It was not a takeback at 8:16, Irina touched the rook on e2 and wanted to move it but since the rook is pinned it's not allowed, so she had to make another move. That's fine and according to the rules, no penalty for that.
In open blitz tournaments it's black who gets to choose on which side to put the clock, but in big championships the clocks are fixed due to online transmission and so the clock can end up on the right or on the left. It used to be an advantage to have the clock on the correct side (right for right-handed players) when time controls were fixed like game in 5 minutes, but now that there are time increments like +2 seconds per move, it does not matter any more.
This is my favorite short chess video. It's great just the way it is. An analysis narrative can inform but can also distract. If you add comments later, I hope you will keep this version available. Thanks very much!
At 7:00 Qa3 would of forked Kosteniuk's knight and rook giving Krush a big advantage. Funny, at 8:20 Krush was going to move her rook and she's like whoooops it's pinned of course I should know I'm a GM :)
It depends on the rules of the tournament. World championship matches like this one are played with official rules of chess. You can check on wikipedia "rules of chess" and you will see: "A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move. That move must be made with the same piece if possible, because the touch-move rule applies." In blitz it may also matter if you pressed the clock.
Nice! When she grabbed the pinned rook I guess there is no time penalty for trying to move it? I saw Korchnoi incur a penalty against Vaisser for doing that once.
@noxtradamentus In fact her bishop is not trapped, if h4 then Ms Krush moves the pawn attacking ms. Kosteniuk`s knight and at the same time it gives space to Krush bishop to escape, in chess you have to be calm when you see these types of position when you think you lost a piece.
@CaptainSvy Of course! Analyzing one's games and seeing where the mistakes were made is the only way to improve and avoid making those kinds of mistakes in the future. One should analyze one's games longer than one plays the games (even if the game was a "classical" time control of several hours).
Damn, had to rush during time control and fell into the fork even though she almost moved her queen to that e6 square guarded by the knight but saw it just in time. Saved herself from one mistake only to fall into another all in a matter of seconds. I love chess.
Not sure what you mean, Irina played 1.d4 on the first move and that pawn stayed there until I took it close to the end of the game around 7:30 in the game.
I did not look quite through the tactics of this game. What did Krush have in mind when Kosteniuk took the Knight on c5? And didn't she have a clearly better position afterwards?
@jgrab1 Sure we play with Touch-Move. But in this case Irina's rook was pinned by my queen on d3, so the rook could not move legally, that's why Irina was able to play another legal move, even though she touched the pinned rook.
That's great you want to improve at chess. Write down your moves then after you finish the game enter them in an analysis PC software like Chess King, that will compare your moves to Grandmaster moves and give you a full analysis of where you made mistakes, and what are the best moves to play.
maybe something like 1...Na2 Qa3 2. Nxc1 Qxf8+ 3. Rd8 Qa3. can black save the knight? not sure. it's complicated with d4 hanging, etc. I think 1...Na2 2. Qc6 also saves it and seems simpler.
At 7:12, I'm trying to figure out why she decided to capture the protected rook with her knight instead of the undefended knight on a6. That would've helped her gain material without losing the knight and add to the pressure that her queen and rook placed on the pinned pawn at c7,,, If anyone else understands this, then please reply. I'm curious.
@merrimac291 This happened to be a women's tournament. The strongest women do compete quite often with men and very successfully too! Look at other games on this channel, many are against men. But you are right, due to the late start of professional women chess and more boys starting to play chess, overall men play somewhat better chess than women, with women catching up little by little.
If a player makes an illegal move, doesn't it mean she loses the game on the spot? Though Krush didn't release the rook at 8:20, can she change her mind and move something else?
@trixapete I'll be very busy till the end of the year in tournaments, so I thought it would be better to publish immediately 10 "Live" Blitz videos than waiting several months. I might come back and comment the best games again later on.
Yes you are right 30...Na2 would have been better. White would play 31. Qa3 attacking the Rook on f8 and the position is still equal at that moment. The move I played 30...Nxa6 is actually a mistake since white could have played 31. Qa3 attacking at the same time my Knight on a6 and the Rook on f8. Both players had little time on their clocks and the position was quite complicated.
By the way you can find pretty much every single one of my games and analyze them with the super strong engine Houdini in the chess software program "Chess King", which includes over 5 million games in its GigaKing games database.
Is it possible that the player who has the clock on his/her right side has a statistically greater probability to win in a blitz game (assuming most players are right-handed of course)? I've just come up with this idea since I think (although not completely sure) that most videos where you win in blitz you are on the left and have the clock on your right side. It would be interesting to make a statistical study to see if there is some mean deviation there.
@ChessQueen I have a question. I play chess for about a year and i want to improve my chess skills. I'm learning an practicing combination, mating pattern, opening. But I play with my friends. How should I analyse my games, if i'm writing it down?
@janschessclub There is no such thing as a clear winning in chess, especially when you have a weak King and the opponent has an initiative. It's very hard to defend in chess against attacks. You've only won the game when your opponent resigns.
It seems like she's trapping herself in her own power. Like when your defensive all the time you always have a chance to be aggressive again. But by 2:35 it seems as if she has a lot of power it's just its all out there. She loses the ability to be any more aggressive. Maybe you can talk to my observation?
What is your record against Krush? If you rely on the (incomplete) database at chessgames, it would appear she is krushing you, though I doubt this is the case. Perhaps you should submit this game to dispel any illusions.
Is there a reason why women always compete against each other in chess tournaments and not against men as well? I can get why they don't play against each other in physical sports but this is chess. The implication seems to be that men are better at chess than women.
Not sure whether i could concentrate on a game with the ChessQueen as she is beautiful like many Russian women! Id be too busy trying to rub legs!! LOL
It was not a takeback at 8:16, Irina touched the rook on e2 and wanted to move it but since the rook is pinned it's not allowed, so she had to make another move. That's fine and according to the rules, no penalty for that.
Kosteniuk always find a way to win the games, your chess games are perfect, I love you :D
In open blitz tournaments it's black who gets to choose on which side to put the clock, but in big championships the clocks are fixed due to online transmission and so the clock can end up on the right or on the left. It used to be an advantage to have the clock on the correct side (right for right-handed players) when time controls were fixed like game in 5 minutes, but now that there are time increments like +2 seconds per move, it does not matter any more.
Alexandra Kosteniuk is an International Grandmaster (GM) and Irina Krush is an International Master (IM)
This is my favorite short chess video. It's great just the way it is. An analysis narrative can inform but can also distract. If you add comments later, I hope you will keep this version available. Thanks very much!
whoah. felt the tension there at the end. what a battle.
No commentary? Nice win but comments are always welcome.
It was just like being there - watching. Great vid.
That was some high-risk chess by Alexandra. Nerves of steel.
I love you Alexandra.. you are the best...
Alexandra always takes a deep breath after the game especially when winning..!!
At 7:00 Qa3 would of forked Kosteniuk's knight and rook giving Krush a big advantage.
Funny, at 8:20 Krush was going to move her rook and she's like whoooops it's pinned of course I should know I'm a GM :)
It depends on the rules of the tournament. World championship matches like this one are played with official rules of chess. You can check on wikipedia "rules of chess" and you will see: "A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move. That move must be made with the same piece if possible, because the touch-move rule applies." In blitz it may also matter if you pressed the clock.
Nice! When she grabbed the pinned rook I guess there is no time penalty for trying to move it? I saw Korchnoi incur a penalty against Vaisser for doing that once.
@ICBMFTW It's one of the royalty-free music intros provided in the Final Cut Studio package.
@noxtradamentus In fact her bishop is not trapped, if h4 then Ms Krush moves the pawn attacking ms. Kosteniuk`s knight and at the same time it gives space to Krush bishop to escape, in chess you have to be calm when you see these types of position when you think you lost a piece.
me encantan tus vídeos, ver como juegas es un lujo !!! un beso enorme !!
What a great battle!
Also one of the few statistically significant differences between men and women in psychology research is spatial reasoning ability.
Here it is 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qb3 h4 20. Kf2 hxg3+ 21. Nxg3 Qg6 22. a4 f5 23. Qc2 Rhf8 24. a5 Nd5 25. a6 b6 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Nb4 30. Qc3 Nxa6 31. Nc5 Qd5 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qa3 Qxd4+ 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. Qxa7 Qd3+ 36. Re2 Kd7 37. Qa2 g4 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qxc1+ 0-1
unstoppable!
@CaptainSvy Of course! Analyzing one's games and seeing where the mistakes were made is the only way to improve and avoid making those kinds of mistakes in the future. One should analyze one's games longer than one plays the games (even if the game was a "classical" time control of several hours).
Damn, had to rush during time control and fell into the fork even though she almost moved her queen to that e6 square guarded by the knight but saw it just in time. Saved herself from one mistake only to fall into another all in a matter of seconds. I love chess.
Not sure what you mean, Irina played 1.d4 on the first move and that pawn stayed there until I took it close to the end of the game around 7:30 in the game.
He meant e4 atacking the hourse, but after (e4 fe) it's impossible for white to move fe because of the rook pinning the king
I did not look quite through the tactics of this game. What did Krush have in mind when Kosteniuk took the Knight on c5? And didn't she have a clearly better position afterwards?
why do the winner of the women's world champion play Annand 12 games and see who is the best in the world?
@jgrab1 Sure we play with Touch-Move. But in this case Irina's rook was pinned by my queen on d3, so the rook could not move legally, that's why Irina was able to play another legal move, even though she touched the pinned rook.
That's great you want to improve at chess. Write down your moves then after you finish the game enter them in an analysis PC software like Chess King, that will compare your moves to Grandmaster moves and give you a full analysis of where you made mistakes, and what are the best moves to play.
maybe something like 1...Na2 Qa3 2. Nxc1 Qxf8+ 3. Rd8 Qa3. can black save the knight? not sure. it's complicated with d4 hanging, etc. I think 1...Na2 2. Qc6 also saves it and seems simpler.
At 7:12, I'm trying to figure out why she decided to capture the protected rook with her knight instead of the undefended knight on a6. That would've helped her gain material without losing the knight and add to the pressure that her queen and rook placed on the pinned pawn at c7,,, If anyone else understands this, then please reply. I'm curious.
Sure! The best way never to be beaten by a woman in chess is never to play one. If you play there always is the risk to lose ;-)
@merrimac291 This happened to be a women's tournament. The strongest women do compete quite often with men and very successfully too! Look at other games on this channel, many are against men. But you are right, due to the late start of professional women chess and more boys starting to play chess, overall men play somewhat better chess than women, with women catching up little by little.
Nice.
I played Irina in tournament before and got a draw...
Just thought I should throw that out there.
@Fupper16 In chess it's most important to be 100% focused so as not to lose concentration. Losing concentration always leads to mistakes!
If a player makes an illegal move, doesn't it mean she loses the game on the spot? Though Krush didn't release the rook at 8:20, can she change her mind and move something else?
don't wanna be around when that time comes
@Kenmorfdublin The rook was pinned to the king, so no legal move could be made with it.
@TAzDK At 5:55 why didn't she move pawn to E4?
@trixapete I'll be very busy till the end of the year in tournaments, so I thought it would be better to publish immediately 10 "Live" Blitz videos than waiting several months. I might come back and comment the best games again later on.
Yes you are right 30...Na2 would have been better. White would play 31. Qa3 attacking the Rook on f8 and the position is still equal at that moment. The move I played 30...Nxa6 is actually a mistake since white could have played 31. Qa3 attacking at the same time my Knight on a6 and the Rook on f8. Both players had little time on their clocks and the position was quite complicated.
By the way you can find pretty much every single one of my games and analyze them with the super strong engine Houdini in the chess software program "Chess King", which includes over 5 million games in its GigaKing games database.
Is it possible that the player who has the clock on his/her right side has a statistically greater probability to win in a blitz game (assuming most players are right-handed of course)? I've just come up with this idea since I think (although not completely sure) that most videos where you win in blitz you are on the left and have the clock on your right side. It would be interesting to make a statistical study to see if there is some mean deviation there.
Because of Qa2+ and Black recaptures the knight on a6 with the queen.
Thanks for the game. Is a great game.
I love you Alexandra.. you are the best...
in the final of the video..... instead king g1..... why not queen d2 forcing exchange? and if pawn takes pawn Qxd3 kxd3 and Rd2
@ChessQueen I have a question. I play chess for about a year and i want to improve my chess skills. I'm learning an practicing combination, mating pattern, opening. But I play with my friends. How should I analyse my games, if i'm writing it down?
@janschessclub There is no such thing as a clear winning in chess, especially when you have a weak King and the opponent has an initiative. It's very hard to defend in chess against attacks. You've only won the game when your opponent resigns.
@danielrasengan2 Or at 7:33 Why didn't she just move the rook to E3?
Alexandra why you play bishop f5 when you could play h4 and f6?
Krush was Krushed!
Thats the old Philip DeFranco theme song for the intro! haha
If Nxa6 then Qa2+ followed by Qxa6
It seems like she's trapping herself in her own power. Like when your defensive all the time you always have a chance to be aggressive again. But by 2:35 it seems as if she has a lot of power it's just its all out there. She loses the ability to be any more aggressive. Maybe you can talk to my observation?
What is your record against Krush?
If you rely on the (incomplete) database at chessgames, it would appear she is krushing you, though I doubt this is the case.
Perhaps you should submit this game to dispel any illusions.
Irina Qa1 and not Qa2
In 5,43 why not 1,d4????
In 6:50 Why didn't play Na2?
The PGN:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3 Ne4 9. e3 h5 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. f3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qf6 16. Ne2 O-O-O 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nb6 19. Qb3 h4 20. Kf2 hxg3+ 21. Nxg3 Qg6 22. a4 f5 23. Qc2 Rhf8 24. a5 Nd5 25. a6 b6 26. Rac1 Qe6 27. Rhe1 Rd7 28. e4 fxe4 29. Nxe4 Nb4 30. Qc3 Nxa6 31. Nc5 Qd5 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Qa3 Qxd4+ 34. Kf1 Nc5 35. Qxa7 Qd3+ 36. Re2 Kd7 37. Qa2 g4 38. Kg1 Qd4+ 39. Kh2 Qf4+ 40. Kg1 Qxc1+ 0-1
1:15 Russian flag comes to the game
At 6:50 why not night a2?
Kosteniuk, you are my female chess idol-- you have beauty, and even more brain to go with it. ;)
Is there a reason why women always compete against each other in chess tournaments and not against men as well? I can get why they don't play against each other in physical sports but this is chess. The implication seems to be that men are better at chess than women.
Is the PGN file of this game available?
saved by touch move blunder. Sharp game :)
wow you got lucky,
@studentoflife01
That's what I was wondering too.
he means e4 :)
31- Qa3! and gg kostenuik :D
Speed chess is not chess,is circus.
Great game by black
She colapses inmediately then...
@merrimac291 Or maybe the implications is that women are better than men at chess.. ;)
#6:50 black N to a2 wins a rook
Krush never does much with her hair. Needs a Stylist big time !
Not sure whether i could concentrate on a game with the ChessQueen as she is beautiful like many Russian women! Id be too busy trying to rub legs!! LOL