The Most Clever Shots in Snooker (3) | Chess on the Green Baize

Snooker is not only about potting and break-building, but also about being smart and making the right decisions. These shots prove you that.

[@Nakilon]

3:53 -- this was so good spectators didn't even realise and kept silence.

[@homerj.simpson7562]

Not sure where this is taken from, but it might just be a match without any specators.

[@henrikhyrup3995]

That's from the Championship League Snooker - it doesn't have any spectators.

[@mikewood9514]

Wahahahaha

[@marasmusine]

I've never hit the left cursor key on my keyboard so many times watching a video. What kind of sorcery was that shot?

[@SoSo-li6dn]

when people ask me why i like snooker i show them the this series of videos.

[@waytothewill]

Great compilation!

[@vngrd3610]

5:55 sullivan tastes his own medicine

[@tytn9978]

these are very good "shots" to be sure, but I wish we also could see the following shot; how well did each player respond to the challenge?

[@GTKomissaR]

Matchroom disables monetization if the fragment is longer than 30 seconds. It doesn't allow me to show the next shot.

[@mariuszw9665]

@@GTKomissaR Couldn't you just cut the one fragment into two short fragments, one being "clever shot" and the the next one with following shot?

[@GTKomissaR]

@@mariuszw9665 KZbin ContentID system is smarter than you think it is

[@snoogway8511]

Translation “ if we show both we don’t make money”

[@Jimminy812]

@@snoogway8511 And?

[@Nakilon]

2:27 -- wow I always thought it's random where the ball goes after that corner. 15:23 -- another one

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

Not really. It's just a basic understanding of geometry

[@lucas29476]

it's random if you hit it too hard, or hit it too close to the pocket. Also these tables are incredibly flat so balls can roll really straight even when they're slow.

[@homerj.simpson7562]

I'm growing increasingly fond of Mark Allen.

[@MarkBak76]

Can’t bear him for some reason even as an Irishman....did like it when he put it up to Ronny last year....showed a lot of bottle

[@homerj.simpson7562]

@@MarkBak76 Sorry, I'm not a native speaker so please cut me some slack if this sounds spectacularly dumb, but what does "showed a lot of bottle" mean?

[@sdrtcacgnrjrc]

@@homerj.simpson7562 "showed a lot of bottle" = was very brave, (or fearless)

[@jama211]

He has some personal life controversies, but you can't deny he plays amazing snooker on the table

[@ReadyToHarvest]

This is a great compilation. I love watching videos like this. So surprised to see 550k views and only 64 comments

[@alunchurcher7060]

Miss seeing ken on the table he was a cool character playing a stressful sport.

[@rafecolii]

Are there any video compilations of best safety recoveries?

[@jirochsanchumnane3134]

ระดับมือโปรเนี่ย เราจะได้พบช็อตคุณภาพระดับอัฉริยะเยอะแยะมากมายเลยครับ แต่ละคนขั้นเทพทั้งนั้นน้าครับ

[@jackhayes3917]

last shot was so well called by Alan

[@richross4781]

The cheek with the 4 ads in a row. 😂😂😂

[@alunchurcher7060]

I'd love to gee a four player competition between John Higgins, Mark Williams, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan it would have to be on a league basis so everyone players all others.

[@RandomGTMVideos]

16:50 really got me thinking, because even after spending quite an amount of time thinking about the brilliance behind this shot, I still can't quite work out the vision behind playing it this way. It would be nice if anyone here can enlighten me on this! Cheers for the great video once again!

[@deepskymike767]

Selby’s opponent needed the black so Selby moved the pink away from it so his opponent wasn’t able to use it or the cue ball to move the black off the cushion.

[@waytothewill]

OK, but any shot would move the pink away from the black anyway, wouldn't it?

[@mervyntong3355]

@@waytothewill The typical safety shot in that situation would be to play the pink onto the side cushion (not past the middle pocket), and leave the white roughly parallel with the pink. Jordan could then have the chance to play the pink towards the baulk end and try to move the black with the white. Playing it the way Mark did eliminated this option for Jordan.

[@waytothewill]

@@mervyntong3355 Wow, I get it now, thank you!

[@thekaratekidpartii2169]

@@mervyntong3355 But, doesn't that mean this shot isn't really that clever because the "typical safety shot" seems to be dumb. I suppose the question is, what is the benefit of playing the typical shot when getting the pink as far from the black as possible seems more obviously beneficial? Unless, of course, the shot he played is far more difficult than it looks.

[@florianberisha8773]

2:06 i guess he figueired out how to pot it

[@hemmojito]

fancy slow clap, raised eyebrow and nod in appreciation followed by sip of tea cup with raised pinky.

[@hemmojito]

Shots for the conaisseur

[@gannavury]

Am I mistaken? At 8:21 Stuart Bingham taking shot but score board is counting on opponents side.

[@joelangley7974]

Your right…

[@hafidmostarhfir2245]

Angles can see shots long before anyone else ✌️

[@hemmojito]

Alan McManus commentating on Mark Selby is a pair made in heaven. Just as I always thought Willie Thorne commentating on Ronnie was. He seemed to see what he was doing a lot more than others eg. key positions that would open up the whole break. Alan sees shots that Mark Selby plays sometimes and I wasn't even thinking aobut what that would implicate much further down the line. It makes me appreciate Mark Selby even more. Completely different topics but both vital in this incredible game we have. I think that's what essentially commentating should be all aobut. Making us appreciate more what the players are doing instead of ahem.....filling up air space👀 looking at you, Phil 😄 jk statistics are sometimes fine as well.

[@CutBackTvChannel]

epic

[@jessebella9322]

This to me is snooker, these little safety shots and brilliant roll-ups, awesome complicated but doable shots are snooker. The game is lost nowadays with long pots and massive breaks, but that isn't what the game should be known for, it's the other stuff that makes it so brilliant

[@hihelloh]

1:01 I don’t like how the commentators handled that shot. Doubling down that he got lucky. You can clearly see he was almost straight on the red, going to the blue was impossible.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

If it hadn't hit the black, it would have come back for the blue. That's why he got lucky because black is better.

[@walidjayyousi2874]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@hojjat5000]

1:43 oh look, there is one person under 50yo there. What a rare sight.

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

O'Sullivan is nearly 50 and is now both the youngest & the oldest player to win tbe Masters. I assume from your puerile comment that you think snooker is an easy game to play. WRONG. They are so skillled at reading the table and controlling the white with the necessary spin so that it ends up ready to play their next shot that the whole looks so simple and easy that anyone could do it. Now you try it.

[@rinux56]

Ma Jimmy White che ha fatto??!!

[@dannya8614]

Ha usato la rotondità della tasca centrale per sfuggire allo snooker e ha giocato con il bianco in una posizione sicura.

[@morefiction3264]

4:35 Why is it not a foul?

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

Because the clue ball is initially in contact with the red.

[@waky3625]

7:03was a fluke

[@magnate3125]

Glad to see some great shots by some impressive players rather than another snooker video made for the Ronnie fanboys

[@rohangeorge712]

nothing wrong being a ronnie fanboy, :)

[@McLKeith]

More than a few of those shots were just flukes. They looked good, but there was more one way the shot could have turned out.

[@hemmojito]

What Jimmy and Hossein did. Playing with the knuckle of the pocket. Yes it could work and I believe that's what they hoped would happen but come on... I will set up this same shot 50 times and none of them will get it within those 50 nor wihtin the next 50 attempts.

[@MattiK2609]

2:26...and people say Ronnie O'Sullivan is the g.o.a.t. in snooker? 😅

[@hanjianwar7189]

🤔

[@CanhLeXuan-yv4sm]

LIKE

[@sau_phrenia3952]

3:17 what's clever about this shot

[@jonranger451]

In order to put enough stun on the ball to hold it on the cushion near the black, he would have to hit the red hard enough that it would return to that end of the table and perhaps leave a pot on. By aiming the red so it hit the 2 reds near the middle pocket, he prevented the red he hit coming back down the table. It was not a fluke that the reds collided with one another, he played it that way as part of the safety.

[@hanjianwar7189]

👏👉

[@RndZApprox]

"The Most Clever Shots in Snooker" @3:15 Lawler shot the red for a safety? what was clever on that shot lol.

[@GTKomissaR]

Lawler used two reds on the cushion to hold the object red far from the cue ball, brought these two reds into play as he needed them to win the frame since he was 45 points behind, and put the cue ball safe. The only thing Thepchaiya can do in this situation is to go for a risky 50/50 pot to the left center pocket. If he misses the red, Lawler gets the frame winning opportunity, because the reds are spread perfectly. So, as you may see, Rod turned a losing situation into a frame where he had almost as many chances to win as his opponent.

[@RndZApprox]

@@GTKomissaR so youre telling me that this was "the most clever shot in snooker"? do you know that un-nooh gave lawler way better safety, after that shot lol.. news flash un-nooh won.

[@Namal23]

PROFESSIONAL?

[@rizalmursyid7488]

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[@chrisbamo6400]

every time i see Higgins play i think CHEAT

[@Proinsperation]

I will never appreciate a shot by Higgins for the simple fact he is a cheater. Great video though!

[@thebenevolentsun6575]

Not a cheater tho is he.

[@johnmehaffey9953]

Ah yes my least favourite player inov the red

[@mile3687]

1st comment ;D

[@eduarddobroiu]

I'll start a war now. Don't care + didn't ask.

[@vgamerul4617]

Congratulations 👏👏👏

[@reddmst]

Man, congrats. May you live in good health to tell all your grandchildren about this once in a lifetime achievement.

[@EloyGijon67]

Commentators get surprised too much. These players are high level so they can produce any kind of shot anytime. The guys love saying "what a shot" or something.

[@rogerjenkinson7979]

Most of the commentators have previously played and won tournaments.eg Steves Davis & Hendry. If you watch full matches you will here them try to predict what the player will do using their previous experience. They are often surprised. Also they explain how a shot was created.. Ronnie O is respected bevause he as well as potting balls well he also uses canons off other balls to develop further potable positions which is why he has made mor 100 breaks & 147s in his long career than anyone else.

[@stevens5541]

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