GOTCHA | Caruana vs Vachier-Lagrave | FIDE Candidates 2021. Classical chess at its best.

Grandmaster Daniel King examines Fabiano Caruana vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from round 8 of the FIDE Candidates 2021. Which of the eight players will challenge Magnus Carlsen for the title of World Chess Champion?
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[@xdclanagario1753]

This game shows how crazy endgames really are

[@Electronite1978]

Opening superb, middle game superb but the level of the end game was mind boggling.

[@HunterBelkiran]

that end game was mind-boggling

[@sprcow]

The brief animated preview thumbnail of this video makes Daniel look so excited that I couldn't help but smile.

[@pukulu]

Caruana's preparation is stunning, breathtaking. All of the moves that were not first place on a recent version of stockfish were very close second placers, if you let the engine run awhile. That apparently means that he was preparing the line with the idea of playing a 2nd or even 3rd place move in a critical position, so as to use the element of surprise.

[@Wird97]

You have got to be the most elegant sounding person I have ever heard. Great videos!

[@PowerPlayChess]

I'll take that, thank you!

[@ForteGX]

What a game by Fabi. The home prep was crazy and the stamina to grind out that endgame.

[@emilethomas6319]

The stamina is more impressive for mvl because caruana start play by himself only at move 26

[@tobiasschoofs7006]

Wow! What a game! What a preparation! What a defence! What an end game! What a King!

[@skriabinfly]

Caruana played alright, i suppose, but i am more impressed by the vocab lesson at 23:12 - "inveigle". i learned a new word. WOW!

[@andrewroberts8139]

It's a lovely word, King is a smart cookie

[@utpicberlin1225]

Daniel, you have perfected this format - it is always an absolute pleasure to watch your videos!! Thank you!

[@sunnyc8900]

At 2:08 the excitement and joy on Daniel's face, brought a smile to my face. So heartwarming to see a person with such joy in their craft. Suddenly, all seems right in this world. By the way, the depth and clarity of the game commentary - unmatched on the worldwide web.

[@Jaylooker]

That idea of Ng7 and controlling a box of entry squares is a common theme in fortresses

[@jprw]

Well pointed out!

[@andyvillanueva3303]

The way he said "ITSSSSSSS SOOOOOOOOO FANTASTICALLY COMPLICATED" 🤣😁👌 Thanks Sir Daniel 😊 for always giving us a superb analysis! 100k subs here we go!

[@kenspencer9895]

On the Ng7 little think quiz, my first impulse was Ng7, precisely because of the barrier. Even so, Caruana certainly did a Magnus-type grind there -- congrats to him.

[@flippert0]

Fabi always was painstakingly prepared in the openings, but in recent years, he also worked a lot on his endgame skills.He improved tremendously there.

[@verlainefreitas]

The points to be listed in Caruana's play are: 1. Excellent preparation in the opening; 2. Accurate calculation in the middle-game; 3. Precise technique in the endgame.

[@inguh7041]

That gotta hurt for MVL. Apparently he DID have a drawn position... interesting he seemingly played excellently in the complicated positions, and slipped up in the 'simple' one.

[@PowerPlayChess]

This was hardly simple...especially not after defending under extreme pressure for a few hours.

[@AroundWayOther]

What a start to the resuming candidates!

[@DimitrisAndreou]

Tough luck when the only defense that works is fianchettoing the knight!

[@azice6034]

Lol this really made me laugh

[@marsupiallion94]

Unbelievable performance by both players.

[@synchronium24]

Tablebases are quite an achievement that show the limitations even of modern engines. As an example, at 20:47 Stockfish was convinced that Nc8 (instead of MVL's Ng8) was a draw until it calculated to a depth of 43 ply to find a win for white. EDIT: In comparison, for Stockfish to find Shirov's famous Bh3 move in an endgame against Topalov takes 48 ply.

[@stevengordon3271]

We should expect some near future program to leverage table bases when the number of pieces are few enough.

[@DanielGomes-sw2fd]

@@stevengordon3271 It already happens, just download syzygy tablebases and adjust the engine parameters to probe tablebases.

[@duaflip]

This game was beautiful. What was crazy to me was that MVL played 6 or 7 only moves in a row, just superb defense, but then blitzed out Nh6 (the losing move). He had found so many great moves in a row I was sure he'd play Ng7 (or Ne7). Like I said in your last candidate's preview video though, I'm all in on Fabi!

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

The Great Grandmaster Daniel King! 👌🏾💯

[@Tulio_Fonseca]

And the Najdorf takes yet another hit. Great analysis, Mr King!

[@ligidobastian9245]

When Caruana played Bc4, I was convinced that this was a transmission error. When Lagrave resigned, I also thought that this was a transmission error and was convinced that the result was a draw. What a game!

[@metro9164]

Thank you, Daniel King, for an amazing game review. I was referred to your Power Play Chess KZbin by The Romo Chess Academy. Your review was delightful. I will be sure to follow your future commentaries. Best regards, the Professor.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Welcome, Professor. ALWAYS listen to the Romo Chess Academy. Gabe's the man :)

[@alvinrodney6229]

"... managed to inveigle Maxime..." GM King's command of the English language is top notch! Thanks for the wonderful explanations of this incredibly complex game, GM King.

[@shashank22]

"I would never recommend that you play the poisoned pawn variation against Bg5, unless you give up your day job basically, unless you just forget about a social life!" Boooooooooom!!

[@TheChessRunner]

@Jack Strawb that is the point. It is a varriation you only should play if you know it very deep, very well. Since as black you so often need to play only moves( where refutations with white are findable over the board). White on the other hand has a lot of options and can chose one and know it pretty deep. And if gone wrong white has still playable position.

[@shashank22]

@Jack Strawb As someone who plays the Najdorf, I can attest to some of the arguments you've made regarding lower rated players not being able to punish black for taking on b2. However, it is so much easier to play as white because a lot of moves are natural developing moves.

[@maxanonym9613]

what would the candidates be without Daniels coverage ... thank you so much Mr. King!

[@warnaoh]

Mvl seems like the guy who gets outprepared the most out of all the 2700+ GMs it's impressive.

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

He has the smallest most concrete repertoire and among the top 10 is clearly the worst prepared.

[@lp4969]

And still managed to defend against fabiano 26 move engine preparation to a draw. The endgame is just impossible to understand for us mortals

[@warnaoh]

@@lp4969 thing is he lost too much time to reach an inferior endgame (a better one was possible). For a Guy who lost two poisoned pawn games in his last classical tournament, youd expect better.

[@ViSylVs]

Superb analysis as always!

[@lp4969]

These recaps are, without a doubt, the best on youtube, I enjoy your videos so much, you really show us how much you love this game!

[@kimtaewoo3274]

Nice analysis!

[@RoyGazoff]

Great one👍

[@DG-ss2zd]

Great game and coverage

[@NonstandardDeviation]

Great game, beautiful analysis!

[@fingerfeller]

outstanding description and explanations of this game, the game itself was incredible when it could easily have been drawn for both players to play it out , that was classy, cheers and peace everyone, thank you Daniel

[@rossholec3610]

Absolutely excellent content as always!

[@desmundloo3917]

Great video!

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[@johnnybrew1]

It's a great start, GM King!

[@TheoreticallyNo]

What a fantastic game. Amazing too to watch Magnus perk up whilst commentating when this end game occurred.

[@mtreder4]

Surprises in the opening!

[@RonDSunny]

Really like the way you presented sir. Awesome ❤️❤️❤️

[@NidusFormicarum]

What a delicate endgame! Don't call moves played that turn out to be misstakes blunders when they are far from obivous.

[@larsbokermann1052]

Sogar der Hund im Hintergrund fragt sich: "Maxime, warum, warum...???"

[@mark.m4954]

Schön, mal einen deutschen Kommentar zu sehen😀

[@PowerPlayChess]

@@mark.m4954 Eben! Schreib mal weiter!

[@sandystorey5711]

great 'home brew' preparation - love the imagery

[@eljanrimsa5843]

Who needs a social life when you can play the Poisoned Pawn?

[@GamesJoblin]

Reminds me of Ivanchuk's famous: "Getting married is like taking the Najdorf Poisoned Pawn...".

[@elrenegau8711]

A Masterpiece!

[@perpetualchesspodcast9143]

Great recap of an amazing game.So fun to have high stakes OTB chess back.... Daniel, was that your dog barking? You need to make him a star like Agadmator’s dog! :)

[@PowerPlayChess]

That's the neighbour's bloody dog. We have a cat, and she is a star, but somewhat camera shy.

[@johnfarragut2185]

Yeah Fabi! Classical is back. What a game

[@irradiatedbadger]

Fantastic!

[@irradiatedbadger]

Always happy to see the Najdorf get played

[@coyote000]

A very excited Daniel King! Great to see

[@alexverson4244]

Thank you

[@femioyekan8184]

This is the stuff successful world championship bids are made of.

[@markhughes7927]

Once a poisoned pawn - always a poisoned pawn!

[@dreamdamons4576]

Thank you So Much Sir

[@HunterBelkiran]

Beautiful idea with that bishop move.

[@shreyaspandit2708]

This was a superb game, I watched it live and magnus carlsen commenting... just wonder.. The world championship match is in November and he is there not just commenting... he is understanding their preparation as well

[@FrancescoOmissis]

thanks

[@SoulmateParis]

Thanks Mr King wow ! Its like the double pendulum, you think the game has simplifies, but its near chaos !

[@blindfoldchess7762]

Amazing game it was.

[@Shockprowl]

Incredible game....

[@rastrisfrustreslosgomez544]

IT IS ON! :D

[@arnfinnevensen7022]

Magnus said MVL should get fortress with the knight on g7. Daniel showed why. Strange that MVL missed it.

[@emilethomas6319]

Because he thought that it was a draw too with night in e7

[@emilethomas6319]

And he didn't Hava a computer

[@gavinjones861]

Ha, I like the Home-brew analogy :)

[@gg1275]

That’s the chess we love!

[@X00000370]

Another modern Marshall "like-game" from Caruana with some nice analysis by DK...

[@RPGgamer1010220]

Caruana is a machine. How does anyone convert this endgame?

[@HarshadAphale]

See his endgame Vs kramnik of candidates 2018 as there is a crazier endgame won by fabi

[@markbirch9745]

Pure Homebrew! 7:47

[@axelherms2833]

The game has what it takes to be a classic!

[@Andha1]

To sum up: the opening was ‘approved’ and the endgame was ‘delicate’

[@lujoconnor]

Let's go Fabi!

[@AmanfromSouth128]

Madness

[@dreamdamons4576]

No one Should Ever even think About Trying out The Poison Pawn Variation 😍😍🤩🤩😜😆😆

[@strong8705]

With very much time and inspiration I could figure out that defender needs to stick knight on g7 for best setup. That's perfect, so enough. My problem would be lack od knowledge and imagination, my brain says: "king could pass through h file, so what" :(

[@huddunlap3999]

GM Larry Christian says that keeping the king in the center is worth a piece.

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Daniel king very excited, great to see! “Homebrew, lethal, tasty”!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

lol @ homebrew reference

[@shadowjack22]

You said there was no pretense this was anything but home preparation. Are players ever tempted to slow play a bit or to pretend to think to try to conceal whether a line is preparation or not?

[@Blitnock]

I'm no master, nor even an expert, but I imagine something like this: One might think that C moving slowly on the innovation might give MVL some hope that the play is more inaccurate than it is and so possibly make him more careless in his reply. But I think in this sort of situation that's a bad risk because of the fact that the situation is incredibly complex and C would prefer the extra time to think about moves since he knows that in a few moves his own prep will have worn off. Thus I think the better choice is to move quickly. This would be especially true when facing an opponent as strong as MVL, who is not afraid to calculate through incredibly tough and complicated positions. Anyway, that's how C played. Maybe against a less meticulous and strong opponent he might try the "bluff" that he was out of prep earlier, by taking extra time, and hope for a loosing inaccuracy on the part of his opponent? But against MVL I think that would be a bad idea.

[@shadowjack22]

I have no idea but it’s something I’ve always wondered. If your opponent knows you’re still in prep, they will probably, look much more closely at key moments. On the other hand if you waste a few minutes and convince them you’re not in prep, they may not calculate as thoroughly as they might at the most critical moments. I’m curious as to what Daniel thinks. 😎

[@PowerPlayChess]

Absolutely. Some players try to conceal novelties by playing more hesitantly pretending they are unfamiliar with the position - then the trap shuts. In this case, at this level, there is no pretence: a player would not go into such a perilous variation without an idea in mind. Regarding the opening, perhaps a more relevant question is why Maxime doesn't mix his systems.

[@thishex]

Spectacular restart to this tournament! Can we get Rusty an award for best 2nd of all time? He seems to be the man behind so many of these big game novelties in the last 20 years.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Rustam has been brilliant for Fabiano. They are a great combination.

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This channel should be the biggest chess channel on youtube. What is wrong with people?

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Unless You quit your day Job .... Hahahah. So funny My Desr GM Daniel. You are theeee Besttttt Love From 🇮🇷 Iran. We Love you

[@LukeHey]

Thanks, GM King, for this interesting video. I desire to learn endgames. I mean better. In deep. Well, I ask. To Everyone. Best resources, books, ideas? Start with advice. If you please.

[@AdityaKumar-sw3qg]

100 endgames is a good book.

[@PowerPlayChess]

An excellent book for endgames is Silman's Complete Endgame Course by Jeremy Silman. Structured learning and you can jump in at the level that suits you. Most other endgame books are simply too complex if you haven't studied much before.

[@shauntaylor6040]

If you play sharp openings you must be better prepared than your opponent.

[@brandonjoncas1582]

2 top 5s going at it

[@mikoajozarowski5028]

Poisoned pawn variation? More like three poisoned pawns variation!

[@davidspedding8349]

engine vs engine

[@karthikvardhan8854]

Can i get a reply from the king

[@PowerPlayChess]

You got it!

[@AlonsoRules]

Why is black walking the Queen around the board in the opening and losing time. You need to develop pieces.

[@Kobs.A]

At the top level the rules become flexible

[@azice6034]

Caruana deserves to win the tournament after this game tbh

[@MrRobbyvent]

So definitely Caruana has not a great social life...

[@azice6034]

He actually does, I saw him playing tennis with gm alejandro ramirez a couple of times and he even hangs out with the chessbrahs at their parties and other stuff

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🤯 🤸‍♂️ ☝️ 🇺🇸

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