Kasparov’s light-square strategy schools Shirov

[@jackmason9144]

Hi Jerry, I really appreciate your enthusiasm and gift for teaching with chess. I am at home sick right now, and having this upload made my day a whole lot better!

[@vgamerul4617]

Wish you get better quickly man

[@AlintraxAika]

It's amazing how Jerry finds these instructive games and explain in depth the strategy involved, everyday I learn more

[@clo_junkie]

Hi Jerry it's everyone. Love the content you're putting out these days!

[@tongpoo8985]

One of the best games I've ever seen. Kasparov is a scary player.

[@connorbrooks7501]

Excellent content and presentation, Jerry!

[@PaulHobbs23]

Really beautiful and clear explanation of the ideas behind the moves. Thanks for the video, Jerry!

[@timwoods3173]

Thank you

[@chrismarinov2007]

Great analysis, thank you.

[@ChessNetwork]

Thank you 👍

[@fredpapa4928]

While Magnus’ genius is awe inspiring there is something about Garry. I love his tenacity and his will to fight until the bitter end. Thank you Jerry

[@ParkerBG]

But Magnus is also 11:20 especially known for fighting til “the bitter end.” He’ll refuse to accept a draw because he’s willing to spend hours grinding out the slightest advantage in the most seemingly balanced endgame positions.

[@tongpoo8985]

Kasparov has a perfect violence to his style that Magnus does not have. Magnus is better overall of course but I think Kasparov has way better calculation. There are so many moments in Kasparov games where there's a tactical element in the position and you realize he had seen it and shored up key details in preparation for it before the opponent even considered that variation. Must be very demoralizing for the opponent, to find yourself in a line and think "ah his bishop prevents this reply. Oh... that's why he placed it there 5 moves ago." Like you just now caught up to something he's already been thinking about for 20 minutes.

[@DarkSideChess]

Wow you really see the power of Garry’s calculation here to see the necessity of Bf6 from far out and see all the combinations work

[@ruantristancarlinsky3851]

Bro Kasparov is so GOATED!! I enjoy his games so much now

[@olimonaghan7322]

Loving all the content recently jerry thanks so much

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

Lovely game. Provoking weaknesses on light squares to give lines to your unopposed bishop, something to keep in mind when there's a minor piece imbalance

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The chess community should buy Jerry a lifetime supply of Nature Valley bars. Just because.

[@stone6315]

Yea

[@Doozler]

Thank you SO MUCH for making your videos. I love your videos and share them with my friends, please keep up your good work!!

[@deepaktiwari2531]

love the term "eternal pin"

[@ghost79ish]

Another one from the greatest chess channel ever! Thank you again for all these great games and excellent commentary, Jerry!

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

A brilliant strategic win from Kasparov.Thanks Jerry.

[@fukukaicho1264]

Such a high class game of Kasparov

[@jeremyying3602]

Oh man the knight trapped in the middle of the board was sick!

[@bubrub23]

Multiple times i had my mind blown this game

[@kisma8362]

The Sacrifice of the e5 K by pushing h4 and also spotting that a K in the middle of the board has no moves was like a magic trick..

[@beduinDouglas]

Thank you this was very informative, I did learn alot

[@ChessNetwork]

Glad to hear it. 👍😎

[@arcaylan]

Thank you for sharing!

[@exponentmantissa5598]

Kasparov really had Shirovs number. I remember watching on game live when I thought Shirov was finally going to beat him at classical but Kasparov ending up surviving.

[@ChessNetwork]

Has Shirov ever beaten Kasparov?

[@fergs1561]

@@ChessNetwork kasparov is 15-0 against shirov with 13 draws

[@exponentmantissa5598]

​@@ChessNetwork I checked chessbase and Shirov has never beaten Kasparov at classical time controls. I remember one game where I thought Kasparov would resign but he hung on and won when Shirov had a completely winning position.

[@mohamedshakir1642]

Love Ur commetry man

[@AimHigherWindowCleaning]

That dam square bishop covering the check was a nice spot. Ended the game

[@miguelpanta]

damn, bf6 to cover d8 - incredible.

[@Gus-r9j]

Thanks for this gem, Jerry. I hadn't caught this game previously. FWIW, I think it demonstrates a level of positional mastery which Kasparov hadn't achieved during his earlier career? … leading up to his first World Championship anyway. And I love the fact that he, like Anand and a handful of other highest category players, continued to remain active long after they'd reached god-level.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Endgame taken into consideration while playing middle game

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanks

[@hektik2074]

@@ashoksafaya5397you’re welcome

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Hi Jerry, this is *SPARTA!*

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[@MoveChess]

very good

[@MoonBurn13]

Kasparov’s securing of a steady win with such a well worn opening was impressive. I think it was his antistrategical use of his Kingside Pawns so early on, and his ignoring of White’s centralized (but stranded) Knight, as you pointed out, Jerry, that helped do the trick.

[@uniktbrukernavn]

18:08 Nice little bishop detail by Kasparov. I would've put the bishop on g7 without giving it much thought.

[@chessanalysis64]

Thanks Jerry, Really Inspirational !!!!!!!!!!

[@moesheri9385]

Thx Jerry 😊

[@sage5296]

I mean the lightsquare to darksquare pivot makes sense. If you control all the light squares, you force all the opponent's pieces to the dark squares!

[@bizzarroman8606]

Awesome!

[@onyxia8786]

11:20 And he also wins connect four!!!!

[@iugoeswest]

Thanks

[@Qhsjahajw]

Anyone watching this opening for the first time, dont try it, its super complex and your position becomes bad easily

[@ChessAndNotCheckers]

Well that's the point of studying lol

[@Qhsjahajw]

yea so try it after studying it, most ppl don't spend time on studying it/watch many games in this opening@@ChessAndNotCheckers

[@sanekabc]

Jerry, in the opening when white played Be3 and you said it was the English attack, perhaps explain what its long term intent is. That would be most useful.

[@ber7129at]

How are you doing Jerry? Thanks for your time and content!

[@scheimong]

TWO BISHOPS VAT ELSE

[@TymexComputing]

Very nice tactics idea,thank you, but i didnt see the White square awatar strategy:)

[@danielbspinola]

Kasparov brilliance

[@megakeenbeen]

The goat himself

[@mastrake]

Wow! Vintage Kasparov, I think.

[@BarziniNwa]

Jerry, you’re the best. Take your flowers mate 🥂

[@cptnoremac]

Good video, Jerry. By the way, Mikhail is pronounced with a long I sound, like me-kyle. Or if you want to be even more accurate, pronounce the kh like a Jewish person does instead of a hard k.

[@liamkiney4124]

Alexei Shirov, a fine player without a shadow of a doubt. But considering the head-to-head record between these two, if Kasparov was truly "schooling" his opponent, then the curriculum needs to be seriously scrutinised.

[@fep_ptcp883]

0 inaccuracies 0 mistakes 0 blunders Nuff said

[@justinc0336]

16:39 I thought the idea was f4 followed by Bh4+ if the pawn captured to move the king away from the bishop.

[@ghost79ish]

I haven't finished the video yet. I'm curious about 13... Qb6. I've looked at a few lines, is that not at least winning a pawn? I'm sure I'm wrong, but it seems like it would be winning White's b pawn and I don't see any compensation. If anyone cares to clear that up for me, that would be cool. Anyway back to the video.

[@ghostAFsky]

Hmm, well after Nce2 the pawn is indeed hanging, but the b7 pawn will also be hanging after Rb1. Edit: Actually, I think the real threat is Bf2 with Nd5 followup!

[@samuelshelver4064]

At 2:33, couldn't white safely capture with the pawn, because black's capture of the bishop with the pawn would open the A file and drop the rook?

[@thomasfrazier4034]

The rook doesn't drop, it's protected by the bishop on g7.

[@microsoft1665]

When i see games like this. It makes me realize that Kasparov is better than carlsen.

[@ethangilworth7891]

In an absolute sense… I don’t know. It’s hard for me to believe. Relative to his peers though, Kasparov was much further removed than Magnus likely ever will be.

[@Qhsjahajw]

both are great, both have different playstyles, why compare

[@anttuber]

It would have been funny if both players didn’t like starting positions and purposefully caused a draw by three fold repetition and started a new game with a different starting position!

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Hi Jerry.

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7 cpl damn

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first!

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[@nicbentulan]

Garry Kasparov cheated Judit Polgar in 1994 Linares, Vishy in 1995 WCC, MSN in 1999 & Alexei Shirov in 2000 WCC Edit: Hikaru cheated Levon. Magnus cheated Anish Wesley So Alexandra Kosteniuk Sergey Alireza Danya 2x nepo

[@ghost79ish]

Cheated? Care to elaborate?

[@nicbentulan]

@@ghost79ish Are you really unaware what Garry did to Judit just 3 years prior to the game in this video in the same tournament?

[@ghost79ish]

@@nicbentulan I am. Sorry, I enjoy chess. I don't claim to know everything about its history. Would you care to actually tell me about it or not? If not, I can look it up All by myself, I even learned to tie my shoes recently.

[@nicbentulan]

@@ghost79ish Oh wow another trap like I say what happened which you ALREADY KNOW Gasai and then you spring a trap like 'oh that's not cheating' right?

[@ghost79ish]

@@nicbentulan no. I was just wondering what happened. No trap. No argument. I guess I'll Google it, now that you've piqued my curiosity.