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E e W N I He I For for for I here for [Applause] this Of [Applause] [Applause] We are at gret Chas classic it is the first day and we had round one and two and here with me is Dinan after two draws today with ML and Dort yeah welcome to K welcome to gr hi uh what is your initial impression of coming to
This tournament your first time here yes it’s my first time here in K and I found the city very beautiful there are green glass or just outside of the building I manage to vage there after the first round so I un like my days here very nice what actually motivated you to play
This tournament uh of they are very strong players including Manus C and good playing to win the tourament where she playing always a difficult things also my friend Richard rord doesn’t play we talked before the games we had very good relationship and that’s from uh last year for CH the time
Control is very time control it’s longer than normal rapid games so we have more time to think especially in first first round I think uh longer than year in the opening phase I I think the form one is quite interesting M so do you like it better than the classical better than
The usual RIT or how can you compare it to it we have more time to think in this time contr I think it will helped us to improve the quality of the game was there any special preparation you did before this tournament because you had some not such successful events before
Did you change something in your training routine uh I playing some Ching games with my uh no second with with players being strong players MH yeah it’s a mean change I did comparing to the previous tournament very nice thank you so much for your time Ding and we wish you luck
In the next round thank you thank you Hello and welcome to day number two of the gret chess classic we have an absolute Banger of a match up Magnus Carson versus ding Len my name is Jan Gustafson and I found some company the bad news is it’s just Lawrence Trent International Master Aller viewers might remember him
Him with her we couldn’t find anybody better at short notice but Lawrence good to see you yeah thanks yeah uh yeah unfortunately nobody could be found at short notice our dear Peter Leo uh cannot talk at the moment literally uh he’s lost his voice so um Yan very
Kindly called me at 11:00 last night and said uh how’ you fancy coming down to ksro to to help me out and to commentate on The Talk I said with absolute pleasure because Yan this isn’t my first rodeo that’s exactly how that call went and round number three is coming up if
You guys have watched yesterday you know that we have two rounds per day of 45 minutes plus 10 seconds increment games it’s going to be 4 hours of almost non-stop action just a 15 minute break in between let’s have a look at the par ings of the first round for today we
Have Daniel Freedman with the black pieces against Maxim V graph Daniel had a solid day yesterday but lost a g to Magnus which I’m sure he’ll have some regrets about in some end game that Luke dra Magnus finally managed to get the best of him then we have R rort our
Tournament leader one and a half out of two after winning against yesterday facing the other Local Hero Vincent kimer the 19yearold who started with two draws then we have Carson versus ding L Lawrence which of these parents shall we focus on well I I think we’ll end up focusing
On pretty much all the games of course the standout game is Carlson against ding the uh ex world champion against the current world champion although many people uh of course with Magna still so active um uh find it difficult to not associate magnus’s name with being world
Champion Still Still number one on the rating list obviously so it’s an interesting uh matchup they’ve always had quite a good tussle uh historically so it should be a very very decent game um I’m actually looking forward to seeing raport against kimer uh we saw uh Rickard take advantage of a unar
Characteristic blunder by Magnus yesterday blundering a whole piece uh is he going to carry the momentum through to today against Vincent who let’s face it he is the The Local Hero the local star um I saw Vincent in vion House at the freestyle goat chess challenge a few
Weeks ago uh he’s an incredibly mature young man and he has got all the I would I would say talent and work ethic to to really become you know not just a top 10 player but potentially challenge for the world title itself in my opinion I think
He’s got everything you need as a chess player so really interested to see how Vincent um continues to progress and in the last match NBL is obviously just massive favorite against Daniel fredman but we saw Daniel he can play no question about it if you get overconfident and push too much he will
Punish you he’s uh he’s a you know he’s an an experienced professional and MBL can’t take this for granted but obviously Yan it’s for me the MV the Magnus against ding match where I do expect a Magnus bounce back I think this is a good spot for him to bounce back
With the white pieces today yeah he did win against fredman so he’s on one out of two but very much looking forward to that one as well ding started sort of slowly with two draws but of course now all eyes on him Magnus with white pieces what’s he going to do
Want to E4 PTO D4 um very difficult to say I mean I have to be honest Ian I’ve been so out the loop with top level chair for so long now um it feels so long anyway uh not compensating argue your whole life could argue that um but it wasn’t
So long ago you and I were sitting in a in a studio in Hamburg you know I had a full head of hair you had a full face of eyes and it was it was glorious that was the the start of something beautiful times have changed you’ve had a family things have
Moved on but I I still get a bit of nostalgia I have to admit yeah good to see you too how things uh yeah at home things are things are good I’m still in Berlin work now for a digital asset fund which uh a lot of people may or may not
Know if you want to check that out go to my Twitter I was wondering how much time would pass until you start plugging your nonsense well not plugging pluging it’s the company I work for it’s a regulated company thanks very much yeah uh but yeah uh no obviously moved out of chess
For for a uh well not entirely obvious obiously but focusing on other things but it’s nice to be back in the in the hot seat and having a look at some some decent chest and also rapid chest which I’m really looking forward to because the last time I was here it was
Classical tournament in fact Yan I think me and you did some classical tournaments that here were seven eight hour long like ridiculously long days I do remember am I right in thinking that or am I going insane times have changed and I guess we have to thank Magnus
Carson for it I’m not sure we want to thank him but he’s of course big advocate of Rapid chess and this format having two games per day mainly I believe because he’s done with a grind of preparing for long classical games he’s mentioned he’s not sure he’s ever
Going to participate in a regular super tournament like the ones in gr chess tour really again at least that’s what I read oh wow but he will play in Norway chess which is sort of a hybrid format coming up I think next month or in two month so he’s obviously still very
Active but clearly we can tell magnus’s influence in the kinds of tournaments we’re seeing the chess 960 event and now the double repid EV here yeah I guess the question is does the level of play actually differ that much in a 45 minute plus 10 seconds per move game versus uh
A classical game and probably the level is not that much different uh or maybe there’s a few percentage points here and there but you would tend to think that these guys can still play basically at optimal level with this time control um or maybe that’s magnus’s main argument interesting to see perhaps we
Can talk to him one day about that yeah he didn’t play at his top level yesterday he’s a bit of a slow starter and this time control is a bit confusing because with these 45 minutes people have time to think early on but then once you get to the Finish Line there
Will often be down to 10 seconds per move and yeah we might see some blunders it’s coffee thank you yeah we’ve got coffee thank you very much y it’s been an early start got up at 5:30 to get a 6:30 train so it’s been a been a very
Early start but really really happy to be here and of course tomorrow also uh we can see people are watching uh the tournament organizer Sven noas give a press conference but tomorrow starts the grer open the open event which uh is probably one of the biggest opens in
Europe actually I guess by now the the hall there is absolutely full of chess boards there you can see it how many boards there are and that’s not all of it by the way how many boards are those I don’t know but that’s that’s a lot of
Chess boards there’s a crane as well um they are not playing tomorrow as far as I can understand they’re only helping people who need additional assistance but that’s that’s that’s the humor you think yeah yeah um but no I mean the I remember I’ve played the grer open
Myself a few times really enjoyed playing it but I have to say Yan two games a day classical not for me anymore can’t do it one game is more than enough but two games a day not my cup of tea unfortunately but these guys will be playing two games today over the Easter
Holidays and uh you can see there on the left as well some of the players being introduced for today they are playing not where that Hall is they’re playing in a separate uh separate part of the uh complex so with all that said I think that’s pretty good should we do some
Predictions then Yan we we’re good at the predictions okay mvl Friedman I don’t think we’re going to differ too much here draw draw okay okay yeah I’m going to go with an mvl win I think with the white pieces uh he’s going to give Daniel a tough game today rort against
Kimer that all three results feel in play with that one I’m going to go that one’s tough um draw yeah I was going to pick draw for that one as well actually so I will St to my guns and finally Carlson against Rickard rort nice playing against ding l oh
Sorry against ding Lin I said that because I saw Rickard walk onto the screen so I got confused uh Carlson against ding one zero let’s go okay I agree so hopefully we get a lot of decisive results this round and how can everybody get in touch with us they can
Get in touch no no you can’t get in touch with us this year ban foron cannot do it you can however follow the grank kid chess Twitter handle they’re very active and they tweet a lot of interesting stuff uh so please do that and uh yeah we can see a little
Little audience there as well for the players a bit old school for the audience to be that close to the to the players do you remember Yan years ago talking getting nostalgic but the I used to love the demo boards the manual demo boards do you remember behind the top
Boards of a tournament no no there we see Magnus arriving there you go looking well rested and oh he’s had a haircut that’s good yeah fantastic ding Len checking out the first move but that is just ceremonial first move done by a sponsor and and Magnus might take it back and play something
Else let’s see bit of posturing here I like it oh no just press the clock is that even allowed it’s gone for it I thought you have to take it back and then make the move to not confuse the digital boards but Mangus probably knows what he’s
Doing there you go so D4 Knight F6 on the board C4 what are we going to get here E6 is what most of these top boys play to play the Nimo or the Queen’s Gambit Magnus has dabbled in a bit of Catalan over the last couple years but ding is also big
Specialist on the Catalan opening which is Knight to F3 followed by Pawn to G3 Pawn to D5 played and now it’s decision time you bring the Knight out or do you start by fear twing your Bishop with G3 and Bishop G2 Magnus still busy with his jacket
But oh and he goes door number three plays C takes D5 e takes D5 and now Knight C3 this is sort of a trendy move or Magnus used this to defeat neon in the sink field cup a while ago the point is after Knight C3 which is still the
Main move there is this very trendy line of C5 C takes D5 and C takes D4 which many top players play and it’s an attempt to sort of kill the game by being very concrete and by going C takes D5 first you make sure that doesn’t happen because black has to recapture
And now Knight C3 guaranteeing sort of a c spot structure the drop is that white committed to this a little early and black is some ways now to try to bring out his Bishop to the F5 Square which in an Ideal World if you had started with
Knight C3 usually black wouldn’t be able to do but this is a a trendy Bell Grant and we’ll see how ding L handles it can we move on to the mvl game cuz that got very spicy very quickly oh I’m an am I an expert nah not an expert but
That’s the French the advanced French correct fredman fredman has played the French in the carakan most of his life um he’s definitely a specialist in both we had an advanced French he was a pet player this is surprising so he’s been a better player but definitely I mean I’ve
Played him with white and he’s played the car against maybe I’m just a terrible player against the Caro which is very true but um definitely knows these systems well Queen B6 before Knight C6 is uh a little wrinkled but okay justos just transposed Knight C6
A3 uh one of the top lines for sure um yeah A3 is the old main move here in my new course I’m giving Bishop to D3 very aggressive sacrificing a pawn but Maxim he goes classical goes Pawn to A3 and Daniel doesn’t play Pawn to C4 which is
What used to be considered the main line here trying to lock the position now that white can no longer break it open with Pawn to B3 but D plays Knight to H6 also typical French business trying to bring this Knight here and now I’m not I’m not a big
Expert I think B4 here is the main move um yes but I think I think the move that NBL played is very also very trendy B maybe even transposing to a lot of uh what you’re covering in your course yeah yeah it’s very similar to my stuff he’s
Sacrificing a pawn yeah with Bishop D3 and now you can take back on D4 of course which we should point out to uh to players because of course well if you’re new to to this opening you cannot take on D4 here with the Knight because after takes takes there is a discover
Check on B5 and you lose your queen so you can do this but I wonder if here the problem is that black has got the move Knight F5 I think Bishop D7 maybe it comes down to the same thing but it’s attacking this Pawn now that there’s no longer a discovered check
Then you have to go Bishop somewhere and now Knight F5 and this structure sometimes you get it by different move orders but it’s not something Maxim wants black is usually quite putting the bishop on E6 and then playing Pawn to H6 Bishop E7 so he’s decided sacrifice yeah this is a this is
A kind of a spin on The Milner Barry that when was this first played about 5 years ago something like that I think it appeared I think MBL himself played this actually with white um a few years ago so white white simply gives up the pawn
And he says says well if you want to take the pawn on C3 you just accelerate my development and uh White gets a lot of initiative very very quickly so Daniel says nope I’m not interested in winning the pawn I just want to prevent you from getting your pieces out Maxim
Now plays Pawn to B4 which is also totally standard here and Daniel once again insists on nope I’m not interested in uh winning a pawn and once again you know NBL is not interested in taking on D4 because the Knight takes D4 there’s no longer the bishop B5 check so MV
Finds another very useful waiting move in the form of H3 yeah it’s typically a sort of a game of chicken black doesn’t want to take on C3 too early white doesn’t want to take on D4 so both sides try to make as many useful moves as they
Can before either side decides okay and time to force it so here Bishop E7 would be another move trying to get some pieces out when Maxim could keep it going with moves like Rook E1 or Rook A2 trying to swing The Rook over or he could decide it is
Now finally time to open the position with takes and let’s say Bishop here trying to gain some some tempy so it’s it’s a very sharp attempt but surprisingly dangerous for black to handle it’s not like there’s anything direct happening but there’s always little you you don’t you don’t want to
Play play this no this is very loose for black this I mean this position right here is already critical so and this is the danger of playing this you’re kind of provoking mvl who excels in these sorts of positions with the initiative um I’m not sure how much of a
Good choice this was by Daniel but we’ll see if he’s analyzed it deeply enough and he can get castled and get out the opening okay then he’s got a chance but um doesn’t look like he has he starting to take time yeah we keep an eye on it let’s briefly
Check the Rapport kimer game before returning to of course our game dour Carson versus ding this is a slow Italian opening report he’s become a little more theoretical but he still likes to go his own way in the opening and here he plays Knight to F1 which is not unheard of at
All trying to transfer this Knight typically to G3 before castling but it’s still considered to be bit of a sideline when yeah black has a choice in the old days I was playing D5 here then after Queen to E2 Bishop to E6 this used to be a debate but these
Modern computers they’re showing all kinds of moves saying you can wait you can go Bishop E6 you can play H6 Bishop A7 so Vincent will have to make up his mind here he should know this this is not yeah Uncharted Territory at all but it’s an
Old line and it’s what you do against the kids you play some stuff that was trendy 10 15 years ago they might have forgotten or they might not have been around for although Richard is not that old himself I’m not sure yeah how old is he
Was his birthday 2 days ago but I don’t know how old he turned like 27 maybe I actually don’t know uh but something is he really that young I think he’s uh pretty young wow they’re all so young know Vincent for sure is very young this Vincent is
19 years Vincent is 19 this much we can confirm uh yeah this this game has yet to get started as Yan said this position or variance of this position have been played thousands of times and what Vincent is doing now is he’s just trying to work out what setup he wants to go
For because they are many he can go H6 he can wait as Yan said or he can go D5 and that’s his critical decision at the moment which one he decides to go for but nothing really of Interest yet much more interesting is the Carlson ding game now let’s see what happened because
We got exactly what you said yeah Knight C3 C6 Bishop F4 and Bishop F5 okay ding manages to get the bishop to the ideal Square E3 Knight B D7 and now we see Carlson’s idea Knight to H4 chasing that Bishop yeah that’s become a big Topic in these situations going for
An early Knight H4 saying you can’t stay on this diagonal without making a concession black could could go back nothing bad has happened but then white at least can start fighting for this diagonal again with Bishop to D3 and things get a little more complicated but ding instead plays the move Bishop to
E4 and many moves Bishop G4 is also possible but he goes Bishop to E4 saying if you take you will lose a bunch of time and I will punish you just losing actually right giving a check Queen A5 is even stronger yeah Queen A5 that’s very nice and queen B5 yeah that’s you
Can’t block with Knight D2 because of Bishop B4 and after this this you take here and Bishop B4 will end the game swiftly yeah this is bad news this is this is game over so of course you don’t take on e4 instead well white typically does this play Pawn to F3 and then
Dink’s argument will be not sure I agree with it that F3 has weakened the white position a little bit compared to going Bishop G6 directly see some similar stuff in the slav opening I agree with it I agree with d beautiful by the way after F3 there’s also so the counter
Idea Knight H5 I think which is very interesting I don’t know how good it is it’s really looks terrible M murky is it just bad pretty bad yeah no G3 no but I wanted to take on F4 but maybe oh I see I wanted to take on F4 but even this
After EF Queen H4 G3 it’s and then Queen E7 G3 here okay you’re losing stuff probably losing stuff yeah this this doesn’t work at all actually no you cannot play like this you have to put the bishop back on G6 okay that’s what I think will happen
In the game cuz what else is Magnus supposed to play here he could play Queen B3 yeah could play of moves but F3 very much looks like the normal way to handle this here F3 Bishop G6 on the board and now he faces a choice often you don’t want to take your too
Early after HG then your KN H5 idea also becomes a a topic it’s not straightforward for white here though like where to put the pieces G4 is interesting but already have to calculate what happens after Knight G4 then Knight G6 Knight E4 could lead to all kinds of mercur that’s
A typical set for this line like one of my Blitz Games I see this setup but uh it yeah backfires a lot though um yeah it’ll be interesting to see how Magnus decides to continue here I don’t think he’s feeling that comfortable actually um he’s got some decisions to make who doesn’t hate
Decisions um what’s he doing well he’s trying to work out which which which is best the best way obviously to proceed obviously he’s doing that but he doesn’t look overly thrilled here but then again it’s quite difficult to read Magnus I feel um in other news uh Maxim vashir
Lrav has put his Bishop on B2 which is kind of a concession in inverted commas but Freeman played A6 continuing this waiting game Maxim goes Bishop B2 attacking this Pawn saying please take yeah but black still doesn’t bite and inste he goes Knight F5 which is logical trying to get
The same structure or similar structure to the one we talked about earlier after takes Bishop Pawn takes and pawn takes D4 when Black’s position would be a lot easier to handle you go Bishop E7 you put the other Bishop here then you play H6 and you the castle will
Play G5 white of course has his own stuff he can go Knight C3 Knight A4 tried to put the Knight on C5 but I would guess Daniel would welcome this change of pace get a more stable structure and not having to deal with all this tension which maxim of course
Enjoys he’s not forced to take but I’m not so sure about the alternative like if you keep waiting at some point you you have to do something yeah like you can’t just wait forever here basically as why you you run out of moves you have to make some forward progress um
So I think we will see Bishop takes F5 and I think that position actually Daniel Freeman’s going to be very happy with I think he’s going to feel like you know what white hasn’t got much here and I agree and this might actually be the sort of way to approach this new uh
Milab Barry setup or sacrifice just don’t take on C3 ever Force white to take on F5 put a bishop on E6 park the bus as Mourinho used to say park the bus yeah he used to say that opponent’s defenses often parked the bus in other words they weren’t interested
In attacking they just kind of put all their defenders in a line never had any men in front of the ball all men behind the ball park the bus all right I don’t follow the NFL so this is all news to me soccer oh oh yeah so of course for all
Of you that don’t know but Yan at least was when we used to commentate all the time a big basketball fan but Yan informed me on the way here that doesn’t watch so much basketball anymore no time no time no time Dad life busy life and looks like we’ve got some guest e
E two one go welcome back everybody we have a guest on the show which is excellent news cuz I was getting a little sick of Lawrence we’re welcoming the CEO of the Gran group and first tell us your name cuz honestly I don’t know I just know you’re called Sebastian yes
Sebastian is right and um my name is Hill so a warm welcome from my side to be here so tell us about this event it’s been 5 years for I think um the biggest chess tournament in Europe to return but grank of course has been supporting chess on many different levels within at
Least the German and I think even some French teams in the Bundesliga what’s with the chess engagement are you a chess player I’m I’m not a chess player I know how to move move the figures in chess but that’s all and my kids are much more better in chess than me because they
Learn chess in the cooperation with the OSG b b and I know the game and I’m very happy to see how to play the professional players but also to see very young players playing chess um with passion and that’s the driver for our engagement in in chess uh to supporting
Chess a sport on a professional way to supporting teams players on a very International level but also the very young boys and girls playing chess so grer how long has it been I think 17 18 years I used to play for the B B team
For 15 years and it’s very rare to have such a long-term commitment to our little little board game how does the the future look can you tell us and chz is part of our DNA it’s part of our our heart so to say and Wang grank himself
Was is a chess player and brought that passion into the company so we are well committed to to chess um overall for us as a connection important to connecting people with sponsoring and to Bringing more than two and a half thousand people here to cards with chess is amazing for
Grank and whenever it works like this and we will be part part of events like this and we will also be part as I mentioned before supporting chess as a professional sport and supporting an opening doors for CH for young people yeah we are certainly very thankful and
To have such a tournament here have you gotten a chance to meet any of the players are you a fan of Magnus or who who are we ruling for I think wi wi ker is well with us so I support Vincent I also like Magnus I saw some years ago and
It’s a SM meeting Magnus Carson with earling hland I’m supporter of B Dortmund in football so also a well player for sure but um it’s a sport and to see how to to to see the Battle of that guys is very impressed about again wincon ker he’s a cyclist as well as me
And we talked some weeks ago a bit about sports and a bit about sting so supporting wincent yeah hard to argue with that and of course from a German perspective vincen of course the star of the national team it’s great that he has this support and to see him up there
Battling the very best in the world the vice rapid world champion he was like two years ago already at a very young age and we have very very high hopes although this cycling Vincent has this trainer Peter Leo they hang out a lot in s in this Village and I think Peter he
Just loves driving up the mountains and forces Vincent to go I know cuz he used to be there he gives him this small small crappy bike and Peter has this modern ebike so it’s very very hard work Onin I don’t feel it’s fair so what does grank do other than
Supporting chess it always says this do you still have this techline with the facturing I never figure out what factoring is or is that old news so we are focusing on leasing so we decided that year to to sell the factoring business our Focus was Leasing and it’s
Not really about leasing it’s to supporting small medium Enterprises bringing in M on the road so that’s um our part of of the game our part of the whole business cycle in more than 30 countries and that we we are passionate in that we um are nearly perfect in with
Digital Solutions and that we would like to do in the future thank you so much for giving us this wonderful event here today it’s only the CL classic with some of the best players in the world but tomorrow I think we have 2,700 people coming in in the open which
I don’t know s you probably know this the biggest event in Europe right the biggest open I think it’s the biggest event in the world yeah and it’s probably in the whole W world and it’s very very impressive and we are very grateful for the continued support of
Gran for everything that happens in chess and Germany so thank you so much for stopping by and any any last wishes for the participants all the best and in nor say a fair game but I think it’s also important just to to being fair to to
Staying Fair uh on the field so to say and enjoy the huge number of players because it’s quite amazing to see a wide field like this a huge number of of players enjoy it everybody the players the supporters the organizators it’s up to you now to enjoy the event thank you
So much we’ll be back with regular coverage in just a minute thank you m e 3 2 1 go welcome back everybody round number three of the grank chess classic Magnus Carlson facing ding Len lence what’s going on well uh we’ve had a few developments
Uh since we heard from the CEO of grer by the way years and years ago I think you and I together interviewed Wolf Gang grer uh I don’t know if he’s still involved a bit in the chess side perhaps he’s taking a step back from the
Business as well but really nice to see the top level management of this company still being so uh so involved and so passionate so yeah grank of course the man that made it all happen not only did he start this big company grank but he’s been supportive of chess for at minimum
20 years and frankly all the big events in Germany recently or a lot of the big events in Germany ab and the Bundesliga team have been made possible absolutely support of grank yep uh and long may continue in the game itself Carlson against ding um we have one of those typical
Slav positions uh maybe the btop formation with those pawns is slightly different but white has got the two Bishops which aren’t firing on all cylinders just yet but uh his he’s got this long-term potential if things open up but at the same time ding is now
Targeting a Pawn on H2 after his last move Queen C7 that pawn probably well maybe it’s not on PRI actually because for example if white would play King B1 let’s say after Rook takes H2 you take twice and maybe go F4 and is this bishop trapped even after Knight
Takes G4 Queen G2 something like this uh I don’t know it gets a bit gets a bit hairy oh say Knight takes E3 sorry P says G5 yeah this is weird yeah it wants to gain a Tempo it’s actually very clever F3 Queen somehow ah it’s the Knight that
Ends up being trapped a good chest yeah this is this is this is incredible yeah Queen six H Knight F3 and then Queen anyway The Rook wow the Knight tries to escape oh goodness Queen h8 yeah that’s that’s nasty so some tactics there but goes to show black shouldn’t be too
Greedy still you have to calculate this if your magma is not the most straightforward of lines he could play H4 if he wants to not deal with it but maybe that gives ding some extra options trying to get rid of the bishop pair with Bishop G3 cuz the bishop pair is
Not doing much right now but it has this long-term potential as I say only has to be on the board Bishops are long range pieces it doesn’t matter they’re standing there let’s see what Magnus decides I I like his position but yeah it’s this Tac tactical stuff he has to
Work out now cuz King B1 is normally a move you want to play anyway on all well just putting the king safer clearing this Square for The Rook but he has to calculate he will play King B1 here I’m pretty sure about that it’s it’s just so
Multi-purpose and so useful um and he’ll work out very quickly that you can’t take on H2 so I’m I’m very confident that he’ll play King B1 and then it will depend on ding if he wants to Castle on the long side that’s kind of typical as
Well yeah for sure uh black king has to go here cast King side where these white porns are ready for action doesn’t look like a good idea yeah yep so expect King B1 and I have to agree with you the more I look at it the more I like the long-term potential of
These Bishops and I I’m struggling to see exactly where black is you know after let’s say I don’t know King B1 Castle’s long uh Rook C1 what is Black’s plan is he going to shuffle as well with King B8 probably I would say uh you know let’s see King B1 played you were
Right he daring thinging to take and it could be a bit tempting but no he castles Queen side quickly these guys AR too good there yeah not taking poison pawns now H4 is played this isn’t 1972 I wish it was were you around in 72 yeah I was a
Teenager and following the Fisher spasy match a great time no wait no you it was a bit before your time 72 yeah so here Bishop G3 was no longer possible that’s a cute tactic I want to show cuz now he has Knight to B5 if the Knight gets taken after Bishop
Takes G3 the queen cannot recapture because it’s pinned and after Queen takes C2 King takes C2 white will have an overwhelming position with the two Bishops and the better structure so you don’t want that as a thing therefore he quickly plays King to B8 Now setting up the idea of Bishop G3
Therefore Magnus goes Rook to G1 stopping it you can see these guys they’re protective of their Bishop pair he doesn’t want it’s not only that it’s it’s about really being conscious of your opponent ideas and threats right that’s what the top players do so well every single move there has been
Countering an opponent’s idea rather than being overly focused on your own uh plans and and uh desires so still like white I think this is in general a difficult position for for ding to play I can definitely see white playing G5 followed by F4 at some moment and getting that kind of structure
Because uh the white Bishop would suddenly then become quite a quite an important piece um but there’s a long way to go and ding is not going to fold easily in a position like this so but he’s worse he doesn’t have definely active prospects here no ways to change
The structure C5 is never realistic you can’t play on The Queen side G5 also doesn’t help black very much even if white went H5 black would be stuck there so I think he lost the opening battle this bishop E4 Bishop G6 I wasn’t in love with and Magnus typically well he likes this
Look at look at this move by the way Bishop E1 one showing how much he values the bishop even if it’s hidden back here yeah Magnus likes the structure he likes his Bishops and it’s a typical Magnus Carson position so he should be should be quite
Happy oh G5 didn’t thaten that was yeah I think another person who’s going to be very happy is Daniel fredman Yan because uh mvl has been forced to take on F5 after night KN F5 and take on D4 and now what a beautiful move here by Daniel fredman exploiting the pin on the
B f the bishop is hanging and allowing this Knight to get to this massive outpost on C4 and forcing the white Bishop to go all the way back to C1 and I think if you manage to achieve this as black uh Bishop C1 Queen C6 protecting D5 Rook e
One and Bishop E7 I think if you know if you had to take anybody here it would be black or all day long white doesn’t have a clear idea in this position in my opinion the once the bishop comes to E6 there are no Pawn breaks there are no
Ideas and this Knight on C4 just sits there beautifully I would take black all day here um in a in a practical situation what what about you yeah I sort of I don’t think black is better necessarily but at least it’s easier to play often you also want to go H6 G five
So for white this Knight is a little shaky so typical idea would be to try to transfer it here often you have to play H4 to sort of stabilize it but it does look like Daniel made it made the position at the very least easier to
Handle for him he’s also way ahead on the clock now mvl taking time so something’s probably Gone Gone a little wrong and fredman can be happy with the outcome of the open I think I think if you get this after 16 moves with black against NBL this is
About as good as you could hope for I was wondering yeah I was just going to say I was wondering if Bishop G5 is an option to get rid of the two Bishops the question is after takes and H6 I think if you have to go back then
Sorry to be just to be really pedantic Knight B2 is not a move because yeah I was I wasn’t sure Queen H5 I guess uh que thinking about that’s why I wanted to start with the KN You’ got to be sure that this wins yeah yeah but Maxim is pretty
Good calculator I don’t think he blundered here rook f8 and Knight H7 something’s going to going to E6 OR7 oh E6 E6 E6 E6 that’s massive so that’s what he was calculating but I was wondering if I start with H6 cuz you now you play back then I have Knight B2 to
Do something else Queen H5 is Queen H5 is definitely legal or Pawn to E6 as you mentioned but even this if white doesn’t have anything better than retreating I think black’s just fine here like maybe there’s something something direct like the computer say a knight D2 fancy move even
If black just stabilize here I don’t think it’s too bad a computer disagree computer says y computer says y shut up read read out the moves that I’m telling you no but I think but I think the move Queen H5 E6 is the way yeah this is this is a really big
Move so if hg5 E7 what is this position check King D7 and queen F3 is that the idea and yeah must be Queen F3 double attack and Knight D6 Knight takes D5 already here like compy says it’s fine for black but against Maxim you have a
King in the middle um there are all kinds of tactics all kinds of potential jumps I feel a lot less comfortable than with this fixed structure had earlier right but yeah compy says nothing to worry about rookie 8 and it’s equal yeah did have to allow this I was
Wondering can you start with H6 is there any direct punish I like this move you know to yeah stay tight go Bishop E6 Bishop E7 I like this move I probably thought Bishop G5 was imp possible because of the Knight B2 options actually even now
You can say you know what I made a mistake I’m going back sh of eight next move W this this is a really nice move yeah has to do though after you last move was Bishop of eight Bishop E7 maybe it’s possible no this is a beautiful
Idea to get that position with the pawn on H6 really like it yeah I can see it happen I mean Daniel is definitely strong enough to make this move so uh I can definitely see it definitely see it happening in the raport kimer game uh
It’s a sort of position which I am super happy for Rickard rapot I think he’s got about as optimal as a free role you can ever hope for right in in these structures no I disagree I think black is perfectly fine it’s very typical position you go Rook d8 Queen E6 King H7
C6 D5 yes white goes Knight F5 you take and then sometimes you have to go Knight G8 but I think it’s F okay but I might be biased cuz I only play this yeah you got to be a little bit careful like I put the queen on F3
And then yeah it’s all so like very Queen f33 you go King H7 stop H6 Knight F5 you take to go you and you have to go Knight J here yeah it’s it’s all ins part of the plan yeah Knight J this is a typical defensive setup King H7 I8 which
Obviously will’ll know as well then normally you’re time to go D5 and stabilize I don’t think there’s much here okay I agree Vincent is this and okay you could have Nano in the mix but let’s say for two 2700 players is there going to be a Harrier game out
There oh I see you literally mean yeah like does anybody is there a matchup where you could have longer hair on average Magnus has got growth potential he can grow server quickly early he just got a haircut it’s not happen yeah but no Vincent has got a a good head of hair as
Does Rickard um yeah what about you is this your real hat or did you watch Doom 2 and you got inspired and got some some makeup done my real head I actually got a a a wet shave at the Turkish Barbers yesterday beautiful yeah in regards to your barara
You told me about it no this is a new guy a different guy he did a very good job he did the whole um wax uh lighter in the ears to burn the hair you know ear hair and nose hair and very very happy very good job highly recommended
Any of you guys out there in uh in Berlin check out the Turkish Barbers they’re very good meanwhile talking of getting a haircut let’s let’s go back to ding ding is strong yeah went for this G5 H5 which didn’t help his position I think but he
Has to do something and now he’s going for Pawn to C5 looking for some activity but once again creating some weaknesses Carson takes ding will want to take with a bishop and then try to go D4 yeah that’s why he went G5 as well to get a square
For this Knight here or here I actually really like ding’s decision to do this I I I think if he was just going to wait too long he was going to just get in more and more trouble you can’t be passive against guys like Magnus it’s scary
But it’s not real a bit like uh Freddy Krueger do you remember those films nightmare in Elma Street no not familiar I think you’re trolling me I don’t think I’ve ever watched it to be honest like this guy Robert England in his sweater the poster already crack me
Out so I don’t think I’ve ever seen okay by the way that’s one thing if you remember guys from years and years ago Yan and I disagree on many things but taste in film and and series was one thing we surprisingly uh agreed on it is very surprising it’s really very quickly
Before we get back to the chess unfortunately Richard Lewis died from Kier enthusiasm just just a few weeks yeah ago that was a big rest in peace rest in that was so sad to hear fantastic um I liked him as a talk show guest when he was on letter man talking
About fantastic being in the Lakers locker room that’s right yeah I watched that clip Knight A4 by Magnus yeah this is uh this is probably a genius move because Bishop takes E3 Queen B3 with the double attack so deep it’s so deep well what’s going on Queen B3 threatens
The bishop and Bishop takes A6 so it’s not it’s not that deep it’s about as deep as your blowup pull in your garden in the summer not not very deep it’s not that deep no but I love it it looks dangerous here yeah this is coming and
Rook G2 by the way just a few moves ago this is such a classy move um I think what Magnus was going to do is if ding didn’t end up going C5 is he was going to go something like King A1 Rook B1 B4 A4 and bring the other Rook
I knowing Magnus nowadays he’s a bit more you know Carefree I could definitely see that if if black just Waits here I think you just go King A1 Rook B1 and minority attack with the Rook on G2 performing a key role swinging over so I really love how
Magnus this is just an awesome game to watch so far so Knight A4 played now ding will not take on E3 but what will he do maybe F to what else is there ah you’re just saying go back I guess but it’s not really awful softening the
Impact this queen b32 it’s just very very there’s some random Bishop A5 at the wrong moment as well it’s just looks very dangerous oh goodness actually this could get out of control just immediately for black be out of control it might just be out of control we just
Praising C5 but actually Knight A4 very easy move to miss you think what has to cover the PA right go Rook D3 or whatever Knight A4 super strong brilliant move by Magnus Magnus feeling good today he seemed upset yesterday about his level of playing clearly about the blunder against rorts but today so
Far yeah that’s right right up his alley like getting the Bishops getting nice little cpot structure forcing black to open the position and now he’s yeah slowly but surely using these DOR Bishops that here yeah this is a lot of range this is an awesome game actually
So was a instructive game how to play this uh I’m very fearful for uh ding’s position I I can see this it’s already spiring out of control but in just a few moves I can see this almost being being over you can’t even go Bishop A7 here
Cuz Bishop G3 just immediately wins yeah it’s tough now this this is just brutal um very bad news for Ding and he hasn’t done much wrong it seems but maybe going going for this done some stuff wrong well yes wrong is relative but yet to give
Magnus I’m not in love with this whole Bishop E4 Bishop G6 business to begin with I think this is already a critical moment where you have to sort of figure out what he want to do because this line is very similar to these slav lines but
White has a much better version of it I think the way this went CU sorry this will take only two three hours to set this up and I guess these these positions were on on ding’s mind when he when he went for it here this is mainstream Theory Bishop
E4 F3 and now Bishop G6 but this is a better version for for white cuz first of all here after C takes the off and recapture with the c Pawn or with the Knight while in the game he’s already committ to e takes D and also the bishop
Is locked up here while in the game it was out here I know it eventually returned but in general I think he’s just got a much worse version of that and probably that wasn’t idea now he’s taking time what can you do really tough to suggest a move here I
Think you got to fight okay but after Queen B3 I don’t understand what what you do what you just go D4 Rook C2 definitely looks horrible what can you do Rooks two queen D6 Bishop B4 is coming I mean Bishop A5 Bishop B4 a bishop yeah Bishop B before Queen
D5 just got Bishop C4 so give me give me all your pawns yeah this ah but importantly D1 is hanging here even this is not yeah it still looks scary but I don’t think there’s any way way back for black yeah you have to go try to weather storm like this yeah this
Is this is this is tough this is really tough Daniel Friedman did not play Bishop f8 I would have liked to have seen him play Bishop f8 but he could couldn’t find the what he did is also very reasonable he takes of and now no adventur is not allowing any E6
Shenanigans he just castles we were looking at H6 E6 or Knight B2 Queen H5 this kind of stuff but Daniel yeah keeping it tight and this tension here is actually annoying for white cuz Rook C1 then A3 might be hanging Knight takes E5 followed by Rook Queen C3 might be in
The air I would like to go Knight E2 just to re reposition this guy that compy is not very impressed compy is never impressed to be fair not impressive hard to impress computer we see Maxim and Daniel studying the position yeah I think Daniel’s still much happier and he does totally
Understandable I played Daniel fredman a few weeks ago in the German 960 chess championships wow I had no idea yeah it was took place in Berlin and I was lost in three moves wide it’s hard to do it’s really hard to do it’s really hard it was it was it was
A not very pleasant game sorry to hear yeah but Daniel was very nice I’ve got absolutely the worst score on Earth against Daniel fredman tough player great player understands chess um and I think his position is fine I think his position is just F yeah Maxim does not look overly thrilled
But he’s used to suffering lifelong grunfeld player are we still extremely tricky in the French School of suffering is that still a thing looks like it how is no by the way who’s it yeah I don’t know wow I hope he’s doing well you just I cut all ties just
A lone wolf now huh yeah Peter H me myself I don’t know what happened to the to the podcast I quit no you didn’t I did did you really yeah no wow what wow okay I’ve got a lot to catch up on clearly yeah yeah well I’m
Sorry to hear that I really enjoyed that podcast I was always really like when I had a long flight and I needed a good relaxing listen mhm I would listen to you guys oh I’m glad to hear it really put me at ease all my fear and anxiety on a plane
Are you afraid of flying uh no I I don’t like flying I’m not afraid of it anymore but I don’t enjoy the the bumps and the to turbulence and so you guys so that’s that’s that’s it I’m on a spiritual journey you know cut all my world I can believe it are
You are you taking yasco or aasco whatever it’s called not yet I got to we’re getting there got to expound my mind first like but I got very inspired I’m not sure if you’ve seen this by the interview by Victor Las nitka no no I haven’t seen it I recommend it okay vict
I remember great football player actually Victor lash can really play football ah that I didn’t know yeah really good very very good I think he’s got a very good left foot if I remember correctly meanwhile the Knight is well the knight’s landed on B2 in this game but
Let’s have a look at this we’ve got exactly what we just looked at with Rook C2 and things very quickly getting out of hand for for ding here yeah this line we started wasn’t that clear though like Queen D6 Bishop B4 Queen D5 compy says you could also go
Here what’s the point of Rook C8 oh then oh oh wow that’s HD that’s see that’s not yeah yep that’s a winner so if the Rook has to stay on the defile to cover the queen super ugly right7 Knight B6 would this is probably what ding would
Have to do is to sacrifice an exchange here with knight5 yeah and I think he will do that he might not be thrilled about but at least the game continues you have a porn and some pieces near the center so maybe this is not the end of the world just
Yeah I think this is actually far from the end of the world I think this is a fight very fightable fightable yeah fightable is that is that a word you’re the native speaker so yeah fight sounds that may be true but as you know I my English
Is I I do know like is under all the pigs as we say understand only Train Station train station all right all right you know that expression no means I don’t understand it’s hard to okay humor humor very funny Germans you know you know we’re funny people oh honestly the
Funniest and very very funny Rook is under attack it is yeah this is this is pro oh Queen ding says all right let’s do this but the end game version of it and I like the I like it because he’s going to take take on B3 takes takes and
This is on E3 is not so bad it’s controlling the white Rooks reasonably well so D is showing why he’s actually Chess World Champion he’s not just rolling over he’s putting up a fight fight here but Magnus probably still better Bishop C4 if you were allowed to take and then
Stabilize with Knight C5 he would be winning so you have to go here still Knight C5 yeah important to point out that Bishop takes F7 there being super greedy might run into D3 uh and then you then the guys are running and maybe it’s possible but it looks yeah
You no yeah I don’t think you want to do this I agree yeah this is uh this is a very good practical decision byting I like it very much you you cannot just hope to hold on to the exchange there this is the correct way to play um agus doesn’t
Seem to have a choice he can’t take cuz then The Rook would recapture and black would emerge a pawn up so you got to take on d8 and play this type of end game which both probably won’t mind C his b ding has survived the direct onslaught
And we go from there what’s happening in the mvl game fredman did something interesting he went Knight to B2 and his point is if the queen goes anywhere he has Queen C2 I guess to force the Queens off and that’s what’s going to happen he’s going to play Queen very solid
Queen C2 then oh sorry not here then he puts the bishop still on E6 probably to keep the structure intact oh yeah after this move for sure yeah then you exchange queens and either Knight goes back or if there’s time even The Rook can enter I still still take black here all
Day I I you know I don’t think black is better but also not worse you think black is better but also not worse I don’t think black is better oh you don’t think I think it’s equal think the word I’m going to kindly disagree that’s all right look at Vincent played all
These fantastic moves K8 King H7 Knight G8 What a chess expert he really is yeah but this is such a well-known scheme that I don’t think it’s putting that much pressure on Vince’s position and there he is he has this this Famous Stare where he can look right into your
Soul and you feels so stupid when he’s looking at you and he gives you his look like what are you doing if you saw Vincent in the street yeah and you didn’t know he was a chess player I changed SES he’s an imposing figure no but seriously what if you saw
Vincent industry and you didn’t know he was a chess player yes and you had to choose a profession what would you say he most looks like I think with the hair he looks artsy know like musician are musicians exactly I was going to say some sort of classical uh
Musician some piano players exactly that’s exactly what I would have said which is also his background from from home like his parents are both musicians I think right right yeah good answer definitely artsy doesn’t work on a construction site for example right you never know zero
Chance I think hands are too soft that’s yeah that’s always a good tell yeah what about your hands mine I got calluses but um you know they’re soft enough soft enough for uh hand shaking mhm yeah when you go to the gym cuz I know you’re a big workout guy do you wear
Gloves to keep your hands like soft for if you need them to be soft or no no I like running the risk of picking up germs no I don’t mean that but you get this right yeah no I know I don’t wear them I if I if I get the calluses what
Do you call this calluses calluses yeah that’s what you’ve got you’ve got a lot of them there yeah yeah Yan’s working out a lot ladies and gentlemen um even though it might RI might not you might not be able to see but might not look it
But he’s in good shape and I’m in the worst shape I’ve been in years never mind sorry to yeah it’s okay we carry on MBL we can go work out together here it’s going to be going to be great fun you kind of ignored me when I arrived so
I was in the gym you called me I did instantly announcing your arrival on the station and I said what do you want I’m sweating Lawrence he said nothing so I think it was a good talk G5 by fredman he’s saying now that the Queens are coming off I can weaken my
King a little bit I’m actually yeah I would have stopped that with H4 maybe thought okay gives the Knight a square the Knight happy just F4 it’s not a happy Knight F4 this is this is what Daniel wants to do he wants to allow the bishop to come to
F5 Knight F6 is just a check he can jump here now yeah the horse he can jump no no this is this is this is dangerous for white this is dangerous which also was the name of a I think an album by Michael Jackson or was it dangerous yeah it’s just
Dangerous it was called Dangerous the album yes not this is dangerous no just dangerous Rook A2 Maxim is also dangerous or as we say in French Don donos yeah Rook takes B1 the Knight oh actually do we so we can’t what’s going on here so taking on A4 is definitely not possible takes
Knight C3 Knight f8 is a problem why is this so bad for black this look too terrible this is good for no compy says white is better yeah A5 is a A5 is a very cool move get some play here but is this such an incredibly tough position
Like if you showed this to somebody you’d never seen this position before and you said the comp thinks white is better very difficult to believe that white is better yeah actually surprising CU black looks so table but I guess that’s what he wants
And I have a I have bad news for you I need a little bathroom break will you be able to yeah you handle the mouse for a couple minutes I can do it would you mind passing the uh appful Sher on the edge of the on the cuz I’m parched I’m
Absolutely parched I’m going to drink this while you go to your break um I’ll be back please be back all right I have control of the mouse Universe sorry Master of the UN I’m Master of the Universe now love it supreme leader supreme leader uh Knight D5 played by ding
Against Carlson and I got to say fair play to ding for finding this because this is is by no means an easy conversion for white in fact I don’t really even know how you would make progress here as white the Knight um is very good on D5
If white plays Knight takes E6 black will play F takes C6 and now in some positions the Knight can come to E3 the Knight can come to B4 the Rooks are not really firing here this is a protected pass Pawn I don’t really see any reason why black should
Be worse here even to be honest so Bravo D for finding uh for finding some really nice resource here and uh yeah I actually don’t seem him losing okay white plays the move Bishop D3 played and now what will ding do will he move the bishop will he play Knight B4
All kinds of moves available uh for Ding and I think he has probably many to keep keep the balance here so really love this and look at this in the MBL game this is very surprising after Rook a 2 Daniel fredman decided to take on B1 and just take on
F4 which is strategic rically a surprising decision because of course you’re claiming that well despite ruining my structure I now have triple pawns and a bad Bishop despite this when you take on B2 whichever way you take I don’t even know which is the best way black is going to play the move
Rook C4 I assume to uh kind of dead the Knight Knight can’t move cuz d4’s hanging and the Rooks are a bit impotent and then Black’s idea is very simply to double on the C file and then probably to play a move like Bishop D7 just ask
Some questions with these pawns try and create some weaknesses on the light square and despite this wrecked structure it’s the activity that black has probably fully compensated so again kind of really interesting decision making by Daniel here um and as I say I think that uh I think that he’s probably doing just
Fine so Bravo to him it’s been a really good performance so far in the rapo game we get a move that makes a ton of sense to move Pawn to C4 by white putting a pawn light square but most importantly preventing a break with Pawn to D5 the
Absolute natural followup is to go C 6 after which I guess Richard’s idea is to go Bishop E3 and ask a question about this bishop uh on B6 and after takes I think actually this is one of those positions where white has got three legitimate options maybe even four maybe every
Single capture here is legitimate F takes E3 is kind of tempting but um after G6 the problem is that this Knight hasn’t got uh good a good Retreat Square so actually after Bishop E3 perhaps in this position here after takes why should take back with the Knight preventing D5 but now this Knight
Is going to come back into play either VI F6 or E7 and black is going to set up this break and with such reduced material and with such uh well uh safe King now for black I find it very difficult to believe that this
Is um bad for black at all I think I think black is doing more than fine but uh Vinson decides to go for Rook E6 which is also very interesting um I’m not entirely sure if the Rook wants to swing over to F6 or G6 um however you kind of putting the the
Ball back in white it’s Court yeah I think he wants to prepare Knight E7 without allowing any Knight takes H6 or queen H5 Adventures to have the Rook the there to defend in case needed I Sly reclaim the mouse reclaim PA to C4 interesting choice by raport he’s
Stopping D5 but also softening his own structure no I think Vincent is fine yeah yeah raport not putting a lot of pressure on the German star in this one so far did he cover this already yeah interesting structure yeah yeah looks messed up but the Knight doesn’t have
Anywhere to jump so maybe black is still okay yeah that’s what I’ve been saying I I can imagine Rook C4 here just to tie up the Knight one some for all and I think that um Daniel is doing fine despite the structure yeah white would
Love to go Knight E1 Knight D3 and then run up this pawn and put the Knight on C5 but he might not be in time cuz he has to defend this guy as well you really do need so many moves for that um so so what we got we have roughly
Equal end game in mvl against fredman Magnus took the exchange but ding is doing stuff yeah I I think ding is doing just fine what’s going on here like Rook C4 take takes yeah I just don’t think that this position is worth for black after F6 you’re just Uber solid the bishop can
Just park itself on F4 uh on E5 it can park itself anywhere King is safe parked where it is yeah it’s parked well where it is and I just don’t see a plan here for what you can’t enter you can’t really Target any any any anything in the black
Position I don’t see why this is just you would need yeah open open the H file but not so easy to to get that done yeah ding fighting back well this Knight is also very hard to touch if it gets aack can just defend it with A5 just restricting the white
King cson does take on E6 yeah okay that’s probably smarter and now Rook C4 similar but the black structure is a little looser than with the pawn on F6 like what we were looking at might still be okay yeah I think this he go Rook C5
Rook yeah now I think you have to go Bishop F4 here exactly to prevent Rook E5 because Rook E5 might actually win a pawn um then there’ll be Bishop C4 so yeah Bishop F4 is the most clean logical move here no doubt about it um and as I say I
Think ding is uh holding you can even after Bishop F4 in some positions if the Rook disappears from C5 play play A5 and just bolster that Knight on B4 and then white has actually got back rank issues for the entire game yeah has a bunch of Rooks i’ still
Take white but it’s going to be hard for me really to to create inres I’m a simple you’re a simple man also that but yeah we have a rook it’s worth like five points and black has a has a knight and one point are you a bigger Pawn Grabber than yasa S
I don’t know I usually get in trouble whenever I get too greedy but I’d still take white here okay uh and look at this we’ve had Daniel what’s Daniel doing he didn’t go Rook C4 he went for a check and Rook d8 no that can’t be true no Rook C8 he play
That makes more sense Knight G1 instructive little maneuver from Maxim tries to get the Knight to E2 maybe that was a drawback of not going Rook C4 this KN as as a move yeah no I I really like Rook C4 tying White’s Knight down I think this move is actually miss Knight
One yeah this is a good move no now I’m not so in love with Black’s position because Knight E2 is just coming regardless so it’s not a deal tough one so not winning or anything but now at least black has to be very very careful can still go some Rook to
C4 then yeah Knight E2 and white can slowly try to make progress yes indeed sneaky little maneuver this Pawn structure is so messed up yeah and interesting things happening in the Magnus ding game where ding offered an exchange of Rooks wow Magnus didn’t do it surprising cuz normally I was
Taught um that if you have two Rooks and your opponent has one you want to exchange one pair of Rooks to you know enhance who taught you that Rook it’s in German German chess School German chess school yeah f famous German ches the the famous German chesco yeah west or east
West okay um Rook D5 but Magnus decided not to take when Rook C4 now ding is stable again after A5 no this is this is good for black then B6 yeah Rook E5 and Bishop F4 and no black is just totally solid here I see Zero issues for ding TimeWise uh
Also massively up on the clock so see absolutely no issues yeah Rook C5 plate yeah he’s going to go B6 here he’s trying to provoke some light Square weaknesses but um the only way in is around the AG file which looks very unlikely yeah why’s problem is this Rook is not doing
Anything it’s sort of dominated so this has to become topic but then you also let the Deport off the leash so you have to be you have to be careful with the timing yeah B6 played Rook goes back to C4 yeah what can ding do doesn’t have to do anything no you
Just put the pawn on E5 keep on H6 oh maybe maybe maybe actually just to keep an eye on this is not a this is not a ridiculous suggestion at all thank you sorry the Assumption being that you you know you think I think you’re capable of making ridiculous
Suggestions but that’s not true I don’t you’ve ever made one ridiculous suggestion no can’t recall since 2:00 um sorry I keep jumping around now we can stay here for a bit see yeah see how it develops in Rapport kind there’s not much happing as equal and in mvl
Against fredman things have developed a little bit but looks like mvl is now in the driver’s seat Magnus decides to return the exchange he’s annoyed by this Knight on B4 but this is is this a winning attempt he wants to go Rook A1 Rook A8 maybe meet him there
Yeah this is this is a stone cold draw offer maybe not draw offer but this is you know Rook D7 Rook A7 is just interesting decision by Carson saying this Knight long E5 played so he couldn’t really see any M prospects for for the poor Rook maybe he didn’t go to German chess
School he doesn’t know a rook is five and a knight is three or he wouldn’t have done it who was your teacher at the German chess School uh self-taught was was a rough school was like selftaught yeah these modern supermarkets we have to check out all by yourself I was I do
Hate that about modern supermarkets I don’t like it I like the personal personal touch like do you collect points and you pay cash with carts like I need that little interaction one thing you do notice about Germany is the rush that the cashiers are in to put your food in it’s
Very stressful it’s very feel a lot of pressure to you know in England what they do clear quickly supermarkets is they help you pack your bag and you know they’ll have a conversation with you and stuff SS horrible true story guys that is they are just scanning scan scan scan push
Pushing and then you you’re under enormous pressure to get it all in the bag before the next I think that’s a great comedy bit for you you could be like an Englishman in Germany and then somebody’s already done that you know back at home they pack your bags and you
Have a little chat and here they just nothing nothing no chat just cash your card and bo bo bo and please hurry up there’s a guy who already does that unfortunately work in that Germans are cold and efficient no just just for your bit like all right here Vincent kimer very officially
Get rid of the scary looking knight on F5 now we just have Rooks and queens left looks looks equal hon looks bored he’s looking at the screens above him checking out the other games come on Vinnie Focus I think do you have the haircut Vincent has now like in high school yeah
Like Nick Carter backst boys yeah I was going to say do you remember Saved by the Bell no no oh that one you never okay was that a comedy program yeah it ring it was a com it was an American about uh teenagers in a high school comedy SL
Romancy slash but yeah mostly a comedy sitcom thing um and the guy who was the main character in it just turned 50 the other day and I’m like whoa time is rolling on cuz he was a teenager in the in the series can’t remember why I started that topic that was good
Stuff uh okay not that much happening in that game oh D3 check I love this this is a fantastic move they don’t respect material this is a fantastic move this is this is genius the point is that if you go well Rook takes D3 we can already
Shake draw and Bishop D3 Rook C6 stopping any one bus so good excuse me very solid I think it might actually be sort of a draw for because Rook C6 you can’t go Bishop C4 because of B5 so the King has to go back and now
You pin again if the Rooks get traded it’s an instant draw and if not what can white do king C2 Rook C6 again this is brilliant brilliant brilliant bying to hold this like in this fashion no that’s it I I really think that’s the end of the game
Because there aren’t other options you either take with the bishop or you take the rook and if the Rooks ever come off it’s an immediate draw uh and there are no more permutations you can’t leave that pawn you can’t go King B1 here that’s scene you can actually lose at D2
Rook C6 and you can be in or rather Rook D7 Rook C7 and you in some sort of zwang at some point yeah no point doing that no it’s just going to end peacefully well defended by ding correct like yeah still I’m a bit curious this moment he
Went Rook D5 because a retreat it seems a bit off you can you can take better take yeah no this this is definitely the way forward Yep this is uh this is going to be a a draw yep in mvl versus Freedman yeah after this night G1
Freedman went Rook F1 trying to stop Knight E2 because of F3 but it happened anyway and and the Tactical point is we see mvl how tricky is so he can’t take because this Rook would get trapped M so Freeman went F3 takes and takes now the King has to go to
G3 but overall this little interaction seems to have helped white black doesn’t have enough play was Bishop locked up Maxim goes for Pawn to B5 Pawn to A5 and Rook C2 he’s slowly taking over here yeah nice end game play yeah Daniel okay the structure he went for
Was of course very shaky but it was so key not to allow this Knight to go anywhere so I think he’ll be kicking himself a little bit that he didn’t play Rook C4 just tying tying white up somewhere now it looks like he’s probably going to
Lose yeah I think that Rook C4 moment was the key moment in this game I think you have to play that move both games here Rook C4 and here also Rook C4 y let’s see yeah okay anyway they’re exchanging Rooks Magnus noticed that if he takes with the bishop he can’t escape anyway
And I guess a handshake is imminent but he might try to you know go after this he’s going to go Bishop C1 here D yeah why wouldn’t it King C King C4 take on B2 want take so you bring the king okay does oh I miss King D5 King E6 and I
Lose oh my goodness oh my goodness was hard to spot especially no after I drew this who could have thought but black is in time to go King D5 King D7 and typical business with up called Bishop the king takes care of the enemy King invading here yeah that’s what
Happened now just King E7 pawns a matter here there’s no way to create a passer now you just chill Bishop D2 Bishop E3 King G6 King f8 there’s no way for white to make any progress as far as I can tell yeah Bishop G2 played King here King
Here I think yeah the handshake is coming very hard to suit swung black when his Bishop can move around eternally yeah they’ll repeat think Magnus has seen enough yeah dra great game yeah two different halves no Magnus dominating the first half putting pressure out of the opening then slowly
Looked like out playing ding but ding defended very nicely with his exchange sacrifice and made things at the very least difficult for Carson after it looked like he was getting steamrolled here but this D4 Queen D6 and queen D5 CH the idea of giving The Rook was born
Out of necessity he’s just here didn’t have any other options but he held things together very nicely and once again I don’t understand why Magnus didn’t take yeah this this is a big mistake this is this is the mistake now with only one Rook things are very different like here this Rook H1
H6 is very much there I guess you put the King on C2 and then you start trying to activate the rook and if e takes D5 I guess he didn’t like e takes D5 but still Bishop anywhere Bishop somewhere and Rook H1 H6 to activate the Rook once
Again computer even gives some moves like F4 and FG F then G5 H6 or Bishop F4 Rook D4 so I’m not sure what he disliked here I think he justed was the moment I think he just missed it or he missed the black was just building some some
Kind of a fortress but yeah this is uh this is probably winning yeah still not much happening in the raport ker game so let’s focus on Maxim against D Freedman Maxim with the white pieces has a decision now if he wants to take on C4 or not he’s thinking about it yes
Um the problem is what you want to do is take go Knight C3 and D5 the problem is after takes takes Knight C3 Rook C1 you have to go Rook to A3 which looks very passive but it might not matter cuz white can then follow up with D5 King F4
Bring the king over and maybe Black’s activity is just temporary so that’s what he’s trying to figure out yep agreed what can you tell us about Maxim rash what can I tell you yeah uh I can tell you a lot of things about Maxim do he’s uh Leon supporter
True he is a maths wizard he studied math right studied maths he’s a really strong mathematician and He the goal is get you to a comfortable spot in those first 10 opening moves and just have you hit in that guas That’s all folks thanks so much for checking out my E4 course here on chessable I do hope you enjoy very good very good guys I don’t have any super novel
Ideas obervation you do he’s been around forever MV I mean MV yeah I know all of these I got introduced to chess because uh my family is you know obviously both my mom and dad’s side is from uh former Soviet Union uh and it’s kind of part of the
Culture there so only I was playing with my grandfather when I was about five and I I I think What attracted me when I was younger is I just got the game I got the game probably on the level how most modern day Grandmasters got the game I
Could see something once and I could just go demolish adults kids uh and and for most talented players that’s how it is for a long time they just K that generation but the old guys the 30 something now still pretty good like Carson neomi Carana Kiri MV is Anish is
In his 30s he might be a year younger than these guys he might be 29 still counts as that generation he’s also been around forever so you’re you’re classing that generation as 19 hang on hang on something’s happen oh Knight C3 Rook C1 Rook A3 this was played Rook C2 D5
Bishop D7 here compy was extremely happy with the white position but then D6 was played compy was no longer happy why is he not happy he wanted the move Knight to D1 yeah this is a class classy little move threat Knight cuz the the king sits so
Beautifully on F4 in this position and whoa Bishop E6 now he’s happy again this typical this will spot yeah in in a heartbeat tricky guy Bishop E6 was a mistake like had to play Rook to D2 to restrict that Knight cuz now the Knight is jumping all
Over the place C7 or F6 and even on F6 it’s going to be very unpleasant restricting the king in the distant future you could try to Checkmate like King F4 Rook A1 oh I love that1 Rook G8 I love that and that’s definitely in mbl’s uh say wheelhouse wheelhouse he
Does know Checkmate answer the game yeah this is this has just got Knight F6 King F4 written all over at this position no this is this is going to end badly for Danel um looks like just to go back to this moment here apparently D
Had a chance to play Rook D2 right which still looks bad but the Rook is actually restricting the Knight stopping Knight D5 and also this Knight D1 business and it looks like black isn’t time to play F6 then bring the king and survive that instead he play Bishop E6
Which looked very natural of course trying to stop Knight D5 but it turns out this does not stop it because if you take this Pawn queens and the bishop blocks the dile king now this is tough this Knight will set up shop here yeah is this is very bad news for
Daniel yeah well played mvl uh for finding finding an idea um I think Daniel started to lose the threat a little I there’s still a big discussion as to whether allowing this triped pawns was was at all necessary I think the key moment for me was Rook C4 not
Having played Rook C4 and making that Knight passive was was bad by Daniel um now I fully expect him to lose yeah although this still has to be calculated sort of carefully yeah so like if I go ah so if I go Rook A1 first yeah I guess
So but with this Pawn off the leash it has to work but I guess it does work like rate2 Rook G1 and it’s just this King is then just King F2 so you just go the other yeah and Rook G8 is an impossible threat to meet
Incredible let’s see if he goes for this yeah he will 100% of course he could just go Rook A1 here forget that Bishop takes D5 is that two spot yes so tournament wise what do we have we have rad rort on one and a half out of two
Magnus Carlson and ding both have one and a half points as well but out of three mhm and D fredman is on half a point mvl is on one out of two as is Vincent kimer so whoever wins can join the leaders except Daniel
Yeah or if rapor wins he’s in the in the very Soul lead well let’s have a quick look at that position because we have a major piece end game uh Vincent has just played F4 which makes a whole bunch of sense that’s it I like F4 it’s just I don’t think I like
Because of D4 yeah and he’s sort of um making it harder for him to activate his heavy pieces it’s an ambitious move he’s trying to attack here but it’s quite committal yes yeah I agree uh Queen F22 now we go D4 next yeah maybe you’re right maybe
This was just a little bit too premature um you’ve you you’ve got to know Vincent quite well uh over the past couple of years being the coach of the German men’s team um what do you think his biggest weakness is still as a player I don’t know he’s without being
Too negative but I’m just C because we all know his strengths he’s you know incredibly mature in his approach but what’s his biggest the thing is maturity is his biggest right yes so who’s the most mature guy out there Vincent kimer Vincent is the most mature yeah chedi is mature gotta you
Know cheddar cheese has got different levels of maturity yeah but that’s only a thing in England because it’s the only cheese you have is cheddar so you have rated by different levels of maturity to make it sound like it’s exciting that you only have cheddar um wow um that’s true
Wow anyway Vincent’s weaknesses he’s of course Very around like every 2700 player is I would say sometimes he’s too ambitious too much of a fighter doesn’t like draws sometimes he’s too mature in his approach like sometimes he has too much cheddar cheese before a game when he
Goes to England all he has is cheddar cheese it’s terrible I you have any real weaknesses of course I wouldn’t say on the air I’m routing for our boy in the last tournament but I think there was more coincidence than anything else in PR he played G5 in almost every game
With black and G4 in a couple games with white and sometimes you know this G pawn moves they weaken as king so maybe G5 is as big as weak chess trivia G5 is which famous grand Master’s favorite move Vincent kimman Keith arle yeah he’s a well well renowned greetings Keith if you’re watching
Hello greetings we all know you love G maim horrible player not play the computer move and Knight wow he didn’t play KN goodness maybe it’s good enough but2 and Knight E3 and all of a sudden it’s all to play for again wow this is Rook A2 he missed whoa that’s actually
Crazy this is this is really unexpected um yeah yeah this is King King F4 okay Rook takes A4 takes no he’s going to take on F5 yeah look before this is anybody’s game wow that that is that is very surprising the Knight on F6 Rook Rook A1
Rook G1 setup was just begging to be played it was scary cuz it lets the C Pawn off the hook off the leash off the hook as well off the hook yeah no off the leash off the leash prefer leash yeah off the hook means something you just rewrite
English no right but I know my English is better than yours no you just go ahead and rewrite these idioms I can’t explain letting it off the hook means you let it get away which right where if you were would have almost captured it but then you didn’t
But letting it off the leash means you let it run free which is what I meant no it’s good now you can go here so off to leash there but if you ever have any questions about your native language for your German Friend by all means and what’s going on here Vincent well
This is the sort of position that you get with black and then you realize oh yeah there’s no ma in construction here or even close and I’m just going to get crushed he’s worse now I really dislike this F4 business H do you have the power to drop
People from the team or are you yeah oh okay so like on this performance you could just say look buddy it’s over yeah he okay sounds reasonable Coro wouldn’t played F4 where dead well there there’s there’s that issue as well in fact he wouldn’t have played any
Move did you ever play coroy yeah yeah did you yeah how did you do draw oh yeah have you ever not drawn before no okay just just wanted to clarify that recently I started losing all my oh did you it’s even less fun oh no good what
Are you playing the Bundesliga yeah I keep losing what what are we at nowadays 26 be barely barely barely 26 hanging in there here’s some chess trivia who has got a 3,000 plus performance in a German Team Championship this year who are you Vincent KR MH faban kaana mvl or me
Probably you you wouldn’t bring it up otherwise maybe they do as well but I think I do Rook C2 now yeah Rook D2 yeah that would be we yeah I’m not a fan of what you’re not a fan of wood here oh what what sorry you’re not a fan of what
Vincent has done yeah me neither I think he could lose this position oops borderline lost he’s trying to stop Rook D7 cuz now he can take take here nasty that will be spotted so here’s a question mhm um nice one if Queen floats away we’ve got Rook
Takes H3 check right so let’s say queen C5 mhm and we just make a draw or what I don’t know we’re losing a rook but we get a couple of checks more than a couple of checks right yeah cuz because yeah but yeah so they Rook
H2 yeah so we have to calculate all of this looks like a draw to me okay but I queen F2 Queen H1 Queen G1 Queen F3 and then you put the King on E1 then I have another check uh or what do I do after King
E1 Rook F2 so Rook down but yeah we just take on e4 and play on it’s it’s very plaus that’s why he played Queen F1 cuz he was scared of all of this yeah Rook G5 it’s very hard to create a threat with just this very small army is
Yeah but white also doesn’t have a white still needs to break through like he needs to find the right moment to to do something over here wow yeah this is still all three results but I can’t see no black is never winning this black is never winning never
Never 0% 0% okay I’ll take that all right I still owe you about eight Diet Cokes from six years ago uh yeah oh there’s some repetition going on here I don’t think Richard is wanting to repeat person that’ be surprising i’ be really surprised he has a serious edge with the
Control of the only open file this king is fairly secure maybe he just thinks that there’s no real way because like after Rook d8 is he afraid of Rook E6 yet yeah could be but even Rook E6 does not create a threat right even if the Rook shows up
Here like Rook e six Rook D7 go R6 I take where to um that’s where I have to cook something up huh I don’t think there’s any any cooking to be done like this King yeah we’re just lacking a a piece to sacrifice here this is uh no yeah why should
Definitely play on meanwhile in the mvl game hold on holding whoa oh Daniel’s turned the tabl how did this happen what has he done B Pawn’s running no B2 and B2 no B2 not happening what yes time is still appar winning but what was wrong with B2 sorry King
D2 yeah take on F3 yeah I’m not saying white oh wow King C2 Bishop E6 now the bishop sits on F5 and B2 is really GG and you take the H3 and the H Pawn runs this is just aw controlling everything on this diagonal wow this is bad news I called
It did you yeah where was that in the opening I said Daniel’s got a great position uhuh no this is this is over this is really over yeah this is resign this is reable no tough break for maxim yeah this what did he do big moment KN of6
Was winning not trivially but winning well then wow position here was already mess and then it kept getting worse and A3 was a big blunder missing this R B3 move panicked a bit how did you miss Rook B3 by the way it’s the most obvious move you have to go Knight E3 here
Knight E3 Bishop E6 King E4 or something like that try and but then Rook B3 King D4 A4 can take on C4 it’s okay no thisal quickly yeah did he go H4 no he no not yet but it’s between H4 and resigning cuz if you
Give the H Pawn what can you ever hope for the bishop takes goes back to E6 then you push H5 no it’s just over massive catastrophe for M4 B2 you also resign no I think it’s resigns it really is resigns no this is just uh massive massive massive result for Daniel
Fredman um and a massive setback for MV when you look at a tournament and you look at the pairings there are some you say really got to like put maximum pressure on here White against Daniel fredman in this tournament that’s one where NBL has to take something away
From the game he’s not going to win this tournament if he doesn’t it’s not like he didn’t put pressure he played a sharp opening sacrific his horn and I’m sure everybody knows that Daniel is very very good rapid player he’s a rapid specialist actually so not to King
D4 yeah and he’s going to play Bishop F5 King C5 King D7 yeah he’s going to try King C5 King B6 but King B7 King C8 keeps everything under control yeah he’s just going the only way but good enough I guess you can make a queen here
Right and it’s good enough just go for this but then we still have to deal yeah cuz there’s a king C7 here yeah if you go Bishop E4 King C7 run whoa I should show this there this trick that’s the last that’s the last trick that’s actually
The last trick yeah no Daniel is just way he’s been it’s just never in a million years he’s going to let that happen yeah King B6 and now A4 just to can you go A4 yeah sure yeah I think yeah he’s just yeah King now now you’re Queen can
Queen yeah and the bishop just controls all the pawns this is just yeah typically has S one day actually resigning would have been premature he’s still at the this trick so Kudos Tov for finding it but yeah this position Bishop C2 he played this is gorgeous this is gorgeous oh this is
Pawn and he wants to go B6 check first yeah this is just so good yeah I mean it’s like a it’s like a total like even after King B4 you can even go H5 or something just improve if you want yeah you can do whatever you
Like but it will come down to the same at some point you got a queen you will lose probably the A4 Pawn King B4 B6 maybe he wants to him yeah King B4 B6 is just not even H5 King E6 that’s it yeah that’s it and MV resigns big victory for Daniel
Fedman huge see a little smile fair play to Daniel I think he you know gave himself every chance yeah mvl did have a winning position at some point but I think I think uh he deserves it massive loss for for NBL yeah can’t be thrilled but that’s the brutal top level chess
Circuit you have to be ready to play in in 15 minutes continues that’s another game what time is the next round exactly I don’t know 15 minutes after this one ends okay so I guess it’s oh wow he took on G6 whoa why would he take that what
An why not Queen D2 and just carry on and Force black to make a move leave The Outpost wow this is a he wants to go Queen D7 but he wants to go Queen D7 this feels perpetually know like Queen G3 no Queen G3 King F1
Yeah no I think think what he’s going to do Vincent here is he wants to capture the defile so he’s going to play no I think he’s going to ah no yeah and now H2 and on time than Queen F5 no now I think he wants to go Queen H4 yeah Queen
G3 King F1 played played Queen H2 that’s what I was wondering Queen F5 King h8 what is this and if why Queen H1 King F2 king queen C1 and it’s always a Perpetual with these Kings well he has to take E5 right it’s just it’s going to be draw
Well Queen D4 why is it a draw uh King G1 okay okay but I play on now I’ve got the pass ewn I mean I always play on no I I absolutely would not have played like this no here I am uh you’re right H2 E5
Winning I’m not sure but yeah what is better and yeah Queen C1 play no Queen D4 is just Queen D4 plate no this is by no means I think Vincent can still lose this position yep so what should he do should keep giving checks and then go here oh and he just
Get and he’s just yeah white is not on the right circuit to uh yeah white can King H1 Queen G1 but then he’s stuck so if E5 Queen G B3 it’s hard to make progress and yeah he’s played it he’s good no of course what’s the time situation one
Minute left for Rickard and now this is yeah you can’t go E5 well if you can’t go E5 you don’t actually have a move here this is a problem no like there’s no Perpetual but you don’t need one yeah no if we hang B before I’m
Maybe that’s what we do though we hang B4 and after Queen takes B4 we play a move like Queen F2 we can no but Queen C1 sorry just no Queen C1 is much better of R the moov no this is this is Queen takes F4 massive game don’t even know who’s better
Yeah but can we can we have some ground rules if we if we hang before then we can’t hang after it’s one of the two queen d8 check queen d8 king H7 Queen D3 is this aw I wants King G1 and then no I don’t think maybe it’s just a draw for maybe
Said enough I think they usually repeat once get some extra time on the clock then proceed he does go to queen1 Queen B4 it’s it’s unclear you could actually wor well so like it’s it’s a decision I actually think he’s going to bail here with a little time on the clock King H2
Plate Vincent should repeat again and they’re done yeah draw wow rich is saying wow I had nothing and then you almost messed it up but I guess draw fair and we have three results in this round Daniel fredman the surprise winner with the black pieces against Maxim Vash gra so that means
Daniel’s back to 50% and Maxim is a minus one R rort we just saw tough fight drawn against Vincent kimer and the clash of the world champions Magnus Carson put pressure on ding but ding defended nicely and it did end peacefully we have 15 minutes then round number
Four you just saw the parents there on screen we’ll start and lawence we should take a breather so we can be as fresh passionate entertaining as we were for this one as humble in the next one as well I think we did a pretty good job yeah we’ll be back for the next
Round see you then don’t go anywhere the goal is get you to a comfortable spot in those first 10 opening moves and just have you hit in that gas That’s all folks thanks so much for checking out my E4 course here on chessable I do hope you [Applause] enjoy [Applause]
I got introduced to chess because uh my family is you know obviously both my mom and dad’s side is from uh former Soviet Union uh and it’s kind of part of the culture there so I was playing with my grandfather when I was about five and I I I think
What attracted me when I was younger is I just got the game I got the game probably on the level how most most modern day Grandmasters got the game I could see something once and I could just go demolish adults kids uh and and for most talented players that’s how it
Is for a long time they just obsess over the game I hate to compare it to Art but in many ways it is I find it fascinating every day I can teach myself something played it for 20 years and there’s still so much I don’t know I can play Blitz
Games and I can make Masterpiece or chaos with white with black what a time to be alive you know because I still have insecure chess teachers from 2019 when I was just going to private lessons and nobody knew who I was and I still remember those days and like I very
Easily just think about them and I I’m not I’m completely the same guy I just happen to do it on camera now last World Championship I was looking at five streams at the same time like getting all the information trying to understand the position more uh like
I keeping in mind what I’m going to say in the recap a couple hours later who who said what that’s the stuff that that I really get excited by just knowing that it was it was a good recording it was funny it was I presented everything
I want to present uh that stuff I guess is like a cycle that that gets me more energy I really enjoy making a high quality piece of content it is very natural for me uh to do the presenting like I’m not fake at all I think that’s
One of the reasons I can I can stream and stay sane but like sometimes even I’m exhausted and after I record a video I have more energy which doesn’t make Sense I feel good I about the current career I I don’t spend a huge amount of time being uh introspective about the current career I I’m just working as hard as possible with me it’s just me and the camera which which is even I don’t know
I would even argue it’s more weird that it’s just me in a room from 2020 until now I’m still just some dude who likes to talk about Chess and I just so happen to do it in a uh in an exciting way for a lot of people and obviously okay my
Confidence has grown in presenting and knowing that what I put out will get watched which is you don’t have that guarantee when you start it’s very nice and it’s not something I I take uh lightly but at the end of the day if you really break it down I’m just the dude
Who talks about Chess ladies and gentlemen welcome back to another video I’ve taken an approach in this course where I will happily enter the main lines of certain openings for the first 5 or 10 moves before deviating into something that’s aggressive interesting uh and will defitely one Pawn five suspects bring your deductive
Skills to the chessboard this March and help solve the mystery was it the movie star Tina Tempo the ays beatric bishop the green ponds coach Remy Rook tournament organizer metam mate perhaps or the Arbiter Professor pant play them all gather the clues and find out who done it on chess.com All right now for this next problem stockfish cannot solve it no matter how long you leave it for and I also should say there’s it’s not technically a forc mating line there is a way that black can get out but the resulting position is still winning let’s look at the most
Forcing line to start Knight F6 check the king does not want to go up here because this would Queen with check so it goes towards the Knight King G7 we check it again again black king is attacking this Knight but it’s protected by the bishop but we can sacrifice the
Knight here with Bishop C2 check King takes and now the engine is starting to catch up with where we’re at now we’re free to promote to a queen but wait wouldn’t promoting to a queen lead to this Knight Fork on F7 and we’d lose our
Queen yes but that is all part of the plan I should say that at this point the engine can figure out that this night Fork is actually the only way to lose there’s only way to lose right away black can play a number of other moves but this position is technically winning
For white we up a queen and a piece against three pieces these pawns we can take care of so let’s look at the far more interesting Knight Fork Knight F7 and we we’re not even going to try to protect this queen we’re going to go
King E6 let them take it with check and then the King goes to F5 and now you’ll notice we’re barricading in this King this black king cannot go anywhere all of the squares are cut off so what we’re trying to do at this point is threaten
Any check and that would be made so we are threatening Bishop D1 Checkmate what can black do they can stop it with E2 well we’ve got ideas we can go Bishop E4 threaten Checkmate over there and the only way they can stop this is by promoting to a knight covering the
Square well our our game is not over yet Bishop D5 and now we’re threatening Bishop C4 and Checkmate here on D2 well black can temporarily stop this promote to a knight again covering the square hang on we’ve got still ideas Bishop B5 threatening Checkmate over here well
Block can give up a knight for nothing delay the inevitable Knight C7 protecting the square that’s fine for us we’ll just find another way to do it Bishop A4 threatening this Square Checkmate once again now this time there is nothing black can do to stop this Unstoppable action C4 Bishop D1 and all
You can do is get some kn it’s in the way to block but eventually we find Checkmate students did you know that you can get a discount on any chess.com premium membership if you’re enrolled in a college University or High School in a participating country you can get 50% off any yearly or monthly Premium plan diamond platinum or gold that’s unlimited game review unlimited puzzles
Unlimited Bots unlimited lessons and no ads all at 50% off go to chess.com students and get your discount today I’m here with Magnus Carlson world number one and to many greatest chess player of all time we’re going to ask him a few questions I’m going to name a
Sport you have to tell me the greatest of all time mhm sounds good yeah basketball LeBron James soccer Messi I agree with both baseball Barry Bonds what did he say Okay football like American football Tom Brady I guess okay yeah good one uh tennis jovic golf tiger Fair poker D
Brunson that’s a unique one chess gar Kasparov are you allowed to say yourself I don’t know if I’m allowed but I think Gary is the best all time stuff chess boxing I’m on Hamilton I agree we’re going to play this or that would you rather go on a cruise or a road trip
Road trip comedy or thriller comedy coffee or tea tea but only slightly preferably neither how do you get energized the Sun cats or dogs cats but I like dogs too it’s like a this or that is a little bit tough with you you like everything
Shower or bath oh shower for sure okay I don’t have the patience to take baths are you a morning person or a night owl Night Owl for sure would you rather get on a phone call or text message text probably I feel like the answer for you
Is neither feel like it’s just usually yes just go sunrise or sunset sunrise winter or summer summer how many beers would it take for you to drink for me to beat you in a classical chess game that’s a very difficult question uh cuz I’d probably sober up during the game so
I’d probably have to keep drinking probably start with 20 and take it from there 20 okay how what’s the size of the cup um pints wow okay 20 name your price if you have to chess box um $10 million do you prefer to play chess on a
Computer over the board or on your phone I rare play on my phone I I would say I prefer to play on the computer in your entire career have you ever had a day where you went I think this guy might be as good as me in chess
No uh well I mean not not not you know since not the last 10 years for sure okay has it ever been this guy might be kind of close to me if I have a bad day yeah uh I would would say Fabia to his best was um very
Close in In classical for sure my other question was going to be who do you think is the second best chess player in the world so I suppose yeah I think Fabian corana is the is the second second best player thank you Magnus for sitting down with us and doing these
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Round number three against Dian fredman rort he’s still the sole leader with two out of three I don’t do math yeah he’s still in the lead uh just I believe because that fredman Victory uh was well obviously a turn up for the books uh we’re not we’re not gambling men
Anymore Yan but uh if you had to price a fredman victory with black against NBL you’re probably looking at or 8 to one uh something that’s the expected expected result uh so it’s a massive massive uh shock um statistically speaking we can see that the good news for maxim is now he
Gets a break he gets black against mag and we got another in invited guest and Pawn in the uh Pawn to D4 that looks like to E4 to me wow he can go he can go left he can go right through the center Triple Threat that Magnus C what do you think their
Lifetime score is Carlson mvl in all formats didn’t look it up but it’s probably pretty good for Magnus he has a pretty dominating score against most of the top players yes I would assume that that’s the case I do recall Maxim beat him once on the sinkfield cup but
Overall I’m sure Magnus is said gets of the jacket and the Sicilian yeah mvl one of the last n aiad out there when the rest of the top players they’ve all Become Berlin guys I like how Berlin Petro I like how you switched to Spanish there
AOS yeah we can say afficionados but I like how you put the the strong Spanish yeah well done thank you nice let’s see if we get a idol m or are we going to get a bishop B5 check or we going to get some Bishop C4 or what what
What are we going to get are we going to get Queen takes D4 so many options curious what Magnus has got cooking probably hasn’t spent a lot of time preparing for this Knight C3 love it he might he might mix it what do you love about it great move now he’s now
He’s going to go E5 I know what he’s going to do is he yeah is he actually going to go E5 no what I bet you didn’t expect that one told you I knew he was no you didn’t and Bishop to PL and the point
Is if black plays E5 then you put the bishop on C4 with a delay but if black plays A6 indicating he wants to play the Knight off then white is probably not going to play Pawn to D4 but either going to play Pawn to A4 asking black
Again what do you want to do you want to go E5 then I’ll go Bishop C4 we play this boring structure or do you want to put your knight on C6 then I’ll play D4 and you won’t be playing your typical position because you committed your knight here so it’s a
Somewhat um small sideline that Magnus is choosing showing that so yeah he doesn’t want a theoretical debate just to be absolutely clear you’ve actually looked at this position before yeah of course I spent lot of my free time studying should be to really yeah what’s the difference one Dr is Knight C6 now
When the best move is Pawn to D4 yeah takes takes and we play a classical where the bishop E2 is not great so black can play Pawn to E5 now but Mangus could also after Knight C6 you know keep the tension go go short castles and once
Again invite Maxim to play Pawn to E5 when he wants to do his Bishop C4 business then black could play G6 and switch to good version of the dragon and yeah Pawn to E5 on the board Bishop C4 Bishop E7 white is losing a Tempo compared
To um more standard lines like Knight C6 Knight C3 and pawn to E5 here where the bishop goes to C4 one go I guess his argument is in such a close structure the loss of tempo it’s not fatal what’s a Tempo between friends is there another way to wait
There just as I’m getting the creative juices FL can you go H3 instead of Bishop B2 is that is that a move no because why I don’t know why is A3 notm well no because after A6 you want to go A4 mhm but H3 similar similar concept no I don’t
Know if I go A6 A4 yeah yeah and again if you go E5 I go Bishop C4 and one go and I can claim that H3 is more useful than the double bishop move and if you Knight C6 lines might not be still maybe you can pitch
It to Magnus for his next game okay I will in the break I’m going to do precisely that can I also copyright it delighted can I copyright it yes every chest move can be copyright I think they can all right we’ve got this position here which is kind of fine for black um
Only white has to move here normally white gets to play Knight D2 now it’s black to move yeah the the way way players have tended to deal with this is well there have been a few ways um I’m curious how MBL wants to deal with it though MH maybe
Castle not sure maybe you’ll go Knight C6 first just in case Knight A5 is a threat yeah and now do you have to take a timeout here as Magnus probably do yeah no it’s not thrat all no okay you don’t think he’s okay magnos he usually likes to play
Bishop G5 do get rid of this guy and plug a knight in here but after Bishop G5 I would guess Maxim will try to offer the exchange of Bishops also standard maneuver yeah it’s not much it’s kind of just trying to get a random position that is non- theoretical where you can
Play but it’s definitely not much for white he does go Bishop G5 who knew now black face a decision like7 even castling is just fine yeah takes takes Knight D5 is just so what it’s not winning or anything but typically he likes this type of position and against Maxim maybe he’s saying
Maxim likes you know the board on fire let’s play a more close okay let’s see it’s interesting meanwhile we’ve got a a sicilian I haven’t seen since Gary Lane played it in the T open in 1989 yeah Rapport going his own way fredman successful in in Mainline French
Last game so raer is saying not today or not again today plays 2 D3 and D plays C5 not going D5 transposing to cilian we get some hybrid close Sicilian but a little different cuz why is not committed to Knight to C3 yet so a slightly better version for white of
Whatever these positions are I think this is called the big clamp if you put the pawn on C3 rather than the night on C3 I think it’s called the big clamp new English weekend circuit players call your random anti-sicilians whatever you want to call them to be honest though I’m not in love
With it for why and you don’t like the big clamp not a big fan of the big clamp no I think uh Daniel can be very happy that he’s going to get chances um yeah it’s just a close Sicilian with and it’s not played that much nowadays
For various reasons but uh I’d be curious to see how Richard wants to do it if he wants to go really old school English weekend get castle C3 Queen E1 G4 Queen H4 could do it cuz it’s just a reverse Dutch um effectively let’s see
If he goes let’s see if he goes C3 and then Queen E1 yeah he goes C3 for sure and then ask black what he does probably black doesn’t want to play D5 cuz then after E5 it’s slightly no I don’t think you slly awkward with this B you you
Never tend to go E5 here N I think you want to go E5 let’s agree to disagree three yeah that’s fine but I’m still right that’s why Freedman goes D6 okay not allowing this D5 E5 business and now yeah you have choice you can make any move in the world A4 Queen
E1 Knight A3 Whatever Gets your juices flowing white is a broad broad Choice he goes and he goes A4 trying to stop B5 B6 play put the Knight on A3 now 100% 100% yeah I would I would say it’s close to 100% wow there you go
100% that’s why they call me the big clamp the big clamp no of course not when you you play A4 to play Knight A3 and if the guy goes Bishop A6 you can put the Knight on B5 that’s why Daniel’s gone Rook B8 now the
Next move is not so clear I’m going to go for King H1 interesting and I’m nowhere near my 100% not 100% no I’m going to say an option no he’s going to go King H1 37.5% interesting yeah of is going to play Bishop E3 he’s
Going to play Bishop E3 29% of the time any other moves G4 is a bit premature G4 is too premature he’s not going to do it it’s Bishop E3 or King H1 and that’s about it exclusively that’s it yeah B he goes for the he goes for the 29% which
Is so if it’s bishop3 of King H1 why was one 37 and the other 29 there was all the other little like the The Queeny ons and the h3s and they all composed the the rest of the moves yeah I’ve got it all it’s all in it’s all it’s all in the
Database okay y so E3 play yeah and now Daniel’s going to try and complete development he probably put the bishop on B he might have a little think if he wants to go for A6 B5 or if he just wants to play random moves like Bishop B7 Queen
D7 not clear to me but maybe A6 you get hit by D4 I wasn’t sure he’s going to play Bishop B7 here Daniel’s Daniel’s a professional he wants to connect things and then he he yeah because then he falls a little bit loose right after Bishop B7 D4 I can maybe even think
About taking it’s still possible and then maybe I’ve even got F5 ideas I mean I’m not sure yeah I’ve got some ideas or Knight B4 Knight A5 it’s a little bit loose D5 is not ridiculous here yeah it’s pretty ridiculous this structure it’s probably the do not want well even but okay how
Bad is F5 here I’m curious probably also pretty bad Knight B4 was good yeah Knight G5 Queen d h D5 is really crushing yeah this is this is very bad yeah okay yeah I can get behind this being but yeah we has to Play Bishop B7 first which I think he will play
Um and I I don’t think he’s going to go D4 actually there I no the thing with Bishop B7 is it doesn’t match well with Brook B8 since they already went Rook B8 he put the Bish on a66 don’t like it the Knight comes to now Knight B5 can block
Here maybe Dan he wants Bishop B7 then kick it with A6 I actually like it I like it I really like it after Knight B5 Bishop B7 you’re like a Candle in the Wind Elton John yeah you’re like Elton John I am like El joh in some ways in
Many ways we both like a fry up we’re both from England and we’re both got no hair yeah that’s exactly what we’re thinking that’s what you were thinking yeah and we we both like certain areas of the park like the park park yeah Park life that’s that’s blur that’s blur yeah
You’re a bit like Dam alurn I am actually I listened to a bit of Park life the other day in the park ironically it’s fascinating Stu it was yeah okay Bishop A6 very briefly Ed ding versus kimer this is this is another Vincent kimer special he likes his nimos
And then playing Pawn to D6 he feels very strongly about it and you know he insists on his weird openings well looks like he’s still in book He’s blitzing out all the moves on to E5 nonstandard play from kimer normally after Knight F3 people Castle or play C5 or
D5 but Vincent he’s a fan of this D6 setup mhm I don’t know why Queen to C2 Bishop D2 typical stuff by ding he wants to recapture here with the bishop leave the queen to cover the E4 Square Pawn to B6 and pawn to E4 Pawn to C5 yeah this is
Probably still known to kimer and ding already took 10 minutes so he has to find his way here through this Vincent homework you know Vincent in Germany he’s known for building lots of opening trees yeah I know he I was going to get him a shovel for his birthday but
Um I don’t know how that would go maybe it misinterpret it how would he misinterpret it like he was digging his own grave ah got it got it no no he he plants more trees than a gardener for sure no he’s he was on the German program I saw it yeah talking
About the trees did you see me on the program many many years ago the same one right no I was on the show where he was I was dropping knowledge about vinc oh yeah no that’s right I did see you but you were on was it zdf years and years
And years ago do you remember I don’t remember there was a show like maybe 10 15 years ago you were on the TV you were interviewed by a lady there and you know you were talking about Chess you might as well have been talking about titly Winks what’s Tiddly wings that game
Where you you kind of flick the little disc and you have to kind of put it in in a cup anyway okay you were very good I have to say thank you thank you yeah no you it was you were much younger more hair the curly big hair do
You remember that uh more like more optimistic about life and the world yeah just Faking It the cameras okay Magnus after Bishop G5 Knight D7 was played offering The Exchange of Bishops cson takes now Knight D5 Queen d8 logically enough he goes H4 mm so aggressive Pawn to H6 Maxim does not
Want any Knight G5 business yeah I was going to say after castles you go Knight G5 immediately right just immediately pre moove pre moove Knight G5 doesn’t work but I H6 and you go Queen H5 and you just carry on yeah and A6 Queen G6 that’s beautiful that yeah yeah
Yeah oh baby you should have allowed this cuz it’s pretty this is so pretty checkm by the way I’ve still got the eye I might be out the game but I can still see it very impressive happy with that no no okay I was quite happy with that
One I know it’s beautiful it is beautiful very nice Queen G6 put that on the board again for the for the folks at home that’s that’s atic so Knight G5 the point is after H6 you go Queen H5 and it nons Bo we should mention KN F6 and
Black is much better but apart from that so the folks at home don’t get tempted yeah like this this is just Queen G this is beautiful threatning Checkmate and the double check is and even if you if you’re a genius and you try to bail out you’re still in
Trouble yeah because now oh we take the Rook yeah I actually didn’t even see that but yeah you you just have to be tempted by Queen G6 you should you should go here to rub it in we don’t even need the double check oh my goodness that’s too much that’s actually too
Much Rook F7 and Knight G6 mate is just way too much that’s that’s way too much okay we we’re having fun we’re having fun we’re having fun and instead after H4 H6 was played Pawn to C3 Knight F6 and Knight D2 back to shuffling but it looks to me
Like black is perfectly fine actually I’m not so sure about this H4 move to be honest no 97 whatever Bishop go somewhere now we Castle then Bishop E6 or D5 one day looks like black is doing great great for black yeah and that’s the problem with this opening you try
And avoid nid off by playing you know losing a Tempo But ultimately it’s a full Tempo on a on a well-known line where black is already doing okay so this is just not really much of a an attempt I’m just looking forward to pitching my H3 I will yeah
Meanwhile uh so that’s that’s looking good for NBL uh back to raport quickly very very quickly so we’ve had a few moves he didn’t actually play Knight B5 he played Bishop F2 Queen D7 Rook E1 pring D4 ah okay he wants PR D4 Rook B d8 and D4 I
Guess Yep looks logical also delayed but but takes takes Knight B4 it’s a little bit loose for white might B4 yeah you’re threatening to jump to D3 yeah I got it yeah I don’t love it to play some clumsy move yeah it’s way too clumsy
Rook e 3 and then you get hit by this F5 at some point and then the D5 score and then you can just lose actually this is a disaster so I actually this is better disaster F5 what is better oh my God I would take black all day here M
But you have some random Queen B3 and you just calculated you just calculated everything okay fe4 you just calculated and everything’s just Rook takes E4 and you’re not worried about a knight landing on D5 like any human in the world would just be horrible play no
I no I understand E6 is weak but I things have to be calculated as well right anyway okay fored Knight C2 was also typical typical move like Gary Lane would play Knight C2 Gary Lane would play no Gary Lane would play King H1 yeah Gary Lane would have the one he
Will hit for the queen so Knight C2 is there any other clever move here Queen D2 stops light B4 clever Queen D2 Knight A5 true I don’t like Queen D2 Queen C2 Queen C2 I like more no first queen D2 after A5 Queen C2 are you just want to
Protect the pawn uhuh okay stop the fork Big Choice here for rort he’s studying the situation probably thinking about D4 takes takes KN B4 Rook e 3 yeah I don’t think he’s going to go for it personally you can’t play G4 either because you get hit by G4 F5 you want it
Usually maybe H4 you know these Mar kits in their H pawns oh he does go D4 surprised big surprise I am surprised okay this isn’t now well no this is just getting critical now and Daniel uh I think Daniel plays these positions really well well I think never seen him
Play a position like that at all no I mean in general you know I just don’t think you know if you’re going to play Daniel I think you’re giving him everything he wants um he’s really good at finding squares and oh it’s a bit like Finding Nemo but
Finding squares okay he’s just he’s just really good at these kinds of positions I think Daniel is yeah so his strength is finding squares yes his weakness is not finding squares not finding he takes yeah maybe he found the D3 Square yeah I think he found a D3
Square R put good bail out with Knight takes D4 which is not uncommon in these positions either it wouldn’t surprise me if he plays Knight takes D4 it would not surprise me one bit but then it’s kind of like Black’s position makes sense yeah it doesn’t
Look too scary no meanwhile ding has put his Knight on F5 whoa that’s a ding good at finding squares or it’s not his specialty I think he’s just yeah of course he’s good at finding squ I think to be in order to be a top player you have to be able to find
Squares so they’re all good at finding squares they’re all pretty good at finding squares but some are better than others at finding squares yeah takes takes D5 is let’s go kind of serious it’s this typical thing where you give up the two Bishops but then you open the position quickly
Because normally White had to pay a price to get these two Bishops in the form of lagging behind in development so this old wisdom or never really was wisdom that you should keep the position close against the two Bishops is usually inaccurate because if you wait here
White is going to be better which two castles per on D1 so you have to make something happen before white is fully devop Vincent weighing his options here but takes on D5 looks very pral but if he doesn’t do that let’s say he just decides to get some pieces out which is
Also reasonable problem is Rook D1 is coming so you you kind of have to take on D5 on F5 at some point right probably yeah wow that could get super Shar actually they’re all getting a bit Shar which is good for us and rapor when C
Takes D4 yeah yeah yeah I think Daniel will be over the moon yeah finding all these squares he’s now on a pure Square finding Mission I think I’ll talk to Peter about this tonight ler sounds great yeah sure you can’t wait to he’s watching hi Peter
About what squares to find hi Peter I don’t think he’s watching I think he’s what do you think he’s doing he’s in bed drinking drinking tea cam mile tea yeah watching not watching anything no Peter loves to watch football hooligan movies yeah but not his favorite genre who’s
Isn’t I like it the firm Gary Oldman really recommend it probably the best The Firm yeah yeah it’s an old British it’s an old BBC film you got to watch it the firm Gary Oldman to Cru no no no the firm Gary Oldman everybody here you like your your your British um hooligan
Football hooligan movies that’s one Peter Leo is currently going to be watching if he’s not sounds night before he found the square no no he’s on the Square finding Mission he hasn’t found found well he’s found it he’s looking for this one okay then he’s on the landing Mission so
Rookie three covers it or Knight B5 if Knight B5 is too clumsy yeah Knight B5 is his idea yeah I like Rook e 3 there’s no way he’s playing Rook e 3 what’s the percentages it’s like Knight B5 100% no Knight B5 is like 75% Rook e 3 is 25%
Approximately what’s special F1 0% um yes yes yes meanwhile d has castled queenside which is actually very exciting but Vincent hasn’t played D5 come on V Rook C8 no this is let’s just talk about it off screen we’re waiting for the 75 KN B5 75% yeah I know
Richie yeah no bigger Richie expert than you are you a big Richie expert no oh okay Richie is like the player I wish I could have been uh-huh Cuz for years and years he played utter garbage and then he got serious and then he just became a super genius I
Mean he was always a Super Genius but super reliable top 10 grand master so Magnus did some funky stuff here Knight to F1 and mvl goes king h8 that’s provocative very provocative CU it’s begging for G4 G5 going with the King to the H5 before white has Castle White play H4
Knight E3 Queen G6 more provocation not sure what Maxim’s doing there he could have played knight7 Bishop E6 some boring stuff but he’s asking for it maybe he’s in the mood for action after this last game but ask and you shall be given G4 Knight d8 headed for F4 Queen F3
Looks very scary all of a sudden these pawns the Knight can jump here yeah he wants to put a knight on F4 A6 ah here maybe you can take cuz the F Rook is unguarded but it’s probably not much after takes Bishop takes E6 right but it’s a little bit
Unpleasant because after Bishop takes F5 you can always take the E Pawn never take maybe it’s fine for black but It’s Tricky if you can get in a timely D5 it’s it’s probably good for black so here it goes for Knight E6 there are different options of course
Knight D5 to cover the F4 square if I go G5 you just go H5 is there yeah it’s it’s not it’s not straightforward maybe you could fish for some squares here but then your pieces are also a bit tight up all of a sudden yeah Bishop E1 is a very strong stopping
A5 yeah he can’t do that actually hm this is a this one I I I’m I’m really unclear about so you think it’s Rook A8 10% and then 90% unknown yeah Rook A8 Rook C7 a 10% each and then maybe there’s five or six other moves
Like yeah this is a nice move yeah if takes takes and if not you’re threatening to take here I mean there’s something so awful about it but at the same time tly yeah don’t know what were the odds no that was a 10% as well there about Queen takes no
White will take on A7 yeah no white is a bit better I think he wants to go KN ec6 here that’s what he wants now maybe raport finds the A3 Square yeah I think he will definitely find that square and now yeah the Queens love this don’t love it okay no that’s
Okay yeah a tough position though can’t can’t be too critical I would say why not um well you can be critical of course just not too critical yeah it’s really that’s for you here yeah I’m going to need some of this stuff had a long day I have had a long
Day and I’m going to need some additional drugs to uh to keep me going this is not advertising by the way oh interesting um in this game Knight played D5 looked like D5 was begging to be played he went Knight C6 which is natural but now at
Least ding got his King to the queen side and D5 is a little tougher to do with his Rook already on the defile so Rook C8 is logical and dingoes Queen D3 not worried about development he’s just saying give me that P not sure actually
Wants it I think he mainly wants to get out of the C file why does he want it takes 94 ah thank you oh sure so then he wants so but so basically if ding is given four moves in a row he’s going to go King
B1 you don’t think he wants to go F3 no no should we develop a b and then G4 G5 yeah this this can actually like if you don’t organize D5 quickly here as Vincent if G4 lands on the board it’s over actually strategically right I know guess it
Depends but it’s certainly dangerous for Vincent yeah this is he has to act quickly now this is uh this is definitely dangerous just go D5 who cares here wow live a little King B1 yeah I haven’t found all the squares here yet so you got to find the you know
How important it is to find the squares right yeah so sorry you just want to take on F5 with check yeah yeah and this is probably obviously fine for black Bishop D3 so sure so Bishop I guess is a little better but not that much yeah this looks logical
Enough wow you might go D5 here yeah I agree I like it it’s very concrete it’s very concrete it’s not the time Fort CA no um mvl Carlson we’ve had Bishop D7 so a bit of waiting um but saying if you Castle are be ready to
Go B5 but so what Bishop D5 yeah it’s I’m winning what you saying I mean I would Castle here every day of the week and twice on Sundays I don’t think magna’s got a castle castling is a 22% move is other moves are A4 Queen G3 Knight
F5 but I actually think he is going to Castle I think he’s going to say you know what MV I’m not afraid of I’m not afraid of B5 he might play King D2 but maybe that’s a bit too sophisticated 0% 0% yeah he’s not playing King D2 okay if he plays King D2
Will you walk out and never come back gladly okay gladly okay gladly he says like retire from chess leave the Chess World retired a long time i’ please play King D2 one time Rook takes A7 played by rer I’m not sure why it took so long for that one probably calculating
Knight D3 because Rook C1 is a threat o o squares yeah he’s this is this is only about squares and he does it just slides it in there now this is actually quite interesting because you can’t actually uh like if you go Rook C2 which is a natural reaction does that just
Lose I don’t know feels like it loses looks terrible yeah Queen B3 yeah it felt that’s it that’s the end of the game wow so you have to go Bishop F1 here yeah it doesn’t lose okay but sure one looks nice yeah but uh you can take take Queen E8
Protect the Knight and then you’ve got the dark Square Bishop that is true Rook C1 Queen D2 yeah all tied up but he’s going to let see yeah play B one yeah yeah I guess white is a little better but not by that much takes takes
The queen has to go all the way back not the pr of moves but good to do the Knight can jump no but I think you take black here the the the dark Square Bishop is just so massive massive here why what’s it doing well it’s going to come alive
Oh that’s a good question actually we don’t have a good lever here am I just maybe I just don’t know what I’m talking about but taking me you anyway it’s taking me 30 years to realize I’ve got no idea what I’m talking about yeah it’s just dawned on me why am I
Here lack of options at short notice that’s actually the truth oh boy G5 didn’t playing D2 that’s it’s big relief G5 still slightly surprising to me cuz I thought he wants to keep keep this tension on the king side and Reserve both both options I think he wants to go H5 Knight
F5 that’s possible but ah so 9 we just don’t care about Knight takes D6 I don’t know Knight F4 and we just sacrifice so Knight B7 Queen B6 loses a knight G4 is there and if Knight F yeah this is too dangerous yeah yeah and if Knight F5
After Knight F4 how what am I am I we just you okay take take yeah but I would take white here Castle long Bishop D5 next Bishop comes to E4 okay but the Knight actually can’t be moved from F4 this is quite a big problem I’ve totally misunderstood this
Position probably fine for black yeah I don’t think he wants to do that then so what does he want to do after H5 cuz you have to go H5 I well this feels very likely maybe you don’t have to go H5 I know what he wants seems taking his time
Here what’s he thinking about is he really thinking about allowing gh6 looks so risky yeah H5 looks so normal we still got loads of time isn’t he’s got 30 minutes on the on the clock meanwhile we’ve had a bunch of trades in ding what happened here he took the pawn
He he ignored my my 94 warning wow then play Queen C7 and Dink took allowing Knight E4 a bit surprised D7 is he happy here so Knight F2 Rook G1 yeah Knight F2 I’m also a bit curious if Knight C3 is an option but Knight F2 Rook G1 some comes here
Takes takes he but black has to be doing fine here Knight D4 or something this is just the pieces are just so well coordinated like how can how can black ever be worse yeah I don’t think he is um bit surprised Dingle out this whole business maybe didn’t
Like his position I thought it was time to bail out but yeah what can I say I’m surprised could have played G4 like we do on the weekends was probably better move whoa Rook C1 played by Daniel Freedman a mistake as we’ve learned earlier cuz you’re to Tangled that of qu to
So now the point is that take we take if you go Rook C8 then we can take no the E7 Knight’s hanging yeah hold on Queen D2 and if you move the let’s say you move I don’t know um what can you move can move this guy a
Three oh your pieces are hanging now W that I’m actually surprised spotted the square but now E1 whoa B actually bunch of different ways and yeah with these black pieces falling all over each other it’s not too surprising this is not working this could be bad news for
Daniel he found the squares but he didn’t yeah he he found them but then he claimed them too quickly yeah he invaded too quickly and sometimes you’ve got to dance around the squares chess is like a dance ritual your pieces dance around certain areas sometimes you got to put your foot
In and sometimes not and unfortunately Daniel has put his foot in it too early yeah that was are instructive thank you for for sharing Jonathan roussin’s watching this will be in the the next chapter of the seven deadly sins of so you’re saying chess is like a dance sometimes you got
To put your foot in and sometimes you don’t correct so Queen D2 forced yeah this is just instantly play if he were to go here then oh he’s banking on Queen H5 counter Queen H5 and all of a sudden it all makes sense again but is not going to allow that no he’s
Not well after Queen D2 Queen H5 doesn’t work because the Knight on D3 is still on P Queen A4 would be a gift from the gods where’s raport is he even there he’s walking around he’s walking around a rapid game sit at the board plenty of
Time it doesn’t have that much time 23 minutes what’s he doing it’s plenty of time yeah and mvl indeed did not play H5 yeah this is this can get out of control pretty quickly so after Queen takes cuz then Knight F5 takes now Knight F5 oh my goodness and there’s a check on
Queen F4 Queen H5 Knight E7 is instructive that would be Checkmate here yeah that’s that would be unfortunate yeah that probably won’t happen but I don’t know if he really wants to gh6 looks so ugly yeah it seems Seems like he has to magos is smiling to himself yeah should
Be I think he understands that y GH played now now either castles or King D2 to put Rook on G1 is really is King D2 still a 0% move no I would makes some sense what what would you estimate at it hard to say but 20% could be yeah
Looks like the most natural move in the in the position to me I don’t know why isn’t castles more natural um future checks the king is has the shadow Knight check from the Knight on F4 as Caron Miller would say whereas on C1 it’s there is still some
Checks when the Knight lands on F4 and you still want to go Rook G1 anyway so there’s no additional benefits having the King on C1 fair enough to think about the shadow Knight checks Shadow Knight check are a big thing yeah Knight D5 Knight D5 played hate it why just
Feel like if black can play F5 in one go and if if it works then he relying on some yeah 97 some which I completely missed by the way obviously and I would just but okay I and if I take oh that’s counter play yeah but it feels like something Maxim could do
Activate 100% he’s sleepy pieces 100% he’s he’s looking at he’s he’s yeah doesn’t even need very long yeah he just it’s just okay he gives Magnus a look yeah yeah now this was a this was this was a this was poor by Magnus this was poor this was done way
Knight D5 was played way too quickly King D2 keeps some squares was the way now U Maxim is in his element this is now I think actually uh all three results back on the back on the table uh yeah surprising computer says now to Castle Queen sight but would be weird to
Allow F5 and then to do it so I guess he was banking on 97 but maybe he underestimated that oops sorry let’s go to H7 that black gets so active here of course that’s so actually so let’s just try and understand it so ah the point is you’re threatening D5 that’s the point
Takes Rook F6 no no Rook F6 that’s what compy says oh my goodness and Bishop C6 you can feel black has all his activity on so something could go wrong yeah yeah no this is this is nasty Magnus no no no it’s not the kind of
Thing you want to give Maxim like all this activity and all these tricks so I’m a bit surprised by Knight D5 as well don’t know if King D2 or long castles or whatever but get the king out of the way invite everyone to the party and then you think about where where the
Knight goes probably Magnus thought that after King D2 Knight F4 Rook G1 Queen F6 was kind of holding Queen H5 maybe what ah Queen H5 here no but I think Queen F6 is and importantly Knight D5 I can take it because I protect my queen amazing
And yeah okay but not too bad there’s no threat right and I think this is probably the position that Magnus thought yeah this isn’t that much actually mhm which might be true but now he’s in danger yeah I I actually think that Maxim’s got a serious chance look
At Maxim taking a little walk yeah enjoying himself oh yeah he looks like he’s having a great time yeah by the way ding against kimer has just ding did take on Vincent did take on C3 that’s what I was wondering if you don’t want to go for this Knight F2
Business you could just do this and although why does a pawn up it’s not the prettiest Pawn in the world with all these double Pawns yeah next you bring your king then you try to shuffle the Knight around I think it will be a draw but I
Would take black every day of the week and twice on Sunday here no I’d take white would you but how do you if I put a king on E7 and the Knight on D6 what what’s your next move no you can’t make four moves at once well go Bishop D3 Rook e one
Ah you play Rook e one and you have F4 yeah okay right okay agreed let’s have a look at Dani Freedman and his squares but no he’s just losing no 91 hasn’t been played yet that is true but if he plays 91 it’s just over right or rookie
One oh rookie one is cute as well but Rook E1 is weird CU there is actually this move and you can take on B5 why the rook’s protecting F3 ah it’s double check double check oh my goodness but what you can do is after Knight takes E1 to go Bishop takes E1
All of a sudden yeah every black piece is under attack okay there’s no way he’s playing Knight E1 a rookie one sorry just Knight E1 is just it’s so much more human yeah makes a lot of sense yeah knight1 removing the defender of The Rook is just yeah is just
Overexposed looked very very active but yeah and after 91 Daniel’s going to go for a think and he’s going to realize he’s busted if he he might realize it already of course most probably rapper looks unhappy though maybe he’s just trying to calculate Richie is fine well this is a fun
Round yeah lot of complicated positions not so fun for Dani Freedman no looks like he’s going to going to lose this one and Magnus Carlson yeah May can switch back we report if rort has wrapped it up but Magnus now in deep thought after allowing this F5 probably also not thrilled about the
Overall situation compy saids all fine he should just Castle Queen side and he’s in business but yeah but after C’s Queen side what are you doing against fe4 sorry okay oh Queen E3 but I thought just no but then I take take and take on
F2 or you just I notice but D6 is also sort of lose uh lose here we’re doing all right and yeah he did play castle Queen sight after prolonged think good decision Maxine will probably push B5 yeah very sharp 91 was played by raport yeah that’s over that’s really I think there’s just
No there’s is no you’re just overload this is like a beautiful case of overload overload tactic yeah I think thing you jinxed Daniel with all the squares talk look how many squares I got look what I did for it Peters fer still hasn’t forgiven me to this day
Right Peter if you’re watching it’s been a long time my friend I hope you’re well wherever you are he’s not watching is he no no he’s watching something but not just broadcast be watching Cricket yeah some high stakes Hearthstone match or some Niche TV series here has this stuff Rook D5 by
Ding F6 where what’s the Rook doing there ding actually can this get a bit out of control no okay I’d still take black but no D how ridiculous is the move C5 here prob be fine I mean I know it’s not a winning winning try but just to make my if I
Really don’t think I’ve got genuine winning chances anyway yeah because if you take I can take but the bishop on F3 you know you’re probably slightly worse with these D pawns now Knight F7 Knight D6 well I don’t think you’re worse here to begin with yeah I can’t
Quite if you want to change something you can do this oh yeah but now I give the E5 Square for the Knight yeah just black up I don’t think black never loses this position ever right how do you lose slowly King C2 A4 A5 King comes over nah Rook goes to C
Five yeah no black should be fine I don’t see black losing this ever ding in deep thought yeah it’s not straightforward at all no it could make some nothing move but Black’s position is very easy to improve with this Knight coming to D6 or even C 5 or A5 depending on the
Circumstances yeah then it’s going to be hard to make any progress not sure I have this Rook coming to D5 I think it’s time to bail out play F4 mhm no he plays King C2 and yeah Knight B7 blitzed out and King B3 he going forward what’s going on here is this
King it’s pretty safe actually I maybe it’s a draw King can’t keep going forward because of the fork and if King A4 faird Point KN C5 then you can keep4 and then King B5 Unstoppable but we have more jumps we do we do yeah some how else to
Draw okay just King A6 ah but if you take on C3 no Rook C7 I’ve got to be careful here as white right yeah I think there’s not too unlikely this whole Knight C5 Knight A6 business Vincent studying the situation Al so Vincent normally wants to keep the game going so he probably
Won’t be too thrilled by having spotted potential move repetition but can you ever win this4 F3 I don’t think so yeah we’ll find out okay keeping an eye on that Daniel fredman is yet to move which is totally understandable because he’s just coming to terms with the fact that
The position is lost he might he’s just losing in peace yeah if Knight takes F2 let’s say many moves win but just Rook takes F2 yeah and B4 is under attack this under attack this under attack Queen goes somewhere white takes here just a whole piece down
And what else can you do there’s just nothing to do Rook fc8 is the other logical move but it doesn’t threaten take on D3 it it’s just a piece no this this might be resigns uh wouldn’t surprise me if he just resigned report cruising looks like another one and a half out of
Two day for report in the making which would Sol ify his tournament lead okay B5 played by mvl by the way yeah no surprise there but the next move will be the real decision for should B3 is going to happen and now he has to make
Choices yeah I wanted to play C4 but I know I know did you uhh that seems like it’s not good of course that’s it’s the first instinct the black king is also weakish so so stuff like this this could very well happen this looks a lot logical but comy boy says white is
Better I can very logical you could see Maxine totally playing what wow okay yeah we shall see so freedman’s lost kimer against ding Vincent now has his option to go Knight A6 check which I would Blitz out hoping for the move repetition but Vincent is wired
Differently so I’m not sure he’s got to the okay let’s stick with Magnus Magna is making some faces what’s he thinking about are you thinking about throwing in Rook G1 right here right now or if you should wait with Queen has to go to H7 yeah
He’s trying to figure out in these fe4 lines if he wants that included or not I don’t have an answer me neither um H still very complicated even these end games take Pawn 97 we went comes around well super tricky chest is so hurt yeah why did we
Choose this game why didn’t we choose something easy like drafts are we going to get a lot of heat from the drafts Community now I don’t know what drafts is Checkers Checkers ah you call drafts I’ve never I don’t even know the rules I they move they move
Side in diagonal you jump over Enemy Pie exactly and you can make a king and then it comes backwards they move like pawns they can’t go backwards and when you get to the end you can make a king and sounds fun I’ll try it out I’m very good at connect
For I thought you would be you’re a connector you’re a natural connector yeah you’re a natural broker you’re a natural you know people person yeah have people connect for I age here’s a view of the stage bit more old school with the demo Boards of course digital above nowadays
As I was saying to Yan before I used to love the wooden demo boards I remember doing the demo boards for British championships when I was youngh I think it was 97 I was doing a demo boards where it was four-way tie for with for Mickey was there Matthew Sadler I
Think I used to look up to these guys and think wow I want to be there one day and my dreams came true they did no still a beautiful story no I did I actually did make board one with the British championships I think once or twice
Congrats there you can see the hall for tomorrow for the open tournament it’s a lot of boards to be set up a lot of boards you don’t see all this work behind the scenes someone has to set up all these boards like yeah 1,350 boards unbelievable and they’re
Not even all set up I’m too lazy to set up one at home frankly I know I know you need all these cables you need a lot of cables you need a lot of I mean it’s kind of insane but the biggest tournament in the world apparently quite impressive right here in Mariel
Deutschland no it’s c c Magnus went Bishop now he went Rook G1 threw that in there yeah Queen H7 and Bishop B3 and now it’s Maxim’s turn to figure out C4 or F takes C4 look like the obvious follow-ups but there could be other moves Bishop C6 I know we have time for
A5 or something something probably not so let’s check this F takes e Queen takes E4 is obvious Queen E3 is some computer suggestion but it’s too deep for me particular i’ probably transpose anyway after Rook F3 so this you have to take I guess takes takes C4 is the most natural move
In the world here C4 is also logical blocking his Bishop out C2 takes logical enough as well Knight E7 Knight F4 huh yeah Knight E7 I don’t know there Alternatives I know Rook G6 or Knight E3 Knight E7 keeps the option of giving a check here on G6 maybe so makes some
Sense even that check might not be that dangerous after King H7 and if Rook takes D6 here ah is Knight E2 check excuse me there’s a fork yeah excuse me so this seems to be but this is this is dangerous for black right after Knight because D6 and H6 are both very
Weak after Knight G6 you shouldn’t take no you can’t take and Rook takes d i sorry we’re falling for the same trick so takes yeah and D iiel Freedman has resigned after too many of his pieces got taken Knight E1 Knight takes E1 and rort didn’t didn’t even recapture which was
Also good that’s it you what free rook why not and then he took the other Knight bd3 no he took goodness you’re running out of stuff yeah Daniel get a little carried away there with all these squares on the on the queen side I guess with hindsight this bishop takes
B5 turned out to favor white to play one of these we weirder slower moves like Rook to C7 CU here it looked active but rapper just has more pieces in the danger zone and yeah Freeman was lost quickly so rort three out of four so far crushing the tournament
Absolutely ding has played A4 meanwhile in his game trying to grind something from this ending yeah interesting that kimer played Rook d8 didn’t go for the repetition he’s kind of tricked him now cuz after A4 Knight A6 there’s no King A4 anymore so you have to go back so you
Have to put the King on A3 or something Vincent wants more then I think Vincent wants more now yeah he’s an ambitious ambitious fell do you know else is an ambitious fell Sebastian Sebastian Sebastian which Sebastian fella over ambitious You could argue does he still play I don’t know I
Haven seen of course a long time he is a fell who was embroiled in some controversy a few years ago was it controversy you trolling no I didn’t think it was that controversial Sebastian fella yeah wasn’t it ah you mean established yeah there’s that of course yeah so Vincent
Whenever I think of Vincent uhuh I don’t think of vof which Vincent do you think of Cel Cel yeah good actor yes we all know laan is your favorite movie it is of all time great movie M it’s actually up there with one of my favorite movies Vincent kimer
94 and he’s feeling he’s feeling it so if you go F3 he wants to flick in A5 check this is the key’s Vision tooko into medo cuz if King B5 Knight takes C3 is check and if you go back to B3 now I can take on D5 and or you can
Go check but yeah you can go check what is this and then take here it’s just losing for white this is just losing the king is awful on A3 yeah E4 no no no this is bad the Knight can rout to D6 it’s just a little
Bad no I’ve got a I’ve got a weird feeling here that uh that V questions compy says why should bail out now with your C5 similar idea makes a lot of sense yeah yeah not some to no I don’t know if ding’s going to do
That but we’ll see C4 played by MBL by the way yeah which apparently is a massive mistake natural but computer really hates it here Queen E3 Rook F3 what queen E1 or something or what queen D2 that looks looks like a mess I don’t
Know I mean it might be bat but I know why he would be it’s this move this impossible move position earlier Knight F4 don’t ask me why so if I take I I take on D6 and you just have everything hanging even with a check there’s just
Nothing to do this is hard to do you have to find Knight F4 a while a while away which is not easy maybe you don’t have to maybe you can go here attack the pawn without any mhm any craziness but no after C4 Magnus plays Bishop C2 he
Doesn’t want any part of this mess trying to keep things under control and that gives Maxim another chance to transposal this line we were looking at earlier with takes takes takes takes take on F2 and things should be roughly equal but anything could still happen Knight C5 looks sort of principal insisting on
Making stuff happen here but then the Knight is bit off sight in in this action I don’t know it’s actually it’s all very complicated to me I have Rook F3 now we can take mhm and if B takes C4 yeah and now Knight C7 exists and
Rook takes D6 still random but here with a weak black king this is not so surprising the white should be better Al four looks nice wow big Clash here he must be extra motivated after having F3 massive massive moment massive moment Knight C5 he’s going to do exactly what
We said he put the King on D6 E4 and Vincent his big favorite B wow thing is playing Just dreadfully huh Vincent’s nodding sorry Vincent is nodding yeah when Vincent starts to nod you you you pay attention Rook D6 but he doesn’t take play Rook D6 he wants E4 anyway or
What yeah not sure of course taking and UND doubling the pawns is a bit cont to but it looked very strong yeah just but you’re getting so much momentum D6 plate Bishop D1 by ding trying to bring his Bishop to cover as many pawns as possible now that
C4 is no longer on pre Rook D5 might still be good but usually you don’t go Rook D6 and then Rook D5 so what’s he going to do E4 I think E4 Rook takes D5 uh I thing is maybe Vincent is also not realizing that he’s better according to the
Computer maybe just wants to sit tight n do nothing no know I wouldn’t be too surprised but something like this yeah he’s got no risk now or at least very little actually maybe it’s just zero risk here for black if you just sit I don’t see how white can ever
Win but maybe black can’t ever win either I think he’s going to go for it I think he’s going to go for it E4 either this or the next move I think he’s going to go for it I don’t think so no no okay all right we got to get these Diet
Cokes down from six years ago we got a Diet Coke n I’m off Diet Cokes okay um what do you do nowadays water water yeah just still water off the tub all right I’ll we can I’m on a journey okay you’re on a journey mhm to valala don’t know where it’s going to
Take me open to everything there’s just no way Vincent just passes here I think he see he feels the moment a lot about Chess is is feeling the moment uhuh and I think he feels the moment but he’s going to give it a good think which is the correct thing to do
So once you feel the moment you should think yeah um feel feel first think later yes MH in you feel it’s not the moment you should not think or like no you should still think so you should always think think first but you just said feel first feel first think after whether your
Feeling is good or bad okay so if you feel the moment you should think and if you don’t feel the moment you should also think correct that’s some some advice boys and girls correct sometimes you can feel the energy of your opponent like you can see ding’s nervous energy as body language it
Doesn’t look thrilled yeah he looks really nervous and this is what I would be picking uph and whatever move I would play next I would play in a sort of your decisions are often based on your opponent’s body language right I mean it’s it’s big big effective for you then
Yes the position of the board yeah the moves themselves in the Magnus and game were headed down this road we were talking about they got this end game and V can now take on F2 you can also play some other move it’s a pawn take it and seems like it’s still roughly
Equal even though some potential fireworks the mainline went something like this I’ll just check King H7 important move takes takes takes D6 Bishop G4 and Tiny Plus for white but Maxim is about to not take he wants to I don’t know move the Rook looked like he
Was getting ready to play like Rook A8 no bishop8 oo a little bit passive but okay okay CES the square gets out of the defile maybe he’s preparing Bish H5 nice maneuver I was Magnus I would play Rook D2 cover the pawn but I’m not do you remember when you played
Youran Solomon but it was in youran Solomon yeah I remember cuz I’m being asked about it every day 2015 are you yeah really Ru my life basically Ru my life minutes no it didn’t it’s painful it made you famous yeah that’s kind of Fame you want to you remember
When Magnus beat you with a different account isn’t that funny he used an im’s account and the IM played better than the IM would typically play hilarious and yeah not over it one of my favorite Clips by the way I know really I’ve watched it quite a few
Times I know you have some weird I don’t know what to call it FES what watching you get beaten by Magnus okay all right Vincent come on this is your moment come on he got take he’s going to do something with E4 I don’t know how he’s going to do it but he’s
Going to do it I think he’s going to take take King D6 C4 and then go for it with E4 with this white king so badly placed yeah could happen but it’s going to be tougher since he already went Rook D6 yeah that’s the only issue once he put
The Rook there it’s much hard to even think about capturing on the next move he’s taking a big big time out here that’s what I like about Vincent he invests I’ve noticed already when he really identifies critical moments critical positions he gives it a lot of time in the critical moment but
Then play Knight to A6 well this doesn’t change very much but um doesn’t it well Bishop C2 what’s the move back I don’t think he realizes he could be better I think he’s just trying to keep it together he wants to go Knight C7 that’s what I was thinking force a
Rook trade like this and put a king on C5 and then you can put the Knight on D6 and keep shuffling yeah and then um white has to put a king on B3 and a bishop on D3 and then you’re trying to look for a zook but there isn’t one
Right no I don’t then there is one yeah interesting idea can white white has to has to exchange Rooks well no well yeah you do sorry I mean you can go D3 but it’s the same so Bishop C2 played Knight C7 takes takes I’ve got an absolutely in no it’s just
Too insane I’m going to get killed for suggesting it anyway how ridiculous and it is ridiculous but how ridiculous after night C7 is Bishop E4 one what what Bishop B4 Bishop E4 Sor yeah probably fair and takes takes with the pawn and now it looks completely insane
I want to get my king to yeah I wanted to go put my king on C3 just in time that’s completely lost what are we what we do yeah yeah no I know I just thought is there any element of a fortress here but there’s just not it’s
Just so insane I I can’t even believe I suggested it okay well we get this now space Knight A6 now he wants to go back make up your mind Vincent why is it going here now it’s not like this Knight is doing very much okay maybe it doesn’t
Matter white has to wait anyway but it looks like cuz Pawn in games I guess are fine for white yeah oops M yeah you got enough Tempe here to waste as white yeah even if you lose a pawn it’s still not over right no actually it is
Oh there’s a B5 that’s now B5 is coming we don’t want that play we don’t have to so then goes G4 but hang on G4 can’t be on love maybe that’s some of this Tempe that we needed for later KN C played why is G4 such a big deal I don’t
Get it Bishop C2 E4 should go somewhere and now and you’re in now we’re running in now we’re really in with the pawn G4 no this is massive oh wow G4 was a mistake G4 big mistake thinging why is I’m still confused so if we just wait King B2 no
You put the bishop on C2 King A3 then there’s nothing King A3 after G4 Knight C5 we in s yeah like cuz this position with the PA on G2 was fine G4 is not here H3 H6 H4 and it’s some sort of neutral T that’s very complicated now
H5 takes King C7 and still E4 happy to give up all your pawns that’s tough that’s tough if we see that that’s going to be game of the round that would be very spectacular you give up I don’t know how many pawns you already Pawn
Down you give up two more pawns then you make a quiet move and then you win that’s pretty sick special huh look at these white pawns by the way in this position have you you’ll see it every day that white is three pawns up in a
Bishop night end game his move and he could to resign get we could get it H4 he has to go H6 you have to go H6 sorry was it H5 sorry H5 is also good to it’s H5 G5 no earlier we had H3 H6 H4 H5 so here was H5 and if G5
G5 oh I can just take create pass yeah it’s over actually it’s just immediately over I just take the bishop sorry it’s immediately over H5 is very tough no no he’ll find H5 he finds H5 H5 takes King C7 and Su it’s very sick also that yeah this E4 breakthrough
Wins for black but he could find it no he finds it I have faith seems very very difficult as John F Kennedy once said if been I’m believer because he said Bina right but you changed it to a Believer because because I believe in I thought that was you like Murdoch Mok Rupert
No what am I thinking of another guy I was thinking of molder from X he wants to believe uh David DNE that’s Jillian Anderson that’s the go can’t remember anybody else I think was just those two bigcoin wow never watched X that takes me back the xfar I can remember the intro
Music so why is H5 so important if we go King C7 also wi also wins yeah he goes H5 been I’m believer wow I knew it GH and now he finds King C7 trust that was a sick part where you have to well there are no other moves just wait
And then but there are no other moves there are no other moves it’s it’s not like you can move the Knight here I’ll be I mean you can but I’ll be very disappointed oh he’s giving him time a look yeah the quick look King C7 Bishop moves E4 this is so
Natural didn’t say he’s never seen that movie don’t look up keep no he’s never seen that movie he seen it he moves the king it’s good enough good enough so the last hurdle is if the bishop moves which it will do you go E4 yeah you just do just
With it you just do I mean it’s so natural there’s just you you park the King on E5 F4 there’s no breakthrough it’s it’s just beautiful I’ve never seen anything like this where you just you’re literally three pawns down and just totally winning just totally winning quietly amazing clearance sacrifices
What is bad Bishops can be yeah this is like the perfect game to show model good night that Bishop yeah it really is I’m going to be using this where where yeah for my own purposes you know some people they still well some people still watch me and or
Want to learn some stuff like why can people watch you they can’t watch me but they could sometimes they want to learn you know so I can still teach them so you have a full-time job and you’re still a CH chess teacher from time to time I do some chess lessons yeah when
Do you find time for I don’t the the pleasures of life do you I there are no Pleasures D or are you are you out there like no Pleasures wow no nothing no life is this is my pleasure being here with you I know not really but it is well this is
Your holidays it is my holiday correct it is my holidays this is brilliant what a player wow a German World Champion wouldn’t that be great pressure we haven’t had one since what steinet wasn’t even German right no have we ever had a German waran 27 yes laska was he German
German I don’t know what your categories are but he was German where was he born no idea Berlin was laska born in Berlin I don’t know a lot of laska stuff happening in Berlin this is where normally we would have chat and we we had to but we’ve got maybe
The the producer can let us know by the way we got confirmation from Peter Leo he’s a big fan of the firm I told you I knew it Peter you never let me down huge huge news I don’t think I’ve seen that one it’s the best one by a million miles
Okay if I find it for you I’ll send you a copy no that’s okay I can I can look it up no no but it’s not like available just like random you you have to kind of buy it to know guy yeah yeah you have to
Know a guy this is a bit like the firm this game yeah this is just beautiful I mean this is the king can move because then we drop the pawn the bishop has to go somewhere or you can throw in H6 doesn’t matter g h H5 BL just keeps
Waiting till the bishop moves anywhere really with that look there’s his breakthrough takes no matter how white takes it’s very unfortunate actually cuz now you’re not in time to go F4 build a wall cuz thing holy look I mean this position is just so beautiful King just
Goes L just take all the all the pawns and there’s nothing you can do yeah you need way too long you can try and come back and we take F3 I guess no we don’t even take anything apparently no this is too much this look at this might D3 we
PA G three pawns down no no no this is beautiful no this is too this is like retire from chess stuff no this is too much this is amazing no this is too much I’m sorry let’s bring the Knight what p n game three pawns Down cast Miller is this in
Your book caraston if you’re watching this is this is going to be in your book holy cow now we take all the pawns wow that’s that’s just too much well Vincent knows as well by the way there’s been action in Magnus against MBL we should go there yeah but
Briefly we we want to keep watching the Z game so after Bishop E8 Magnus went F4 very aggressive Bishop H5 hits The Rook Rook goes ef4 mistake what is this all these sick tactics today Knight C7 why exactly and he spots it wow Knight takes Rook takes D6 that’s it GG
And if King H7 E5 check holy cow but Rook F7 E5 E5 oh my goodness gu is really producing masterpieces today and the point is after Rook G7 Rook H6 King G8 now finally reclaim the piece with mass takes and either takes or check wow the check is so pretty as
Well now that’s it that’s going to be GG what a move Knight C7 Knight C7 Take a Bow Magnus Carlson M oh what a day for mvl he’s going to write this one off this one goes straight in the bin rough day at the office rough day at the office for mvl
Today Knight C7 it’s beautiful that is stunning okay Bishop C6 on the board in the D are we going it’s go time for Vin K has to play he might go King D6 first cuz he gets then4 and we to square one he’s definitely going E4 thinking about it big
Moment Vin K that’s what we call him actually yeah everybody calls him Vin k I’ve never heard that in my life um it’s it’s what they call they they yeah people E4 plate beautiful Vin K on fire giving ding little look yeah this is such Peter is going to be so happy
Watching this at home Peter’s having a heart attack there waiting for E4 I’m actually happy that he’s not here he would be too much for be way too emotional yeah Fe King D6 only move here comes the king Bishop D5 only move basically or Bishop A8 actually maybe
But doesn’t matter what a useless Bishop can’t attack anything can’t defend anything what okay so let so Bishop back to C6 can I just take on e4 or is it too premature no I can cuz I just take F5 and it’s just it’s just really over
Point have no I mean I wouldn’t even go King F4 we just take it’s good and then this drops wait and if takes takes C5 takes King B3 King F5 King C4 to King B3 also just shut the door with King D3 D3 oh my goodness what a a lesson in
Domination King and pawn Rook versus knight uh Rook vers sorry Knight versus Bishop what a lesson in Domination we’re going to get through three decisive results very much looks like it what around be honest I I haven’t been this excited about around since my second year at
University yeah I wasn’t sure where you were going to go with this I thought maybe Rocky vollo crate or something rest in peace yep wow we’ve lost a lot of good people this year okay what we got going on here we got a lot of moves Rook G1
Bishop ah this is just a piece yeah he decided not to go down passively and then typical Maxim sty yeah but F3 Knight F4 is just decided to go for Bishop G4 One Last Stand but it’s not working no F3 what is the cleanest wayag against F3 he has to go F3 Rook
F2 Rook F2 Rook G2 just Rook F1 I guess mhm and there’s a pin goodness can’t go F2 oh that’s brutal so he goes Rook F1 okay now we need just a good move yeah just Knight D4 Knight D4 is so clean Lane isn’t it yeah this is over peace
Up in Mr Carlson’s hands should suffice King C2 I think he goes Knight E4 reorganizing here cuz he’s also threatening B5 yeah F3 King C2 and you’re pinned yeah that’s it’s not enough to work with here for maxim let’s look at the final stages of the Vincent game he’s just going to winning
The race what a game he bled oh oh as as I said it what’s going on King B3 King F5 what did he do C5 BC King C4 he had to go to G4 went King E4 it was was still complicated why is E4 losing uh why is E4
Drawing let’s figure this out king here 5 C4 F4 C4 f46 F3 C5 F2 C6 F1 this is a draw apparently in what universe is this a draw this is the sickest position I’ve ever seen this is a draw no way no way on the board C7 this is absolutely brutal and
Apparently this was winning with the King on G4 can take all the pawns and win the pawn end game oh my goodness no seems to be a draw this is sick this is actually one of the sickest position you have Che this we can keep giving checks but then
The king probably hides on A8 and but I can even take a pawn here right like I can even play Queen takes A4 and play that Queen ending and I’ve got good chances that’s a draw no no no no I no why is it a draw I take the pawn on
A no problem is you can’t get closer cuz the pawn controls the B5 Square no but what I’m saying Yan is I take the saying but I understand it’s a the I understand theoretically it’s a draw but I think practically like if I put the queen on
D4 and just play A4 and your king is on A8 I’m still going to win that position a lot okay looks fairly drawn to me this is just like never fairly drawn all right like does you have to worry about all the queen D5 checks randomly blocks
No a that what are you talking about okay wow you just have this random H6 I you haven’t calculated Queen D5 at all like it’s just like Queen ending with two versus two this is a weird what two versus two it’s one versus one and I
Have a pass pawn two vers two yeah okay okay this is absolutely this is a draw but yeah this position is a draw it’s just insane strange and and yeah and this was hard to anticipate cuz normally you just calculate that you get your queen first
And then you stop yeah you had to go for this 210 and then the same way now you can go for any pawn game yeah the difference is you just go behind and you just yeah I mean take the pawns wow Queen it’s pretty sick that even here you know time
Is this just a draw how is this even fair oh sorry you have losing air we have to Queen sorry this mouse is not agreeing with me feels like it’s close but and you byy one tempo no white is just in time yet to take a take take take yeah
SMS that’s absolutely brutal that this is one tempo as well oh my God okay just just don’t put the King on B6 no no no no that loses that’s the only trick wow and why is just time yeah that’s pretty pretty sickening wow for Vincent cuz it was such a modern
Masterpiece he was playing and we talked about this position with three pawns down and then he gets Wing position by walking in here by the way it wouldn’t surprise like after King E4 a lot of players might just resign here as wide by the way yeah push see what
Happens holy cow it’s a key factor that there are a pawns on the board so the queen can’t go to B5 Drive the white king into the corner I think he’s going to end up going for that a por ending and I think that but the odds of him winning are
Still yeah you’re still just as wrong as you were earlier well am I by poor Vincent I’m a Vincent I’ll take 10 to one it’s amazing wow yeah he’s going to be kicking himself CU of G4 of course he just thought everything so you don’t even think about it but it
Was only King G4 wow probably got a rush of Adrenaline Rush of Blood to the Head yeah how’s Magnus doing Magnus converting oh also not so clear what every game we’re writing off immediately stuff happens he’s got 15 seconds Magnus and mvel laughing mvel with a
Smirk but look at the move he had to play all the moves are sick today he had to play Knight yeah this is just the most like the engine’s broken no it’s a great move at H5 what did he do he went check and King
C2 why is this a draw H5 Knight E5 F2 all of a sudden oh my goodness to be careful not to can you Lo Bishop G4 Rook C1 check where he’s going Rook G six but King H she but now you have to go take
Oh my good you can lose if he loses that’s it tman might be over yeah he just he might just leave now he just leaves if he loses today there’s just no way he continues I think there is a way Hees I would think it’s 90% actually but he’s
Got 15 seconds and this is an impossible position F6 Bishop takes D Bishop D1 King D2 then King four he might still win here King E3 ah King E3 and if I take on e4 probably hop oh no I’ve got Rook e two
Check uh how do I do this so if I go Bishop D1 King D2 Bishop G4 King E3 Rook e one check King takes F2 you making all the moves in your head or yes Rook E2 King G3 now the question is do I take
On e4 or take on B2 this is the this is what I don’t have clear okay I take on e4 okay yeah and I should make a draw here as black was I cover Rook G6 I’ve got Rook G the king Rook F5 I’m not sure
That helps you ah Rook G6 Rook F5 Rook Rook E4 what’s this move and then rookie two yeah okay let’s see okay stay with it King to E3 yeah Rook E1 and Rook takes E4 maybe you go Rook E4 without Rook E2 well magna’s not going to lose most
Likely but he might not win this after being a piece up o he’ll be sick probably we underestimated practical chances Max seem still had cuz compy was of course saying game is over wow a tricky guy that is unbelievable Vincent Queen F uh Queen F what is going on here he’s gaining
Some time on the clock yeah his problem is he can’t he’s going to win you need the square yeah you you don’t have access to it so he’s now realizing it’s a draw and he’s not happy Queen D7 King B8 o BR tough break of course he’s also
Realizing that if his King was here the game would be over so he’s kicking himself a little bit the good news for M to has great winning chances and the Queen and G takes on A4 and some developments here yeah let’s stick with with this one Rook H4 probably it’s just a
Draw Rook H1 and you attack whatever pawns are left undefended or Rook G4 same same thing yeah the H Pawn as a decoy need it okay so Vincent did take the a pawn and oh I’ll take my 10% thank you very much sir looks winning I think he wins yeah um King H3
Just Rook E4 no yeah A4 is Magnus going to grind this out guess not rookie three Rook e two counter play I like rookie three just to gain a Tempo you mean just force the king back King H4 Rook E4 why King H4 he’ll go King G2
Yeah A6 also ah this is the professional way A6 ah yeah now you make the Rook passive now Rook E6 and Rook B6 go do you have to be careful No rookie four check and rookie six will be played yeah could got rookie six he wants to force it I think he’s going
Rook E6 he’s going to go Rook e four Rook E6 100% you’re right again really can’t have wi Von winning this yeah Rook C5 Rook B six it’s just should have G B6 check okay it’s a draw of course but I think he’s going to come with the
King king F5 Rook A6 King E4 jettison the uh the H Pawn meanwhile uh no he he goes backwards W oh draw ding versus Vincent it’s a bit surprising to me cuz I thought this end game no but he has he has the was that um yeah tough break tough
Tough break for Vincent kimer who yeah play the Masterpiece and then when he thought it was over went King E4 which looks winning cuz he Queen’s first but study like fashion this was not losing while after King G4 D could have reside and would fairly shortly
After so when we thought we were getting three decisive games we might just get one just might just get the one cuz this is also I think this fairly straightforward draw you put the pawn on H2 and chill chillax yeah this is an easy draw there’s nothing even to really worry about
Now wow what a round huh unbelievable round poor Vincent Paul Vincent that’s poor petero Paul Peter Leo we should mention Peter Leo was supposed to do com commentary here but he got sick so he couldn’t join us um and he’s also Vincent Ker’s coach Mentor
Advisor and Peter is one of the few guys in chess who care like we all pretend we care we rooting for this guy but Peter actually cares I okay you you and Peter and but Peter actually cares deeply and of course he’s rooting very hard for Vincent every game so this must have
Been a roller coaster H2 King D6 will be played one last try C4 C4 played actually no you go Rook B4 here right and know Rook B4 King D6 and your Rook is stupid um what do you do here actually H maybe you just come with the
King to C8 but King D5 and you have to start calculating or what what he calculate I don’t know what did he do Rook D2 ah this is good this is the way this he actually has chess culture yeah he really does this is the way and now the king the
King sits C5 the king comes to C8 and it’s A5 and you just chill and when the king comes to E3 you go Rook A2 at the right moment can even do it now what you do when the pawn comes to A7 you can even do do it now Rook
A2 ah Rook A2 C6 one last trick yep but Maxim goes Rook D1 he’s such a sicko he gives up the pawn wow showing off that he can this is really showing off hold these pawns this is really showing off wow I mean I he
Didn’t do it to show off he felt he was dangerous the a so Rook H6 the and just but if he loses he’s going to really hate himself yeah I’ve seen people lose this plent I mean it’s a draw everybody learns that f&h or ANC is a draw
Especially with the King cut off like it is yeah and you have plenty of checks when the king here the pawns aren’t arranged and the scariest battle formation but still now it’s decision Rook H6 plate magnos ah he he can giveet he can can give endless checks with set
Over the squares covered eyes oh my goodness how sick is that you can just give checks the King goes to E7 and then there rook and then know you can still go even the king of PA is the king of Pawn winning a drawing no it’s lost uh
Because A6 is it yeah so he goes King C7 wow but you’re kind of I don’t know I’d lose this 100 out of 100 no Rook A1 Rook A5 yeah i’ lose Rook D7 check King E6 King C6 is just yeah that’s nice that’s just for sick sick
Humans I like it yeah cuz you cover A7 that’s really beautiful Rook A1 has the this yeah the king is just theong side there’s just nothing to do now actually cuz Rook A5 is just a you can lose with white with King E6 for getting Rook takes A6 it’s not that simple
Wow what was that what happened Rook A1 Rook D6 yeah okay so what do you do against Rook D6 I don’t know I guess nothing but it’s far from easy all this oh my goodness Rook H1 no he’s going to lose if he loses this he’ll really be
Disgusted with himself because there was so many ways he didn’t have to be cute at all in that ending there were a thousand ways just to get a simple loot um fador yeah he might hold it’s still a draw but has all kinds of trickery Rook H1 I would find it but A7
Now is a threat all of a sudden takes that Rook D7 winning the pawn in game Rook D6 played this is it or did he play Rook F6 oh no he went Rook F6 now Rook A5 works I didn’t manage to ask the question that was the one question had
To ask Rook D6 Rook A5 A7 now it’s simple again oh man magna’s going to be kicking himself let play Rook D6 wow he played Rook F6 that’s really uncharacteristic not yeah not asking a question oh it’s just over take the B wow he’s going to be sick Magnus to
Not win this he’s going to be really really really upset what around lot of drama started early with Daniel fredman getting his pieces all tied up against R rort and losing Dan Vincent kimer looked like he was on the way to create a modern Masterpiece against ding Len sacrificing three pawns
And quietly entering the black position with his King and yeah draw great there Magnus was a piece up against mvl and also draws so only rapper will be happy after this run maybe Ding and ml for saving it but o there you go uh rort with the only convincing victory
Massive chance missed for Magnus Carlson after finding a beautiful tactic uh and a massive chance missed almost a a model game from Vincent kimer just uh an error at the end in a position where it looked like you could play any move and it won but that just shows how tough chess is
You have to be precise until the very end and with that the standings after four rounds Richard raport out in front by hole Point followed by Magnus Carlson Vincent kimer and ding Len Daniel fredman and mvl at the bottom of the table yeah no one except for Rapport is going to be happy
Like but yeah was a lot of spectacular games and there are still six rounds three days of these games to come and then there’s going to be the playoffs first V second third ver fourth Fifth versus 6th but yeah what a round Lawrence it’s been a pleasure to see you
Again sorry that I’m so toxic and negative all the time I do mean it but I’m still sorry about it I know more of this tomorrow looking forward to it uh we’ll be back same time same place hopefully with as good as well as good
At the action as we had today would be fantastic what a round we’ve had especially that last round see you all tomorrow Bye-bye A N A I N W [Applause] [Applause] W Spee spee fore
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Good games I like the time format played fast classical
Jan and Trent on commentary are a great team with many years of experience, always good to watch. Enjoyable to hear them reflect back on previous commentary with chess24. Let’s hope they both continue and also Leko and Svidler also make an appearance 👍😄
Are the people in the audience just friends and family of the players? This has got to be boring sitting there for so long
friedman is not to be underestimated, he had ratingperfofmance of 2900 or so in the olympiad
I'm glad Gustafson got some help commentating.. too much awkward silence by himself
Can anyone tell me how Magnus did against MVL today ? Thanks
Trent explaining checkers to Jan 😂
This is the best team ever!
Great to see Trent back!
What a joy to watch Magnus vs Ding, its great!
richard on another level atm
p.s. Trent and Gustafsson is a good mix
Yes! Gusty is back. Add P Sviddy please.
where's Tania?
I miss GM Peter Leko! Hope he’s feeling better.
Trent has come a long way! It’s nice to see him successful, laid back and confident
Go Gustaffson!
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Haha Jan is the deadest pan I’ve ever seen😂 hilarious dude
Color commentary drier than a mermaid's beach towel 🙂