Ivanchuk Does the Impossible! Can he Win the World Cup?

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator Vladimir Kramnik vs Vassily Ivanchuk
World Cup (2017), Tbilsii, rd 3, Sep-10
Caro-Kahn: Exchange, Rubinstein Variation (B13)
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O Bh5 11. Rae1 Bg6 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. h4 a6 14. c4 a5 15. a3 a4 16. Qd3 O-O 17. c5 b6 18. cxb6 Qb7 19. Bc7 Nd7 20. Rc1 Rfc8 21. b4 axb3 22. Qxb3 Bxa3 23. Rc3 Be7 24. Rfc1 Nb4 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Qxb6 28. Nf3 Qd8 29. Qb3 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rc4 31. g3 Qc8 32. Kg2 Nc6 33. Qb5 Bf8 34. Ra4 Rxa4 35. Qxa4 Nb4 36. Qb5 Qc2 37. Qf1 Qe4 38. Qe1 f6 39. Bc7 Nc2 40. Qxe4 dxe4 41. Nd2 f5 42. Nb3 Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nf3 44. Ke2 Kf7 45. Bb6 Bb4 46. Ke3 Ke8 47. Bc5 Bc3 48. Ba3 Kf7 49. Bd6 Kf6 50. Bc7 Ke7 51. Bb8 Bb2 52. Bf4 Kd8 53. Bd6 Kd7 54. Bf8 Kc6 55. Bxg7 Kd5 56. Bf6 Bc3 57. Ke2 Kc4 58. Nc5 e5 59. Nd7 exd4 60. Bd8 d3+ 61. Kd1 Bd4 62. Bb6 Bxb6 63. Nxb6+ Kd4 64. Nc8 Ne5 65. Ne7 Ng4 66. Ke1 Kc3 67. Nd5+ Kb3 68. Kd2 Nxf2 69. h5 gxh5 70. Ne3 h4 71. Nxf5 h3
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[@duckatheduck4566]

I'm really liking the players pictures on the corresponding side of the board. Nice addition to your already awesome videos

[@adamdaley5386]

is this where it begun

[@zapsak]

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Again Chess is too easy for planet ivanchuk.

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[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

I hope Ivanchuck wins the world cup. He's one of the only people that can really challenge Magnus is the world championship next year.

[@Jack-td7sp]

Beerdy - Bruce Lee Central that is where you are wrong Antonio is gonna destroy him next year :)

[@justforfun5391]

Bu proved that any 2700 can beat Magnus...Karjakin missed a draw against Magnus and should have won last year...

[@Gregoryt700]

Carlson-Ivanchuk would indeed be quite the WC match :)

[@salmarwow]

I know there are many Ivanchuk's fans around and I like him myself, but I wouldn't bet on him during any longer match. He is very much a man who's play strongly depends on his mood. And his mood changes follow the Moon's phases.

[@Gregoryt700]

That is true -- he is 2900 one day, 2500 the next. All depends on how planet Ivanchuk is aligned. I think he is as knowledgeable as a Fischer, but lacks Bobby's 'killer instinct,' above all. Is more of an artist than a pure competitor

[@DrachenYT]

I love how I just get done watching your other video from today and you've already uploaded another. Much respect!

[@Shockprowl]

If Ivanchuk 'held it together' during a match, he could beat Carlsen. Carlsen's always had trouble with Ivanchuk. Great video, Agadmator, thank you. Kramnik v Ivanchuk is one of those 'Grandslam' match-ups that just so amzing to watch.

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[@agadmator]

Thank you Nathan :)

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Pozdrav iz Srbije. Jedan od retkih kanala o sahu, mozda i jedini, da me nije smorio ni jednog jedinog trenutka. Svaka cast na tome. Takodje sam veliki fan Ivancuka.

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Hvala na lijepim riječima. Drago mi je da ne smaram :)

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@@segengiovannafuentabella2819 its two languages!

[@kaustubhmanipushpkunj8462]

6:56 E1 Check by IVANCHUK 😂

[@HipHopAn0n]

Such logical play in the endgame....impressive

[@agadmator]

It's how Chucky rolls :)

[@Treegrower]

Chucky is a legend... I really hope he gets the world champion title!

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[@panda4247]

6:55 Knight to Ivanchuk

[@johnwarner3968]

Great game between two tremendous players. Hoping that Ivanchuk makes the finals and holds his stamina. He is one of my favorite all-time players! Thanks for analyzing this fantastic game!

[@michaelthomheadley]

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[@Effivera]

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[@Iblis2Lakon]

10:27 67... Kb3! was crucial zugzwang - this is a knights and pawns endgame so you cannot lose the tempo (vide Grischuk vs Navara yesterday). E.g. 67... Kc2 68. Nb4+ Kc1 69. Na2+ Kb2 70. Nb4 Kb3 71. Nd5 and you have the same position but black to move. The whole idea of winning was to force white to move from this position. Everything wins but play any other move and you have to calculate new variations on the increment against Kramnik.

[@agadmator]

Thanks. I was sure Kc2 was winning as well

[@Iblis2Lakon]

It's still winning because you have protected passer on the 6th rank (from black perspective), but it's much more complicated than Ivanchuk zugzwang that forced Kramnik to start giving up pawns. I found some interesting variation after 67... Kc2 68. Nb4+ Kb2 69. f3?! when black has problems. E.g. 69... exf3 is a draw, 69... Kc1 leads to a win but black needs to play every move perfectly and not every move is natural: 70 Na2+ Kc2 71. Nb4+ Kc3 72. fxg4 Kxb4 73. gxf5 Kc3!! 74. fxg6 d2+ 75. Kd1 Kd3 76. g7 e3 77. g8Q d2# and Stockfish confirms that this the only winning line after 69... Kc1.

[@agadmator]

+Paweł Szymański I'll just pretend Chucky saw this and therfore played Kb3 :)

[@Iblis2Lakon]

On the move 64, Chucky thought for 12 minutes and 48 seconds. I believe, he saw this. There's funny 'insult' endgame that Chucky won against Jobava www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1782562 After last Chucky's move, Jobava thought over 5 minutes and resigned. Then everybody wonders why he resigned and Chuck explained that more or less: 'king here, pawn there, you know, we're everybody grandmasters'. Even if most of GM's can't understand that position without few minutes of analysis (including GM Seirawan who commented that game).

[@bencaruso1346]

Agreed - Good catch 67...Kb3 was completely 'crushing' where there was no 68.Nb4+ or just 68.Nb4 that would be helping White a bit after ...Kb2? or ...Kc2? which would've been a bit more complicated (and time consuming) to convert into a win! Ivanchuk played an extremely accurate Masterpiece of a game!

[@bobbysanchez6308]

Ivanchuck is such a tank and a genius. He is becoming my favorite chess player.

[@sharkslovenick]

Thanks for all the videos you’ve made. I see at least one of your videos a day. I appreciate the high level commentary, which really helps me understand since I’m still a beginner. Keep it up!!!

[@TheFuktastic]

Ivanchuk is the best!

[@rezganger]

Chuckys technique is spot on.He plays like Kramnik often do in endgames,and beats him!!!

[@coosoorlog]

Chucky is such a legend! I remember as a kid following his games in a chess magazine when he won world junior championship and other tournaments. That was like 30 years ago. Great to see he's still going strong!

[@jbmma001]

The moment I saw Ivanchuk won and moved on to Round 4 of the chess world cup, I immediately thought that agad will be happy with this result. Carlsen and Nakamura are out of the competition. With all due respect to the rest of the competitors, Caruana must be quietly fancying his chances in this tournament with a relatively easier path to the final round in the bottom half of the pairing tree. The top half though is a murders' row that still includes Aronian, So, Vachier-Lagrave, Nepo, Grischuk, and Ivanchuk. Anyone from them can win this.

[@peterhansen8768]

So and Nepo are on Caruanas half though. :) But yeah, the upper half still seems a bit stronger even though Kramnik, Karjakin and Carlsen are out.

[@jbmma001]

Nevermind Nepo and Carauana. Both got eliminated today.

[@unbendedurchin1821]

Thanks Alaska for for keeping us all posted on he World Cup!😄Keep up the great work my friend!

[@unbendedurchin1821]

Agadamador I mean

[@DevotionToChaos]

Great game, and I dig that you've spontaneously decided to upload a game that was played on this very day

[@agadmator]

I had to. Been following every Ivanchuk game live, and when I saw that king on d5, I knew Chucky would deliver :)

[@albertsandberg]

Nice channel. Subscribed for sure. What you're doing so good is that you don't go too deep into analyze at each move but rather moves on. Great stuff!

[@agadmator]

Thank you Albert :)

[@darwin3615]

@3:19 i think Rxa3 is not played because when Qb5 is played black can capture RxC7 .. Rxa3 leads to Qb5 Rc7 bC7 QxQ c8 (Q)

[@besmart1360]

I think Levon Aronian vs Vassily Ivanchiuk will be interesting nice video Antonio make more videos like this :)

[@michaelallport5816]

Ivanchuck, Mamedyarov and Shirov-always a joy to watch these 3 guys

[@vijayendramartin8608]

Sir your teaching style Forced me to subscribe your channel

[@mrblacky6882]

Very nice channel, and up to date. I am glad Ivanchuk won the game ;)

[@ImMataza]

Wow , love the fast update . Thank you for the hard work

[@chessguru900]

It is nice to see you doing a long 7 move game. Keep up the good work.

[@Blinknone]

Ivanchuk has always been one of my favorites.. Such a great player. And still going strong!

[@piotr.kaczmarski]

Ah, players' photos! Great!

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[@agadmator]

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[@damirpinter5680]

the chess world is now afraid of the shadows fearing Chucky is out to get them. well played sir

[@yitzchokchaimatkins5998]

It’s upsetting you don’t hear the name Ivanchuk among lists of the top legends, definitely one of the best out there

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Im being trolled with fb sounds in every video :D

[@herzwatithink9289]

"I dedicate this win to my #1 fan, favourite chess channel, and all around top bloke, Agadmator."

[@bencaruso1346]

I really thought this game was incredibly strong and it is a very long and complicated one but you presented it in a very nice way. I look over this game as I save games li,e this with Engine Analysis and notes to look back on and refresh. I didn't like Kramnik's 33.Qb5? as it seems to break the harmony between his Queen and his other pieces; An Engine Analysis prefers 33.Qd1 which would've instead added guard to his isolated pawn at d4 which was crucial to defend as you pointed out when compared to taking Ivanchuk's pawn at g7 (which eventually lost the game after 59...exd4). Maybe Kramnik was holding with some of the Engine continuations 33.Qd1 Qb7 34.Ra2 Rb4 35.Bf4 Rb3 36.Ne5 and so forth or 33.Qd1 Kf8? 34.Qh1! and Kramnik is Equal with then maybe ...f6 35.h5 fxe5 36.hxg6 Ke8 (forced) 37.Qh8+ on so on, but we have no way to know if those Engine moves would've been actually played. Ivanchuk made a ton of Engine Accurate moves - His play was very sharp and precise! Moves like 55...Kd5! 58...e5! Wow! 59...exd4 leading to moves that were totally 'forced' for Kramnik to play (like 61.Kd1 and I noticed if 61.Ke3?? Oops! Ivanchuk would've had ...Bd2#) and then it was all Ivanchuk after that with 67...Kb3!! 68...Nxf2! and 71...h3! (mate in 17) Wow! what an awesome game by Ivanchuk - He was only playing for a win the entire game and fought hard to get it! Thanks for the great presentation! :)

[@timothysiahaan8977]

Honestly, I always have the hope of seeing Ivanchuk getting the world title.

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[@agadmator]

How will I know who is the 100th liker? :D

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[@davidrajaruzicka5546]

What?!

[@Diademic111]

way to go Ivanchuk..great game

[@MrKritagya]

all world champions (former and current) knocked out! even the previous challenger knocked out. and its just the third round. all super GMs in thick soup with not so smooth games. this has been a mighty interesting tournament so far! :)

[@rfrakctured]

I don't know if your dog plays chess, but he seemed to be having a great time on the couch behind you.

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[@Gauchoo1234]

Your dog is becoming more and more crazy over time

[@magicaryeh]

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[@oneputtsteven]

Chucky strikes again! He is a beast!

[@carlldh4138]

Awesome videos you make, can't wait to see more !

[@prasad107666]

Great game by Ivanchuk, really sad that he is not WC yet, hope in future he can achieve this feat really a worthy candidate for it.

[@SpacedGhost77]

Ty so much for posting all these informative videos. Gl in your future games.

[@SamuelPearlman]

Coming back to these older videos, it's clear Medo has matured his on-screen presence! :D

[@akashnadar1449]

at 4.09 why cant ivanchuk forked the queen and the rook

[@bubuqq9988]

White will play Qc7

[@ucf-ultimatechessfocus3581]

Agadmator i am watching you video for 3 months but commenting for 1st time. Greetings from Bangladesh.keep up...

[@agadmator]

Feel free to comment more often :)

[@ucf-ultimatechessfocus3581]

I think i will comment on every single one from today.. :D

[@TASumesh]

My bet is now Chucky. He will win this world cup.

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Agad is Ivanchuk lover. I thought he loved only Tal. Suddenly he sports a Morphy hat and drinks coffee with Capablanca. What a guy he is.

[@filipcvetic6606]

They played a knight endgame in 2015 world blitz championship too. Kramnik managed to make a draw back then, but not this time. Seems Ivanchuk is better than Kramnik in longer time controls, which makes him a better player in my opinion.

[@esonsei]

Bro what's wrong with your dog fam

[@jimporfit]

@Incomplete6230 why are you mad

[@appmicro]

@@jimporfit funny how it looks like your mad because incomplete doesn't exist / deleted his comment.

[@jimporfit]

@@appmicro true but he deleted it for a reason so..

[@anouarben779]

thank you I've looking for this game for so long

[@danieljohnsopardenilla997]

4:23 why not ..Na2? forking the queen and the rook

[@josepheid03]

1:49 what was your dog doing? 😂😂

[@Jalalx]

I enjoy watching Ivanchuk games.

[@hkru]

Keep up the great videos! Love your analysis

[@rohanp]

Antonio you are feeling sleepy still analyzing soo good..

[@breathenow9748]

Love this ivanchuk guy

[@GinatCookie1234]

@3:43 .. why not qhite Rxc6? if queen retakes you have a pawn push fork

[@tomnorton7817]

At 4:40, I’m wondering why Knight to a2 - forking the Knight and Queen - wasn’t played.

[@the_bottomfragger]

I assume you mean forking queen and rook. My guess is Qa1 would defuse the fork, if knight takes, the queen simply takes a8 with check. Lot of variations I can't calculate after that but the knight would be in a weird place and easily hunted I guess.

[@tomnorton7817]

@@the_bottomfragger heh yeah I meant forking queen and rook. Thanks for responding with a suggestion for the counter.

[@Anujkumar-pb6zi]

@@the_bottomfragger he can play knight a2 at 4:22

[@lordbeebus9842]

Love the quote.

[@efai]

brilliant game by Ivanchuk, again..

[@user-ov2kx8ql5i]

Russians are my favorite chess players. They have insanity in their style that I want to learn

[@christosh4187]

Love your channel. Who do you think will win the world cup this year?Who is the strongest at the moment?

[@agadmator]

Well, Ivanchuk will of course :D

[@JuanGarcia-rg2sd]

Small question, as I don't really understand the world cup as a whole. Does the winner become the world champion or does Carlsen defend his title in 12 games + a possible overtime like with Aronian?

[@izzya8132]

The World Cup isn't related to the World Championship. They are just badly named. Carlsen will defend his title in 2018 in the World Championship match. Against who? The winner of the Candidates Tournament. The Candidate's Tournament is a tournament of 8 players, and there are various ways you can join the Candidates. One of the ways to join the Candidates Tournament is to be one of the two finalists in the World Cup. Because of that, the World Cup is very important for people who want to challenge Magnus.

[@JuanGarcia-rg2sd]

Ok, thanks for the explanation :D

[@wimmuc3301]

Dear Agadmator, Pls provide more details in your title. Eg, world cup 2017? Played on 2017. Broadcast in may 2017. We may missed the chess events or headlines.

[@artemmakohon212]

I totally lost my concentration and started looking on Medo from 1:40 :)

[@nadirgueddouh7227]

Ivanchuk is one of my favourite chess players besides Mikhail Tal. The difference between them is type of sacrifices that the Latvian from Riga masters toughly.

[@lorenzonuti5940]

11:20 to get rid of your hiccup

[@Lollypoin]

You are the best!

[@MagicSmoke11]

Even though the Chess Game is invented in INDiA, Modern Chrss training in India is propogated by Russian (Former USSR) Chess Academies .Vishy Anand trained in Russian zchess academy in Chennai. This young lad seems to be a future Vishy.

[@chriszablocki2460]

That's a very strong shot of vodka. Strong. Wow.

[@lezamasandovalenzofranches5815]

Excuse me, Ivanchuk is in the world cup? :D

[@agadmator]

+Derek Sempai Of course :)

[@shaya568]

Great player , thanks antonio

[@andriiauziak1178]

Thank you man for your videos. And if you interesting he is Vasyl' IvanchUk not Vassily IvAnchuk)))

[@NagabhushanBaddi]

Why was Kramnik playing the end game. In the worst case it would was a draw for the white, in which he would get eliminated. Well played Ivanchuk!

[@Jalapablo]

Carlsen vs Ivanchuk. Now that would be a tremendously exciting WC match. Both players are borderline savant/retarded (socially) but possess extraordinary chess genius talent to the extreme. It would be such an eccentric match with fireworks and brilliancies and all sorts of unexpected antics. The only problem is Chucky is emotionally unstable (to a greater degree than Magnus) and can have an "episode" that may disqualify him before it's over.

[@colinstewart1432]

Haven't seen Medo have a couch frenzy in a while. He's obviously playing a bishops of opposite colour endgame.

[@peteralainszpiriev4750]

My absolute favorite player is Magnus Carlsen but Ivanchuk or Romanishin has special respect from me I need time to underdtood your videó thx

[@tthreat23]

3:08 what am I missing here? How does black capture on b4 when on a4?

[@thathacker5577]

It's a move called 'en-pessant'. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/En_passant

[@roloyoung763]

Its one of the first things people learn when playing chess.. how do you not know

[@tthreat23]

@@roloyoung763 maybe intermediate to advanced level. I've seen and played a good amount of chess. I've never seen this move.

[@segengiovannafuentabella2819]

Go win that cup Chucky!

[@ra1zoo]

Your dog stole the spotlight at 1:40

[@jacekgatkowski8869]

I have a question. Why (4:40) Ivanchuk cant play knight to a2? wouldnt it be good fork? I dont get it ;/

[@alebedoya007]

Jacek Gątkowski I do not really know, but to me it seems that after Queen to c7 the fork is useless

[@krisbimbata4680]

Qa1, then if knight takes rook queen takes on a8

[@misterputscalls5902]

@@krisbimbata4680 Black Queen x A8, White loses Queen with this move.

[@hcalmijebi]

that dog is going nuts

[@stras4472]

What a nice dog you have.

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[@agadmator]

Thank you very much Gazmend, really appreciate it :)

[@jimporfit]

Agadmator sure does like Ivanchuk

[@arturvarela9542]

Love your videos bro! Could you tell me when is the next lichess tournament?

[@agadmator]

I don't know yet. Probably next weekend. I had a lot of ISP issues on my last stream, trying to fix it

[@sw7331]

8:07 doesn't Nd2 run into Bc1, winning the knight?

[@agadmator]

It does, my bad :)

[@franciscopareja2919]

then Bb4

[@Chen-fp6xf]

I love that you have a dog

[@vitanpatel2061]

@agadmator , please show the immortal modern draw ( would be fresh since it is a draw), or the 23rd century game ( the final steps are so damn complicated!)

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

8:12 Nd2 would be a terrible mistake here, not because of Bxd4, but because of Bc1, and white loses the knight

[@keithmcgrath687]

What a grind!