This game was played between Hikaru Nakamura and Garry Kasparov at the st. Louis blitz chess tournament in 2017. Thank you for watching. Donate here www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
Not sure what's more amazing - their ability to stay so focused, or their ability to hold their breath for 13 minutes during this underwater chess match.
@@A.K9488 I think it's a draw because the one who moves his pawn loses so both would go back and forth with their other pieces and none of them would move their pawn so nobody wins
I'm almost finished learning all of Kasparov's tricks. Honestly, the game is pointless once you know the best tricks. Kinda like a slightly more complicated game of connect 4.
For those wondering, the final position is a dead draw. Kasparov plays Ke5 and then moves his knight back and forth between g6 and h4. Despite being two pawns up, white has no breaks to get through black's fortress. Overall excellent defense by Kasparov from what seemed like an absolutely horrible middle game position.
Why is Kasparov such a chicken? Can't he just study the newest chess-book, and study some stockfish 16 movesd, and then come back and beat Carlsen? does Kasparov really have so much pride to lose?
Gud Riedel it looked to me like he shooed a fly or bug away from his drink..it must have been pretty small so my guess was it's a small gnat trying to steal some moisture
Run! Don't look back! Just run!! Go do literally anything else. Meet a girl, fall in love, have kids and have a fruitful and significant life. Forget that you ever heard of something called 'chess'.
I laughed out loud when Kasparov threw the h-pawn down the board like a blowhard. How long did it take him to get his last two minor pieces out? What did he expect, that he was going to mate Nakamura?
He's such a psychological player. Old school, man! Look at how he looms over the board and keeps acting like he's pulling his chair forward when it can't even go any closer. The guy who taught me chess used to shiver like he was freezing when I made a good move. Made me uncomfortable!
@@Jason-Moon hahaha ... what a comment "keeps acting like he's pulling his chair forward when it can't even go any closer". You made me watched the video again just to observe Kasparov pulling his chair!! :P
this generation is clearly superior! Hikaru would've beat Bobby Fischer just based on rating alone. The only one I think has a chance is Emmanuel Lasker!
@@blackgrey7932 today's masters wouldn't be so strong if it weren't for the great players that proceeded them and also the advancement in technology. The fact that Kasporov can still compete at this level and at his age without giving chess his total commitment says it all I think. Lucky us we get to experience their brilliancy!!
this happened me multiple times while watching this, and would you believe ive never played chess before, i know the basics but never played a full game. maybe i should take it up lol
at the end of the day, chess is a load of shit and the fact i wasted some time of my life here watching this shit, im actually ashamed of myself. i think its time to go watch porn.
Jade Zee It’s the 5th move. This symmetrical english line with a double fianchetto should be well memorized by Kasparov. It’s a blitz game, so it’s sort of odd that Kasparov spends so much time on an opening line.
And Nakamura responds by nonchalantly (and seemingly randomly) turning his head to gaze up over his shoulder at the curtain; as if to say, "whatever, old man."
I thought Kasparov was out when he exchanged Rook for a Bishop. At 12-13 secs remaining Kasparov started saving his time and then did a great job to took both of Hikaru's Rooks. Wonderful calculated attacks with just seconds on the clock!
The fact that he managed to coax a draw out of Hikaru while operating under such severe time constraints speaks volumes about the integrity of his strategy.
@@LukasOfTheLight What a remarkably mature fellow you are. Also, either I struck a nerve with Rishabh, or you're liking your own comments to make it seem like there are people out there who think your conduct is acceptable.
From what I've heard, Hikaru is one of the best Blitz game players, right? If so, then I would say for Kasparov in his "old age" achieving a draw against him is quite an impressive feat.
@@jameshwartlopez7976 Yes, at least as far as I can tell (also from reading all other comments). Chess64 should put that piece of information as first line in the description :)
@@jameshwartlopez7976 The consensus among comments seems to be it was a draw, and also agadmator reported: " ... Nakamura was already ready to ... when Kasparow shook his hand and they agreed to a draw" : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XPSEemySGTc.html (12:10 onwards).
you have to give kasparov credit to staing this sharp, and still be able to compete against the best in the world nowdays, even after being inactive for several years.
What exact electronic chessboard, those beautiful chess pieces and clock were used during this match? Regarding the clock I suppose it's DGT3000, isn't it?
Great game! Here is a mini-analysis of a critical moment in the game: Nakamura had a winning chance at 9:38, with the idea of his barrage: QRR (queen, rook and rook). 3 heavy pieces are skewering the B file like kebab style and when Kasparov inaccurately moved N d7 to defend, white gets an invitation if white can find the attacking idea! Frankly, given the time constraint and difficulty of finding the only good defending move for black: N c8, it is hard to fault the great Kasparov (Kasparov's move was not a blunder, at worst it may only be considered a big inaccuracy/minor mistake, if one agrees to making the distinction that blunders=huge mistake). Nakamura however, understandably wanted to keep the time pressure whilst continuing to play a sturdy game (just like how Kasparov perhaps wished for by going for a symmetrical english opening, who knows?). But, here we do see a very cautious Nakamura, and who would not be when facing Kasparov (maybe Magnus Carlsen)? The idea for white here at 9:43, after black defends with c6, the white Q leads the charge heroically to b5! Wow! If you spotted this sequence, good job! black has the best response of Rh4 to h7, which is arguably hard to find for an amateur like me and I would even argue it seems more engine and less human, but any other move that does not feature one of the rooks stepping back is a big mistake from black. Then, white invites a queen trade by Qc6 Black needs to take, otherwise, the next best moves like Qb8 side-stepping the trade allows white's rook a beautiful and mercurial sacrificing attack by taking pawn on b5 giving check! At this point it is very reasonable for a dignified resignation from black, because no matter what black does, the pawn that used to guard the black queen has now been forcefully moved in to defend the king from the check. Thus, white's remaining rook takes black's queen. What follows is an awful position for black, where if one does not retake with Nxb8 there in much likely hood a mate and even if Nxb8 the stockfish engine gives about +6 for white, if black can play a perfect defending game.
I will use a tripod next time. Although I have to admit the comments are pretty funny!! The next tournament I go to record chances are if I show up without a tripod someone will give me one. lol.
Gary loves to go under time-pressure! And then... boom! He blows! Seemingly in a disadvantage (Nakamura with plenty of time, up in material and young age weighing a lot in the balance), he manages to elliminate the +2 pawns material advantage, as he: 1. Has a Knight vs a Bishop in a closed position. 2. He has all of his pawns on dark squares against a light-squared Bishop. 3. His opponents vast majority of pawns are stuck on light squares, making life impossible for their Bishop!!! What a solid "positionnelle" game he has here! The Old Wolf is still merciless on the board...
Garry saved the draw.... That was heroic, low on time, Naka had a better position, had a material, had white peaces... Garry became a champion in a way that Anatoly Karpov in the last game of championship needed a draw he had white peaces, and Kasparov won that game !!! That was epic !
I’m very impressed with Kasparov on this one. Quick thinking. He made quite a lot of moves in a little amount of time. Nakamura had plenty of time and couldn’t think of any sort of attack.
BOOM USA yes but Kasparov is older and is more acclimated to classical chess games while Nakamura is younger and more acclimated to speed chess games. They might have had the same amount of time, but at the end Gary made better use of it.
impresionante ver como kasparov calcula jugadas es una maquina, y solo alguien como el gran Nakamura esta a la altura de el campeon mundial mas joven, gracias por compartir el video. saludos.
@@ivan.alvarez_2024 perdio kasparov se retiro como un caballero que es. Pero que gran partida, vuelve a ver el video, estos cuates tienen una mente brillante. Y es un placer verlos jugar, date una vuelta por mi canal. Saludos.
True!! I was doing everything I could to hold the camera in place and somehow managed to prevent it from bursting into flames and exploding spectacularly.
2 questions. 1. why did the clock keep going from 10 seconds to 12 for the player on the right? 2. what move was there that the player on the right saw that decided it was time to give the handshake? Was it something he saw down the line happening that he had no move against?
1: There is an add on after each move so time is given back. 2: Kasparov has set up a fortress and Nakamura cannot break through without significant loss of material upon which Kasparov would win.
