Letsplaychess.com presents GM Ivanchuk vs GM Radjabov, Corus Rd. 3 game

[MrAhmadedelby]

great video. it is true that even GM players commit mistakes, only because they r human, and for the better of the royal game.

[IdiosyncraticChild]

Super GM using KID is very rare. Two thumbs up to Radjabov for not only using it still, but using it effectively against his opponent.

[Shoarmaboer20]

kasparov also used the Kid amazingly.

[ataggake]

In your piece sac variation with Bxc3 Ra3, I don't know why you didn't first consider Bg7 rather than Bf6, since if Rg3 there's Kh8, right? No pin.

[crazyarmen]

i love your videos, i watch em daily. please keep them coming. ive been playing chess competitively for about a year and a half now and Im advancing partly b/c of instructional analysis that you and others provide. thx.

[gologram]

Rajabov seems to be a Russian surname.Which country does Rajabov represent?

[liebelicht]

man just google it!!!! he`s from aserbaijan

[gologram]

OK,but it seems that both Azeri and Russians share some cultural heritage if even their surnames sound the same.I know a lad who plays chess in a park who won a game against Radjabov in his younger years.

[Nimzomyth68]

What a blow. Invanchuk again falling victim in one of his famous time scrambles. Is there a future for the Kings Indian at the top levels against the Bayonet? Radjabov was getting crushed here.

[manuelfranco1]

He was getting squeezed, but by playing the provocative 9...Ne8 it's almost daring white to get a stronger than usual queenside initiative. 9...Nh5 with the same idea is more problematic to white because black can get more counterplay on the kingside (white almost has to waste a move on 10.Re1) Both Nh5 and a5 are antidotes with proper preparation, even against white's best moves. KC seems to believe the bayonet is a virtual refutation to the KID, yet strong KID players have nice records vs it.

[kingscrusher]

I never said it was a refutation of the KID - it is good statistically though. Also not many super GM's play the KID anymore.

[kingscrusher]

Well Radjabov is the highest rated exponent I think. So long as he keeps playing it, it is being represented. But not many other "Super GMs" play the KID apart from him I think. It remains a practical weapon. In this game though, perhaps Ivanchuk was distracted by Fide political issues like dope tests, etc, which at the end of the last Olympiad he missed the test for.

[bryson55]

I didn't see that coming.

[biazmeister]

fantastic coverage of that game, thanks kingscrusher

[shayeeX]

Excellent video.

[MrXbox36067946794]

i recently played in a tournament (im 2nd board for my HS). anyways i messed up in QG declined and he got a massive space advantage when i tried the elephant trap. i won though since he didnt manage to win material and left his king a bit isolated.

[chomponthis2005]

Interesting game.

What was the given time-control?

[Darvinisti]

The tactic the end is even more devastating then showed because black will take rook either with check or with mate threats the next move. So white will have no counterplay.

[Neueregel]

thx for posting. Pls do some more Corus '09.

[xXxWilliExXx]

Again, Ivanchuk's poor time management gets him into problems. After losing his first game in a drawish position on time he now blunders in his third game due to a lack of time. If Ivanchuk had played accurately, he may well have won this game as he did have a noticeable advantage through most of the middlegame.

[Toxie207]

H played a lovely game in rnd 2 though did he not?

[xXxWilliExXx]

He did indeed. He's a fantastic player - one of my favourites. My point was that Chucky often gets comfortable middlegames, but runs down his clock to the point where he's effectively playing blitz, which is a shame, because so many wins/draws are lost by playing like this.

[noregrets215]

Great video as always. Thanks very much for all your work! :)

[ntspang]

thank you for all these videos

[BJ1008]

I figured the tactic at the end was forking the rooks with the knight.

[DuendeDude]

then simply Rf8 and checkmate