Anand's World Championship Prep Blows Nepo Off The Board In 17 Moves | Online Nations Cup

Join IM Levy Rozman as he breaks down this epic chess game between World Champion Vishy Anand and GM Ian Nepomniachtchi! In what was the chess game of the tournament so far, Nepo resigned after Anand played 17.f6. We hope by watching this chess analysis it will help you learn how to play chess like the grandmasters and help you develop your game.
Stick around after the chess analysis for an interview with GM Vishy Anand as he talks about the win and Nepo's blunder playing d4. Is this the best game of the tournament so far? Let us know in the comments!!
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[@GothamChess]

Hi folks, I'm the guy who made the video. Lots of you asking why I insisted on Ng5 after Qh6. That's because Black can play the typical idea Kh8-Rg8, guarding g7. Ng5 ends the game because of the unstoppable threat on h7. Cheers!

[@4dotaonly]

Hi Levy! Very nice and educational video. This match will surely be featured in many chess articles and an expert opinion surely helped

[@blueboy13x]

"I'm the guy who made the video" HAHA Good one Levy

[@akashbhandari3651]

While I really enjoy your style of presentation, a little bit of depth in different variations or tactics would be very helpful for players like me who don't immediately see the top (say 3) moves. I really hope you could incorporate that into your analysis.

[@anantjoshi1238]

ok

[@Dev-fo7oi]

The old days when Levy had to introduce himself to the chess world

[@somtovitus]

Dude doesn't play online. And he just comes and scatter the arena. Strong Anand.

[@emregeylani]

indeed. he is #1 board of team india and performing better than all of his team mates

[@AnandSivaram22]

@@emregeylani ....combined

[@muneebmukhthar4880]

Yuo yess he is a Master !!

[@apaarshrivastava]

@@AnandSivaram22 Combined what?

[@riyagarg753]

@@apaarshrivastava performing better than all of his team mates combined.

[@onlyworkingtrix7472]

Woh raat Nepo 2 baje tak piya 😂

[@zhithe4116]

Only Working Trix Lol

[@theundiscoveredgenius7095]

Lol

[@abhisheksukhatme7338]

Hahaha I cant stop my laugh

[@sastiadhikary3292]

Lmao 😂

[@shubhamvishwakarma449]

Hahahaha, this comment made my day

[@user-bm9cv9vn2k]

It feels great when machines are out of preparation...

[@AnandSivaram22]

😂😂

[@marekzawal1744]

Great comment.

[@Astaroh]

Anand's insane. Seems he still got the skills to be one of the best.

[@srkbhayo]

not really, i have seen him miss so many wins, especially under time pressure.

[@RichardHasal]

Lol. He’s been world champion twice.

[@chrismatheson4729]

@@RichardHasal Not anymore though. Sad.

[@amirnicolai3830]

@@chrismatheson4729 well not too many players can be world champion at the same time

[@alasdairmacintyre9383]

He has been. He is just older.

[@richardandrada9898]

I'm so proud to say that part of Anand's early Chess career was here in Philippines.

[@mviv6339]

U are right. He learned from a tv chess program in Philippines as a kid.

[@retiuup3753]

What's so nice about that?

[@sandeeproy1327]

Eugene Torre was the first and only Asian Grandmaster at that time, I believe. Phillipines had the chess tradition that helped Anand and he said that many times.

[@unimaginableboi7164]

@@retiuup3753 what isnt nice about that?

[@angelyuqi6709]

@@sandeeproy1327 it's his mom who got him interested in chess

[@aloknight3656]

Vishy is the epitome of "age is just a number" for the chess world.

[@edenli6421]

Alo Knight how old is he?

[@aloknight3656]

@@edenli6421 He is 50

[@user-zb8tq5pr4x]

50 is nothing lol, smyslov was amazing in his 80's

[@akshay4107]

With age comes experience

[@dhyeybhatt1192]

Vishy and Nihal, two Indian GMs with a huge age difference and yet both give the same example

[@camusfranco8822]

It took roughly 4 minutes and 13 second for my Stockfish Version 2.2.1 to find the move (15. f5). Simply brilliant prep by Vishy.

[@anupbarua6151]

why so old version of sf?

[@Motivic167]

It took 11 seconds with 24 cores at 3.7 GHz, that's pretty crazy

[@raghavendrarao6287]

@@Motivic167 24 cores? 24 threads or 24 cores? Whig cpu ?

[@Motivic167]

​@@raghavendrarao6287 24 cores, 48 threads

[@thotpatrol7678]

Lesson - *never underestimate the former world champions...*

[@sandeeproy1327]

I don't think anyone does that EVEN today, when he is 51 years old and World no 15! 😊

[@lonewolfmentality999]

Karpov is also a beast

[@rjjhh443]

Ya Kasparov crushed caruana (world no. 2) and drew against carlsen in a 960 game I mean how is this possible? Is this psycological?

[@Rahul-eh3rf]

I love that Robert can pronounce Anand's name perfectly, but then we have Danny making a very valiant attempt

[@TANVEER991164]

Anand is still the legend.

[@subhojitchatterjee9920]

Legends never die

[@aryantak364]

@@1234444rbi well garry kasparov has defeated Tal several time still he is the best that's what apply with Anand also. Even Garry also missed many win after a certain age so bro respect . No one can be number one every time and its not in the game of chess it apply in every game. A better version of former champion is always there.

[@synchronium24]

No joke. I ran the position after 14... d4 on Stockfish 10 and it took it until depth 30 and slightly over 3 minutes to find f5.

[@ruantristancarlinsky3851]

Vishy: "It happens very often but this is one of the most trivial lines...." GOAT!!

[@yashsolanki069]

Anand sir is in Germany currently, got stuck because of lockdown and even in this situation he is so mentally prepared it's unbelievable 🙌🙌

[@skdkskdk]

you understood what he said this was a trivial line from his prep, right? A silly opening trap that even infants now these days, nothing more. It's not like he had to do any mental work.

[@yashsolanki069]

@@skdkskdk not for just one match but for the whole tournament he is leading the team and is an example of great leader and GM.

[@gameplayvideos3113]

@@skdkskdk haters gonna hate but we know vishy is the best

[@aditya8778]

Computer only found those moves at higher depth

[@sporadicdrive5884]

Well, it is a deep prep afterall

[@xwhitemers885]

*Computers only found those moves after Anand made them

[@fahimp3]

@@xwhitemers885 Actually f5 took my laptop (Stockfish 20011801 + 5 man TB) 7 min to find... (still pretty impressive for a 10 year old preparation)

[@PrzystankersFCB]

Lc0 (which seems to have much better positional "understanding" than other engines) takes ~3seconds to spot f5

[@fahimp3]

@A 1000 It also depends greatly on hardware and my laptop is not that great...

[@tyquin1414]

It’s a match like this that really makes you want to go play Chess

[@user-ho1vt8vz2l]

Exactly

[@subhabratabasu9804]

Anand's face looks like typical indian dad on video call.

[@Luckypapa01]

and u copied this comment from his bot playing vedio ryt ??

[@randomshadow4620]

Anand knew this line years ago. It became his secret weapon and it's Nepo who helped him unleash it. Good thing he still remembers this.

[@drsameerdeo]

Good to see Anand back in the action!! It was so disheartening to see Anand in the commentary box during the candidates!! This one is masterclass!!

[@nanangs1077]

Very silent moves by The Tiger of Madras, Anand and Nepo was trapped helpless, he realized after e5 move but too late the tiger was ready to kill the king. Marvelous game by Anand.

[@ruantristancarlinsky3851]

This video is really good. Would love to see more content like this please!!

[@daddyofalltrades]

After watching this video, I had nothing but contempt for my Stockfish.

[@milindmasurekar3977]

Vishi is a magician 🎩!He can pull anything from his hat 🎩!!Another masterpiece to be treasured and the one ☝️ which will keep Great 👍🏻 GM Nepo haunting for many many nights!!!

[@spacexfanclub6529]

leftover notes from WC preparation of Anand :p

[@Varney_of_London]

Omg...was that Vishy or Alpha Zero playing white? Excellent play by Vishy!

[@swamimananananda9720]

In future it will be known as the "VISHY ANAND OPENING"!

[@ikeshkumar9246]

True

[@vikramkrishnan6414]

The Anand variation of the Grunfeld. Even more remarkable when you realize Vishy is an e4 player and Ian is a Grunfeld expert

[@simple5907]

d4 blunder was engines top choice for so long, i wonder why engine discarded f5 idea in their inital evaluation and rather like white to play bishop e2!!

[@mysteryGuySaysHi]

my company organized an interactive session with Anand a couple of weeks back as he too was in lockdown I did prepare to ask his views on Qd6 Scandinavian, Grundfeld, Najdorf moves among the many. the host only selected his choice of questionnaire as he didn't think they had time for Anand to discuss all the questions on various moves

[@KW-vm5fc]

Just one word...the word is WOW!!! That was indeed a prepared line. Nuff said! :-)

[@colins1358]

rozman well done sir. keep it up man. I can see why you are strong through great articulation

[@joebideen3492]

So calm and generous.

[@theundiscoveredgenius7095]

That's what playing chess for 44 years looks like

[@Daniel-tl6hx]

Vishy is the most lovable GM's he is so humble yet strong

[@dimtodim]

this game is so amazing i really never before seen attack like this...hehe strong storm come from clear sky :) gg Ananad

[@vedanshvedansh844]

That was insane pawn move.

[@autoshop3643]

Anand is super fast in his calculations every chess player knows that. At any part of the game can come up with something stuns the opponent. needless to mention evidences. Just search his miniatures. I mean he doesn't need a whole year to put up such master class game.

[@ikeshkumar9246]

True

[@paulomachado7328]

He didn't do any calculation at all here though.

[@alkeshbhatia673]

Great explain bro..

[@himanshusharma1414]

INDIA"S PRIDE!!

[@TusharBooks]

I am proud to be Indian

[@dastran2731]

He memorized the engine move

[@JoelLearnsToRock]

@@dastran2731 Dude! The engine went bonkers over his moves

[@dastran2731]

@@JoelLearnsToRock because he learned it from better engine

[@vijayaraghavan5635]

@@dastran2731 idiot

[@Q_QQ_Q]

That was quite brutal

[@pratick5296]

Levy, Dude You are amazing

[@kanolappakalal4871]

really a legend..... love u vishy sir🙏🙏

[@mviv6339]

Remembers 10 year old line. Me - what did i have for lunch today , can't remember.

[@gonzalo4658]

This is why I love Anand

[@styx85]

Big difference in audio volume between the two parts of the video here, might want to double check that next time :)

[@-_Nuke_-]

Anand is definately one of my favorite WC SGMs

[@neallasta]

beautiful!

[@rushibhatt1201]

Proud to have watched this game live

[@amirfadzil]

Anand: "this is one of the easiest one" ? but to me this is elegant

[@JordanCall]

Is there a clip of the actual game and commentary?

[@avinashnayak7398]

On the 17th move by white, engines were always calculating a move like 17. Rfb1, saving the hanging rook on f1 and that was the reason why the engines said, yes, black is winning. But, the first time, when I tested this exact same position, after 17. f6, it'd almost in 3-4 seconds say, black is going to get checkmated in 4 more moves.... Peculiar

[@ashwindeshapande1175]

I like how IM Levy Rosman always pronounces the names correctly!

[@srinivasaprasannaa915]

Just a quick comment, I recall reading in Vishy's book, 'Mind Master', about the advent of AI in chess preparation. Probably he was referring that an AI engine could have picked up the line when he talks about the older and slower 'classical' engines not being able to catch up?

[@goldenclusters2365]

Meanwhile Giri is still busy finding the drawing move

[@a585damn9]

Yeaight love it

[@AkshayDixit13]

Legend 🙏🙏🙏

[@TomMarkson]

I just downloaded this Game in PGN format. Good one to study .

[@AP-sn5zf]

Any samay raina live stream viewer

[@yuvrajgupta6004]

Vishy op

[@AP-sn5zf]

@@yuvrajgupta6004 yeah😄

[@anshb4154]

Aray bhai bhai. Macha diya bhai vishy sir ne kal.

[@AP-sn5zf]

@@anshb4154 ha bhai😁

[@unclepodger]

Is Samay stream the Nations Cup?

[@jacekvader8108]

Piękna miniatura,dziwne że Nepo się na to nabrał hehe😯😄

[@ikeshkumar9246]

Anand is a absolute legend.

[@exs1803]

Wow White moves are so unpredicted. Just two pawn move with sacrifices beat the opponent flat out. Awesome.........

[@inlovewithi]

Who is a better chess player, Anand in 1999, or Anand today? In other words he's older which is a disadvantage, but has a lot of knowledge thanks to computer help.

[@NeelDhar]

Vishy Sir OP

[@Vibaravi]

This was literally yesterday’s daily puzzle

[@marcinkryczka7044]

After d4 f5 if black goes gxf5 its no good, right? No way to stop the queen and the knight?

[@sabrishgopalakrishnan5156]

wait so now anand has two immortals?

[@gameplayvideos3113]

Yes

[@sandeeproy1327]

Not to mention another about dozen, but yes, ok, 2 now.

[@EKDhilipKumarAstrologer]

The Tiger is getting younger. The poor deers are running helter-skelter. A short game with just the pawns and the Queen.

[@Jehannum2000]

Your chair makes it look like you've got a mullet.

[@nuts529]

Vishy op

[@threethrushes]

Anand's immortal.

[@tanertan3541]

an enormous party wishy beats every machine that the human mind invented

[@virusgaming1236]

Vishy Op

[@namrata23jawalkar]

We can only one thing about the Indian tiger BRILLIANT

[@THEPATHAKK]

Vaibhav op

[@adventuresofdenis]

Vishy Anand is a legend in category of Paul Morphy....

[@perigrinus3133]

Nice chin, vishy

[@sandeepshetty1589]

so Nepo basically walked in to a mine that was laid out during the world war

[@thguzzo17]

Harry Potter analysing a chess match

[@ericrobinson7184]

I love Anand!

[@amitsonar4899]

No need of Knight coming coz after H6 g7 boom f6 pawn is the deathly one

[@RubixCubed3]

Nepomniatchi has a lot of work to do between now and his challenge for the world title.

[@Conanap]

I don’t quite understand the F5 move. It seems like black can do gxf5. I’m missing something, would someone be able to explain?

[@youneverknow5555]

I think you will play. Qh6 followed by Ng5.

[@piechartsingh]

Noob comment but why does the image at the bottom right show Vishy as playing black? That had me confused. Might be worth mentioning this is at the start for the ignorant and uninitiated

[@metappo3879]

Maybe he's still got it

[@thanosa.k.abaldi914]

Anand devastated Nepo completely vapourised him

[@amuricuh6143]

Does anand still use hiarcs

[@sarbasov]

9:03 which game against Aronian are they talking about?

[@blueman333]

Search anands immortal on youtube

[@lilnap9588]

Anand vs Aronian Tata Steel Masters 2013

[@peterhardie4151]

Anands cooking still good.

[@THEPATHAKK]

Anand op

[@Dheerajkumar-ko8qf]

Yupp

[@josefserf1926]

I love Levy's commentary but I fear for his chess ambitions as he seems to be more one of us than one of them (super GM).

[@nota4688]

I think a fair bit of IMs especially recognize and make peace with the fact that they will never be a super gm

[@joebermuda6452]

Nota 4 what do u mean by that? Weren’t all gm and super gms at one point at Im status?

[@nota4688]

Joe Bermuda what I mean is most IMs have to come to terms with the fact that they’re I’ll never be a super gm, and most do, including Levy (hopefully)

[@tatetadeng9616]

Wow

[@Apprenticethief]

This guy looks and sounds like Elijah Wood

[@NaveenKumarErroju]

That 50 years old guy is still worthy....

[@maiconoliveira4221]

Knight g5 wasn't necessary, right? you only the need the pawn and the queen for the mate

[@vivekkatabathuni1309]

King H8, queen h6, rook g8 , Knight g5,queen h7 . This is mate in 5 , longest line.

[@RahulMalhotra22]

SAMAY OP 🔥

[@pedrochalaco1]

Nepo is very strong but Anand is legend.

[@pyrkaczzawodowiec7124]

Wojtaszek IQ200

[@04sushantkumar86]

What if g6 takes f5

[@spleeeen4it]

prime fischer v prime anand, who wins?

[@ShivamSingh-md6jg]

Anand is scary😱