The game where he faced the dragon, when he saw through the ending without a worry about dropping the f pawn because he knew the b pawn promotion was winning. He saw it instantly. Absolutely no hesitation, not even a second needed to evaluate or calculate. Simply amazing.
Peter has never said anything committal in chess in his life, he could be winning and it would be "I should be reasonably well off here, but not entirely sure"
"This is a somewhat strange decision for my opponent" Translation: this was a piece of sheet move by my opponent that I am going to immediately capitalize on to get back in the game
At 20:41, can someone explain that position? Why isn't rook to A2, blocking the pawn, a good move? Or did white just go for the flagging at that point?
who cares if you can't see who the opponent is until the end, it's not like you will ever meet them anyway. What's important is the game and techniques.
Simply amazing how quickly he understands the positions. His endgame understanding is not human. You can see why he is one of the best in the world.
The game where he faced the dragon, when he saw through the ending without a worry about dropping the f pawn because he knew the b pawn promotion was winning. He saw it instantly. Absolutely no hesitation, not even a second needed to evaluate or calculate. Simply amazing.
True, this is simply another level of play, and being able to explain it and verbalize it at the same time is just dazzling
Usual routine. Admire Svidler's face, fast forward to where he remember's to show the board, admire Svidler's brain.
"Generally speaking Qh7 mate might be a somewhat large threat which should be somewhat reasonably decisive." - Peter Svidler
Peter has never said anything committal in chess in his life, he could be winning and it would be "I should be reasonably well off here, but not entirely sure"
Good to see you back Pete. I enjoy your shows more then any other guys.
new fan Peter! great stuff. i love watching a legend.
legend.
I was refreshing chess24 to see a video with this guy again
wow such beatiful man
Svidler is back!!!
Love it when Peter's brain has to be put on hold while he searches for the correct word
"This is a somewhat strange decision for my opponent"
Translation: this was a piece of sheet move by my opponent that I am going to immediately capitalize on to get back in the game
Peter you are a great teacher.
Mr Svidler, thank you
"In the absence of mate giving chances I will have to make do with just picking up a ton of material" - Peter Svidler
audio fixed! ty
I agree with Svidler. Multiple draw offers are always bad etiquette, but being flagged in a winning position is simply a part of blitz.
Nakamura might be a stronger / higher rated player, but I enjoy svidlers analysis way better.
If Svidler wins the candidates we may see some deep theoretical battles in the Grunfeld which would be a lot of fun.
Peter, turn off your piece animations. They are slowing you down when the time is critical.
lol he does not care to be flagged anyway, otherwise he'd be 3200.
I wouldn't be surprised if Svidler's brain was running on IBM's supercomputer, Watson
vastly superior endgame play compared to Svidler's opponents.
Very hippie today!
Pedro El Grande.
www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1799484 is the game he talks about at 1:21:00
great again..
its been a long time
hero
Svidler-Short, Gibraltar 2017 was a French Defence.
At 20:41, can someone explain that position? Why isn't rook to A2, blocking the pawn, a good move? Or did white just go for the flagging at that point?
do those books say "rankin"? ian rankin?
1:07:43 what trap is there? Can't black just Ne5xNf3 check and then take the rook with the bishop?
after Ne5xNf3 check, then Rf4xNf3 and the queen is still trapped
after Ne5xNf3 check, then Rf4xNf3 and the queen is still trapped
who cares if you can't see who the opponent is until the end, it's not like you will ever meet them anyway. What's important is the game and techniques.
nice to see their rating though.
Peter lives in Russia, has played for the Russian national team seven times...and yet he "always supports England" (1:34:08)? Not Russia?
He's talking about cricket specifically, and Russia is not really relevant in international cricket.