Keres really is a true master. This game he got lucky after a bad opening but he was able to exploit it brilliantly. Would love to see some of Wei Yi, if you have the inclination.
3:10. I think an interesting move here would have been Nd4. Black wins the piece but he has to take every step with caution because White has potential threats all over the board. After Black takes the bishop, I would probably play 2. Qb3, which pins the knight to the king. Possible threats after this point include 3.Ne6 followed by 4.Nc7, or 3.e4, or 3.f4. (After the knight on e5 moves, White has the possible 4.c4, which puts more pressure on g7. Black likely has the advantage but White has threats all over the place.
To miss the queen pin was mistake, but even if he played 21...Rc8, it wouldnt be clear win. 22. Rd7 Bxd3 23.Nxd3 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Qc8 25.Qxc8 Rxc8 .Black has exchange against 2 pawns, black is better, but how to convert, is not clear. I think Shokman saw the pin, but was afraid of f6 passer and what if white queen manages to go to Qg7 ++. He did not calculate well, but even after 21...Rxf6 his position was still holdable. Rd8 and allowing knight fork later was bad blunder what lost game to him.
Hi this is frank and in this comment i will show you some beautifull words written in Kassel.But where is Kassel? Its the city in Germany.The comment starts with... the obvious hi Mato. And how to continue? Like : more Tal please or show us game between Carlsen and Tut-ench-amon? No i prefer in this position - and let us call this the critical position :THANK YOU MATO FOR ALL GREAT WORK! After that i resign in love....I hope you like this comment. Thats all and bye for now....
I speak for many others when I say, can you post 2 videos a day instead of 1, I know it's selfish to ask and you can't sit in front of computer very long but this is a brilliant sacrifice you must make mayo. eeeef you week to do so we would all be very happy
To be playing Keres, the clock ticking, the entire gallery watching. You have no idea what his coaches has prepared for him and you sweat. That affects your game even if you are Bobby the Fisher.
There were lot of inaccuracies in this game, bad opening by Keres and game got pretty complex for white, black could have won the game playing simple moves. Keres didn't do well this time, Tal and Kasparov are the best on these type of games. Keres plays "his game" all the matches, he is always interested on a sure attack. Tal, on the other hand, could choose to be black or white after the "14" moves had been played and win without any problem.
Wow, even I could play better moves than Shofman in some of the positions in this game. He played the beginning great, achieving a winning position, to just blunder it away. Pretty sad to blunder away a win against one of the greatest as black.
+Kosntantinos Kontousas There is nothing more far from truth. Keres is the player who has defeated the largest number of world champions, no fewer than nine: Capablanca Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov Tal Petrosian Spassky and Fischer
+Kosntantinos Kontousas And one more thing to add: In 1938 he tied with Fine for first, with 8½/14, in the all-star AVRO tournament, held in various cities in the Netherlands, ahead of chess legends Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe, Reshevsky, Alekhine, Capablanca and Flohr. AVRO was one of the strongest tournaments in history; some chess historians believe it the strongest ever staged. Keres won on tiebreak because he beat Fine 1½-½ in their individual two games. It was expected that the winner of this tournament would be the challenger for the World Champion title, in a match against World Champion Alexander Alekhine, but the outbreak of the Second World War, especially because of the first occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940-41, brought negotiations with Alekhine to an end. Keres had begun his university studies in 1937, and this also played a role in the failed match.
Fortune favors the brave...and the prepared mind :) Thanks a lot for such an awesome chess lecture, Sir Mato. God bless you.
There's a old saying that applies here: "Sometimes the hardest thing, is to win a won game."
+Ari zona Great saying.
Although as someone else (maybe Soltis?) pointed out, most of us find _lost_ games harder to win.
Good video, I look forward to these daily
What happens at 4:41 if K to d1?
Keres really is a true master. This game he got lucky after a bad opening but he was able to exploit it brilliantly.
Would love to see some of Wei Yi, if you have the inclination.
+1001themaster
Wei Yi is an awesome player, but failed in the tata steel this year.
3:10. I think an interesting move here would have been Nd4. Black wins the piece but he has to take every step with caution because White has potential threats all over the board. After Black takes the bishop, I would probably play 2. Qb3, which pins the knight to the king. Possible threats after this point include 3.Ne6 followed by 4.Nc7, or 3.e4, or 3.f4. (After the knight on e5 moves, White has the possible 4.c4, which puts more pressure on g7. Black likely has the advantage but White has threats all over the place.
4:09 Mato: At this stage it is clear that the position is not clear :)
To miss the queen pin was mistake, but even if he played 21...Rc8, it wouldnt be clear win. 22. Rd7 Bxd3 23.Nxd3 Rxc7 24. Qxc7 Qc8 25.Qxc8 Rxc8 .Black has exchange against 2 pawns, black is better, but how to convert, is not clear. I think Shokman saw the pin, but was afraid of f6 passer and what if white queen manages to go to Qg7 ++. He did not calculate well, but even after 21...Rxf6 his position was still holdable. Rd8 and allowing knight fork later was bad blunder what lost game to him.
Is queen takes on d6 possible for white at 6:36?
Hi this is frank and in this comment i will show you some beautifull words written in Kassel.But where is Kassel? Its the city in Germany.The comment starts with... the obvious hi Mato. And how to continue? Like : more Tal please or show us game between Carlsen and Tut-ench-amon? No i prefer in this position - and let us call this the critical position :THANK YOU MATO FOR ALL GREAT WORK! After that i resign in love....I hope you like this comment. Thats all and bye for now....
keres got lucky his opponent got nervous.
if Tal played black in this position for sure he would win
I speak for many others when I say, can you post 2 videos a day instead of 1, I know it's selfish to ask and you can't sit in front of computer very long but this is a brilliant sacrifice you must make mayo. eeeef you week to do so we would all be very happy
Seriously? 1 video a day is plenty comparing to other channels.
not for me. i want more!
Fortune unfavors the blunderer.
a lot of decent >2k players could win against keres in that position , shofman made so much blunders in 1 game
Who's Keres?
i gave like 200 👍
Wow Keres got a bit lucky in this one, Black played very well in the first half of the game. Shame he let it go.
To be playing Keres, the clock ticking, the entire gallery watching. You have no idea what his coaches has prepared for him and you sweat. That affects your game even if you are Bobby the Fisher.
:( I've lost worse than that (similarly, but even worse)
There were lot of inaccuracies in this game, bad opening by Keres and game got pretty complex for white, black could have won the game playing simple moves. Keres didn't do well this time, Tal and Kasparov are the best on these type of games. Keres plays "his game" all the matches, he is always interested on a sure attack. Tal, on the other hand, could choose to be black or white after the "14" moves had been played and win without any problem.
I feel that you are chewing gum
black played the move and he resign haha
ouch
0.51 hahaahhahahahahhahhahahah
Keres WAS LUCKY, simple as that, black could win easly if he had patience (or time)
+sakkfanatik No he wasn't "Lucky" it was a fair game, and he won even if it was because of black losing the wining move.
+Jack Freeman When my opponent doesn't find the best move i call that a luck. : )
"The more I practice the luckier I get" , as Barber said :D
Yeah i got the feeling that's sure...but i see nothing ... :D chess spirit
how to win this game, just kiding :D
when black sacrifices the bishop..Rc8 was a good move i think..because white queen is lost ...
Seriously, Mato, why are you giving us such a weak game? Give us a game by tal, or whatever.
+Phillip Wong Who are you that you dare to order things for free?
Wow, even I could play better moves than Shofman in some of the positions in this game. He played the beginning great, achieving a winning position, to just blunder it away. Pretty sad to blunder away a win against one of the greatest as black.
+Cristian T. no you couldn't....
+Пётр Радаев Why not? Isn't Shofman a human being?
I don't see why not, the took to queen pin was SCREECHING to be played
*took to queen pin, that is
ROOK! rooks are a thing auto complete, damn!!!
i think that your hero play bad with lower elo players and thats why he did not got close to wold champion...
+Kosntantinos Kontousas The point is-he wanted to win. He wasn't interested in drawing, even if that meant losing the game.
+Kosntantinos Kontousas There is nothing more far from truth. Keres is the player who has defeated the largest number of world champions, no fewer than nine: Capablanca Alekhine Euwe Botvinnik Smyslov Tal Petrosian Spassky
and Fischer
+Kosntantinos Kontousas And one more thing to add: In 1938 he tied with Fine for first, with 8½/14, in the all-star AVRO tournament, held in various cities in the Netherlands, ahead of chess legends Mikhail Botvinnik, Max Euwe,
Reshevsky, Alekhine, Capablanca and Flohr. AVRO was one of the
strongest tournaments in history; some chess historians believe it the
strongest ever staged. Keres won on tiebreak because he beat Fine 1½-½
in their individual two games.
It was expected that the winner of this tournament would be the challenger for the World Champion title, in a match against World Champion Alexander Alekhine,
but the outbreak of the Second World War, especially because of the
first occupation of Estonia by the Soviet Union in 1940-41, brought
negotiations with Alekhine to an end. Keres had begun his university
studies in 1937, and this also played a role in the failed match.
second!!
μιλα μας για αυτό
first ☺
im better