@ChessReaper I didn't realise I set it as a problem or puzzle or that it was a speed contest. Nor do I think finding the move is as important as the reasons behind the move. I feel you lost the entire point of the video quite frankly. Sorry.
Nice endgame! Even if it´s very logical in this position to give up the bishop or at least to consider it it takes huge balls and very accurate calculation to actually play it!! Very nice done, thank you for uploading!
its the only winning move, engines find it, but depend on the cuts, they take a long time, because they evaluate for example a3 with over 2 pawns and only with deep search see the thread, bh3 is first evaluate with 0.0, but it is the only move which evaluation goes to a clear win and i think all other is a draw. So this move is the only theoretical winning move.
These kinds of games always frustrate me. The part that always affects my analysis is with so few pieces and the fact that you're required to make a move, it's sometimes hard to remember that you have to think of SOME move to make, you can't just sit on the position. It's often that having to make SOME kind of move breaks your perfect position so you have to be sure you have somewhere to go that doesn't affect you negatively.
Shirov is my countryman, both of us were born in Riga and share much in common. Some of my acquaintances personally know him and played with him. I know a lad who won a game from him.There is lectures in Russian where he explaines many interesting things about chess.Guys will you please know that Shirov 's name Alexei is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable otherwise it sounds like marcus with the accent on the last syllable. Would you like your name to be crippled like that?
it seems that after taking the queens of the board its a win no matter what, having that Bishop sac idea... this is really complicated stuff. More endgame stuff... I'm loving these endgame stuff
My life goal is to enter a tournament, ask my opponent to please write his name down on my notation sheet, and it'll say "Tryfron Gavriel". At that point, i would resign, run home crying and frame the sheet.
Sir, can u tell, did Alexi calculated all these moves in the beginning only , when he sacrificed bishop?hw many moves can grandmasters see in one shot?
Hard to say exactly, but I think he probably must have seen all of this in order to make the move. If you don't see the continuation, a move like this is a bad idea.
at 9.15, if the white king plants himself in front of the pawn and the bishop is sacrificed to prevent the a pawn from proceeding then we get a draw/stalemate
@kingscrusher I also saw the move after a few seconds, cause it was the only "unnormal" move (of the few possible ;) ) but like KC says: i didnt think any further, just seeing this ONE move and nothing else :D
@gologram Well I think I am more interested in chess actually - do you have anything relevant to say for the chess aspects, or do you want to just carry on in all my videos in this rather one dimensional pro russian vein?! Chess is country and age indpendent - we are all friends in chess. Perhaps just respect that and accept differences in pronounciation?!
i find these very interesting but i feel there are too many scenarios, i am not that great at chess so i get a bit would up when there are so many explanations. but for sure you know your chess.
I saw the move bishop h3 and I said to myself.. yes it doubles the pawns on the H file and gives the king access, but surely it's far too crazy. Lo and behold it was the game move lol
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It seems Topalov often ends up on the wrong end of brilliant moves/games
Tal disguised himself as Shirov for this game.
Thank you for uploading.
Shirov playlist link for other Shirov videos is now in the Description of this game.
Once you said radical/imaginative, I found Bh3 fast, and the followup by blocking the bishop. Nice series!
@ChessReaper I didn't realise I set it as a problem or puzzle or that it was a speed contest. Nor do I think finding the move is as important as the reasons behind the move. I feel you lost the entire point of the video quite frankly. Sorry.
Nice endgame! Even if it´s very logical in this position to give up the bishop or at least to consider it it takes huge balls and very accurate calculation to actually play it!! Very nice done, thank you for uploading!
its the only winning move, engines find it, but depend on the cuts, they take a long time, because they evaluate for example a3 with over 2 pawns and only with deep search see the thread, bh3 is first evaluate with 0.0, but it is the only move which evaluation goes to a clear win and i think all other is a draw.
So this move is the only theoretical winning move.
Such a beautiful move!
absolutely brilliant - it must take some amazing concentration to see such beautifully accurate moves.
In a book Shirov mentions that he had similar endgame before. That sheds more light.
Brilliant player Vassily Topalov!
Shirov is one of the most brilliant players. I used to listen to his lectures in his native language -russian.
Do you understand spoken Russian?
These kinds of games always frustrate me. The part that always affects my analysis is with so few pieces and the fact that you're required to make a move, it's sometimes hard to remember that you have to think of SOME move to make, you can't just sit on the position. It's often that having to make SOME kind of move breaks your perfect position so you have to be sure you have somewhere to go that doesn't affect you negatively.
this is more beautiful than any queen sack ive seen.
Shirov is my countryman, both of us were born in Riga and share much in common. Some of my acquaintances personally know him and played with him. I know a lad who won a game from him.There is lectures in Russian where he explaines many interesting things about chess.Guys will you please know that Shirov 's name Alexei is pronounced with the accent on the last syllable otherwise it sounds like marcus with the accent on the last syllable.
Would you like your name to be crippled like that?
it seems that after taking the queens of the board its a win no matter what, having that Bishop sac idea... this is really complicated stuff. More endgame stuff... I'm loving these endgame stuff
Very nice!
That really was brilliant play.
My life goal is to enter a tournament, ask my opponent to please write his name down on my notation sheet, and it'll say "Tryfron Gavriel". At that point, i would resign, run home crying and frame the sheet.
KC and Jessica, you are both brilliant and gologram is your opposite, intellectually and ethically.
Sir, can u tell, did Alexi calculated all these moves in the beginning only , when he sacrificed bishop?hw many moves can grandmasters see in one shot?
Hard to say exactly, but I think he probably must have seen all of this in order to make the move. If you don't see the continuation, a move like this is a bad idea.
I guessed the move simply because I was expecting something radical, but I didn't see the entire continuation.
at 9.15, if the white king plants himself in front of the pawn and the bishop is sacrificed to prevent the a pawn from proceeding then we get a draw/stalemate
Stockfish gives Bh3 two question marks, can someone explain?
Stockfish NNUE, which is the last available version, agrees with Bh3. It is the only winning move.
brilliant!
@kingscrusher I also saw the move after a few seconds, cause it was the only "unnormal" move (of the few possible ;) ) but like KC says: i didnt think any further, just seeing this ONE move and nothing else :D
Speelman stomped Topalov a couple years earlier so I am not surprised.
@gologram Well I think I am more interested in chess actually - do you have anything relevant to say for the chess aspects, or do you want to just carry on in all my videos in this rather one dimensional pro russian vein?! Chess is country and age indpendent - we are all friends in chess. Perhaps just respect that and accept differences in pronounciation?!
I wonder what Topalov's reaction was when he saw Shirov make Bh3 =)
Biship h3 quadruple exclam
i find these very interesting but i feel there are too many scenarios, i am not that great at chess so i get a bit would up when there are so many explanations. but for sure you know your chess.
that arrow won't come off! :)
I saw the move bishop h3 and I said to myself.. yes it doubles the pawns on the H file and gives the king access, but surely it's far too crazy.
Lo and behold it was the game move lol
White proper response is 2. Ke2
Then black wins but the continuation is difficult.
it's a beautiful move, but wasn't he winning the game anyway?
For example Bc2 would win the game as well without sacrificing the bishop.
Bc2 draws.
Not Veslin Toplov it's VESELIN TOPALOV. Open your mouth when you say his name - Veselin Topalov
haha I actually called it. mostly because I knew I was looking for something crazy.