It was a MIRACLE | Anish Giri vs Alireza Firouzja | Tata Steel Chess 2021
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- Grandmaster Daniel King presents Anish Giri vs Alireza Firouzja from the Tata Steel Chess tournament 2021. Support on Patreon: 🔥 / powerplaychess ►Support via PayPal (💲): www.paypal.com...
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"That's the date"! 😆U shd wear a glass DK.. will give that professorial look.
The octopus knight, QG, monarch in Siberia, mugs, and ofc always the two rooks that insist on a very special kind of relationship. Your channel has competence and flavour, the arrows are flying, got material and compensation at the same time, evolving and exploring like the curiosity of an adventurous chess player. Two rooks are sometimes one too much, giving one to Caissa to appease her, as some like to say. Great work and fun! Thank you so much!
Firouzja is the next world champion
Despite not winning the game it was clear that Anish outplayed Alireza for almost the entire game- Giri seems to be right on track to win Tata Steel with an amazing score of +5 at the moment. On the other hand, what to say about Alireza? The future is right here, right now. Tenacious, hungry for victory, ruthless... We are lucky to be witnessing the rise of such an amazing young talent and I have no doubt that he would break 2800 in the near future. Great game, great analysis and long live chess!
Giri is still on +4 after Round 12, no guarantee he wins with Black against Anton tomorrow to move to +5, but agreed elsewhere
+4 but still quite impressive
Your channel is such a joy, Daniel. It's hard to believe that Alireza won't be world champion one day. He almost seems like a young Alekhine in the years leading up to 1920. More than anything else, I admire his fighting spirit, which is immense. Incredible draw.
Super high-quality chess from both players. Incredibly strong defence. Firouzja handled that knight with the magic of an Anand.
Kramnik said about Carlsen specifically and good players in general that sometimes the saves impress more than the wins.
Knights. What a bastard. I think we've all experienced the havoc they can wreak when all you want to do is quietly nurse home your obvious advantage and they just go "lolz, no chance".
I have to say, this is the first video I've watched from you and I really appreciate the correct pronunciation of Firouzja! Even some Iranians seem to struggle with that name haha
Thank you! I was given good advice by an Iranian friend of mine.
When you need a miracle, it's always good to have a black knight. They are so hard to spot on the dark squares.
When you need a draw.. play Giri.
@@drewe9514 Oof.
How difficult it must be to work for a save for so many moves ! Respect.
Credit to BOTH Alireza and Giri for gifting to us this CLASSIC ENDGAME game. To me this game is an incredible feat by Alireza of survival and tenacity in snatching a draw from the jaws of death.
To the people who are taking issue with / trolling / making fun of / taking the mickey out of / Giri missing a win in the endgame, know this, and know it well: at such a high level of chess, playing an endgame is like walking on a minefield. One wrong step and kaboom! In this game, while laying numerous mines for Alireza to step on, Giri himself negotiated a heavily infested minefield for many hours without stepping on a fatal landmine. And all the time, his clock is ticking away! Granted, after numerous steps, Giri set one off. It caused him to miss a win, but it wasn't fatal. You and I would have easily blown our foot off. So give Giri credit where credit is drawn...due. Sorry for the landmine analogy. Landmines are the scourge of humanity. Just wanted to make a point in support of Giri. He could easily, in the words of GM Ben, say "Hi. I'm Anish Giri - and you're not". But he doesn't. Fact remains. He's Anish Giri, and you're not.
thank You, Daniel, for reminding! games start 2 hours earlier 👍
Fantastic marathon game. The game duration 6 hours 23 minutes. Great upload and analysis.
Many thanks
Mr.King, in mad positions when the computer finds the unthinkable delicate winning move as opposed to Giri playing the 'natural' g4, you should consider bringing back the expression "What has that got to do with the price of tea in China?" :)
Sharp endgames are the best!
Only the youth can stand 6 hour game like this.
two beautiful young players.
Bravo! Another wonderful commentary. Your analysis keeps getting better and better! Cheers 🍻
Firouzja is getting scary. I don't think it's going to be very long before he starts reaching for the championship.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK Mr.King!!
Thank you for your analysis
I noticed you pronounce Firouzja in an ultimate persian native accent..
That was great✌️✌️✌️
Thank you! I had lessons in pronunciation from an Iranian friend.
@@PowerPlayChess wow, nice👏👏👏
yeah...i watched this live.....everybody in the chat said giri was winning with their computer assessment.....but i saw this 17 yrs old sit there calculating how to play the game correctly....my word...his tenacity reminds me of a certain bobby fischer......
Giri manages to draw his win! Got to keep the bookies happy!
What bookies are laying this tournament?
@@MrArisR Russ1@n hackers! They're everywhere.
Amazing work.
Wow! I can not believe my eyes. I was watching the game live and thought Alireza is going to lose it anyway. He was f pawns down. But I see it he DREW! Magnus should feel content when he is seeing his opponents playing endgames so poorly. Or let's say: Magnus technic is so smooth he play endgames so easy. Thanks for showing this game : )
Thought it was lost for sure, what a fight
I remember I was playing a classical game and in the endgame (after about 3 hours of play) I mentally switched around the orientation of the board. So I imagined his pawns moving the other way all of the sudden. Yes I lost that game...
Great comentary as usual
23 out of the 67 moves Firouzja played in this game were knight moves.
It was at move 30 that giri managed to see this draw.
Can that endgame position with R+N vs R+4P be considered an endgame study irl?
13:45 winning for who? It seems both pawns are promoting.
When Giri went for the King maneuver to b3 (an idea that can't be stopped), wouldn't that be the moment for patiently improving the position? Say, pushing the g-pawn and attempting to clamp the kingside pawns down. It needs to be calculated but if White got in g5 safely and supported it with h4, the game is over. Thus Black would have to react pushing his g-pawn, BUT White would have further advanced kingside pawns then AND the same idea moving the King to b3. Feels closer to winning with the white pawns nearer the queening square and Black's King a little uncertain as to what to do.
Can i just query something: at 21.28 mins, the knight takes on g7 and everything is apparently ok. But isn't rh6, rg6, and h6 winning?
Ah yes, Giri snatching his draw from the jaws of victory 😏
He didn't snatch it. He stumbled upon it.
Amazing save by Alireza!!
@2:27 I prefer Nxc5 if b4 Nb7 and no robotic Qb6 stuff as black
Giri can't find a lock. We've all been there
Miracle, you mean Anish bungled it all and Alireza held on by the skin of his teeth
Alireza Feroujza, tied with pleasure for victory, it is incredible how she managed to save the game with a brave black knight.
Tricky knights!
at 3:09 the move a5 seems substandard by black
H6 instead of Bishop d5 an improvement, just to avoid Knight g5?!
I hope Anish wins the tournament, he deserves his day in the sun. I seem to remember Carlsen jokingly telling him, "call me when you start winning super GM tournaments."
Giri had his chance, he choked. I hope Alireza can win it tomorrow.
@@gmnotyet we'll see tomorrow :)
@@irradiatedbadger All the pressure is on Giri not to blow it. Alireza already proved himself.
In the event of a tie for first will there be a playoff?
Yes
Not to take anything away from Giri who is a SuperGM, but Kasparov or Anand or Carlsen would have found it. Giri at times seems to have difficulty calculating correctly and thereby makes unnecessary inaccurate moves which cost him a win.
The real fun (RN v RPPPP) begins at 17:05.
100к✈️
At the end(draw was agreed), after rf7, rf8 isn’t rf6 winning ?
I believe you meant after Rf7 Rh8 (not Rf8 of course) what about Rf6? The answer is Kd5. If RxN, then KxR, g7, Rb8! No time for h6 as Kf7 comes in and actually wins for Black!
@@sheblyseyrafi5742 That’s what I meant, thank you !
What a knight, my god
You're going to have to come up with a new Buzz Phrase to describe a hyperactive defensive knight, or maybe a more general situation where one piece fights off numerous foes.
Hey geonerd. Buzz Knightyear? Knight Raider? OCD Nagger? Mongoose Knight? Honey Badger Knight? 300 Knight? Spartan Knight? Tricky Knight? KnightMare? Springy Colt? Colt Single Action Army revolver? Have Gun Will Travel? Mustang Boomerang? Rascallion Stallion? Rampallian Stallion? Medallion Stallion? Longbow Bronco? Flamenco Bronco? Take your pick. Guess I'm just a word nerd.
Is Firouzja being coached by someone?
No
11:33 What a shrimp knight!
Is there such a thing as an octopus in Siberia? :)
Paul the Octopus' offspring.
I think there is! In this game we saw an octopus in Siberia AND the classic octopus too.
Alireza played great but he was also somewhat lucky that Anish didn’t convert. Hope he learned his lesson, don’t play the french against top guys. You’ll rarely see the french at 2700 level
AF New champ 👑
You're showing the wrong flag for Alireza.
Giri is rong last move .thes good move .rf6 pin knight nex rxknight nex ph7
The only player that can dethrone magnus is alireza
So unfair for Ali as he only one among top 4 who played more black games. Tie breaking rules in tata are stupid as it's flawed by design. Player with more black is at disadvantage on multiple fronts...first on points and then on tie break rules.
You misinterpreted the tiebreak rules, I believe. If you have more games as black that actually counts in your favor as the 3rd tiebreaker
@@shreyo474 nope, I am clear about the rules. First of all this should not happen, there must be even number of rounds. And if this is not possible (I cannot think why tata cannot add or drop one player) then SB should not be considered (now it's considered at #2 place for tie break) at all. And if this is not possible then SB should be considered after considering number of games with black. Hopefully you now know that I did not misunderstand the tie break rules.
Back to original point, if you having more black games you are already set to score less points. And if these additional black games are against the very top participants, then situation is even worse.
@@farzein4002 Fair point about the number of participants, it would certainly make it a lot fairer if everyone had equal # games with black. & I'm not a fan of the SB score either.
However, the rules are quite clear on the official tournament website; if the players are tied after the SB score, the player with more black games wins the tie. This interpretation was also confirmed by the commentators on chess24 during the broadcast yesterday
@@shreyo474 I am not saying that rules are unclear, i never said that. I am saying that rules are extremely unfair to player with more black games. And per my assessment the disadvantage is around half point (and around 3 SB points).
Now regarding SB, I believe it was created long long long ago, when chess theory was non existent and ratio of winning with white or black was pretty similar.
Dear Daniel, as far as I'm concerned, Alireza doesn't play under the Iranian flag any more. The federation of the oppressing Mullah regime didn't want to allow him to play vs. Israeli opponents so, he's since decided to (out of protest) play under the neutral FIDE flag. Maybe we should all respect his decision and remove the Iranian flag from his avi. Thanx btw for the analysis :)
This is just a software issue. The ChessBase software hasn't caught up with political realities.
Anish is always going for the draw.
Giri last move is rong .the good move rf6 .nex rxn .nex pg7 wining
Cannot believe Giri did not win this to close out the tournament. Just shows you what we already knew: Firouzja is WC material, Giri is not.
jellyfish knight
Giri must studies endgames.
Giri was torn to pieces as if to say...
can you say his name right? there's no hard J in firouzja... it's a soft j like the s in pleasure.
I am Persian and I beg to differ. There are no "hard" or "soft" Js in Persian and it's simply pronounced the same in all situations.
I consulted my Iranian friends on the correct pronunciation and I am told I am close enough!
Have you discussed the virtue signaling game/campaign that Carlson played where Black moved first because... BLM? 🙄🙄🙄
Depends - was it an interesting game?
Really? That's a sad day for chess if true.
@@MrArisR Why? It was just one game and they're not changing the rules of the official game. Aren't you guys overreacting?
@@TheSlowPianist i would argue the ones behind the campaign are over reacting