I'm driving and realize I've been day dreaming for the last five miles.
Like giving us a couple of questions to decide whether or not we want to pause the video lol
Same lmao
I play moves like that all the time, I'm constantly losing my pieces
You're just misunderstood genius
Problem with you is your opponents do not know you are a genius and they would not resign and would play to the end and you lose!
Maybe you are an undiscovered genius :P
I'm good at sacrificing pieces. Just not at winning at chess
Good moves don’t work against pour players
"now find the most brilliant move in chess history"
me a 700 rated player: sure why not
Man I felt this 😂😂
No it doesn't
@@alexbank4879 Though I couldn't juggle the way out in My mind.
Too relatable 🤣.
I literally guessed the move because I thought of the most counter-intuitive move possible.
preach.
same xD
As did I. The bishop's not going to achieve anything so might as well create a traffic jam.
Although you probably won't see my reply, finding the move Bh3 by itself wasn't the whole story when talking about the beauty of this move. The amazing part of this is that Shirov had played 42. Qd5 5 moves prior, offering a queen trade, which Topalov believed led to a theoretical draw. Shirov didn't just stumble into the position and find Bh3!, he had found it in his calculation and calculated all the possibilities five entire moves after the queens were traded. Even then, he had to consider possibilities such as pushing the pawn to g3, capturing on g2 if white moved his king, and gxh3 which was played in the game.
I did the same - it was the only crazy move I could think of!
10:30 "this is the greatest move of all times, I'll give you a couple of seconds to find out"
Wow, you really have a great opinion about your followers!
Hahaha seriously. But it's more about average. If everyone is trying to think of a "creative move", 800k people doing it, someone is gonna get it right.
You can pause the video if you want 😒
One of Agad's very common points in his chess videos is that doubling up pawns is bad. So following Agad's saying and also Agad's implication that Topalov isn't very bright in this game, I guessed the move correctly. I figured that after the Bishop to h3, Topalov would certainly take that bishop and then there would be a drawn out and a mediocre tough Endgame with Topalov's Bishop and King chasing after Shirov's pawns. Ah well, most people won't believe me.
just knowing its the "greatest move in chess history" would allow you to pick the MOST exotic move possible then analyze.
hahahaha
I did not find it because I thought it was white's turn to move, yeah I know I am a prodigy.
Same😂😂😂
Me too lol
His move was one of the first I processed but I was like nah I’m just so bad that my dumbass my think that it might be a good move lmao
His move was one of the first I processed but I was like nah I’m just so bad that my dumbass my think that it might be a good move lmao
i had the exact same problem XD
(i'm sad now ;-;)
I was actually able to find this move, which leads me to conclude that it wasn't the greatest move in chess history.
No, it does not... The fact that you are told that there is an outstanding move available makes you think outside of the box, search for the unusual, the exceptional; minus the anxiety, minus the pressure of the game, minus the time pressure. They don't know that such a move exists, they have to find it. Smartass...
@@X-R-T-C some one needs a hug
I found it as well :) That bishop is totally useless, so I thought it would be easier to move around with the King and have less problems with opponent having doubled pawns. I
@@X-R-T-C Yeah, cuz finding a move people consider the greatest move in chess history, and having an explination as to why it's good isn't an acomplishment..
LOL, ditto, my thought exactly!
i fucking found the move. after having a horrible day, this really lightened up my mood, thank you brother
Stockfish 6 couldnt find this move but everyone in the comments are Bobby Fisher himself as far as i can see
It's different when you know there's a great/weird move. No one here would have played it over the board obviously and we all would have drawn!
When someone says 'great move', my mind immediately starts looking for 'weird move'. I imagine it's the case for many others.
Personally, this move was easy to find as I like looking for weird moves (Especially in endgames. That's my favorite part of a chess match.) However, I'd be willing to bet I'd almost never find the "greatest move" if it were in the opening or midgame. Also, it's easier to find a move when looking at someone else's game than while playing a game yourself in my opinion.
I'd analyse this move if I had days per move (it's how I play chess online). Whether I'd actually play it is another matter. Over the board? I might consider it breifly but I would probably quickly decide it wasn't worth the time to evaluate deeply.
Stockfish 6 is a great deal stronger than I am (obviously). However, I have one advantage over it that might make the difference in these kind of situations... I'm a human and have the benefit of a brain. I know the bishop is potentially worth less than a pawn here, but stockfish doesn't unless it sees a brute force promotion. I only need to see that the pawn structure is suitable for me to eventually force through. I also don't need to continue analysing obviously losing moves, unlike stockfish.
Stockfish is placing too high a value on the bishop for the position. This is a flaw Alpha Zero has exposed in stockfish.
How? I have the free version of Houdini, which is a pretty old one, and it absolutely immediately found Bh3, without any thought basically. Keep in mind also my computer is really low tier as well (1 GB RAM+1.73 GHz CPU )
The greatest move in chess history: Shirov vs. Topalov. The greatest game in chess history: Kasparov vs. Topalov. Poor Topalov.
Karpov's Immortal is also against Topalov :)
@@agadmator he says the queen is hanging because after the queen exchange, the rook has a free win over the bishop as no one is protecting it.. (PS ik this is 7 months late but still)
Perhaps Topalov forces strong play from his opponents. Lets get Topalov against AlphaZero.
xDDDD
the best game in chess history in my honest opinion is Steinitz v. Van Bardeleben.
it takes stockfish 14 at depth 30 to spot Bh3, but in the end, it's the top engine line for SF14, so props to Shirov, for finding such an amazing move
I figured out the move but only because I immediately expect a ridiculous sacrifice every time.
incredible move that forces the win, I'm pretty sure as shirov placed that bishop down on h3 he jumped up in disgust, "Argh I didn't see that pawn, damn!" then continued "Just kidding, mate in 25 sucker".
I love that mate in 25😂
hahahaha
Pretty much...the same thing that I do with my little brother😂
Agadmator is THE BEST chess channel on TH-cam.
akshay lm10 agreed
Agreed
Up there with Mato
Not the best chess channel, the best channel in general
in history :)
Eh, the Wooden Shield is a bit stronger, but not bad.
It's a wooden targe or buckler; a less substantial shield, but plenty enough to deflect any chance of an opponents attack
It's similar I'd say
@@blackjacktrial these are the roots of the wooden shield, pvc just perfected it
Could you give me timestamp I've never heard stockfish recommend me this move
Black didnt have to Sacrifice his bishop to easily win cause Black is ahead by two pawns
The greatest move in chess history was your decision to start this channel!
Thanks for another great video.
I didn't find the move. I only looked a few seconds. I guessed it was d4, but I didn't find the continuation for that move. I knew it would look like a bad move from the buildup.
By the way, at 6:16, after PXN the White queen is not hanging, although it is bad for white to capture the knight.
The rook will take the bishop after Nxc2
That was easy to find, as it was the only way to sacrifice the bishop, which was the only move that could in principle make it the "greatest move in chess history." :)
It is a bit like doing a puzzle - you know there is some weird looking move or counter-intuitive move that wins, so you look for such a move.
Yup! I don't play chess, but even I suspected this was the move that was coming up. The two white pawns in the H column can't move forward on account of the black G6 pawn, and the white bishop can't leave the A-column black pawn unattended.
The bishop move renders black's pieces rather useless!
Michael H the king doesn't hide in the end game he gets into the game.
Bravo - clap clap clap
@@DanMedlenJr Spot on, in the end game, its tempo with the king that matters, this move gave the tempo to the black king, at least by white accepting the bishop 'sacrifice' it did.....
thanks for saying you're going to pause the video, and then giving us a moment to determine if we really wanna pause because I always say "yes, no, yes, no, YES" :-)
0:21 check out the captions when he tries to say Vishwanathan Anand.
Also checkout the captions at 0:27.
Just checking if anyone else noticed it ahahahha.Genius.
Damn!!!
Nobody writes auto generated captions. Thats why its called "auto-generated"
@@kenmendoza6932 The sky is blue, except when it is other colors.
Who's Viswanathan Anand and Alexei Shirov? I only know We-found-out-on Another and Alex-A Share-of!
I don't know squat about playing chess or any games for that matter, but how can anyone not be facinated by these duels of the mind? I'm hooked.
Theres a lot of Grandmasters in these comments.
chatoXvato fake GM hahaha
Burger-king GM's
No kidding. Especially ranking the move. Maybe it's not the best move in history, but how would these simpletons know that?
I found the move in seconds. All I had to do was let the video play on.
:)
SUPER Commando Grandmasters... It's the next few levels up
The fact that many people commenting here can't seem to grasp that Bh3 was the only winning move is a testament to how impressive it is.
The problem is in the video is he doesn't make it clear that this is the only winning move for black or why... i mean it's intuitive to see that the king wants to walk across the board and that the bishop is blocking that plan - it's also possible to see how moving it exactly there to "force" white to waste time by either capturing or by eventually moving his pawn so his king can move. But apart from that this video shows no example lines of how white can draw if that move wasn't played
I saw Bh3 nearly immediately as the split pawns with White's king in the corner worth as much as the white bishop. I did not realize, however, that it would be the ONLY winning move. I can see why it would earn the title of greatest chess move for that reason even though it seems intuitive to me.
The video by the St. Louis chess club makes the situation and the variations much more clear. It is in depth
@@davidbostwick6717 you are full of shit
is it?
Whoever made the captions you made me spit my tea. I love you, you beautiful soul.
Thank you for these videos. I appreciate learning the history of the game.
Your dedication to chess and making videos is inspirational! Keep it up! youre the man
Yup, he's balls deep in chess ;)
I saw it, but to be fair I can't beat a mid level chess app on my best days.
Same
Haha! Same here, and I found the move too! Have to give some credit to @agadmator for some training on pawn structures & doubled pawns.
I'm in this boat. I wonder if this is just one of those weird problems where novices and journeymen have an easier time. The value of the destruction of his pawn structure seems apparent, but it's entirely possible I am simply not valuing my own bishop enough. I certainly wouldn't think out several moves in advance to be able to see the victory for that move, but it "seemed obvious". I think knowing that there is one move that is gonna decide everything with hindsight probably helps more than anything, simply because there is no other obvious single move that drastically changes the dynamics of the board.
Im with ya
Me too :))) in 5 seconds :))
Props to the guy making complete subtitles, helped a lot
Thats called the wooden shield
The greatest move in Chess history was Magnus Carlsen picking up Liv Tyler for a walk in the park.
lol!
😁
XD
Check and mate
@@Novasky2007 This is SO underated!
I think Shirov just has a dramatic publicist xD
Or a hidden sarcasm maybe? It's an interesting move nonetheless. I will consider it in my future games (:
Hehe xD I think sometimes when we look at a game in retrospect, we do not re-imagine the tension and mood that is pushing each players logic. I think Shirov notices Topalov ignoring stronger moves preceding bishop h3 and played to advantage with the swaps.
Baiting that pawn to ensure easy mgmt of the white pawn file was genius, but it was the play that lead Topalov there.
Jackson Quade bruh I don't see your name on the grandmasters list
6:14 your queen is not hanging. You just give up a bishop for a knight, and you're down a pawn after Qxc2, Nxc2, Rxd2, Rc1, Bxe5. Not ideal, but your queen is most definitely not hanging.
@@lastseenonplanetearth5299 That's the line I wrote, except you wouldn't have to defend your light square bishop, since your knight would be blocking it.
Trying to save your light square bishop would definitely be a terrible idea. You would trade queens and lose a pawn, but much more than that, you would allow black to improve his pawn structure, and you would almost certainly regret allowing those 3 pawns on the queen side to be connected, especially since black's light square bishop and a1 rook would be defending the entire formation, as soon as black plays c5. Plus, black can take the knight on c1, sacrificing the exchange, but winning in the end, not allowing white to take the pawn on b4, and then black will be almost about to fork your light square bishop and rook, and you would need 3 moves to save them, allowing black to move with tempo and play b3, c5 and c4 and pretty much win the game since you wouldn't be able to stop that pawn storm on the queen side.
In other words, it's clearly a bad idea to take the knight, it's just not because of the reason agadmator explained.
5:50 "It's a very unpleasant position"
White: "Mmm, I'm good thanks"
:D
Kasparov's rook sacrifice against Topalov is still probably my favorite move, because it was something I would never have considered. Caissa was indeed kind to him that day
I agree. That is still my favourite chess game ever.
Agreed, to me that, and fishers game of the century (the knight move) are candidates for the best
me too
My intuition found it. I had no idea what to do after that point but it seemed like the right move
same :)
I guess, it's like this: You know that it is considered as the greatet move of all time, so something in the back of your head tells you that it certainly must be a sacrifice. The real question is: would you find this move in a real game, when noone tells you that the move you are going to play will be the greatest move of all time. I guess not. You say it yourself: you would have had no idea how to go on. So why would it seem right to sacrifice a bishop? No offence meant! ;)
I'm not good with planning moves out in my head. The way I play is mostly reactionary. If I was put into that position in a real game I would probably ignore the a4 pawn and just guard the D one as it walks to promotion. It's the clear path and you have to make a move.
Yes of course you all see that move :D
PaleGhost69 lol same
I have no idea how I got here or what was said at any point throughout the entire video, but good job being smart!
I rewatch this a few times a year :)
So instructive
As well as entertaining...
’’That bishop is so strong, I mean, it literally cuts the board in half.’’
So they called an adjudicator and got a new board
It's easier to see the move when we know it's there, as it's usually something "obvious", like a sacrifice.
Exactly. Lateral thinking.
I love how that brilliant endgame sac calls back to Topolov's manoeuvers at 4:01 where black's pawns are doubled. That seems like the clever bit, using Topolov's own good ideas against him.
And... this is a great channel, love the format and the insights 👍
Last year Shirov was invited to play in the biggest tournament in Brazil. He finished in 4th place. Someone printed a t-shirt with the famous move and sold a lot.
Ffs I finally got the "find the best move" puzzle he gives on each video. AND IM GLAD IT WAS FOR THIS GAME!
As a beginner, I’ve come to learn that a lot of brilliant moves are heavy sacrifices but they end up being worth it
Subtitles are freaking amazing thank you😂😂😂
I have no idea why I’m suddenly watching chess videos these days. ::
Mw too.Probably i am stuck at master level in android chess game.
You are watching chess because your innate intelligence and common sense! Chess is a much better sport than anything else we may watch. It is a true and better spectator sport. So you’re watching chess because you’re smart!!! Admit it.
@@alcoholfree6381 not necessarily im pretty sure people play chess because their passionate about it and saying chess is a much better sport to watch is pretty ignorant. I watch these videos not because I'm smart but because I like chess and I would have done the same for any other sport.
I found it BUT I knew that every other move was normal, so when prefaced with "The greatest move in chess history" I knew it was Bh3 immediately, only because it was so wacky looking. Did I like it? No. Would I have played it? No. My rating? ~1200.
The greatest move I've ever seen is Agadmator deciding to keep everything free for us all to enjoy. No engine would suggest such a move either. I live very close to the Getty Museum and the Getty House in Santa Monica, CA....entrance is, shockingly, free as well. Yes, I am putting Agadmator in the same realm as Getty; that's how good this channel is.
The only move from your channel I’ve ever found and I’m so proud I’m not even 1000 rated yet. Pure luck I guess, but you also had me wanting to look for abstract moves and I thought there weren’t many options besides the bishop to move and have a whole lot of effect
For those who want a more thorough explanation of the move, the first half of this video gives a nice explanation: th-cam.com/video/BYQm8cy1tVw/w-d-xo.html . The reason this is the "greatest move ever" is because it's the only move that actually wins the game, the idea being the black king needs to get to f5 next move or the game is drawn.
I never thought that back would create double pawn by sacrificing Bh3. Excellent move
I'm so glad YT is recommending old agadmator videos. Something to cool off
I saw the thumbnail and now understand QVC is a time traveller and this is the Wooden Shield
I found it but only after i watched the video a second time xD
For those that don't understand the reasoning behind the move, apart from doubling the pawns, the main purpose is to open up the F5 square for the king so it can move forward to escort the pawns instead of having to go to d6 and c5, in which the white king will be on time to prevent any ideas.
YAY found it immediatly! its like trading 1 bishop for 2 last pawns. then you just push your other pawns with the kings. can't stop them all
the thumbnail is the wooden shield PogU!
i lol at "in those days" ....feels like last week to me :)
i instantly found it but only because it was announced as the greatest move in history. so i had to be something radical. if you hadnt announced it as the greatest move but just some unimportant best move i would have gone for something else.
Exactly.
same, I just looked for a weird move and Bh3 looks weird
Found weird move and found the best move.
Yep
Same here. I "found" it seing it doubled white's pawsn and gave black a passed pawn, but not really knowing how to win from there.
What for a move!! thank you so much. Gives human beings a chance against the engines.
Actually found this one, Never thought I'd find any of the solutions of these tbh. Forcing a double up pawn was my only thought.
It wasn't forced, was it?
This is the greatest move ever because it's the very last one thinks to make, and the only that wins the game.
yes but there are many such moves in chess history, it is absurd to call it this way...
The position for white is lost either way, bishop h3 is just one of the many winning moves.
AND because the chess engine didn't offer it. At least at the moment this video was created. Wonder if AlphaZero would see it.
11:14 ...Interesting. Even Stockfish10 doesn't find it, at least not right away. But after a3 (its first choice) followed by Kf2, then Bh3 is its first choice on the following turn with a -10 score as opposed to -2.7 for anything else.
agadmator has the best TH-cam chess channel. It is excellent! Always informative, engaging and interesting. I am very appreciative of the quality of the work that is always evident in these videos. Thank you for putting these up for us!
I found the move instantly. I'm maybe ELO 1950 but my "chess intuition" is very strong. Maybe it's from playing chess for 60 years and seeing a lot of games. Unfortunately, I'm lazy and am terrible with chess opening theory which lowers my scores. Nevertheless, it was big fun to find the move and also to feel very strongly that it was correct. Having the guts to play such a move in an important tournament is another thing entirely of course. I make no claim on being anything but an above average player. Finding Bh3 totally made my day though!
Great insightful chess debate on historical games, thank you. After your hypothetical sequence at 8:30, which arguably pointed to a draw, in fact you were presenting Mr. Topalov with a simple finish: white rook d8; black king h7; white queen h8 checkmate
Black would just block with the rook immediately
I'm looking at the position in April 2021 and the Tarrasch engine recommends Bh3 by 8+ pawn points over any other candidate
-10.64 (depth 38) vs -2.08 for Bb1 or Bc2, etc.
A fantastic find by Shirov!
The best feeling is predicting the move he played
Thanks for considering us so brilliant to find greatest move of history in couple of seconds.
Idk how I came across your channel but it makes me wanna get back into chess. I quit when I got to high school bc I played 3 other sports full time. I know this is an old video but thanks for the inspiration.
lol I thought that it was the other persons turn when it was "the greatest move of all time"
"some call it the greatest chessmove in history...
I'll give you a couple of seconds..."
I always get such a sense of accomplishment when I find a pause video move lol
"a couple of seconds" is perfect for bullet training.....I sometimes pause if it's a really complicated position, but I like to try and find it in the given time sometimes, never stop what u do.
My friend just thought you said “because there was time travel”
😆
If you realize that any endgame can be calculated by brute force, the result of any endgame can only be a win, a draw or a loss. This means that Shirov out-calculated Topalov, which isn't why this move is considered the best move ever played.
Topalov thought he could control d4 with his king and capture on f6 with his bishop if Shirov would play king d6 (to promote the a-pawn or the d-pawn). Because of the bishops of opposite colour and the king controlling d4 this would result in a draw. The reason why this move is considered to be the best move ever played is because it is the only move that wins and it is a sacrifice that wins the game wheter it is accepted or not. And ofcourse the added excitement that the engine thinks this to be a crap move that it doesn't consider at all, which means the computer would draw this position. In that perspective human intuition beats artifical brute force. (Which Alpha Zero seems to prove nowadays)
Anyway, i am not a chess genius, i am a chess lover. All this stuff i know from an analysis from GM Alejandro Ramirez that you can find on youtube. I will not link it out of respect for your channel (i think linking other channels in yours is impolite)
Rens Bergmans it looks like the worst, it's the best and it's the only move.
Comment deeper than video, so here I will add... GM Shirov himself explained this in one of his video lectures. Secret to finding this move during the game was similar situation that he encountered before.
To me it is the most impressive move of all times, because:
1. Most of us would dismiss it in a split-second.
2. Position is elegantly simple, minimalist, composition-in-a-game.
3. Guy won opposite color bishops position.
4. By most probably the only winning move (Alpha0 would tell some day)
5. Sacrificing whole piece, last piece, for no obvious compensation or threat. This looks like, by far, worst looking move of all, and yet it's the best.
If you calculate something by brute force you calculate absolutely every possibility so it is impossible that an engine thinks this move is crap when it was given enough time to calculate all remaining possibilities...
@@felixacb8895 The real secret to the move is that it's probably not the best move he could have made in a strict sense. Stockfish would have discarded it, because it would have found better moves. A big part of the reason it works is because it's a human playing a human, and there is psychology involved. It's so out of left field the opponent has to re-analyse the entire end-game. He previously understood the game, and how it would end, but now he doesn't. That puts massive pressure on him and time is probably running out. All this adds up to being unable to find a reasonable response, and losing the game.
@@jeffwells641 I was just talking about the definition of brute force which is calculating every possibility. In chess this is impossible because it could go on infinitely so its just possible for the chess computers to brute force a number of moves in advance. But because there is such a large number of absolutely useless and bad moves these moves quickly get eliminated by most chess computers
Dude I was watching this video and I just got a MasterClass chess ad
It forces him to further mess up his only pawn structure. If he attacks the bishop he doubles up his pawn and will eventually take the pawn finishing on a light square which will make it impossible to remove with the opposite color bishop leaving him free to move his other three passed pawns. If he ignores, he simply loses his pawn for the cost of the bishop and shirov would've ended with four pawns instead of only three which would've been worse. Or, he pushes passed the bishop and ruins the only proper order of attack to break shirov's pawn structure. It's genius, and the moves where you sacrifice a piece for the end game are the toughest to spot.
I found it but only because I thought what would be the most unlikely move I would make
Stockfish 9 saw the great move after 50 seconds on an i7 quad core.
Stockfish 9 also didn't take the Bishop - it realises that it's poisoned..
I immediately thought of sacrificing my bishop, figuring it might complicate his run to promotion as I had a pawn pretty close; though the other bishop should easily prevent it, I held to my guess thinking my players just might be positioned well enough to frustrate that sole opposing bishop. Thanks for showing this.
It really is a lot easier to find a move if youre told to look for it, but in the heat of the moment there is no way i would ever even consider that!
so any lose from topalov consider the immortal of his opponent ..kasparov (1999) karpov (1994) shirov (1998)
Ross Geller thank you topalov for your sacrifice
Korchnoi and Timman also lost many brilliant games. When you're a great player like those guys, it takes a heck of an effort to beat you.
6:14 wym your queen is hanging? Haha
After queen captures and knight captures. Rook to D2 captures bishop. You lose the bishop pair in an open position .
But yeah the queen isn’t hanging tho
@@eskay6666 You also lose a pawn
i dont see the lost pawn but it is obv bad for white, the knight on c2 is pinned and and whites only options that dont lose a piece are either rc1 [after which the knight is still pinned and the rook cant move either, black has ...Rab8, bxa5 loses a piece to ...Rb7 and white obv doesnt want to alllow ...axb4 giving black three connected passed pawns so prob has to defend with Rf4 but all whites pieces are very badly placed.], or bb1, which is prob less bad but its the wrong square for the bishop, as well as blocking white's rook from coming to the b file, ...Rab8 is coming anyway and now bxa5 is again basically impossible due to ...Rxb1 winning two pieces for a rook (there is no need to do this immediately as white cant untangle, st like ...c5 first is better to bring the bishop into the game and only after white plays eg Rd1 or Rc1 do u play ...Rxb1. if you do not play bxa5, ...axb4 is a threat and in some lines black may have Rxc2 sacrificing the exchange to win the b pawn and create three connected passed pawns.
I think the only reason I found this move is because you put so much emphasis on it like no engine recommended the bishop sacrifice so I just think we’ll it wouldn’t be a simple pawn or king move and ended up figuring it out!!! Love the content, favorite chess channel!!!
LOL the picture of both players, they look surprised by the same thing
As a truly amateur chess player, I would have appreciated an explanation of why the bishop move facilitates the winning plan. I understand if this is a channel for more experienced players, though. Could anyone explain? Is it about getting the bishop out of the way, then making white waste a move on taking the bishop, so you get a head start on the king travel?
Fantastic videos, Agadmator. Congratulations on getting to play Magnus Carlsen! Well... sort of.
The white pawns are trapped. If the h4 pawn advances the it is captured, blocking the h3 pawn. With two pawns and a king black was sure to promote one of them, as happened in the game.
When I make a move like that and lose it's called a silly blunder but when it's Shirov and he wins it's the greatest move in chess history.
So much bias.
In that position I’m sure its an extremely difficult move to find but in the context of this video and given the title I feel it is much much easier
I like the few seconds to pause the video, it gives you time to process.
I was analizing and there is no way to win if Topalov had not take the bishop.
Yeah exactly!! That sacrifice move is not required
Black's plan is to get his king to e4 before White blockades the position with Kf2 followed by Ke3. So after ...Bh3! how does White stop that? Now Kf2 Kf5 Ke3 just loses the g-pawn, obviously.
It seems clear that the position is won once the Black king gets to e4, with or without the bishop. The only reason I don't think ...Bh3 deserves to be called the greatest move of all time is that it is really quite logical and not especially deep - just get the king to e4 and the White bishop can't defend everthing, game over!
@@zanti4132 yes, i think that depending of the moves of the White, black can take the pawn of g and make a pass pawn on f, and if White make any different move that is not with the king to black can get his King to e4 so is not so easy to White at that time to not lose the Game. But maybe we need a deep analisys of it better than this i say. But anyway if this is all true it means that the bishop to h3 is the only winning move for blacks and that means a lot for sure.
position is winning for black no matter what. but bishop sacrifice is the most accurate (even though it is not seen by any engine up this point still in 2021). Engines agree on its accuracy after it is played.
Analizing sounds painful, for one or both of you
At 6:10 on cxb4 the queen isn't hanging because of the d4 knight
in that case cxb4 qxc2 Nxc2 Rxd3 with a tempo on the knight and bishop, there is no defense so black is better
+LordOfTheYaks What he said :)
LordOfTheYaks Bb2 is not a defense?
LordOfTheYaks whether the line is desirable for white or not doesn't change the fact that the queen isn't hanging, which is my only claim
Ninnifier O.o Black captures with the pawn ;)
outstanding move
Love yer videos pal, Shug fae Dundee in Scotland 😘
What the hell were this subtitles?😂😂
(commie gibberish)
@@Cranndaddy lmao ikr
I saw it and was like "haha imagine if he placed his bishop there" then he did
As others have indicated, simply knowing the context of the puzzle can let you guess the answer even without having a clue what the answer is. It reminds me of the time I signed up for a Statistics class in university, when at the start of the class I took last year's exam to see how well I could do with no knowledge of statistics at all, and using similar techniques I was able to get 40% of the 5-part multiple choices answers correct. And the passing grade was in fact 40%. Sadly, I didn't get a much better grade after completing the course.
Some modern Engines can seem to find the move pretty quickly:
Stockfish 13 with or without NNUE
Dragon by Komodo
Deep HIARCS 14 (Shows it REALLY has positional understanding and good eval even if it can't compete with say Stockfish in a match)
Ethereal 12.75 (Probably a lot in Common with SF)
Andscacs 0.95
ShashChess 15.1 (Probably a lot in Common with SF)
Wasp 4.50
These here don't:
Lc0 with the latest T60 30x384 Net 68550 (sadly Leela doesn't even consider this move within the first 8 PVs...ouch)
Komodo 14.1
Houdini 6 with or without Tactical Mode (i really thought it would see it one way or the other)
Fizbo 2
Deep Shredder 13 (Shredder is usually an endgame killer, didn't see it though)
Deep Junior Yokohama
Fire 8
OpenTal 1.1
Pedone 3.0
rofChade 2.3
8:54 what are the downsides of doing Rd4
Rxe5
The captions read “Commie Gibberish” when he mentions Vishwanathan Anaand won the tournament, who made the captions?
Makes me think it was u
Dude it's auto generated, it's literally written there
Aronian played an even better move against Vidit in the Fide Nations Cup 2020, trapping the bishop, that was one of the great moves for me
Indeed surprising and fresh move.