Letsplaychess.com presents Saemich vs Nimzovich - Queens Indian Defence

[dontclose]

Awesome, thanks for sharing this game with us!

[jeanjeudy]

It was a bloody battlefield. This is what happened when your men gave up on you while you think you still have the mean to resist.

[mikejaah]

white can move his whitesquare bishop to f1?

[MrZingnigga]

love playing moves like Bd3. just quietly invade the opponent's space and limit his piece activity.

[mattfca]

amazing game. white was simply too passive

[avenancius]

:p i had to replay 4 times: 3:02 cause i thought it was my new kitten meowing :p

[moonlightgarden12am]

well your analysis is a little off..at the 8:00 mark..you say after h4, black plays rf3 and the queen is trapped because of bxf3 and rh2 mate..well this is not so..the black pawn is still on g3..so after bishop takes f3..if rh2, the king simply takes the rook on h2..however i do believe after rook f3, bishop takes f3, the rook on f2 takes bishop, the queen is again lost...absolutely amazing that nimzo could forsee all this after bd6!! right up there with alekine vs reti and rubinsteins immortal

[EGarrett01]

You should label the video "The Immortal Zugzwang game" because a lot of us know the basic terminology but not all the historic players. Without reading beforehand that this was a really crazy zugzwang position, I never would've watched the video.

[gologram]

You are a true Kingcrusher.Thank You

[norsehorse]

Good analysis and commentary. Appreciate your sharing it. Keep 'em coming. If you already have not done so, hope you do more of Nimzovich's games, he's my favorite all time player.

[macnolds]

one of the most famous games of all-time

[alexholowczak]

When you go through h4 for white, then R5f3, then not Bxf3 because of a mate by Rh2. But I don't see how that's mate. Would it follow after Bxg3? (Doesn't Bg2 work again for white?)

[2Jef]

Are you referring to the line where white pushes g4? After R5f3, white can't take that rook with the bishop, because black can immediately play Rh2. it's mate because white's king can't move away from the attack (g1 is occupied by a friendly rook, and g2 is attacked by the enemy rook), and it can't take the rook, as it's now defended by the bishop on d6 (a defense that was enabled by the original pawn push to g4).

[seeaeytch]

i think rybka chose this move for him b/c after Bxf3, there Rxf3 just reinforcing the queen trap and not so much gunning for mate like he says.. it's probably just a continuation that rybka spat out that he just started talking about w/o really describing its aim in perfect accuracy.

[happyface94]

h4 followed by R5f3, after bishop takes, rook takes bishop and queen is trapped. Or black could just play some waiting moves.

[jrobichess]

Very nice match. Great commentary.