How to play the Queen's Gambit: Wesley So vs Viktor Laznicka - PAWN STORM

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actually true

[@anthonyragan2696]

I had to laugh: Just as you said "Are you ready?" KZbin cut to a commercial. Perfect cliffhanger timing. :D Great game by So. He's really become one of my favorite modern players.

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Happy chessing and snoozing!

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[@bornon221269]

when i saw the queen sac i knew the "booooom" was coming )))))))))

[@humanrightsadvocate]

5:51 City Sounds

[@Forest_Knight]

Love the format of these videos. Thank you.

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Love your work Dan, you’ve really helped me over this lockdown period

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thanks. Take care.

[@nishantmohanty2147]

One of the legendary chess commentators.

[@jameslockhart2223]

This is precisely the kind of excitement I want to avoid when I play the QGD!

[@chris_2208]

Thanks GM King!

[@joelrivera9394]

Nice game... Mabuhay and God bless..

[@daniellowinger3709]

This was really weird for me. The moment you said "Wesley turns on the style", his first move, f4-f5, just felt wrong. I was expecting Nf3, but when f4-f5 came I only had one candidate move for Black: Bg5, pinning the knight on d2, which just looked so unpleasant for White. I assume White must abandon all priorities at that point and devote every resource to dislodging the bishop from the diagonal, since otherwise Black is just sitting on White like a WWF wrestler. So I assume something like h4 Be3 Rhe1, and the bishop will have to leave (or exchange for the knight on d2). Then White may return to Nf3, but it's slower without the tempo, and Black's bishop will be in a better spot for his attack. I didn't check any of that, just a fleeting impression as you were speaking, but I thought very strange not to mention it. Bg5 just seems so obvious, using the square left behind by White's f4-f5.

[@NawinMallika]

Wow that was a brutal attack in final phase of the game

[@faready]

I always say "Wesley so good!"

[@bulentkirca3311]

Thank you. I know that ...Be7 is called "Alatorsev" variation which we saw in the title 1963 match between Botvinnik and Petrosian.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Many Soviet players played 3...Be7 and I have seen the move credited to others as well. In fact the idea goes way back to the early 20th century.

[@HunterBelkiran]

Beautiful game from Wesley - but I also love the aggressive play from black in this game, too.

[@TessaTestarossa]

Hehe, Czech names can be quite insidious for the foreign tongue. It goes kinda like Laaznjiczka. I think that's the closest I can get it to English. :D

[@PowerPlayChess]

The Czech language definitely not my forte! Apologies!

[@landilevanaj3499]

Great video n beautiful endgame

[@polonc5]

I saw Wesley playing blindfold recently on chess24. It was very impressive.

[@joffreytubis8304]

Thanks from PI.

[@CanyoningAndClimbing]

Great content as usual. You deserve more subs!

[@paolopablo5292]

Nice game from Wesley =). He improves a lot from the moment.

[@bacarozzo361]

Excellent video, as always. I have a question: why not taking the dark-squared bishop at 05:08?

[@abhijeetgore310]

Awesome content

[@wolfikrejcar5489]

Every single video is more than worth to watch here, very interesting channel for learnig about chess, chess journalism and more. But this variation from the black's side seems suicidal.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Thanks! It’s true that in this line you really have to understand the position very well.

[@Evilanious]

I always find it impressive how stronger players do like Wesley So did here and just whip up an attack seemingly out of nowhere when it looks like their pieces aren't ready. When he played queen c1 it just looked weirdly passive to me and I didn't imagine that queen would be moving to h6 in a couple of moves.

[@DagmarJenner]

Thank you for this great video! You have the gift of breaking down complex positions so that even a humble club player like myself can follow. My only claim to fame is that I'm the president of Austria's only women's chess club (www.frau-schach.at). BTW, I love your videos on Chessable. Any plans for more videos in the "How good is your chess?" series? The "Tournament Ready" series is excellent, too.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Madam President! Thank you for your kind words. I am currently working on another course for Chessable: The Kalashnikov. I hope to finish in the next couple of months. The 'How Good Is Your Chess' series is ongoing - but the next edition will arrive later in the year. The frau-schach.at location looks splendid: echtes Kaffeehaus Schach! I always enjoyed visiting Vienna.

[@waterskym]

We need more chess clubs for women. I used to play a little in the 80s but chess clubs were mostly in spit-and-sawdust pubs dominated by beer beards and blokes who would sulk if you beat them; no nostlgia here :-)

[@DagmarJenner]

@@PowerPlayChess That's exciting news! I look forward to your new courses. If this distressing pandemic is over anytime soon and we all get to travel again, "Frau Schach" would be delighted if you stopped by to meet your fans (it would be the only exception to our strict 'women only' policy).

[@DagmarJenner]

@@waterskym Definitely. Women just prefer aesthetically pleasing settings. The beautiful Viennese café where we meet in non-pandemic times certainly fits the bill.

[@PowerPlayChess]

@@DagmarJenner Thank you for the invitation!

[@chris_2208]

wow! what a game!

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I am writing this comment just to support the Best chess KZbin channel

[@kimtaewoo3274]

BOOM!

[@mu99ins]

Castling king side was a mistake for black.

[@judesvidler168]

Nice...

[@maddindscheidschei3830]

could you please make a playlist out of these Queens Gambit videos?

[@PowerPlayChess]

There is a Queen’s Gambit playlist and it is available to those who contribute $10 per month via Patreon. Another good reason to check out Patreon.com/powerplaychess

[@maddindscheidschei3830]

@@PowerPlayChess I recommend to reduce to the $5 per month - to include myself ;-)

[@ronmedina429]

just a few more to 100k

[@robinesperoza]

I bet we will see Jordan van Foreest play this line with black. He seems to like positions nobody understands (well at least, I don't. Unbalanced is perhaps a fairer assessment.)

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Finally you shaved! Good move, that beard looked wierd.

[@fixpontt]

why not Bg5 after f5?

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Shaven?

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fantastic videos let's get to 100k subs

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What happened to the beard, Danny?

[@PowerPlayChess]

It was taking on a life of its own - I had to take control!

[@waterskym]

@@PowerPlayChess I'm so relieved I can watch now.

[@abhishekkj9664]

I think black misplayed this badly, Bh4 was awful , and b5 was bad I think room..Be6 Instead was necessary.

[@ninonucaro8539]

Wesley So is actually the best chess player on the world. In few years nobody can touch him.

[@RoyGazoff]

So is a jaguar

[@kelly980]

Al, go rythm.

[@James__123]

You shaved!

[@burt591]

The "Boom!" always makes me cringe out of my mind, I don't know why. It kinda ruins an excellent video

[@andreww.9342]

I think it's nice :(

[@npgatech7]

Chess.com does this and it honestly doesn't belong on this channel. If this is what brings the views and subs, Agadmator wouldn't be the top chess channel. It is the content that matters and not frivolous entertainment. GM King if you're listening, you are the absolute top at explaining things. BOOM is so out of your character, it is not worth it.

[@danielgallagher5152]

I think it's one of those things that is now associated with the 'twitch' side of chess but shouldn't be. Many strong chess players have used exclamations like 'BOOM' to annotate sacrifices for a long long time - doesn't seem cringey to me!

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