Is Ivanchuk a Genius? I'm sure Shirov Would Agree

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator Vassily Ivanchuk vs Alexey Shirov
"Étude in g7" (game of the day Jul-06-2009)
Hoogovens (1996), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 3, Jan-16
Semi-Slav Defense: Botvinnik System (D44)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 dc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5 9. Ng5 hg5 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. ef6 Bb7 12. g3 c5 13. d5 Qb6 14. Bg2 O-O-O 15. O-O b4 16. Na4 Qb5 17. a3 ed5 18. ab4 cb4 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Qg4 Rd7 21. Qg7 Bg7 22. fg7 Rg8 23. Nc5 d4 24. Bb7 Rb7 25. Nb7 Qb6 26. Bd4 Qd4 27. Rfd1 Qb2 28. Nd6 Kb8 29. Rdb1 Qg7 30. Rb4 Kc7 31. Ra6 Rb8 32. Ra7 Kd6 33. Rb8 Qg4 34. Rd8 Kc6 35. Ra1
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The beauty of this comment is in how you end it with a Mate. I wonder if it was intentional :)

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just imagine a game between Tal and Ivanchuk

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lol.. both would have trouble with Nedzhmetdinov. Actually Tal is out of the equation already

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look at Victor Korchnoi's record against Tal /fin

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[@MasterChiefSamus]

If Ivanchuk enjoyed riling Kasparov up, imagine how he would get under Fischer's skin.

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Thank you sir. Happy for you to make the comeback after 20 years :) The chess virus never goes away :)

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Getting back into chess because of a virus that doesn't go away.... this reply surely aged well.

[@nevinkuser9892]

I was yelling at my phone "Don't take the queen! It's a trap!" I didn't know what kind of trap but I knew it was a trap. 😂😂😂

[@bencaruso1346]

Ivanchuk has always been a creative genius to be feared by all who dare to play him! I always liked him and have studied some of his other brilliancies like this one! Great instructive analysis and commentary on a fantastic Ivanchuk Masterpiece! Thanks!

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I protec I attac But most importantly I sac

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[@kumarpaurushbaba]

Vassily ivanchuk, The real enigma of chess world. All his personility quirks and eccentricities make him even more special. Love you chucky, you are genius.

[@Daniel-tm9fg]

Beautiful game, Ivanchuk is so unique GM

[@UnXPLO1Table]

There's no wonder that one of the greatest games ever played was in the Botvinnik Semi-Slav - that's one of the sharpest openings in existence, and in this sense, the 1. d4 counterpart of the Sicilian Najdorf. The video has reminded me to search for the Botvinnik Semi-Slav on KZbin and binge on the search results :)

[@agadmator]

+Anton Podkopaev Damn, sounds like a plan :)

[@arfmacute8427]

it's like a psychedelic trip the way ivanchuk controls the positions

[@lunakid12]

Yes, perfect summary, his confidence was so striking that even I could feel it, a complete chess illiterate.

[@forearthbelow]

"Is Ivanchuk a genius?" What a ridiculous question 😂😂😂😂😂. I am in complete awe of this man when in his prime. I'd never heard of him before finding this excellent site, as soon as I see his name or pic in the thumbnail I drop everything and watch, I wish I could learn but my brain power is many MANY levels below the required levels....

[@liamf2300]

Never heard of ivanchuk then I get 6 videos on him recommended in one day

[@michaelthomheadley]

probably the best endgame strategy I've ever seen, or at least my personal favorite

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Great explanations and commentary!!!! Straight to the point, no shit talk. Love it

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Get used to it :) new videos to catch up to every day! (or close enough as makes no matter). Hundreds of thousands of potential chess games to come too, will take a lifetime to do them all...

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I'm willing to spend my lifetime watching them too!

[@agadmator]

+jack mayhoff I try to do 2 videos per day. Sometimes I manage only 1 :)

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+agadmator's Chess Channel (agadmatorTV) a match between Fischer and Ivanchuk would be the most epic game ever.Did it even happen? during the 1900's?

[@yunusap]

no. Ivanchuk and Fischer never played. Ivanchuk is the same generation as Kasparov, by the time they were playing professional chess, Fischer had already gone full-blown crazy and retired from chess, if I'm not mistaken. Agadmator is free to correct me if I'm wrong :)

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I`m pretty sure that "Chucky" would have earned the TITLE if it wasnt for his nerves.He has shown again and again that he can beat anyone on a good day.But sadly hes a bit up and down in tournaments. Thanks for sharing these games of his with us all! Cheers.

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Chucky is the best. Rain man. Did you see him calculating his checkers side game while he was accepting the blitz championship trophy last year?? Like a boss.

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That thumbnail of Ivanchuck, lol. "And I runnnn, I runnn so far awayyy.."

[@basicallyyes1796]

I’m the best at sacs, I call it “resigning”

[@Xenon777channel]

I just want to say that the first 7 half-moves are Alpha Zero's favourite, Alpha Zero plays d4, d5, c4, c6, Nc3, Nf6, Nf3 all the time against itself, then, after that it plays a6, not the e6 in this game. After a6, it plays g3, then comes dxc4, preparing a5, then a4 as white, that's the most usual moves played by Alpha Zero, which they call the "Principal Variation" in the PDF paper. So, if Alpha Zero is correct, then you shouldn't play e6 in The Slav Defense, you should play a6. Another interesting note in the paper is that Alpha Zero won 24 games with 26 draws in The Queen's Pawn Game as white, this is a very high ratio. In The Queen's Gambit it scored 16 wins with 34 draws as white. It scored the highest ratios as white against The Caro-Kann Defense, The French Defense, however, this only shows that those openings are highly questionable. Alpha Zero likes to play e5 against e4, it also likes to play 1. d4 or 1. c4. Ultimately chess is most likely a draw however Alpha Zero, I assume, aims for the lines which have 'the most winning variations' or something of this sort.

[@RODRIGOCELEBRONI]

This kind of games makes me feel emotion. Two of the tree best players (still alive) for me (Ysupov too). Two crazy minds with no fear to show us The Magic over the board. I have the Ivanchuk sign in a chess sheet of Melilla Tournament 2019. GM Sandro Mareco (very good person and chess player) got it for me. Thanks for your videos Agadmator!

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Ty you Antonio for the double uploads almost everyday.

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I really enjoyed this video, and I like that you do two videos a day! Excellent content!

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I like this channel because it puts up games I haven't seen yet from players that are unfamiliar to me.

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Excellent videos. I watch your videos over and over again. And this game was brute from Ivanchuk, one of my favorite players.

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thanks for the great shares .. the commentary and analysis really helps!

[@StarContract]

That queen sacrifice was a machine move. Fucking cold.

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I only recently began to watch your videos on Ivanchuck (but have been watching your channel for 8-10 months) because I was mostly interested in Tal and Fischer and some random ones. Great Tal quote here that perfectly describes him.

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Excellent. This deserves a key lime pie.

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Really humiliating when you capture the opponents Queen as this game shows it does not automatically lead to a win I hate when I lose being a Queen up but utilizing the others pieces enables people to comeback from the Queen deficit as it did in this Game Thank You Agadmator Enjoyed

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I always liked Ivantchuk he is the genius. Congrats now you pass from 20K to 21K subscribers now it's gonna go even faster ;)

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[@Xenon777channel]

Alpha Zero plays this line in The Slav, it's in the PDF paper - Iljin, Timofey (2279) Kamsky, Gata (2637) Event: TCh-RUS Blitz 2016, Agadmator could you analyze Alpha Zero's favourite line please

[@rushil8732]

gr8 video, now i am starting like ivanchuk!!!

[@arnedierick68]

I know nothing about professional chess but I still love your videos!

[@Shockprowl]

Wow. Amazing game. I need an Ivanchuk games collection book.

[@oneputtsteven]

Chucky was coming up with engine like moves before the engines were really powerful.

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I enjoy Ivanchuk's game the most. Please keep up the good work.

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[@forearthbelow]

It's been a LONG while since I played, not that I was any good, but I did enjoy playing. I hadn't heard of Ivanchuk before but, having watched a few of the commentary of his games in the last couple of days on this excellent channel, I think the answer to your question in the title has to be YES, the man IS a genius. The Qg7 move on around 4:30 was greater than inspired, and several of the exchanges of pieces after were no less so. GENIUS? an understatement

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ive played 5 games of chess in my life, but your channel is fun to watch.

[@NavdeepSingh-ek9mu]

I really respect 3 men in chess Tal, ivanchuk and you Huge respect 🙏

[@CharlesB147]

Can you do one more with Ivanchuk? Topalov vs. Ivanchuk, Linares, 1999.

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Put #suggestion in your comment. Otherwise Antonio won’t find it.

[@pabloochoac.7111]

Can you check the game between Shirov vs. Ivanchuk 2008/06/26 Aerosvit? there is a Knight movement that resembles the constellation ursa minor and actually helps win the game. It's awesome!!!

[@Bushwakbill]

The subtitles read: “ Vastly unchoke “

[@Gregoryt700]

That Queen sac is the most outrageous move Ever played. Insanely deep & profound

[@KeithAllpress]

I tried to workout the next move by pausing video, and then when the queen sac was revealed I said out loud "What!". I think it was intuitive,. When I saw it was a swap off idea I was still wondering how he was going to get that other rook. If he really calculated that far its incredible, but maybe it was the psychological shock value of the q sac that would unsettle your opponent. Is the loss of the black rook forced?

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

Of course. Ivanchuk is. I wish Ivanchuk could play in 2018 candidates but never mind, next time Ivanchuk wins the title.,as should already several times. Opinion from Budapest. Ivanchuk already is world champion but in rapid games. Last year i think watch the video as while Ivanchuk take the title solve some important problems.

[@ranadam5568]

I feel like playing with smart people can be so hard and easy at times, sometimes I accidentally do I ‘genius’ move and the smart people overestimate me and resign thinking I have planned it all along 😂

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[@vender68]

Beautiful moves

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amazing play with ivanchuk

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I found pretty funny game, i hope you will do it - karpov vs korwin mikke xd

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I hate it when game says that someone resigned the game! Geez, finish it!

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That's a waste of time

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Thanks for giving nice video keep going

[@yargotkd]

Just subscribed, you should do videos on Morozevich!

[@agadmator]

+Yargo Melo Which game?

[@yargotkd]

He has several great games, I like the idea of showcasing some geniuses that never got the title of world champion, www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018654 is a great one. But he has various, I think that he much like Ivanchuk, in a good day could face anyone.

[@apotekarness]

After watching your vids, Ivanchuk has become my favorite player. I let the engine analyze whites 21st move and not even after a few hours did the computer agree that it's the best move, but who cares? 21. Qg7 is just poetic!

[@bencaruso1346]

Henning Högberg Absolutely! Ivanchuk has always been an extremely dangerous player and his ability to play creative ideas accurately is a big part of that; I believe Kasparov had mentioned the danger of playing Ivanchuk a very long time ago which was understandable to warn his friends. Ivanchuk has another recent positional Brilliancy as Black beating former World Champion Kramnik, V in this year's World Cup with a B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange, Rubinstein variation, Round 3, 0-1 you may have all ready looked over where Engines as well have a difficult time finding exactly where Kramnik went wrong - In that game Ivanchuk went up a pawn on move 27 and my extensive study of the game can only suggest Kramnik needed to at least bring his Queen to d1 on move 33 instead of b5 where it seemed to lack harmony with his other pieces and I think the Queen should've been played to the Center with 33.Qd1 at least in an effort to continue keeping additional guard on his isolated pawn at d4 (Once he lost that pawn the game was really over). It's amazing that in the game Kramnik finally got his pawn back on move 55 only to see his whole Position slipping quickly away and Ivanchuk just demolished Kramnik after that with an outstanding finish! Oh, agadmator has an awesome presentation of that game here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qIaaZaVof6aHmKM Also, Just recently I was glancing over another of Ivanchuk's complete Brilliancies where he was White and played into a B33 Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation in Ivanchuk, V vs Muzychuk, A, 1-0, 2013 and in that game he takes a pawn with his Queen on the Queenside and is up a pawn. Then, Ivanchuk brings the Queen back to the Center and near his Kingside. In that game too, The Engine does not like or at least does not 'understand' what he is doing at move 30.Qg4? and then we see the Engine struggling with 0.00's indicating he is only Equal up until move 33.Qh4? Then an Engine at first gave Ivanchuk's move 34.Ng4 an evaluation of 0.00 as if he was only 'Equal' and was looking at a Draw but then I had to move forward through a few more moves (to where it was more clear he was winning) then when I backed up to where I was it suddenly gave Ivanchuk a +1.29 advantage and this quickly grew by the time he played 37.f3! it was re-evaluated as him having a +3.41 (more than a Knight or Bishop) advantage even though he was only up a pawn (normally only would give him about a +1.00) and on Invanchuk's move 39.Qe2 the Engine finally calculates he has a forced mate in 12! which is where his opponent Anna Muzychuk then finally resigned. Ivanchuk's Kingside attack doesn't look like much at first glance and the Engine can't even calculate that he's winning at first so I know exactly what you mean about an Engine not agreeing with some of his moves or at least not really 'understanding' some of his moves in computer calculation. I hope you enjoy studying more of his games in the future like that as I have for years and with watching great instructive videos like this one! Take care :)

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Ben Caruso very late response but wow man you deserve something for that comment

[@MoxieCom]

watching a strategic game like this reveals my limitations... but thanks just the same. ;)

[@aaronmanda6477]

Ivanchuck should have been a world champion. He is a genius

[@lilrosebush]

Chuckie the genius strikes not once but 13 times

[@marin4311]

I became a chess addict because of you. I should sue you... But I enjoy it so much... Thank you for the fun.

[@Ronbo710]

Chucky may never be World Champion but he is more exciting to watch than any of them!!

[@UnitedPebbles]

lv 10 engine is so quick and accurate, make it less uh motivational to "play". Of course, we all need victories, for our Christe. Christe Eleison.

[@littlesnowy98]

ivanchuk, one of the very few admiring minds to me

[@NoBobPro]

great stuff

[@vangelism7591]

Chucky is a genius and a legend. :)

[@elegomeskin]

I'm keeping a close eye on Chucky at the knockout...gotta feeling he's gonna go deep.

[@agadmator]

+Orlando Romero I hope so :)

[@azaas]

I was telling a coworker who's also a chess enthusiast and far more studied compared to me i should point, about your previous video featuring Ivanchuk vs Kasparov. He remarked that in his opinion and I quote "Ivanchuk was the worst enemy of himself" and he further elaborated that he thought/has read that Ivanchuk kinda collapsed at some point. Thoughts? Comments?

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Super, thank you!!!

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[@kirillvishnyakov3035]

7:08 isnt the rook protecting on d8 already protecting d1 ?

[@addfistyt6563]

That sac was really unbelievable

[@firehawk12164]

MOAR IVANCHUK

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Can you analyse some Capablanca games please? I'd love that

[@Ju7ian7z]

Genius Ivanchuk!

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I'd rather watch these two guys play than any other duo.

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Even Chuck (Norris) fears Ivanchuk

[@arnielucki1689]

Hi Agadmator. At the 4:02 mark , after Rxa4, you say white is winning. How? what if Ra8?

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This is Tals tween brother!

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Tal is so unpredictable, that he becomes predictable, because you can always expect the craziest move possible. #tal (honestly, when I first started to watch Tal games, I could never guess his next move. Nowadays, I just expect the most incredible sacrifice, and 50% of the times I'm right)

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Can you show the game between Anand vs Ivanchuk in world rapid championship 2016

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What was the problem with 16. ... exd5 rather than Qb5?

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love you :)

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don't forget to put the portraits on the left side of the board

[@therealsachin]

+AGADMATOR Can you please analyse the game between Topalov and Shirov during Linares 1998? Shirov won the game with an amazing bh3!! sacrifice followed by sharp pawn vs bishop endgame.

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GENIUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ivanchuk is a beast

[@ZalvadorZali]

Can someone please explain the Mikhail Tal quote on this video? Thanks!

[@jlynem]

Like a Tal game but without the growing sense of doom

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Please William N Potter vs Matthews: London 1868..

[@shahsekander5832]

I want to know what will be the result ratio if bobby fischer vs ivanchuk were played

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A/GAD/MATOR enjoyed the video explaining the meaning of the word Agadmator more or less an older wise guy When it comes to Chess I believe this very true Agadmator is an OG not as in old guy or original gangster more as Organizer of Genius

[@CHANNEL_HH]

Chucky is a monster

[@abtking91]

Your videos are awesome agadmaster. However, I would like to draw your attention towards correcting the pronunciation of Anand's name. Its true that he writes "Viswanathan", but the actual name is "Vishwanathan". So, you should use "sh" in his name rather than "s". By the way, if you are curious what his name means, then I will tell you... Vishwa means World and Nathan means Lord, so his name means the Lord of the World. Thanks.

[@agadmator]

+Abhinav Tiwari Thank you. I will remember this :)

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A Masterpiece Game.