He forced 11-move checkmate with no Queen. You won’t believe this. 

The queen was the group member who made up an excuse for not helping

"blocking the king out of anything that has to with the letter F"💀💀 Poor queen....💀

I can't even find 11 bad moves😂

damn. imagine being his opponent and getting checkmated like that, i wouldnt even play after that dude i would quit💀

What a nightmare for his opponent, but already knew it ❤

I am sorry, but this game was so mind blowing that I felt like crying tears of joy. Great content and great work!

Castle to attacking, not to safety

You're enthusiasm for chess is infectious! Great video!

I don't think he calcualted mate in 11, rather he saw a strong opportunity in sacrificing his Queen and ran with it.

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!

The fact that he didn’t check mate with the pawn it’s was crazy man back then

Very cool! It also seems like , at 3:35, black's knight to F5 could result in some perilous queen-forking opportunities.

The fact he calculated that is crazzyyyy, good vid as always :)

Damn! That silent castle move requires hours to calculate.

Such a beautiful game and analysis Zach, love the videos like this, keep up the great work alright. Doing great things as always.

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

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.

Loved the school project analogy🤣

Thank you zach you helped me get to 1560 elo!

I only could calculate about 5-6 moves without pausing. Crazy.

"And there's this guy who does his part at the last minute" Meanwhile the other rook that did literally nothing:

Its all about how active pieces we have than compares to how powerful pieces opponent have🎉great game by legends

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.

8:23 Note that after Rf3+ to make the checkmate more beatufiul, White has g3 (instead of gxf3), blocking the f2-h4 diagonal.

Lesson: The Botez gambit can work.

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

13:30 couldn’t we play rook to g5 for checkmate

"Here, black played castle".😂😂😂😂😂😂

The Miss stockfish wanted me to see

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...

4:32 why not Nf5+,does it not just win a full knight?🧐

5:41 "Here black played *cAsTlEd*"

I knew about this game already but it is so beautiful that I had to watch it again

I actually got 1 brilliant castle move, but later...

his castle is brilliant and mine is a blunder 💀

I don't understand, after the bishop light squared checked and white played P g4 they were out right?

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 😅

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.

That castling was crazy🤯🤯🤯

so true with the school project metaphor 😂

the missed win stockfish lowered my accuracy my 15% for :

The double discovered check is the atom bomb of the chess board...nothing can withstand it's blast.

I liked the Queen sacrifice tactic it so much, kool way to present this.

You have the most gorgeous graphics of the pieces & board I have ever seen.

At 11:33, Queen to b3 is more better option for white. Pinning the knight because there is check blocking the black bishop

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.

@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?

I'm tired of watching bad chess games, so I'm glad you cover good ones.

13:45 rook f3 is also checkmate

14:10 knight:the person who sacrificed its life to add one slide to the PowerPoint (totally relatable)

For the final move he could have played Rook G5, but I've gotta admit that his finish was way swaggier.

“If you haven’t seen this game yet, you’re in for a treat.” Absolute 🔥 intro

after 6 minutes of yapping bro says “but that didn’t happen”

Family members of the king would think this was an inside job

Checkmate in 11 moves is nothing You should see my King & Queen end games. Checkmate in 25 at least!

great video, right to the point while still remaining instructive and explorative

The castle move has broken my brain forever... I felt my IQ drop physically 🤯🤯🤯

1:45 bro didnt en passant.

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 🇨🇷

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.

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!

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

I can’t find a check normally meanwhile this guy 11 moves ahead of the other💀

Bro I think I found a possible mate in 3 in that position you asked me to calc at 6:48! Black plays f6 with the pawn, defending against Qxd5+, which would completely destroy the game for them if it hadn’t already, ruins the centre, takes the knight, forks King and Bishop which then attacks the rook, if rook gets captured checkmate, essentially game over moment for Black) White might take pawn with knight, which after dxc6, is a possible mate in one, as long as none of these moves afterwards are a check, Rf1, Bd4, Kh4, or any queen move onto the second rank. And then Bc2 is mate. dxc6 opens up a diagonal which blocks 2 squares from the king, the bishop is then defended by the rook on c8 which blocks 3 squares, then the bishop blocks the final square, whilst on the final blocked square for the King, meaning checkmate. If I missed anything lmk.

I’m rated 1300 and once got a brilliant move for castles 😂

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

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.

Actually, there are instances where the Queen is not necessary. I challenged my opponent to go Queen-LESS and we did it. As long as I have knight, bishop, and rook as my soldiers, I can checkmate.

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.

How did the f pawn first be a mistake then after like 2 seconds it became an inaccuracy? ?!

why did stop playing chess the game that he played time:

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!

4:35 The best move is knight (E5), check..After that white will play an obvious move king g4 to save his knight..now pawn to d6 is a stunning move because then knight to E3 will make white to sacrifice his queen 👑. These 2 extra move will make white miserable..

that pawn just submit at 11:59

14:03 the rook on h8 that didn’t move at all: 👀

THAT GAME WAS LITTERALLY INSANE!!!!!!!! CRAZY!!! ABSOLUTELY MENTAL!!!!! CEREBRAL BEYOND BELIEF !!!

I love all the help the second rook did 😂😂

"I'm going to church tomorrow to pray for this" -Zachary Saine

I have watched plenty of chess cheaters getting caught videos, chess engine sometimes will sacrifice queen if it leads to a win, humans rarely do that. Engines in general sacrifice prices even just to get a better position on the board without getting piece advantage.

chessnerd: hasnt seen castle brilliant in 16 years Of Chess Me: played a castle brilliant and hasnt played for Even a year

Great game. THIS is another example of what makes chess Awesome! Keep bringing us great material. New subscriber.

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

This is insane

6:23 stockfish says mate in 13, they played mate in 8, the video title says "forced 11-move checkmate" nice

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.

I saw the mate after white forked with the knight. Felt so good.

That was one of the best chess videos I've ever seen.

Should have analysed Qb3 pinning the black knight at 11:30 Nice video

12:17 both king moves are great though being the only 2 available moves

Instead of knight exchange(Ke6)white Queen could have pinned the black knight (Qb3)

That was a thing of beauty, but for white, it was definitely not a joy forever. Solid analysis as well. There were a couple of times where I stopped and thought, "Wait, what if ,,,:" and then saw the problem with the move I had in mind, so perhaps these were some other points which could have entered the discussion, but they would have been very quickly dismissed. Edit: Looking back over it, what if white doesn't take the queen? What if instead he plays Qxd5? He is then threatening to take the bishop that began all the problems for white. If black retreats with the bishop, then nxd8 provides a discovered check, which buys white a move to get out of his predicament. Moving h3, for example gives the king a space to flee to. Instead of h3, which could also retreat the queen to d2, whereupon Bf2+ would result in swapping the white queen for a rook and a bishop, and white would be well ahead. After Qxd5, white can't go ahead with Qg5+, as the knight defends g5. His best option is perhaps Qe7, but white again has time to respond to the threat. I haven't actively played in literally decades, so perhaps I'm a bit rusty and missing something I shouldn't, and I don't have a chess engine in front of me.

when dufus and rufus are playing chess :

Best queen sac ive seen so far. Well played.very bizarre opens also i must add but nice lol

White Queen 's mind voice- Eat Five Star Do Nothing🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I actually played a brilliant castle a few months ago. Funny enough it was first of two brilliant moves in a row AND my first brilliant move... Wow

My first brilliant move was a castle at 380 ELO because it was the only move that prevented checkmate

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.

The engine gives you higher accuracy ratings when your opponent is blundering pieces.

I need tactics*** Edit "Oh sorry we need tactics "

A8 rook: the guy who didn't contribute anything to the group Project