Anatoly Karpov slays Korchnoi's Sicilian Dragon

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He stoped

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​@@Noxopokerhe started again ;)

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Amazing Analysis Jerry!

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[@talljack6861]

Wow. Great vid. I play the dragon and this really showed me several tactical themes I wasn't aware of. Keep up the great work.

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Beautiful game! Thanks!

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One of my favorite games of all time and for sure one to know by heart if you are a e4 player, great analysis as always! Thank you Little aesthetic suggestion not sure if anyone would agree but a little empty space at the top and bottom would be nice and also you can use the left side space to put something like game data, your logo or anything to reduce the amount of empty space.

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[@CraigPendlebury]

A great battle and wonderful analysis

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Thanks a lot Jerry, really inspirational

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Thanks for these kinds of videos, Jerry. Greetings from Trinidad (:

[@SNoCappidona]

Hi Jerry, it's everyone.

[@matrix31003]

Thanks Jerry. I love the Yugoslav Attack and thus this is a good example

[@tomcummings3471]

Wow that game seems SO well played by both sides

[@policarpo4220]

I'm from Brazil and I just came up you chanel. So you analysis are very interesting. Good job!

[@strongside4565]

It seems like giving up the exchange for the dragon bishop is a death sentence against Karpov. He's just too damn good.

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YASSSSS JERRY, more analyses!!! keep em coming !

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Great video!

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Wonderful instructions!! Really loved your content and the presentation!

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thank you for teaching us so much art and so much talent on the board

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Excellent quality analysis!

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I wish you could be a paid commentator for the world championships. Maybe one day though, who knows!

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awesome video!! and with PGN! keep it up!

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Thank you, J; very instructive, v entertaining. 👍

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Thanks P! :)

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As always very nicely done jerry

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My favorite openning!!

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Mine too!

[@MrAndersonmm]

I started teaching my 6 year old chess a few weeks ago. We're playing without en passant or castling right now because those are just too advanced for him only 5 games in. I'm about a 1550-1600 player on chess.com and earlier he made a 4 move plan to eliminate a pawn blocking his pawn from making the 8th rank. I could have stopped it, but it's just so fun to see his mind work and actually try to make plans multiple moves deep with multiple pieces. He does occasionally confuse the Rook and Bishop moves, but I think we'll get past that.

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+MrAndersonmm That's great...the molding of a young mind... 😊

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Super precise!

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after watching many other chess websites, i can say yours is the best. first reason is u analyze many side branches of the possible moves. secondly, you dont get carried away - u give the facts only. if i didnt know better i'd assume u were British and not American. Great job Jerry

[@lc0597]

yet another thoroughly enjoyable analysis video. could you perhaps consider doing a nimzo-indian game that illustrates the thematic ideas in that opening?

[@richey2008]

I think its interesting how different reasons are attributed to moving the knight in d4 to e2. Here you say that the idea is for black to take the knight on d4 if Bh6 is played immediately, while Seirawan has the idea of sacrificing the exchange on c3 opening lines to the white king. (Not saying either is right or wrong, just observing different ways players might play the same position)

[@muneermwahed2543]

Very nice game

[@fredackerman2511]

Wow! The complexities of the Yugoslav Dragon explained!

[@valentijnraw]

I have seen more games by Karpov where he played Nde2, and implemented it in my own games. Karpov such a good positional player i love watching every game! And you Jerry are such a good commenter! Never stop doing this

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Thank you 👍

[@jacksonmcdonald5443]

What do you think about Rd5 on move 19 instead of Rd3? Challenges the queen, can force the defending knight's hand, if the back rank rook comes up to block the queen attack there is a pawn there to recapture. Could even shield the white queen to come on the 5th row to get back in the game as the knight defender is too strong.

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Jerry, you've gotten really good, I think you're one of the best out there nowadays. Given the level of quality, would you be up for doing some really intricate games? Maybe more TCEC games, or, I'm sure there are tons of classics over the last 100 years.

[@Bumpki]

At 5:23 why doesnt white capture on h4 with the knight threatening mate in 1? Can someone tell me the line that follows?

[@guitarrologo]

how can someone not like the video? are they just doing it for the sport of giving the thumbs down?geez

[@OwnedSoda13BBH]

at 7:40, why does white go 22) exd5 instead of 22)Rxd5

[@asrini4u]

Henghak Kun if Rxd5 then Rxc2+ and white looses.

[@acenitd9198]

How should Korchnoi have defended ?

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Karpov was really a great player and even though Ivantchuk says he was not a genius, well, he was anyway!

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[@AeonQuasar]

I made all the errors though this game. Every time I thought a move was correct you proved me wrong.

[@miguelpanta]

more karpov please. generally, he doesnt get the coverage he deserves IMHO.

[@ex59neo53]

Am I wrong if i say that Bobby Fischer once proved that Dragon Sicilian was one of the easiest defense to crush ? (In one of his books ,but can't remember his opponent)

[@krstovujovic6646]

ex59neo53 proved ? No!! But he did said that he won one really nice game and he said like dragon is easy ''sac,sac,sac mate." but its not like that dragon is completly fine and correct oppenig i wrote comment korchnoi lost because he got bad version of it if you look it by nowdays theory!

[@jeanphilippe9141]

At 10:04 he explains that black has a defensive move, Qg5. But if black would play that, white just mates on g7 no? I'm pretty sure their is a mistake there

[@garys5175]

The black queen is checking the white king, white must do something to get out of check

[@jeanphilippe9141]

Gary S ohh ok! Thanks!

[@antoinebournel6116]

Not also Rxd4 on Bh6 at 1 55?

[@tharkanzox1493]

Great

[@sgerodes]

10:05 After Qg5 is it not mate on g7?

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That's an illegal move! White was in check from Black's Queen!

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True. Thanks

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Wonderful game: chess-crème.

[@criterionx1377]

At 5:33 why not rook to h2?

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Cool!

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Jerry the masterful teacher

[@ksininjah2384]

After castle moves to e1 queen to e6 castle to e6 pawn to e6. Black winning?

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Jerry!! Have you thought on playing 4 chess at chess.com? It would be so awesome if you could do a first video and see the approach you take!

[@buzzclark]

Hi. IM (almost GM) John Donaldson the Chess Director @ San Francisco's Mechanics Institute Chess Club has written several books on the Hyper-Accelerated Sicilian Dragon. What do you think of this Opening for Black? Thank You. Sincerely, JAMES.

[@joshylittlefield9888]

What if black moved his back rook to c5?

[@OlovNordlund]

07:18 - c3-d5

[@OlovNordlund]

And we should not play e4-d5, but instead also play d3-d5. That should do it

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Nice

[@ambrose788]

There are so many ways I would have lost this

[@pateshghy8542]

So at the pop quiz moment you ruled out 21. Nd5 because of Rxd5. 22. exd5 Bf5... However, what if instead 22. Rxd5... throwing a punch at the queen and if the knight takes rook then Qxh7

[@honoriuc]

After N:d5 Check, the black King could move to d8, then Qbf6 Check, Kc8 and Rh8 is not possible because o Qe1 Check

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Sometimes feel Karpov is under rated. This video shows why he shouldn't be. Thanks for the video. As always I got something from it. Thanks.

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+dumpnchase 👍🏼

[@mckill2007]

1:45 Bh6 Rxd4!

[@justintharp5652]

So Karpov is using the white pieces &, Korchnoi is using the Black pieces. The name Sicilian dragon can be kinda of deceptive. It almost sounds like it could be a variation off the Sicilian. When in fact it's a defense against it.

[@dwolff4127]

how would "uh oh" queens come off when white queen goes to g7 . claiming black queen slide to g6 forcing a queen exchange...how does that stop mate?

[@Litwinel]

it can't go G7 as Black Queen moves to f6 with check

[@dannygjk]

Here I corrected the title: "Anatoly Karpov, (and a huge reserve of prep developed by dozens of USSR GM's obligated to help Karpov other than Karpov's official team), slay Korchnoi's Sicilian Dragon.

[@BeatButton]

What about 29 ... Qe5 tho

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Cool I got the Rd5 move, guess I'm a secret GM disguised as a 1350 :D

[@NotQuiteFirst]

jocal17 What are you talking about? It was the best move and Karpov won the game :/

[@seniorgir]

I would love to see more games from blacks point of view where they win. All too common are white wins/white with initiative

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how to do a blindfold chess. you know im not so advance in this sport.

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sir, i really want to improve my game to a higher level, how can i rapidly improve my vision so as to avoid blunders?

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+Skyler Grid Give blindfold chess a a try.

[@calebcali1482]

This game gave me anxiety

[@MrCupidd]

On Bh6 RxN is even simpler and wins more material

[@shikamarunara6244]

Well it is really good attacking game i cant say its not, but there is one thing bugging me korchnoi lost because he got bad version of dragon or lets say he didnt played critical move he played sidelines! In that time probably maybe that was a main line i dont know but this is why when you play dragon after h4 you play h5! it is best to counter it like that and even after he let karpov have H-file i consider maybe major mistake Qa5 its not blunder or anything like that but it is inaccurate move because he already gave karpov h file which will be major break for white and since karpov played Nde2 hes preparing Lh6 and since he has H-file it was necessary for Korchnoi to play Re8 and escape from changeing bishops! because later i mean you all saw he just played Td3 defansive move and all others were simply moves just to add more pressure on position! Because giving up h-file and black bishop which is main deffender is theoryeticly bad! I mean after Qa5 he got slightly worse position or i would dare to say not slightly but simply worse position! Because unlike in other oppenings like nimzo or queen gambit or spanish or najdorf,sevehnigen... when you get slighlty worse its not that bad its not end of world but in dragon that means free attack and when you say free attack you know its gonna be that other side is gonna defend till end of game hoping to survive! But again i guess this wasnt known theory at that time but as well korchnoi should recognize this things because he was really capable player! But simply this game proves that in this moment karpov understood dragon much better then korcnohi! :D

[@shikamarunara6244]

Well Theory and book moves are same thing :D! And theory have much bigger impact in nowdays time then it was in 50s,60s,70s.. because of computer that are pretty strong!

[@SanjayVinayak]

Razor sharp positions!! One wrong move and gone

[@smashu2]

16...Qa5 is a mistake it force you to sac the rook on f8 after Bh6. instead16...Re8! and black is fine after 17.e5 Nxg4!=

[@MEME-qe4ze]

Everyone knows the thematic ideas when the dragon variation is seen. Fischer instructed this years before Karpov and the soviet chess machine.

[@ranjithshegde]

Your point being? And I would like to know who you mean when you say Soviet machine? Whom did it comprise of?

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Noice!

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:)