Reykjavik Open: Facing an Indian Prodigy, Raunak Sadhwani, with the Stonewall Dutch Opening. Round 5

[@sugandhagoswami7387]

Really sorry to hear about your Dad.

[@TheSludgeMan]

Winning a brilliant game with the Dutch feels like a fitting tribute to your old man, as I've heard you say he taught you this opening. Sorry for your loss but congratulations on such a fine game under difficult circumstances.

[@magic_hotel]

Fantastic commentary. I always feel like I learn something when Simon goes through a game, pointing out the key decisions, hidden pitfalls and typical GM strategic considerations! Entertaining game too.

[@stephenwells1559]

Condolences to you for your father’s passing. Great chess content, as always, and great to see you win a game with black against someone with more than 150 ratings points than you.

[@YCLP]

Ng5 is an impressive tactic! Great to hear your thoughts again. I actually like it that you mostly keep the engine off, because I appreciate the complexity of the position more that way: Scary attacks for both sides, very unclear which attack was going to prove better.

[@nickburggraaf3977]

Yes, very impressive. I would't have looked at Ng5 cause it looks like black already lacks fire power in the attack in the first place.

[@YCLP]

@@nickburggraaf3977 Yes. Furthermore it's a backwards knight move that's also an empty square sacrifice. It has all the hallmarks of being very difficult to spot. As a puzzle, I would perhaps find it, but definitely not during a game.

[@frodejohnsen8559]

Wow. Brilliant move Ng5 and win! :D Good game. Good luck rest of the tournament Simon

[@nikovb1234]

What a tactic! I love these videos - more please!

[@sebastiandierks7919]

What a crazy game! With such a nice finish :) Great victory, Simon, against a very strong player. Winning a tactical game against a young prodigy with Black is very impressive. I guess you're just too good at your kind of game. Should not have messed with your Dutch :D

[@GreyGhost.]

SUPERB commentary ..... what a treat when you take it seriously. Ace upload. Many thanks.

[@JeffPHamm]

Just found this one of yours, and glad to see you posting again. I bought a copy of your book "The Killer Dutch Rebooted" (being old, I prefer books - you know, old = stupid! ha ha). Anyway, back in the late 90s I was playing a lot of Stonewall Dutch, and had one of my best games with it against the ChessMaster 4000 computer program (nothing like todays's computer chess, but at the time was the best home chess program one could get). Your above video reminded me of it, and I still have the game score, and I think you might enjoy it. (You will see where I dither around move 40 or so, hoping the computer would give me a draw, as my end game technique is generally dismal, but I did ok in this game). Oh, and while the CM series had "styles", like Alehkine-Style, or Fischer-Style (which I beat twice; so it ain't no Fischer), it's very best play was from the "Chess Master", which I never did get a win over. Sigh. [Event "Dutch Stonewall by transposition; My 4th Victory over top CM style; 10 sec/move; Pentium 200"] [Site "Chess Master 4000"] [Date "1998.01.10"] [Round "1"] [White "CM4000 Alehkine-Style"] [Black "Me"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bd3 f5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. O-O Bd6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Qe8 11. a3 Nd7 12. Rad1 Ndf6 13. h3 h5 14. Ra1 g6 15. Rfb1 Rf7 16. b4 Rg7 17. b5 g5 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rc1 g4 20. hxg4 hxg4 21. Nxe4 fxe4 22. Ne1 Bf5 23. Qxc6 Qh5 24. Qxa8+ Kh7 25. Ba6 g3 26. fxg3 Bxg3 27. Qc8 Qh2+ 28. Kf1 Qh1+ 29. Ke2 Bxc8 30. Bxc8 Bxe1 31. Bf5+ Kh6 32. Bh3 Rxg2+ 33. Bxg2 Qxg2+ 34. Kxe1 Ng4 35. Rc6+ Kh5 36. Bc1 Qf2+ 37. Kd1 Nxe3+ 38. Bxe3 Qf1+ 39. Kd2 Qxa1 40. Rh6+ Kg4 41. Rg6+ Kf5 42. Rg5+ Ke6 43. Rg6+ Kf5 44. Rg5+ Ke6 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46. Rc6 Qb2+ 47. Rc2 Qxa3 48. Rc3 Qb4 49. Kc2 Qa4+ 50. Kd2 Qa2+ 51. Ke1 Qa5 52. Kd2 Kg6 53. Bf2 Kf5 54. Be3 Kg4 55. Bf2 Qa2+ 56. Rc2 Qxc2+ 57. Kxc2 Kf3 58. Be1 Ke3 59. Kc3 a5 60. Bg3 a4 61. Bd6 Ke2 62. Be7 e3 63. Kc2 Kf1 64. Bh4 e2 65. Kc3 Kg2 66. Kb4 Kf3 67. Be1 Ke4 68. Kc3 a3 69. Bg3 a2 70. Kb2 a1=Q+ 71. Kxa1 Kxd4 72. Bh4 Kc3 73. Kb1 Kd2 74. Kb2 d4 75. Kb3 d3 76. Bg5+ Kd1 77. Kc4 d2 78. Kc5 e1=Q 79. Bxd2 Qxd2 80. Kc6 Kc2 81. Kc7 Qd5 82. Kb6 Kb3 83. Kc7 Kb4 84. Kc8 Qf7 85. Kb8 Kb5 86. Kc8 Kc6 87. Kd8 Qd7# 0-1

[@cwwiss1]

Thank you Simon I play the Stonewall defence and attack and your analysis of the positions that arise from it have helped me to improve my lines.

[@slagorourke]

Ng5 was a lovely move to win a typically mad GingerGM game . I followed this game live on Lichess, trying to figure out what was going on. No way did I ever see Ng5.

[@ingosteinhaeuser9535]

Really exciting chess, Simon! Congratulations to this exciting win! It’s really thrilling to watch how this position unfolded. Very sorry about your dad.

[@MamboRasco]

Great game Simon and as usually great commentary. I think it might be time for a killer stonewall dutch video. Thanks for sharing.

[@Temiraker]

Amazing game. Congratulations.

[@melvinharmsen5606]

Love this analyses, so much fun to follow and learning lots of nuances. And congratz on this nice result!

[@csterlingjohnson1]

What a game! This is why I love Simon. One of the most aggressive GMs in the game who just has the intuition for attacking chess.

[@Explosividrott]

Amazing finish Simon! Well played. Sorry to hear about your dad.

[@rlevans0602]

Brilliant video once again. Simon is unsurpassed in reviewing his thought processes I feel. Learning so much. Order some videos from him as I did.

[@jakemoon9939]

Thanks for the video. I’ve learned a lot from watching you. Cheers 🍻 what a win!!!

[@seanhunter111]

Man, what a lovely game. Raunak is a very strong player. Well done!

[@arminiuss.316]

Beautiful game Simon! 🤩💪

[@dannyshaw4057]

Simon is such a great teacher and entertainer - I say that latter because I genuinely think if you have no interest in chess you would still probably find his videos a good watch! Here we are seeing 2 GMs play, and it is so instructive to hear the ideas communicated to all levels. I just got the GingerGM Play like Tal DVD that I am guessing was made a few years ago, but the 'few years ago' is irrelevant, it is instructive, fun, and more importantly has a few things I could literally try in my next game!

[@dbass4973]

my condolences for your loss, Simon

[@torrawel]

Brillant game. Congratulations !

[@ArisianFusion]

Wonderful game! I wish you were playing in the Olympiad!!

[@sanitary103]

that game was nuts. congrats.

[@kevinwinter4514]

Wonderful game Simon 😀👍

[@hagen0011]

Incredibly impressive game. 👏

[@dkol2000]

what a game, must feel really good after not playing otb chess for a long time!

[@tommoore5009]

Some Simon William's attacking brilliance

[@andrewreynolds722]

That was brilliant simon😊

[@garypatella3170]

I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. With the funeral taking place the day before the tournament, your mind and body probably put the full grieving process on hold. When you return, don't be surprised if you suddenly get emotional once the tournament ends.

[@batalesex]

Incredible game!

[@giovtoniologt]

Great performance Simon

[@emilerota6825]

See also the analyse of GM D. King on the Powerplay Channel of this game: Title of the video : The Ginger Effect! 🙂

[@diosn6909]

Congratulations on your big win! Keep unloading! Sorry for your dad.

[@witcher-86]

nice stonewall dutch, I liked Rc7 multifunctional move

[@zzashkittyzzonna2474]

Sorry to hear about your dad He is proud of your chess career

[@yodakazam]

Dude you're on fire!

[@bradleyreese5156]

The Dutch Strikes Again!

[@hylen26]

Wow. Very impressive.

[@yosefcohen483]

"With the ancient is wisdom; and in length of days understanding." Job 12:12

[@AgentSmith911]

What a move!

[@mr.richard3715]

8:18- Latest SF15.1 says +.44 at 50 Depth so you are doing better as SF11 tells

[@Joe-zu7lx]

Nice

[@martingriffin5043]

Very nice game

[@northshores7319]

After White played R-e1 I thought you might have played N-e4-d6-f7 and try to bust out with e5. Just an idea to look at. Well played game. Teach them youngsters some respect for older players!!

[@cvnpoka]

cool video. why do you use Stockfish 11 when its up to version 15 now?

[@enricbaucellsnuri6983]

awesome

[@danjeory3659]

Ng5!! Noice!

[@wce-tube]

Didn't quite win the tournament finishing 57 =), but this very game is a masterpiece for sure!

[@carlgibson7850]

Enjoyed the game. Note, try to avoid repeatedly banging your hands on the table. A little rough on the listening experience.

[@lukeoneill3235]

Epic

[@stephenl7048]

Empathise with your comments at the end. I packed in otb in my 20's. When your heart is beating like you've run a marathon, but you're sitting at a chess board, this cannot be good for you. Love the game, but too stressed out by it.