FRENCH DEFENSE TOO STRONG || Grandelius vs Harikrishna || Tata Steel (2021)

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Nils Grandelius vs Pentala Harikrishna
Tata Steel Chess (2021), rd 3, Jan-18
French, advance, Wade variation (C02)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. O-O Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nge7 11. Qd3 Rc8 12. Rd1 h6 13. Bd2 Ng6 14. h4 Bb4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. h5 Nge7 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. b3 b5 19. Nb2 Ba3 20. Qe2 O-O 21. Rab1 Rc7 22. Nd3 Qb6 23. b4 a5 24. bxa5 Nxa5 25. Bc1 Bxc1 26. Rdxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Nxc1 Nc4 28. Nb3 Ra8 29. Rc1 Nc6 30. g3 Ra3 31. Kg2 Qa7 32. Rc2 Nb4 33. Rc3 Nxa2 34. Rd3 Rxb3 35. Rxb3 Nc1 36. Qc2 Nxb3 37. Qxb3 Qa4 38. Qb1 b4
The official drawing of lots took place in the Tata Steel Chess Tournament playing hall in Wijk aan Zee. The results of the drawing of lots are officially approved by the arbitration. Based on the drawing of lots the playing schedule for the 13 rounds has been made.
Already in the first round, there will be some exciting games. World Champion Magnus Carlsen will play against top talent Alireza Firouzja and Harikrisna Pentala will face Maxime Vachier-Lagrave. Defending champion Fabiano Caruana will meet the Dutch Grand Master Jorden van Foreest.
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7. 'Captures captures'

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0:00 Hello everyone 0:28 Striking in the centre 1:19 4:55 8:32 Captures captures 1:41 4:33 8:34 (..and captures!) 2:34 Completely new game 4:14 Doubling up on the c file 5:00 Crucial moment 6:37 Dead lost 7:10 Nice fork 7:29 It was in this position 7:33 Nothing more to be done 7:55 The Mailman?? 7:58 Nice dog lift 8:37 8:40 Completely winning 9:10 Link in the description 9:22 Standings 9:51 So yeah

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I thought everyone's favourite opening was the Evan's Gambit.

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its sarcasm, everyone hates the french defence

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You can't play evans gambit with black pieces.

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@@hughm0n6u33 anish doesn't

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I love French defence. If don't believe check my bullet game(both the moves are premoves) 1. d4 e6 2. Bg5 d5 0-1

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Hehe happens a lot to me as well. Sometimes he even jokes trying to place at that position and later points out that he was joking

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First time?

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The mail man is hanging

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@@hasinaacter4686 not the first time

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@@aluminiumknight4038 mailman - sorry about thaf

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Can we take a minute to appreciate how when he returned from the mailman(?) he continued the game with the next move without even hesitating or missing a beat.

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[@Hashlime]

#suggestion I've been really enjoying the French defense games you've shown and was wondering if you could do a tutorial on the French defense opening as it would benefit many of us viewers. Thank you for your consideration!

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My head: *thinks of Evans' Gambit when he said "favorite opening"

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6:43 Can't stop laughing 🤣🤣🤣

[@GaussianEntity]

I'm a simple man. I see the French Defense in the thumbnail, I click.

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Harikrishna was on fire. OMG loved that.

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Lol that's actually funny

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Everyone's favorite opening and it is not Evan's Gambit? I am dissapointed.

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[@SharkBite55]

Excellent game by Penta. He made it look easy.

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Thank you for explaining why the d4 pawn isn't able to be captured in the opening. I couldn't see the Queen check follow up. It's little things like this that separate your channel from all the others, you take the time to explain things through our eyes. I definitely appreciate it.

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French defence may be too strong, but it's not stronger than Agad's "Hello Everyone"

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Lol that's actually funny

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Great analysis Sir Antonio!

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This line is good because black manages to trade the light square bishop right in the beginning of the game.

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I love the way that Black methodically got rid of his bad bishop

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[@innovative7274]

Proud of French - HARI KRISHNA

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Usually it’s “hello everyone” and then followed by “sorry bout it” . Today that didn’t happen with Medo watching 😂😝

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Anish should now use hari as a brand ambassador for his course😂

[@paolopablo5292]

The d7 square is the most precise square of the light-squared bishop. Not in b7 or a6. Pentala did the right thing in the French defense.

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Wonder analysis 💙

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@@lukaselmhammar2122 omg sorry about that ;-)

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Wow. First time, I'm watching this in LIVE !!!

[@milancorporaal5881]

After bishop to F4 the engine showed Nils Grandelius odds go down like crazy. Again shows that even the best make mistakes, Nils played very well so far. Great game by Harikrishna!

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Agadmator should do a French defense tutorial

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[@somewhere6]

This is a very instructive game. White does not blunder in a blatant fashion. Black made his strategy clear in the first 5 moves but White seems to have not caught on. If he did, he failed to form a strategy of his own, lost a bit of time and let the initiative pass to black. Once the second pair of bishops was exchanged, there was almost no chance for White to win.

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7:56 just give me a second :) It was natural, liked it!

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Mikhail Tal - "French defense advanced variation ,the shame" Me- Surprised Pikachu face

[@sevreal4]

Hello Antonio! I've been listening you decide between poison or poisonous, how about venomous?

[@pumamaqui8571]

Not even the french defense can stop... The Mailman!!

[@LJLMETAL]

During the Advance French, I like to move the Bishop to e3

[@Stl71]

It would be interesting to make a video, where saying why all these opening were named...Why French, Sicillian etc.

[@soumyajitroy5239]

10:01 Vanish!

[@peterharband326]

Frenchy! I love it buddy.

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Hari Krishna is a great player who became monster in endgame I want more

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[@lancemacmillan]

"...a straight out victory for black out of nowhere, which is something that often happens when you play against the French" 🤣🤣🤣 I love playing the French lol!

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Good morning from Pennsylvania!

[@akshatchadha8950]

He just came back so casually and said queen to A2 like nothing happened

[@crazydiamond1411]

I often Play this line with black and it works really good

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[@sharpflake8615]

Favourite opening😂😂😂died

[@Sagar-wn1po]

My fav opening from Black

[@CharizardFan_og]

Finally a winning French defense game

[@imchessman6107]

I love this dig at the french kekw

[@leonstanable]

this exact french line is featured in the chessable guide “master the french” for anyone wanting to learn it. I recommend the course, but the opening itself is kinda boring

[@bhalthal6786]

I recommend IM Sagars analysis on this game. I recommend it to every french player

[@whatisyoutube25]

Man!!!!!! I can't knew who won the game by seeing thumbnail

[@jayeshyadav8891]

Positionally outplayed

[@MrTandtrollet]

What is SB in the standing table? Some tie-breaker? If so, how's it calculated?

[@Sooyush]

Bf4 was likely the loss of tempo that brought him down

[@siddharthparashar5212]

Premiere already!!

[@lenzschwarze]

Title: french defense too strong Me: wait are you serious Grandelius: plays advance variation Me: oh well

[@ayaanansari9440]

I think normal uploading the video was good

[@bojanboskovic6744]

"Hold my Valter PPK!" Harikrishna

[@Mathematica1729]

What is PPK?

[@ahmadfodeh3413]

I love the French defense, Actually I only play French as black, Sicilian sometimes.

[@jman2050]

7:58 And it was in this position that Medo resigned his seat on the sofa.

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥

[@synergetic4d]

So nokumora and Dubov are not playing in this tournament?

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#suggestion Make a playlist for Linares 1991 please!!

[@i_love_god10]

Basic innocent question- Why Medo linger on the couch most of the times when you shoot these videos? Does he like to be in the video and want to be more famous than you? Or did you train him to be there while you shoot :P

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Agadmator is actually an android controlled by Medo, who is an alien disguised as a dog.

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India's New No 2

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Thanks 🙏🏼

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AGADMATOR knowingly or unknowingly you got great blessings by taking name of HARE KRISHNA, who is the supreme god of our Hinduism

[@pauldeck4500]

41. Nd3 Qa2 42. Answer the door

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Thanks for the correct 👍🏻 pronunciation Love from india 😂😂

[@HeartlandTuber]

In the ranking table at the end, what is the column headed 'SB'?

[@sudiptodam3725]

It's Sonneborn-Berger tie break score

[@ambroiseduberry3946]

me : *sees the title me then : *visible laugh

[@piguyalamode164]

what was white doing in this game? Like, that weird bishop move is just complete huh? Or, at 3:40, if the goal is to get the knight to a good square, why not just defend the knight by moving it to C5?

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More french defense lls!

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Nice!

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cool!

[@vivekmohan7785]

Awesome game

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French Defense is awesome

[@ss9392]

I appreciate this game very much, without mentioning how I am Indian and very proud and putting in a bunch of flag emojis

[@HansNieman]

Haha xD !

[@HansNieman]

I am proud that Hari won Hari will win this tournament 😤😤 And also Nihal sarin will be next world champion defeating Magnus 😡😡 Feeling proud Indian 🇮🇳 India op bolte 🤡🤙

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Hari op

[@morkovija]

No Dubov in the tournament? Sad times

[@lalubhaliya]

Hari op....

[@ayushjena4257]

At 6:00 what about the move pawn a2 a4. Is tht a free pawn?

[@harishnetam502]

How is your pronunciation so good?

[@flamendless]

Im not hearing about karjakin for a long time. Anyone knows?

[@Q_QQ_Q]

how do they choose participants ? where is Radjabov ?

[@adarshraghuwanshi7731]

I think that was a right capture

[@adityavv96]

Harry-krishna FTW