I agree with military man...There is the simple tactic of Deflecting the night from the defense of the other night. There is really no way to counter attack or create a stronger threat, so is it not logical to defend against that?....
At 8:14, black could check with his bishop on a6. If white blocked with his bishop on e2, black Queen to h1 would be mate. White would have to block the check with the rook or queen and black would win material.
jrobi ... nice vids btw, but for this match ... u had once a good variation that u missed simply because u didnt continue ... at 8:15 when u got the black queen to h2 and the white king was at f8 ... it was a win/win position for black with bishop to a6+ and white would have only 3 possible moves to block the mate 1- bishop to E2?? mate with Qh1
2- Qe2 or d3 ... both loosing the queen or 3 - Re2 that also fails when black plays Re8 ... so yeah not allways the GM has a good combo :)
the sacrifice wasnt sound but with poor play from white Ba3+ from black would prove fatal the, only logical move black has is Re2 losing the rook.If instead Be2 black has Qa1 mate
Poor analysis, because you only focus on one thing. A chess piece can be used in three ways. 1.Increase its own power. 2.How it can be supported by other pieces. 3.How the piece can it'self lend support. In this video the whole focus was just on using type one! Capablanca's move was type three. His move coordinated with his other pieces.
I came up wioth pawn G6 (your last move) and bishop B8 too :) It's really cool. I like your videos. Keep 'em up. I believe I can learn a lot from you.
Great idea this video. This is real chess. Funny that after all the talk about candidate moves you did not pay much time to the move that Capablanca played. You really hushed that part where it should have been the climax of your vid.
At 8:15, why not move the bishop to A6 with check? The only move white has is Re2; if he moves the bishop it's checkmate Qh1. Obviously the likelihood of actually getting to this particular position is low, but still, it's worth noting.
Ba2 at 8:05 is much ado about nothing. As dangerous as it looks, it really accomplishes nothing. jrobi was correct in assessing the sacrifice as worthless.
man. Capa's move is genius. I looked at this position for twenty minutes, pushing hard and could not come up with the solution. I'm in awe. Thanks for the opportunity J!
Great example of the way to analyze a position. Just a thought: of course e7 to g8 was a defensive move as c6 is about to be attacked by a pawn push, forcing it, the only defender of e7 to move, thus e7 is lost. I think many of us live under the misunderstanding that a piece defended by one of our pieces is defended. But, this is not so. A piece attacked once and defended once is not defended at all. This is a great example of this. Thanks jrobichess I love your videos keep em coming. SepJoe
I don't like g6. why rip apart the king's most important defender just to drive away a bishop that's not doing much in the first place? After c4 I think black has to allot way too many pieces to secure the a1-h8 diagonal. Ng8 is definitely best, but I was looking at b5, willing to give up the a-file after 2. a4 a6 3. axb axb to try to hold back the unveiling of the b2 bishop and preparing to make the c4 square an outpost if the white bishop can be dealt with. What's your rating?
@ 8:19 Ba6 is a great way to "finish off the white king" as if bishop blocks its mate on Qh1 and if something else blocks you are at least starting to gain back the material...
Love your videos! I would probably play pawn to a5.
If my opponent captures, I would respond with knight to a5, capturing his pawn and putting me in what I think is a nice position, for the queen would have access to the C file, no longer blocked by the knight and forcing the white dark-square bishop to stay where it is. Assuming white does what you think he'll usually do, (pawn to c4) The knight would be able to jump to b6, forcing the rook to move.
if white was to play b5 black would lose a knight bxc6 or Rxe7 then to deal with that threat Ng8 getting the knight out of line of fire freeing the e-file and fortifying the castle was probably the best move.
I found two candidates: b5 to establish a minority attack on the queen side and a rook lift - Rf6 threatening Rh6. The object of b5 is to restrict the movement of the White pawn majority and try to keep his bishop on b2 out of the game, Rf6 threatens a king side attack but is probably too obvious for a GM.
At 8:05 when the black had made a sacrifice, white could change the whole scenario by just eating up the Bishop instead of Knight. Black queen wont be able to Check White's king immediately and the Black's knight cant take the Bishop as its protected by White's queen.... So the whole discussion of using the Bishop at 8:07 in a6 square is futile.... Perhaps a new variation would be required then.
Ba6 is the strongest move for black at 8:20 and the only option for white is to give up his queen (Qe2). If white were to block with Re2 then black has Re8
HOWEVER, after white blocks the bishop (Ba6+) check with his rook, black can play..Re8! Since the white rook is pinned, it CANNOT Rxe8 and is facing some serious trouble! How is he going to defend against Bxe2?
So
... Ba6+
Re2, Re8
White does not have a way of defending it apart from exchanging his white queen and rook for rook and bishop
Lelouch - maybe i've missed something but it aint a checkmate. He can block with his rook, queen, pawn or bishop? not great moves but does prevent the checkmate.
it may not be checkmate, but if ANYTHING you can make white suffer! BISHOP TO
A2!!! HE cant Block with his pawn, he Cant block with his queen, if he blocks with his bishop he'll be mated, so if he blockes with his rook, theres a few variations in there that can make him suffer!
Look Closley at this, Im tellin you this threat is real, Jrooobi, Ya gotta Consider
at 8:25; how about bishop A2, he has to block with the rook, witch you can then take the rook, and material is equal, (but the king is worse postioned
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omg some of these 'weakies" as fisher would say, moves are retarded. how about if you cant play chess you dont pretend to know what your talking about because its so blatantly obvious. take my analysis for instance just like capas playing its clear, simple and consise, to all you chess wanabeees go play checkers.
since nimzo is threatening 1 b5 here and after knight moves to either... b8 or.... d8 white plays 2.Rxe7. so capa removes the threatned knight and strenghthens e7. i didn't hear you mention the main threat. the rook lift ...Rf6 and ...Rh6 should jump out at everybody. great commentary keep up the good work.
woot! I picked the right line. I didn't really care for the knights position on e7 and I also noticed that black is threatening to win material by pushing his d pawn forward. I briefly considered Rf6, but eventually decided that this was not in black's best interests.
On the line leading to the Knight sacrifice, the resulting position seems favorable to black actually. Ba3+ forces Re2, and Re8 follows, at least recovering the two points, but maybe leading to something that ends up in a Qh1++. It seems possible.
Accordingly, I think white would probably take the bishop instead of the knight sacrifice on the rim.
I also don't believe this aggressive line is best initiated by Bb7. The bishop moves off that diagonal anyway. Best to just Qd8 imho.
that line you proposed with the knight sac has some good chances if you use ur light bishop and rook.. you would win his rook for the bishop and yada yada
The white king can try Ke1, but that's only moving out of one pin onto another. D2 escape square is blocked by black bishop. White's f3 bishop is now overloaded, defending g1 and e2. White needs 2 moves to get his a1 rook to defend e2 and that's just one move too slow.
4....Bxe2
5. Bxe2 (bishop takes), Qg1#
5. Qxe2 (queen takes), Rxe2 (white bishop can't take or black has Qg1# again)
I think the critical continuation you might have overlooked at 8:17 was Re2, which is crushing (I think - no engine so feel free to double check my work).
The problem with this line of course is that when you offer either the bishop or knight, your opponent would take the bishop instead of knight knowing that doing the later would offer you that free check that gets the ball rolling.
at 8:23, maybe you could try Nxd4 !? to try and mix things up! after the Queen recaptures, you play Qh3+, and the King is on the run! I havent calculated anything, the idea just came when I glanced at the position. Cheers!
nop that would not work, because after Nxd4 you get Bxd4 instead of Qxd4 and in that position you dont have any good follow-up but that was a good move to consider IMO
Can someone tell me where to go to learn what "Ba6+" and similar stuff means. I'm trying to look everywhere and I can't find it. I'm trying to get better, but this is somewhat of an obstacle, as it all looks like cat jumped on the keyboard.
a-h and 1-8 represent columns and ranks. so a1 is the bottom left corner of the board from white's perspective. Pawn moves are designated by simply saying the square it moved to, and pawn captures are like this: a4xb5. Major pieces use the letters K for king, N for knight, etc. A + is a check and ++ is checkmate. O-O-O and O-O are when a castle is made to the queenside or kingside. Sometimes more than one piece can move to a square, ie Nac4 means the knight on the A file moves instead of Nec4.
at 8:14-8:25, black could easily move bishop on b7 to a6 for a check and white would have no other move other than sacrifice a rook or queen but if white then moves bishop on f3 to e2, black can checkmate by moving queen one space up (h1).
At 8:21, go for Ba6+ winning the exchange. White can't block with the bishop because of mate threats, so has to interpose the rook instead. Of course, the whole line leading up to that position was pretty unrealistic.
Accually, when the king so called "escapes" to f1, the light squared bishop can go a6 making white sacrifice a rook, queen, or more likely the powerful light squared bishop.
Kotov has definitely done some great work in terms of explaining candidate moves and how to approach them, along with other chess authors. Highly recommended reading material. Thanks for checking out the vid!
i dont like the fact that g6 opens the potential for the diagonal for the bishop on b2, i guess thats why capablanca dropped that move and went for something slow Ng8!
what about Queen to D6, then you chase his bishop with yours by moving bD7-bE8, and if he moves his bishop away then you come with a check with Queen on H6 and from there you have a very nice perspective and if he captures you take with your rook and leaves it in a nice position for a king chase on E2... what do you think or am I missing something because i am new in the game?
Very nice video! I subscribed. I hope you'll have a look at my videos as well, maybe we can learn from each other on our way to the GM titles, eh? LOL!
I had it! Ng8! But you know, when analyzing selected positions I'm always on the lookout for these akward looking moves, since I reckon the position hasn't been selected for it's obvious ways for handling it. Same goes for tactical problems: you just know you have to look for 'strange' moves. During a real game, however, it's much harder to come up with moves like Ng8, because nobody is selecting the position for you, you have to recognize those moments for yourself. But hey, I did find Ng8! Ha!
At around 8:15 where you show the moves after knight sacrifice after Kf1. Wouldn't it lead to trade a bishop off for a rook or even a check mate if your opponent would make the wrong moves? I'm still a beginner at chess, don't really know what I missed on that one :).
Thanks for the videos, I just found them and they're awesome! I would have gone with Nd5 or g6, probably g6 because of the open file for the White Rook. Anyways, I let the computer analyze the position and it suggested Nd5 as well, so now I feel smart :)
Excuse me if I overlooked something, I am hardly a good player although, im not a beginner eather.
But I think in your selection of candidate moves you should adress the imidiate threat first. White is threatening to push b6. This is know as removing the guard tactic. If black wants to save his knight on b7, there after white will capture the unguarded knight on e7.
Or is there something in this position that i dident see ?
At 8:40, what is keeping white from opening that fianchetto line with his bishop along the a1-h8 diagonal? Your king is closed in now. I might even consider sacrificing the bishop to get into that line if I was white.
Just a though, around 6:50 when you're talking about the bishop on the dark diagonal for white and the queens positioning at H5, your move choice is Nb8. I'm just wondering if you even considered Ne5 blocking the diagonal for white. Or even the more interesting Be5, which if the Knight is taken by the pawn, Bxb2 is a very viable response. Staying even with white at least and possibly getting up a pawn. Just my ideas on that particular position :]
Okay I studied more and saw how Be5 would not work. Actually losing material if black white choose to play dxc6 Bxb2 cxd7 Bxa1 Rxa1 and black is down material. I still think that Ne5 is a possible move that it didn't seem like you considered much. White would either have to take, or defend the knight from going to d3, which if either rook is played to d1 to block the knight, Ba4 would cause some problems for white. Again just an idea that came to mind. Great commentaries! Keep'em comin'. :]
Black Queen is not able to capitalize on the h file vulnerability there so get it up and out. The h5 bishop is a challenge so Ng6 offering an exchange may open up the King side better. Then develop the queen Qd6 then to f6 to threaten with both bishops.
Your comment about the knight is true. I think the knights here give black an ultimately definitive advantage.
the position at 8.14 after black's queen takes pawn on h4 is interesting. i noticed that after Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh3+ white has to defend with Bg2. If white plays Kg1 instead, then black follows up with Bh2+. there's only one move for white and tht's Kh1. Then Black can play Bg3+ (discovered) which leads to Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1
Its difficult for black, especially with the single rook and the checkmate threat on E8.
But I would go for the rook on f6 and then h6 and try to mess around, because the pawn in front of the king isn t there and the king is unprotected and we already have a bishop and queen on h2... Maybe sacrifice the black bishop and bring the knights more in a attacking position without too much defense risks
Well done Jrobi. Another good video. Candidate moves is a awesome way to improve your chess. It actually gets you to think about the position and not just move at first glance. One thing I find amateurs ignore in chess is there opponents ideas. You could better your chess games just by asking one simple question... What is my opponents idea?
Every time "he" makes a move; ask: What is "his" idea here? Or: " What is the purpose of that move?"
ur assumptions abt wat ur opponent will play on ur candidate moves r very weak moves..da candidate move u made is very vulnerable to white's d5->d4 then d3 ..also ur g6 move opens up a discovering check frm white's e pawn
perhaps you should point out that in the original position white has the concrete threat b4-b5 winning a piece. Candidate moves are then selected which meet that threat.
man that is way to intense... I never looked that far into anything move I ever made. and I don't really know if any places where really even made in this entire video! OMG i wish I could think that far ahead!
if chess was to reflect modern politics, there would be eight presidents on the 2nd rank and another eight on the 7th ;) knights: spin doctors. queen? banker
Thanks for the video! I have a quick comment. I noticed at the start you take your time and fully explain what you are thinking but then at the end, most probably because of constraints in video length, you are moving pieces and talking as quickly as possible. Perhaps a little less intro and more of a climactic ending.
But hey... I'm just the monday morning quarterback. :P
My line would have been 1...Nd5! 2. c4 Nf6 3. d5 Ne5 hitting the c4 pawn and looking to play Ne4 at some point with excellent attacking chances. Why did you assume that you had to take the bishop upon arriving at f6 with the knight?
its called Monarchy, and they shouldn't Americanize every single thing! Not to mention how would a game of wit cause a dictatorial mentality? This trains logic, not inspire different states of mind. its people like these that bug me most, like the occasional guy who hears somebody speaking French or some other language, then say that they should learn "American" its English, like chess is a monarchy, not to mention it would ruin the game, like would a true democracy sacrifice?
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In that same position at 8:15: ...Ba6+ Re2 Re8! (...Bxe2+ is meaningless since Black will be down two pieces for a Rook with no attack). After ...Re8, White has to find a way to parry ...Rxe2 since Bxe2 will allow ...Qh1#
And find he does! White can then play b4-b5 Bxb5 Qb3+!! winning
Thanks for the line suggestions guys - the lines I put in the position practice series are ones I get from looking at the position and working through the options mentally. Need to get better at going deeper into the position. Great comments!
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Azkadaz 1 month ago
came up with same move
greendogcool1 1 month ago
with the plan on 8:22 is Ba6+ an option for m8 or am i missing something
SuperEvansProduction 1 month ago in playlist Chess Positional Practice
i was thinking Pb5
jocamaneiro1 1 month ago
I agree with military man...There is the simple tactic of Deflecting the night from the defense of the other night. There is really no way to counter attack or create a stronger threat, so is it not logical to defend against that?....
ABoyDrew18 2 months ago
i like Rf6
RexPetrov 3 months ago
At 8:14, black could check with his bishop on a6. If white blocked with his bishop on e2, black Queen to h1 would be mate. White would have to block the check with the rook or queen and black would win material.
cameronboy18 3 months ago
Rf6?
Chikov2 3 months ago
awesome
v3nin 5 months ago
jrobi ... nice vids btw, but for this match ... u had once a good variation that u missed simply because u didnt continue ... at 8:15 when u got the black queen to h2 and the white king was at f8 ... it was a win/win position for black with bishop to a6+ and white would have only 3 possible moves to block the mate 1- bishop to E2?? mate with Qh1
2- Qe2 or d3 ... both loosing the queen or 3 - Re2 that also fails when black plays Re8 ... so yeah not allways the GM has a good combo :)
bombeu 6 months ago 2
IN ANY ASPECT WHITE IS BETTER.
Aang4Katara 7 months ago
my first move i thought of was a7, b/c if he atkd Nb5 with b5 id lose Ne7
jahvon171 7 months ago
at 8:20 bishop bf4 to bg2 (i need to learn notation), attacking white pawn, white can take pawn or move rook to Re3
soMeRandoM670 7 months ago
the sacrifice wasnt sound but with poor play from white Ba3+ from black would prove fatal the, only logical move black has is Re2 losing the rook.If instead Be2 black has Qa1 mate
madmangekyo 8 months ago
Poor analysis, because you only focus on one thing. A chess piece can be used in three ways. 1.Increase its own power. 2.How it can be supported by other pieces. 3.How the piece can it'self lend support. In this video the whole focus was just on using type one! Capablanca's move was type three. His move coordinated with his other pieces.
mischatal 9 months ago
I agree with that other guy in that second senerio there was a move you could have done with your bishop to checkmate the white opponent.
Rodecpt0 9 months ago
I came up wioth pawn G6 (your last move) and bishop B8 too :) It's really cool. I like your videos. Keep 'em up. I believe I can learn a lot from you.
MorgoSargas 9 months ago
how did u make this video?
123time2die 10 months ago
my opening was the same as yours. i guess it does show who much we do have to learn.
zeekreaves 11 months ago
00:5 00:10
roderat400 1 year ago
Great idea this video. This is real chess. Funny that after all the talk about candidate moves you did not pay much time to the move that Capablanca played. You really hushed that part where it should have been the climax of your vid.
audiofiel 1 year ago
At 8:15, why not move the bishop to A6 with check? The only move white has is Re2; if he moves the bishop it's checkmate Qh1. Obviously the likelihood of actually getting to this particular position is low, but still, it's worth noting.
omfgacceptmyname 1 year ago
Ba2 at 8:05 is much ado about nothing. As dangerous as it looks, it really accomplishes nothing. jrobi was correct in assessing the sacrifice as worthless.
Pfisiar22 1 year ago
after few seconds i saw here in this position Rf6 or Qd6 with with continuation R(Q)h6
fillippo008 1 year ago
@fillippo008 Qd6 is maybe better, it is good defence against d5 as well
fillippo008 1 year ago
So the h5 bishop is a trap of sorts?
rmar67 1 year ago
with black maybe rook f6... without thinking too much
naker115 1 year ago 2
at first look c4 i would do
naker115 1 year ago
nice!
alloidz 1 year ago
man. Capa's move is genius. I looked at this position for twenty minutes, pushing hard and could not come up with the solution. I'm in awe. Thanks for the opportunity J!
fess04 1 year ago
Great example of the way to analyze a position. Just a thought: of course e7 to g8 was a defensive move as c6 is about to be attacked by a pawn push, forcing it, the only defender of e7 to move, thus e7 is lost. I think many of us live under the misunderstanding that a piece defended by one of our pieces is defended. But, this is not so. A piece attacked once and defended once is not defended at all. This is a great example of this. Thanks jrobichess I love your videos keep em coming. SepJoe
SepJoseph 1 year ago
I don't like g6. why rip apart the king's most important defender just to drive away a bishop that's not doing much in the first place? After c4 I think black has to allot way too many pieces to secure the a1-h8 diagonal. Ng8 is definitely best, but I was looking at b5, willing to give up the a-file after 2. a4 a6 3. axb axb to try to hold back the unveiling of the b2 bishop and preparing to make the c4 square an outpost if the white bishop can be dealt with. What's your rating?
StefanCroft 1 year ago
at 8:18 after 1. Ba6+ black should resign (1. ...Be2 2. Qh1#) or (1. ...Re2 2. Qh3+ Kg1 3.Bh2+ Kg1 4. QxBf3+ KxBh2 5. BxRe2 Qg1 6. Rf6 Qg3 7. Rh6+ Kg1 Qh1#)
~Aqua
GoGoAqua928 1 year ago
at 8:19 couldn't you play bishop a6+ and if nimzo blocks with the bishop you can just play Qa1#...
sethmaster100 1 year ago
I, like you, decided on g6. Didn't like that bishop on h5 having that diagonal into my turf.
Love the videos; keep them coming!
bhikkhu 1 year ago
@ 8:19 Ba6 is a great way to "finish off the white king" as if bishop blocks its mate on Qh1 and if something else blocks you are at least starting to gain back the material...
canadiandude1919 1 year ago
@canadiandude1919
I was thinking the same thing, so i decided to let rybka play in that position and it came up with the same move. Ba6 is pretty solid i think.
BlindfoldedPoet 1 year ago
man u talk too much...
ingeniusinsideme 1 year ago
What about Rf6?
paulwall142 1 year ago
Love your videos! I would probably play pawn to a5.
If my opponent captures, I would respond with knight to a5, capturing his pawn and putting me in what I think is a nice position, for the queen would have access to the C file, no longer blocked by the knight and forcing the white dark-square bishop to stay where it is. Assuming white does what you think he'll usually do, (pawn to c4) The knight would be able to jump to b6, forcing the rook to move.
However, I'm not very good, so...
Nanook111 1 year ago
if white was to play b5 black would lose a knight bxc6 or Rxe7 then to deal with that threat Ng8 getting the knight out of line of fire freeing the e-file and fortifying the castle was probably the best move.
Alfaomegabravo 1 year ago
I'm sorry, the only move that makes sense to me is ...Qd6.
kelastick 1 year ago
Nf6 is not bad, because you still have Ne4 threatning multiples things like Bh2 and Nf2++
DaltonMoti 1 year ago
I found two candidates: b5 to establish a minority attack on the queen side and a rook lift - Rf6 threatening Rh6. The object of b5 is to restrict the movement of the White pawn majority and try to keep his bishop on b2 out of the game, Rf6 threatens a king side attack but is probably too obvious for a GM.
colourmegone 1 year ago
couldn't black just move Nc6 to e5
arithon1162 1 year ago
when you had the Q on h2+ and he moved the king to f1 why not play B to a6+?
candyman566 1 year ago
I don't know, It's a good play to me too!
Eventzelai 1 year ago
whites only option is to play Re2 right ._.
candyman566 1 year ago
I wouldve got the rook in before the night move to hopefully pin bishop
RRNGE 1 year ago
you say 'figured' a lot haha. Anyway great video. I think my main problem with chess is i rush my moves too much so this was helpful!
vPRelentless 2 years ago
At 8:05 when the black had made a sacrifice, white could change the whole scenario by just eating up the Bishop instead of Knight. Black queen wont be able to Check White's king immediately and the Black's knight cant take the Bishop as its protected by White's queen.... So the whole discussion of using the Bishop at 8:07 in a6 square is futile.... Perhaps a new variation would be required then.
azmasti 2 years ago
The bishop isn't protected by queen because if queen captures the piece, black takes the queen playing Nd8
Eventzelai 1 year ago
ehm sry... Na5 is the correct move, d8 is covered by black queen :P
Eventzelai 1 year ago
To everyone who is saying Ba6 at 8:20 in this video. White would just move his rook up. After the trade. He would still be down an entire knight.
Black would have traded a knight and bishop for a rook and pawn. Making the sacrifice worthless.
eyenuh300 2 years ago
Ba6 is the strongest move for black at 8:20 and the only option for white is to give up his queen (Qe2). If white were to block with Re2 then black has Re8
Jenova07 2 years ago
Exactly!
MightyGoldenBoy 2 years ago
@eyenuh300
HOWEVER, after white blocks the bishop (Ba6+) check with his rook, black can play..Re8! Since the white rook is pinned, it CANNOT Rxe8 and is facing some serious trouble! How is he going to defend against Bxe2?
So
... Ba6+
Re2, Re8
White does not have a way of defending it apart from exchanging his white queen and rook for rook and bishop
barragehat 2 years ago
at 8:17 you have a mate (or he loses his Queen) with Ba6... that sacrifice actually did work in your line
brokeonfriday 2 years ago
It's my first posted youtube chess game from when I first started getting into the game. Thanks for checking out this one!
jrobichess 2 years ago
dude 8:20 go A6 then kaboom checkmate = =
LeIouchVlBritannia 2 years ago
Lelouch - maybe i've missed something but it aint a checkmate. He can block with his rook, queen, pawn or bishop? not great moves but does prevent the checkmate.
kingfrenzy 2 years ago
kingfrenzy - pawn blocks then bishop takes and its the same scenario,
a block from the queen will either end up in a free take or setting up itsself for mate,
bloacking rook has the same outcome...i think im noob ^^
ShiftingShadows28 2 years ago
7:26
Why wouldn't he just play the c4-d5 plan but Playing d5 Before c5, with tempo...
LeadPipeNinja 2 years ago
OMG...........Jrobi!!!
8:15 you cant think of a way???
it may not be checkmate, but if ANYTHING you can make white suffer! BISHOP TO
A2!!! HE cant Block with his pawn, he Cant block with his queen, if he blocks with his bishop he'll be mated, so if he blockes with his rook, theres a few variations in there that can make him suffer!
Look Closley at this, Im tellin you this threat is real, Jrooobi, Ya gotta Consider
A2 MAN!!!
jerkhead777 2 years ago
Ba6+ not a2! I agree it does look quite promising.
nojameson 2 years ago
lol.. 8:22 Ba6! with a forced line: x e2 Qh1 mate
LeadPipeNinja 2 years ago
at 6:40 why not move the knight to e5 threatening Nxf7+
senglord 2 years ago
at 8:25; how about bishop A2, he has to block with the rook, witch you can then take the rook, and material is equal, (but the king is worse postioned
mrKreuzfeld 2 years ago
i thot of rook f6 then rook h6 pinning the bishop then bring your d7bishop to e8, adding pressure
chessleach 2 years ago
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omg some of these 'weakies" as fisher would say, moves are retarded. how about if you cant play chess you dont pretend to know what your talking about because its so blatantly obvious. take my analysis for instance just like capas playing its clear, simple and consise, to all you chess wanabeees go play checkers.
MrJbarry007 2 years ago
Wow. You're an asshole.
riseofatheism 2 years ago 2
since nimzo is threatening 1 b5 here and after knight moves to either... b8 or.... d8 white plays 2.Rxe7. so capa removes the threatned knight and strenghthens e7. i didn't hear you mention the main threat. the rook lift ...Rf6 and ...Rh6 should jump out at everybody. great commentary keep up the good work.
MrJbarry007 2 years ago
capablanca is too good lol
Maxacre42 2 years ago
What about ...b5 to avoid c4 (trying to free the b2 bishop). Tried it out here and Capa seems to win with that move too.
emveiga 2 years ago
couldnt u send the bishop to H2 and win? Because if he caps the bishop then the queen can come in,
KronicDemon442 2 years ago
woot! I picked the right line. I didn't really care for the knights position on e7 and I also noticed that black is threatening to win material by pushing his d pawn forward. I briefly considered Rf6, but eventually decided that this was not in black's best interests.
mormril 2 years ago
On the line leading to the Knight sacrifice, the resulting position seems favorable to black actually. Ba3+ forces Re2, and Re8 follows, at least recovering the two points, but maybe leading to something that ends up in a Qh1++. It seems possible.
Accordingly, I think white would probably take the bishop instead of the knight sacrifice on the rim.
I also don't believe this aggressive line is best initiated by Bb7. The bishop moves off that diagonal anyway. Best to just Qd8 imho.
Justice1337 2 years ago
lol I thought of ng8 or rf6... but rf6 isn't even mentioned
treasurehunter629 2 years ago
that line you proposed with the knight sac has some good chances if you use ur light bishop and rook.. you would win his rook for the bishop and yada yada
ajsahaf 2 years ago
3:40 pawn has three not 2 defenders
puchodog1977 2 years ago
funny i Thought about the knight to G8 but didnt really saw how it would be a strong move..I guess thats a begginers thing..
cuevasdecamuy 2 years ago
1.) a5
2 ) If white captures the A5 pawn then Ka5 else a5 pawn takes b4
3) Then Kg8
4)Kf6 Please suggest of this line ...........
babaikaushik 2 years ago
At 8:17: The sacrifice variation you set out had a game ending continuation I thought. After black's 1....Qh2+,
2.Kf1, Ba6
White can not block with bishop as...
3.Be2, Qh1# mate
White can try blocking with rook.
3. Re2 (so white loses an exchange but is still up cause of black's sacrifice... right?)
Nope, cause black has...
3.... Re8!! (hitting the pinned rook. White would love to be able to take your rook and mate but he can't!)
White's position is hopeless.
downding 2 years ago
The white king can try Ke1, but that's only moving out of one pin onto another. D2 escape square is blocked by black bishop. White's f3 bishop is now overloaded, defending g1 and e2. White needs 2 moves to get his a1 rook to defend e2 and that's just one move too slow.
4....Bxe2
5. Bxe2 (bishop takes), Qg1#
5. Qxe2 (queen takes), Rxe2 (white bishop can't take or black has Qg1# again)
In the event white doesn't take black bishop...
4. Ke1, Bxe2 or (4...Bxe2+ 5. Ke1 doesn't matter)
5.... Bxf3
downding 2 years ago
I think the critical continuation you might have overlooked at 8:17 was Re2, which is crushing (I think - no engine so feel free to double check my work).
The problem with this line of course is that when you offer either the bishop or knight, your opponent would take the bishop instead of knight knowing that doing the later would offer you that free check that gets the ball rolling.
downding 2 years ago
nvm...like a dozen people pointed out that line already....bah, showed me not to get excited next time. :P Awesome finish by capa though.
downding 2 years ago
My lines were:
1...Qb8 To create some threat along that file, 2. Rb1 a5 but now 3. b5! winning a knight.
1...g6 2. Bf3 Re8 with ideas to perhaps move the knight to the nice e4 square (Ne7-c8-d6-e4) and also not to lose a knight with b5 or d5.
1...g6 2. Bf3 h5 But to play that line, one has to move the knight or protect it first...
YeahyeahIndeed 2 years ago
I think you should play Rf6
rolfch1p 2 years ago
It'd be nice to hear something of your reasoning. I'd be leery of leaving the king's rank open for the opponent's rook to infiltrate.
davidklausa 2 years ago
I would've played Bd6
FalloutGuy3 2 years ago
ow! capa's solution is done so fast i can't see the moves no matter how slow i drag the cursor ... can you post the moves pls?
haveyouseenthesun 2 years ago
u are completely ignoring the danger from d5 and b5 attacking both knights.
dhundupdolker 2 years ago
why culdn't at the end the GM move his pawn down, and then slowly ninja away from the threat?
ryezizzle 2 years ago
discard my previous. Bxb7 +-
Gaussdxdydz 2 years ago
at 8:23, maybe you could try Nxd4 !? to try and mix things up! after the Queen recaptures, you play Qh3+, and the King is on the run! I havent calculated anything, the idea just came when I glanced at the position. Cheers!
Gaussdxdydz 2 years ago
nop that would not work, because after Nxd4 you get Bxd4 instead of Qxd4 and in that position you dont have any good follow-up but that was a good move to consider IMO
maxamix1 2 years ago
Can someone tell me where to go to learn what "Ba6+" and similar stuff means. I'm trying to look everywhere and I can't find it. I'm trying to get better, but this is somewhat of an obstacle, as it all looks like cat jumped on the keyboard.
jasonrlackman 2 years ago
a-h and 1-8 represent columns and ranks. so a1 is the bottom left corner of the board from white's perspective. Pawn moves are designated by simply saying the square it moved to, and pawn captures are like this: a4xb5. Major pieces use the letters K for king, N for knight, etc. A + is a check and ++ is checkmate. O-O-O and O-O are when a castle is made to the queenside or kingside. Sometimes more than one piece can move to a square, ie Nac4 means the knight on the A file moves instead of Nec4.
mattfca 2 years ago
ah okay. thank you. i was thinking something close to that, but some other characters were throwing me off.
jasonrlackman 2 years ago
The position at 8:25 White to move. Ba6+ forcing white to drop a rook or a queen.. after Ba6+
Re8 is a killing move.
Shaul17 2 years ago
i chose that move (ng8) because if the pawn attaked the other knight then that knight would be lost as its only protectore is kiked
pokeywoop 3 years ago
2:00 bishop on f4 to h2=stalemate
nerfman09 3 years ago
Although the king is surrounded it is not stalemate. White still has legal moves to make.
F2L4Life 3 years ago 2
at 4:08the highlighted black pawn has 3
defenders,the knight,bishop,and rook.
nerfman09 3 years ago
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WiiRockerAlex 3 years ago
at 8:14-8:25, black could easily move bishop on b7 to a6 for a check and white would have no other move other than sacrifice a rook or queen but if white then moves bishop on f3 to e2, black can checkmate by moving queen one space up (h1).
BelalNabi1994 3 years ago
At 8:21, go for Ba6+ winning the exchange. White can't block with the bishop because of mate threats, so has to interpose the rook instead. Of course, the whole line leading up to that position was pretty unrealistic.
355113 3 years ago
Accually, when the king so called "escapes" to f1, the light squared bishop can go a6 making white sacrifice a rook, queen, or more likely the powerful light squared bishop.
Syncdev 3 years ago
same technique as kotov's?
danski86 3 years ago
Kotov has definitely done some great work in terms of explaining candidate moves and how to approach them, along with other chess authors. Highly recommended reading material. Thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 3 years ago
no exscape ass king to g1 ur safe
bonebuster28 3 years ago
what chess program do you use
kingspade350 3 years ago
i dont like the fact that g6 opens the potential for the diagonal for the bishop on b2, i guess thats why capablanca dropped that move and went for something slow Ng8!
fillstar84 3 years ago
basically you have to move the knight because otherwise white will must play b6 and if you havent moved the knight you will lose a piece.
correct me if i am wrong.
simonkaey 3 years ago
Ithought the best move is Rf6 followed by Rh6.
Do you see anything that could stop it?
shukinz 3 years ago
what about Queen to D6, then you chase his bishop with yours by moving bD7-bE8, and if he moves his bishop away then you come with a check with Queen on H6 and from there you have a very nice perspective and if he captures you take with your rook and leaves it in a nice position for a king chase on E2... what do you think or am I missing something because i am new in the game?
ricardogarza8 3 years ago
Very nice video! I subscribed. I hope you'll have a look at my videos as well, maybe we can learn from each other on our way to the GM titles, eh? LOL!
chessstudent 3 years ago
I had it! Ng8! But you know, when analyzing selected positions I'm always on the lookout for these akward looking moves, since I reckon the position hasn't been selected for it's obvious ways for handling it. Same goes for tactical problems: you just know you have to look for 'strange' moves. During a real game, however, it's much harder to come up with moves like Ng8, because nobody is selecting the position for you, you have to recognize those moments for yourself. But hey, I did find Ng8! Ha!
ChielReemer 3 years ago
9:47 there is an escape... move the pawn forward to lt the king out and then move the castle to check =) i think?>
MagicianPugh 3 years ago
at the very end why couldn't white simply move g6 and sacrifice the bishop to allow the king to move out safely and save a checkmate?
Matthew2400 3 years ago
I assume you mean g2? In that case Black takes the bishop with check followed by Rh6 checkmate.
Nimzomyth68 3 years ago
At around 8:15 where you show the moves after knight sacrifice after Kf1. Wouldn't it lead to trade a bishop off for a rook or even a check mate if your opponent would make the wrong moves? I'm still a beginner at chess, don't really know what I missed on that one :).
oooo0oooo0oooo 3 years ago
So what do you think guys?
oooo0oooo0oooo 3 years ago
Thanks for the videos, I just found them and they're awesome! I would have gone with Nd5 or g6, probably g6 because of the open file for the White Rook. Anyways, I let the computer analyze the position and it suggested Nd5 as well, so now I feel smart :)
rahidz2003 3 years ago
In my previus post i meant the white threat is to push b5. to threaten to capture the Knight on c6 ( only defender of knight at square e7 )
Klondike68 3 years ago
Excuse me if I overlooked something, I am hardly a good player although, im not a beginner eather.
But I think in your selection of candidate moves you should adress the imidiate threat first. White is threatening to push b6. This is know as removing the guard tactic. If black wants to save his knight on b7, there after white will capture the unguarded knight on e7.
Or is there something in this position that i dident see ?
Klondike68 3 years ago
Chess is so much fun. I am giving this video a five star rating.
pinkyfrogs23 3 years ago
At 8:40, what is keeping white from opening that fianchetto line with his bishop along the a1-h8 diagonal? Your king is closed in now. I might even consider sacrificing the bishop to get into that line if I was white.
MacGyverMagic 3 years ago
Just a though, around 6:50 when you're talking about the bishop on the dark diagonal for white and the queens positioning at H5, your move choice is Nb8. I'm just wondering if you even considered Ne5 blocking the diagonal for white. Or even the more interesting Be5, which if the Knight is taken by the pawn, Bxb2 is a very viable response. Staying even with white at least and possibly getting up a pawn. Just my ideas on that particular position :]
orgasmikee 3 years ago
Thought not though, haha.
orgasmikee 3 years ago
Okay I studied more and saw how Be5 would not work. Actually losing material if black white choose to play dxc6 Bxb2 cxd7 Bxa1 Rxa1 and black is down material. I still think that Ne5 is a possible move that it didn't seem like you considered much. White would either have to take, or defend the knight from going to d3, which if either rook is played to d1 to block the knight, Ba4 would cause some problems for white. Again just an idea that came to mind. Great commentaries! Keep'em comin'. :]
orgasmikee 3 years ago
Another awesome video - thanks for sharing!
Andrea
AndreaAKAPB 3 years ago
Thanks AndreaAKAPB!
jrobichess 3 years ago
about this game :
at time 8.13 in the video
when the king is in F1 you can check the king with bishob A3 , bishob E2, queen h1 mate
if rook E2, rook E8 then queen H3 check... bishop g2, bishop E2 check, queenE2, Rook E2, bishop h3 captures queen, Rook B2 captures black bishop thereby gains piece advantage
anandchetas 3 years ago
Black Queen is not able to capitalize on the h file vulnerability there so get it up and out. The h5 bishop is a challenge so Ng6 offering an exchange may open up the King side better. Then develop the queen Qd6 then to f6 to threaten with both bishops.
Your comment about the knight is true. I think the knights here give black an ultimately definitive advantage.
joopsnoop 3 years ago
Thanks for the comment and ideas joopsnoop!
jrobichess 3 years ago
8:13 black bishop to a6 , forcing white to push his bishop or queen .. or rook.. to defend.. then queen h1 checkmate
caleb5103 3 years ago
the position at 8.14 after black's queen takes pawn on h4 is interesting. i noticed that after Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qh3+ white has to defend with Bg2. If white plays Kg1 instead, then black follows up with Bh2+. there's only one move for white and tht's Kh1. Then Black can play Bg3+ (discovered) which leads to Kg1 Qh2+ Kf1 Qxf2# 0-1
yesyoucanrimjobmyass 3 years ago
wow, i never considered that line either.
Anyway thanks for all your great vids
theabyscalls 3 years ago
Thanks for checking out the vid theabyscalls!
jrobichess 3 years ago
around 3min 38 you say eventhough the f5 pawn already has 2 defender but it has 3 what about the bishop?
leratluci 3 years ago
At 8:14 when wking goes to F1, couldn't bBhisop move to A6 for 2nd check? Wouldn't that be to Blacks advantage?
blahtoausername 3 years ago
yeah i think it actually wins the white rook
k17dudeP 3 years ago
I do not agree with your candidate moves.
First of all, d4-d5 you lose a knight.
Second, at 6:07, your rook is stuck behind the knight and there is already the threat of white's knight... not good either
Haegendoorn 3 years ago
Thanks for checking out the vid - I will look into those possibilities. What lines do you recommend from the position?
jrobichess 3 years ago
Its difficult for black, especially with the single rook and the checkmate threat on E8.
But I would go for the rook on f6 and then h6 and try to mess around, because the pawn in front of the king isn t there and the king is unprotected and we already have a bishop and queen on h2... Maybe sacrifice the black bishop and bring the knights more in a attacking position without too much defense risks
Plz comment on my suggestions.
Thanks for the video
Haegendoorn 3 years ago
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Bugstomper2 3 years ago
Well done Jrobi. Another good video. Candidate moves is a awesome way to improve your chess. It actually gets you to think about the position and not just move at first glance. One thing I find amateurs ignore in chess is there opponents ideas. You could better your chess games just by asking one simple question... What is my opponents idea?
Every time "he" makes a move; ask: What is "his" idea here? Or: " What is the purpose of that move?"
cheers
BobbyFischer0000 3 years ago
Great comment - thanks for checking out the vid!
jrobichess 3 years ago
at 8:13, Black Bishop at B7 moves to A6.
alvisc2002 3 years ago
you claim that after the first exchange you're the one in the stronger position.
But your knight is pinned to your Rook.
deefromott 3 years ago
ur assumptions abt wat ur opponent will play on ur candidate moves r very weak moves..da candidate move u made is very vulnerable to white's d5->d4 then d3 ..also ur g6 move opens up a discovering check frm white's e pawn
raeid 3 years ago
perhaps you should point out that in the original position white has the concrete threat b4-b5 winning a piece. Candidate moves are then selected which meet that threat.
grbradt 3 years ago 2
man that is way to intense... I never looked that far into anything move I ever made. and I don't really know if any places where really even made in this entire video! OMG i wish I could think that far ahead!
BZEnodata 3 years ago 3
At 8;20 black could continue attacking the king with bishop to a6. That would be devastating to white Re2, Be2 , ke2 re8
HiFiVibe 3 years ago
ya that's mate
deefromott 3 years ago
some ok ideas, but i disagree with some things too
i do think that beginners would benefit from this though
246trinitrotoluene 3 years ago 2
if chess was to reflect modern politics, there would be eight presidents on the 2nd rank and another eight on the 7th ;) knights: spin doctors. queen? banker
i'll leave the rest for the creative :))
vibovitold 3 years ago
try moving your bishop to A-6 I think that will finish the game try that
jonah888 3 years ago
helo
catchboy280 3 years ago
Thanks for the video! I have a quick comment. I noticed at the start you take your time and fully explain what you are thinking but then at the end, most probably because of constraints in video length, you are moving pieces and talking as quickly as possible. Perhaps a little less intro and more of a climactic ending.
But hey... I'm just the monday morning quarterback. :P
norriscj 3 years ago
Hear hear
NY10013B 3 years ago
8:23 , I don't really get it, that's a good move..
I mean the few chess's whit the queen
:P
look, from B7 to A6 > chess
even if he blocks you by 'B5' you jest eat it and its chess, now he cant run whit the king so he have to block at E2 and its really doesn't
matter whit what his blocking because the next move will be H1 CHESS MATE~
:P Hope you read it...
vova90 3 years ago
My line would have been 1...Nd5! 2. c4 Nf6 3. d5 Ne5 hitting the c4 pawn and looking to play Ne4 at some point with excellent attacking chances. Why did you assume that you had to take the bishop upon arriving at f6 with the knight?
PTfan54 3 years ago
its called Monarchy, and they shouldn't Americanize every single thing! Not to mention how would a game of wit cause a dictatorial mentality? This trains logic, not inspire different states of mind. its people like these that bug me most, like the occasional guy who hears somebody speaking French or some other language, then say that they should learn "American" its English, like chess is a monarchy, not to mention it would ruin the game, like would a true democracy sacrifice?
TerroristsInc 3 years ago
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nincompoople 3 years ago
cool
monique100000000 3 years ago
your videos are really good and useful
familyguy1231 3 years ago
Thanks Familyguy!
jrobichess 3 years ago
on what did you do use for video
Indigodelta383 3 years ago
cool you are using youtube for good :D
SgtMoores 3 years ago
Thanks SgtMoores!
jrobichess 3 years ago
In that same position at 8:15: ...Ba6+ Re2 Re8! (...Bxe2+ is meaningless since Black will be down two pieces for a Rook with no attack). After ...Re8, White has to find a way to parry ...Rxe2 since Bxe2 will allow ...Qh1#
And find he does! White can then play b4-b5 Bxb5 Qb3+!! winning
jsberson 3 years ago
Thanks for the line suggestions guys - the lines I put in the position practice series are ones I get from looking at the position and working through the options mentally. Need to get better at going deeper into the position. Great comments!
jrobichess 3 years ago
yeh could have traded the white bishop for the rook at 8:15
Jaavv 3 years ago
8:15 he could've just moved the white bishop to make check
Jusserhead 3 years ago
oops sry im idiot lol (don't work)
SlainHer0 3 years ago
at 8:00 before to sacrifice your horse why you did'nt moved the Bishop(B7) to A6 ?
SlainHer0 3 years ago