Alekhine's Defence again! | Caruana vs Carlsen Game 1 | Magnus Carlsen Invitational Round 3

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[@Tulio_Fonseca]

5:48 the incredible thing about the Alekhine's defense is that in some variations (such as the one played by them), the black side actually gets its pieces developed prior to the white side, despite having moved the same knight 3 times in the first 4 moves of the game. 🤯

[@myopenmind527]

I love the way Magnus handled the opening. Very creative. Thanks for the breakdown and analysis. Probably the best chess communicator on the planet. 🌍

[@nichonifroa1]

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[@PowerPlayChess]

Much appreciated Antoine - thank you!

[@predpalina]

What I liked with Magnus is that he has a definitive plan in mind in his games...🥰

[@ivicapavic3381]

Alekhine is a serious opening. Not many players study it very hard either. It often leads to super wild positions.

[@tome57a]

I like it and have played it for a long time. If you go wrong as Black you can suffer, but I like that most players as White don't know it quite that well.

[@bonganitwala7124]

It's a defence my chess fan... not an Opening

[@ivicapavic3381]

@@bonganitwala7124 It's an opening for Black, just like Sicilian Defense or the Slav or the Nimzo. It's not always White who chooses an opening.

[@f35bhore]

All kinds of check mate...... ALL KINDS!!

[@brandondaniels9471]

yyyeeeEEEAAAAHHHHH!!!

[@f35bhore]

@@brandondaniels9471 Gimme some room!

[@rodrigo.chaves.84]

Thanks for the analysis :)

[@LordArpamies]

Excellent vid as always

[@clarenceyee3529]

When Carlsen played the Alekhine's I thought of his game vs Topalov years ago at Linares. Topalov didn't go for the 4 pawn attack though.

[@Fluxion11]

Lately, Fabi has been playing 4 pawn centers. He did have winning chances with c5.

[@chrisl6531]

by far the best chess analysis channel

[@tonymiller6847]

Agreed!

[@michaeloberly6129]

All the rapids makes one miss traditional chess, but these games are a refreshing palette cleanser, too. As strong as Carlsen is at traditional time control, I think he's untouchable at this speed. Maybe before long Alireza can catch him, who knows. Wonderful job as always, Daniel, such a pleasure to hear you in these days of lockdown.

[@fredrikmannsverk5071]

Thanks for your brilliant analysis and commentaries. Looking forward to more...

[@chessinators4783]

Giving the centre, only to break it apart!

[@topspin242]

Great video!

[@Blayd9]

Hi, thanks for the latest video! Have you considered streaming on Twitch? I think it could be interesting to see your thoughts while playing live!

[@guest_informant]

Carlsen said he was happy with the game apart from 23 ... c6 which he thought was a poor move. He suggested Rd7 instead. I didn't catch any more than that though.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Perhaps ...Rd7 was a bit better than the game continuation, but not so much (c5 should be played by White in that case as well). Basically, it's a difficult position for both sides, but Magnus simply handled it much better than Fabi.

[@Guitare_picking]

360 p ? I guess it's better for the environment. Thanks for your review !

[@grumpyparsnip]

Now that was an entertaining game.

[@therealrealvlad1]

Daniel: what's wrong with 16. fxNe5 for white? seems potentially better than the game continuation, pushing the black knight off f6, and winning a tempo. White could then configure a queen and dark knight battery on the main diagonal, providing some counter play?

[@Callipygous1975]

A Help mate! Fabi marches his King out and gets mated. There are no explanations for some things. 25...Kf7! was the best move of the game.

[@1seipai]

Maybe you could comment on the Fischer vs Spassky match where Fischer played it with some success!

[@jamesgoudreau1940]

I like the fighting chess, in the past too many top players were more worried about reputation than scalps.

[@cheryllins1105]

For a long time I played the Alekhine's. But when I came back to chess a year or so ago I found few players going for the Four Pawns Attack but many, even young kids, playing (or trying to play) the Vorezhev variation of the Exchange system. And I got tired of playing those difficult positions working on a draw against weaker players. Now I play the Sicilian. 😀

[@tonymiller6847]

I played tournament chess for over 40 years (including several where I played Alekhine's Defense exclusively) and I never heard of the Vorezhev variation, but I did play the Brooklyn variation. 1. e4 N'f6 2. e5 Ng8. TigranPetrosian played it against another GM and drew.

[@cheryllins1105]

@@tonymiller6847 Sorry my spelling was a bit off: Voronezh Variation: 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. ed6 cd6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Rc1 O-O and 9. b3! and Black's "dragon" bishop ends up pointing at a target-less Qside. Chetverik and Kalinichenko devote a number of chapters to various main replies and sidelines in their Alekhine's Defense book.

[@alishapouran3387]

I criticized Magnus in the last couple of weeks, but man, outplaying Fabi in that fashion in 3 games and twice in 2 of them was great and showed his superiority and brilliancy of thought. Can't wait to see Alireza against Fabi and Magnus against Nepo and MVL

[@maxwelljann5462]

Amazing!

[@crazymulgogi]

After move 18 Daniel mentions that Magnus is a clear exchange up, but Fabiano has compensation in the form of the bishop pair. But isn't that too generous? Black hardly has any weaknesses and once he manages to exchange the white squared bishop, an endgame genius like Magnus will have a good chance of squeezing out a win.

[@Robster543210]

Wonder if there will be a resurrengence of the Alekhine's Defense based on Magnus playing it?

[@kemalettinheder2364]

Magnus is kind of magician OMG

[@tharkanzox1493]

Rapid is the future of chess

[@davidneuman1391]

at 12:10 why not Be4 intending Bd5 after Bc4?

[@MartinUToob]

Fancy.

[@reddevilkev]

this position reminds me of a Austrian attack gone wrong in the Pirc defense once the center collapses for White it is total mayhem

[@tonymiller6847]

Precisely!

[@crazymulgogi]

Wrong strategic plan by Caruana, he could have imagined the four pawns attack would have been exactly what Carlsen wanted.

[@BongelaMnguni]

I'm curious as to whether Fabi missed c5 gaining his exchange back or he saw it but thought his LS Bishop was much better than the rook

[@BongelaMnguni]

@XxDanSoloxX I watched the entire show and Carlsen did join crew after the match but Fabi decided not to which is understandable. And Carlsen himself said he was expecting c5

[@tonymiller6847]

The dark squared Bishop was as good as the Rook.

[@nikolalalev732]

Fabi on faster controls is no match for Carlsen or Nakamura. Let's hope that the final of this event is not MC - FC, because it will not be very interesting.

[@miachen2635]

I wonder how many high-level games there are where the black pawn stays on e7 for the whole game.

[@rxw5520]

We gonna get analysis of Alireza's bold Qd8 / c5 Scandi in game 4? 😂

[@PowerPlayChess]

You know, I thought about showing this, but - naah. I feel very sorry for Alireza. He was obviously very disturbed by the connection problem in game 1 and he collapsed at a certain point. I don't want to dwell in his misfortune. Hikaru is a brilliant rapid player (and very comfortable playing online) and I think one of the favourites in the tournament, so he might well have won this match anyway, but the whole incident was very unfortunate.

[@rxw5520]

@@PowerPlayChess fair enough, I like him too, and I can't wait to see how he fares against these guys in the coming years

[@DarkSkay]

What about 8.d5 Bc8 9.a4?

[@tonymiller6847]

Playable I think, but I don't use the computer programs so I don't know.

[@DarkSkay]

The idea was to give one or two pawns for development and a rather undynamic "clump of pieces" a8/b8/c8/d7, but I haven't done any exploration with engines either. My guess would be, that when giving 1 or 2 pawns for this idea, engines won't particularily like it at first. It is an unusual position; intuitively I'd say there should be a way to punish 8...Bc8 respectively the preceding move. After 9.a4 the threat to play a5 seems to force matters and if black plays 9...a5 himself, the new option Bxb6 looks quite strong. So after a4, 9...dxe5 is probably the critical line. A tactical idea: exf4 can sometimes be answered by Bd4 attacking the Bg7, as black hasn't castled yet (Bxd4 Qxd4 means Rh8 en prise).

[@joshmartin4815]

Felt a bit drafty for both sides with no pawn duvets

[@Pipiopy]

alekhines defense has some umff if white accepts its proposition

[@sdgakatbk]

So is Magnus an advanced space alien or what? I figure that's an explanation if he can beat a player like Fabi with the Alekhine's as black. Or is it gamesmanship?

[@marcodicesare2757]

Roger Waters it’s also a GM! I wish you check here Comfortably dumb The dark side of the rook Greetings from Italy!!

[@emregeylani]

Nice one Marco :) greetings to Italy!

[@PowerPlayChess]

Shine on you crazy diamond...

[@fib1478]

These could be some great video titles mr. King :-)

[@tonymiller6847]

Roger was also the creative genius behind Pink Floyd, an awesome band.

[@marcodicesare2757]

PowerPlayChess ahaha i really appreciate your videos, i’m a 1900elo who studied chess alone! Your video are really diamonds

[@GonzaloZeladaGuitarraClasica]

Why the Alekhine defense rare at top level chess?

[@strong8705]

It is more than risky. If white plays good (not 4 pawns attack as Fabi), black is continually worse.

[@PowerPlayChess]

It is all about space. If White plays accurately, Black can get squashed. But for club players there is absolutely nothing wrong with the opening.

[@GonzaloZeladaGuitarraClasica]

@@PowerPlayChess Thank you Daniel!

[@tonymiller6847]

@@strong8705 I've got a losing record with most defenses to e4 versus Masters but I'm also minus playing Alekhie's Defence in USCF tourneys, but I'm 1.5-.5 with the Brooklyn variation.

[@alieskandari6036]

Nice game. Unbalanced position, as usual, by Fabi and strategic game from Carlson. Thanks

[@Shockprowl]

Good Lord.... Magnus DESTROYED Fabi! It was... It was almost horrible to watch!