Incredibly dubius: 74. ... Kd5?? hxg4 is just better (everything here is still losing of course) 75. Rg5+?? Rb4 or Ra4 are both mate in 9 from here. Rg5+ is mate in 11. 76. ... Rb3? Rd4 adds a move to the mate. 79. ... Kc1? Kb2 and Kc2 add a move to the mate 81. ... Kc1? Kc2 is better. 82. Qb2??? Ra2 is mate in 2. 82. ... Kd1??? Kxb2! I mean take the queen, prolong the game!
58. and 59. ... Bxc6 seems slightly better for black. 63. ... Bg2?? Rg2 is better, Bishop is sacrificed for the pawn instead of the rook. 66. ... Kf6? Kg4 and then kxh4 means no queen is coming. 69. Re1??? Ra5 and Kc7 are mate in 17 here. (best for white) ( from first glance at stockfish 8 )
agadmator's Chess Channel If Mamedyarov chose Be7 with the idea of Bf6, he would have avoided creating the kingside weaknesses and probably would have had a more playable position than white. This was not a hard idea to find, but Mamedyarov expected Jones to play for a win. In the game continuation, ...Bxe7 is just better for White, but Jones has had a horrible tournament, and this draw against Mamedyarov in peak condition is probably for two reasons: to save energy for the next game and to consolidate from a losing streak. Either that, or Anish Giri paid him so that he could go onto tie breaks with Carlsen, against whom Giri has one of the strongest records.
The answer is obvious, though. He wants to improve his rating, and a draw does so. He can play chess differently when rating points are not at stake. Presumably black was willing to draw because it got him closer to a tournament win. I honestly don't see what the question is here.
Playing Magnus is like visiting a doctor. You know you are healthy and fine (equal and drawish), but than doctor tells that you have X ammount of moves left to live and there is nothing you can do about it...
Hey, I found an incredible mate in 24 after move 51 from the game! It's... it's ... AlphaZero like ... ;-0 51. Rg7+ Kh4? 52. Be7+! Kh3 53. Rg3+!! Kxh2 54. Bd6 (with the terrible threat of Re3+ or Rg6+) 54 ... Re4 (best chance -- any B move is much worse) 55. Rd3+! Kg1 (if Kg2, 56. c6 ... and it's a cake walk) 56. Rd1+! Kg2 (it's that or abandon the bishop, but now both B and K are stuck in this ridiculous position) 57. c6 h4 58. c7 Re8 59. Kb6 h3 60. Kb7 h2 61. c8(Q) RxQ 62. KxR followed by RxB and Rxh2 and mate by move 75. Black can stall for two with Rh8-h7+ in some lines, so I think it tops out at 26 moves. Don't quote me though.
My theory as to why he forced a draw so early was due to poor preparation as he didn’t expect it or he didn’t feel good on the day and just wanted to get 1/2 a point.
I imagine players both thinking "o sheet i don t know other variation i will make the one i know and the opponent will avoid the draw. Ore i draw that suits to me"
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central given that he lost in a brutal way in some of the earlier rounds in the tournament after starting very well, a draw will mentally help him stop the consecutive defeats and feeling demoralized (allows him to have more confidence). On the other hand, Mamedyarov has no excuse, he is an excellent attacker and he loves playing sharp games. This draw says a lot about his attitude tbh.
It's lame and unexciting of Jones, but I can't say I wouldn't have done the same. Who knows, maybe he is feeling burnt out. Also, it seems more of the higher rated players responsibility to avoid a draw.
Interesting perspective but forced refers to the idea that each of their moves is forced otherwise they will be checkmated earlier or they literally have no other move. In endgames it can be mate in 26 or mate in say 10 depending on how they play, but forced means that once they blunder they have no way of avoiding the checkmate.
Enver Utku BATUR It may be determined one day, that chess is a game of forced mate in White's favour. I wonder if people will continue playing it if this is proven.
The spirit of chess is broken by the draw. No one would play for that draw in a friendly for pride match but in tournament play the prize, the pressure, the play not to lose atmosphere of modern competition all weighs heavy.
I wonder if draws were were worth 0.333 points each (less than 1.0 total), stalemates were worth 0.75 / 0.25 for side delivering stalemate/side with no moves, and other non-50/50 splits, such as K vs K + 1 minor piece or K vs K + 2 knights were 0.333 / 0.666 splits.... if this would allow games to always be challenging to the very end, even when a draw under current rules can be forced?
Bobby Fischer talked about this for years fixed games, premature draws, etc. I don't know enough to say this is a fixed game but it certainly looks like a premature draw
So in my first chess tournament,everyone was new to chess in my country and the second the chess clock came into play.Everybody freaks out thinking they have no time. It is my turn to play and we keep playing untio endgame.I see my time and my opponents time.we went from 20 minutes to 40 minutes........(coz every move extras 10 seconds.)
Edd 96 because you lose the exchange, after bishop takes, the king takes the bishop, black takes whites bishop and then the rook takes Blacks pawn on H7
#agadmator 7:45 bishop captures on C2. If king captures, rook captures. King cannot approach the room because of the light square bishop. If king doesn’t capture, free pawn.
Technically, the bishop. Three better ways of saying that is 'the pawn is on the correct file', 'the pawn will promote on a square of the correct colour', or the best: 'the pawn will promote on a square which is the same colour as the squares of the bishop'.
There was a moment before the checkmate sequence that I'm wondering about. White: Kb2, Ba3, Ra7, pawns c2, c3, h2 Black: Kf6, Bf5, Ra4, pawns a5, h7 In this position you discussed some options for black and then Matlakov played Re4, giving up the a5 pawn to free his rook. The alternative I'm considering is Bxc2 - if Kxc2 then Rxa3 equalizing the material. Is there an in-between move I'm missing or something?
During the interview after the match both Mamedyarov and Jones seemed exhausted. Maybe they assumed Carlsen and Giri would draw and put everything off till the last day and took the easier path.
Plausible explanation. In round 13, Mamedyarov faced Anand. At 0:49, Mamedyarov played Be7 instead of Bg7, inviting the draw. His opponent played the strongest response, Bh6. It's hard for me to be judgmental about this draw. It's got to be a grueling experience playing in one of these tournaments. Saving energy is therefore a justified strategy in my opinion, but an 8-move draw seems disappointing. You certainly don't want this kind of thing to become commonplace. Chess fans are entitled to see a real game and so are the guys who front the prize money. Do any tournaments impose a move limit before players can declare a draw?
As i was watching another of your videos, i was thinking about forced mates with crazy amounts of moves... and then I see this one in my recommended... +1 view
Technically it was Jones' last move that created a draw (not an agreed draw) but Mamedrayov is equally responsible for the draw since he most certainly could have played any number of other moves to avoid the draw but instead he knowingly walked right into it. Now, instead of having played on and perhaps winning the game for the full point, he walks away with only half a point and down two rating points. Despite his air of disenchantment and bewilderment in the post-game interview, he knew exactly what he was walking into. Why he wanted a draw is anyone's guess.
Watching that Mamedyarov game, my first thought was corruption, a rigged game. I don't know what to think, with Mamedyarov being okay with a draw like that... It looks really wrong.
Some more commentary on interesting variations would be good!! Were not just watching for you to tell us the moves (3:30 would have been interesting to talk about for example as its not an obvious move)
tbh you show the losing move and winning ones which i like. if you guess right. you feel good but when you show the real way its is my god. these guys like magnus think till the very end.
Uhhh, is this possible? Check out: 6:19 And analyze this: White to move: Bd4 - "targets" the rook on h8 Is this an okay move? (I don't know the terms to use in chess and I am just an amateur at this game so I am not sure if this move is even good or worse, a blunder lol)
Fantastic exciting game. #suggestion Alright, Agadmator, I have a proposal. I think I know two things about you. The first thing is that your endgame skills are stronger than any of your other chess skills. The other thing is that you like taking calculated risks. Here's the proposal. Why don't you do a series of games that feature endgame tactics and strategy? This would present several advantages. 1. There isn't much on youtube featuring chess endgames. 2. This would utilize some of your strongest skills. 3. This would provide for your devoted listeners a selection of games that are chosen by an unusual set of criteria, i.e. not a wc match, not an interzonal or a candidates match, not games of a particular player, but games emphasizing a particular *phase* of chessgame, and one that you recognize as the most critical for the improving chess player. Truth in advertising: I find the endgame open board and the use of long range tactics of bishops and rooks along with the close range activity of the king and opposition particularly exciting. I imagine I'm not alone. Think about it.
I may have the answer: Mami accepted the draw coz it was like something Ethereal and Funny at the same time and very hard to explain in words , The Dance of the Bishops indicates that as I perceive it☺️😄
each player gets (e.g.) 2 hours to complete 40 moves. After that, they typically get an extra hour to finish the game (in addition to a bonus time/move being added.)
In "classical" chess (i.e. not blitz, bullet, etc [15/5/etc min]), you have "X" amount of minutes to make 40 moves or you lose on time. After the 40th move, you'll receive more time for "X" amount of moves. This tourney I believe it is 100 min for 40 moves, then 50 min for 20 moves (then another set of time/moves which I don't know atm) I might be mistaken but I'd think this time control is the "standard" for classical chess in tourneys. :)
Gawain is in 12th place with absolutely nothing to play for. His tournament is over. If a player with 160 rating points on him wants to accept a repitition draw, I don't see any reason for him to not take it.
Just because you are not winning the tournament doesn't mean you stop trying to win games. These are still rated games. If you lose every single game you won't even get into such elite tournaments.
He only got invited because he won the Challenger tournament the year before, so unless he gets a significant ratings boost he probably doesn't have to worry about it.
Fortune favors the brave , in this round , that was Carlsen and Giri who both had white but not the top quality opponents to face this next to last round , therefore they went all out for the win . In Mamedyarov's game , he plays for a safe early draw with no fighting spirit at all , was he really that afraid of the struggling Guwain Jones ? A super GM like Mamedyarov should have played for the win even as black , not accept a meek draw after less than ten moves ?! One doesn't win tournaments with such poor decisions like this . This was not a time to play it safe .
Returning to Shakh's game - he took a draw probably because tomorrow he is the only one to play white, against Vishy (that is the other contender). Both Carlsen and Giri play as black, and have quite strong opponents. What do you think about that?
CrusPOL Mamedyarov expected white to play for a win. He didn't want to be much worse out of the opening. He said so himself in an interview available on the official TH-cam channel of the Tata Steel group.
What I've come to doing recently, and this isn't a good comment relative to upload date, as I watch a lot of your videos at random, is now pausing. Especially during the end game and trying to figure out myself what move I would make as that player.. I think I am getting better
The Norwegian supercomputer you're speaking about is probably: analysis.sesse.net Great site to watch for real-time analysis. Not a supercomputer. Just a very powerful PC: "Chess analysis by Stockfish 270818-asn 64 BMI2 (main analysis: 20x2.3GHz Haswell-EP, multi-PV search: 18x2.2GHz Broadwell-EP). Very cool that they now have: "7-man Lomonosov tablebase lookup by ChessOK."
Opinion about that draw against the whipping boy of the tournament? Moronic move which forces him to win the next game - and even then he would not be able to win the tourney unless both Giri and Carlsen both lose - which seems unlikely.
for the first game if it was all about chess perhaps it would have continued. perhaps frustrated by something else i do not know how chess players deal with outside distractions but ive heard not so well especially if a game opens and you don't 'feel' like moving forward
12:49 position. What about protecting the pawn with bishop and just make a fortress? I hardly doubt that it is easily cracked. Even if the rook sacrifice itself for a bishop, bishop will not be able to deliver checkmate, just to stop the pawn. I think exactly this variation was worth a try. Let's say Karjakin might have defended that.
I initally had the same thought, the problem is that there is no real way to include the king in the fortress. However black sets up white is going to be able to bring the king in and either create a mating net or force black away from the defense of the pawn. Once the pawn falls, the mate with RB vs B is trivial at this level.
Managed to find the mate in 26 moves. This is if Matlakov playes 57.Kf5 instead of Kh4.
PV: 57. … Kf5 58. Kd8 Rd2 59. Kd7 Kf6 60. c7 Bd5 61. Re3 Bb7 62. h4 Rc2 63. Re5 Bg2 64. Re6+ Kf5 65. c8=Q Rxc8 66. Re5+ Kf6 67. Kxc8 Bh3+ 68. Kd8 Bg4 69. Re1 Kf7 70. Be7 Bh3 71. Rg1 Ke6 72. Rg5 Bg4 73. Rg6+ Ke5 74. Rxg4 Kd5 75. Rg5+ Kc4 76. Rxh5 Kb3 77. Ra5 Kb2 78. h5 Kb1 79. h6 Kc1 80. h7 Kb1 81. h8=Q Kc1 82. Qb2+ Kd1 83. Ra1#
Source: analysis.sesse.net/
Incredibly dubius:
74. ... Kd5?? hxg4 is just better (everything here is still losing of course)
75. Rg5+?? Rb4 or Ra4 are both mate in 9 from here. Rg5+ is mate in 11.
76. ... Rb3? Rd4 adds a move to the mate.
79. ... Kc1? Kb2 and Kc2 add a move to the mate
81. ... Kc1? Kc2 is better.
82. Qb2??? Ra2 is mate in 2.
82. ... Kd1??? Kxb2! I mean take the queen, prolong the game!
58. and 59. ... Bxc6 seems slightly better for black.
63. ... Bg2?? Rg2 is better, Bishop is sacrificed for the pawn instead of the rook.
66. ... Kf6? Kg4 and then kxh4 means no queen is coming.
69. Re1??? Ra5 and Kc7 are mate in 17 here. (best for white) ( from first glance at stockfish 8 )
Hello Agadmator, 2:01 a draw is better as lose.. in this situation is a half point very usefull. Greetings D4Spieler
agadmator's Chess Channel If Mamedyarov chose Be7 with the idea of Bf6, he would have avoided creating the kingside weaknesses and probably would have had a more playable position than white. This was not a hard idea to find, but Mamedyarov expected Jones to play for a win. In the game continuation, ...Bxe7 is just better for White, but Jones has had a horrible tournament, and this draw against Mamedyarov in peak condition is probably for two reasons: to save energy for the next game and to consolidate from a losing streak. Either that, or Anish Giri paid him so that he could go onto tie breaks with Carlsen, against whom Giri has one of the strongest records.
agadmator's Chess Channel how can you copy& paste the 26 forced mate moves?
“And there is no way this pawn is ever becoming a queen.”
I got a little sad. That pawn had great aspirations, but no one believed in it.
The "Little Pawn that Couldn't "
Hahaha,, 😁🖒✌🕇💕
Press 'F' to pay respects.
*hats off*
@@talalala420 lol, "F" ♙
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@@michaelmendillo4614 disney wants to know your location
"Why are you here if this is how you wanna play chess?"
Perfect reply to Shak and Jones
"Why are you here if this is how you wanna play chess?"
Ouch. Scathing.
The answer is obvious, though. He wants to improve his rating, and a draw does so. He can play chess differently when rating points are not at stake. Presumably black was willing to draw because it got him closer to a tournament win. I honestly don't see what the question is here.
Warren Dew but to waste the white pieces by going for a draw is to commit a crime against chess
@@sleekostrich4367 you are stupid mate :)
@@qtech_cba8015 You are stupid mate :)
Mikhail Tal said that.
Playing Magnus is like visiting a doctor. You know you are healthy and fine (equal and drawish), but than doctor tells that you have X ammount of moves left to live and there is nothing you can do about it...
nice analogy
Dumb analogy actually
"then"
@Don Lorenzo I mean he probably got that
He always give u checks lol
I once dreamt i drew against magnus, not won, but drew
I know, dreams can be crazy sometimes. Once I dreamt I was a teacup.
deyan07 You must be Anish Giri
I dream often about being a attack helicopter. Don't give up on your dreams!
Once I dreamt my crush noticed me, but dreams are just a lie man.
I once dreamt I lost against Tal without him sacrificing any pieces.
Your dog has a serious chance of winning the "Dogs World Chess Championship". He is secretly taking notes of your analysis through all of your videos.
I always assumed Agadmator IS the dog and the dude upfront is just an animatronic puppet
His dog is rated higher than I am. :(
He should definitely be more focused on his analysis...
Except when he glitches out. :D
Hey, I found an incredible mate in 24 after move 51 from the game!
It's... it's ... AlphaZero like ... ;-0
51. Rg7+ Kh4? 52. Be7+! Kh3 53. Rg3+!! Kxh2 54. Bd6 (with the terrible threat of Re3+ or Rg6+) 54 ... Re4 (best chance -- any B move is much worse) 55. Rd3+! Kg1 (if Kg2, 56. c6 ... and it's a cake walk) 56. Rd1+! Kg2 (it's that or abandon the bishop, but now both B and K are stuck in this ridiculous position) 57. c6 h4 58. c7 Re8 59. Kb6 h3 60. Kb7 h2 61. c8(Q) RxQ 62. KxR followed by RxB and Rxh2 and mate by move 75. Black can stall for two with Rh8-h7+ in some lines, so I think it tops out at 26 moves. Don't quote me though.
after reading the title i thought magnus did this 28 moves forced check mate
a very nice click-bait
@@suharsh96 congratulations you are an excellent spotter of click baits
Ikr I though magnus could calculate 26 moves ahead
@@user-kl8vj2qy9w I think he could but it'd be really hard for him
yea even i saw mate in 28 before the game started...
at the title,yes
What a liar
My theory as to why he forced a draw so early was due to poor preparation as he didn’t expect it or he didn’t feel good on the day and just wanted to get 1/2 a point.
This type of thing is very probable.
I imagine players both thinking "o sheet i don t know other variation i will make the one i know and the opponent will avoid the draw. Ore i draw that suits to me"
He was scared. Nothing more to it.
@@magnafire1 It's a board game nobody is scared and especially not super GMs.
You hit the nail on the head. Such a coward move, to just take a draw already during the opening of the game. From both of them.
well gowain can take draw he is underdog!!!
That would be more acceptable, but still, you have the chance to beat a top 10 player. Go for it!
Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central given that he lost in a brutal way in some of the earlier rounds in the tournament after starting very well, a draw will mentally help him stop the consecutive defeats and feeling demoralized (allows him to have more confidence). On the other hand, Mamedyarov has no excuse, he is an excellent attacker and he loves playing sharp games. This draw says a lot about his attitude tbh.
6:54
Lol this guy doesnt understand anything
It's lame and unexciting of Jones, but I can't say I wouldn't have done the same. Who knows, maybe he is feeling burnt out. Also, it seems more of the higher rated players responsibility to avoid a draw.
Totally understandable from Jones, but not from Shak.
Isn't every winning endgame technically a distant forced mate provided the winner doesn't blunder.
every game is technically a distant forced mate,
if it is not a forced draw of course
Bogdan Cvetkovic forced means your opponent cant stop it ( doesnt have the option to, not because he isnt good enough ), so no.
Interesting perspective but forced refers to the idea that each of their moves is forced otherwise they will be checkmated earlier or they literally have no other move. In endgames it can be mate in 26 or mate in say 10 depending on how they play, but forced means that once they blunder they have no way of avoiding the checkmate.
Enver Utku BATUR It may be determined one day, that chess is a game of forced mate in White's favour. I wonder if people will continue playing it if this is proven.
Thought about this myself, there must be many openings that theoretically is a forced checkmate i.e move 80 or 90 given that it is played perfectly.
The spirit of chess is broken by the draw. No one would play for that draw in a friendly for pride match but in tournament play the prize, the pressure, the play not to lose atmosphere of modern competition all weighs heavy.
I wonder if draws were were worth 0.333 points each (less than 1.0 total), stalemates were worth 0.75 / 0.25 for side delivering stalemate/side with no moves, and other non-50/50 splits, such as K vs K + 1 minor piece or K vs K + 2 knights were 0.333 / 0.666 splits.... if this would allow games to always be challenging to the very end, even when a draw under current rules can be forced?
They just wanted your attention and knew you would've talked about them.
And it is in this position dat he don't wanna make a video for an 8-move game but he does an ENTIRE video for a 4-moves game
Best chess channel on yt? hands down...!
Waqas Bin Ehsan agreed
(1:46) because this was a rock solid opening.
Bobby Fischer talked about this for years fixed games, premature draws, etc. I don't know enough to say this is a fixed game but it certainly looks like a premature draw
Well said
What is a fixed game?
@@Cnut_the_grape
The Soviet chess team would pre-pick the winner when playing each other.
Omg youtube doing his thing.they just played this in 2019 "isle of men" and now this is recommended lmao
Inexcusable for black to cut the king off from the game. That's one of the most basic fundamentals in the endgame.
So in my first chess tournament,everyone was new to chess in my country and the second the chess clock came into play.Everybody freaks out thinking they have no time.
It is my turn to play and we keep playing untio endgame.I see my time and my opponents time.we went from 20 minutes to 40 minutes........(coz every move extras 10 seconds.)
Did you make 120 moves to reach endgame? Wow
@@srikkanthank probably an ingenious, forced mate
Lol what. Even if every move was done in 0 seconds, that would've been 120 moves
6:53 Nice rook
Thanks antonio great to have you back , you are family here
Anish Giri should do a Draw my Life
This is outdated but I had to get it out
Fantastic video. I am hard Agad...but this is a great job all around.
um were you saying dwayne johnson vs mamediarov?
Gawain jones lol
@ 7:29 why wasn't bishop to C2 played?
Edd 96 because you lose the exchange, after bishop takes, the king takes the bishop, black takes whites bishop and then the rook takes Blacks pawn on H7
Woohoo new video, I've come to love these videos ^^
"The pawn is of the right color and this is completely winning"
fantastic channel. what software u use to demonstrate the games??
Why isn’t the black bishop going for the pawn at 7:55? Is a draw not good enough for Maxim?
may be they should make jones and mamedyarov sit and watch the games of Rashid Nezhmetdinov.
Everyone remembers that queen sacrifice
"Why are you here if this is how you wanna play chess?" This is going to be my new motto about anything I chose to do in life. Don't half-ass shit.
#agadmator 7:45 bishop captures on C2. If king captures, rook captures. King cannot approach the room because of the light square bishop. If king doesn’t capture, free pawn.
What's wrong with Be3 in Mamedyarov's game against Jones? Seems like a perfectly playable position.
Been hearing and seeing a lot about Gawain Jones. Can you show more of his games where he wins.
Hey Agadmator, I love how you break down the games, can you do a video for beginners involving the openings?
Warning! Useless philosophy question ->
At the end there, is it truly Henry that is the right color, or is it the bishop?
Technically, the bishop. Three better ways of saying that is 'the pawn is on the correct file', 'the pawn will promote on a square of the correct colour', or the best: 'the pawn will promote on a square which is the same colour as the squares of the bishop'.
There was a moment before the checkmate sequence that I'm wondering about.
White: Kb2, Ba3, Ra7, pawns c2, c3, h2
Black: Kf6, Bf5, Ra4, pawns a5, h7
In this position you discussed some options for black and then Matlakov played Re4, giving up the a5 pawn to free his rook. The alternative I'm considering is Bxc2 - if Kxc2 then Rxa3 equalizing the material. Is there an in-between move I'm missing or something?
You lose the h7 pawn after bishop exchange
So he used the Maxim amount of time on the first 40 moves.
Alright pretty intermediate player here. But @8:06 why was Bc2 made. Instead of Kc2. Putting in check, taking Kh2. Swinging into black winning?
During the interview after the match both Mamedyarov and Jones seemed exhausted. Maybe they assumed Carlsen and Giri would draw and put everything off till the last day and took the easier path.
Plausible explanation. In round 13, Mamedyarov faced Anand. At 0:49, Mamedyarov played Be7 instead of Bg7, inviting the draw. His opponent played the strongest response, Bh6. It's hard for me to be judgmental about this draw. It's got to be a grueling experience playing in one of these tournaments. Saving energy is therefore a justified strategy in my opinion, but an 8-move draw seems disappointing. You certainly don't want this kind of thing to become commonplace. Chess fans are entitled to see a real game and so are the guys who front the prize money. Do any tournaments impose a move limit before players can declare a draw?
As i was watching another of your videos, i was thinking about forced mates with crazy amounts of moves... and then I see this one in my recommended... +1 view
Technically it was Jones' last move that created a draw (not an agreed draw) but Mamedrayov is equally responsible for the draw since he most certainly could have played any number of other moves to avoid the draw but instead he knowingly walked right into it. Now, instead of having played on and perhaps winning the game for the full point, he walks away with only half a point and down two rating points. Despite his air of disenchantment and bewilderment in the post-game interview, he knew exactly what he was walking into. Why he wanted a draw is anyone's guess.
It could be great if you make theory about openings
14:14 this pawn is of the right color
Very instructive analysis
13:13 Why not take the h2 pawn with the rook ?
If then rook d3 then just bishup to e4..
rook will just continue attacking the black bishop by moving to e3 and black will still lose either the bishop or rook
This is not ok..you shouldn t be able to draw like this in 8 moves ffs
Why not?
When money on the line, you will do anything to succeed.
Sorry I am a very inexperienced player in chess but on 4:26, cant white just play a4?
Watching that Mamedyarov game, my first thought was corruption, a rigged game. I don't know what to think, with Mamedyarov being okay with a draw like that... It looks really wrong.
3:54 dog decides he's bored of the game (even though you do a great job of making the game exciting) and gets up and leaves.
3 minutes into Petrov and Chill and we already have a draw.
The Bishops playing Hide and Seek was awesome 😂😂😂😂👍👍👍
According to chessbomb you mixed up the move order on move 7/8.
11.53 after 1... h4, 2. d8= Q h3, 3. Qg5+ Kf2, 4. Qf4+ Kg2, black seems to hold up.
Some more commentary on interesting variations would be good!! Were not just watching for you to tell us the moves (3:30 would have been interesting to talk about for example as its not an obvious move)
tbh you show the losing move and winning ones which i like. if you guess right. you feel good but when you show the real way its is my god. these guys like magnus think till the very end.
Can anyone tell me why at 13:06 The rook doesn't take the pawn?
Uhhh, is this possible?
Check out:
6:19
And analyze this:
White to move:
Bd4 - "targets" the rook on h8
Is this an okay move?
(I don't know the terms to use in chess and I am just an amateur at this game so I am not sure if this move is even good or worse, a blunder lol)
Its not a blunder, but black will just move the rook and your rook is still trapped.
Fantastic exciting game. #suggestion Alright, Agadmator, I have a proposal. I think I know two things about you. The first thing is that your endgame skills are stronger than any of your other chess skills. The other thing is that you like taking calculated risks. Here's the proposal. Why don't you do a series of games that feature endgame tactics and strategy? This would present several advantages. 1. There isn't much on youtube featuring chess endgames. 2. This would utilize some of your strongest skills. 3. This would provide for your devoted listeners a selection of games that are chosen by an unusual set of criteria, i.e. not a wc match, not an interzonal or a candidates match, not games of a particular player, but games emphasizing a particular *phase* of chessgame, and one that you recognize as the most critical for the improving chess player. Truth in advertising: I find the endgame open board and the use of long range tactics of bishops and rooks along with the close range activity of the king and opposition particularly exciting. I imagine I'm not alone. Think about it.
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i don t get the Rook g5 move at 13:06...why the black rook can t take the h2 pawn?
KaneLLo' then white would play Rg4+, after the king captures you grab the rook with the Bishop and then just promote your pawn.
i am pretty sure black's bishop can block the pass pawn
i think i found the solution...if rook takes h2 then white Rg1
no its for the position when black's bishop is at h1
but i think this is the reason...if Rh2 i think white can Rd3 and then grab the rook or the bichop
3:54 his dog made a great move,ha ha ha
Brilliant, as usual :)
agadmator: mamedyarov was saving mental energy for last 2 rounds. Simple as that.
onvduuen2 theres only one round left not 2 and anish and carlsen are now leading
If u pause the video at 15.22 .
Bishop to d3 ..can u try that variation. For Black's win.
I may have the answer: Mami accepted the draw coz it was like something Ethereal and Funny at the same time and very hard to explain in words , The Dance of the Bishops indicates that as I perceive it☺️😄
OMG I just post something on my soc med about nothing to everything and then this "create something from nothing"
Shakriar had just ordered pizza, and the doorbell rang. Very obvious. First things first.
Newer to the competitive chess scene. I hear you say "time control on move 40" a lot - what is that?
each player gets (e.g.) 2 hours to complete 40 moves. After that, they typically get an extra hour to finish the game (in addition to a bonus time/move being added.)
In "classical" chess (i.e. not blitz, bullet, etc [15/5/etc min]), you have "X" amount of minutes to make 40 moves or you lose on time.
After the 40th move, you'll receive more time for "X" amount of moves.
This tourney I believe it is 100 min for 40 moves, then 50 min for 20 moves (then another set of time/moves which I don't know atm)
I might be mistaken but I'd think this time control is the "standard" for classical chess in tourneys.
:)
Gawain is in 12th place with absolutely nothing to play for. His tournament is over. If a player with 160 rating points on him wants to accept a repitition draw, I don't see any reason for him to not take it.
That doesn't explain why Jones' opponent agreed to a draw.
Because he figures 1.5/2 will be enough to make the first place tie-break, so he accepts the fast draw and prepares for tomorrow's game.
Just because you are not winning the tournament doesn't mean you stop trying to win games. These are still rated games. If you lose every single game you won't even get into such elite tournaments.
one reason might be a chance to get reinvited
He only got invited because he won the Challenger tournament the year before, so unless he gets a significant ratings boost he probably doesn't have to worry about it.
Maybe Jones was tired and wanted a quick draw.
That doesn't explain why his opponent agreed to the draw
I'm not a good player, but I guess letting the bishop be there is too annoying and f6 is just bad?
Ola Medo!! He is as attentive as we are to your chess analysis!
Fortune favors the brave , in this round , that was Carlsen and Giri who both had white but not the top quality opponents to face this next to last round , therefore they went all out for the win . In Mamedyarov's game , he plays for a safe early draw with no fighting spirit at all , was he really that afraid of the struggling Guwain Jones ? A super GM like Mamedyarov should have played for the win even as black , not accept a meek draw after less than ten moves ?! One doesn't win tournaments with such poor decisions like this . This was not a time to play it safe .
Maybe he wasn't feeling well? Headache or something who knows?
Returning to Shakh's game - he took a draw probably because tomorrow he is the only one to play white, against Vishy (that is the other contender). Both Carlsen and Giri play as black, and have quite strong opponents. What do you think about that?
CrusPOL Mamedyarov expected white to play for a win. He didn't want to be much worse out of the opening. He said so himself in an interview available on the official TH-cam channel of the Tata Steel group.
giri's opponent not quite strong i think and anand is anand tough game
Anand is tougher
There's an interview with him on Round 12 where he says that he didn't want to be so much worse out of the opening.
why not rook captures on H2 @ 13:15 .
What I've come to doing recently, and this isn't a good comment relative to upload date, as I watch a lot of your videos at random, is now pausing. Especially during the end game and trying to figure out myself what move I would make as that player.. I think I am getting better
Agadmator fooled us. Nice clickbait
The Norwegian supercomputer you're speaking about is probably: analysis.sesse.net
Great site to watch for real-time analysis. Not a supercomputer. Just a very powerful PC: "Chess analysis by Stockfish 270818-asn 64 BMI2 (main analysis: 20x2.3GHz Haswell-EP, multi-PV search: 18x2.2GHz Broadwell-EP). Very cool that they now have: "7-man Lomonosov tablebase lookup by ChessOK."
Opinion about that draw against the whipping boy of the tournament? Moronic move which forces him to win the next game - and even then he would not be able to win the tourney unless both Giri and Carlsen both lose - which seems unlikely.
If Giri and Carlsen both draw (both of them are playing black) and Mamedyarov wins his game against Anand there will be a 3-way play-off for first.
3:25 why not Bxg7?
Gaining a pawn, but opening the g-file for the rook this feels slightly better for black
Mamedyarov's unofficial translation: 'I couldn't be arsed. Good vodka was waiting for me'
for the first game if it was all about chess perhaps it would have continued. perhaps frustrated by something else i do not know how chess players deal with outside distractions but ive heard not so well especially if a game opens and you don't 'feel' like moving forward
3:24 what is wrong with Bxg7?
Rg8 after Bxg7, winning back the pawn
mamedyarov feared of guwain Jones lol
Agadmator you da best!
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On 4 38 couldnt magnus just play a4 and force the bishop back?
Nah it would just be a useless trade of pawns...sorry for my comment
when magnus played Rg3, then why can't matlakov play Rh2 capturing the pawn?
i think it was a fixed gamed..
Why not bishop to b7??
7:54 bxc2?
11:32 why not capture the rook?
at 7:26 after 36.Ra7 .. why not 36. ...Bxc2 ??
If Bxc2 than Be7 comes with a check, after king moves White simply captures the bishop
atcn thn thanks
12:49 position. What about protecting the pawn with bishop and just make a fortress? I hardly doubt that it is easily cracked. Even if the rook sacrifice itself for a bishop, bishop will not be able to deliver checkmate, just to stop the pawn. I think exactly this variation was worth a try. Let's say Karjakin might have defended that.
I initally had the same thought, the problem is that there is no real way to include the king in the fortress. However black sets up white is going to be able to bring the king in and either create a mating net or force black away from the defense of the pawn. Once the pawn falls, the mate with RB vs B is trivial at this level.
Mamedyarov's decision was really not wise, but maybe there were other external reasons.
we have E fur lol... i'm in tears
He must have been sick and wanted a quick out