It was not a takeback at 8:16, Irina touched the rook on e2 and wanted to move it but since the rook is pinned it's not allowed, so she had to make another move. That's fine and according to the rules, no penalty for that.
In open blitz tournaments it's black who gets to choose on which side to put the clock, but in big championships the clocks are fixed due to online transmission and so the clock can end up on the right or on the left. It used to be an advantage to have the clock on the correct side (right for right-handed players) when time controls were fixed like game in 5 minutes, but now that there are time increments like +2 seconds per move, it does not matter any more.
This is my favorite short chess video. It's great just the way it is. An analysis narrative can inform but can also distract. If you add comments later, I hope you will keep this version available. Thanks very much!
@noxtradamentus In fact her bishop is not trapped, if h4 then Ms Krush moves the pawn attacking ms. Kosteniuk`s knight and at the same time it gives space to Krush bishop to escape, in chess you have to be calm when you see these types of position when you think you lost a piece.
It depends on the rules of the tournament. World championship matches like this one are played with official rules of chess. You can check on wikipedia "rules of chess" and you will see: "A player who makes an illegal move must retract that move and make a legal move. That move must be made with the same piece if possible, because the touch-move rule applies." In blitz it may also matter if you pressed the clock.
I did not look quite through the tactics of this game. What did Krush have in mind when Kosteniuk took the Knight on c5? And didn't she have a clearly better position afterwards?
At 7:00 Qa3 would of forked Kosteniuk's knight and rook giving Krush a big advantage. Funny, at 8:20 Krush was going to move her rook and she's like whoooops it's pinned of course I should know I'm a GM :)
At 7:12, I'm trying to figure out why she decided to capture the protected rook with her knight instead of the undefended knight on a6. That would've helped her gain material without losing the knight and add to the pressure that her queen and rook placed on the pinned pawn at c7,,, If anyone else understands this, then please reply. I'm curious.
@CaptainSvy Of course! Analyzing one's games and seeing where the mistakes were made is the only way to improve and avoid making those kinds of mistakes in the future. One should analyze one's games longer than one plays the games (even if the game was a "classical" time control of several hours).
Not sure what you mean, Irina played 1.d4 on the first move and that pawn stayed there until I took it close to the end of the game around 7:30 in the game.
@ChessQueen I have a question. I play chess for about a year and i want to improve my chess skills. I'm learning an practicing combination, mating pattern, opening. But I play with my friends. How should I analyse my games, if i'm writing it down?
Damn, had to rush during time control and fell into the fork even though she almost moved her queen to that e6 square guarded by the knight but saw it just in time. Saved herself from one mistake only to fall into another all in a matter of seconds. I love chess.
@jgrab1 Sure we play with Touch-Move. But in this case Irina's rook was pinned by my queen on d3, so the rook could not move legally, that's why Irina was able to play another legal move, even though she touched the pinned rook.
maybe something like 1...Na2 Qa3 2. Nxc1 Qxf8+ 3. Rd8 Qa3. can black save the knight? not sure. it's complicated with d4 hanging, etc. I think 1...Na2 2. Qc6 also saves it and seems simpler.
Nice! When she grabbed the pinned rook I guess there is no time penalty for trying to move it? I saw Korchnoi incur a penalty against Vaisser for doing that once.
That's great you want to improve at chess. Write down your moves then after you finish the game enter them in an analysis PC software like Chess King, that will compare your moves to Grandmaster moves and give you a full analysis of where you made mistakes, and what are the best moves to play.
If a player makes an illegal move, doesn't it mean she loses the game on the spot? Though Krush didn't release the rook at 8:20, can she change her mind and move something else?
Is it possible that the player who has the clock on his/her right side has a statistically greater probability to win in a blitz game (assuming most players are right-handed of course)? I've just come up with this idea since I think (although not completely sure) that most videos where you win in blitz you are on the left and have the clock on your right side. It would be interesting to make a statistical study to see if there is some mean deviation there.
@trixapete I'll be very busy till the end of the year in tournaments, so I thought it would be better to publish immediately 10 "Live" Blitz videos than waiting several months. I might come back and comment the best games again later on.
@merrimac291 This happened to be a women's tournament. The strongest women do compete quite often with men and very successfully too! Look at other games on this channel, many are against men. But you are right, due to the late start of professional women chess and more boys starting to play chess, overall men play somewhat better chess than women, with women catching up little by little.
By the way you can find pretty much every single one of my games and analyze them with the super strong engine Houdini in the chess software program "Chess King", which includes over 5 million games in its GigaKing games database.
Yes you are right 30...Na2 would have been better. White would play 31. Qa3 attacking the Rook on f8 and the position is still equal at that moment. The move I played 30...Nxa6 is actually a mistake since white could have played 31. Qa3 attacking at the same time my Knight on a6 and the Rook on f8. Both players had little time on their clocks and the position was quite complicated.
@janschessclub There is no such thing as a clear winning in chess, especially when you have a weak King and the opponent has an initiative. It's very hard to defend in chess against attacks. You've only won the game when your opponent resigns.
What is your record against Krush? If you rely on the (incomplete) database at chessgames, it would appear she is krushing you, though I doubt this is the case. Perhaps you should submit this game to dispel any illusions.
Is there a reason why women always compete against each other in chess tournaments and not against men as well? I can get why they don't play against each other in physical sports but this is chess. The implication seems to be that men are better at chess than women.
It seems like she's trapping herself in her own power. Like when your defensive all the time you always have a chance to be aggressive again. But by 2:35 it seems as if she has a lot of power it's just its all out there. She loses the ability to be any more aggressive. Maybe you can talk to my observation?
Not sure whether i could concentrate on a game with the ChessQueen as she is beautiful like many Russian women! Id be too busy trying to rub legs!! LOL
