Grandmaster Chess Blunders #2: Can you spot the mistake?

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This video series focuses on Grandmaster level chess blunders. Even at the top levels of chess mistakes are made, which helps keep the game exciting!

This particular video features a line played in a game between Boris Spassky and Anatoly Karpov played in 1988 at one of the 6 World Chess Cups.

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[lambokun]

HI !!!! I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS haha can i have a response? eheh

[jrobichess]

Glad to hear it lambokun - thanks for checking out the vid and commenting!

[Aimismyname]

I like how this dude's favourite phrase is "a hopelessly lost position"

[gmmatthew1]

@armatageshanks66 No, the queen is also a fundamental part of the attack. Essentially, all four pieces (the queen, the two rooks and the bishop) are needed in order to attack. The pawn on g6 has two defenders, so White needs three attackers so he can launch the attack.

If Black had played Qe8, the pawn would have had three effective defenders, and the attack would have been stopped anyway.

[b0b0maj0]

Thats a pretty simple blunder, hard to believe a grandmaster made it.

[gredow1979]

@rysticblaade I would tell you about all the Game Theory work I do as an academician, but you are just a stranger in space, so I have nothing to prove to you.

[8Ho03EdONl1liL]

Thanks! I love chess but I'm not good at it, so it's very helpful for me to see how certain moves would play out.

[gredow1979]

@rysticblade Do you always refer to yourself in the 3rd person?

[rysticblade]

@gredow1979 Looks like somebody lacks the mental capacity sit down and think in an involved game that requires future thought and strategy.

[gredow1979]

I spotted a mistake. You're playing chess.

[lapticul]

is this game for real? i don't believe a grandmaster could make such a mistake... it's pretty obvious that black would be winning in this position and it doesn't require that much thought , especially for a grandmaster

[CousCous102]

g5

[armatageshanks66]

@gmmatthew1

Oh yeah I see what you mean. Thanks for explaining that for me *thumbsup*