Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan presents a lecture to some of the top young chess players in the country when the Chess Club hosted the an invitational camp as part of the Schein-Friedman Scholastic Recognition project.
Nezhmetdinov played a guy called Chernikov in a tournament in Rostov 1962 where Chernikov played a known drawing line and after 11 moves got up to wander about expecting Nezhmetdinov to play the theoretical move and take a draw. 20 minutes later one of the demo board operators came up to him and said 'Hey mister you need to get back to the board, the other guy just sacrificed his Queen against you'...he had, and he went on to win another stunning game..
Steve Veasey Yes, the game with Chernikov is one of my favourites. It's one thing to sac a Queen in the middle game, but right out of the opening? He was a mathematician and was a master of complications. Botvinnik once said "Nobody sees combinations like Rashid Nezhmetdinov".
I've come across this channel and lecture series as a result of watching the US Championship Live. Thank you Yasser Seirawan, and thanks to the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. This is so generous. Thanks a gajillion. Yasser you have a new fan. :-)
I Think its a absolute beauty to watch at 20:25 when Yasser is defending for the white pieces, and is genuinely struggling to find the best move. I dont know what the best move is. Yasser at this time doesnt either. But hearing how he talks about the position with phrases like "well what if white doesnt take on f3?" He now has to keep calculating, and finding the best attacks for black while trying to defend against ALL of them as white, as he knows the line was a blunder by white. Watching how he goes from knowing a move for black is a blunder (Qh3 at 20:00) ten trying to prove it as white is crazy. But even then watching how he scours every source of potential danger and attacking potential as black after Qh3, and then forcefully disproving all of them one at a time and how his mind goes about this is wonderful.
Via wikipedia: nez had a plus score in his 20 games against world champions and won the Russian championship five times which in those days was almost equivalent to winning a world championship because the majority of top players were in Russia. In spite of this he was never able to attain the grandmaster title--partially because it was much harder to get in those days and partially because his style was so flamboyant and riskythat he would lose against rocksolid positional players like Petrosian.
Thanks for another great vid Yasser! God Bless and may you have continued success and happiness! Also, please consider making a return to high level competitive chess. You have all the chops necessary!
This video lecture was excellent -- EXCEPT that I was driven almost mad due to the fact that the game board completely covered the analysis board in the room!! How could you put this video up?! Can you take it down and FIX IT?! Take a look at the current website for the candidates2014.fide.com/live.html tournament and how well the Commentary and Analysis is done there. Perhaps you can contact those who designed that site and hire them!
Gregory, these lectures are primarily intended for our members, the live audience there at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis. We only put these up here on youtube as a courtesy to other chess enthusiasts who are interested in learning. If you'd like to see the lectures live (as they were intended) please come by the Chess Club some time, and I'd be happy to take you on a tour!
Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis Hi and thank you for your kind offer! The next time I find myself in Saint Louis I will avail myself of your invitation. However, I live in New Jersey so it would be quite a trip. I appreciate your responding to my comment and question. These are indeed very instructive lectures. As a Life member of the USCF and a devoted Chess enthusiast I am always on a learning adventure. Being an average club and tournament player it is a challenge to follow along on the mostly static board -- especially given that GM Yasser Seirawan speaks and analyzes very quickly at times! One thing I thought of was to locate the game on Chessgames.com and to follow the game analysis by starting and stopping the video and switching over to the game at Chessgames. We chess lovers are very resourceful when pressed into action! As a parting note, I think the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Saint Louis is an amazing place and I do hope to visit one day! Sincerely, Greg Granger Chatham, New Jersey
Games like this are why I'm not the biggest fan of blitz.. chess is so much better when you have time to figure all this stuff out! 😁. Awesome game. Figuring out all this stuff is why I love the game in the first place.
Nezmhetinov and polugaevsky must have been really two nice persons.. Lev abramovic also for my teacher knew him and rashid gibiatovic for the way he spoke in the few interviews and stuff he left.. The 60s and 70s in ussr must have been the paradise of chess..sigh!
1.KnxH2 2. 0-0-0 pins the black knight and the queen can not move out of the pin because then Rxh2 as the white knight on g3 stops the black queen from protecting the knight on the black diagonal. 0-0-0 also transposes the game to the queenside where white has better control. tldr; It loses quite badly
Maybe it does in a pawn, but the knight is pinned to the queen and very difficult to protect. The knight can't move because of Rxh4 and the Queen can't move because of Rxh2, either way black's attack would be completely dead and his two pieces would be stuck over on one side of the board and held there by only a rook. A pawn doesn't mean much when your queen and knight are neutralised by a rook.
lollipophugo No because the knight can retreat into a check and queen attack position revealing the white rook for capture by white's queen. It is less of a pin and more of a revealed threat.
Oh dear Yasser, I have to tell you I cannot stand you pronouncing tal s name so American.. I know you told your reasons but still Micheal tal is awful to my ears..!
