GM Kasparov vs FM Ghannoum, April 2011

[@widebody123]

Thanks for posting this video. It is such a pleasure to see GK in action.The greatest chess player of all time.

[@nataschmidtt]

thank you for uploading this...

[@marian_tsx]

Kasparov is a fucking beast...

[@Fabriciopereirapresa]

Gracias por transcribir la partida.Muy buen aporte el tuyo.

[@Desconocido1472]

Woow que partidote D: ya quisiera hacer esas movidas así de rápido.....

[@96zik]

Garry loves to touch pieces everytime after moving

[@darak409]

It's time to D-d-d-d-duel!

[@Slim5231]

Tous les membres de la FQE sont fier de toi et te salue d'avoir affronté le plus grand champion d'échecs au monde et que tu as contribué à une bonne cause de charité. Bravo Marc!

[@KCRyder]

4:45 Kasparov is like "What the fuck?" lol

[@black88wolf]

more like wtf is idiot doing?

[@KCRyder]

black88wolf that`s what I meant ;-)

[@fabiomassimo9273]

Hey man,Thank you!

[@nataschmidtt]

second game plssssssssssssss thx for uploading :)

[@Bandannerz]

That's incredibly fortunate to know such a gifted individual. I know a few very gifted chess players. One GM and an IM. But I don't know how they would do against GK.

[@msn140]

yessssssssssssssssssssssssssss please game 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! thanks

[@mcpartridgeboy]

love your handle superchessgeek !

[@elrustito]

This is kind of amazing to watch.

[@IndigoBassNotes]

I have seen Baseline combined with a digital "bird's eye" view many times and that seems like the best.

[@relav295]

they should have split screen with bird eye view and normal sideline view, as the face expression is sometimes just priceless!! ;)

[@FoxyFreddie]

I was going to "like" your comment but found the fact you have 64 of them too perfect to change

[@sebastianmh10]

Porque no filmaron desde arriba para ver las jugadas....

[@SkyFortStudios]

Kasparov knew that whole fucking game before it happened. He was just waiting to see which variation took place. What a champ.

[@topshonuff]

Thanks for the video..Ghannoum just got out classed by Kasparov.. But watching Kasparov (on the left), not sure if he panics, or just can't sit still.. He could at least take that jacket off..

[@peybak]

On a chess board, or paste it on an online chess analysis board. You could also use a chess software like fritz.

[@Crimguy]

@vhzulu I guess it's relative, but Ghannoum's ELO is 2230 in my database. While not a grandmaster, he is a very good player. Blitz is also different than standard games, where you have 2 hours for the game.

[@widebody123]

I had the unfortunate privilege of playing GK in simul 12 years ago. I lasted 27 moves. He is the ultimate chess player.

[@iusvictor9]

where is the aerial camera???

[@hangrid]

Doctor Marc Ghannoum is Canadian. His first language is French, though his English is excellent. His parents emigrated from Syria originally, but he was born and raised in Montreal.

[@beckerqueiroz]

This makes me feel like playing a game... Logging on ICC now.

[@kasparov9]

@dovespin1 What kind of chauvinistic treatment? Do you have an example?

[@timpani112]

@omer88f I never said that it was algebra. What I meant was algebraic chess notation, which this type of chess notation is called. And if you can read it I don't understand your original comment at all. Why can't you just use an ordinary chess board?

[@Adzio7996]

New GoPro camera commercial?

[@AdrianErotico69]

is a privilege to see kasparov today ... he is arrogant and what you want but it is the best ever .. Best of all is that eventually he explain where you made a mistake

[@fanishkah]

Why the clock is in the right side of white????

[@spriteofbones]

@MarcoBJJ11 You're in the 2200 league, and as such you did stand your ground pretty well against the "1000 eyes monster", bearer of the best elo rating that never got into a man's grasp. Kudos to you, and just ignore the haters. They're jealous.

[@jacovc1986]

can i watch the game somewhere? i can't see from this angle

[@SplitYoWigBack]

i don't understand the purpose of the timer

[@mac10688]

@Apoic123 I thought it was a weird pawn move too. But looking at the move list posted. It was just pawn to c5, which is the famous scicillian defense

[@poochpoints]

@royplayer In case you didnt know a draw is possible in some instances when the ending is of opposite coloured bishops and two pawns down. The defending side has to build a fortress.

[@scrumpymanjack]

I would love to meet the camera person and ask why s/he chose this camera angle.

[@tipse17]

where is the second game with kasparov playing white?

[@6dmiller]

Anybody know if Kasparov prefers the clock on his left?

[@TheSimpa105]

@Euquila Where's the "FM"?

[@vison13]

isso ai kasparov voce é e sempre sera o melhor enxadrista do da historia!!!!!

[@Gabrielul7]

What about the second game?

[@hangrid]

It saddens me to see the mean spirited comments about this video. Some have asked who FM Ghannoum is. Although I have not seen him in years, I have the pleasure of knowing him, and can assure you that he is also a brilliant man -- one who gave up his dream of becoming a world class chess player in order to study medicine. In his field, Ghannoum daily makes a positive difference in the world. Yes, GK is the greatest chess player ever, but Ghannoum has every right to enjoy these games.

[@jesssalvilla5862]

Kasparov's super analytical mind is shown in his facial expressions!!

[@131Djak]

G.Kasparov vs M. Galkin?

[@TheScatterBlaster]

@warblerab It Stands for FIDE master which is a chess organization

[@timpani112]

@omer88f Does this mean that you don't know how to read algebraic chess notation?

[@sverio12345]

Who won the second one? or do I need to ask.. :o

[@Asgarov88]

Who win?

[@btr73186]

@nitotech You need a minimum rating of 2500 FIDE and 3 GM "Norms" Which means 3 tournaments with other Gm's playing, where you have a tournament performance rating of 2650 (I think, might be 2600)

[@raimundaqueiroz1177]

realmente um mestre

[@cocomoon5650]

every time I look at those ladies in the back I feel they are talking and commenting about me or gossiping jajajaa LOL

[@ummite]

Wow, je suis a un niveau 2 de Kasparov! Félicitation d'avoir eu un match contre Kasparov!!!

[@PakiEagle1]

who won???? or time over???

[@DiceEsque]

@rmmcclay Agreed. Kasparov tends to be quite animated at the table. Especially when he blunders.

[@qdequeijo]

Kasparov = God of Chess. Perfect!

[@tomgreg2008]

Can't really see the board position or the times on the clocks....but other than this an fun and interesting video....

[@DeanBastable]

How do they go so fast? :O

[@TheSimpa105]

@jaileroflove You don't get to impress the greatest chess player in history with your humbleness every day either.

[@Indespetz]

who won??

[@mustafadilmec]

which is winner

[@ienjoyapples]

what is the point of these videos if you cant see the board

[@drac3650]

Kasparov: - Hey little boy, ready to lose? Ghannoum: - Uh, well... Who am i?

[@TheNameTooSexyToShow]

Why hurry ? This game is chess or tenis ?

[@hangrid]

Not many understand how difficult it is to become an expert at chess. "Expert" is a category used to describe very strong players, most of whom have dedicated decades of study to playing the game well. Even so, the vast majority of serious players are unable to reach this level. Moreover, the level of "expert" is two full categories below what Dr. Ghannoum has reached. A tiny fraction of a percent of serious players will ever reach the level he's achieved as a part-time player.

[@mlasker2]

Kasparov beat French super GM Vachier Lagrave a few months ago, although he is away from competitive chess for like 6 years. He still seems to be in great shape. Also, nobody can criticise the FM for playing on. Of course he will, until a moment when he sees that there is no reasonable move remaining on the board. As most of the people does.

[@01abejorro]

jaja sí, es inspirador y fascinante ver las partidas.

[@demerda]

@SplitYoWigBack The timer is a great machine used to count things, such as cooking devices, fuckin faded, vanish, anything that you can do to reset aggro. "There is no aggro reset"

[@hangrid]

This is an interesting presumption and I'll address it. Obviously I can't speak for Dr.Ghannoum, but I think it's fair to say that many who follow chess would have given him a fair chance at becoming a GM. He was a master at a young age and always showed promise. What does becoming an "ordinary" GM get you? Answ: Typically, GMs are impoverished nomads who travel from tournament to tournament for a few hundred dollars per week. It's not glamorous except maybe for the 20 best of 500 or so GMs.

[@nitotech]

if you beat a grandmaster does that make you a grandmaster? How do you become GM?

[@TheAquamelly]

i like how the guy on the left straightens everything :)

[@clarkperez9489]

Nice game by Kasparov!

[@mastrake]

Why bother to film it when one cannot see the board and follow the moves?

[@robertoespinosa6742]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d4 cd4 6. Qd4 e6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. h3 Qc7 9. Be3 d5 10. ed5 Nd5 11. Nd5 Bd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qb6 Qb6 14. Bb6 Nb4 15. Be2 Rb8 16. Bf2 Bd6 17. a3 Nc6 18. Be3 O-O 19. a4 ba4 20. Ra4 Rb2 21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Bd4 Nd3 23. cd3 Rb3 24. Ra6 Bf4 25. Ne5 Be5 26. Be5 Rd3 27. Ra7 f6 28. Bd6 Rc8 29. Rc7 Rc7 30. Bc7 h5 31. Rf2 Kh7 32. Kh2 e5 33. g3 Bf3 34. Bb6 g5 35. h4 g4 36. Bc5 Rd1

[@wersuk2]

справа это макс галкин?

[@MarcoBJJ11]

Perhaps a few precisions are in order. 1) I'm NOT a grandmaster, just a simple master who got to play his chess idol. 2) Although the result was NEVER in doubt, it was somehow competitive. 3) With only 1 minute to play, it was absolutely justified to continue playing, until I lost the exchange. There are drawing tendencies with bishops of opposite color. To those who think I should have resigned when I knew I was lost, I could have done so on the first move!

[@erisedfromorrim]

hey geek, were they 5 min blitz or 3+2 ?

[@leifmp]

So Kasparov beat someone with a 2200 rating. Fantastic.

[@sverio12345]

The best trick to do in chess is, when kasparov is winning, you stretch out your hand like you you have lost the game and as soon as he shakes your hand you say to him ""draw"!

[@JonathonMcStrudel]

@BachehKhala FM stands for FIDE Master. FIDE is the world chess federation and stands for Federation Internationale Des Echecs.

[@GsxRaider]

who won anybody pleasE?

[@BachehKhala]

Is it correct that GM means GrandMaster? And what does FM stand for?

[@Salvadario]

@MarcoBJJ11 No doubt, that's how you have become as good as you are now. A great match.

[@sawsher99]

@jt pope i agree... unless you have great eyesight and be a GM you cant really tell all of whats happening

[@juantaker58]

decision had been made from above to see the pieces that were moving each

[@3RDMILLENNIUMCHESS]

3rd Millennium Chess is the future of chess. It is the revolution in the evolution of chess. The whole chess establishment is obsolete, there are no masters or grand masters now. You want to master chess then you must master 3MC and that may take a lifetime. Good luck and welcome to the future.

[@reisanibal1]

FIDE Master. It is the first of 3 main titles. FIDE Master, then International Master and finally Grand Master.

[@christfollower8902]

wow. kasparov has still got it :)

[@TheJudgeGr]

very bad camera ankle...we cant see anything

[@TheSquakingCockaToo]

SQUAK The peak physical fitness they have is amazing, they must train every day SQUAK

[@essambialy]

this is 2011 and they dont have screen of the boared wtf

[@tweakmeup1]

what does FM mean?

[@Mr21276]

THE PLAYER WAS FOCUSING EXTRA HARD NOT TO LOOK AT KASPAROV'S FACE...LOL

[@patrickjmt]

@MarcoBJJ11 trolls are a dime a dozen on this site, do not let the haters bother you :)

[@Cybraxas]

What is FM?

[@Indespetz]

What is FM??

[@coldsause14]

Lol. I was thinking that just before I read you comment

[@IncredibleEtableBaby]

what does FM mean? NM?

[@Mircose]

what is the point of this video?.. I mean, if you cant see the board or the moves??..

[@memahrez]

HOW WE ARE SUPOSE TO SEE THIS IS NOT A FOOTBAL MATCH