Famous Chess Game: Sergey Karjakin vs Viswanathan Anand

[MrOkmania]

What about Ba2 for black at 9:31?

[trogdor7]

Solidification. It totally is a word, and your use of it was beautiful. Just beautiful.

[michaelcorlification]

Dude, you're by far the best teacher that i ever had. Actually you lose to my hot teacher but i learn much more from you.

Thanks!

[dillweede]

At 9:41 why doesnt white fork the dark square bishop and the queen by moving his knight to c6?

[mitchellhodgemeyer]

@dillweede If 1.Nc6? bxa2! and White cannot stop the pawn from promoting: for example after 2.Qc3 (White's king needs a flight square to avoid a back rank mate) a1=Q+ 3.Kd2 Qa2 4.Nxd8 Bxd8 White's position doesn't look too healthy! (If anyone has something more precise, please correct me).

[ricedill]

At Minute 21:00: I am wondering why White doesn't move the bishop to D4... Then he could avoid the check at A1 by the rook and simultaneously threat a check mate by Qg7.

[IfUrGivingIn]

@ricedill Rook can still land a check on A1. Then Queen A2 is mate.

[XxPhotoShopDudeXx]

@IfUrGivingIn I thought that to why not like that?, but let your oponenet resigne

[ricedill]

@sranjit2k: No, the black King could retreat to H8 and then White couldn't do anything for the moment.

[TheOrator371]

Hey kevin. At about 9:30 minutes in you said that the black light squared bishop was trapped, why couldn't he take the white pawn on a2 or even move it to c4? Sorry if this is a dumb quiestion haha.

[sranjit2k]

Maybe I am doing something wrong, but at 19:49, white could have played Qf7 followed by Bd4. for me Black is losing, but what do I know, I am not a grandmaster.

[AWASHA]

I know Karjakin resigned, but what was Anand's mating sequence after queen to c4?

[UGB6WX]

@AWASHA Black does Kd2 (cuz Kb2 is instant mate with Qc2#). Then it goes Ra2+, Ke1. Qe2# wins

[AWASHA]

@UGB6WX Thanks.

[PlasticPowder]

Where did the pawn go at 20:33?

[Saroxify]

@PlasticPowder sergey changed his pawn to a knight.

a pawn can be changed to a rook/knight/bishop/queen when it reaches the other end of the board.

[ChernobylPizza]

I like the game itself but the commentary is way too basic. As if Anand would think "you know, my bishop isn't really doing anything anyway so I think I'll sacrifice it and see what happens!"

[samsamer888]

MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[Equinoxmies]

Fantastic game and commentary too. More these please.

[MarioMaster900]

Who won

[berkant2341]

Thumbs up if you came from Board James.

[supersaul15]

solidification - the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization

Yes, it is a word.

[thorizzle117]

When you said to pause and think of a move, I figured moving the d6 pawn forward would be effective as well. Doing so would allow Black's e7bishop to strike white's a3knight, or on the other hand forcing white to use his e4pawn to reclaim the d5space. Forcing white to choose between saving his knight or giving up strong central positioning, white can either retreat his a3knight to b4 (which would enable black to claim e4 with his d5pawn as well as freeing up space to get his e7bishop active)

[thorizzle117]

@thorizzle117 This also would open up the A file if white were to move his a3knight to avoid being captured. The way white went about things cost him a lot in order to eventually open up the A file. If white uses his e4pawn to retake the d5space, black takes white's a3knight. White recaptures a3 with his pawn, black recaptures a3 with his rook. The A file is now vulnerable, and the middle hinge point on which white was defending (the e4pawn) is now in a much less useful position at d5.

[thorizzle117]

@thorizzle117 Anyone have any thoughts regarding this move? What are it's weaknesses?

[thorizzle117]

@thorizzle117 the way black went about things*

[plugger543]

is it me or do i always go for white? like i hope they win when i watch these videos..

[ibm88]

Had to mute the video...commentary from class players is about as insightful as the banter between NFL broadcasters.

[1509nicky]

hi! I really enjoy Your videos and I learned a lot. That asside, will you please learn how to pronounce names of these great men, because You pronounce them like some dumb stutterer. Thank You.

[mattmossop]

@1509nicky Well you're an asshole.

[TEDOVSKY]

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THIS CHESS VIDEO.

[theorangerange]

Anand is a chess engine in disguise. lol

[ndenholm100]

at 16:30 why didnt he move his knight to f6 rather than e7?

[makqatar]

I am an average level player but I cannot understand why White did not try a draw after 32....Ra1+ 33 Kb2 Ra2+ 34 Kb1 Ra1+ 35 Kb2 etc. I ran this position on analysis engines but I could not find any other better choice for White than this one.

It was probably a draw if White did not play 32....Ra1+ 33 Kb2 Ra2+ and then the blunder 34 Kc3.

IF MY ANALYSIS IS WRONG WOULD YOU PLEASE COMMENT O IT.

[jaseemalikt]

@makqatar

if 34 kb1 then Qxf8

[rochaquin]

this analize is mierda he say black sacrifice his rook , when rook is procted by Q

why did not go back and forth with his K

[Ataensic]

17:36, Anand should just take knight with rook, game over!

[upsideupdog]

@9:37 why not Nc6..Nxe7 ?

[Swark585]

@upsideupdog Nc6, bxa2

[2lolol3]

Hey, just a question which i'm stuck on... Why can't the White king at 21:21 kill the pawn after check from the rook? just abit confused :S Love the videos!!! =D



[MathCroc]

@2lolol3 After Kxb3 there is a mate in 3. 1. Kxb3 Qa4+ 2. Kc3 (only move) Rc2+ 3.Kd3 (only move) Qc4#

[2lolol3]

@MathCroc Ohhhhh i get it now ;) Thanks I didn't see that =D!!

[Amerbkhattab]

I am an average player ! BUT white's light square bishop had the wining move at 21:00 min! he could simply move it to d4 and that is a wining move! black can't do anything after that, may you advise!?

[Azkadaz]

@Amerbkhattab um... he can't move it to D4?

[quietriotish]

I copied the position from knight to C7 to rybka and the rest of the game went exactly the same but in the end when anand plays the rook to a1 check, king to b2 then again anand brings the rook to a2 check, and in this video the king then moves to a3 but rybka just puts the king back to b2 and what happens it ends up in a draw.

[logictroll242]

@kostantinos74757 yes, young grasshopper...it's not about the pieces you have, but about the active pieces that you have.

[fckdahlloff]

9:15 what about Bc4?

[gierasz]

Great commentary, however not better than the game itself :)

[fckdahlloff]

Hey man, thanks for the video it was a nice game, but you made it a lot more interesting and dynamic and I appreciate that, those 23:39 passed flying. Keep it up!

[eduardooo123]

All my life I was fascinated by geniuses of all kinds...I read some books, of famous people, and I've found that there it's no genius. It's only preparation.

I used to think wow, people are making those moves in the moment, but I understood that it's not in the moment. That strong move, when black sacrifies the knight was actually calculated before, so where's the genius?

Every person like you an me can be a GM. It's not that I don't appreciate them, but they are calculating before every move.

[MrMadMungo]

@eduardooo123 Thats not completely right. Chess Players and especially GMs prepare alot for their opening and in some variations they know about the first 30-40 moves, but you cannot prepare the hole game. The genius starts to play when the preperation moves are done.

[JohnHomos]

at 21:17 can't the king just go back and forth to b1 and b2.

This way I don't see how black can checkmate him (it's not forced at least) and there would be a draw by repetitive check.

[Mowgesh]

@Mowgesh Whoops, a reply to myself - a simple case of moving the Queen to b2 afterwards for a check-mate (not rook to a1)

[LIANG14]

@JohnHomos Can't you see the rook? lol

[Mustafaq9]

at 20:40

why not move rook to a1, and after king moves to b2,

move queen to a2..?

[IIIKryptonIII]

@Mustafaq9 because he was in check

[TheIkarus93]

07:52 white plays Ne2, wouldn't be gxf6 a better move?

[BlueUSAspy]

Solidity dear..! ;-)

[amadain1]

THANKS KEVIN, I see that finish now. (Kd2 Ra2+, Ke1 Qe2#, forced mate).

At 18.30 in the video, instead of white (Sergey) moving his pawn to g6, do you think it would have been more benificial that he should have moved his Bishop back to c1 to protect his King (while still protecting his pawn on g5).

[ghad22189]

@thetickelmonster12 Ra2+

[RebelandRejoice]

Kev hahaha you got me laughin solidification... not sure if that's really a word.. haha

[maschinenmeister]

oh, you managed to use the micro correctly

[GoldenBoyXCM]

at 2:37 why not imidiatly Ng4?

[vinas0031]

Houdini found the Nc7 move in 4 minutes and 26 seconds on my laptop. Not exactly over an hour like the other guys needed..

[AlanWattParrot]

you labour the point about white's lost light sq bishop in the opening....i appreciate that your vids are very inclusive but i'm sure it'd flow more smoothly if you assumed atleast some knowledge on the part of even the lowliest of bunnies...anyway, excellent game and decent analysis - i'm actually revisiting this upload so that's endorsement enough i guess. Best w

[Toxie207]

10:10 - White is not trying to protect the pawn on a2. He just want to tuck the king on a1 in event of bxa2+.

[flowerofsilver]

Solidification. Love it! It's not underlined in red so it must be a word!

[skinnersrat]

@ 10:14 - Is there a reason Nxc2 is better than Qxc2?

[arb5182]

@skinnersrat I believe the reason was that the knight is only currently checking the bishop, who is already checked by a pawn. However if he had taken with the Queen he gets the devastating option to hop the knight to C6, forking the opponents bishop and queen and if the queen moves, the bishop becomes undefended, to add to this, taking the bishop puts the king in check. ISo defending with the queen, keeps the option of Nc6 available, which has devastating effects.

[Carabin33fr]

Hi.. first of all sry if this is silly and/or been asked before. After the knight and bishop sacrifice by anand, so queen e7.. couldn't black play rook a3 capturing the knight forcing pawn a3.. recapturing with the queen and then checkmating?

[Trininboy]

nicenicee

[HybridSoldier629]

O.o It is as though I have stumbled into a secret room in Youtube where everyone talks a language that genuinely scares me....

[thegreatNEb]

Just before the mate sequence, I'm not sure why the White Queen is 'forced' (as you say) to capture the rook on f8. Since White was already up in material, couldn't the white queen have gone back to defend the King instead of capturing a rook??

[nikiss8]

Nice game and video, what a brilliant move, the computer never agrees with my brilliant moves :(

When pronouncing Slavic words, names pause at vowels:

Kaaa - ryaaa- kiii -n (I like in Ivanchuk not Eva, e like Episode, j -yot sometimes soft letter ty dy = Djokovic Ljubojovevic)

Kaa -spaaa -roo -v

Meee -meee -dyaaa - rooo -v

Lyuuu -booo -jeee -viii -c

Bro -do -gra -di -ni -cha -re - vi -c (ty) (Shipbuilder's)

ov, ev = 's (son of if you want)

[oneputtsteven]

@20:00 1) Qxf7+, Kh8 2) Bd4 protecting against Ra1+ and threatening mate on g7.

Black's defense is what?

[thechesswebsite]

@oneputtsteven 2) Bd4, Ra1+ 3) Bxa1, Qa2# or 2) Bd4, Ra1+ 3) Kb2, Qa2# It's very important to notice that the rook on the c file plays a key role.

[oneputtsteven]

@oneputtsteven ahhh Ra1+ anyway Bxa1 and Qc2mate

[amadain1]

KEVIN,

At 20.42 in your video, what game would develope if the white King moves to D2 ???

[amadain1]

Sorry KEVIN that should read "21.40"

[peybak]

Hey Kevin, great video. One comment: can you put notations somewhere, either on the video or in the description area? Or even have them appear as you play? I think it would help remedy a lot of dumb questions if people could see and reference the moves. Anyway...

[DrewBabyization]

More videos like this  :)

[ElisabettaVS]

Thanks for posting this video just after the one about the Najdorf Variation, very helpful to 'see it in action'. Also nice to see that material is not all!

[RxZ95sssPG]

nice analysis!

[tubertomp]

4:05 remember kids when you play the najdorf sicilian just play simple developing moves; you dont need to woryy about any tactical shots in this opening.

[awsomerock]

At 20:26 couldn't white have played Bd4?

[rsnelgrove2]

@awsomerock

... Bd4

Ra1+ Bxa1

Qa2 #

[awsomerock]

@rsnelgrove2

Oh dang didn't see that haha, thank you

[iPowerRangerFan]

At 20:25 why not Bd4?

[vlady92]

The mating sequence in the end is forced: if Kb2, then ...Qc2#. If Kd2, as others pointed out, ...Ra2+, Ke1, ...Qe2#. Anand is just brilliant!

[juicenburg]

Can you do an analisis on the bird opening?

I have been playing it alot with huge success, and found alot of interesting lines.

Would be interesting to see what you know on it.

[hackman1911]

@juicenburg Kev has done a video on the Bird opening, check out his other videos listed above.

[nicocola1]

Thanks for the vid! And WOW I got the right move at 16:20!!

[strong8action]

thanks for the video kevin.

[JesseIsKillingIt]

There is NO forced mate at the end! Instead of 34. Kc3? Sergey K would have been better to play 34. Kb1. He does lose his queen and probably the game, but there is no forced mate.

[foongsteven]

@JesseIsKillingIt 34. Kb1 Qa3! 35. Bd4 Ra1+ 36. Bxa1 Qa2+ 37. Kc1 Qc2#

[JesseIsKillingIt]

@foongsteven ??? That's just inaccurate. 34...Qa3? is a blunder, and 35. Bd4 is not the correct move. Here's how it would go: 34.Kb1 Qa3? 35.Qf5+ Kg8 36.Qc8+ Kh7 37.Qc3 Rc2 38.Qxc2! and black is just hopelessly lost. Once again, 34. Kb1 DOES NOT lead to a forced mate, but white will lose the queen and ultimately the game.

[NumbFlynn]

Solidification is, indeed, a word, Kevin :)

[AlanWattParrot]

check this out from Anand - unbelievable!

watch?v=BwcONHV1csI

[eydos]

I have red something about the so called "Immortal game" played in the 19th century, could you comment on that sometimes as well?

[moviecritic6]

@eydos An "immortal game" is the best game of a certain chess player, so there are probably many from the 19th century.

[eydos]

@moviecritic6 ahh thanks, how stupid I was lol

[moviecritic6]

@eydos Any idea on who was playing in the game?

[NumbFlynn]

@moviecritic6 "The immortal game" more often than not refers to a specific game played between Anderssen and Kieseritsky in 1851. That's probably what he means.

[eydos]

@moviecritic6 Anderssen I believe, he won by sacrificing his queen, rooks, and matted with three minor pieces.

[moviecritic6]

@eydos It turns out he's already done this game!

[noxure]

@eydos That game is analysed many times on other Youtube chess channels. Anderssen playing white sacrifices two rooks and his queen to deliver checkmate.

Those famous old grandmaster games are all about genius-level combinations where even high-level players today can only dream about. But the dated openings, dubious risks and often unequal playing strength make them less interesting to analyse in depth compared to modern games imo, even though they are usually very entertaining to watch.

[eydos]

@noxure Thanks for your answer!

[spenky]

Can you help me understand why Kc4 is better than Ra3 at 17:36? I just can't see how white can avoid the mate without sacing the queen...

[FMafia206]

why not sac the bishop on a2 if you're going to lose it anyways... at least you gain a pawn.

[thechesswebsite]

@FMafia206 I posted comment in video and responded already, but Bxa2 loses to Nc6, queen move, Nxe7+. Hope this helps.

[nicocola1]

@thechesswebsite He meant after white Nxc2. But I can explain it for you, FMafia206. It's because Anand wants to open the a file for his rook and further attacks.

[FMafia206]

why not sac the bishop on a2 if you're going to lose it anyways...

[moviecritic6]

I remember going over this game with my chess teacher!

[thisisgame]

Anand is so good its hard to comprehend. Please make more Anand and Bobby Fischer vids.

[BastaBat666]

I got this one question, what if the white bishop takes the pawn on a2 (at 9:00) I mean he can, it's not defended is it? I don't think its a good move to get your knight to d4 cause you are going to lose on material.

Or am I wrong?

[thechesswebsite]

@xpawnrip sorry, I meant that black could not hold the material advantage by moving his bishop. Bxa2 loses to Nc6, queen move, Nxe7+. Hope this helps.

[rsnelgrove2]

@thechesswebsite Would you be able to do a full on look at the Yugoslav? I'd like to be able to play e4 once again without having to play standard sicilian, and I know the Yugoslav is a fantastic way to beat people who don't know the main ideas in it.

[LynxCoding]

Couldn't the king go to D2 before he resigned, he had a bishop to back him up.

[thechesswebsite]

@LynxCoding Kd2, Ra4+, Ke2, Qe2#

[ardi1230320]

@thechesswebsite I dont get your comment,but I think you mean Kd2 Ra2+ Ke1 Qe2# Also. Kb2 Qc2#

[LittleMeRox100]

@thechesswebsite do you mean ra2+ Ke1 Qe2

[Carnage1235]

@thechesswebsite

Viswanathan Anand is current Chess Champion of the World isn't he?

[badgodbala]

@thechesswebsite

Ra2+ and not Ra4 :)

[dunessanful]

@thechesswebsite so many typos..... r is already on a4. k cant move to e2 cause Q covers it im guessing u ment to say Kd2, Ra2+, Ke1, Qe2#

[MrDeehsar]

19:44 into video it looks like all offense has to do is take the the pawn on f7 with his queen and thats game.

[thechesswebsite]

@MrDeehsar Kh8 ftw

[arkoraa]

Hi chesswebsite,

I was wondering if White has a chance after 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 31. Bd4? Thanks!

[MasterThief1324]

Bishop A2? At 9:45?

[MasterThief1324]

I have a question regarding terminology. When you say a move do you mean when either white or black move or when both white and black have move?

[7blekky7]

Your videos are awesome.

Please make more famous chess game videos like this. If possible from Kasparov and/or Bobby Fischer.

And please make more videos of your own games.

Thanks and keep up the good work!!

[AlanWattParrot]

it's humiliating when your opponent's sac'd most of his pieces while yours stand around uselessly embarrassed as your king's captured

[MrZingnigga]

I just want to add at 5:50 Nd7 to b6 targeting c4 is a thematic idea of the Najdorf. If black sacs the exchange on c3, then trades the light-squared bishops off, c4 becomes a huge outpost against white's king.

[IMRezpected]

I love your commentary :D and this game.

[mateklQ]

Awesome