Dazzling | Shirov vs Polgar | 1994

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[@CCXPExamSimulator]

Hi Daniel - is there a formal way to request games. I have a great "slow motion" attacking game from 1993 I would love to see you cover.

[@PatrickPray]

Fabulous! I had the pleasure of seeing a mini-match between Judit and Shirov some years later in Prague. Shirov was really at his prime then, and handily defeated Judit. Judit’s mother was there, who I had the pleasure of meeting, along with one of her coaches at the time. She had a rather large entourage with her, I believe. Kasparov was commenting in the VIP lounge, Yasser was also there with his wife (two of the nicest people you’ll ever meet), it was really a who’s who of chess. I was there every day they played, as I knew the organizer, and lucked into VIP tickets. As a bonus, even Woody Harrelson appeared towards the end of the match, and played a friendly against Kasparov in the VIP room. I was rooting for Judit, but it was just not to be...

[@waterskym]

Completely and utterly fab! I much like your enthusiasm here, Mr King, and this video has changed a glum afternoon into a chirpy one, thanks.

[@salmarwow]

Just a note. On 1994 Shirov managed to reach no 2 in Fide ratings. Well, to be fair, these were the times when Kasparov had conflicts with Fide and was excluded from their lists (Karpov being no 1). Without that, we could count Shirov as number 3 in the world at that time. Makes Judit's game even more impressive.

[@Proxuius]

naw it looked like he wanted to be crushed and it dont matter as he defeated her years later

[@hubertsang7418]

Great analysis GM Daniel. This tournament was a double round robin of great players: Salov, Polgar, Ivanchuk, Ljubojevic, Anand, Shirov, Karpov, Kamsky. Lev Polugajevsky was supposed to be one of the players, but had to be replaced because of health issues. Maybe in the future we can have an all Ruy López tournament, better yet an all King's Gambit tournament. Good work as always.

[@miguelpanta]

polgar is such an attacking beast, i love her chess!

[@matthewsmith3085]

Wonderful game! Enjoyed the shout out for NiC too!

[@arvraghu]

Hi Danny, am reminded of a stunner that Judit played against Vladimir Epishin in the 90s, guess it was the Credit Suisse tournament, she crushed Epishin's Caro Kann.. can you pls cover that game if possible?

[@DiCelloPiano]

Judit made it so None of Shriovs pieces made it past the middle of the board except the Knight for like one or two moves ! Amazing to think of that for such a strong player like Shirov

[@paulmeyer1756]

Thank you, Mr. King. I appreciate your featuring the exciting games of Judit Polgar and look forward to hearing what you think about Queen’s Gambit after you finish watching the series.

[@ijbalazs]

I appreciate the right pronounciation of Judit Polgár's name.

[@northshores7319]

Here is an idea for games: I do not think anyone has covered the games of World Champions or great players on their rise to the top, specifically, their teen years. Perhaps the games from when they played in the World Junior Championships. Thanks for the entertaining video.

[@baportabo8156]

As usual very efficient commentary. 👍👍👍

[@DG-ss2zd]

Great video, thanks again

[@dariuszgietka1457]

Wonderful game :) I think Polgar -Anand in Sicilian Najdorf Perenyi Gambit line game from Dos Hermanas tournament also worth considering. Love Judith style

[@cheryllins1105]

So good I had to watch it twice!

[@DevilTheoryRS]

Another fantastic analysis

[@kenspencer9895]

I have a distant memory of this game, remembering g5 by Polgar and the possibility of the double knight checkmate. I think I saw it in the book 'Sicilian Love' (which I still have, somewhere). Sadly, no one ventured to play the Polugaevsky Sicilian at that Sicilian-themed tournament, as White gets all the fun in that variation.

[@joejoejajoe2235]

Thanks!

[@abhijeetgore310]

Happy Diwali sir!! Love from india

[@PowerPlayChess]

To you too!

[@abhijeetgore310]

@@PowerPlayChess I'm ur big fan😊

[@animesloversunited9069]

@@abhijeetgore310 2U2

[@Roboviewer]

The man knows his chess! My database has over 400,000 Sicilian games, about 19,000 have a position with a king on e7, pawns on e6 and f7.

[@bornon221269]

Only 71 K subscribers on this channel... That's a mistery I can't explain

[@Rockson920]

Great show

[@lcook1951]

Magical stuff! The moves are "obvious" once Polgar plays them.

[@chrisedwards4929]

Thanks so much. An amazing game that.. especially all those tactics on the long square diagonal. Judit best female player ever. And thought the "loser" Shirov a joy to watch. Do you feel Hou Yifan will match Judit, she played top level players too when young. But has disappeared a bit doing other study.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Hou Yifan is also a superb player, but how close is she to the top 10? But I don't think it is a big surprise when Yifan isn't 100% a professional player: she has been taking her studies very seriously and now has a position in a university in China.

[@marks3765]

Fantastic game; what imagination! I greatly admire both of these super GMs. I do wonder about Shirov's putting his Queen on the f3 square in the opening because it puts both the white Queen and Rook on the diagonal of the black Bishop on B7. Seems like that placement is just asking for trouble. And Polgar obliged. But Shirov is not known for cautious play.

[@herrwurstbrot]

What an incredible game :O

[@brucewallace2]

Seen that game long before but it was just brilliant by Polgar. An evergreen Sicilian with Black.

[@pbezunartea]

Wow! What a game!

[@exponentmantissa5598]

Wow Polgar made 4 exclam moves in a row (13-16). You are right, Shirov and Polgar had some real battles in the 90s and 2000s.

[@tkokesh]

What a bonkers game!

[@learnwithpv222]

Daniel sir can pls do a video of the match Alexander Cherrrin vs Judit Polgar (New Delhi 2004)

[@michaelcain2867]

Judith polgar is my chess hero. What an amazing game.

[@vzjaginsevsaoirse5003]

More polgar games please

[@bojanboskovic6744]

Judit is every inch a Queen!

[@bojanboskovic6744]

Stay blessed!

[@unis2886]

Was this game one of alpha zero's no castling variant?

[@taljechin]

Happy horsies!

[@Musicrafter12]

2:00 TIL Karpov and Kasparov played a WCC match in 1995 Yes, I know, it was a verbal slip, but it was amusing nonetheless.

[@PowerPlayChess]

1985 of course. Hilarious.

[@zenokupper8830]

A perfect game for Beth Harmon in her parallel universe.

[@Space-lb7be]

Underrated comment

[@user-qk1ui7vl1u]

Who can believe it?!! Very aggressive game against shirov that his games are called ((fire on board))!!! Polgar actually is princess of the chess or killer Queen!

[@michael2244]

I love Judit =)

[@MichaelLorenz]

"Kaffeehausschach" (Korchnoi about Polgar's chess)

[@PowerPlayChess]

I think that says more about Korchnoi than Polgar.

[@bobby2ram]

Attacking Queen Polgar

[@yasserismael4750]

6:56 i think you mean sirov not polgar

[@subudjj9368]

How did she know to prepare the exact game that took place. What are the chances.

[@yanair2091]

Well she did say "cursory preparation". I think GMs make one or two deep preparations for the most likely opening and then a few more cursory preparations.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Shirov had played this line a few weeks before so it would have been wise to check.

[@pazdziochowaty]

I do not agree that g5 "gives a pawn for nothing". It gives a pawn for the unremovable knight on e5 which is a pride and joy for any sicilian player. Seeing this position, my first instict was actually "why not g5, that pawn of f4 should be dragged away"

[@PowerPlayChess]

Exactly the point I was making.

[@yoghurt3643]

Some subscribed to GothamChess it seems...

[@nadergoubran9322]

karpov /kasparov didn’t play a wcc match in 95! kasparov played short in 93 for wcc and then never played karpov again for a wcc after that.

[@PowerPlayChess]

It was a slip of the tongue. I meant 1985 of course.

[@SwapnilWaichale11]

The most amazing female chess player ever!

[@baportabo8156]

6:58 Shirov’s move not Polgar.

[@enginekid88]

Not only was Judit the best female chess player ever, she was the cutest.

[@omriefrat4877]

Seems that Shirov is always the victim

[@PowerPlayChess]

Did you see his brilliancy prize game from the Olympiad this summer?

[@jodymccullough5891]

Well, Shirov plays very aggressively and seldom backs down from a challenge. I think there were at least three moves where he could have bailed and castled long and played for a draw but that's not his style to do that (and it's possible he still thought he was better in those positions). He was going to force Polgar to prove herself and she did so convincingly.