Anand Vs. Ivanchuk blitz game - A missed mate in one

Elite players Viswanathan Anand and Vassily Ivanchuk battle it out in the final with a 5 minute blitz game of chess. Craziness ensues.
The epic game occurred during the 1994 Intel grand Prix in London.
Live commentary by Grandmasters Maurice Ashley and Daniel King.
ChessOnDVD.com

[@yablecki]

Image the poker face that Anand must have had to have kept that whole time.

[@rajeevkunapareddy1182]

meanwhile my face would be all red while trying to mainthain that poker expression. hello 9 years+ john

[@teilderlosung7287]

That is still the best live commentary in a chess match EVER.

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Great commentary by Maurice Ashley and Daniel King

[@MrChannelwithNOvideo]

Shit commentary like WWE doesn't belong in Chess. Watched on mute!

[@ShivamSingh-zk5nq]

@@MrChannelwithNOvideo in a format like blitz..what do you expect.some deep analysis? There's no time for that

[@akshay_9146]

@@MrChannelwithNOvideo you can watch golf instead where the commentary is suited to your taste

[@maximskyway499]

Somehow I wondered if the other guy was black. Clearly speaking with black accent

[@saketjsinha]

@@maximskyway499 Well it’s chess♟. The other guy’s always black (If the first one was white) ;)

[@keplerj4192]

Never knew the chess could be this intense. Terrific job for casters.

[@luvbird]

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[@harishsridhar2797]

Anand took the first exit out of the room... The adrenaline rush he must be going through 🏃

[@vladimirmisin1876]

Never have I ever thought that I can be shouting and screaming and cheering to a CHESS game hahaha

[@aakksshhaayy]

Even I could have missed that checkmate so not a biggie for grandmaster to miss it.

[@chillyepicblox]

Chances are you arent a grandmaster... Neither am I. The fact that he missed it and that he is a GM, that makes it even MORE devastating than you or I missing it. Has my point been made or do I need more explanation?

[@aakksshhaayy]

chillyepicblox It was a joke bro... I was implying that I am way better than a grandmaster. Like WorldMaster. Or perhaps UniverseMaster: There have only been 2 before in history.

[@defeatingthepurpose3975]

+chilly woooosh

[@spaxxkey5936]

trool

[@studentism]

even i could have missed that joke so not a biggie for chilly to miss it

[@ananmishra2420]

This is crazy... Unbelievable ivanchuk missed that checkmate... 🤣

[@boredasbored1]

after chucky lost he still stood up like a boss and smiled..haah what a funny dude, he can take a loss with a smile..he must have had fun O_o the madman ivantsjoek..hehe funny caracter

[@Ronbo710]

+Cartman Eric Chucky is a gentleman. And unlike that asshole Chiparinov shakes hands even after a huge blunder.

[@slavmavrodiev9767]

You should probably learn the proper name of a player before insulting him :D

[@abhisheksukhatme7338]

Slav Mavrodiev who won

[@mirzamirza7878]

yes and he blundered on purpose, just for fun. Ivanchuk has never taken chess as a serious game.

[@oleksandrzubchenko7739]

@@mirzamirza7878 so how then he became a World Blitz Champion in 2007 and World Rapid Champion in 2017 and won a lot of other big and minor tournaments, including Linares three times in 1989, 1991, 1995?

[@treflippunk]

lol I went to comment "these are the most exciting commentators of chess i've ever heard!!" Then I look and it's already top comment, I thought it was just me near the end I got up and started cheering, these guys are so full of energy, you guys are awesome, you make watching the game exciting and interesting! Kick ass commentators!

[@Viva-la-de-hs4ub]

Yep unlike the shitty commentators we have now . Specially Tanya sachdev

[@patrickjmt]

the nerd in me got super excited watching this. i still love chuky. chuky RULES!!!

[@saudabdulaziz35]

Happy to see ur comment Mr. Patrick

[@tautiksinharoy5650]

Hey are u alive?

[@imnobody7226]

Vishwanathan Anand was laughing in his heart

[@paki6277]

No he lowkey shieted his pants while ivanchuk was thinking

[@vangreda5818]

Was laughing in shame

[@andreashoppe1969]

anand was heading straight to the bathroom I guess :D

[@Prasen1729]

:-D I was wondering the same, he rushed.

[@andreemosqueratapia3474]

8:08 too much vodka the last day =)

[@user-yy8yv8cs5w]

He was a Ukrainian. Not vodka but gorilka.

[@vladimirmisin1876]

As if the meaning changes :D

[@user-yy8yv8cs5w]

Ivanchuk was sober, they had agreed that he would lose. It is impossible not to see a mate in one move.

[@user-kc3oc9zw9b]

@@user-yy8yv8cs5w what

[@abraxamovic]

@@user-yy8yv8cs5w huh?

[@eddiefranken128]

The best chess commentary ever ! This is a classic game and shows that Grandmasters are human too ! So understandable that you mis a mate in one under that circumstances even when you are a Grandmaster ! Ivanchuck shows sportsmanship and Anand , ..... how lucky he must have felt ! Great game ! Both players thanks for this beauty !

[@MrBoKemp]

Wow, even I saw the mate and Chucky missed it after looking at the board for several seconds. Even super GMs have trouble under time pressure.

[@chessthisout]

6:50 it's decisive. Kd1 was Anand's biggest mistake in this game, he stepped in to a forced mate in 6. Just as the commentator says "if he (Anand) goes to the wrong square it is check mate". Anand should have played Rc3 instead.

[@organicliving5445]

Just compare the commentary for this game and for the games now This is more like passionate involved commentary which keeps us on the edge And now a days we have so called chess masters sat with an analysis board with thousands of variation on the screen of which none of them gets played out in the actual game and even after a real move is played these dumpsters still continue their stupid variations for another 10 min Hats off to GOOD OLD TIMES

[@rskrzz6233]

these are damn amazing casters. need more like them

[@EpicChess]

Thanks for these live blitz games arkham! :)

[@Neueregel]

Thanks for uploading this. Chuck was on his own planet as usual

[@Danno1850]

I never thought i could almost get a heart attack from a chess game phewwww jesus that was stressful

[@MichaelDeMichele]

Incredible commentary. Fantastic game. The great Ivanchuk chokes.

[@schleichnaldo]

I just want to thank you chessnoir without you we would miss out a lot of great chess video's. keep up the good work, Schleichnaldo

[@ezsudesh]

@ChessNoir Thank You!

[@F2L4Life]

This was awesome, thanks.

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Thats why Rapid and blitz chess was tough at that time when no time increment was there.

[@MusicProTZ]

....if only he saw the move!!!!!! Thanks for putting the video up! Very enjoyable :D

[@zachhaywood1564]

These commentators deserve some kind of monument for how good they are.

[@surajpaikekar489]

One of the most fascinating game ever watched on youtube. The End was so intense that i kept calling myself "c'mon buddy mate it on h1, you got it", but unfortunately he missed it. I'm glad to know that it happens with GMs too sometimes. Nevertheless Ivanchuk is one of the greatest player in chess. 😇🤟

[@barsorrro]

How lucky we are to have the KZbin... and people like ChessNoir. It's pathetic that such an exciting game as chess -- especially blitz chess -- is so hard to come by on television. In my country no television ever presents anything to do with chess. There's hardly even mentioned. And just look how thrilling and exiting it can be! And as for knowing what's going on... Well, I'd say it's more difficult to make sense of ski-jumping :D Big thanks to the uploader!

[@ChickityChoice]

I like chess... but I never knew it could be this exciting!

[@petersiegfriedkrug]

great video!

[@MRr3n3gade]

This was AWESOME!!!

[@DimitriPappas]

Surely Anand's move at 7:36 where he basically retreated his king straight into an imminent check mate position, is equally if not more of a blind-sighted blunder than Ivanchuk's subsequent error? Unless there was no safer move for him to make in that situation? I don't see anyone talking about that

[@Prasen1729]

Yeah he placed his king in a checkmate position, usually king is not taken at a corner of the board to avoid checkmate. It was a blunder and so he laughs that Ivanchuk made a bigger blunder.

[@danielgteaching1377]

Stockfish says it's a mate in 3 at best for White. So Anand didn't make much of an error, his position was completely lost already. www.chessgames.com/perl/analysis?fen=6k1/pb3pp1/4p3/1p2N1PQ/4q3/1N5R/1Pr2K1P/7R+w+-+-&move=28.5

[@iqm4574]

It's checkmate mate either way If he went for g1 , qe1 is mate also

[@maxpayne1670]

2:45 Opening his third eye

[@SirAyush]

Hahahahah

[@KUKawin]

that handshake 🔥🔥

[@utku2261]

It is actually more interesting Anand didn't resign seeing the checkmate in one move

[@RomanzgreaT]

Ivanchuk had this game! :(

[@tj141000]

A Great Moments of chess History !!

[@elvenbread191]

For sure Ivanchuk saw through the pawn on h2. Remove the h-pawn and there is your answer! He must have thought Qg2 Ke1. And never noticing that the rook h1 is indeed en prise! The battery with RpRQ on a half open h-file is most unusual. Note that the rooks are taller and a pawn can be easily overlooked. Who knows what Vasily must have thought after the game!

[@nes2293]

I find this commentary more interesting than a football match’s. I wish modern chess commentary was as this one.

[@ayush7805]

modern chess has ASMR coughing, what more do you need

[@rat9836771834]

@ChessNoir Where do you get such videos. Please share them more. please!

[@iglooproductions]

Wish they had a little 2D board graphic always on screen, but otherwise it would be nice to see more of this on tv.

[@To3To3To3]

@ChessNoir ok thank you, had never seen anything like this before, it's pretty interesting

[@hb8386]

The smile made me a fan!!!

[@komabase]

One of the greatest games ever in Championship! exciting!

[@InvisiMan2006]

This is why I prefer standard time games. Blitz matches are often riddled with the terrible oversights and blunders.

[@DimitriPappas]

There does seem to be a big emphasis on time factor in chess, which I personally find very disappointing. Yeah I get that fast thinking is a skill in itself, but removing time from the equation allows a purer form of the game to ensue by affording both opponents ample opportunity to think and strategize before playing their next move

[@mrgrant888]

Does anyone know the name of the chess set they're using? Very beautiful classical pieces.

[@Angryification]

These commentators are so awesome.

[@Crabitat]

Only thing I can think of is that as White was already doubled on the h-file, maybe the h-file "felt" open to him, so he didn't think the R/h1 was en prise. Crazy game.

[@ChessNoir]

@escarchamex yeah that's Daniel King with Maurice Ashley

[@jeffwads]

Wow...can't believe he missed that.

[@2bsirius]

Sometimes I panic too. it's oddly heartening to see a pro like Ivanchuk do the same.

[@giorgoskountourgiannis8230]

I have seen this so many times. I still can't believe it.

[@late_arvie]

that was extremely exciting

[@adam-ng9jj]

If i ivantchuk misses a # in 1 then there is hope for me .. i thought i am the only one missing this kind of moves

[@user-qc7vf7pb3c]

At that point of time it was not that bad

[@myeongnyang]

SC Reddit sent me here. Great video. Can NASL hire these casters?

[@HBSleeper]

That was exciting!

[@grantcullen8864]

Heck with the material WE ARE GOING FOR THE ATTACK

[@Savarkar19]

Why does Ivanchuk always look Super Stressed and Super tensed....?? i have never seen him smile,.....!! :))

[@rat9836771834]

@escarchamex Absolutely not. I have all the 15 dvds. No its just i have the videoless versions hence i can recognise daniel's voice very easily. Btw, Any idea where you get such videos??

[@Lallapaloosa]

Looks like you have seen all of Anand's matches!

[@rat9836771834]

@escarchamex You follow his Powerplay series? How many have you seen?

[@AjedrezEnEspanol]

That was intense!!!

[@The4LA2Baker0]

I'm good at chess, but terrible at speed chess. I panic and do stupid shit.

[@joydeepbhattacharya2107]

me too!!!

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Chris Law You can practice normal chess before heading to speed chess. In speed chess never think too much as moves are generally based on intuition.

[@ChessNoir]

@ezsudesh you're welcome

[@tv240]

Cant believe Ivanchuk missed the mate. I saw it for 20secs. GMs can make this big a blunder? OMG.

[@F1n1sh3d]

unbelievable. that's pressure for you.

[@vampireducks1622]

I read about this today in Fundamental Chess Tactics by Antonio Gude, but had to see it to believe it. *Extraordinary*.

[@whalisonfreire]

That's what I was looking and wondering, then I paused the video to see if I was right, Ivanchuk's hesitation.

[@bhuvneshpandey28]

This is unbelievable

[@jasper5016]

I felt I was watching a suspense thriller movie.

[@890popbox]

To miss a mate like this, woah. I mean, he is getting a room and checking if rook wasn't there so it is still strong, but to miss that. Wow.

[@student7259]

Unbelievable.

[@hongili]

that was awesome.

[@sharpnova2]

9:54 anand is the flash

[@Fajowski50]

I was holding my breath for the last 2 minutes.

[@NinkasiDelight]

@evkin117 It's true.

[@smoky281]

"i dont know of the fuck he missed that" sound like he was going to say that at the end

[@kikook222]

I noticed that some moves were done before the guy hit the clock..so what's the rule for that? Does it have to be obvious to be penalized?

[@ayush7805]

when chess commentary was not full of coughing

[@xoxksa]

@Jate0000 It's possible but I think the lack of bishop activity was planned/forced. The bishop had complete control of the long diagonal where it already was and centralizing it would jeopardize that / lose tempo. Also notice the rook hanging in the corner. The commentators never even mention taking it so the mating threats must have been too great to spare one move to take it.

[@To3To3To3]

How is it determined who wins when the clock runs out in blitz chess, is it whoever runs out of time first without a checkmate loses?

[@Betelgeuse777]

I cant believe it...

[@ChessNoir]

@ezsudesh sure dude. 1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Bc4 Ngf6 6.Ng5 e6 7.Qe2 Nb6 8.Bb3 h6 9.N5f3 c5 10.Bf4 Nbd5 11.Be5 Qa5+ 12.Nd2 b5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nf3 O-O 15.O-O-O Bb7 16.g4 Nd7 17.g5 Nxe5 18.Nxe5 Nc3 19.Qg4 Nxa2+ 20.Bxa2 h5 21.Qxh5 Qxa2 22.Nb3 Bxf2

[@gohanisbuckethead]

this is the proof that NO ONE is perfect. Ivanchuk missed a mate in ONE !!! This is so unbelievable !!

[@sahirbansal7027]

Anand must have thought after playing the move to resign for a second but chuky didnt play the move immediately so he was quick to think maybe he didnt see it

[@evkin117]

listing to daft punk Veridis Quo and this video go good together

[@722Jeslek]

Still a great firm handshake from Ivanchuk at the end.

[@cricket5179]

unbelievable

[@Bane_Diesel]

point noted.... I should think twice before regurgitating information from wiki.

[@SevanGharibian]

9:20 fla"e with the moo"s

[@user-wf1cw4hy4d]

Sevan Gharibian e

[@pendyalaabhishek8866]

anand disappeared after the match in a flash . probably couldnt hold his laugh .

[@sharpnova2]

yep. these top players seem to blast off from the boards at olympic speeds. always found that hilarious af

[@thevagabond85yt]

The miss was like not proposing to ur crush thinking she is out of ur league only to find decades later she too had crush on you....

[@MasterGigas]

8:08 Queen f4 check! Why didn't move Queen h8 checkmate? That's unbelievable!!!

[@OK1m]

Unbelieveable. He didn't see mate in one: Qxh1#. What was he thinking?

[@xx2otactics]

If u guys look closely, the reason anand dint checkmate is ivanchuk was checking him continuously. Both the players saw the checkmate. Thats y anand moved his rook rt behind the queen to cover it and ivanchuk was checking him to avoid the checkmate. Seems like a normal play to me.

[@Greychumon]

Most of the time, when I cannot calculate a variation clearly, I will play a move randomly.....

[@antoniobreaux1584]

AccelNano Lim Loong that’s why you’re not world champ!

[@travelcrazy6242]

This is how chess should be!!!