Letsplaychess.com presents Ivanchuk vs Kasparov - Sicilian Defence Najdorf Variation

[comet2029]

In the final position you could also point out that if instead of pxq white plays q-b7+ then the simple bishop retreat to e7 is also mate.

[savit]

@ 7:41, what is the problem with white Qe1?

[recursiveloop]

When Rook why not pawn g3? is it a forced mate after that?

[sirgator2099]

Could the white pawn be taken with the black rook at 4:44 since the bishop is pinned to the queen?

[MagikoZari]

@sirgator2099

i also have the same question!

i hope kingscrusher to answer it

[MrPeachski]

@sirgator2099

Rxh7+.,,KxR... Qd3+ ..Kh8...Qh3+....Bh4....BxR nasty for black

[chrism216]

i mean Qh8

[chrism216]

why not take the bishop?

[tomryder2]

@chrism216: if he took the bishop he loses the queen by g5+, Kg5 then Qh6+, Kf5 Rf8, then wins the queen the next move

[chrism216]

i see, thank you

[chrism216]

i see somehting else too, hahahaha

if he takes the bishop, its mate with Rh8.

[Averagebum2]

Are you having a sore throat here, Krusher?

[Kapidye29]

I love your vids.

I especially love it when you say "believe it or not" or when a move is "controversial."

[JackBauerRulez2008]

in the position, i. resigned: whats with Qb6?

[bendkafka]

Kasparov gave up the h7 pawn with an enemy rook on the open file opposite his exposed king? And it worked! Incredible.

[theczechfamous]

At 4.44 is it possible for black to play Rxc4?

[dakgootje]

it is certainly playable and generally a good move, however I presume Kasparov did not like whites pressure after 30. ...Rxc4 31. Rxh7+ Kxh7 32. Qd3+ Kh8 33. Qh3 Bh4 34. Bxc4 and white has regained the pawn

[eggfro]

who is ripka kingcrusher is always talking about ?

[vibovitold]

Rybka - the strongest (or one of the strongest) chess engine in the world. in other words, a computer program (of super-grandmaster strength); very useful for analyzing games

[tibinsaid]

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))

[GMAhmedAdly]

Thats a chess engine about 3100/3200 Elo.

[gologram]

King,give us Geller-Fischer games,please.Geller is a Russian chess champion who had substantial positive score against Fischer.

[troster]

funny whispering

[irvpat]

Maybe Fischer didn't want to play officially anymore because of players like Kasparov.

[2TheDeath]

Remarkable Tightrope walking by Kasparov. Any lesser player would have been smashed.

[gologram]

Move 40,please.let's see some of karpov's games from 70's.Karpov was very great at that time.I heard people say Kasparov stated that thinking about taking up the challenge,Fischer looked at Karpov's games and got scared.

[mcrohof]

astounding powers of calculation and insight from both players... Thanks for posting this!