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Daniel's one of the best around. Such a sharp mind when it comes to analysis, and presenting alternative lines. I'd love to see him play more games himself, but no doubt he enjoys what he does right now too.
That was a brilliant middle game from So. These little triangulations are so subtle and sophisticated, a slight improvement of the position, another small threat created, rinse and repeat and suddenly its overwhelming and the game is over. At all points he had the initiative and his king was never in any trouble... really made Hikaru look average which is no easy feat. Great analysis as per
Fantastic game from Wesley. I think I would describe this adventure in the Italian, (please excuse my reversion to the English nomenclature), as the most riveting I have yet seen. Just like a finely crafted musical piece, the dynamics of this game seem to be constantly fluctuating between mezzoforte and fortissimo, while simultaneously placing a premium on positional clarity and tactical control. And, as always, a top drawer analysis on your part, Daniel.
5:44 Watching this live it was really interesting listening to Sam Shankland ask Peter Leko about plans in this position. Sam "confessed" he couldn't understand Bd2 at all. He thought the natural way to develop the Bishop was b3 and Bb2 and wondered what Peter thought.
Sam Shankland is good. I've seen him on other occasions being at pains not to act like he understands what he doesn't understand. Most people are quick to say, "I knew that," or "I could have played that." Nothing is learned that way. I suspect being clear and modest about what he didn't already know helped Sam to improve his game and become the US champion last year. I think it's hard to make that kind of improvement while gliding quietly past what you don't already know.
It's fun to see the grandmaster do the same thing we weak amateurs do. We play through games by the top players, and we have simple ideas (usually brutal attacking ideas) that the top players ignore. (Except Spassky. Spassky goes ahead with the developing and attacking moves that amateurs love, only backing them with great judgement and calculation.) We play on, and usually the subtler, trickier approaches favored by the very top players prove their value. And then we compare what we would have done to what the super players did. And we say "Oh! That looked like he was missing a chance, but in the end it worked out much better." Then we compare our thinking to the best thinking, and we learn, or we try to. What does Grandmaster Danny King do when he plays through a superb game by a top player? The same. It's beautiful. :)
Honestly, what Wesley did was way more sophisticated. Any decent club player would see that exchange sacrifice with the idea of speeding up shifting the rook over... but rook e2 as played in the game was brilliant, with an advanced appreciation of the time white has in the position. So appreciates that he's in absolutely no rush and does not need to put himself through the risk of a possibly unsound exchange sacrifice.
If you were trying to teach a young player the value of patience in chess this game would be good to teach from. Just because Wesley So wasn't attacking immediately, that didn't mean he wasn't going to get around to it when circumstances were right.
10:34 That detail about threefold repetition is significant isn't it. In classical chess a player has to claim - it's their responsibility. I wonder if the 50-move rule similarly "re-interpreted" and automated. It seems that some responsibility is being taken from the players.
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I've never seen someone who is so dedicated to chess! Love your videos!
Daniel's one of the best around. Such a sharp mind when it comes to analysis, and presenting alternative lines. I'd love to see him play more games himself, but no doubt he enjoys what he does right now too.
That was a brilliant middle game from So. These little triangulations are so subtle and sophisticated, a slight improvement of the position, another small threat created, rinse and repeat and suddenly its overwhelming and the game is over. At all points he had the initiative and his king was never in any trouble... really made Hikaru look average which is no easy feat. Great analysis as per
Looks like you're a bass player: good move!
Roger Waters confirmed
Split rooks
King is a bit drafty
Bishops raking across the board
Quick slurp of tea 😂
Written with love
Don't forget octopus knight and starfish bishop!
All of our favourite King'isms
It used to be 'swig of twea' - the recent videos are focusing on 'slurp'.
I love the slow motion attack from Wesley. Thank you as always for the excellent analysis!
Thanks again, Daniel! Watched this live yesterday, & as usual, your analysis made me appreciate Wesley's moves even better. 😊🙏💕
@13:35 "white was a piece down", but So knew that black had both bishops out of the game. Great game analysis.
Great to see Wesley take out Nakamura! Hikaru has had many chances against Magnus, now it’s Wesley’s turn!
Fantastic game from Wesley. I think I would describe this adventure in the Italian, (please excuse my reversion to the English nomenclature), as the most riveting I have yet seen. Just like a finely crafted musical piece, the dynamics of this game seem to be constantly fluctuating between mezzoforte and fortissimo, while simultaneously placing a premium on positional clarity and tactical control. And, as always, a top drawer analysis on your part, Daniel.
I'm proud of myself I understood almost Daniel's analisys and predicted Bishop x f6!!!
5:44 Watching this live it was really interesting listening to Sam Shankland ask Peter Leko about plans in this position. Sam "confessed" he couldn't understand Bd2 at all. He thought the natural way to develop the Bishop was b3 and Bb2 and wondered what Peter thought.
Sam Shankland is good. I've seen him on other occasions being at pains not to act like he understands what he doesn't understand.
Most people are quick to say, "I knew that," or "I could have played that." Nothing is learned that way.
I suspect being clear and modest about what he didn't already know helped Sam to improve his game and become the US champion last year. I think it's hard to make that kind of improvement while gliding quietly past what you don't already know.
Great content, thanks
8:30 Hikaru is the god of the tripple pawns
Irish pawns
It's fun to see the grandmaster do the same thing we weak amateurs do.
We play through games by the top players, and we have simple ideas (usually brutal attacking ideas) that the top players ignore. (Except Spassky. Spassky goes ahead with the developing and attacking moves that amateurs love, only backing them with great judgement and calculation.)
We play on, and usually the subtler, trickier approaches favored by the very top players prove their value. And then we compare what we would have done to what the super players did. And we say "Oh! That looked like he was missing a chance, but in the end it worked out much better."
Then we compare our thinking to the best thinking, and we learn, or we try to.
What does Grandmaster Danny King do when he plays through a superb game by a top player? The same.
It's beautiful. :)
Chess is an Endless Game with Myriads of moves, wins and losses and at times draws. Thanks for yet another game of Whit on a board of Black & White.
GM King, what do you think about Rc3 instead of Re2, sacrificing the exchange to get the rook over one move faster?
My thought exactly, looks like Wesley wasted a move.
Bc3 rice rb3 exchanges the last rook. Re2 was the way to get the rook in!
@@garysikon1812 correct, thanks
Honestly, what Wesley did was way more sophisticated. Any decent club player would see that exchange sacrifice with the idea of speeding up shifting the rook over... but rook e2 as played in the game was brilliant, with an advanced appreciation of the time white has in the position. So appreciates that he's in absolutely no rush and does not need to put himself through the risk of a possibly unsound exchange sacrifice.
@@alexbowring7489 See earlier comment by Gary why Rb3 is a blunder.
Wesley So showed a lot of patience and disciplined play.
If you were trying to teach a young player the value of patience in chess this game would be good to teach from. Just because Wesley So wasn't attacking immediately, that didn't mean he wasn't going to get around to it when circumstances were right.
@@davidblue819 So true. it's like "Just because he wasn't attacking, doesn't mean he wasn't attacking." :D
10:34 That detail about threefold repetition is significant isn't it. In classical chess a player has to claim - it's their responsibility.
I wonder if the 50-move rule similarly "re-interpreted" and automated. It seems that some responsibility is being taken from the players.
Big difference between classical time limit and rapid/blitz.
@@rogerlie4176 absolutely. Each time control delivers its own unique pressures.
How we all love a bad bishop pair!
thanks for the comment
BTW, what about lifting up the R to c3? Bxc3, Rxc3 threatens Rg3+ ?
...Rb3!
12:25 _Not the sacrifice we deserved, but the one we needed, nothing less, than a knight._
shining
Instead of Re2 why didn't So play Rc3 threatening to go to g3 or h3? If BxR then RxB with the same idea.
Black then has ...Rb3!
All Asian
Wat
Ha ha ha 😈👍
All American? So isn't really American is he?