Garry Kasparov "sacrifices" both bishops

Garry Kasparov and Lajos Portisch produced one of the greatest games of chess from their round 4 encounter at the Niksic Tournament in 1983. This is one of the best chess games in large part for its combination of a double bishop sacrifice, and king walk. Garry Kasparov is, for a very large number of chess enthusiasts, the best chess player of all time. Only about 2 years after the featured game, Kasparov would become the best chess player in the world, winning the World Chess Championship title in 1985. Kasparov would remain among the best chess players in the world for approximately 20 years, retiring in 2005. The Niksic Tournament of 1983 included 13 other players, namely Bent Larsen, Boris Spassky, Anthony Miles, Ulf Andersson, Mikhail Tal, Jan Timman, Yasser Seirawan, Ljubomir Ljubojevic, Svetozar Gligoric, Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian, Predrag Nikolic, Gyula Sax, and Bozidar Ivanovic. One interesting note about Niksic 1983 was that tournament organizers attempted to get Bobby Fischer to compete, but found Fischer's demand of $30,000 too high.
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. a3 d5 6. cd5 Nd5 7. e3 Nc3 8. bc3 Be7 9. Bb5 c6 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. c4 cd4 16. ed4 Na5 17. d5 ed5 18. cd5 Bd5 19. Bh7 Kh7 20. Rd5 Kg8 21. Bg7 Kg7 22. Ne5 Rfd8 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Qf5 f6 25. Nd7 Rd7 26. Rd7 Qc5 27. Qh7 Rc7 28. Qh8 Kf7 29. Rd3 Nc4 30. Rfd1 Ne5 31. Qh7 Ke6 32. Qg8 Kf5 33. g4 Kf4 34. Rd4 Kf3 35. Qb3
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i cant stop sacrificing my king

[@changbohu]

me too

[@tylerwalker6836]

I love this😂😂

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😂

[@LucasHynar]

The King Gambit - "It's a bold strategy. Let's see if it pays off for him."

[@had0j]

e4, e5. f4, Bc5. fxe5: NO I SACRIFICE KING

[@SacredDaturana]

I really like that you actually play out the bad moves. As a casual amateur, it can sometimes be hard to see why a particular move is the best possible one in these grandmaster-level games.

[@fhs4137]

I agree. There are a lot of resources that are more like: "This move is a good move because you're doing x," without explaining why other moves are less advantageous. But I find it both interesting and useful, to learn to analyze and recognize both good and bad moves. You'll not only learn to recognize when *you're* about to make a bad move, you'll also be better at recognizing when your opponent is blundering. Of course you can extrapolate from knowing that x is more advantageous, so y must be less advantageous, and experiment on your own. But it's cool to have a teacher-type taking you through it and explaining.

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"sometimes"

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I'm trying to use the bad moves as personal traps

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"White can say, 'Aha! Your c-pawn can't move so easily. You'll have to waste some time.' " This is why we love you Jerry. :)

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Exactly

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You should use a different color for your hypothetical moves and counters, blue for the actual game and when you are considering possible moves use red or green or something.

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sicarius100 - yahhhh, was thinking the exact same thing

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Yes!!

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Great idea!

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Or orange

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Keep the move colors and emphasis circles as is please, they are simple and easy to understand. Presenting, 'Jerry's carnival chess board' - I can see it now. :)

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these great uploads have been killing it lately!!!! Thanks!

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+ChessNetwork very nice analysis

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+Luan44 Great to read that..thanks 👍🏼

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Yep. Just left a comment that the style and quality is great. I also especially liked the "did you know?".

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I don't even play chess and yet your videos are so enjoyable to watch! I just keep coming back to these, keep up the good work!

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great video man, really enjoy "crazy moves" like these

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I don't even play chess and I love watching these. Keep up the good work!

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Same, I know the rules and play once in a blue moon if over someone's house and they have a board out, but I don't actively "follow" it or anything, yet find the videos quite interesting.

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U love the tactical dimension of the game :)

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One of the best clearest commentators - thanks! Just the right rhythmic balance of analysis and pauses.

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Killer video. Such fluid explanations of small but important points throughout. Great learning material, thanks!

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Very nice video :) Just the right amount of comments, description of possible plays, etc, I like it !

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Thanks Jerry, learned a lot. The game with its instructive analysis should be watched more than once.

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Fantastic! I really like demonstrating the other options to the real game played. Well done!

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This is very nice analyzed, keep them coming

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Great to read that! :)

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Great breakdowns you have!! I like the terminology.

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I love the commentary so much. It's deadpan but somehow that's the right mood lmao

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Finally. A channel that makes fine analysis. Big thumb up.

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This was a very easy to comprehend instructional video, I really enjoyed it!

[@exs1803]

Awesome play. Really enjoyed your analysis and explanation of moves...

[@ultrapurple111]

I don't know how I got here but seeing sequences like this makes me want to take up chess again. I haven't played in years. Brilliant sacrifice of 2 bishops. Genius stuff.

[@matthewp3709]

Great game! I would have slid the rook out to D1 at the "what would you do" part. Sliding the queen to H8 displayed some awesome look-ahead skills. Thanks for posting!

[@Hyperborean_2]

Similar opinion here with limited calculations though

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Really great video. The tactics were perfectly understandable even for a chess layman like myself :) Subscribed.

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Arrows and graphics make your commentary superior. It's really instructive and clarifying. Thanks.

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really well narrated, thanks

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Very good explanation, do more videos. Thanking you

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I love when you dive into a grand master games, your analyzation is always spot on

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12:06 If Bobby Fischer demanded $30,000 to play in this tournament, I wonder what Jerry would have charged.

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Probably just a granola bar.

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As long as it didn't involve revealing his face

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Millions

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To play with those names? He would have paid for it.

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A tier 3 sub

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thank you for posting this. A few errors in this game, but very enjoyable.

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Nicely done, nice analysis.

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I don't know how I went from watching study videos to watching games of chess, but this video was the break I needed! haha

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Love your analysis and presentation.

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Those Queen walks are so extremely beautiful..... Thank you!

[@polk3551]

Awesome analysis! Also, it would be a great thing to highlight the possible moves in different color to separate them from the actual ones.

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I haven't p layed chess since I was a kid, or young teenager at the most. I've watched some of your other videos, and either I'm very tired now or this video covers some more advanced tactics without as much explaining as your other uploads that I've watched. Still enjoyed it though. Any suggestion for a computer program and/or website to start learning beginner tactics? Or maybe just start playing without learning from a site/program "just" for learning's sake?

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Just found this site. Very well explained and presented.

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Yassssssss jerry. More analyses.

[@thextcninja1]

when you showed how the opposing player could have won, I was blown away. Those kinds of tips and tricks are definitely welcomed.

[@zapranoth7925]

Amazing calculation and "calm" from Garry. I'd have been so caught up in finishing the white attack - after sacrificing both bishops - that I probably would never have dropped back to defend against the black queen sac. Amazing. Kasparov is the GOAT.

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The best channel about chess Jerry

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very qualitative analysis. clear. fast. nothing extra.

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great video Jerry!

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I love your way of describing do you have more videos?

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I really liked your explanation

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Very impressive to see, nice play

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I remember when this game was published in the chess mags back in 1983. It made quite a stir.

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I remember when this game was published in the chess mags back in 1983. It made quite a stir.

[@chazzec]

Thank you for the well done exp...a bit slower next time...is lol I could ask .but thanks again !!!

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[@algol291]

nicely explained.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Nice Game fun to watch and listen to your analysis Those Bishop moves paid off can’t call them sacrifices since Kasparov didn’t think they were himself nice offensive tactics Enjoyed Thanks Much

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Come back to this jack

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Watching this video makes me realize how little I know of this game

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nice. well explained.

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i like the way you explain the game

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Thanks Jerry, very nice game indeed.

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wow great video

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It's a great mating net. I'm glad that I noticed a lot of those moves.

[@zobayer1]

Great breakdown there.

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+Icy Phoenix Thank you