A Masterpiece - Navara vs Ivanchuk | European Team Championships Batumi 2019

Grandmaster Daniel King examines Navara vs Ivanchuk from the European Team Championships 2019. Support on Patreon: ► / powerplaychess
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[@burt591]

I'm a big fan of Chuky, when he is in a good day his style is so beautiful, so aesthetically pleasing

[@TheChessViking]

Great game. Noticed it while in Batumi, was there as captain. Me and my board 3 analyzed it at the lobby bar and loved Chucky's play!

[@Ardistan667]

Wonderful game and analysis, and first English speaker I hear who actually correctly pronounced "Zugzwang" - credits to you from Germany :)

[@robclark4626]

Probably because Danny speaks fluent German! A man of many talents.

[@WorldOfDeepThought]

@@astondias810 I've seen a chess lecture from him in german. His german is superb.

[@PDJMDS]

I love how we can see you are genuinely moved by the play of chucky. It's what makes you such a great commentator. Such genuine enthusiasm

[@thomaskember4628]

This game should be a candidate for game of the year. I’ll vote for it.

[@thenalin247]

This might be my game of the year ahead of Dubov’s. The positional understanding here from Ivanchuck is absolutely incredible! The knight manoeuvres followed by a pawn sac to let the bishop roam free. And it’s the supposedly ‘bad’ bishop of the queen’s gambit. Fantastic.

[@williamkyburz]

Extremely instructive game. Thank you Daniel for the great commentary. In hindsight 30.Rc1 was to be preferred than "taking the plunge" Qxc6

[@huddunlap3999]

I have watched this video four times already.

[@bobby2ram]

More than any games I am very keen to listen to DK excellent commentary. Thanks GM DK

[@sam-lz6pi]

Brilliant, Navara got Czechmated.

[@GMG-iw2ui]

Odlican izbor partije gospodine King, zavoleo sam vas i Invacuka jos vise... 💪💪💪

[@humanrightsadvocate]

Minor piece masterpiece!

[@drewe9514]

Navara got Murdered!

[@misha4422]

Ivanchuk has created many wonderful games. This is one. Thank you for your always clear and insightful analysis. I’ll be re-watching this video.

[@misterkefir]

my favourite player AND character is at it again! ;) Glad to see him in a major tournament and getting very good results against top opposition. Thanks for this great game, cheers!

[@brucewallace2]

Bb5!!! What a move from Chuky. Brilliant game.

[@arnieus866]

31... Bb5 really is brilliant. It is a nice example of the difference between good players and a genius GM. Many or most players, myself included would grab the exchange and be all proud of themselves till they lose. Chucky sees the almost winning potential of this beautiful move. STANDING OVATION!

[@SimonFoxGuitar]

Magic stuff, thanks Danny, brilliantly presented as always!

[@76HabeasCorpus]

Blacks light squared bishop movement was just brutal. Really an excellent game and analysis.

[@utpicberlin1225]

Fantastic analysis, thank you!

[@CraigPendlebury]

Woah!! A real contender for Game of the Year.

[@davidrobertson9350]

Absolutely epic!👌

[@axelherms2833]

A real immortal chess beauty! It reminds me in some kind of the deep an clear style of A.Rubinstein.

[@zeezmusic7245]

Beautiful stuff

[@skakdosmer]

Is he only 50? Just the kind of brilliance one would expect from such a young man.

[@synchronium24]

I like your sense of humor.

[@synchronium24]

@nq983p You can play chess well past your 50, if that's what you mean. But it's very rare to play at such a high level at age 50. Ivanchuk and especially Anand are two rare exceptions.

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

B6, ra7 re7 belongs in a strategy or positional training book. Really nice and pure portrayal of improving the position by improving the worst placed piece.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Followed by creating a new worst placed piece on b7 :)

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

@@eljanrimsa5843 defending the weakness, limiting counterplay allowing for blacks static advantage due to the light squares around the white king. The Bishop is somewhat always good. Bc8 following is also quite a striking move but b6 Ra7 is more difficult to find imo.

[@martinhimstedt5130]

What a nice commentary of that game by Daniel. :)

[@Chaturanger]

Fantastic play.

[@denisrozier5831]

Chucky : 1) ne pas oublier sa monstrueuse expérience ! Il a joué contre les plus grands joueurs et maintes champions du monde, de toute génération 2) c'est pour ça qu'il dure au travers des décennies tel Kortchnoi 3) avoir été pendant plus de 20 ans à 2700 +, c'est bien rare. C'est pour ça qu'il est capable comme ici de produire une partie stratégique et positionnelle exceptionnelle. Je suis très admiratif, c'est un exemple pour tous les joueurs âgés (dont je fais partie)

[@PowerPlayChess]

Bien dit!

[@AlainLafleche1]

Ivanchuk has followed Dorfman concepts well. 1st rule, the security of the king... he took full advantage of White King weakness. Incredible play !!

[@OnBelayClimbOn]

Navarra is like the whipping boy of professional chess. Nice work Chucky!

[@atanasdoychinov6491]

Beautiful game! Ivanchuk played so precise in it that I thought it's one of the alpha zero games :)

[@kenspencer9895]

Oustanding game & analysis!!

[@MrWuster]

Stunning! Magical use of the light squared bishop.

[@idfx1000]

One beautiful point of Black's set up here is that the c8-bishop is already and perfectly developed, and so is the queen actually. Given Black's slight deficit in space, connecting the rooks (thus completing development) in this way is just wonderful, especially since it helps prevent the fearsome f3-e4 plan.

[@mikhailmukin991]

Nice!

[@Diotialate]

10:57 "This is the hardest working knight in professional chess." Moving a black Knight 13 times before move 30 is hilarious.

[@willhk4809]

Beautiful game. Lovely how the unopposed light square bishop cuts back and forth.

[@whithaw]

Just a great game, what understanding....

[@victor1756]

Is Chucky getting better with age? Like a good wine?

[@mendoncacorreia]

That reminds me more than a few of Spassky's games. Ivanchuk's style is (in my humble opinion) pretty much like Boris'. That's perhaps the reason why he thought for a while to be Chuky's mentor. Had he Spassky's 1969 nerves, he would have become World Champion many years ago...

[@deshpremikrahman8900]

super chucky, old is gold:)

[@justinwr092]

I like Chucky a lot, and that's an amazing game. Great stuff.

[@je9625]

Watched this again after almost two years and all I have to say is : Ivanchuk is a monster.

[@mixolydian2010]

Game of the year contender. Well done chucky you're a star. Kasparov feared, what an imagination!!

[@themind1401]

Legend Chuky ❤

[@aaditbhatia1769]

Bb5!!!!! What a game

[@kingjunior7898]

Ivanchuk is a beast!

[@paulgreen7906]

I think I read somewhere the only guy Kasparov feared was Ivanchuk. Theres that game between the two where Ivanchuk gave Kasparov the smack down with knights vs bishops. Nice to see Ivanchuk just reminding everyone how good he is.

[@jsammo6528]

PAUL GREEN Linares 1991 game 1

[@bulentkirca3311]

Light Square Symphony from Ivanchuk!!

[@dickmacgurn590]

Wow 50! What a tough old geezer!

[@reddevilkev]

Art on a chess board

[@RangeWilson]

I really like 15...b6 followed by Ra7/Re7. I think it caught Navarra by surprise, and left without a plan, he made random moves that just turned out to be weakening. Ivanchuck took advantage, calmly and powerfully, with Bb5 finally exposing the fatal weaknesses in White's position.

[@Badbentham]

Ludwig Van strikes back! :D

[@physicsonline8853]

This really is magical chess.

[@hubertsang7418]

Shades of R.Byrne-Fischer, US championship 1963-1964. Byrne expected Fischer to win the Exchange, had he had done so, white would still have had the upper hand with pressure against the isolated black pawn. Instead Fischer took the white bishop in g2 for a mating attack that nobody had seen, not even the chess commentators at the game. So, after move 22-...... Qd7 , the game ended. The word around was that Fischer had lost. And everyone was congratulating Byrne for his victory. Byrne then replied that it was he who had resigned!!

[@patrickpatterson4884]

wowa

[@chessglobal]

Vasily King!

[@mariusdafunk]

the hardest working knight in professional chess ...hahahaha

[@aaronholmes3101]

The enthusiasm with which you analyze games from Ivanchuk is maybe only matched by those of Topalov (and perhaps Carlsen at his absolute best). I’m curious, if you could have just one player’s best games between Ivanchuk and Topalov, is there one you prefer?

[@DrJens-pn5qk]

I don't know what game these super-grandmasters play nowadays. If I would have put my knight at the edge of the board and weakened the squares around my king for no good reason, my father would have berated me harshly when I was 10 years old. Rightly so.

[@ShamaiOfer]

1. What about 20.Qe2 with pressure on the vulnerable a6 pawn? 2. another interesting plan: instead of 17.Nf3 to try to push f4 with Nf3-e5 sacrificing the e3 pawn: 17.f4 Rae7 18.Nf3 Rxe3 19.Rxe3 Rxe3 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Ne5. x c6, and Qc1 trapping the rook is on the way.

[@PowerPlayChess]

(1) 20 Qe2 b5 21 Nc5 Nc3 isn't bad. (2) After 17 f4 I wouldn't mind taking the pawn, but 17...c5 is also very playable.

[@DarkSkay]

H4 seemed like a huge concession that had no upsides (the knight just came via a different route). What about 22.Bxg6 - is the bishop or the knight stronger? Maybe white even has time to triple on the c-file (Rd3-c3,Rc1) and tie at least queen and bishop to the defence of the QS, while introducing the idea of an exchange sac on c6 for 2 pawns. How does black make progress after 22.Bxg6 when queen and bishop are on defensive duty? Another setup for white: Rc1, Rc2, Qd3 with pressure on a6, b6, c6.

[@waterskym]

ya, the black queens bishop is definitely a Desmond

[@TessaTestarossa]

Chucky is the Guti of chess.

[@imelfo3945]

Nice to see Chucky not run out of time. I think players should get extra time when they reach the age of 40.

[@adnan4688]

Light squares massacre!

[@predpalina]

Hardworking vs sleeping Knight!

[@subhamghosh8083]

Planet Ivanchuk.....still rising.

[@davidblue819]

Ivanchuk seems to have had no fear at any time that he would wind up with a bad light-squared bishop, Black's common unfortunate fate in these Queen's Gambits. He always had it covered, but if any little thing had gone wrong... And how could Ivanchuk have known it wouldn't? He just sat there, with his queen tied to the weak b-pawn by a mere knight, with his bishop blocked by a backward pawn, maneuvering comfortably, setting up his chances... Unreal. Boggling.

[@markhughes7927]

Yes the knight was a pit-pony and the bishop a pointsman and they earned their day’s rations.

[@venkystanley9180]

What is chucky's score against kasparov?

[@kayairback]

okok

[@bekanav]

@17:12 Qh3 was a mate threat

[@synchronium24]

Danny says that right after your time stamp.

[@bekanav]

@@synchronium24 Really? I hear he says "Qh3 check and then Bishop comes to g4"

[@synchronium24]

@@bekanav Ok fair point.

[@nilsp9426]

For how many years now does Ivanchuk produce masterpieces?

[@abhishekkj9664]

Hello king . May be you can create a theme where black plays ne4 and goes on to attack white.. like the theme with the octopus knught. At least in club play, this theme of ne4 is quite frequent and annoying. Also at 19 minutes , you said "nothing sensible can be done to stop Bg4 mate"..were you expecting Navara to flip the board ?!

[@HolyAvatar88]

abhishek k j he was talking about Qc8 covering the square and losing the queen

[@vostro1700]

maybe another candidate for game of the year?

[@Zakdayak]

This is really the game of the year, not the Dubov one.

[@siaseeds8950]

how many of you clicked on this thinking it will be agadmator?

[@eljanrimsa5843]

I could have told Navara if he had asked me. I am aways losing the Exchange Variation by underestimating Black's threats in the e file. Rae1 is a move I have played in similar positions because the computer recommended it, but it's bonkers. White will never play f3, e4.

[@XecutionStyle]

Instead of Armageddon tie-breaks they should have Ivanchuk

[@MEME-qe4ze]

chucky is cool