Alireza's Mini Game of The Century

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Firouzja, Alireza (2754) - Rapport, Richard (2760)
Norway Chess (chess24.com) [19] 2021.09.17
B30 Sicilian, Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nd4 5.e5 Nxb5 6.Nxb5 Nd5 7.O-O a6 8.c4 Nb4 9.Nc3 d6 10.d4 cxd4 11.Qxd4 Nc2 12.Qe4 Nxa1 13.Bf4 Be6 14.Rxa1 Rc8 15.Nd5 dxe5 16.Nxe5 f6 17.Nf3 Bxd5 18.cxd5 Rc5 19.d6 Qd7 20.b4 Rc6 21.Re1 Kf7 22.Nd4 e5 23.Qd5+ Kg6 24.Bxe5 Rxd6 25.Bxd6 Bxd6 26.Qe4+ Kf7 27.Qd5+ Kg6 28.g3 h6 29.Rd1 Re8 30.Nf3 Re6 31.Nh4+ Kh7 32.Qd3+
Norway Chess is a 6-player double round-robin featuring World Champion Magnus Carlsen and taking place in the Clarion Hotel Energy in Stavanger, Norway from 7-17 September. Each of the 10 rounds consists of a classical game where a win is worth 3 paoints and a loss 0. If the players draw they play an Armageddon game, where the winner earns 1.5 points and the loser 1 point. No draw offers are allowed before move 30.
The classical time control is 2 hours for all moves, with a 10-second increment per move only after move 40. For Armageddon White (the same player who had White in the classical game) has 10 minutes to Black's 7, with a 1-second increment from move 41. Black wins if the game ends in a draw. A tie for 1st place will be decided by two 3+2 blitz games followed, if necessary, by a 5 vs. 4-minute Armageddon game. Official website: norwaychess.no
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[@mstfici2685]

Man, his precision is phenomenal. When he spent almost an hour on two moves, everyone was saying he fell in the trap of Rapport's preparation. Yet here we are

[@Acc-nt5dp]

The commentators from my country was like "What is Alireza doing, he didn't play a move for 40 minutes. He is just frozen there." This was after he gave up the rook. They even jokingly said he didnt see the fork lmao.

[@mizanurrahmanshuvo4278]

@@Acc-nt5dp hahah. dude, it was funny xD

[@babySeal2575]

@@Acc-nt5dp They judge too quickly😂

[@iblahim2000]

I « love » Firo, he’s able of genius moves or games, unfortunately he can also plays crap game and still not regular but he’s probably the champion in the future

[@AmbitiousAkbar]

@@Acc-nt5dp Your country's commentators need to resign!

[@bamdad19996]

Apparently alireza came up with this idea over the board. He didn't prepare it.

[@sportsjefe]

He said this in the post game interview with Judit and David, if I remember correctly.

[@juliens.2616]

It had the huge advantage that Rapport certainly didn’t explore that variation in details. I mean who on earth would allow that insane fork -_-

[@dfchang813]

Indeed. It was very intuitive and he said that to him it seemed immediately obvious he must be better. But he needed almost an hour to work out how to turn that intuition to concrete moves to actually win it. All of this is against top 10 competition. He is climbing insanely fast and only 18 so far from his prime. At some point Magnus will decline and Alireza will ascend to the point where we may have new champion. Maybe in next 5-6 years.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Alireza played like Morphy - he sacrificed his Rook for piece activity to win. The pressure was too great for for Rapport to even castle to safety. Incredible game.

[@yahz137]

Alireza said that rook sacrifice wasn't a prep, he came up with that idea at the board

[@namikazeswapnil671]

Much like Morphy and capablanca

[@trollking202]

What sacrifice

[@faridmahnad4985]

Alireza Said the rook sacrifice was improvised over the board. Which is amazing.

[@trollking202]

What sacrifice

[@faridmahnad4985]

@@trollking202 nice one!!

[@JW-qd3ol]

I'm disappointed that Rapport didn't win, but on the other hand, he made this tournament SOOOOOOO much more interesting than any of the others I've watched in the last year and a half! So many boring draws and slight gains in other tournaments, but Rapport blew things out of the water early in this one and forced everyone to play at their best in order to try to beat him! Wonderful competition!!!

[@patricechoffat6382]

Very true!

[@ksham.]

Yeah, it's unfortunate that Rapport needs to work on his mentality. I don't know if you watched any of his post-game interviews, but ever since his loss to Magnus, he's been saying he just wants to get the tournament over with and go home. What kind of attitude is that?

[@dfchang813]

@@ksham. he is still young and obviously the grind of playing so many games with only one rest day was getting to him. I remember when Grischuk semi joking how he played too many tournaments one year and he was actually more disappointed than happy he had made it to another Candidates Tournament because it meant having to play yet another tournament. I think playing so bad against Magnus only to blunder at very end because of time pressure broke his fighting spirit. Chess is actually pretty physical at this level. If you aren’t in good health the grind will get to you eventually and at this level even small inaccuracies will do you in. I mean Magnus is not immune to this but I think he is more insanely competitive and obsessive than most of these guys. It’s instructive that Karjakin very reasonably pointed out that he and Nepo played worse because they didn’t have a rest day which is absolutely a big factor. But Magnus is the sort of person where after this tournament he will go home and at midnight you will find him playing blitz online again. I think Alireza is like that too. These guys are chess addicts and so for them fatigue is always factor yes and Magnus was blind to obvious move in Armageddon when he admitted he was too tired to examine all tactics of that game but in general they will never think of just wanting to go home in middle of tournament when they still have a chance to win. It shows you why Magnus is WC and why people think Alireza may be the future. Can Nepo match Magnus for 14 classical games in a row? It’s a helluva grind. He needs to be in peak physical condition to last.

[@NocturnalNick]

Couldn't agree more, outstanding performance from Rapport with some incredibly stylish play. Would like to see Rapport vs Dubov

[@ksham.]

@@dfchang813 sure, but I think your response is not directly related to my point at all. I'm was not talking about his play. I didn't say anything about his play, mistakes, or inaccuracies. I was talking about his mentality and attitude. The tone is all wrong. Admitting one is tired is fine; nothing wrong with it. But to go as far as "I just want to get the tournament over with and go home." 2/3 of the way in sounds like he has already given up. Even if that were true, he doesn't have to say it like that in a post-game interview. Imagine being invited into a tournament and saying "I just want to go home" to someone there. That's borderline offensive. I wouldn't invite that person again.

[@tabasdezh]

Alireza is young and hungry and his hunger to succeed makes him play wonderful games. He brings excitement to the game.

[@joaoramos1549]

9:02 Alireza said that the rook sacrifice was actually an over the board inspiration. He said basically this on his post-game interview : Alireza : "I think he shouldn't have played this line because i think this rook sacrifice is really interesting, I didn't prepare it before, I just came up with this during the game so... Yeah I saw I could sacrifice this and there was no way I could be worse here because... Just it can not be possible, so..". Judit : "You came up with this during the game? You never checked it?" Alireza : "No I never checked it. Actually I even used a lot of time here".

[@nunomacuacua]

This guy is amazing

[@chriszod]

Agadmator :black is winning regardless of who is playing black Me : well, try me

[@YidSlayer]

"b4 is always the best move". Antonio Radic.

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

Even if that leads to M1

[@CudiBuddy4Life]

Alireza Firouzja, Aryan Tari……….those are some damn cool names

[@krisss42]

So happy seeing Alireza breaking into Top 10 this time! Interesting to see if there will be any tournaments (classical) where he will face other Top 10s, like Aronian, Wesley, Grischuk, and Giri, to see how he'll perform against them. I think he should really sharpen his endgames to catch up with Magnus

[@football_ix_lovee]

Only the candidates have that much Super GM'S

[@namikazeswapnil671]

@@football_ix_lovee check the final event of the meltwater champions chess tour

[@sunset1394]

@@namikazeswapnil671 that's not classical It is rapid right

[@bisket81]

Grand Swiss

[@sackfoga3779]

@@sunset1394 yes

[@SaeedAcronia]

Interestingly, Magnus' rating at the exact same age (18 years and 3 months) was exactly 2770 except Magnus didn't hit Covid and played more tournaments than Firouzja.

[@mrcydesign]

hes a very promising player that's for sure and this game definitely goes to show it. we might be looking at a future champion with enough time and work. but that can be said about quite a few players so take it as you will.

[@lululemon2411]

@@mrcydesign True. We can't jinx him. Although I think he finds other life purposes more fulfilling to him than chess like Wei Yi or Hou Yifan, we also cannot judge him.

[@mrcydesign]

@@lululemon2411 it's difficult to make a living off chess so it's understood he might leave it one day, but I would love to see more of him as he's consistently been playing well and seems to only be getting better, which are always exciting sign for new challengers to the world champ title. though I'm still holding out for duda to have his big break I would happily take firouzja as a champ.

[@SaeedAcronia]

@@mrcydesign He's making at least 200k a year. Why leave?!

[@efthymiosn3381]

@@mrcydesign top players make at least 20k per tournament. In this tournament alireza made 70k

[@ti2835]

This is very alpha zero like. Pinning pieces down and effectively removing them from the game without directly attacking them. Love the developments in high level chess inspired by A0

[@hosseinmoradi8490]

GM Tal would love this Kid, in my eyes the next World Champion

[@largecardinals4784]

This is exactly what I have been thinking...

[@raymondsublett3108]

@Hossein Moradi yup as soon as magnus retires..

[@hammondvoodoo9555]

I agree, I really hope that Alireza will be the next challenger. Magnus already annouced that he wants to play nobody else anyway.

[@HifumiAjitani]

3:30 whenever a fork happens, even if it doesnt involve the king we usually like to say 'check' for some reason. probably habit.

[@AcapellaUnfiltered]

I remember reading somewhere that in earlier days it was customary to say check when you're attacking the opponent's Queen as well. Nowadays in tournaments you're not allowed to say anything to your opponent except j'adoube or offering draw.

[@valimaa1006]

Lmao good catch

[@balazskozak4172]

@@AcapellaUnfiltered in Hungary we have 'sakk' for check and 'sekk' for queen-check. Although we use 'sakk' for chess as well 🤷

[@bamdad19996]

This game was a masterpiece. Holy shit

[@ETMEvR]

Happy to have this channel and this legendary man.

[@tse0123]

"nasty discoveries" Easily my favourite line !! 😁😁😁

[@SingForTheTerrorists]

It really is incredible that Magnus is rated 50 points higher than Caruana when there are only 50 points separating the next 15 players in the world

[@max-du1ff]

Carlsen the GOAT

[@christophercoreano2787]

Whenever a tournament is finished I immediately MISS this channel. I can’t live without agadmator

[@MrSeppei]

8:50 Firouzja said in the interview that he never saw this position before (after Qxd4).

[@stanhirt]

I have seen this game yesterday and it´s a typical Alireza,you can´t quite comprehend what´s going on and everything is so precise it´s unbelievable

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Firouzja in his interview said he didnt prepare it he just came up with the idea during the game😎

[@oaklandsfarmschool8791]

Was hoping you would cover this game!

[@thiagodacosta8660]

Alireza came up with the idea over the board. He said so in the interview. Amazing

[@percybyssheshelly]

What a bold inspiration in the opening by Alireza.

[@robagtheunmarked4073]

Agad, thank you for the advices in chess! They are aprecciated

[@lopezmt5]

I'm loving the quotes you are sharing from Miyamoto Musashi's Dokkodo (21 precepts for life) these days. From this precept (#9), I get the idea to be kind to myself and be kind to others. Thank you for your videos. I like chess, but I am very much a child at the game, seeing the very best players games helps me change my thinking.

[@user-co8ws1qk5k]

Glad to see iranian like him there. But also so angry and sad cause my country couldn't support geniuses like him.😪

[@OrlOnEarth]

Even if his flag says France, his name, but overall his roots will always be Iranian

[@alexobed4252]

I feel a lil sad for the 121 people who didn't like this video. You, sir, are a GIFT!

[@juliens.2616]

Rapport and Firouzja are undoubtedly the 2 most exciting players of the year

[@kunalsingh4418]

Hope Rapport maintains his motivation though. It was kinda sad how visibly crushed he was in his interviews after his loss at the hands of Magnus. It was disheartening to see his interviews. He played really well.

[@lucaspiaso2022]

I don't need to watch the tournament, your presentation just made it the best. Thanks for being awesome

[@Newko26]

Finally! Waited for this!

[@FloydMaxwell]

Loving the quote-above-the-board choices

[@cameront3768]

What a game , Firouzja’s Rook sac reminded me of the game of the century match between Bobby Fischer vs. Byrne. Knights can be so nasty at times.

[@imranshorifshuvo3787]

9:09 Alireza came up with this masterpiece entirely on his creativity on that game. In the interview, he said that he didn't prepare that line, it was totally unprepared.

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

3:30 for the fork

[@rezgh6663]

Love your shirt!This game was insane

[@zambot264]

Spectacular game. What a time to be alive.

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

that made me smile (thanks)

[@astraea092]

I keep hoping Rapport wins the games on this channel and he comes close so many times. He's an interesting player to look out for in the future

[@nunomacuacua]

It was inspiration over the board. He said it afterwards, which make this a truly masterpiece 🙂 Alireza is a phenomenon

[@Obi-WanKannabis]

I wonder how high Alireza's ceiling will be. If we get another Karpov vs Kasparov level rivalry at the top of chess that would be glorious

[@Tristen501]

What an amazing turnament!

[@adamleckius2253]

Absolutely amazing game by Firouzja, what a unique talent. Definitely agree with this being the best game of the tournament, especially given the stakes

[@A1ir3za]

I must show this game to my friends in the library.

[@jettaeschroff6924]

what about the bar

[@A1ir3za]

@@jettaeschroff6924 I dont have any friends there. (Sob)

[@kargs5krun]

Honoring an "ancient " GM Murphy ending @15:20 . Classy. Kudos to you sir.

[@lookingatcartoons]

Thanks for sharing this game and showing us the magnificence of it

[@michaelsdenney]

Wow, that rook exchange sac was great vision.

[@mustafizurrahman5699]

Superb splendid . No words are sufficiently enough to hail Firuja

[@AwkwardTurtle311]

Absolutely brilliant

[@mattatack2the25]

Agad explaining that everyone who plays online chess has silly mistakes that completely turned the tide soothed my soul.

[@andrerocka8135]

According to alireza, it was a otb inspiration :)

[@jtcaruanafan4617]

Had to revisit an Alireza game to see some exciting chess since the E.T.C ended.

[@SEAKPhotog]

Dang, that was a fun game to watch. Thanks!

[@roedormarino]

Love it when the Agad notification kicks in

[@OhmicContact]

Truly amazing game!

[@robertdominguez7629]

Brilliant play!

[@kl8786]

Wow, amazing stuff! Alireza is the true successor of Rachid Nejmetdinov.

[@grobertoac2430]

7:04 after further analysis, f6 really is the best move. But the continuation with Bxd5 is what makes his plan not working. He had to go for Kf7 or Qd7, and would have had a good advantage. g6 is not the best, but is more solid and safer. It's rather drawish. Playing for the win, that's probably why Rapport have chosen f6

[@shanemosser]

5:20 "There are many things you can play here, but not a lot of things that are actually good" Sounds like my games!

[@samar000786]

Great analysis ❤️

[@remakbar3813]

A masterpiece by Alireza

[@michaelmatt9752]

After the first half some chess gods here were treating the kid like some wasted potential.

[@tracker7661]

I have no idea what that means

[@OhmicContact]

And it was already on move 1 that my Saturday got much improved

[@nbagamer5781]

This Ali Reza guy is from Iran … many smart people in Iran …

[@shauryapatel3498]

Classical format is the test cricket of chess, phenomenal stuff!

[@Hy-jg8ow]

Cricket is a bug. So classical format is a test bug?

[@kenoliver8913]

Yep, and like Tests its a format that is far more subtle than the shorter ones.

[@painleroux9486]

between 1st place (Carlsen) and 2nd place ( Caruana ) 54 points , and then between 2nd place and 16th place (Anand) 50 points . that alone shows how much Carlsen is ahead

[@vahikovanessian9356]

Yes, Alpha Zero type play by Firouzja!

[@alikilisli3763]

"black is winning regardless of who is playing black" me: nervously sweating

[@josiahross5383]

Could you update Firouzja's picture next to the board in the next game you show of him? He looks older now.

[@NadirAgha]

Kinda bad for you not to watch the post-game interviews of Firouzja and Rapport and interview of Firouzja in studio, where he explains, that even the Rook sacrifice was found by him over the board. It was not a preparation

[@BuggatiWeryon]

he wanted to show the game quicker, with listening the interview he would not upload at flash speed 😄

[@moatazmady7922]

even though Alireza played a spectacular game, I kinda feel bad for Rapport as he was leading the tournament and was almost the only one plays for win avoiding modern silly drawish lines.

[@zywoomeister3654]

May be its just me but Alireza's style of play reminds me of the great Fischer himself.

[@uttaransaha1941]

I am just a noob at 1300 but Fischer and Alireza are completely different players .... Fischer was more positional while Alireza is closer to Kasparov

[@zywoomeister3654]

@@uttaransaha1941 that’s your opinion bro, above mentioned is mine. We can differ 😉

[@vahiddj81]

Alireza himself has said that his favorite player is Kasparov. I think the interview was before tata steel tournament.

[@apk8340]

He has certainly a bit of both styles but more towards Kasparov and of course he has also the style of Tal since he went after his feelings in this sacrifice, nobody could see anything in that sac and i guess most of the other super grand masters wouldn’t have gone for that.

[@davidcopson5800]

As you say, this is your opinion but I disagree. Fischer rarely played high risk tactical stuff like this. He played nice combinations that led to a forced win but not this kind of chess.

[@rickharold7884]

Wow. Awesome game. Brutal

[@bobirjonizzatullaev9701]

Alireza is so creative player. I think, he has no serious coach

[@WenceslausDerErste]

7:00 My Engine gives f6 as the best move, but on a rather low depth(35).

[@uttaransaha1941]

35 isnt low depth : (

[@juliens.2616]

@@uttaransaha1941 i had exactly the same reaction -_-

[@graphixkillzzz]

I agree with the Musashi quote on resentment, but not for "complaint," as without complaint nothing will ever change, and those who recognize a problem are frequently themselves powerless to change it; but if they speak up, someone else might be able to change something for the better.

[@einarinn1462]

2:31 “knight plays knight to c3” the knight has a mind of it’s own

[@uoyebuttnuocca]

Noone wins that many points in a tournament - 16. Alireza in next tournament - 33. Completely insane.

[@doctor_who1]

happens to me all the time. i'm up so much i think every move wins then i lose and i destroy my computer.

[@Summanininruhu]

at the final day magnus had the comfort of his rival needing to beat ali reza..and ali reza surely delivered what magnus needed

[@tomatoisnotafruit5670]

Magnus didn't need Alireza to win, a draw would be enough, but even if Rapport won with black against Firo (not very likely), that still wouldn't be enough for Rapport to win the tournament, he'd only tie Magnus and then he'd have to play blitz against Magnus.

[@zarathustra3976]

I definitely show this to my friends at carwash and museum

[@andra75]

Hi! I also much appreciated the livestreaming too, with playing, chat, comments. Are you planning similar in future? Thanks!

[@benamarayoucef9402]

This is the best game in this tournament 👊

[@AdmiralHD]

Alireza now being world number 9 with an Elo of 2770 at the age of 18 ! Wow!

[@alimahjoori8926]

10:16 THA BEST THING HAPPENED TO ME ALL WEEKEND LMFAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO B4 😂😂😂😂

[@weeooh1]

These 2 players games are more fun to watch than the other top players.

[@DeeEast]

The relationship between Magnus and Anand in 2010-2013 is very similar to Firouzia and old Magnus now

[@broysgoeth4035]

From which angle magnus seems old to you? Anand was in his 40's when he lost throne to magnus. Magnus has 10-15 years at top level chess left in him.

[@sagan9ne]

Alireza is the young fire rekindling a game that is ossified through exaggerated opening preperations. Hopefully he continues like that.

[@namikazeswapnil671]

Anand, wang hao and topalov are crazy dudes being in the top 20 without playing classical for a year or more. Also alireza is now a big boy.

[@omfoo2839]

I love your videos❤

[@aaronquadd3019]

Can you find more early Magnus vs Nepo? Maybe there first games as FM, IM, or GM? Some games in their teenage years or 20s? Thanks for the great videos

[@TheAngelOfDeath01]

Jesus... So Reza was 2754 in mid-Steptember!? Wow! That actually makes his road to 2800 even more impressive!

[@kamitebyani5309]

What’s brilliant young mind . Amazing !

[@tele-marmotte]

Love the way you pronounce Rapport.

[@arpitnayak18]

I miss agad saying "improve your vast knowledge"

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

21:08 Magnus be like - The problem with being faster than light is that you always live in the darkness 😅

[@sebastianmarx9606]

What a great game. Just like #suggestion Kosteniuk-Krush.

[@ruxxolegend]

So sad to see Rapport third place at the end... Great tournament.

[@jesusrodriguez-gomez4469]

I know the feeling that comes up with the last analysis 😝