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Hi Daniel. Thanks for the great video and for all your other great videos. I have a query regarding 5.Bxc6. Can you please let me know why this is played, when we are told in general to value our bishops more than knights, but especially in what is most likely to become an open position, such as in this game. Sorry for asking, I know you're busy, but this capture really puzzles me.
Caruana was simply outclassed in this game... This game reminds me of the old Kasparov game where Garry just destroyed world number 3,4,5 like total beginners.
What a dramatic game, brilliantly recounted! There were no spoilers at all! And it was not as if Fabi made a gross blunder, just a move that was less than sufficiently confronting to keep his young opponent from having time to seize the initiative.
Superb analysis as always......out of all the recaps available online....this one provides the best insight into the game...Hats off to GM Daniel King!! Also the Bc7 idea after Nc5 .....was just mind blowing!
Great game and analysis, thank you. A game for the ages and early contender for game of the year. Fabiano was 7-0 starting out the Sinquefield Cup in 2015. Here he faced Gukesh who started out the Olympiad with seven straight victories. What a coincidence.
As someone commented quite correctly. IMO this is a game that a certain Tigran Petrosian would be looking down on and loving. Those moves like Rf7, Bf8! And e6 all paving the way to allow the counter attack if White stumbles, which he did both b4 eventually allowing A5 and the breakout of the Rooks and Bishops. A very good game, and Ironically played in the style of the old Armenian Phython!
16:04 - your pet mimicking the noises that Fabi was probably thinking as the game began to turn! Absolutely brilliant win by Gukesh (again) and a great cover of the match too! I'm honestly not sure what's happened to Team USA in this Olympiad. Have they wilted due to the expectation? It's really hard to tell. Even their wins have been 2.5-1.5 unlike, say, Uzbekistan recording 4-0s everywhere. Meanwhile David Howell gets to 7.5/8, Tania Sachdev gets to 6.5/8, even Jovi Houska got to 5/8 today on board one for England... maybe this commentary lark isn't too bad as far as chess skill goes! ;)
Real Houdini chess from Gukesh, he was rewarded for his bravery in playing g and h pawns. it seems unfair to me that folk like Alireza and Abdusattorov, even Pragg and Nihil sarin are mentioned as the next generations superstars, but not so much Gukesh, these things are of course very difficult to predict, but he looks good. Great analysis , thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.
@@joseraulcapablanca8564 It keeps happening in every generation. Another example is Levon Aronion. He became GM quite late but in later stage he touched the rating mark of 2830. Same in the case of Rapport who came in top teir recently. So some players shape late. 😄
This is gorgeous. My exact blood type of a game from Gukesh, I love this. And let me just point out: move 38. Black's black-square bishop has been chilling on f8 for twenty moves after being re-parked there, while the light-square bishop hasn't even moved yet, having spent most of the game shut in by black's own pawns. And yet, just a couple of moves later, they are choking the life out of white's king position. The power of bishops can be an astonishing marvel to look at sometimes. Thank you for the great analysis. ♥
Thanks for this video, Daniel. Your explanation is excellent! I get the impression that Gukesh is not only strong in his tactics, but also incredible strong in his positional play. Looking forward to lots of future gems from him.
What a bizarre game. One of these positions as white where everything tells you you ought to be better but through some kind of perfect chaos black holds. Even the split rooks didn’t do black in!
@@eljanrimsa5843 You don't use principles when playing dynamically. Weak players do, but that is what Dan Heisman called "Hand Waving Chess" - using principles to select candidate moves when there is nothing that will necessarily remain static about the position. In such positions, calculation determines the correct move, not principles. Gukesh won because he out-calculated Fabi in a position that demanded accurate analysis because of the many tactical threats. Principles are a sub-optimal way to select moves in such positions.
@@yzfool6639 Heisman is rated 2200 FIDE (just saying). Fabi was just beaten by a much better strategic mind on that day. His position was better from the opening (naturally) but not good enough to win in the way he tried, by opening the Queen-side. That said Gukesh played with Carlsen level positional precision from then on. I understand what Heisman is saying - most amateur players would improve their game much more if they calculated a little deeper into their candidate moves. However this is top-level Grand-master chess and with due respect to Heisman, he is 2200 FIDE, and I appreciate that he has coached and written books for 40 yrs BUT he has no practical experience in top tier chess. If Kramnik said the same I would really wake up and listen.
@@yzfool6639 Also like to know what you understand by "playing dynamically", an oft thrown around jargon by people (including myself) who are hardly qualified to define it (especially as relates to top-level chess). My definition of a dynamic position is (I could well be wrong): A position where piece activity is more important than pawn structure in gaining an advantage.
Good gracious, what an amazing game! Caruana was all over Gukesh! But Gukesh's -as you say- "patient" play just allowed him to slowly twist the position into a sensational win. Another fantastic youngster from India! Vishy's legacy.
Great presentation of a really interesting game. Some good dynamic play by Gukesh (a bit like a young Kasparov). Caruana needs to regroup after a challenging run of games. Glad you chose this game to analyse.
Awww -- great to hear, that you obviously want to offer us a complete Sicilian-Black-Repertoire in complement to your brand new superb Kalashnikov-Book! :-) Hardly can´t wait for it! 🤗 Greetings from Berlin!
Gukesh was rewarded for his patience. He is playing like a computer. LOL. His pieces were on such awkward looking squares, but Caruana did error in b4 letting black's pieces get in the game.
the entire game Fabi has been missing the light squared bishop. but expect someone with Fabi's caliber find nc5 bc7 sequence. pretty sure he himself would have had found this out in 2018 WCC
This game could go in a textbook to show the potential power of the bishops. White's knights looked good, but never really achieved secure and effective positions. Black's bishops looked bad, but White always had to be wary of their potential, and when they broke out it was deadly.
Caru couldn't accept the draw because of the tournament situation, not necessarily because he thought he would win (board 4 already didn't look so good anymore for the US team)
I was thinking about that aspect too. Otherwise I think he may have gone for the draw. That would have been an achievement finally stopping the win streak.
Gukesh already shot up to number 20 in the world after this game with a live rating of 2729 (having gained >30 points)! Meanwhile Caruana plummets to number 13... He used to be a pretty stable 2800 for a long time, now already on 2753...
Gukesh has gone past Vidit and Hari to become India's #2 and is currently world #20 in the live rating list. +30 elo points from a single event at the super GM level
It is worth to remember that women also play chess. And today’s victory of Oliwia Kiolbasa makes her 9 out of 9. All credits to Gukesh though, he has stronger opponents
Did not like that move either. This pawn structure and at least some of the ideas are closely related to Grand Prix Attack. The idea quite often is to bring the knight to c5. However, normally you first protect the knight on a4 by playing b3. Very standard idea. Also as long as Knight is on a4 black can never dream of any breakthrough nor counterplay. b4 looked way too optimistic and was hard to understand even by an amateur.
I like this channel very much: the commentary, the nice colors, the empaty, all is nice, but it strikes me that while Agadmator goes up like foam, Daniel keeps having 90.000 souls for many years... The algorithm is cruel, it may be that asking for contribution of green $ is not prefered by the YT. Antonio from Adagmator really has some medical problems and supporting him is OK, but Daniel can work like gardener, Delivery service, chauffer of buses for high FIDE representants, other... and earn some funds.🤫
I thought Caruana overrated himself in the Candidates when he said ‘it’s out of me and Nepo who wins’, when Caruana looked shaky, and his analysis underestimated the likes of Ding and Hikaru. His commentary throughout Nepo vs Carlsen 2021, impressing a bit too much those around him, showed how much easier it is to commentate than to be at the board. But a great player no doubt.
Well.. caruana is gentle.. i don't think he trash talked about candidates.. ding bulldozed his way towards the end of tourney.. which was surprising considering how he started.. fab is top class.. magnus immensely respects fab .. showed it on many occasions..
You have probably not seen many games of his! Now not in his top form but when he is (Sinquefield Cup 2015) he's just an engine. Calculates long lines better than anyone else and confidently goes for them.
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Hi Daniel. Thanks for the great video and for all your other great videos. I have a query regarding 5.Bxc6. Can you please let me know why this is played, when we are told in general to value our bishops more than knights, but especially in what is most likely to become an open position, such as in this game. Sorry for asking, I know you're busy, but this capture really puzzles me.
So glad you didn't spoil the winner! I didn't know the result, and was at the edge of my seat the whole video:)
Please cover Raunak vs. Domingues from this match! Some stunning moves.
Always fascinating to get a Grandmaster's perspective!! ty, Daniel King👑
Caruana was simply outclassed in this game... This game reminds me of the old Kasparov game where Garry just destroyed world number 3,4,5 like total beginners.
Nah kasparov used to kill them, this kind of patient and scuffed win reminds me of petrosian
What a dramatic game, brilliantly recounted! There were no spoilers at all! And it was not as if Fabi made a gross blunder, just a move that was less than sufficiently confronting to keep his young opponent from having time to seize the initiative.
Superb analysis as always......out of all the recaps available online....this one provides the best insight into the game...Hats off to GM Daniel King!!
Also the Bc7 idea after Nc5 .....was just mind blowing!
14:11 vsauce sound starts
Great game and analysis, thank you. A game for the ages and early contender for game of the year. Fabiano was 7-0 starting out the Sinquefield Cup in 2015. Here he faced Gukesh who started out the Olympiad with seven straight victories. What a coincidence.
As someone commented quite correctly. IMO this is a game that a certain Tigran Petrosian would be looking down on and loving. Those moves like Rf7, Bf8! And e6 all paving the way to allow the counter attack if White stumbles, which he did both b4 eventually allowing A5 and the breakout of the Rooks and Bishops.
A very good game, and Ironically played in the style of the old Armenian Phython!
16:04 - your pet mimicking the noises that Fabi was probably thinking as the game began to turn! Absolutely brilliant win by Gukesh (again) and a great cover of the match too!
I'm honestly not sure what's happened to Team USA in this Olympiad. Have they wilted due to the expectation? It's really hard to tell. Even their wins have been 2.5-1.5 unlike, say, Uzbekistan recording 4-0s everywhere.
Meanwhile David Howell gets to 7.5/8, Tania Sachdev gets to 6.5/8, even Jovi Houska got to 5/8 today on board one for England... maybe this commentary lark isn't too bad as far as chess skill goes! ;)
Real Houdini chess from Gukesh, he was rewarded for his bravery in playing g and h pawns. it seems unfair to me that folk like Alireza and Abdusattorov, even Pragg and Nihil sarin are mentioned as the next generations superstars, but not so much Gukesh, these things are of course very difficult to predict, but he looks good. Great analysis , thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.
There is so much abundance of talented youngsters these days that it is very difficult to attend all or choose one over the other.
@@grahampawar You hit the nail on the head there Graham, i think the next generations magnus is going to be such a fantastic player.
@@joseraulcapablanca8564 It keeps happening in every generation. Another example is Levon Aronion. He became GM quite late but in later stage he touched the rating mark of 2830. Same in the case of Rapport who came in top teir recently. So some players shape late. 😄
@@Skeptic_arun Indeed the youngest GM is not necessarily the one who will be best.
@@joseraulcapablanca8564 karjakin
Powerplay to 100k!!!
This is gorgeous. My exact blood type of a game from Gukesh, I love this.
And let me just point out: move 38. Black's black-square bishop has been chilling on f8 for twenty moves after being re-parked there, while the light-square bishop hasn't even moved yet, having spent most of the game shut in by black's own pawns. And yet, just a couple of moves later, they are choking the life out of white's king position. The power of bishops can be an astonishing marvel to look at sometimes.
Thank you for the great analysis. ♥
@Teletha "my exact blood type of a game". Oh, that comment is positive. It couldn't B negative.
Thanks for this video, Daniel. Your explanation is excellent! I get the impression that Gukesh is not only strong in his tactics, but also incredible strong in his positional play. Looking forward to lots of future gems from him.
What a bizarre game. One of these positions as white where everything tells you you ought to be better but through some kind of perfect chaos black holds. Even the split rooks didn’t do black in!
He violated all the principles. Gukesh needs to explain us how he did this
@@eljanrimsa5843 You don't use principles when playing dynamically. Weak players do, but that is what Dan Heisman called "Hand Waving Chess" - using principles to select candidate moves when there is nothing that will necessarily remain static about the position. In such positions, calculation determines the correct move, not principles. Gukesh won because he out-calculated Fabi in a position that demanded accurate analysis because of the many tactical threats. Principles are a sub-optimal way to select moves in such positions.
@@yzfool6639 Heisman is rated 2200 FIDE (just saying). Fabi was just beaten by a much better strategic mind on that day. His position was better from the opening (naturally) but not good enough to win in the way he tried, by opening the Queen-side. That said Gukesh played with Carlsen level positional precision from then on.
I understand what Heisman is saying - most amateur players would improve their game much more if they calculated a little deeper into their candidate moves. However this is top-level Grand-master chess and with due respect to Heisman, he is 2200 FIDE, and I appreciate that he has coached and written books for 40 yrs BUT he has no practical experience in top tier chess. If Kramnik said the same I would really wake up and listen.
@@yzfool6639 Also like to know what you understand by "playing dynamically", an oft thrown around jargon by people (including myself) who are hardly qualified to define it (especially as relates to top-level chess). My definition of a dynamic position is (I could well be wrong): A position where piece activity is more important than pawn structure in gaining an advantage.
Good gracious, what an amazing game! Caruana was all over Gukesh! But Gukesh's -as you say- "patient" play just allowed him to slowly twist the position into a sensational win. Another fantastic youngster from India! Vishy's legacy.
Very few times have I awaited a video so eagerly as this one!
Great presentation of a really interesting game. Some good dynamic play by Gukesh (a bit like a young Kasparov). Caruana needs to regroup after a challenging run of games. Glad you chose this game to analyse.
Awww -- great to hear, that you obviously want to offer us a complete Sicilian-Black-Repertoire in complement to your brand new superb Kalashnikov-Book! :-) Hardly can´t wait for it! 🤗 Greetings from Berlin!
its so difficult to follow all fave commentary. thank you sir for such analysis💝
Gukesh was rewarded for his patience. He is playing like a computer. LOL. His pieces were on such awkward looking squares, but Caruana did error in b4 letting black's pieces get in the game.
Thank you for the insightful video!
Brillante partida,gracias Power play chess,Saludos.
the entire game Fabi has been missing the light squared bishop. but expect someone with Fabi's caliber find nc5 bc7 sequence. pretty sure he himself would have had found this out in 2018 WCC
This game could go in a textbook to show the potential power of the bishops. White's knights looked good, but never really achieved secure and effective positions. Black's bishops looked bad, but White always had to be wary of their potential, and when they broke out it was deadly.
This is the tournament of the century. Very entertaining.
Caru couldn't accept the draw because of the tournament situation, not necessarily because he thought he would win (board 4 already didn't look so good anymore for the US team)
I was thinking about that aspect too. Otherwise I think he may have gone for the draw. That would have been an achievement finally stopping the win streak.
Gukesh so impressive!
Will your course be on Chessable?
Amazing game, White looked dominating initially
Holy smokes!!
19:29 I found Bh2+ instead. After Kxh2 (forced) and Ng4+, white has to sacrifice their queen to avoid mate.
Same, haha.
Me too. After Ng4+, Kg1 Black plays Qxe4 with a finish much like the game, only Black has lost a Bishop and some unnecessary complications added.
My Kings Gambit guru since Sagar (Chess base india) stream. Best wishes!
Good man!
@@PowerPlayChess thanks for reply.Sir.Made my day :)
Caruana was winning but then he lost, which was the key move on which the game turned? Thanks
The Power of split rooks!
11:43 also after white knight c3 we can consider black knight takes d4
Yes, India-2 is flying! But the Dutch are doing fine too. All the Dutch players (except l'Ami) are on +4!
Gukesh already shot up to number 20 in the world after this game with a live rating of 2729 (having gained >30 points)!
Meanwhile Caruana plummets to number 13... He used to be a pretty stable 2800 for a long time, now already on 2753...
Great channel thanks
12:01 Why not Nd6, with a fork queen-rook?
Fabiano never lives up to expectation, he wins by luck most of the time.
Nice game Daniel!
Wonderful DK ty
Caruana isn't such a tough challenge right now.
19:08 Why does Caruana play Bishop to D6 ... instead of E5?!
For example 1Be5, Ng4! Now the mate on Qg2 is again a threat, and Fabis bishop blocked the e file for potential Rook counterattack
19.10 ? Could someone help me , why the bishop gives itself when there are other squares it can land on?
See comment by Yan Air in reply to same question by 35 below.
Danny could have mentioned this.
@@roland_k1889 thank you...
Gukesh has gone past Vidit and Hari to become India's #2 and is currently world #20 in the live rating list. +30 elo points from a single event at the super GM level
b4? Looked very shaky even to this patzer. But as King said, quite understandable that a draw wasn't to Fabi's liking.
Black’s pawn h5 is brilliant
India's 2nd team is the real A team, possibly 2 future world champions among the players.
ratings probably a bit out of date due to covid; but also the team atmosphere maybe suits some players better; the elite more used to playing alone
It is worth to remember that women also play chess. And today’s victory of Oliwia Kiolbasa makes her 9 out of 9. All credits to Gukesh though, he has stronger opponents
the irony of Aronian leaving for a team that has self destructed while his previous team leads
20:20 why couldn’t white take the black’s rook?
Nice yo!
b4? by Fabi wasn't just dubious, it was an outright mistake....
Did not like that move either. This pawn structure and at least some of the ideas are closely related to Grand Prix Attack. The idea quite often is to bring the knight to c5. However, normally you first protect the knight on a4 by playing b3. Very standard idea. Also as long as Knight is on a4 black can never dream of any breakthrough nor counterplay.
b4 looked way too optimistic and was hard to understand even by an amateur.
@@Electronite1978"Even"? 😅
Grandmaster chess is hard to understand for amateurs, nothing new there.
Caruana has been out of sorts since his loss to Ding with the White pieces in Madrid. He has dropped all the way to #13 in the world!
He was dropping rating before that tournament.
Ty
Wow!
Brazil in here!
White should’ve played Nc5
WE ARE IN 2024 NOW, AND GUKESH IS THE CANDIDATE VS. SCHWING DEI DING, AND BABUSCHWILLY IS FAR AWAY FROM HIS GREAT FORM HE HAD BACK IN 2022
An out-of-form Fabi playing an on-fire Gukesh -- my money would have been on Gukesh. I think Fabi has peaked and will never top 2800 again. 😑
Gukesh will be world champion
Gukesk has balanced the loss of Fabiano well done
Caruana is winning he didn't see the line
That's chess without errors every game will be a draw
I like this channel very much: the commentary, the nice colors, the empaty, all is nice, but it strikes me that while Agadmator goes up like foam, Daniel keeps having 90.000 souls for many years... The algorithm is cruel, it may be that asking for contribution of green $ is not prefered by the YT. Antonio from Adagmator really has some medical problems and supporting him is OK, but Daniel can work like gardener, Delivery service, chauffer of buses for high FIDE representants, other... and earn some funds.🤫
I thought Caruana overrated himself in the Candidates when he said ‘it’s out of me and Nepo who wins’, when Caruana looked shaky, and his analysis underestimated the likes of Ding and Hikaru. His commentary throughout Nepo vs Carlsen 2021, impressing a bit too much those around him, showed how much easier it is to commentate than to be at the board. But a great player no doubt.
Well.. caruana is gentle.. i don't think he trash talked about candidates.. ding bulldozed his way towards the end of tourney.. which was surprising considering how he started.. fab is top class.. magnus immensely respects fab .. showed it on many occasions..
@@732mojo Ding had jetlag.
Maybe, but you also need confidence if you're trying to win something.
Fabiano didn't play very well.
These Indian youngsters literally crushed United States of WORLD 🙌
They were pressing on all the boards
How this 16 year old beat Caruana with black, he's cheating secretly using an engine
I didn't like Bh2
caruana is a boring player..never seen a game of his when u say wow,and this guy gukesh just demolished himm,well done
You have probably not seen many games of his! Now not in his top form but when he is (Sinquefield Cup 2015) he's just an engine. Calculates long lines better than anyone else and confidently goes for them.
Ofcourse.. engines are boring.. they don't play randomly and they don't rush.. nor panic..