haha that's cool. You can also find me as iamerikkislik on Instagram.

Is this a troll comment? Grandmaster Larry Kaufman, Rybka and Komodo programmer, published that in a report more than 10 years ago. Why in the world would that sound dubious? That's one of the very few mathematical facts about chess that is both proven and perfectly logical when you understand it

@@aaronasher9800 yeah somehow that made it sound even more dubious :D

hahahahaha is this a troll comment? Blunders are based on hanging pieces, so an IM who has been ranked online as the #1 chess coach in the world shows you how to identify and notice hanging pieces quickly, so that logically you will avoid blunders with this awareness. Where the hell do you get confused by that? Also, it's a short and to-the-point 8 minute video. No normal person would take issue with that. What is wrong with you?

That's cuz your opponents were bad chess players

@@nemetskiylager yeah, I honestly think people knowing they can just take g4 and develop with normal moves and be winning puts the Grob completely out of business lol

You should always take a free rook in a position like this unless you are 100% convinced it is perpetual check. The onus is on Black to prove something, and White's king had a lot of room to run. A calculation of less than 7 moves to get out of check and hide behind your rook should not be hard for a master level player when you're up a rook with a new queen coming

Nobody said it was missed by commentators. Rb7 was a move some commentators using an engine suggested, but it's also the most natural human move. Black's back rank is weak, so White tries to exploit it right away by Rb8. It's absurd to say one has to use a computer or see the evaluation to consider that move. It is natural and checkmates right away with a more subtle mating pattern than the one in the game

good stuff!!

Absolutely! Great stuff for Ding to come back with a vengeance.

Today too. I love how he keeps fighting.

because otherwise Rh1+ checkmates the king. Taking an attacking piece that is checking is the most sensible thing to do

​@@aaronasher9800 jesus i didnt realise theres a check from the bishop🥲its been a long day man mb

It's all good! I feel you on that one. It's a hard problem (someone originally posted it on Twitter and it went sort of viral in the chess world), and because this was originally an Instagram Reel, I had to be fast and couldn't slowly talk through this.

I can't understand why the king didn't immediately move back to g7 after the discovered rook check

@@Ayelis if the king goes back to g7, rook h7 is checkmate

He's explaining the full calculation the way any strong player would, by walking you through the forcing checks, which you would have to calculate in a real game. He then shows the full calculation, all in 90 seconds, so you don't waste any time out of your day, like watching those 60 minute streams where they teach you nothing

@@Ayelis Like Ornithorynque said, Rxh7 will be checkmate, so the Black king has to go forward, not backwards

In any case, for a 90 second video, I haven't found anything better than this guy's videos on KZbin or other platforms for chess, so I think he's doing these Reels/Shorts type content pretty well. He mentioned the pieces being moved, not just the squares by the way, and they were all checks. I'm 1500 and followed it, but he showed the moves after, so I don't understand the problem here

That would be really cool quick and easy training. I wish someone made that!

Good question. You are asking about 8. ...Rc8 at 3:05 in the video. The issue here is that after Rc7, the rook is unstable, meaning it can easily be chased away immediately, by the knight on a3 coming into b5 to attack it. Note that a tempo (a move in chess) is worth a quarter of a pawn, so if White goes in and takes the a7 pawn by 9. Qxa7 then 9. ...Bc5 hits White's queen with tempo, making it lose two total moves (half a pawn in value), when Black will play ...Qh4 shortly afterwards with 5 pieces in play versus White's 3, leading to serious defensive problems. If you have any other opening video requests, feel free to drop your suggestions.

@@ErikKislikChessSuccess thank you. I wasn’t thinking about that knight b5. Im kinda just starting to understand openings but there are some many its hard to remember how to play them. I guess as white i usually play the vienna game or some queens pawn variation. As black i just try to play symmetrical if white challenges center. I really just strive to develop my pieces towards the center and castle. I have noticed i have a habit of trying to save my castle and go on the attack. Maybe a video of knowing when its right to castle or the Vienna

Thanks for watching. I was following the game live and thought Carlsen was going to put on a defensive masterclass and couldn't believe my eyes, so I had to make the video. I meant for it to be only around 8 minutes, so hopefully it wasn't too long. If there's anything you'd really like to learn or see covered chesswise just let me know! My most requested video has been on how to play with the bishop pair, so I will be covering that soon.

Awesome. It was a cool practical piece sacrifice by Carlsen, putting the burden of proof on his opponent to find a defense and set up a blockade. By setting it up wrong, Carlsen was able to keep pushing his pawns and combine pawn promotion ideas with a direct attack on White's king.

The pin would have done the job indeed. Magnus said after the game that he just totally missed it and didn't think it worked.

Nice! I wanted to make it brief and helpful. White ends up with kingside weaknesses and some problems with developing the queenside, so Black is on top.

im sure Carlsen drew against it once

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