Activating Instant Kill | Nakamura vs MVL | London Chess Classic 2018

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The 2018 London Chess Classic, taking place from December 11-17, will be a knockout tournament played between the four Grand Chess Tour finalists: Caruana, Vachier-Lagrave, Aronian, and Nakamura. Google HQ in London will host the semi-final, and the final will be held at the Olympia Conference Centre in Kensington.
The matches consist of eight games, two classical (worth 6 points), two Rapid (4 points) and four Blitz (2 points). In case of a tie, a rapid mini-match (10+5) and an Armageddon (5 vs 4) will be played.
The prize fund is $300,000 with a first prize of $75,000, plus another $100,000 and $50,000 respectively for the top two in the overall 2018 Grand Chess Tour standings. Players receive 100 minutes for 40 moves then 60 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30-second delay from move 1, for the Rapid (25+5) and the Blitz (3+2). (1)
Official sites: grandchesstour.org/ and www.londonchessclassic.com/
Hikaru Nakamura vs Maxime Vachier Lagrave
London Chess Classic (2018), London ENG, rd 8, Dec-14 - BLITZ
English Opening: Symetrical (A34)
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Bc6 11. Ba3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nd7 15. Bb4 Qf5 16. Bd3 Qh5 17. e4 e6 18. h3 Rad8 19. Rfe1 a5 20. Bd2 a4 21. Qb1 Rc8 22. Be2 Bf6 23. Rcd1 Red8 24. Ng5 Qh4 25. g3 Qh6 26. Nxf7 Qxh3 27. Bf1 Qh5 28. Be2 Qh3 29. Bg4
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[@xpartyland8045]

if anyone wondering why not retake the bishop, because knight to h6 is king and queen fork and he will take the queen anyways.

[@FOKI5895]

But you would still want to retake the bishop if you didnt plan to give up and resign

[@SupereKrakersik]

Thank you! I was getting mad because I could get a point of this move. Thanks

[@bigh66666]

Ty

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

7:32 Here why doesn't he take the knight with the bishop???

[@GermanAssum]

@@heroricspiritfreinen38 cause the queen is under attack dude.

[@Pinchfire]

Nakamura gave a Christmas present to Carlsen. Lowered Caruana's classical rating, lowered MVL's blitz rating... Thus making Carlsen again the №1 in all categories. You can check it on 2700chess...

[@mattthomas214]

I just watched a vid of Hikaru playing Puzzle Rush. OMG!!!

[@weavehole]

I like how he reacts exactly as I do when he goes wrong. He just gets 4 or 5 times more correct than me...

[@movdqa]

He’s an animal.

[@vladavasiljev]

Insane! It took me 5 min.to solve 16 puzzles and he solved them in 40 sec! Hahaha...

[@LionHGH]

@@sockpiano Why was it removed?

[@sharpchess724]

How the fuck do you have 74 likes?

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Trapping the queen is inhumane as often they will chew their own leg off to escape the trap.

[@UnknownYTName]

For some reason, it feels like all MVL videos on this channel are of him getting destroyed.

[@lightgazaret6825]

Check out MVL vs Liren. There's one draw against Carlsen too I think. Edit : After doing the statistics, there are on this channel 8 loss - 5 wins - 3 draws from MVL.

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

"Peter against the Windmills" was a very beautiful game if my memory is correct

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

@@NaoshikuuAnimations Also "Bronstein would be Proud" vs. Anand's Paulsen Sicilian at the 2018 Grenke Chess Classic. Masterful long-term strategising fixing Anand's d6 backward pawn.

[@jabastinrenu]

The HELLO EVERYONE came like a heart attack to me when I forgot to reduce the volume when connecting the headphone

[@knoblauchdittrich7412]

literally has a picture of our boi as his profile pic. #excelent

[@jonk8344]

Capablanca series when? Let’s get romance back in chess #suggestion

[@kaloyanantonov8972]

totally second that motion!

[@thelegendofsheboo7048]

Capablanca is an artist on the board

[@Noxopoker]

Capablanca vs alekhine

[@Daniele.Rossini]

Capablanca in GTA IV: "hey cousin, let'z go romance"

[@foretcl]

Capablanca wasn't romantic at all He used to exchange everything because he was a monster at endgames, almost never making any mistakes.

[@jineshgomai217]

Stop this constant supply of good games you are making additics out here ....... Having said that MORE

[@sleepy314]

jinesh Gomai bet you can’t watch just one!

[@Blinknone]

I believe the correct speeling is "MOAR!"

[@JohnBrown240]

Worth adding that QxBg4 loses to Nh6+

[@DraoxxMusic]

Ordinary players will instantly see the move because it's very obvious while weak players will take some seconds to see it and will feel proud. So it's better not to mention simple moves like that.

[@nickg8424]

dude, you are getting 5 to 10k subs per day. you might be 100k over my prediction (265k by year end). outstanding. congratulations. best chess channel.. i guess you dont regret doing this full time. NICE WORK!!!

[@ss8101989]

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[@dovydasmelamed1567]

#suggestion Euwe vs Lasker 1934 Zurich. Queen sacrifice on the board

[@user-ro3tv8ns6l]

The immortal #SUGGESTION dont give up brother i always support you till uploading this game

[@beratbelo8005]

5:11 Kh2 ...also threatening to trap Black Queen next move g3(pawn)

[@Anonymous-zc9wf]

Another fantastic video from agadmator!

[@RyRcio]

0:01 first "nice" word

[@josephcallahan1664]

Usually you show why players resign. That's the best part. This time, however, I saw it. Thanks for the great content.

[@_ch1r4q_44]

Thank you agadmator for all your efforts! The channel is amazing )

[@bigfuss4135]

I was making sure to watch the life stream of these world champions' games, then I realized that I can watch the game with analysis immediately after it ends from Agadmator's Chess Channel, I'll save my time, see some photos, and most importantly with no headache.

[@stephenhughes1862]

The end to this game was so beautiful! To have 2 pawns and 2 bishops cover ALL 8 squares on the 5th rank is a thing of beauty. The St Louis crew were going crazy, and it was such a memorable finish. This is chess!

[@vinniesaccount]

7:07 what about g5 with the pwan instead of rook to d8?

[@joaoalfredoribeiro3473]

#Suggestion Henrique Mecking vs Mikhail Tal 4th Ruy Lopez Memorial (1975)

[@KATANA-7]

Have a nice day guys with this nice game

[@yuaisu5245]

Has anyone noticed agadmator using Marvel quotes for his recent videos? I can tell he's already very excited for End Game! "Activating instant kill." - Spider-Man "I can do this all day." - Captain America "You should've gone for the head." - Thanos "I have a plan. Attack." - Iron Man

[@carlingtonme]

After Capablanca,I'd like to see an Alekhine series

[@elieobeid77]

Caruana went from almost winning the world chess championship to losing his second place real quick. Seems like when you play Carlsen, he destroys you for real, the same thing happened with Anand and Karjakin

[@victorpetrescu6586]

He's still ranked number 2 in the world in classical. He's never been at the very top at blitz and rapid. He's always been in the 10-20 range for those 2 formats.

[@jeremylindsey2975]

@@victorpetrescu6586 Always!? July 1st, 1992. Caruana wasn't even ranked! He couldn't even hold a chess piece! And even a whole month later, if he could hold one, he just would have jammed it in his mouth and sucked on it! THAT'S NOT WHAT A BISHOP IS FOR, FABIANO!!!!!

[@ashokkumarkhushalani7300]

in this namura video when it was told to find the move (Be2) in place Be2 will g4, Qxh3 an then Ng5 also work

[@jo5034]

Do you rehearse these videos Agadmator? they are so efficient... or do you do this on the fly?

[@charlesq7866]

You have to visit the Grand Chess Tour tournament next year!

[@Samcbhs]

To me Bg4 was an absolute brilliance. To see the fork after that sequence to know the bishop was protected is a level of chess I can’t imagine achieving.

[@xxFlipMovexx]

You should make the board flash each time you explain what could have been done by a player so we don't lose track of the game.

[@greenblack7190]

K-h2 (king to h2) .. past the 5 min mark where you suggested pausing the video when black played Rd8, white could've played k-h2, followed by (g4 pawn to g4) .. that traps the queen without doing all that hard work & suffer losses.

[@chrislane683]

So annoying you didn't finish the video on why he resigned. I couldn't figure out why not just take the bishop at the end. thank god for the comments section. lol

[@jnathannger8654]

you should put up the ratings, as a casual fan, i dont Jane reference for legrave

[@truthseeker5993]

I found it this time, truly.

[@LUCASDBD]

hey guys im new to chess and I learned openings,endgames and im doing pretty well so far but i have one problem: a lot of opponents in real life are first taking the center and first bringing out 5-6 pawns then they trade pieces and in the end they have advantage my pawns aren't moved that much any tips please???

[@rajakaif5713]

Agad suggestion stockfish 10 vs level chess zero pls let's see how strong st10 is..

[@maxnullifidian]

I play a game called Lines of Action that's a really simple, and yet very complex game. I wouldn't mind seeing it replace chess at some point.

[@strat8311]

#suggestion please analyse the game alpha vs stockfish where stockfish crushed alpha with many sacrafices using the alekhine chatard attack these are the moves: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. h4 Bxg5 7. hxg5 Qxg5 8. Nh3 Qe7 9. Qg4 g6 10. Ng5 h6 11.O-O-O Nc6 12. Nb5 Nb6 13. Rd3 h5 14. Rf3 a6 15. Qg3 Nd8 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Bd3 Nf8 18. Rh4 Rg8 19. Bc4 Qd7 20. Nce4 dxe4 21. Nxe4 Nh7 22. Rxh5

[@leoking291]

7:31 anyone can tell me why black cant capture the knight with bishop?

[@celhotriball]

Please translate this to inglish. Muito obrigado por ter criado este canal, eu já estava a desistir de jogar xadrez, mas os seu vídeos me inspiraram a não desistir e graças a você minha irmã de 6 anos já está aprendendo, eu sou o seu fã número 1 de África.

[@nickbirrer]

^Thank you for creating this channel. I was already giving up on playing chess, but your videos inspired me not to. And thanks to you my 6 years old sister has started learning. I'm your fan from Africa. Não garanto que não tenha nenhum erro, mas fiz meu melhor =P Abraços do Brasil!

[@celhotriball]

​@@nickbirrer Abraços de Angola ;)

[@animalbliss3713]

another marvel title reference! yes please!!! thank you #agadmator 😂😂

[@richardfeynman5560]

A convincing victory for Nakamura!

[@mahmoudmokhtar2883]

#suggest j.r cabablanca vs Mikhail botivenk at the age of 14

[@illusivelord]

I mean, hasn’t that always been the case though? You look at classic tournaments and all but a couple critical games are drawn. At the highest level the greatest players are determined by the slimmest of margins

[@markovski5888]

Could someone explain to me the diffrence between a rabid game and a blitz game, trying to expand that vast knowledge

[@NickMango]

Hmmm my guess was g4, not Bishop to e2. I’m probably missing something extremely obvious here. Can someone explain? Thanks!

[@Tizohip]

5:31 Kh2 works? After go h4

[@martybishop6131]

#suggestion Alexander Morozevich vs Vishy Anand 1995 Moscow rapid game, kings gambit

[@martybishop6131]

One of the best attacking games ever

[@SenorQuichotte]

Naka is in beast mode. Predict he'll win.

[@CLAVSS]

7:07 can the move g5 save mvl's queen?

[@rafaelgonzalezguiraud8978]

Bro! what happends if Maxime take the light bishop on this position?

[@onett-tv]

Please guys explain me something. At 5:36 the best moove for me seems to be "Pion To G4 " to trap the black Queen. Why not? Explain me bro please

[@lightningprowess6031]

Qxh3

[@jespermikkelsen4416]

Nice!

[@RasperHelpdesk]

A 5:10 I was thinking Kh2 threatening g4 winning the queen. But the queen gets away after Kh2, Bxd4; g4, Be5+; Nxe5, Qxe5+.

[@christiangaya4730]

Do WEI YI vs Firouzja from Asian Championship!

[@halimabdallah3623]

I read about a chess game for Napoleon against a machine maybe you could do it for us

[@davidspatola6286]

The black queen could have taken the light squared bishop, maybe a tool after. Right?

[@zemp9671]

This isn't a real #suggestion , but i'm learning the london system, and i would be really happy if you could analyze a pro match when that opening is played. Thank you very much for your videos anyway😊

[@theessayist2982]

#suggestion penguin beats calendar bullet last game on the stream against him.

[@spooderpig6730]

Anyone explains to me why knight to e6 wasnt a good idea at 7:58?

[@tobinator250]

#suggestion Gawain Jones v Luke McShane - London Chess Classic 2018

[@adiadiadi333]

"I dont want to hear another MCU reference from your mouth"

[@seydoudia7828]

can someone explain me why is the Queen trapped? What is the problem if queen takes on g4? Thank you!

[@seydoudia7828]

Ah knight h6!

[@seydoudia7828]

forks queen and king. now all is clear!

[@onett-tv]

and at 8:43.. why did he resigned when he can just grab the Beshop with the Queen? Please explain me ahah I dont understand

[@lightningprowess6031]

Nh6+ The queen is dead

[@hagoog]

It took me a while to realize why won't the queen just capture the bishop on g4, but then i saw that knight h6 will come with a royal fork

[@meritegnonlonfin9538]

how does Bg4 trap queen? someone pls explain because queen captures bishop is available

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

then Nh6+ forks king and queen

[@adventuresofdavid]

Bilbo blitz. ..or the English opening

[@mikes.8647]

Dear Antonio, do you think that the idea of having the players compete in Chess960 is a good idea? Some people propose to give the players some time to study the placement of the pieces and then play the game. Sorry for using the suggestion hashtag without any game suggestion :) Maybe it's time for a Q&A video! Take care mister! #suggestion

[@takispapadopoulos7198]

Wasn't Bg5 instead of Be2 still a trap cause then Hikaru could push g4 and still trap the Queen nonetheless?

[@IcyDeath91]

Does that qualify hikaru for the candidates?

[@andreingramakadjscrewrip7372]

#suggestion Team Randy (Randy, Carlsen, Aronian, Hikaru, Topalov) vs Team Rex (Rex, Kasparov, Fabi, MVL, Seirawan) Ultimate Moves, Sinquefield Cup (2014) Game 1?! Hungarian Opening: Sicilian Invitation (A00) 1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 O-O 8. Na3 Nd7 9. c3 Nde5 10. Ne1 Nd7 11. Nc4 Nb6 12. Ne3 Na5 13. f4 c4 14. d4 e5 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Bxa4 19. Qf3 Nb3 20. Ng4 Nxc1 21. Raxc1 Nd7 22. Qf4 Qe7 23. Qh6 f6 24. exf6 Nxf6 25. Qg5 Kg7 26. e5 Nh5 27. Qxe7+ Rf7 28. Qg5 Raf8 29. Rxf7+ Rxf7 30. Rf1 Bd7 1-0 kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6nGoqF6rtmkfLc

[@raghu.k5742]

What about the move g4 at 5:36

[@timespaice]

4:04 play Qf6 then push e6 and it s alright huh?

[@matey114477]

I see you corrected yourself on pronunciation of ''under attack''. Well done :D

[@John_Bonachon]

Forgive my stupidity, but why couldn't Maxime capture G4? I do not see any other piece protecting that bishop

[@dickersonforever]

Can we have another game of Alpha Zero with black pieces pliz?

[@jaganathanravi]

@7:23 if the queen capture the knight followed by bishop...it will be an trade of two pieces for queen....can some one point out if I am missing something.

[@Anti-Chess24]

you are missing chess basic classes a Queen is 9 points 2 minor pieces are 3 points

[@Anti-Chess24]

+Nikolay Kartsev 6 points*

[@Anti-Chess24]

+Nikolay Kartsev the 2 minor pieces are 6 points

[@kadynlauer763]

At 5:40 why not pawn G4?

[@RickyLaneMusic]

Perhaps Agad will become a commentator for the tour in his country! Can we vote for it?

[@scottphillips3762]

Can someone explain why bishop to e2 is better than pawn to g4

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

after g4, maybe Q takes h3 attacking the knight

[@carlthomasrealizan7870]

i dont get that move 29 traps the queen can someone explain ty

[@timyleizah3243]

wow nice

[@thevoicenotelife283]

Hey. I am fairly new to chess. Just hit 800 elo today!! I have a question if anyone is willing to take the time to reply to a noob like me. In the critical moment of the game, why was pawn to G4 not played instead? Does that not trap the queen completely? Thanks

[@harrysharp3838]

I noticed that also, did we miss something?

[@Nygge1982]

Thumbs up for Agadmator to get a honourable free spot in the upcomming Croatian grand chess tour.

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

Hikarus Classical rating has gone way down to 2749 to number 16 in the world, yet he wins because of rapid and blitz

[@Icex666666]

Doesn't rook takes on c6, then bishop f1 followed by pawn g4 trap the queen even faster? Of course, I'm talking about the critical moment

[@sharansivadas3678]

Please upload Santhosh vidit vs eccleston game

[@wymankaluba3827]

great game by Hikaru 😃

[@twistedtea13]

I have never played chess in my life. I have watched your videos the last week. I am 25 years old and I have decided to start playing and become a grandmaster by next year

[@nickg8424]

good luck. 1900 in a year would be great.

[@mahmoudashraf4375]

we need more alpha zero games :D

[@ignacioandresv3170]

Since the state of classical chess is so drawish right now I would say that a combined rating between classical, rapid and blitz is the most appropiate rating. In that regard Nakamura is #2 if you ask me (idk if he’s #2 including bullet though)

[@victorpetrescu6586]

The championship was a statsitical anonymly. Chess has been drawish for a long time. I disagree about the blitz rating. But, I wouldn't mind rapid counting towards your rating. But, classical rating is what chess should be judged on. It shouldn't be about someone winning due to some random oversight due to time, but someone out playing another due to pure skill. I think things will reblanace itself since a lot of the new chess "engines" aren't really chess engines. I think the goal should be to play like an engine who plays likes a human instead of trying to play as a human who plays like an engine. This is being reflected lately with AlphaZero and Leela. Time will tell, but I think things will start to change. But, don't be fooled to think that chess hasn't been extremely drawish for a long time.

[@nickbirrer]

@@victorpetrescu6586 Was it thought? Carlsen - Karjakin had 10 draws, Anand - Gelfand had 10 draws, and that what I can recall from the top of my head, not to mention Kasparov - Karpov dozens of draws. 12 draws doesn't seems out of this world to me. And playing faster time formats still takes skill, the games are usually more tactical and the lines played more intuitively, while in Classical every move is calculated over and over again. I my self have an bullet rating 200 ELO higher then my Blitz which is 150 ELO higher then my Rapid. But these are different skills, so I agree we should keep them individualized. I would mind seeing an mean rating with all time formats taken in consideration.

[@squealer42]

At 7:25, I'm quickly calculating that I can't calculate an escape for my queen, and at least grabbing the knight and bishop for her and a pawn.

[@sachink3264]

Fact: Thumbnails= spoilers= results.

[@ryczardpetroo2458]

Maybe I would play it better in a classical time format, maybe not, maybe I'm stupid.

[@bballwatcher2224]

For people who still do not understand why Qg4 doesn’t work, Nh6 forks the king and queen. Enjoy the increase in vast knowledge.

[@bobbymorane5166]

No Naka is still 3rd in blitz behind Carlsen and MVL. Carlsen : 2939 - MVL : 2932 - Naka : 2911 elo

[@TheLegend12713]

7:08 pawn to g5 saves the queen

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

I don't see how it changes anything .Knight takes g5, the same as in the game

[@blueboy13x]

I thought I'd be first, but I'm sure there will be like 10 comments already. Anyway, keep up the great work Antonio! I religiously watch all your videos haha

[@krzysztoftwardokes1541]

No, I don't wanna kill anyone. Ok, deactivating instant kill

[@nimzu4859]

In that critical position why not play g4 as white?

[@fischgrate7101]

I was thinking the same thing, but queen h3 is possible.

[@GabrielSilva-gj6bs]

@@fischgrate7101 yeah hangs the pawn

[@Tizohip]

You have to play Kh2 first..

[@rakeshmehra6321]

I felt the same but we are dumb