Tal is TAL Words r not strong enough to explain but I must say fortune favors the brave. Thx Mato. Everyday waiting for your video and only then sleep. Good night
Shortly before the 1959 Candidates' Tournament, Smyslov gave an interview in which he said, among other things, that he considered Tal's style unsound and that it was Smyslov's duty as a grandmaster to beat him properly. I'd imagine that Tal had that interview in mind when he played this beauty.
Sometimes Tal excellent, but once in a while he was so excellent he even astounded himself! Did Smyslov ever recover? Apologize? Grovel? Emigrate? Must've been hard to face the press after that silly boast...
Whole chess comunity taught that his style is unsound agains superstrong grandmasters. And all of them were waiting for Smyslov to crush him (as first candidate to win the tournament).
That is the reason we call MIKHAIL TAL, the master of sacrifice. Usually chess engines find the moves that players plays during game, but but TAL'S moves are unpredictable, incomparable and unimaginable. A mesmerising legend..
I'm here after 3 years of posting. I feel I'm so late to start but anyways mato mato mato your voice is what I'm addicted to now on the second place. Obviously chess is the first addiction. Keep up the good work. Best wishes and lots of health to you !
The best confirmation of Tal's genius was given by great Bobby Fisher. When he was asked to explain the difference between chess geniuses and chess calculation experts (the modern players which Fisher accused of ruining the beauty of chess), he did not place Tall in any of those two categories. He simply said - I don't understand his playing :)
I was certain Tal had got lost in the complications, but.... Tal was such a brilliant attacker. Smyslov must have checked in at a hospital for his blood pressure after this game!
This is the Knockout video in which Tal surprised his opponent. I am a Mato follower and I've seen this video, but since it is from one of my best players in Tal, i don't mind seeing it again.😄😄😄😄
Tal is super Crazy.... I think he has more fan base than bobby fisher himself.... how he remained as world champion for only one year? unbelieveble...! need more tal games...
Mato seriously this is very special thank you for sharing your passion with us tal games with your commentary are amazing so intense i love it its just like a chess thriller hahah LOVE IT! more of it! great lyrics and playing with your voice i recommand headphones for full enjoyment :D
A question. After Smyslov played Qa1+ and Fischer Kd2, why didnt Smyslov capture the rook at d1 (checking the king) as an in between move before capturing Fischers queen? Did he miss a free rook grab or am I missing something?
Tal..legend..his approach to chess is quite unique from all the chess players ever.. None of the champions now cud play such games..they r so afraid..so the many draws..
Only old followers would notice that. Nice catch I remembered 'cuz chess critics said that " Smyslov is first serious test for Tals abilities". He f.cin crushed him :D
I love these Tal game where the opponent feels like they are boxing with an octopus. It's like playing over a Petrosian game. The victim..I mean opponent is slowly and painfully crushed by a boa constrictor.
I found the move :) ! I wonder how far did Tel see into the combination - until the resigning move ? In any case, always a pleasure to see Tal games. Uncompromising tactics and clever surprises !
By the way, Mato, my wife is Russian and her moms maiden name was Tal. Great grandfather was a cousin of Tal and family always said I look like Tal. Do you think so? Lol. Also, I'm a master rated 2380! Lol
Mato brother, I love you... After black queen gives check and tal moves his king, queen takes rook with check then tal takes the queen, then white rook captures tals queen ... isn't that winning or better for white? Can Anyone guide me ? (Mato you can too 😂😘)
I love your channel. You're the one that got me back into chess a few months ago. My rating improved significantly since then. Please keep up the good work and thank you for the great chess lectures! :)
Mato: Amazing game...where'd you get gem? We can't even think of playing like this in our dreams and pls. give us more like these. Atleast we can be happy, we make moves like these but unlike Tal, don't win.
Fun... Chess Glossary Many of these "definitions" were compiled by U.S. Master Eliot Hearst and were first published in an article titled "A Gentle Glossary"; in the July 1962 issue of Chess Life. Adjournment: an interruption in play to enable both players to obtain analytical help from their chessmaster-friends, chess libraries, or chess computers. Adjudication: a binding decision about the outcome of an unfinished game, made by someone who is rated 200 points below you and who renders his judgment after spending a total time to only 5% of the the time that you devoted to the game. Algebraic Chess Notation: a system of recording chess moves which is so logical and mathematically neat that it's amazing that it actually became popular here in the U.S.A. Amateur: in chess, someone who plays only for money (cf. Professional). Analysis: irrefutable proof that you could have won a game you lost. Annotator: 1. a "friendly guide" to the complexities of master play, who first cites the MCO column for the game under review, then remains silent until White is a rook ahead, and finally, points out how Black could have held out longer; alternately, someone whose grasp of chess books doesn't extend beyond his library on the opening. 2. a GrandMaster? of clichés. Attacking Moves: moves that my opponent seems to make much more frequently than I do. Bad Bishop: the one that you still have left on the board. Bird's Opening: 1. f4. Opening named after a strong but nearsighted English master who frequently reached for the wrong pawn. Black-square Weakness: a term usually given to describe the state of the dark colored squares surrounding ones own king (cf. White-square Weakness). Blindfold Chess: a skill, through which minor masters can gain a world-wide reputation; outlawed in Russia because Morphy and Pillsbury died crazy. Blitz: a an extreme form of rapid transit chess, where the players move faster than they can think -- thus ensuing the game a rare profundity. Blunder: Sacrificing for a tactical disadvantage. Bobby Fischer: A player who makes an appearance every twenty years to defeat Spassky in a match. Book-Player: a chess slave, who fills a relatively empty head with information that makes it even emptier. Botvinnik: a Russian king, revered by communist society. Brilliancy: a combinative sequence which is understandable to anyone once the solution is revealed. Bughouse Chess: a game gaining in popularity since you can always blame all of your losses on your partner's play. Bye: in Swiss System tourneys, a full point given to an odd player. Castling: a defensive move played by a cowardly opponent.; a special move solely done for king's safety only to be dismantled by your opponent later. Center: according to the hypermoderns, the squares a1, a8, h1, h8. Challenger's Tourney: a tournament to decide which Russian will play another Russian for the world championship. Champion: someone who has attained success in chess only because he has had more time to devote to the game than you have. Cheapo: a phrase coined by U.S. Master Dr. Karl Burger, who has won a large percentage of his games by such a maneuver; a move which threatens something so obvious that only an idiot would fall for it, and he does. Checkmate: a self-inflicted torture by novices who don't know the word "resigns." Chess: a most intriguing intellectual challenge, played in a cultured manner according to strict rules and regulations. The object of the game is to crush your opponent. Chess Fever: a disease common among adolescent members of the Manhattan Chess Club; characterized by jagged fingernails, bulging eyes, and an unsteady hand. Chess Life: a magazine that comes out late once a month. Clock, Chess: a mechanical device used to time tournament games which no one ever pays attention to until that little red marker is about to fall. Club, Chess: a group of devotees of the Royal Game, whose meetings are characterized by brotherhood and good sportsmanship and where never is heard an encouraging word. Combination: any long series of moves that the average player cannot understand. Compensation: something that I tell myself that I have for being down that pawn. Connoisseur, Openings: an understanding authority, who thinks one opening is better than another. Correspondence Chess: a system of play which in gaining in popularity because you cannot lose USCF rating points in this sort of competition; a method of play to determine who owns the strongest chess computer. Cramped Position: that which you must obtain as a necessary preliminary to freeing your game. Duffer: anybody who can beat you three times in a row. Egotist, Chess: someone who is more interested in describing his own victories than in listening to yours. Endgame: your last opportunity to miss a win or a draw. Ethics, Chess: undefined (we could find no examples of this). En Prise, To Leave: a method of relieving oneself of extraneous material. Euwe, Max: that Dutch master whose name I can't pronounce. Fianchetto: an Italian method of developing bishops; popularized by Russians. Fischer, Robert: an American chess veteran who had been U.S. Champion eight times. His victims accused him of bad manners; his conquerors thought of him a fine sport. Fish: a player who falls for all your traps and still wins. Fool's Mate: the logical conclusion to any game of chess; a chessplayer's spouse. Foresight: the ability to play in only those tournaments you are sure of winning. Fork: "an instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals in one's mouth" (A. Bierce). Gambit: any unsound sacrifice in the opening. Good Bishop: your opponent's bishop. Grandmaster: anyone who has reached the point in chess where he is acclaimed for drawing all his games. Grandmaster Draw: a friendly conclusion due to mutual fear. Giuoco Piano: playable, but not quite so good as a Steinway. Hypermodern Play: any opening system where an early checkmate is impossible. If-move: a method of shortening a typical correspondence game from nine months to just eight months and three weeks. Internet Chess: a method of playing chess in which you can pay a monthly fee, tie up your phone line, all to play your neighbor across the street. Isolated Pawn: a pawn that will queen in the endgame (cf. Passed Pawn). J'adoube: 1. a phrase customarily emitted when you are caught starting your opponent's clock on your move. 2. French for "What am I doing?" If I move that piece I'm lost!" Kibitzer: someone who gives good advice to your opponent and bad advice to you. King's Indian Reversed: naidni sgnik. Lost Game: something your opponent had before he won. Marshall Counterattack: an aggressive defense to the Ruy Lopez, devised by Frank. J. Counterattack. M.C.O.: Modern Chess Oblivion. Median System: a way of breaking Swiss System ties which requires a knowledge of mathematical statistics and algebra, but which is much simpler than any other system. Middlegame: in postal chess, the first move after published analysis is exhausted. Modesty: 1. a virtue that grandmasters rarely cultivate. 2. "When I am White I win because I am White; when I am Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov." Moral Victory: Any victory less than a total victory. The term is usually used to make a loser feel better. Odds: chessplayers. Opening: that phase of the game in which intelligence plays no part. Open File: a file cleared of pawns - a worthy objective since it is then easy to exchange a pair of rooks and obtain an easy draw. Opponent: a slimy individual with an ugly face. Open Tournament: a tournament open to all; a weak tournament. Overprotection: first emphasized by the well-known theorist Nimzovich, this positional theme symbolizes Nimzo's relationship with his mother.
Passed Pawn: a pawn that never queens. (cf. Isolated Pawn). Patzer: a good-natured term with which you describe anyone you can beat; but an insulting epithet when used by certain wise guys to describe you. Pawn-Snatcher: a defensive genius. Perfect Game: a way of describing all of one's victories. Petrosian: See Grandmaster draw. Pin: a sharp move. Planning: The period of time where in the beginning you are hoping for a mate, by the middlegame you are hoping to have an advantage, by the endgame you are hoping not to get killed, and by the next morning you are hoping that they will not laugh at you. Positional Sacrifice: a move so profound that if the annotator isn't your friend he calls it a blunder. Principles of Chess: an archaic term; shown to be useless by Mikhail Tal. Problem, Chess: any chess position that could never occur in an actual game. Professional Chessplayer: anybody who cannot make a living at chess (cf. amateur). Rating System: an objective method of ranking chess players which does not take into consideration the inherent beauty of a rose. Reshevsky, Sammy: an eighty-year-old chess prodigy. Resigns: a way of terminating a game, unknown to weak players. Round-Robin Tournament: a competition in which you cannot talk the tournament director out of pairing you with someone you are afraid of. Ruy Lopez: a Spanish bishop, usually placed on b5. Sacrifice: any piece left en prise. Seventh Rank: discovered by Nimzovich. Sicilian Defense: a defense originated by members of the Mafia, embodying their highest principles. Simultaneous Exhibition: a demonstration of ego, where one individual seeks to display his chess prowess by beating 40 beginners simultaneously. Sportsmanship, Good: concealed hatred for a victorious opponent. Strategy: any idea longer than one move deep (cf. Tactics). Swindle: the only way anyone can be defeated. Swiss-System: a pairing system full of holes, like some other Swiss products. Tactics: a one-move threat (cf. Strategy). "The board is set up wrong": quote invariably heard mentioned by any chess player when watching any movie or television show which shows a chess set. Theoretical Novelty (TN): A new or long forgotten move which always causes a master to get excited Trap: Something you saw but forgot about until you fell into it. Unclear Position: 1. a position where both players have absolutely no clue as to what is going on. This usually results in a draw. 2. A term describing the position at just about any point during my last game. Weekend Tourney: a tournament for which a player travels 300-500 miles in order to be paired with players from his home town. White-square Weakness: a term usually given to describe the state of the lighter colored squares surrounding my king (cf. Black-square Weakness) White: since recent Supreme Court decisions, not so big an advantage as it once was. World Champion: a title that is lately being given to a number of players, some of which haven't played a single game in years. Win: to make an enemy. Won Game: any game you lost. Woodpusher: a way of describing one's play so as to make opponents overconfident. Zugzwang: from the German 'move compulsion', there is no simple English equivalent of this word. It generally means if I make any move I lose, which is how many of us play.
After white king to D2 the queen would have captured the rook and the check remains and then black could have captured the white Queen......am I right?
Hmm, that's strange. I don't have that problem with any other youtube video or audio source whatsoever. Maybe he's boosting his bass so it sounds better on phones, laptops and cheap speakers.
Tal is TAL
Words r not strong enough to explain but I must say fortune favors the brave.
Thx Mato. Everyday waiting for your video and only then sleep.
Good night
Love that quote for the irony, since Pliny the Elder said that right before he died in a volcanic eruption.
Same here bro
Shortly before the 1959 Candidates' Tournament, Smyslov gave an interview in which he said, among other things, that he considered Tal's style unsound and that it was Smyslov's duty as a grandmaster to beat him properly. I'd imagine that Tal had that interview in mind when he played this beauty.
Sometimes Tal excellent, but once in a while he was so excellent he even astounded himself!
Did Smyslov ever recover? Apologize? Grovel? Emigrate?
Must've been hard to face the press after that silly boast...
Whole chess comunity taught that his style is unsound agains superstrong grandmasters. And all of them were waiting for Smyslov to crush him (as first candidate to win the tournament).
The best and most instructive Commentator the world has ever known. Period.
Thank you
Victory will come through MARY
Nice to revisit this game and the Tal series! :-)
Please don't pause the video... :-) Your sense of humor is a plus for this channel. Thanks.
That is the reason we call MIKHAIL TAL, the master of sacrifice. Usually chess engines find the moves that players plays during game, but but TAL'S moves are unpredictable, incomparable and unimaginable. A mesmerising legend..
I'm here after 3 years of posting. I feel I'm so late to start but anyways mato mato mato your voice is what I'm addicted to now on the second place. Obviously chess is the first addiction. Keep up the good work. Best wishes and lots of health to you !
I enjoy watching your videos, Mato. I love your commentary, and your jokes. It is always fun to watch a Tal game.
I bluetooth Mato's channel onto my Sony SRX speaker - beautiful , rich , concert quality sound on my expensive Mac. Thanks Mato...
The best confirmation of Tal's genius was given by great Bobby Fisher. When he was asked to explain the difference between chess geniuses and chess calculation experts (the modern players which Fisher accused of ruining the beauty of chess), he did not place Tall in any of those two categories. He simply said - I don't understand his playing :)
Wow...I just finished this game early this morning. Happy to look at this game with Mato's best lecture again.
Well. As always - excellent. But Q:f7 is nkt check...
Very good and instructiv game. Thanks again Mato.
I was certain Tal had got lost in the complications, but.... Tal was such a brilliant attacker. Smyslov must have checked in at a hospital for his blood pressure after this game!
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Thnx Mato
Still snowed in here in Virginia Beach. What a great game! Thanks Mato!
This is the Knockout video in which Tal surprised his opponent. I am a Mato follower and I've seen this video, but since it is from one of my best players in Tal, i don't mind seeing it again.😄😄😄😄
Tal is super Crazy.... I think he has more fan base than bobby fisher himself.... how he remained as world champion for only one year? unbelieveble...! need more tal games...
Love this game. Like it how Mato gives us the opportunity to see the move first!
Mesmerizing indeed, also out of this world.
Mato seriously this is very special thank you for sharing your passion with us tal games with your commentary are amazing so intense i love it its just like a chess thriller hahah LOVE IT! more of it! great lyrics and playing with your voice i recommand headphones for full enjoyment :D
If Tal makes an insane sacrifice,you knew you're in trouble!
Tal with black pieces is sometimes even more impressive!
This is again one of my fav...especially smyslov checked his glasses and TAL look sober... :O
What a game amazing !! Thank you Mato.. interesting
Always a pleasure mato
Thanks!
Amazing , thank you for sharing.
Hi Mato,
I really love your videos. Please make more games per day.
I make 10 a day these days. All clips are part of the DVD: The KinG Hunt
A question. After Smyslov played Qa1+ and Fischer Kd2, why didnt Smyslov capture the rook at d1 (checking the king) as an in between move before capturing Fischers queen? Did he miss a free rook grab or am I missing something?
That's what I thought.
When Tal offers you a queen, do not take it. When Tal offers you a rook do not take it... Hell when Tal offers you a pawn do not freakin take it
wonderful channel!
Tal..legend..his approach to chess is quite unique from all the chess players ever..
None of the champions now cud play such games..they r so afraid..so the many draws..
it is the same "knockout in chess" vedio
Only old followers would notice that. Nice catch
I remembered 'cuz chess critics said that " Smyslov is first serious test for Tals abilities".
He f.cin crushed him :D
I noticed that too , thanks I thought I was out of my mind :D
Yesterday I saw Marshall's "Gold Coin Game" for the first time, so in this game I actually guessed the killer move.
I love these Tal game where the opponent feels like they are boxing with an octopus.
It's like playing over a Petrosian game. The victim..I mean opponent is slowly and painfully crushed by a boa constrictor.
Mato, you're the man!
Tal is fun to watch.
Mato, and where is the possible continuation? Could you please show us a couple of interesting lines from this game next time?
Superb play by MT!
Tal = The Chess genius.
I found the move :) ! I wonder how far did Tel see into the combination - until the resigning move ? In any case, always a pleasure to see Tal games. Uncompromising tactics and clever surprises !
Hi Mato, At 06.17, instead of grabbing queen, QD1 was better option.. isn't it? he could grab a rook before grabbing queen..
Tal was insane
Wonderful Mato. Tal the genius. By the way Mato, how many games do you play in a day?
0 games a day. But never less than that
MatoJelic :)
:D :D
How about Legky v Fingerov 2005?
Great game from Tal,
Dear Mato, please try to make more videos of Rashid and Vishy games.
Was this game repeated Mato? One of my fav Tal attacks. 👌
Yes. I have seen the game before.
yes, thats why i found the move in 1 second. Thanks to Mato school :)
Generally speaaaking😀
Qxf7+ Where the hell is check ???? there is no any check
Mato you remind me of a professor that taught me harmony and counterpoint at the conservatory
Please upload more Rashid game I am great fan of Rashid
My good God!
I still wonder how would it continue after that
Yes, I did see Nh6+ but not the followup. Mato says "queen f7 check" but the black king is not in check, is he?
LOL.Why did I say check? It is check to rook
Brilliant game
By the way, Mato, my wife is Russian and her moms maiden name was Tal. Great grandfather was a cousin of Tal and family always said I look like Tal. Do you think so? Lol. Also, I'm a master rated 2380! Lol
What if ♖ takes bishop first instead of the queen taking the pawn on f7?
Tal the best player of all time
Smyslov’s attack was ridiculous, since he lost his queen, and Tal merely exchanged queens with his impressing sacrifice.
After pause qf7 qa1,kd2 then why not qd1
Smyslov was great too! But Tal is Tal :-) Best of all time!
You did already explain this game before my friend.
Nezhmetdinov on the other hand, is the greatest Attacking International Master..
Tal had 2 rooks...easy win for Tal
Mato brother, I love you...
After black queen gives check and tal moves his king, queen takes rook with check then tal takes the queen, then white rook captures tals queen ... isn't that winning or better for white?
Can Anyone guide me ? (Mato you can too 😂😘)
After 20.....QA1 21.Kd2 Q×R check is better
Wouldnt knight to g5 guarantee checkmate?
You already covered this game before and it's called *"Knocked out in Chess"* , but I ain't complaining. 😆
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Hi Mato!
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I love your channel. You're the one that got me back into chess a few months ago. My rating improved significantly since then. Please keep up the good work and thank you for the great chess lectures! :)
Tal opens with e4. What would you do?
I think that if at 6.21 black take first the rook Qxd1+ than black can have a better situation
Yes if QxD1 at move 20 black wins easily
Smyslov checked his glasses........yep, I almost did the same.
Mato: Amazing game...where'd you get gem? We can't even think of playing like this in our dreams and pls. give us more like these. Atleast we can be happy, we make moves like these but unlike Tal, don't win.
Why not taking the rook after checking white king? Black could take white queen afterwards
Raoul Thangavel thought the same
Then R xQ, KN x Q +, followed by KN x B. White wins a piece
I see. Thanks !
Something wrong at the end of game black should capture rook after check by the qween and then take tals qween
and, where is yugoslavia???
I actually found the surprise move lol
this game looks and sounds very scary for the black player.
Y not Q×d1 before taking Tal's Queen!
I think he resigned because players hate it when the opponent plays wild moves scrambling the board up. I think only Smyslov knows why he resigned.
Fun... Chess Glossary
Many of these "definitions" were compiled by U.S. Master Eliot Hearst and were first published in an article titled "A Gentle Glossary"; in the July 1962 issue of Chess Life.
Adjournment: an interruption in play to enable both players to obtain analytical help from their chessmaster-friends, chess libraries, or chess computers.
Adjudication: a binding decision about the outcome of an unfinished game, made by someone who is rated 200 points below you and who renders his judgment after spending a total time to only 5% of the the time that you devoted to the game.
Algebraic Chess Notation: a system of recording chess moves which is so logical and mathematically neat that it's amazing that it actually became popular here in the U.S.A.
Amateur: in chess, someone who plays only for money (cf. Professional).
Analysis: irrefutable proof that you could have won a game you lost.
Annotator: 1. a "friendly guide" to the complexities of master play, who first cites the MCO column for the game under review, then remains silent until White is a rook ahead, and finally, points out how Black could have held out longer; alternately, someone whose grasp of chess books doesn't extend beyond his library on the opening. 2. a GrandMaster? of clichés.
Attacking Moves: moves that my opponent seems to make much more frequently than I do.
Bad Bishop: the one that you still have left on the board.
Bird's Opening: 1. f4. Opening named after a strong but nearsighted English master who frequently reached for the wrong pawn.
Black-square Weakness: a term usually given to describe the state of the dark colored squares surrounding ones own king (cf. White-square Weakness).
Blindfold Chess: a skill, through which minor masters can gain a world-wide reputation; outlawed in Russia because Morphy and Pillsbury died crazy.
Blitz: a an extreme form of rapid transit chess, where the players move faster than they can think -- thus ensuing the game a rare profundity.
Blunder: Sacrificing for a tactical disadvantage.
Bobby Fischer: A player who makes an appearance every twenty years to defeat Spassky in a match.
Book-Player: a chess slave, who fills a relatively empty head with information that makes it even emptier.
Botvinnik: a Russian king, revered by communist society.
Brilliancy: a combinative sequence which is understandable to anyone once the solution is revealed.
Bughouse Chess: a game gaining in popularity since you can always blame all of your losses on your partner's play.
Bye: in Swiss System tourneys, a full point given to an odd player.
Castling: a defensive move played by a cowardly opponent.; a special move solely done for king's safety only to be dismantled by your opponent later.
Center: according to the hypermoderns, the squares a1, a8, h1, h8.
Challenger's Tourney: a tournament to decide which Russian will play another Russian for the world championship.
Champion: someone who has attained success in chess only because he has had more time to devote to the game than you have.
Cheapo: a phrase coined by U.S. Master Dr. Karl Burger, who has won a large percentage of his games by such a maneuver; a move which threatens something so obvious that only an idiot would fall for it, and he does.
Checkmate: a self-inflicted torture by novices who don't know the word "resigns."
Chess: a most intriguing intellectual challenge, played in a cultured manner according to strict rules and regulations. The object of the game is to crush your opponent.
Chess Fever: a disease common among adolescent members of the Manhattan Chess Club; characterized by jagged fingernails, bulging eyes, and an unsteady hand.
Chess Life: a magazine that comes out late once a month.
Clock, Chess: a mechanical device used to time tournament games which no one ever pays attention to until that little red marker is about to fall.
Club, Chess: a group of devotees of the Royal Game, whose meetings are characterized by brotherhood and good sportsmanship and where never is heard an encouraging word.
Combination: any long series of moves that the average player cannot understand.
Compensation: something that I tell myself that I have for being down that pawn.
Connoisseur, Openings: an understanding authority, who thinks one opening is better than another.
Correspondence Chess: a system of play which in gaining in popularity because you cannot lose USCF rating points in this sort of competition; a method of play to determine who owns the strongest chess computer.
Cramped Position: that which you must obtain as a necessary preliminary to freeing your game.
Duffer: anybody who can beat you three times in a row.
Egotist, Chess: someone who is more interested in describing his own victories than in listening to yours.
Endgame: your last opportunity to miss a win or a draw.
Ethics, Chess: undefined (we could find no examples of this).
En Prise, To Leave: a method of relieving oneself of extraneous material.
Euwe, Max: that Dutch master whose name I can't pronounce.
Fianchetto: an Italian method of developing bishops; popularized by Russians.
Fischer, Robert: an American chess veteran who had been U.S. Champion eight times. His victims accused him of bad manners; his conquerors thought of him a fine sport.
Fish: a player who falls for all your traps and still wins.
Fool's Mate: the logical conclusion to any game of chess; a chessplayer's spouse.
Foresight: the ability to play in only those tournaments you are sure of winning.
Fork: "an instrument used chiefly for the purpose of putting dead animals in one's mouth" (A. Bierce).
Gambit: any unsound sacrifice in the opening.
Good Bishop: your opponent's bishop.
Grandmaster: anyone who has reached the point in chess where he is acclaimed for drawing all his games.
Grandmaster Draw: a friendly conclusion due to mutual fear.
Giuoco Piano: playable, but not quite so good as a Steinway.
Hypermodern Play: any opening system where an early checkmate is impossible.
If-move: a method of shortening a typical correspondence game from nine months to just eight months and three weeks.
Internet Chess: a method of playing chess in which you can pay a monthly fee, tie up your phone line, all to play your neighbor across the street.
Isolated Pawn: a pawn that will queen in the endgame (cf. Passed Pawn).
J'adoube: 1. a phrase customarily emitted when you are caught starting your opponent's clock on your move. 2. French for "What am I doing?" If I move that piece I'm lost!"
Kibitzer: someone who gives good advice to your opponent and bad advice to you.
King's Indian Reversed: naidni sgnik.
Lost Game: something your opponent had before he won.
Marshall Counterattack: an aggressive defense to the Ruy Lopez, devised by Frank. J. Counterattack.
M.C.O.: Modern Chess Oblivion.
Median System: a way of breaking Swiss System ties which requires a knowledge of mathematical statistics and algebra, but which is much simpler than any other system.
Middlegame: in postal chess, the first move after published analysis is exhausted.
Modesty: 1. a virtue that grandmasters rarely cultivate. 2. "When I am White I win because I am White; when I am Black, I win because I am Bogoljubov."
Moral Victory: Any victory less than a total victory. The term is usually used to make a loser feel better.
Odds: chessplayers.
Opening: that phase of the game in which intelligence plays no part.
Open File: a file cleared of pawns - a worthy objective since it is then easy to exchange a pair of rooks and obtain an easy draw.
Opponent: a slimy individual with an ugly face.
Open Tournament: a tournament open to all; a weak tournament.
Overprotection: first emphasized by the well-known theorist Nimzovich, this positional theme symbolizes Nimzo's relationship with his mother.
Passed Pawn: a pawn that never queens. (cf. Isolated Pawn).
Patzer: a good-natured term with which you describe anyone you can beat; but an insulting epithet when used by certain wise guys to describe you.
Pawn-Snatcher: a defensive genius.
Perfect Game: a way of describing all of one's victories.
Petrosian: See Grandmaster draw.
Pin: a sharp move.
Planning: The period of time where in the beginning you are hoping for a mate, by the middlegame you are hoping to have an advantage, by the endgame you are hoping not to get killed, and by the next morning you are hoping that they will not laugh at you.
Positional Sacrifice: a move so profound that if the annotator isn't your friend he calls it a blunder.
Principles of Chess: an archaic term; shown to be useless by Mikhail Tal.
Problem, Chess: any chess position that could never occur in an actual game.
Professional Chessplayer: anybody who cannot make a living at chess (cf. amateur).
Rating System: an objective method of ranking chess players which does not take into consideration the inherent beauty of a rose.
Reshevsky, Sammy: an eighty-year-old chess prodigy.
Resigns: a way of terminating a game, unknown to weak players.
Round-Robin Tournament: a competition in which you cannot talk the tournament director out of pairing you with someone you are afraid of.
Ruy Lopez: a Spanish bishop, usually placed on b5.
Sacrifice: any piece left en prise.
Seventh Rank: discovered by Nimzovich.
Sicilian Defense: a defense originated by members of the Mafia, embodying their highest principles.
Simultaneous Exhibition: a demonstration of ego, where one individual seeks to display his chess prowess by beating 40 beginners simultaneously.
Sportsmanship, Good: concealed hatred for a victorious opponent.
Strategy: any idea longer than one move deep (cf. Tactics).
Swindle: the only way anyone can be defeated.
Swiss-System: a pairing system full of holes, like some other Swiss products.
Tactics: a one-move threat (cf. Strategy).
"The board is set up wrong": quote invariably heard mentioned by any chess player when watching any movie or television show which shows a chess set.
Theoretical Novelty (TN): A new or long forgotten move which always causes a master to get excited
Trap: Something you saw but forgot about until you fell into it.
Unclear Position: 1. a position where both players have absolutely no clue as to what is going on. This usually results in a draw. 2. A term describing the position at just about any point during my last game.
Weekend Tourney: a tournament for which a player travels 300-500 miles in order to be paired with players from his home town.
White-square Weakness: a term usually given to describe the state of the lighter colored squares surrounding my king (cf. Black-square Weakness)
White: since recent Supreme Court decisions, not so big an advantage as it once was.
World Champion: a title that is lately being given to a number of players, some of which haven't played a single game in years.
Win: to make an enemy.
Won Game: any game you lost.
Woodpusher: a way of describing one's play so as to make opponents overconfident.
Zugzwang: from the German 'move compulsion', there is no simple English equivalent of this word. It generally means if I make any move I lose, which is how many of us play.
I thought the thumbnail said "greatest attacking grandma" at first......
LOL
After white king to D2 the queen would have captured the rook and the check remains and then black could have captured the white Queen......am I right?
One beer too many or is this a joke?
No jokes in this video felt unnatural of Mato
Smyslov should have been captured rook at 6:15 with queen
It drains your mana!!!
Rook to d8
7th comment
We expect atleast 3 games per day from you but you are not doing well... Plz upload max games per day
I am making a DVD: The King Hunt. I make 10 videos a day. All together The King Hunt will have around 600 clips
Will it be free or not?
jeez dude quit complaining, I'm grateful for any amount of content Mato puts up
wow youre a douche! you need to learn some manners, where im from people like you get slapped for acting like that
JOGINDER PAUL be grateful to Mato, he doesn't owe us anything and is the kindest guy to post these great games
Am I the only one who really likes Mato's content, but his awful audio makes it nearly impossible to watch.
Yes you are
Yep.
Yep. There's something wrong with your speakers, because there's nothing wrong with the audio on Mato's videos.
Hmm, that's strange. I don't have that problem with any other youtube video or audio source whatsoever. Maybe he's boosting his bass so it sounds better on phones, laptops and cheap speakers.
Snobs usually have a problem with everything.