The Queen COULD have actually saved this game for white. There was one opportunity, referred to as the “silent move” in the video, when white’s king was under no pressure. Queen F3 would have broken the link between black’s bishop and rook while simultaneously putting pressure on both pieces. Black could have take the Queen with the rook, but it would have been taken in turn, either by the pawn on G2, or by the king. The trade would have hurt, but black was up a Queen anyway and the Queen served no other purpose except to sit there while black won. Lol
Quitting chess because you got outplayed? Guess you never practiced against an engine. "The master has lost more games than the novice has even played"
White had a mate in 2-3 after it went take horse with queen check and if blocks with rook or not, mate in 2 is inevitable because if king moves to the corner than check with hirse and rook takes than, queen takes rook mate in the next move as bishop wwas trapped unallowing the othe rook to defend, only if black was not good at chess😂
@@vinissues4634 Bro just cuz you can't doesn't mean no one can I can calculate mate in 8s that are complex like this And I'm just a 2000 That guy's a gm
96 accuracy (and I think that depends on the bot) for 1844 ... as you say, what an incredible incredible game! Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen this game and it was a treat!... I was unaware, I and I realised I shouldn't of been, that they played amazing chess centuries ago! I was under the impression this level of play didn't come into the landscape until Morphy. Petroff really did play this game like a bot!
Trying to watch chess matches while he commentates is just brutal. He could be done in less than 4 minutes but instead it stretched out to 14 ? Haha. I tried but just couldnt
Funny thing is my first briliant move was a castle. I left my bishop hanging and then my opponent took it after that i could have moved my rook underneath his queen and pin it with my rook ofc that didn't happen but it was a cool briliant
11:43 for anyone wondering the best move for white according to the engine in that position to get a mate in 13 instead of a mate in 8 was not, in fact, knight to e6, but knight to d7, which black would respond by taking the knight with the rook with xf7, and after that white would move the pawn to g3, then black would move the knight to d4 with a discovered check from the c8 light square bishop, so white's supposedly best move now would be king to g5, but then black would follow up with rook to f5 check, and since it's protected by the d4 knight it cannot be taken, after that, white's only 2 legal moves are either Kg4 or Kh4, of which Kg4 is the best one for the engine, to which black would respond to rook f4 check, and since the bishop pins the g3 pawn to the king, white can only go to h5 since Kg5 would be mate in 11 instead of mate in 13 _(knight to e6 check, king to h5 since it's the only legal move, pawn to g6 checking the king once again, followed up by Kh6, again, another forced move, which black would respond to with bishop to e3, since even if the white pawn were to take the f4 rook it'd still be mate with bishop takes back, so even if white were to instead of taking the rook with the pawn, move the h1 rook to e1, black can simply move the rook to h4 and it'd be mate)_ and then black would proceed with rook to f4, protected by the f2 bishop pinning the g3 pawn from taking it, leading to white's best move, according to the engine, be Kh5, giving the chance for black to check the king with pawn to g6, forcing white to go along with Kh6 _(Kg5 is also a legal move, however, that'd be a mate in 12 and not in 13, since the game would just proceed with knight to e6 check, this time leaving white with no other legal moves except Kh6, giving away the chance for black to respond with bishop to e6, and at this point, funnily enough, since white can't stop the checkmate no matter what, the engine grades every single of white's legal moves as the best move, since black just needs to move the f4 rook literally anywhere it can go for checkmate)_ whereas black should move the f2 bishop to e3, finally giving white some breathing space from all the checks, and therefore allowing them to finally move their queen to b3, checking the black king, that too, however, won't last long as the black knight takes the b3 square, once again a silent move. Now, white could take the knight back, however, that'd force checkmate simply with rook to h4, so instead, white should move the king to g5, avoiding just that, but still not safe for the forced check in 2 that's about to come from black with rook to g4, forcing the king to f6, and then FINALLY, checkmate with bishop to g5. One might think that black is either some sort of seer or just gave up the queen for the goofs lmao...
After giving up at the 3 minute mark, watched same match in two shorts while he's 8 minutes in on move 7 explaining every single space the knight can't go haha
Great game, Zach, thanks for posting and explaining it. But honestly, when I saw _11-move checkmate with no Queen,_ I thought of the game Edouard Lasker _(when he still was a German citizen)_ won to G. A. Thomas in a Dutch Defence. I wonder if you'd mind uploading it with some historic notes. Cheers!
The most wonderous thing, apart for the flawless execution of the 8-move checkmate, was that White didn't get to move both his queen and his rooks. Amazing combination by Petroff!
Amazing!! Thank you for posting it. Petrov is one of my chess heroes. I have played the Petrov defense all my life (I am 43). I did not know this game. Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Would have been cool to know if he calculated the mate or if he just went with instinct. 11 moves is a lot to calculate when it at several instances isn't forced.
Honestly I watch your videos almost all the way everytime and I think this is the first one I ever liked. 💀 I just now realized you have so few likes and idek why. My mind is on chess or something. But thanks for all the videos. You, levy, Hikaru are the real YT chess goats. 🙏 😂 I'd suck so bad without you guys.
Alexander Petroff, together with Carl Friedrich von Jänisch were the main responsible masters for the chess dissemination in Russia, specially in St. Petersburg, where both were active.
I dont think a human can possibly calculate a mate in 11. Like bro there are millions of possible moves he could play that could catch petrov off guard, but it somehow was an unavoidable mate
The queen was the group member who made up an excuse for not helping
@@tiagobordin6580 bruh
She's gon present the group project yo😂
The Queen COULD have actually saved this game for white. There was one opportunity, referred to as the “silent move” in the video, when white’s king was under no pressure.
Queen F3 would have broken the link between black’s bishop and rook while simultaneously putting pressure on both pieces. Black could have take the Queen with the rook, but it would have been taken in turn, either by the pawn on G2, or by the king.
The trade would have hurt, but black was up a Queen anyway and the Queen served no other purpose except to sit there while black won. Lol
@@nathanaelstricker9056 that just loses the game faster: Nf4+ Ne6; Bxe6+ Kg5; h6#
@@nathanaelstricker9056 idk, as the horse just go d4, chess with the runner, and take queen.
"blocking the king out of anything that has to with the letter F"💀💀
Poor queen....💀
LMFAOOO
😂😂😂😂😂
Honi soit, qui mal y pense.😁
Damn💀💀💀
SHE AINT GONA F A DEAD PP BUDDY XD
I can't even find 11 bad moves😂
this sounds a lot more cocky than I think you think
I definitely can, by just playing at my best 😂
Yeah, you can find more jk
bro I don't even last 11 moves 🫠
@@TheCubicalGamershe must be disappointed
damn. imagine being his opponent and getting checkmated like that, i wouldnt even play after that dude i would quit💀
damn. I would also quit 💀
if i was checkmated like that, i would strive to be able to checkmate others like that
Quitting chess because you got outplayed? Guess you never practiced against an engine.
"The master has lost more games than the novice has even played"
nah, i would quit if you got mated by a long castle or getting mated by 3 knights
The guy is just making a fun comment based on the brutality of this checkmate no need to take it too seriously folks.
What a nightmare for his opponent, but already knew it ❤
White had a mate in 2-3 after it went take horse with queen check and if blocks with rook or not, mate in 2 is inevitable because if king moves to the corner than check with hirse and rook takes than, queen takes rook mate in the next move as bishop wwas trapped unallowing the othe rook to defend, only if black was not good at chess😂
after 6 minutes of yapping bro says “but that didn’t happen”
Lol, same here.
exactly bro needs to get to the point
Castle to attacking, not to safety
I don't think he calcualted mate in 11, rather he saw a strong opportunity in sacrificing his Queen and ran with it.
Of course he calculated mate in 11, do you know who we talking about here
💀bro You don't sacrifice your queen on just instinct
Nobody can see check mate in 11, too many variables. He developed the game three during The match
@@vinissues4634 Bro just cuz you can't doesn't mean no one can
I can calculate mate in 8s that are complex like this
And I'm just a 2000
That guy's a gm
@@ZDTFyou doubt my 1000 elo mind
I am sorry, but this game was so mind blowing that I felt like crying tears of joy. Great content and great work!
Reading this, my job is complete.
108 likes and 1 reply? Let me fix that
Meeeeeh
You're enthusiasm for chess is infectious! Great video!
96 accuracy (and I think that depends on the bot) for 1844 ... as you say, what an incredible incredible game! Thanks for sharing, I hadn't seen this game and it was a treat!... I was unaware, I and I realised I shouldn't of been, that they played amazing chess centuries ago! I was under the impression this level of play didn't come into the landscape until Morphy. Petroff really did play this game like a bot!
@RaniaIsAwesome Damn, I was wondering why he was so accurate.
@RaniaIsAwesome how would you cheat with stockfish in.. 1844? or is this a joke i dont get lol
@RaniaIsAwesome stockfish wasn't created in 1844 bro what are you on about
Such a beautiful game and analysis Zach, love the videos like this, keep up the great work alright. Doing great things as always.
Trying to watch chess matches while he commentates is just brutal. He could be done in less than 4 minutes but instead it stretched out to 14 ? Haha. I tried but just couldnt
The fact he calculated that is crazzyyyy, good vid as always :)
guy was a genius but even then i don't think he calculated every possible line, he just saw the vision
Funny thing is my first briliant move was a castle. I left my bishop hanging and then my opponent took it after that i could have moved my rook underneath his queen and pin it with my rook ofc that didn't happen but it was a cool briliant
bruh martin did brilliant castles too
I never would have thought to castle and queen sacrifice in that position, in 100 years. I never would have seen/thought I could checkmate from there.
Damn! That silent castle move requires hours to calculate.
Very cool! It also seems like , at 3:35, black's knight to F5 could result in some perilous queen-forking opportunities.
Lesson: The Botez gambit can work.
"And there's this guy who does his part at the last minute"
Meanwhile the other rook that did literally nothing:
8:23 Note that after Rf3+ to make the checkmate more beatufiul, White has g3 (instead of gxf3), blocking the f2-h4 diagonal.
exactly what i was thinking
He did talked about that option in the video
@@elmaschimba963 Oops, I missed that.
Loved the school project analogy🤣
The analogy to a school project was both accurate and funny as hell; especially the part of the late contributor. Nicely done! I'm subscribing now.
The fact that he didn’t check mate with the pawn it’s was crazy man back then
Its all about how active pieces we have than compares to how powerful pieces opponent have🎉great game by legends
I only could calculate about 5-6 moves without pausing. Crazy.
This vid is such a nice calculation exercise
You can calculate?
@@Brecud What do you mean?
@@Brecudyou gonna explain
@@cubekoss7547 it's been a year ago i do not remember what this was for
5:41 "Here black played *cAsTlEd*"
Thank you zach you helped me get to 1560 elo!
Wow. Congratulations on the progress 💪
I knew about this game already but it is so beautiful that I had to watch it again
I don't understand, after the bishop light squared checked and white played P g4 they were out right?
That castling was crazy🤯🤯🤯
9:44 when the black knight is at b6, white can play Qb3 to pin it. If Rxd8 then Kf3 to get out of the discover check then the K can escape to e2.
Arh...black can still check with rook.
He simply move the king and then after that simple check mate with rook pawn and a bishop
I bet white quit chess and resorted to alcohol to never remember this game
11:43 for anyone wondering the best move for white according to the engine in that position to get a mate in 13 instead of a mate in 8 was not, in fact, knight to e6, but knight to d7, which black would respond by taking the knight with the rook with xf7, and after that white would move the pawn to g3, then black would move the knight to d4 with a discovered check from the c8 light square bishop, so white's supposedly best move now would be king to g5, but then black would follow up with rook to f5 check, and since it's protected by the d4 knight it cannot be taken, after that, white's only 2 legal moves are either Kg4 or Kh4, of which Kg4 is the best one for the engine, to which black would respond to rook f4 check, and since the bishop pins the g3 pawn to the king, white can only go to h5 since Kg5 would be mate in 11 instead of mate in 13 _(knight to e6 check, king to h5 since it's the only legal move, pawn to g6 checking the king once again, followed up by Kh6, again, another forced move, which black would respond to with bishop to e3, since even if the white pawn were to take the f4 rook it'd still be mate with bishop takes back, so even if white were to instead of taking the rook with the pawn, move the h1 rook to e1, black can simply move the rook to h4 and it'd be mate)_ and then black would proceed with rook to f4, protected by the f2 bishop pinning the g3 pawn from taking it, leading to white's best move, according to the engine, be Kh5, giving the chance for black to check the king with pawn to g6, forcing white to go along with Kh6 _(Kg5 is also a legal move, however, that'd be a mate in 12 and not in 13, since the game would just proceed with knight to e6 check, this time leaving white with no other legal moves except Kh6, giving away the chance for black to respond with bishop to e6, and at this point, funnily enough, since white can't stop the checkmate no matter what, the engine grades every single of white's legal moves as the best move, since black just needs to move the f4 rook literally anywhere it can go for checkmate)_ whereas black should move the f2 bishop to e3, finally giving white some breathing space from all the checks, and therefore allowing them to finally move their queen to b3, checking the black king, that too, however, won't last long as the black knight takes the b3 square, once again a silent move. Now, white could take the knight back, however, that'd force checkmate simply with rook to h4, so instead, white should move the king to g5, avoiding just that, but still not safe for the forced check in 2 that's about to come from black with rook to g4, forcing the king to f6, and then FINALLY, checkmate with bishop to g5. One might think that black is either some sort of seer or just gave up the queen for the goofs lmao...
Awesome. I was around when this game was played, well almost, and I’m still hooked on the game.
Your exposition was fabulous. Love it.
You have the most gorgeous graphics of the pieces & board I have ever seen.
I liked the Queen sacrifice tactic it so much, kool way to present this.
I actually got 1 brilliant castle move, but later...
Wow
great video, right to the point while still remaining instructive and explorative
14:03 the rook on h8 that didn’t move at all: 👀
so true with the school project metaphor 😂
Family members of the king would think this was an inside job
14:10 knight:the person who sacrificed its life to add one slide to the PowerPoint (totally relatable)
The double discovered check is the atom bomb of the chess board...nothing can withstand it's blast.
@7:47 What about moving the G-Pawn from G2 to G4 to block the check? Pawn is defended by the Queen, and maybe the king can sneak backwards?
Nf4#
"Here, black played castle".😂😂😂😂😂😂
After giving up at the 3 minute mark, watched same match in two shorts while he's 8 minutes in on move 7 explaining every single space the knight can't go haha
the missed win stockfish lowered my accuracy my 15% for :
How did the f pawn first be a mistake then after like 2 seconds it became an inaccuracy? ?!
Stock fish thinking for longer
Great game, Zach, thanks for posting and explaining it.
But honestly, when I saw _11-move checkmate with no Queen,_ I thought of the game Edouard Lasker _(when he still was a German citizen)_ won to G. A. Thomas in a Dutch Defence.
I wonder if you'd mind uploading it with some historic notes.
Cheers!
The Miss stockfish wanted me to see
4:32 why not Nf5+,does it not just win a full knight?🧐
13:30 couldn’t we play rook to g5 for checkmate
6:23 stockfish says mate in 13, they played mate in 8, the video title says "forced 11-move checkmate"
nice
The way you explained this is so entertaining. Great job.
That was one of the best chess videos I've ever seen.
“If you haven’t seen this game yet, you’re in for a treat.”
Absolute 🔥 intro
I'm tired of watching bad chess games, so I'm glad you cover good ones.
The engine gives you higher accuracy ratings when your opponent is blundering pieces.
The castle move has broken my brain forever... I felt my IQ drop physically 🤯🤯🤯
That was very fun! Your enthusiasm is infectious!
Great game. THIS is another example of what makes chess Awesome! Keep bringing us great material. New subscriber.
The most wonderous thing, apart for the flawless execution of the 8-move checkmate, was that White didn't get to move both his queen and his rooks. Amazing combination by Petroff!
I am no good player but my first ever brilliant move happened two weeks ago and it was a castle, I still don’t get why 😅
This is insane
Checkmate in 11 moves is nothing
You should see my King & Queen end games. Checkmate in 25 at least!
first video i've watched of yours. awesome!!!! very helpful
At 9.38, instead of playing the random pawn move, what happens if white plays queen to b3
What a beautiful game! I can't believe I have never seen this. Thanks for sharing :D
Amazing!! Thank you for posting it. Petrov is one of my chess heroes. I have played the Petrov defense all my life (I am 43). I did not know this game. Greetings from Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Would have been cool to know if he calculated the mate or if he just went with instinct.
11 moves is a lot to calculate when it at several instances isn't forced.
I saw the mate after white forked with the knight. Felt so good.
Honestly I watch your videos almost all the way everytime and I think this is the first one I ever liked. 💀 I just now realized you have so few likes and idek why. My mind is on chess or something. But thanks for all the videos. You, levy, Hikaru are the real YT chess goats. 🙏 😂 I'd suck so bad without you guys.
I actually got a brilliant castle in a 1800 rated game against one of the best people i've every played against, it was forced checkmate in 17
99 missed calls from Hikaru 😂
I Found the Moves that Black Had played
"I'm going to church tomorrow to pray for this"
-Zachary Saine
12:17 both king moves are great though being the only 2 available moves
Darn. This is beautiful commentary of a beautiful game.
I am just like him. Once I had only my king, queen and bishop while opponent only had their king. I also force mated in 11 moves.
Huh, the castle is wild. On first glance I thought it was an illegal move, yet the king never goes through an attacked square, only the rook.
Is this a game that person played against himself or...
What
I can’t find a check normally meanwhile this guy 11 moves ahead of the other💀
Omg, I loved the video so much! Your explanation was awesome and I learned a lot from this incredible romantic game ❤❤ Thank you!
very romantic i agree
The Alien himself 👽
At 11:33, Queen to b3 is more better option for white. Pinning the knight because there is check blocking the black bishop
I left my heart this checkmate 😍
I once sacked my knight by doing long castles against the 1800 lorenzo bot and I can say that that was epic
5:40 how can black castle, aren't they under the knights attack?
I love all the help the second rook did 😂😂
why did stop playing chess
the game that he played time:
isnt this alexander hoffman vs alexander petroff?
Alexander Petroff, together with Carl Friedrich von Jänisch were the main responsible masters for the chess dissemination in Russia, specially in St. Petersburg, where both were active.
his castle is brilliant and mine is a blunder 💀
I dont think a human can possibly calculate a mate in 11. Like bro there are millions of possible moves he could play that could catch petrov off guard, but it somehow was an unavoidable mate
I didn’t even knows you could castle even even room is under attack.
So you can’t castle on in or through check.
Best queen sac ive seen so far. Well played.very bizarre opens also i must add but nice lol
7:45 what's wrong with g4 blocking the bishop attack?
Nf4 is checkmate!
For the final move he could have played Rook G5, but I've gotta admit that his finish was way swaggier.
Started slow but holy moly did it deliver! Crazy play
Congratulations on this fantastic chess match you brought into your channel.