Anand vs Maghsoodloo | FIDE Online Olympiad Gazprom brilliancy prize

Grandmaster Daniel King looks at Viswanathan Anand - Parham Maghsoodloo, a candidate for the Gazprom brilliancy prize from the FIDE Online Olympiad 2020. Support on Patreon: 🔥 / powerplaychess ►Support via PayPal (💲): www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr...
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[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@Shockprowl]

That was a superb game. In a way it mirrors the fundamental rules of chess: control the centre, and strive for the initiative. Great stuff.

[@AnlamK]

Great game by Maghsoodloo - so courageous despite playing an ex-WC.

[@stopwritingthatreplyjohnat6638]

He has to play courageously as an Iranian playing an indian.

[@davidelederman7337]

Such a good narration, didn't knew who would have won till the end

[@arvraghu]

One can virtually slice the suspense with a knife. Such dramatic nail-biting commentary. Am glad i watched the video without looking at the comments first. Never knew the winner till i finished the whole video. What a treat!!!

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thanks Arvind!

[@guest_informant]

Crafty: making Vishy play with Bishops instead of Knights :-)

[@virammehta1161]

Anand : I am a pawn up and an exchange up Maghsoodloo : Hold my center pawns

[@bradenstewart6270]

Sometimes the most brilliant attacks are the ones allowed by the opponent

[@chesshooligan1282]

Somehow my opponents always play brilliant attacks.

[@HunterBelkiran]

...Qa7 is really hard to spot, especially in a short time control. Really cool idea from Maghsoodloo to push those centralized pawns to victory.

[@kl8786]

Excellent choice of game and exemplary commentary. Thanks Mr.King. Glad to find your channel.

[@nicoterradas]

Such a superb analysis. Calm, clear, efficient. Thanks DK!

[@dr.deepakgore1079]

Really Fantastic game , deserving brilliancy prize, how a player like Vishy too misses a clear winning move 😂🎉🎉❤❤

[@DG-ss2zd]

Great video, thanks, looking forward to no. 1

[@kiantamar]

I was watching this game live and it was a fantastic game.

[@hosseinmoradi8490]

what a attacking game from Maghsoodloo, and great Commentary, thank you

[@DeathAbove86]

Great video with accurate explanation!

[@kevinwellwrought2024]

Crushing the former world champion in style and with power. Bravo!

[@Kheyphos]

A brilliancy brilliantly commented! Cheers!

[@laali_puppy]

Two great choices so far. looking for the #1 now eagerly!

[@HebdenBridgeChess]

The true genius of this game was in Maghsoodloo’s crafty exchanging of both Anand’s knights!!! Leaving Vishy without a knight to play with pretty much confers a half pawn advantage 🤣

[@je9625]

Great game by the young Iranian and kudos to Anand for putting up stuff resistance. This sort of games with strategic ideas and tactical variants in an open position are the most difficult to play. Thank you Daniel King for excellent and instructive analysis especially for pointing out the resource h5. As regards that move, I have a feeling Alekhine, Petrosian Geller or Kasparov would not have missed that idea.

[@irradiatedbadger]

Very nice game, really liking these brilliancy games

[@nilsp9426]

Alphasoodloo... going for dynamic play and using time as an asset. I like how Anands Pawns are miles away from being a danger while he has tons of play. Black can just ignore the a-c file for most of the game, while he wins d-h by a mile.

[@spiritualgrowthwithpranaya2388]

great game with great analysis

[@EdMcF1]

What matters is not if an engine finds a flaw in your game, what matters is if your opponent does so in real time.

[@bobby2ram]

Excellent analysis

[@lashabezhanishvili9034]

Good sacrifice from Maghsoodloo. While Black's moves were natural afterwards, Anand played wonderfully. I would have collapsed as white long ago. I think the fact that Maghsoodloo missed h5 is a little bit weird - that was the first move I had in mind, as back rank was a bit dangerous and that was only weakness for black in the position. P.S. This is best channel here Mr. King, thank you for wonderful commentaries. Just one remark - can you please mention where did white(losing side in general) go wrong? Not just in this game, but in other games as well. I am sure the sacrifice from Maghsoodloo was "unsound" but you made it look like Anand was already close to being lost if Maghsoodloo had played h5. I did not get when did Anand go wrong.

[@user-gi4re7hh5u]

IRAN❤❤❤👏

[@MrVishrutha]

14.15 the queen defense.. Similar game Zurich 1953..Bronstein highlighted this on Symslov---Petrosian game.. Symslov missed this similar to Anand and the game went for a Draw.. Bronstein said a Swedish Ametuer identified this move move 46 Qd6.. So many years later same optical illusion miss to Anand

[@mahdiaa9244]

What a wonderful game.

[@jlmawar]

Brilliant. Are you coming to the other brilliant event next year, Daniel? Of course the Lions tour in SA..

[@FlaminalLow]

outstanding!

[@maruthasalamoorthiviswanat153]

Yes really great game

[@sajadzargar.dev8]

Great Video! As an Iranian, it's really odd for me to see a non-Iranian pronouncing Iranian names so good! 😀

[@PowerPlayChess]

I have had good linguistic advice from a family member :)

[@seyyednaserbahador6641]

Congrats on 66k

[@michaelfavata2720]

White's setup is very similar to what one gets in the Prins variation (5 f3) of the Sicilian. Except Vishy has not moved his f pawn.

[@zarathustra3976]

That's how you run with centre pawns when Anand is chasing you.

[@kenspencer9895]

My first thought after Black's d3 move was Qa7. Looks like it will lead to a draw with best play.

[@ojas3464]

14 year old Botvinnik in a simul against the reigning champ, Capa also played daringly 95 years ago in St. Petersburg👍

[@grumpyparsnip]

At 11:14 or so, I would be tempted to play Rxe3 to give back the exchange and let my queen pawns roll.

[@oliverangermuller9827]

In rapid play initiative is more important than material and defense is much harder than attack.

[@massibotta]

Here comes Shirov, soiled with my truly Italian blood

[@moonboy5851]

MOAR

[@JoosMaguy]

Oh daniel, you had a real chance to use 'octopodes'!

[@Narrowcros]

No human game offer perfection according to engine, all human games are flawed to engines. So what? thats why its great to see to these brilliant games

[@letlapafly]

So Daniel would you say the ability to appreciate "positional compensation" is one of the main factors that differentiates amateur players from really strong players? I struggle to give up the rook for bishop or knight unless its part of a combination that wins material or gives mate. How can one become more aware of exchange sacrifice opportunities?

[@PowerPlayChess]

Yes! Look at games by the strongest players and try to understand the positional factors. For good explanation I would warmly recommend 'Beyond Material' which I reviewed here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYPXkoV4bdmtjNk

[@rohmann000]

What about Rxe3, at 11.39?

[@skakdosmer]

Who are the other judges, and what games are their choices?

[@HiReeZin]

There were 14 of them: www.fide.com/news/727. Online judges I mean. Aside of Shirov's and Maghsoodloo's wins, Kapitanchuk-Kozak was liked by many and got second-most points overall

[@skakdosmer]

@@HiReeZin thank you.

[@babisotromeros8319]

Qa7-d2!!!!!!!!! My friend

[@eudyptes5046]

Qb8 - mate in 8

[@maximus4007]

Nice try b5 by black 👏👏👏

[@davidfranklin5426]

Nice game by Maghsoodloo but not especially sparkling in my view. Surprised Danny ranked it ahead of Noritsyn-So.

[@PowerPlayChess]

It’s all in the eye of the beholder...

[@RoyGazoff]

"despite a little hiccup"))

[@ryanhughes1101]

What about rook takes d4?

[@anthroposophe]

After 29...Ne3 30 Rxe3 doesn't work out for White after 30...Rxe3 31 Bxd4 and 31...Re4 pins and wins on the fourth rank and the d-file.

[@arnieus866]

Prediction: Maghsoodloo will frame the score of this game and put it on his wall.

[@arnieus866]

@@satarkhan3692 I wouldn't see it as bragging.

[@hebrewwolf6540]

Your first is Magnus vs Hikaru where Magnus made a fortress and achieved a draw.

[@PowerPlayChess]

But that wasn’t played in the FIDE online olympiad

[@reddevilkev]

For me the So game still wins because of the more forcing moves and attack also he didn't blunder as here Maghsoodlo did

[@PowerPlayChess]

Wesley also didn’t play a perfect game...

[@peroperic1080]

No, this one is better. So was in a desperate situation and had to stir things up pronto just to keep his head above the water while Maghsoodloo willingly chose to burn all the bridges (on more than one occasion). This is truly brilliant and daring concept (aganist former World Champion).

[@reddevilkev]

PowerPlayChess No i know but his attack and bishop move for me felt more inspirational

[@reddevilkev]

Pero Peric True it is personal taste. In my eyes Anand isn’t the best rapid player either and I felt he could have traded more pieces before it was too late

[@davidgdgdg]

Great game but not sure it qualifies as a brilliancy. One feels somehow that a brilliancy is tactical rather than strategic. So’s play in the last game perfectly qualifies. This might have been a better game but I struggle to pick out exactly what the “brilliancy” was.

[@PowerPlayChess]

It's all in the eye of the beholder. For me the whole concept of ...b5 followed by sacrificing the exchange and the advance of the centre pawns was satisfying, and the singlemindedness and execution of the strategy - brilliant!

[@davidgdgdg]

PowerPlayChess You make a persuasive case 😊

[@saeedjj]

maghsoodloo is attack player in chess.

[@alexistsonis7097]

One player took advantage of his passed pawns, the other didn't (and he is former world champion😐).

[@jbennett1618]

Errors and missed opportunities on both sides

[@vanrozay8871]

You should never fail to mention that these are rapid games (this excusing "flaws").

[@markalvarado3735]

Not a brilliant choice! Lot of flaws and miscalculated manuever. Wesley's 3rd place game are better than this one.