Alexey Shirov "Fire on Board!" - Top 10 Amazing Chess Sacrifices of all time!

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In 1963 Botvinnik founded his own school within the Soviet coaching system, and its graduates include world champions Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov and Vladimir Kramnik, and other top-class players such as Alexei Shirov, Vladimir Akopian and Jaan Ehlvest.[85][8
Who is Shirov?
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Alexei Shirov (Russian: Алексей Дми́триевич Ши́ров, romanized: Alexey Dmitrievich Shirov, Latvian: Aleksejs Širovs; born 4 July 1972) is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1990. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.[1]
He won a match against Vladimir Kramnik in 1998 to qualify to play as challenger for the classical world championship match with Garry Kasparov. However it never took place for lack of sponsorship.
Career
Shirov became the world under-16 champion in 1988 and was the runner-up at the World Junior Championship in 1990 (second on tiebreaks to Ilya Gurevich). In the same year, he achieved the title of Grandmaster. Shirov is the winner of numerous international tournaments: Biel 1991, Madrid 1997 (shared first place with Veselin Topalov), Ter Apel 1997, Monte Carlo 1998, Mérida 2000, Paul Keres Memorial Rapid Tournament in Tallinn (2004, 2005, 2011,[2] 2012,[3] 2013),[4] Canadian Open Chess Championship 2005.
In 1998 Shirov's ranking rose to number four in the world. On the basis of his rating, he was invited to play a ten-game match against Vladimir Kramnik to select a challenger for World Champion Garry Kasparov. Shirov won the match with two wins, no losses and seven draws.[5] However, the plans for the Kasparov match fell through when sufficient financial backing could not be found. When Kasparov instead played Kramnik for the world title in 2000, Shirov maintained that the match was invalid and he was the rightful challenger.[6]
In 2000, Shirov reached the final of the FIDE World Chess Championship, losing 3½-½ to Viswanathan Anand.
In May-June 2007 he played in the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007. He won his first round match against Michael Adams (+1−1=4, won in rapid playoff), but was eliminated when he lost his second round match to Levon Aronian (+0−1=5).
In November-December 2007 Shirov played in the Chess World Cup 2007. He made the final, but lost the final 2½-1½ to Gata Kamsky.
In May 2009, Alexei Shirov won the category 21 M-Tel Masters 2009 tournament, held in Sofia, Bulgaria.
In September 2010, Shirov participated in the Grand Slam Chess Masters preliminary tournament in Shanghai, where he faced world No. 4 Levon Aronian, world No. 5 Vladimir Kramnik, and Wang Hao; the top two scorers qualified for the Grand Slam final supertournament from October 9 to 15 in Bilbao against world No. 1 Magnus Carlsen and World Champion Viswanathan Anand.[7] After drawing his first two games, Shirov then won three consecutive games, including his first victory over Kramnik since 2003.[8] Finishing with 4½/6 points, Shirov won the tournament, qualifying along with Kramnik for the Grand Slam final.[9]
In May 2011, Shirov won a strong round-robin tournament in Lublin, Poland, the 3rd Lublin Union Memorial 2011 with a score of 5/7.[10] In December 2011, he switched back federations from Spain to Latvia.[11]
In February 2012, Shirov won the Aivars Gipslis Memorial in Riga with 8 points out of 9.[12] In June 2012 Shirov won the Buenos Aires Masters Tournament (category 13) with 5½/7.
In August 2013, he played in the Chess World Cup. He won his first round match against Hou Yifan,[13] and was eliminated when he lost his second round match to Wei Yi. In August 2015, Shirov won the 5th Riga Technical University Open edging out Robert Hovhannisyan on tiebreak score, after both players finished on 7½/9.[14] In March 2017, Shirov won the Mikhail Tal Memorial blitz tournament in Jūrmala scoring 9½/11 points.[15]
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[@99srack]

Great Compilation of Shirov sacrifices.

[@thegnomeidentity]

my god his have got to be the most stunning sacrifices; i've rarely seen a more complex position with stuff hanging all over the place than in that second game. well played by kramnik, most would likely have cracked much sooner. not to mention the surreal bishop endgame sac in the first game. tal's inheritor, no doubt, countryman and all. cheers for the great video!

[@garysharkey9940]

Absolutely fantastic this video of alexei shirovs sacrifices unbelievable calculation,precision and guts, kingcrusher your the man excellent as always.

[@fabian13333]

Shirov is a genius, the kind of chess i love

[@vegardhvidsten8560]

Thank you for this astonishing collection of chess jewels, Kingscrusher. Great work! All the best from Vegard, Norway

[@tballen38]

Thanks for covering shirov, after requesting it the other day I thought he might be kind of hard to cover in this format because a lot of his sacs don't immediately end the game, sometimes taking quite a few moves to come to a conclusion. Great video and really good choices sacrifice-wise. That bishop one at the start always amazes me. This whole series has been really great. Thanks again

[@TIMS3O]

What an incredible player

[@careerbreakoff]

I'm a beginner but it seems that if there is a possibility to win the game then it is an option to forget the value of some of the pieces you have if you can arrange the opponents' pieces so they become a lot more vulnerable.

[@newenglandsun4394]

Shirov gave up the bishop because his king was having issues with the bishop's conservative theological views.

[@manmoth_1990]

+newenglandsun I woke up my neighbor laughing because of that comment. Haha.

[@u.v.s.5583]

Martin Luther King would argue the theological views of the bishop insignificant in comparison to the fact that the Bishop was b l a c k.

Birds chirping at 11:03 is a nice touch.

[@hayalserefhanov6229]

Best of the series thnx

[@leondavies9074]

Great video and great series. I know it's maybe a bit rude to ask for a particular video, but if you have time, perhaps you could do one on Alekhine's best sacrifices. It's sure to be a crowd-pleaser and "Alekhine's best games" is a great reference text.

[@herzwatithink9289]

In the game at 35 minutes Rxe6 (rather than bxc6) is a definite mistake in that play would continue Qg4+ Qf6, Qxd4 and White will emerge two pawns up.

[@stefanholbek2449]

Impressive ability to calculate... oh dear... ;O)

[@declanrowlands3027]

Smashing video sir

[@arbitelli]

thanks for the excellent explanation

[@allanmanaged3187]

@Kristian Ronold if you're still around Black just moved out of check at 40:11 but even if he could play ...N-D3+ White has K-C2 and if ...Q-B2+ KxN !

[@Ibakecookiess]

Beautiful video.

[@kontrapunkti]

Emmanuel Lasker`s best sacrifices would be awesome!

[@nopabloespanol]

what happens when white passes up that first bishop sac with G3?

[@chchchchia5175]

bro! do you think Hikaru Nakamura is too early in his career to do a sacrifice video of? you said he was the Mikhail Tal of this generation. great work as always with the videos!

[@hhhbkid]

Around 26 minutes in, you mentioned that the King had "fleed," as opposed to "fled." Just a little QA on your videos KC, lol. Love em, keep up the good work.

[@justinmeek81]

Great book, I loved it there's a couple of games where he sac a rook for 5 pawns or something I haven't read it for a long time but I might dust it off again Thanks for the video

[@reggiesharpe1214]

My opinion is that 4.Bc4 Then if 4...Bh4+ a good idea is 5.g3 fg3 6.O-O gh2+ 7.Kh1 with lots of active play.

[@locutusdborg126]

There is a KZbin video of a Shirov game with Ron Henley walking Shirov through his moves (looks like 90's). Shirov looks like he is only 20 years old (exclam).

[@MattiasDooreman]

At 8:20, I figured that Qa3 would be strong.

[@clecklass]

Do you reckon the players responsible for the sacrifices in this series knew that they had an advantage nailed on or were they sometimes just taking a punt? Myself, I'd be chuffed to come up with a 3 move combination.

[@-tehkris9658]

At 40:11, black can mate in 2 with Nd3 discovered check, and any king move u mate with Qb2

[@DanielHimHun]

Nope sir, I am afraid that doesn't work. What about Kd2, after it can even take the knight on d3

[@dickzapper2438]

Still enjoying this series but my idea is for a vid or series on attacking sacrifices that DONT work. Those are some of my favorite games to play, when you're forced to use creativity in defense

[@amrmoawad8847]

In game between Kamsky vs Shirov ..after Black play Kd7 .. white play Qa3 ..but I think Bc6++ more better for white he can make counter attack and if black take the bishop white Queen take the rook with check and if Kc7 white play Re7+ and so on

[@rowshan.rafiul]

The Awkward Moment when one keeps watching these videos and NOT Subscribing..thanks Kingcrusher

[@dnaselfassemby]

great series indeed. but one hour??!!!

[@keyboxchair]

So at 8:47, besides blocking their own Bishop, what prevents the Black Pawn at C7 from taking the White Bishop?

[@wars890]

Hey kingscrusher, love your analyses! I was wondering if you could make an "interesting games" video on the current chess engine (tcec) tournament. Or at least a full depth analysis of any one game you found most interesting. Btw houdini 4 went undefeated scoring 9/12

[@aaronthompson8052]

Mindblown aha

[@ZlataNLeoN1]

29:35 what if he takes the queen with queen whats the point?

[@SBGif]

Does Hodini find the Bh3 move after some thought?

[@fedea6535]

At 39:06 what about Bc6++? Black cannot take in d1 because It s a double check.. If Kxc6 Qxf6+ and if Kd7 Re7+ and white it s crushing trough..

[@shantoreywilkins1123]

🔬🔬🔬🚀

[@drivenbythewill]

game at 7 mins I think its the second game.. That was Inspiring chess..

[@elderslug]

24:58 bishop takes d5 winning the queen right? why take with the rook when you can have the queen

[@moafarideh1]

wow

[@tihomirhorcicka615]

+ Fede a after Bc6++ Black plays Kxc6 Qxf6+ Kb5! winning for black.

[@Demonizer5134]

For the second game, what if instead of playing Bd6 he played Bxc7? Wouldn't that also lead to checkmate?

[@bautistakeithcharles3302]

At 33:42 why not be4?

[@joshwhite3339]

At 8:36 what's wrong with playing knight to c7 forking king and rook, winning rook? Am I being too material here?

[@Larkination1]

Would you rather have an extra rook after sacrificing 2 minor pieces and 3 pawns or do you need to win it immediately? gaining a rook here would still put black in the driver seat

[@lionelmessi950]

At 33:08 Be3 check would have forced Kg7 and then Qh7 mate. No?

[@lionelmessi950]

So congrats alexey you made an easy game look stupidly brilliant. No... Not really.

[@lionelmessi950]

Oh yeah but rook can cover with f5... No wonder..

[@KA1blow]

can someone tell me in 9:15 why black dont capture bishop simply pawn xd6

[@Larkination1]

Because then white would follow with Qf8# mate

[@Demonizer5134]

At 9:07, I don't understand. Couldn't black have defended by playing Qg7 or something? How does white continue from there?

[@DanielHimHun]

I am sure you have noticed by now but it is defended by the king and it the white Queen is defended by the rook so you would just hang your Queen and get mated.

[@Demonizer5134]

I have no idea what you're talking about. Are you looking at the same board I am?

[@DanielHimHun]

Yeah I overlooked, sorry I looked at f7. But that still runs into a pretty nasty line of tricks. White Qf8+ Qgxf8 then white knight Kc7+ Kd8 is forced R takes f8 Queen, bishop has to take than comes the casual Re8 mate. Sorry again for I overlooked it.

[@DonFreeq]

I'm very good tactician but 2 game crushed me totally... I saw Qxh3 with continuation, I saw Rf6 and even Re4 (at this stage i was trembeling) but after Nxd5 i was crying oceans wondering if tears come from joy or from pain... It's most complicated position i have ever seen. It's just unhuman to offer that stuff to people under 2000... Unhuman in either way...

[@BrianWallChess]

Shirov is much more Tal School - Shabalov and Shirov studied with Tal as 11 year olds for free.

[@lionelmessi950]

I guessed everything correctly. Am I as good as Alexey Shirov?

[@Alternamaton]

Nope. First, Shirov was able to get to those positions in the first place; second, there was no one in his ear telling him which positions were ripe for combinations. (You can't spend fifteen minutes in every position working out possible combinations, because you'll just flag.)

[@DavidBStedman]

WHy not just fork the rook instead at 8:15?

[@williamjefferson8280]

I must be the only player in the world not impressed by this sacrifice. Black has four passed pawns after the sacrifice, and the king is several squares away from the queenside. I would have sacrificed the bishop in a heartbeat. This isn't Shirov's best game.

[@toikissa8734]

Lol? If you would have sacrificed your bishop in a heartbeat I salute you. Its such a brilliant move that even engines fail to find it. Its in fact the ONLY winning move in this postition and you really have to be a great player to find it.

[@MrSilencetreatment]

20:08, this is ok???? Exlamation mark. Bad analisys pal, sorry to say. After pawn b1=Q and H2 as you suggest, then it is a forced mate for white. Rb7 check, only move Kg6, followed by Qe8+, only move Kf6, followed by Qf7 MATE. eXCLAM!!!!! BANG!!!!!! If blck decides to stop the first check with Rg7, then Rook takes rook CHECK, either king or rook take are fatal for black. Rook takes rook again leads to Qh5 taking on H2 and if king takes rook then perpetual with chances for mating the black king, not sure IT IS OK???????

[@raybald2403]

+Mr .Rodriguez It's not a forced mate... He doesn't have to move Kg6 after Rb7, black can simply play Rg7. If white takes then black can recapture with second rook. God you must be like 1200 ELO or something. Learn to fucking play before spewing your nonsense on here.

[@droceretik]

Have you thought about retracting your comment?

[@TipoQueTocaelPiano]

10:30 a very plessant position? Black is absolutely and inexorably lost. If you analyze with Rybka or some other program, you'll get an evaluation that is close to equal because programs don't understand that the Rook will NEVER come out. Shirov sacrificed because there was no choice. I don't even think Shirov ever considered the move ...Bb8.

[@Sandokiri]

Citriano Torres That's what KC was saying, actually: it's a very pleasant position *for white,* not for black. :)