Great game matt, Im not sure if you could had a favorable endgame after the forced trade of rooks you didnt considered , when he played 26. Rf1, you had 26...Rh8 pinning the rook which was defended by the bishop. After the trades, e4 was still unavailable for the knight.
I'm not as skilled a chess player as you guys, but on move 19 why not Queen to C1 check, forking the king and the rook. Don't you win a rook? I don't think your queen can get trapped either and you can start munching up those pawns.
i do like playing a6 sometimes in the sicilian, usually i play e6 first tho...
i almost never trade knights like on move 10, i think its one of those situations where whoever holds the tension the longest comes out better.... it can be reinforced with Qc7, and later Rc8...
and also, after you traded off your dark square bishop, most of your pawns were on the same colour as your only bishop, maybe thats the reason he left the pawn open on move 15?
I don't like the Sicilian ideas. It just seems like white has so much pressure to apply right off the back. The the black counterplay appears only if you manage to avoid getting murdered.
on move 7 you can play Nd7 then a quick Nc5 hitting Bc3. I don't think the immediate sac on e5 after Nd7 works with correct play. white's best I think is Bg5 after Nd7.
the weakness on d6 is what kills me in the sicilian too. I'm starting to doubt that this is playable under 2000. White has too many targets and black need to defend very accurately, or know the theory, both are rare under 2k.
who is the best in najdorf theory? lol. the only people who know all of that are active professional IM and GMs. there's too much of it for anyone else to know absolutely all of it. some people may know a lot, but they do not know all of it, there's just too much. you would have to spend an entire month or so with it, not doing anything else, to get it down real cold. and then constantly follow every top gm game with it tracking every little novelty in every line.
@GreenCastleBlock do you think the top ten to 50 players in the world right now probably know just as much? I also think 15 to 20 minute games are more productive for chess development than the 10 minute and less games. In my opinion the only people who should play internet blitz seriously are high level professionals. for the rest of us it becomes a computer game, only to be played for exercise and fun, doesn't have the significance of real chess. many people don't seem to realize this.
@pistraurder i find blitz has helped my opening memorization and preparation greatly, though i know they say this facet is mostly important for the highest of levels. My poor endgame can attest to that.
@roottruthseeker yes, I am sure it is good exercise for such things. but it's still essentially a computer game for everyone who is not on the highest level. I think the opening, especially in blitz between people with modest to no experience or knowledge, is only relevant in terms of not falling right into some trap or another as there are many of these in many opening lines. if your opponent isn't aware of them, they will probably be smashed, as there's so very little time to work with.
@IBOUGHTYAMOM Yeah, it is. I didn't have any meaningful preparation. I would have been ready for Bg5, Be3, a4, or Be2. Be2 is the move most played by White players who want to avoid sharp lines.
?????? What's wrong with Bxa4 winning the knight???? I think Rd7 was correct because the light squared bishop for black covers all the knight squares allowing black time to play Kd8 in case white tries something clever.
@Mudd0000 "Winning the knight"??? 25...Rd7 26.Na4 (threatening Nb6) Bxa4 27.Bxa4 b5 28.Bb3 and Black's rook on d7 is misplaced. I would definitely take White, with his two bishops against Rook and Pawn, in that position. Hope this helps.
at 21:38 - wasn't ...Rh1 an option?
BinkyHuckleback 7 months ago
Brilliant idea to do these live 15 minute games, Matt. Ideas like this is why you have the best chess channel on youtube!
HDAlexDo 7 months ago
Is that a najdorf sicilian or has it transposed into a scheveningen with 6...e6??
shinyninetales999 7 months ago
Great game matt, Im not sure if you could had a favorable endgame after the forced trade of rooks you didnt considered , when he played 26. Rf1, you had 26...Rh8 pinning the rook which was defended by the bishop. After the trades, e4 was still unavailable for the knight.
Alientcp 7 months ago
Could you have played 8...e5, attacking the knight on d4 and the pawn on g4?
zblangley 7 months ago
@zblangley 8...e5 9.Nf5 and Black's position - with the hole on d5 - looks very weak.
GreenCastleBlock 7 months ago
I can actually learn something from these. Cheers. Hope to see more.
number94 7 months ago
Greetings from Brazil. Thank you for the video! Guess the trade of two pieces for rook and pawn wasn´t really effective.
iutulbidibosta 7 months ago
Excellent video Matt! I usually play 15 minute games anyway, so I find these extremely helpful. Please make more of them.
siddharthp1983 7 months ago
I'm not as skilled a chess player as you guys, but on move 19 why not Queen to C1 check, forking the king and the rook. Don't you win a rook? I don't think your queen can get trapped either and you can start munching up those pawns.
shogundapker 7 months ago
@shogundapker if i'm looking at the same thing, im pretty sure the rook just takes the queen. lol
leafsFTW123 7 months ago
@leafsFTW123 Bahaha I am dumb, thanks, for some reason in my head it looked like Q - K - R so the queen would skewer the rook, wow :p
shogundapker 7 months ago
i do like playing a6 sometimes in the sicilian, usually i play e6 first tho...
i almost never trade knights like on move 10, i think its one of those situations where whoever holds the tension the longest comes out better.... it can be reinforced with Qc7, and later Rc8...
and also, after you traded off your dark square bishop, most of your pawns were on the same colour as your only bishop, maybe thats the reason he left the pawn open on move 15?
abbs219 7 months ago
I don't like the Sicilian ideas. It just seems like white has so much pressure to apply right off the back. The the black counterplay appears only if you manage to avoid getting murdered.
roottruthseeker 7 months ago
I think the plan of trading two minor pieces for a rook and pawn was ill-conceived.
MrZingnigga 7 months ago
on move 7 you can play Nd7 then a quick Nc5 hitting Bc3. I don't think the immediate sac on e5 after Nd7 works with correct play. white's best I think is Bg5 after Nd7.
pistraurder 7 months ago
the weakness on d6 is what kills me in the sicilian too. I'm starting to doubt that this is playable under 2000. White has too many targets and black need to defend very accurately, or know the theory, both are rare under 2k.
lakermangmx 7 months ago
who is the best in najdorf theory? lol. the only people who know all of that are active professional IM and GMs. there's too much of it for anyone else to know absolutely all of it. some people may know a lot, but they do not know all of it, there's just too much. you would have to spend an entire month or so with it, not doing anything else, to get it down real cold. and then constantly follow every top gm game with it tracking every little novelty in every line.
pistraurder 7 months ago
@pistraurder Polugaevsky was the best. Too bad he's not around anymore.
GreenCastleBlock 7 months ago
@GreenCastleBlock do you think the top ten to 50 players in the world right now probably know just as much? I also think 15 to 20 minute games are more productive for chess development than the 10 minute and less games. In my opinion the only people who should play internet blitz seriously are high level professionals. for the rest of us it becomes a computer game, only to be played for exercise and fun, doesn't have the significance of real chess. many people don't seem to realize this.
pistraurder 7 months ago
@pistraurder i find blitz has helped my opening memorization and preparation greatly, though i know they say this facet is mostly important for the highest of levels. My poor endgame can attest to that.
roottruthseeker 7 months ago
@roottruthseeker yes, I am sure it is good exercise for such things. but it's still essentially a computer game for everyone who is not on the highest level. I think the opening, especially in blitz between people with modest to no experience or knowledge, is only relevant in terms of not falling right into some trap or another as there are many of these in many opening lines. if your opponent isn't aware of them, they will probably be smashed, as there's so very little time to work with.
pistraurder 7 months ago
wow that was outstanding! I learned a lot!
gericurl0882 7 months ago
i think its called fischer-sozin attack. btw good idea to not take too short games
IBOUGHTYAMOM 7 months ago
@IBOUGHTYAMOM Yeah, it is. I didn't have any meaningful preparation. I would have been ready for Bg5, Be3, a4, or Be2. Be2 is the move most played by White players who want to avoid sharp lines.
GreenCastleBlock 7 months ago
nice... (like longer format) ... good explaination..!!
brucenunn37 7 months ago
I like the longer format. More wisdom shared :) Thanks for video.
ofpfury 7 months ago
at 21:38, you miscalculated it, Rf1, Rd7, Rxf7, Rxf7, Bxe6, Rd7!!! and black is up the exchange
Mudd0000 7 months ago
@Mudd0000 Ah. Right. Must have hallucinated.
Na4 is a problem though if I put my R on d7. Then I'd have to take it off and with the rook against the two bishops surely Black is lost.
GreenCastleBlock 7 months ago
@GreenCastleBlock
?????? What's wrong with Bxa4 winning the knight???? I think Rd7 was correct because the light squared bishop for black covers all the knight squares allowing black time to play Kd8 in case white tries something clever.
Mudd0000 7 months ago
@Mudd0000 "Winning the knight"??? 25...Rd7 26.Na4 (threatening Nb6) Bxa4 27.Bxa4 b5 28.Bb3 and Black's rook on d7 is misplaced. I would definitely take White, with his two bishops against Rook and Pawn, in that position. Hope this helps.
GreenCastleBlock 7 months ago
@GreenCastleBlock
oo i see thanks!
Mudd0000 7 months ago