I like how sometimes he whispers phrases really funny. It makes it sound like a real life war struggle, "And black is... in the game...". Also, I love when he says winning! XD
what was the purpose of Rc8 at 2:55? i've seen many videos on other chess channels where people were also wondering what does that rook do exactly on c8?...
Black resigned means Kasparov resigned. Carlson looked a child of 10-11 years old. Mato was commenting on chess games far quite some time. But where he was in the recent out going Tata chess tournament 2017? I had seen some other chess master commenting on Carlsen games where he stood second.
Himu Yashiro You are right, Himu! In he first game between those two Kasparov played black! It was also rapid chess and it was a draw! So somehow much more impressive than this one Mato shows in this video.
+mindsaglowin Closed position, strong black's bishop on g7. White has not enough resoursec to defend the gained space, so black intends to play e7-e5 and f7-f5 to open up the position and attack white's center and king. Instead, white can exchange bishops on h6 (unless black places rook on e8 - so he's able to play Bh8), push the knight on f6 and checkmate black on h7. Also white can play Saemisch variation (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3) - so he's able to castle queen side or stay in the center with his king, open up the "h" file and do the same. So the main theater of actions is center and king side.
Your commentary and choice of games are excellent of course. My only suggestion would be to get some of the better graphics that other online chess instructors use. Then u would be an even better best. Ha.
Bh3 looks like an example of what GM Igor Smirnov calls "offense-defense" chess where the thought process is something like "I will attack and he will defend." But if your attack forces your opponent to improve his position then it's a failure and since chess is an inherently strategic game this kind of thinking seldom produces good results against top class players.
+Олег Овчинников maybe because he thought he can use the knight in a better way... taking the queen or making a check mate maybe... who knows...at the end they are better than us , they know what they are doing bro :p
when the game was played Magnus was on the verge of becoming a Grand master, and he was just a kid, he knew book lines, in this game he was doing just okay, it was not the move Bh3 where he went wrong, this move is listed in the openings book, actually it was Garry the chess giant compared to Magnus (at that time) wanted to take Magnus outta book lines, therefore after Ng7 Garry played 17. Rad1, where book suggest white to play Bb5. although Stock fish showed white would win the battle, here is the game - 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.e4 d6 4.d4 Bg7 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.Be3 exd4 8.Nxd4 c6 9.f3 Re8 10.Bf2 d5 11.exd5 cxd5 12.c5 Nc6 13.0-0 Nh5 14.Qd2 Be5 15.g3 Bh3 16.Rfe1 Ng7 17.Bb5 Rc8 18.Rad1 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 20.Qxd4 Rxe1+ 21.Rxe1 Ne6 22.Qxd5 Qxd5 23.Nxd5 Rxc5 24.Nc3 Nd4 25.Be2 Nxe2+ 26.Rxe2 Kf8 27.Rd2 Ke8 28.Kf2 Be6 29.Rd4 Ke7 30.Rh4 Rc6 31.Ke3 Rb6 32.b3 Rc6 33.Kd2 Rd6+ 34.Ke3 Rc6 35.Kd2 h5 36.Ra4 a6 37.Re4 Kf6 38.Re1 Rd6+ 39.Kc2 Bf5+ 40.Ne4+ Ke5 41.f4+ Ke6 42.Kc3 Rd8 43.Nc5+ Kf6 44.Nxb7 Rd3+ 45.Kb4 Rd2 46.a4 h4 47.gxh4 Rxh2 48.Nd6 Bd7 49.Ne4+ Kf5 50.Nc5 Bc6 51.Nxa6 Rxh4 52.Kc5 Be4 53.b4 Kxf4 54.b5 g5 55.Nc7 g4 56.Nd5+ Bxd5 57.Kxd5 Rh2 58.b6 Rd2+ 59.Kc4 g3 60.a5 Rb2 61.Kc5 Rc2+ 62.Kd6 Rb2 63.Kc7 Rc2+ 64.Kb7 Kf3 65.a6 Re2 66.Rf1+ Rf2 67.a7 Rxf1 68.a8Q g2 69.Kc7+ Kg3 70.b7 Rc1+ 71.Kd7 Rd1+ 72.Ke7 Re1+ 73.Kf8 g1Q 74.b8Q+ Kg4 75.Qb4+ Kg3 76.Qd8 f6 77.Qd3+ Re3 78.Qg6+ Kf2 79.Qd2+ Kf3 80.Qxg1 Re8+ 81.Kxe8 Ke4 82.Qg4+ Ke5 83.Qdd4#
Carlsen's Bh3 would only have made sense if he had much better (and much more immediate) attacking prospects. As it was, he merely helped Kasparov's development.
I believe I answered mcpartridgeboy by explaining that some online instructors use graphics to better highlight the multiple alternate lines they and Mato often go thru quickly. As to his personal attack via analogy....after rereading his response....does anyone believe that he really went to a college except to visit?
Abhijit Mishra They did play more than once on Thursday March 18th, 2004. They played twice to be exact; the first game is as you described, the second game is shown in this video. It is explained here: en.chessbase.com/post/boy-meets-beast-in-reykjavik
That was actually another game between these same two players in the same year. In one game, he puts up a good fight with Kasparov and loses. In the other, he plays Kasparov to a draw. Pretty impressive, especially for somebody who was only 13.
