Really nice analysis of a spectacular game - I learned a lot. Unlike some of the other commentators here, I especially enjoyed the alternative lines you explored, and I don't mind the fact that some of the analysis was fairly informal.
That's true, still It would have deserves a bit more analysis than Just this random extemporary "maybe this, probably Better" or "seems Dangerous" with a massive amount of errors in the evaluation, the variants, the calculating part
27:49 in this line if nxe6 the move wouldn't be rxr the move would be bxe3+ - If Qxb the simple threat remains of QG2++ - The only other move for white would the devastating Ke1 running into QH1++ - That would be the lines if nxe6...not rook takes rook...- The entire game is really a master piece by Gary positionally remarkably crushing for white with constant pressure the whole game - Beautiful from black
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What a game! As a sidenote - love the annotations you have going with bishop/knight endgames. Why not extend them to openings too? We have some really good and precise openings analysed by some really good masters on youtube (of course you can always search for them - but we all know that we are way too lazy for that ;/ )
What a tactical game for one that lasted only 20 minutes one and equally brilliant commentary! There' something quite charming in the way you describe the game.
16:25 The point of playing C2-C2 isn't to prevent F8-B4, but F8-A3. After F8-A3, white's rook can lift C1-C2, and not leave the C-file, which was the point of putting it on the C-file in the first place. 17:45 The knight-exchange looks suspect because after C3-C4, white can't actually place a piece on D4 without black pushing C6-C5 and D5-D4, creating pass pawn, locking out white's bishop on f2, and opening the A8-H1 diagonal. C4-D5, C6-D5 is a disaster, with D7-B5 in the cards, after D8-A5 and F8-C5. So white has to leave the pawns intact. Black intends to push C and D pawns, and white has no threats and is locked out of the D4 square. Black gets that pass pawn, inevitably. Please note that black can break open the center at any time of his choosing, and sacrifice all his pieces, because in this position, white needs THREE moves to guard against the theoretical mate on G2. Nothing gets there in time, if black dumps his C and D pawns out, and puts his queen on the diagonal. White ends up having to move his king G1-F1, so black can munch H2 and start queening. C6-C5 might even be the response to C3-C4, it's that bad.
+SpiritualFox This was a rapid game, and it's difficult to criticize moves. This was a position where Kasparov was increasing his positional advantage on the queenside, and Anand hadn't sufficient counterplay. Sometimes, desperation makes commit mistakes
Near 25:00 and on most the moves you look at get crushed in a really cool way by Nd2 btw, I recommend reconsidering a lot of the analyses with that move in mind
Wow. I've never seen this game. Amazing tactics for a 25 minutes game by Kasparov. As a novice chess player and enthusiast, I've never seen (or have and just didn't recall) this anti-English opening for black. It looks very powerful and really nice. I'm gonna watch it again and write the lines down and try it out one day, there's alot of sharp tactics that white can fall into and easily get in trouble. Great stuff as always Will. Thanks for sharing and analyzing this game.
That's exactly what I want from a chess commentary. Possible variations, that have 100% gone through the players's heads while they were considering the moves. If you watch chess games like you're watching a movie, you're wasting your time.
good point! i knew there had to be a move like that but i just didnt see it! maybe white can try to block with Nc6 there, but loses a piece at least after ...Nf3+ followed by Bxc6. Cheers, Will
Enjoyable commentary and a great game. My only gripe is with the word "crushed." The advantages shifted throughout the game. Anand was beaten, but it was a close game.
While the comments are extremely good and the "sample lines" are great. I also found that they were boring me and i just wanted to see how the game played out. Obviously with the commentary it's great. But the sample lines make the video 15 mins longer than it should be. Can i suggest you do more videos. Possible a breakdown of the game where you explain all those sample lines and then another video where you give it to us straight from the opener to the end without all the padding. It would also fit the bill perfectly as the longer video serves perfectly as a lesson video.
Thanks for commentary! I discovered (and was really excited with) this game a couple weeks ago while doing some research on Kasparov's openings (e.g. has anyone noticed how he never played the French as black, which is a big thumbs up in my book :) and I was curious to see some analysis. Ta!
OnlineChessLessons.NET Lol, no offense but I can't stand the French, though I dislike the unrelated Scotch even more and the related Caro Can a little less :)
kind of missed the tactics on 14:17 with the QD3 move you allow black to capture the knight on C3. If queen recaptures - KF3 check and white knight on D4 is pinned
14:40 Black can simply take the Rook on d4 (...Qxd4, Qxd4 Bxd4, Bxd4 Rxf5 -+) and be up a pawn and an exchange and easily win the game. He has no need to do e5 sac a pawn or exchange to get an unclear position.
24:30 I think Rd2 is the best and just to sac the exchange. Any other move interferes with the queen protection of the mating threats. :/ Sad but true.
I totally agree, c3 looks like a waste of tempo but White is able to play Rc2. After c3 Ba3 Rc2 White threatens b4. trapping Black's bishop on a3. Worst scenario, c3 is working like a waiting move because i dont see any better plan for White in this position..Black's position is just too solid and he has the bishop pair - GM Lemos :-)
23:24 Why does white play pawn b4 takes bishop? Wouldn't it be better for white if he took the rook there and thus traded just a bishop for a rook? Also his pawns would remain unmessed there. I fail to see the dangers, probably because I'm not an experienced player. Can someone explain please?
Not to sure but I think that pawn c3 at 16:50 was to prevent bishop a2 and then the rook capturing the pawn leaving a big hole in white. pawn c3 means he can capture with knight if rook tries to take
The second sequence explained at 4:30, which captures the queen (where queen retreats to g3)... doesn't white essentially exchange the queen for 2 pawns + bishop + rook? Since bishop checks, is captured by king, and then after rook captures queen, and bishop captures rook. That doesn't seem too bad to me for white... so what am I missing?
A key moment that you missed is an alternative to black sacrificing his rook on h2. If black can play Qf2, white will get mated. However, black cannot play the move right away because white will actually have a mate in 3 by using the queen, and bringing the rook down. So, black can easily stop this with Kg7 - and now white will be inevitably mated.
Hi! If you read this: Can I show a short extract from this video in one of my next yt videos? i will show 2 games i played in the anti-english and this video was my greatest inspiration for it. Thanks for showing this great game on yt!
At 2:08 you suggest the option of f3. That move is actually a mistake. 10. f3?, Ne3! 11.Qd2, Bd4! and the queen cannot capture on d4 because of Nc2 winning the queen with check. White can try to salvage the position with Bf2, but after Qb6 black has the edge. Has someone mentioned this already?
after queen a1 what if white moved his king? that would not be a very bad move right? i am not at all good at chess and might not see something obvious.. asking just out of curiosity
This guy was and is a chess monster - if you look at his mini matches from "chess in schools" I strongly believe, that he would be quickly in the top 5 today if he would rejoin tournament chess. one missed killer tactic: In the position at 25.03 - after Bf2 (and the following lines you give) - simply Nd2 blocking the 2.nd rank - game over
First: I'm a huuuuge fan of Kasparov! I grew up with him on the throne. (The babble about who was "WC" with TWO organisations ... I mean ... Khalifman, Karpov or Topalov (or even "worse" names/harder to remember) as the world's best with KASPAROV around ???! Ha ... try again! Kramnik was a worthy successor, and AFTER him, Anand ... and of course nowadays Carlsen ... who has managed to "stay on top" for YEARS by now in times of engine analysis available for EVERYONE! What an accomplishment! NO ONE has done that before HIM! So: The sequence is: Fischer (poor guy), Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen. The rest were "great players" contributing to our lovely game. But WC's ??! A funny joke. And the joke does NOT stem from these absolutely greatest chessplayers in our world/of our time. It was caused by "Worthy gentlemen" in gray suits who DIDN'T perform well in their jobs! What a RIDICULOUS and shameful period at the top level of administrators and organizing authorities of the finest game in the world!) Second: Currently diving in to the "Sicilian" ... which I always avoided ... what a jungle! ;O) Thanx for the video!
agreed! kasparov was amazing at the those quiet moves like tucking his king away right before an insane tactical explosion, etc..
Really nice analysis of a spectacular game - I learned a lot. Unlike some of the other commentators here, I especially enjoyed the alternative lines you explored, and I don't mind the fact that some of the analysis was fairly informal.
Hardy Hulley Thanks!
1:40 what happens if Anand lets Kasparov trade off the knight for the bishop?
This lesson was incredible
I do believe u are one of the very few who shows possibilites instead of variations. Very talented commentary.
This game is remarkably complicated
That's true, still It would have deserves a bit more analysis than Just this random extemporary "maybe this, probably Better" or "seems Dangerous" with a massive amount of errors in the evaluation, the variants, the calculating part
Will I really love the 'cool-accented' way you explain the moves and the thoughts and threats behind 'em!
Thanks man!
My head fell off my neck and rolled across the floor.
27:49 in this line if nxe6 the move wouldn't be rxr the move would be bxe3+ - If Qxb the simple threat remains of QG2++ - The only other move for white would the devastating Ke1 running into QH1++ - That would be the lines if nxe6...not rook takes rook...- The entire game is really a master piece by Gary positionally remarkably crushing for white with constant pressure the whole game - Beautiful from black
What a gorgeous game. Thanks for the commentary
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Your commentary made this such a fun game to watch! Subscribed!
very fun to watch! thank you for going through some lines to extrapolate the moves.
What a game!
As a sidenote - love the annotations you have going with bishop/knight endgames. Why not extend them to openings too? We have some really good and precise openings analysed by some really good masters on youtube (of course you can always search for them - but we all know that we are way too lazy for that ;/ )
What a tactical game for one that lasted only 20 minutes one and equally brilliant commentary! There' something quite charming in the way you describe the game.
16:25
The point of playing C2-C2 isn't to prevent F8-B4, but F8-A3.
After F8-A3, white's rook can lift C1-C2, and not leave the C-file, which was the point of putting it on the C-file in the first place.
17:45 The knight-exchange looks suspect because after C3-C4, white can't actually place a piece on D4 without black pushing C6-C5 and D5-D4, creating pass pawn, locking out white's bishop on f2, and opening the A8-H1 diagonal.
C4-D5, C6-D5 is a disaster, with D7-B5 in the cards, after D8-A5 and F8-C5.
So white has to leave the pawns intact.
Black intends to push C and D pawns, and white has no threats and is locked out of the D4 square.
Black gets that pass pawn, inevitably.
Please note that black can break open the center at any time of his choosing, and sacrifice all his pieces, because in this position, white needs THREE moves to guard against the theoretical mate on G2. Nothing gets there in time, if black dumps his C and D pawns out, and puts his queen on the diagonal. White ends up having to move his king G1-F1, so black can munch H2 and start queening.
C6-C5 might even be the response to C3-C4, it's that bad.
+SpiritualFox This was a rapid game, and it's difficult to criticize moves.
This was a position where Kasparov was increasing his positional advantage on the queenside, and Anand hadn't sufficient counterplay. Sometimes, desperation makes commit mistakes
And now I've got a headache.
Thank you for explaining each and every move patiently :) This video goes to my favorite section.
+WARwithPC Thanks!
yes - this game really shows how deeply crazy kasparov is.
1. Qxd3 was possible there but black could then create a passed pawn with 1. ..bxc3 and open up pressure against white's queenside pawns
Near 25:00 and on most the moves you look at get crushed in a really cool way by Nd2 btw, I recommend reconsidering a lot of the analyses with that move in mind
Wow. I've never seen this game. Amazing tactics for a 25 minutes game by Kasparov.
As a novice chess player and enthusiast, I've never seen (or have and just didn't recall) this anti-English opening for black. It looks very powerful and really nice. I'm gonna watch it again and write the lines down and try it out one day, there's alot of sharp tactics that white can fall into and easily get in trouble.
Great stuff as always Will. Thanks for sharing and analyzing this game.
lol i laughed so hard when he was at 18:58 "active rook" JUST THE WAY HE SAID IT
That's exactly what I want from a chess commentary. Possible variations, that have 100% gone through the players's heads while they were considering the moves. If you watch chess games like you're watching a movie, you're wasting your time.
agreed - that qa8 maneuver was killer
Thanks for sharing....Excellent game and analysis!
good point! i knew there had to be a move like that but i just didnt see it! maybe white can try to block with Nc6 there, but loses a piece at least after ...Nf3+ followed by Bxc6. Cheers, Will
Thanks for your comments - this game was very complicated!
Enjoyable commentary and a great game. My only gripe is with the word "crushed." The advantages shifted throughout the game. Anand was beaten, but it was a close game.
glad you enjoyed the video!
This was educational and highly engaging! Thanks!
that was tight. the diagonal pawns and the queen move is so great.
While the comments are extremely good and the "sample lines" are great. I also found that they were boring me and i just wanted to see how the game played out. Obviously with the commentary it's great. But the sample lines make the video 15 mins longer than it should be.
Can i suggest you do more videos. Possible a breakdown of the game where you explain all those sample lines and then another video where you give it to us straight from the opener to the end without all the padding. It would also fit the bill perfectly as the longer video serves perfectly as a lesson video.
If you just wanna see how the game played, go google it!
I agree. too much talking
you're the best man, do more of this.
Omg. what a Game, im exhausted just watching it...
Love the commentary very intuitive. Do have videos that cover on learning this and its weaknesses.
Thanks for commentary! I discovered (and was really excited with) this game a couple weeks ago while doing some research on Kasparov's openings (e.g. has anyone noticed how he never played the French as black, which is a big thumbs up in my book :) and I was curious to see some analysis. Ta!
As a French player, i also realized that!
OnlineChessLessons.NET Lol, no offense but I can't stand the French, though I dislike the unrelated Scotch even more and the related Caro Can a little less :)
French in general is not really popular in GM play.
x iLeon You are agreeing with him as he gave a thumbs up to NOT using the French.
This is exactly the game I needed to see.
And the analysis is perfect. Thank you.
Will Stewart....what a great analysis!! I love your style!! I will search out other game analysis by you!! :-)
Thanks!
24:15 : "Threatening mate, threatening Knight-F3, let's toast." loled.
hey william please help at 22:30 but the quenn can hit the knight on the d3 because the rook defend the mate ??
Thanks!
kind of missed the tactics on 14:17 with the QD3 move you allow black to capture the knight on C3. If queen recaptures - KF3 check and white knight on D4 is pinned
14:40 Black can simply take the Rook on d4 (...Qxd4, Qxd4 Bxd4, Bxd4 Rxf5 -+) and be up a pawn and an exchange and easily win the game. He has no need to do e5 sac a pawn or exchange to get an unclear position.
great commentary, just to share that at 18:15 on the 29th move for black, chess engine shows b5 is the best move .
Love your commentaries, Sir Stewart; keep 'em coming!
at 25:09, after Ne2, what if black plays Nd2? Is there any good defence against the queen mating next move?
Great game, great commentary!
+Bill Hall Thanks!
Excellent commentary, i love your videos, keep it up! btw it would be nice if you did some live blitz game commentaries while you play em.
24:30 I think Rd2 is the best and just to sac the exchange. Any other move interferes with the queen protection of the mating threats. :/ Sad but true.
Hi! please tell me the min ( 10.05 for instance) and I'll answer your question in a better way, thanks!
13:00 Much of what is happening here, which was overlooked by the narrator, is black's weak g4 pawn and how to defend it.
well it´s a very double-edged opening - it also wins a lot! go sicilian!
hi, looking at the point in the game where white gets the queen trapped, is rook and bishop for queen adequate compensation?
I totally agree, c3 looks like a waste of tempo but White is able to play Rc2. After c3 Ba3 Rc2 White threatens b4. trapping Black's bishop on a3. Worst scenario, c3 is working like a waiting move because i dont see any better plan for White in this position..Black's position is just too solid and he has the bishop pair - GM Lemos :-)
Thanks for your feedback!
It's so refreshing to watch games that are human like and not computer lines.
23:24 Why does white play pawn b4 takes bishop? Wouldn't it be better for white if he took the rook there and thus traded just a bishop for a rook? Also his pawns would remain unmessed there. I fail to see the dangers, probably because I'm not an experienced player. Can someone explain please?
But if white play Bxc3 black has Bxc3 and is a piece up
Oh, that's correct. I forgot about the knight take from before. Sorry for wasting your time xd
b5 is great move at 18:28. You overlooked Kasparov's option after Rxc6 ... Qa8!! Pins whites rook against mate threat
i couldnt believe it when you said that it was a 25 minutes game. i couldnt play nearly as well in a 25 years game.
well i mean kasparov chose a strategically ¨sketchy¨ plan - but kasparov was able to pull it off
Pawn to c4 is where engine analysis starts preferring black considerably.
Not to sure but I think that pawn c3 at 16:50 was to prevent bishop a2 and then the rook capturing the pawn leaving a big hole in white. pawn c3 means he can capture with knight if rook tries to take
Great game .. lot of nice lines ... great commentary .. enjoyed the game
at 25:26 after Nc1 black can go Nd2 (intstead of Ng5) and force the next move to be mate. No defense against Nd2
+Muhammet YILDIZ Yes, you're right Nd2 is better than Ng5 Thanks!
great video and commentary, thank you
awsome game and commentary thanks for posting
thanks for the feedback!
very nicely presented. Perfect amount of detail. People will be inclined to play this line as black i think. 👍
Thanks for watching and commenting!
8:30 how does white lose a piece? He can take with knight from e2 x c3
rook on c8 can take.
true
The second sequence explained at 4:30, which captures the queen (where queen retreats to g3)... doesn't white essentially exchange the queen for 2 pawns + bishop + rook? Since bishop checks, is captured by king, and then after rook captures queen, and bishop captures rook. That doesn't seem too bad to me for white... so what am I missing?
25:15 what if ... Nd2?
+Constandinos K. Kf2 should be able to defend
+gbcrio if Kf2 then Qg2 check, forced Ke1, then #Nf3
Thanks for watching and commenting
Good analysis....genuine.
+Nab Z Thanks!
my chess idiot friend is bent on the siciliain f -4, attack or defense , could someone please dorect me to where i can find this attack ??
A key moment that you missed is an alternative to black sacrificing his rook on h2. If black can play Qf2, white will get mated. However, black cannot play the move right away because white will actually have a mate in 3 by using the queen, and bringing the rook down. So, black can easily stop this with Kg7 - and now white will be inevitably mated.
The thing with trapping the queen. You're losing a rook a bishop and two pawns so....
Time pressure just gets to people.
I can see by this game that Kasparov studied Fischer's games and play in depth, and learned a lot from Bobby. :0)
That is a very interesting variation, why don´t you make a video about how to play the variation?
Hi! If you read this: Can I show a short extract from this video in one of my next yt videos? i will show 2 games i played in the anti-english and this video was my greatest inspiration for it. Thanks for showing this great game on yt!
Thanks! I have quite a few live blitz videos on my channel actually. Cheers, Will
@26:40 If the Queen captures the Bisschop, the queen can give checkmate on G7
so u dont have to capture the roook with the dark bisschop
In minute 2:09, f3 isnt an option, cause of ne3 attacks the Queen and after like Qe2/Qe3 you have bxe4 and you a piece. In Qx4 there so a fork on d2
What is the chess soft you use for these nice and very usefull demo?
+VIDEO2STRONG4U The software is blitzln. This is used to play on the ICC server
chess games are really amazing. thanks for the videos
good game, and good commentary
thanks
Midhun XDA I'm glad you liked this video!
At 2:08 you suggest the option of f3. That move is actually a mistake. 10. f3?, Ne3! 11.Qd2, Bd4! and the queen cannot capture on d4 because of Nc2 winning the queen with check. White can try to salvage the position with Bf2, but after Qb6 black has the edge. Has someone mentioned this already?
Yes you're right, f3 is not good
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after queen a1 what if white moved his king? that would not be a very bad move right? i am not at all good at chess and might not see something obvious.. asking just out of curiosity
and at 18:15 B5 I completely winning for black
This guy was and is a chess monster - if you look at his mini matches from "chess in schools" I strongly believe, that he would be quickly in the top 5 today if he would rejoin tournament chess.
one missed killer tactic: In the position at 25.03 - after Bf2 (and the following lines you give) - simply Nd2 blocking the 2.nd rank - game over
First: I'm a huuuuge fan of Kasparov! I grew up with him on the throne.
(The babble about who was "WC" with TWO organisations ... I mean ... Khalifman, Karpov or Topalov (or even "worse" names/harder to remember) as the world's best with KASPAROV around ???!
Ha ... try again!
Kramnik was a worthy successor, and AFTER him, Anand ... and of course nowadays Carlsen ... who has managed to "stay on top" for YEARS by now in times of engine analysis available for EVERYONE! What an accomplishment! NO ONE has done that before HIM!
So: The sequence is: Fischer (poor guy), Karpov, Kasparov, Kramnik, Anand, Carlsen. The rest were "great players" contributing to our lovely game. But WC's ??! A funny joke.
And the joke does NOT stem from these absolutely greatest chessplayers in our world/of our time.
It was caused by "Worthy gentlemen" in gray suits who DIDN'T perform well in their jobs!
What a RIDICULOUS and shameful period at the top level of administrators and organizing authorities of the finest game in the world!)
Second: Currently diving in to the "Sicilian" ... which I always avoided ... what a jungle! ;O)
Thanx for the video!
Nice work Will
Nicely explained. You're an awesome tutor.
22:28 why didnt QxNd3, as Rc2 is protecting g2 already.
Man, what a game ! And what a great analysis !!! Thank you very much for this !
Rafael Quirino yw!
Junaidi Naidi
Why ?
Rafael Quirino He meant "You're Welcome".
Ton Sierolf Cairo oh i see... Thanks for clarifying that to me ^^
Najdorf defense, Kasparov counterattack, great combination, the best opening for black
Love your analysis ... wry entertaining
fair enough - it still seemed like a pretty slow move! Thanks Josh, Will
5:14 queen can move back at e3 d2 or c1 ???