Grischuk's Brilliant Positional Queen Sacrifice | WRC | Round 13

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The "King Salman World Blitz & Rapid Championships 2017" in Riyadh from Decemer 26th to 30th. The first five rounds of the rapid tournament take place on December 26th. A record $2 million prize fund has attracted most of the world's best players.
Alexander Grischuk vs Safarli Eltaj
World Rapid Championship (2017), Riyadh KSA, rd 13, Dec-28
English Opening: Symmetrical (A35)
1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qd1 Ne7 15. Bd2 Nf5 16. Bc3 Rd8 17. Nc5 Nxd4 18. Ne4 Qd5 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Qa4 Qb5 21. Qxd4 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 f5 23. Nf6+ Kf7 24. Nxh7 c5 25. Bc3 Rb7 26. Re3 Re7 27. Ng5+ Ke8 28. Rae1 e5 29. Bxe5 Bb7 30. a3 Kd7 31. f3 Kc8 32. Nh3 Qa4 33. b4 c4 34. Nf2 g5 35. h3 f4 36. Rc3 Bd5 37. Ng4 Kb7 38. Kh2 Qc6 39. Rd1 Qe6 40. Bf6 Rd7 41. Bxg5 Bc6 42. Rxd7+ Bxd7 43. Bxf4 Ba4 44. Re3 Qd7 45. Be5 Bc2 46. Bc3 Ka6 47. Ne5 Qf5 48. Kg1 Kb5 49. Kf2 Qg5 50. g3 Qf5 51. Kg2 Bd3 52. h4 Ka4 53. h5 Kb3 54. Bd4 Kc2 55. h6 Qh7 56. Ng4 Kd2 57. Re6 Bf5 58. Be3+ Kd3 59. Nf2+ Kc2 60. Rc6 Kb3 61. g4 Qd7 62. Ra6 Bb1 63. Rxa7 Qe6 64. Bf4 c3 65. h7 Qf6 66. Kg3 Qh8 67. b5 Bxh7 68. b6 c2 69. b7 Ka2 70. Ra8 Qa1 71. Kg2
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[@locutusdborg126]

Every time​ I sacrifice my queen, I end up sacrificing my King.

[@montimuros2837]

#Kingblundersquad

[@sambainbridge301]

Positional King sacrifice

[@fatihongun6154]

he who doesnt sac his king be loser

[@marsaspen-murray3797]

Yes, but it is only a short-term King sacrifice.

[@jasonc0065]

Nice satire comment section. And when Miss Satire is sacrificed, it ain't funny.

[@gabrielsoloman5000]

9:15 the triangle idea was simply amazing!

[@davidcopson5800]

It was first used in Bermuda.

[@ricflair4934]

7:43 Hello there :D

[@gonzalo4658]

fuck i was gonna do the same thang

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

Anands just won the tournament. World rapid champion at age 48. Dang! Impressive.

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central yes. He won in great style.

[@JinjixFTW]

People who told him to retire can go screw themselves now :)

[@Narrowcros]

Shame he had to defend his world title against Magnus in his 40's

[@LanceEndayaBerlinwoo]

GILF

[@sharayupalit5842]

Rivkyn 😂😂😂 can't stop laughing

[@munthereisa4861]

Not sure if someone mentioned it already, but I believe it’s ElTaj as English “J”, Taj means crown in Arabic.

[@osnaandi]

7:44 Queen goes upstairs. What´s the idea behind this move?

[@BenDover-fc9sq]

A desiring question, with a hidden motive also with 69 likes this comment is cursed

[@Christoff070]

I prefer queen downstairs she gets more piece activity.

[@mussy02]

She is going for the *ladder* checkmate, I suppose.

[@Entropy825]

I continue to appreciate your brilliant command of the English language

[@user-hl1kf2xi8y]

Hey, I love your videos but one thing I wish you'd add (when possible) is a mention about time controls being used in the game you're about to show. It would give me a better sense of what was going on during the match.

[@nicholasanonymous6796]

Gr8 point, agreed.

[@m.s.b.8929]

Damn there goes my mobile plan because i couldn' t wait to get home. And I never even played chess before knowing this channel!

[@coolguy-dw5jq]

That's a cool skeleton sitting over there!

[@michelaraujo4375]

in one of his videos he said that someone just left that skull with glasses at his doorstep and a box of chocolates, which is really weird

[@shilpimitra5342]

Suren gave it

[@adhibanbaskaran9998]

@@shilpimitra5342 hey shilpi let's play a game of chess

[@davidcopson5800]

Skull.

[@dawsonwu7272]

im glad somebody noticed it

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

#suggestion Magnus Vs Grischuk last round. A wild game!

[@derekrios8691]

We need more grischuk ... He is a sharp mind very fun to watch

[@xman2010nadal]

Nice video. I particularly liked the observations of Grischul's pieces protecting each other on dark squares.

[@adolphbuenagente6470]

I love how it was part of the world rally car series

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Viswanathan Anand won World Rapid Championship. He answered his critics by his moves and not words. Proud moment for every Indians. #BharatRatnaForVishyAnand At the age of 48. He showed everybody that he didn't got wikd card for WCC but he won World Rapid in style. Congrats Anand!! You gave New Year gift to all Indians 👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@montimuros2837]

That's a lot of gifts! The poor guy is gonna end up broke.

[@fightclub94]

Thank you for posting! Was very enjoyable and informative

[@tom7]

Great commentary on this one!

[@kilimanjarno]

fantastic piece coordination by Grischuk, and fantastic commentary by agadmator.

[@SashaXXY]

Very cool! Queen sacrifices are epic... when they work...

[@rikardandersson9487]

Thanks for this thrilling games ,final day! Great Job!!

[@WarpRulez]

That queen sac looked almost like a disgusting engine line.

[@Electrifiedpawn]

This was impressive. I love your channel and the dog behind you. Love from INDIA

[@Nullifidian]

This might have already been commented on, but there was a missed chance to swindle a draw at 10:32 with Bf1+! Now whether white accepts the sac with Kxf1 or tries to avoid it with Kf2 (Kh2 and Kh1 obviously allow mate in 2, and Kg2 would require giving up pieces to stave off immediate mate), the response is the same: Qh3. This keeps an eye on the h-pawn and either delivers check or threatens to deliver check, and white can't get out of it because the black king is cutting off the retreat.

[@Shockprowl]

Wow, Grischuk really is one of the All Time Greats.

[@mohan_hamal]

Thx for covering the game!

[@limchinkiong2491]

3:00 Grischuk to c3

[@jaimeduncan6167]

Great game and commentary. That queen sacrifice appears to be supported by air but in reality is s conceptual masterpiece. I will love to see if aloha go could refute it.

[@hicow6075]

alpha zero would win 100% of all games played against any human. so would stockfish and multiple other top chess engines.

[@chesstomax5771]

Its Eltac Safarli which is pronounced as [cey]. Very nice to see a GM's game from my country to be covered in this channel

[@ImaginaryHuman072889]

awesome game! one of the more interesting ones i've seen in recent chess matches

[@Tulio_Fonseca]

#suggestion one of the wins from the greatest Brazilian player so far (Mecking) against Korchnoi. We lack elite players around here. And Mecking was once the world number 3. So it would be nice to see you analyzing one of his wins over the great Viktor Korchnoi. Thanks for all your videos, Antonio.

[@danielhill3665]

All this time travel I have finally tuned into my inner Agadmator!

[@mattheyn6374]

Excellent analysis AND game.

[@KungFuBlitzKrieg]

Hey, Agadmator! You are quickly becoming my favorite chess analyst on KZbin, but may I ask you to please avoid putting spoilers in to the titles of your videos? Thank you!

[@kilimanjarno]

that's some fantastic chess by Grischuk.

[@ericlindholm9482]

At 10:32, Eltaj missed an instant draw with ...Bf1+. After Kxf1 Qh3+, White has no way to escape check.

[@bryantworley2922]

Beautiful!

[@0wenfox]

Excellent! Ty

[@Goriaas]

"Queen Sacrifice" is relative if you get a strong bishop and a rook for it

[@davidcopson5800]

True, but it's still a brave move to play.

[@BMessemer]

74K! Let's go people - get your friends into chess and let's get the channel to 75K before the end of 2017!

[@ShallowEra]

Even though there is time trouble at 10:09 it seems pretty obvious that if the knight can move it prepares a rook queen fork, so as soon as the bishop moved into the knights attack on d3 it should have been captured.

[@vikramlothe1709]

So you sacd the queen for some big attack? Grischuk: No, my pieces are just a little better.

[@thomasdonaldson463]

Beautiful

[@gentrykirksey6744]

beautiful game

[@bryantworley2922]

Grischuk! Grischuk!! Grischuk!!!!!

[@hnalike7778]

Beautifulllll game

[@Thexaxisacademy2023]

Brilliant game 👏👌

[@majik2006]

5:21 bishop b8 winning the a7 pawn with a discovered check from the rook

[@siddharthakk684]

Queen a2 check after that u lose bishop

[@Anonyoussisbeke]

in your previous video of magnus carlsen vs anand,your dog goes insane at 9:00

[@abderahmanmauritani1433]

It's really wonderful game.

[@aaronsmith6632]

What a thriller!

[@villaholland]

Why carlsen video deleted

[@jccharp4745]

5:56 "Queen goes here."

[@kamitebyani5309]

John C wa gonna write same comment 😂

[@evianwahter]

That was a great game

[@dasartattack]

Awesome

[@181noble9]

I love Grischuk

[@mihirkumartarabada9215]

King Sacrifice😌

[@cloudforest4087]

This sure was intense.

[@rommelvillanueva6263]

i like that queen sac in which only the elite chess players will do if see opportunity, queen for a bishop nice

[@gonzalo4658]

textbook example of, brilliancy in the comprehension of a chess position P.S. i commented like 6 times on this greasyshook game and said pms like 2 times

[@dr.kraemer]

Instead of blocking the passed pawn on move 55, sacrifice the bishop on f1, then perpetual check with the queen.

[@duaflip]

Does anyone know if there is footage of the players at the board? It would be really interesting to watch especially considering other players gathered around

[@loganstargate1061]

Logged into youtube today and 7 notifs from you. Do you even sleep?

[@JR-ej6on]

Grishuk LEGEND

[@anotherlover6954]

Grischuk's fuckin' ridiculous. Too good.

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

"Those who say they understand chess, understand nothing" ... says Robert Huebner (see the quote above the board). I wonder how he can say that, if he does not understand chess himself (which is implied by what he says).

[@vishalj1753]

#suggestion tie break game between anand and fedoseev both games are awseom

[@dhruvilpurani4806]

Vishal Jaiswar yes. Anand won World Rapid Championship at the age of 48. Proud moment for every Indians.

[@vishalj1753]

Dhruvil Purani both games of anand ji are awseom in tie break

[@sumukhayaji4477]

What a game

[@johngrey5806]

The mysterious skull 💀 watches every game.

[@jekabstrakais5796]

#suggestion Mamedov vs Fedoseev such an awesome action filled game

[@UnXPLO1Table]

Poor Rauf. I wonder why he played 27. Qxe2+ and 28. bxc3 turning his 3 pawn islands into 4, instead of 27. Qf3+ and 28. Qxc3 placing the queen on a more active square where she would not only defend e5 but also attack the c6 weakness (as c6-c5 couldn't be played because of shutting the bishop's diagonal)...

[@bloo7663]

I wonder how the queen ended up captured by a rook and her own bishop

[@teczenioalessandro9718]

OG Grischuk

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥🔥

[@nickcellino1503]

Safarli could have saved the game with 55...Bf1+ leading to a draw if Grischuk captures the Bishop and a loss if he does not. Correct is 55. g4 rather than 55. h6.

[@ansm20786]

#suggestion if possible please show in some section.... what pieces have been captured for both players.

[@xbox552]

If you listen closely at 1:21... That's the sound of someone getting lit.

[@carlosdealcantara_]

Are all these games simply registered on chess.com so you can just go and see the analysis and all? I'm trying to find it there still

[@gonzalo4658]

9:09 from alekhine's gun to grischuks stairs/Right (you choose) who else agrees that grischuk is a genius and is internally the world champion

[@davidcopson5800]

He'll be internally grateful to you for that comment.

[@gonzalo4658]

the moment when the king isn't the target 10:37

[@jx14aby]

That one was a barn-burner!

[@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157]

Wow!

[@Greenkeeper132]

4:40 I don't think it was necessary to say he was low in time. Except for the opening move he's always low on time.

[@sportmemer3178]

Go harry

[@meliniak]

very impressive game. just a kind note of mine - his name is pronounced like GREE-SHUK.

[@reajenthomas4601]

Pls analyze the game kasparov vs karpov, 1990 chess championship lyons france, game 20 ,Kasparov's immortal.

[@Kavser]

here to hear agadmator say Grischuk

[@icrlp0570]

At 10.21 - anyone care to let me know why Kb3 is played instead of Qxh5? Have been trying to figure it out but can't. Is it just because after both exchange a pawn and a piece white is ahead on material? Thanks for your terrific videos Agadmator

[@gonzalo4658]

positional brilliancy

[@BIGTHINKChessChannel]

Grischuk is really a strong player

[@Sehyo]

2:52 Bishop captures rook you mean :D

[@vitanpatel9342]

#Suggestion please make a video on Anand beating Grischuk. Also on Anand's 23rd century chess game, please!

[@sagarraheja2705]

Awesomeness as usual !

[@piotr_jurkiewicz]

7:43 HUMAN O_o

[@aishahidha148]

@Eni Gjinaj Girl friend

[@mingchan6619]

2:51 Bishop captures queen?

[@AK-sb3iy]

#Suggestion please make a video on Anand beating Grischuk.

[@xthebumpx]

Or Grischuk beating Carlsen

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Grischuk the terminator

[@JoeDidIt]

5:22 actually after Bd4+ black has no way to defend the a7 pawn as far as i can see only by sacrificing the bishop he still has a queen though

[@a.nyangao.m]

#suggestion something from the soon-to-be former champion?

[@UnXPLO1Table]

Don't rub salt in the wound, please :p

[@freeshavaacadooo1095]

Hehehe, Carlsen will fall, HE WILL FALL I TELL YOU!!!

[@prasanth_m7]

#suggestion Carlsen vs Grischuk pls.....i think it's final nail on carlsen's coffin in the tournament

[@Xenon777channel]

Instead of playing 33. b4 he should have moved his bishop back to c3 since it was untouchable there, it would have been nice seeing the bishop just staying there for the next 30 moves if this were possible. The queen sacrifice actually trades a queen for a rook, bishop and a positionally very good bishop for white, so if you give 1.5 value points for the positional bishop versus a weaker bishop, then it's 5, 3, 1.5 for a queen at 9, with this formula you are taking 9.5 and giving away 9, so if you give 1.5 value points for an untouchable piece in a great position, then this formula may help you There are other formulas in chess, like two connected passed pawns have the value of a minor piece, so if you give a minor piece to achieve this, then it is ok. Another formula is, like Alpha Zero has shown, to neutralize the opponent's pieces. Alpha Zero has also shown that the sharpest line against the Caro-Kann is the advance variation, e4 c6 d4 d5 e5, with 25 wins for white, 25 draws, zero losses, Alpha Zero has shown that the sharpest line against the French defense is a similar advance variation with e4 e6 d4 d5 Nc3 Nf6 e5, with 39 wins, 11 draws, zero losses, with such a performance of 39 wins i.e winning 78% of the time, Alpha Zero just shows that the French defense is a questionable opening. Against the Sicilian defense for comparison, white only wins 22% to 34% of the time, not 78%, this large difference shows that the French defense is questionable.

[@njsjsjjsjs3042]

This is called the real queen sacrifice...not where even a noob could resume the game if you told him the queen sacrifice should be made now ......no one other than some elite grandmasters could have won the game from here