Gary was the magnus of today,he was a machine.Not often he lost,i first remember seeing his games in the late 1970's around 78 fantastic player and shaped chess for many many years.Before chess engines,this was real chess with real grandmasters round a board and a good chess book on the shelf,thats chess for me.
yes. more classics please. It would be nice if you could sum up or characterize the style of each player -- what do they favour, what element are they most famous for? If you work at it, you can find it in the books, but in the context of a great game you could label very generally (not rigidly of course) the player's place in the history of chess for us. A critical issue for students is who should they study, emulate, if there is a style they are drawn to.
This is a very good way to learn classic games. Too many "classic game" studies don't teach very much as they don't have a clear lesson that it creates too much noise.
Thank you for another great explanation of the importance of piece activity in positional play and positional evaluation. The thought process also applies in the opposite direction: if you have a chance to win the exchange, consider the relative positional value of the pieces exchanged and the effect on both players' other pieces. I drew a game in a winning position not long before starting to watch your videos because I failed to do that, missed a much stronger continuation, and thus gave up my advantage. Now that I've begun learning from you, that won't happen again. If you'll excuse a somewhat long comment, the games of Petrosian provide great examples of exchange sacs. His game against Reshevsky at Zurich 1953 is a classic. And in game 10 of his 1966 match with Spassky, Petrosian made 2 positional exchange sacs. He ended up winning that game with a beautiful tactical sequence.
Thank you so much for your kind feedback, so well said! Yes, Petrosian deserves a special place when it comes to exchange sacrifices. I will surely feature those in this series!
This game remembers me of magnus vs sarana in the last world blitz championship. Magnus played a4, followed by Rxa4 and Rb4 in order to sac the exchange, but the position is not the same. In that game there were a lot of tactis that compensate the exchange, but maybe magnus was inspired by this game
Yes indeed 🎉as a novice we made calculations based on number value as opposed to positional value, with time we realise that sometimes a pawn can influence the whole game really like this video🎉I think Petrosian was great at these exchanges,👏👏💯💯
Hi, your channel always gives us great content! - Just wanted to point out that the word "fianchetto" is Italian and the "ch" is pronounced with a "K" sound, unlike if it was Spanish. (I try to write this in every chess channel in which they mispronounce it :D )
Thank you! I knew, and I keep forgetting it! Similarly, people can never call me "John", even though I tell them 150 times this is the correct pronunciation. 😂
Hooray, found it. As Agadmator says, b4 is always the best move. And that b pawn became a distraction when it was a passed pawn. They were playing a game of chicken to see who would castle first 🙂
I did not know that Agadmator aphorism. Does he make philosophical connections such as "Before (b4) is always the best move - best days are already passed?"
@@Dr.CansClinic Not quite - he is a fan of the Evans gambit, but always mentions b4 if he can get away with it. But the point you make about "before" is interesting - in my notes, I wrote that Shirov 3:28 ,probably looked at Ne3 from d2 coming, making a mockery of trying to take the Knight already on d5. Then you pointed it out. If your opponent is so well cemented, is there a way through? Obviously not against Garry (you had your final meal and cigarette before you sat down). Black looks suffocated, I am trying to get the Q to a5, but the Knight on c2 ruins everything, and it's not even on my side of he board! Maybe a steady advance on the Kingside?
Hi Can could you make a video of when it's justified to exchange rooks on the same file and when it isnt Or something like ideal positioning of the queen or rooks in the middlegame
