GM Alexander Grischuk - GM Alireza Firouzja, Long term defending aginst strongest blitz player

2019 King Salman World Rapid & Blitz Championships
Moscow, 2019
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GM Alexandr Grischuk - GM Alireza Firouzja
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Be7 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 h5 13. gxh5 Nxh5 14. h4 Qc5 15. Qd2 b5 16. Bd3 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Rhg1 a4 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Rg5 e5 21. f4 f6 22. Rgg1 Be6 23. Rc1 a3 24. b3 Rac8 25. f5 Bf7 26. c3 bxc3 27. Rxc3 Qf2 28. Rgc1 Rxc3 29. Qxc3 Rd8 30. Bb5 Qb6 31. Qc7+ Qxc7 32. Rxc7+ Kf8 33. Bc6 d5 34. exd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 38. Rc8+ Ke7 39. Kc2 e4 40. Nc3 Re5 41. Kd2 e3+ 42. Ke1 Nf4 43. Rc4 Nd3+ 44. Ke2 Nc1+ 45. Ke1 Kf7 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Kd1 e2+ 48. Nxe2 Nxe2 49. b4 Nd4 50. Kd2 Rxf5 51. Kd3 Nb5 52. Rd7 Re5 53. Kc4 f5 0-1
Alireza Firouzja (Persian: علیرضا فیروزجا‎, Persian pronunciation: [æliːɾezɑː fiːɾuːzˈdʒɑː]; born 18 June 2003) is an Iranian chess prodigy. He won the Iranian Chess Championship at age 12 and earned the grandmaster title at the age of 14. He is the second-youngest player ever to reach a rating of 2700 (after Wei Yi), accomplishing this aged 16 years and 1 month. As of November 2019, Firouzja is the No. 1 ranked Iranian player and the No. 1 U16 player in the world with a FIDE rating of 2723.
Grandmaster John Nunn attributes the Sicilian Defence's popularity to its combative nature; in many lines Black is playing not just for equality, but for the advantage. The drawback is that White often obtains an early initiative, so Black has to take care not to fall victim to a quick attack."[5] Grandmaster Jonathan Rowson considered why the Sicilian is the most successful response to 1.e4, even though 1...c5 develops no pieces, and the pawn on c5 controls only d4 and b4. Rowson writes:
To my mind there is quite a straightforward explanation. In order to profit from the initiative granted by the first move, White has to make use of his opportunity to do something before Black has an equal number of opportunities of his own. However, to do this, he has to make 'contact' with the black position. The first point of contact usually comes in the form of a pawn exchange, which leads to the opening of the position. … So the thought behind 1...c5 is this: "OK, I'll let you open the position, and develop your pieces aggressively, but at a price - you have to give me one of your center pawns."
- Jonathan Rowson, Chess for Zebras: Thinking Differently About Black and White
Alexander Igorevich Grischuk (Russian: Алекса́ндр И́горевич Грищу́к; born October 31, 1983) is a Russian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2000. Grischuk was the Russian champion in 2009. He is also a three-time world blitz chess champion (in 2006, 2012 and 2015).
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[@Rapidchess]

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[@alimoradi8454]

Firouzja is unreal!!!!

[@Wizardofgosz]

Of all the posted blitz games in the last month, I've only seen Alireza lose once, to Magnus, and he only lost on time. Alireza had a winning position.

[@williamp.hodgeakahodgecity4545]

He is one cycle from overtaking magnus in blitz time controls

[@jaconova]

@@williamp.hodgeakahodgecity4545 lol eaaasy! Alireza is special no doubt, but Magnus will still reign for a long time if everything goes steady.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@williamp.hodgeakahodgecity4545 I think Alireza is already there. He plays like Morphy. Such creativity.

[@54230926]

He didn't have a winning position at the moment of being flagged (it was a draw), but he did have it a few moves before.

[@Wizardofgosz]

@@54230926 wasn't he up 2 or 3 pawns?

[@LoneWolf2308]

Alireza in "badass" mode...

[@vishwaramsawant8181]

Thanks for sharing a beautiful game!

[@rztrk3311]

Grischuk is looking less scruffy and more clean cut these days

[@parouare]

Wow, nicely played by Alireza!!

[@SpaceCadet4Jesus]

Get to watch three great GMs (cant see the 4th). Grischuk and Firouzja on close board and Jabava and ? on distant board. All of them Awesome.

[@MarianoFreyreX]

This was amazing. Amazing game of Firouzja.

[@arminrazmjoo7721]

Bravo Alireza

[@darkbf8493]

This is the best angle I think

[@hamzekheirandish2842]

دمت گرم👍❤

[@janetoss]

Tough game. Instructive.

[@khodayesiasat1550]

Bravo alireza

[@rodneyhernandez4138]

good game

[@mohammadmahdishafi8902]

when ever the time is low .... ....deadly he become

[@matend8125]

He is relentless

[@simonmojarad4806]

I love it how AliReza destroyed Giri. He was backing Magnus and hanged up against AliReza . #karma

[@pramadyaindarta2215]

Great game

[@harshulmehta8329]

What a player…. U play just to win with the best that’s amazing

[@pkasb90]

Eyeing left hand side while the hand making moves on right hand side.

[@pranaytony]

Why to cover two boards at the same time!?

[@claudealain85]

Ce jeune homme ira très très loin. Il a du génie et tellement de choses améliorables que sa marge de progression est immense. Y aura-t-il une transition entre le règne de Magnus Carlsen et le sien? C'est la seule question que je me pose.

[@maximedupre8043]

J'aime le côté philosophique de tes commentaires à chaque fois haha

[@nemesistvirus1917]

Alireeza is brilliant.

[@josealejandrotorrejon6586]

Es asombroso como contra Alireza grandes jugadores parecen cometer errores

[@Madscientist94]

Tiene muy buena interpretación del juego, bastante fresco y natural. Realmente se perfila como un grande para campeón del mundo, me gusta mucho su estilo. Magnus siento posee lo mismo y un poco más de criticismo sobre sí mismo, a ver en que resulta esto.

[@GeForcoRomeO]

Проиграл, когда сделал недовольную морду, что Фируджа заряжен катать даже на флажках.

[@PiercingSight]

I only realized this was the same game after 1:09 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqiXqZaubNuXitU I think this video is better though. The camera isn't constantly refocusing.

[@covidwarrior9971]

Alireza TakeAbeeerrrrr....LoL

[@edisvelicanin8854]

white was better all.the way until.the white bishop exchange. after that, black got the upper hand.

[@zico3239]

beroofesh alireza lol

[@keidrashnow7221]

Mi sa che presto vi sarà il ritiro di grischuk

[@LoneWolf2308]

Come cantava De Gregori : "non è da questi particolari, che si giudica un giocatore...".

[@vitoscaletta7730]

mah. non credo. ognuno ha la sua giornata. mi ricordo che con i miei amici (sono piu forti di me) in una giornata li ho battuti tutti piu di 2 volte nello stesso giorno perche era proprio la mia giornata 😂 magnus pure ha fatto una partita online con questo ragazzo dopo il torneo e magnus l'ha proprio massacrato!! quindi è vero, non da un solo torneo puoi giudicare..

[@user-fv7vs3jt2d]

Firouzja sent Grischuk to retire)

[@mandyrarsh7137]

Look at the other GM in the background to see what a beast alireza is(9:00)

[@joeblack8352]

The hands of Alireza look like alien hands 😅

[@sethrose1325]

Bruh

[@JohnSmouseFilms]

Anybody watch the Chessbrah channel? Eric beat Alireza in an online blitz match the other night, and after flagging for nearly a full minute after Eric offered a draw, Alireza cussed Eric out in chat before rage-quitting. He's very strong, yes, but very young, and frankly, a total snot.

[@alexisdmz2805]

Más feo ese Alireza 😆😆😆

[@LiveLife-kx3ck]

Alireza is Looser Regardless of he Wins at Chess.