Kosteniuk delivers the Knight and Bishop checkmate against Koneru with 12 seconds on the clock!

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[@dylanhafner7608]

Fun fact: the second longest decisive game in chess history was ALSO done by Alexandra! And she won both games. This is the third longest decisive chess game in history. Absolutely amazing job by chessqueen. I don’t think people know how difficult it was to maneuver the king in the endgame before this. She was extremely precise.

[@kpNov23]

Nice demonstration and put in practice.

[@fore101]

Sasha is an awesome player! 🎉❤

[@advaitavedanta6617]

Herzliche Gratulation an Alexandra aus der Schweiz für das🦄♟️🐴grossartige Turnier!👏👏👏😃👍👍👍

[@chuchakucha]

She is from Russia)

[@advaitavedanta6617]

Sie kommt aus Perm, der östlichsten Millionenstadt Europas. Wie bei Viktor Kortschnoi, der aus der nördlichsten Millionenstadt der Welt stammt, ist die (kleine) Schweiz sehr glücklich, bringt sie sportlichen Glanz ins Alpenland. Sie gewann hier immerhin 2011 die Meisterschaft der Frauen und 2013 sogar der Männer! Wir haben hier sonst nur Roger Federer und die Skifahrer/innen!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@doryphoros]

@@chuchakucha Yes but she is playing for the Swiss federation

[@borbaspassky]

I love her ❤

[@bombsquid6436]

First! Kosteniuk killer mode

[@buzzedlunne6668]

Kosteniuk has aged man! Still a Chess queen in my heart. Gotta love her. She personally signed and sent her book to me almost 10 years ago.

[@aeiouabcdef7098]

Poor humpy...she can't even dare to look into eyes of the winner😢😂😂😂.love from India to Alexandra

[@shashishekhar----]

Humpy a fighter, good play by Kosteniuk

[@aeiouabcdef7098]

Excuse me..your humpy is a loser..she was ❤️‍🔥 from inside in this match😂😂😂😂😂

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

0:56 When it went to the other place, the brown spot instead of the corner, Kosteniuk got a bit worried because it didn't follow exactly the W method she was hoping for. But then she changed tack and still went for a checkmate anyway, she did well. She has a similar speed to me when it comes to this checkmate.

[@clarki21]

woow

[@harlequ1n182]

Ну будем честны, на секундах такой мат может быть реально очень сложен даже в онлайне, за доской еще сложнее (волнение). Хотя все что нужно, это периодически со стокфишем практиковать этот мат. Многие GM не могли поставить данный мат (даже не на секундах) это не единичные случаи ). Всегда хотел получить такой эндшпиль, но видимо пока ты готов к нему - его вероятность слишком ничтожна ) Костенюк молодец, в быстрые шахматы может еще жару давать!

[@PugachAlexey]

На самом деле уверенно мат слоном и конём при двухсекундном добавлении ставит даже КМС :) Упомянутые Вами якобы сложности являются скорее исключением, чем правилом

[@harlequ1n182]

@@PugachAlexey Иди на стриме у себя показывай какой ты сказочник! Кинь ссылку где ты на стриме хоть этот мат ставишь! Есть такое?

[@harlequ1n182]

@@PugachAlexey Подожди-подожди, есть желание свои слова подкрепить делом?, давай ты на 2 сек поставишь мат на стриме, ты же едить даже сильнее КМСа о чем речь да ) ты же аж 2700 в пулю )) просто самый быстрый на диком западе )

[@andrejmakhin291]

Элементарный навык. Был бы король чёрных в середине доски - пришлось бы немного попотеть. А тут всё было смещено на край доски, да ещё Конеру не в ту сторону направилась королём. Так что не только кмс, но и хороший перворазрядник этот мат поставит на раз-два... Впрочем, недавно помню случай, когда и женщина-мастер не смогла его поставить. А всего-то надо один раз понять смысл и всё делается автоматом...

[@harlequ1n182]

@@andrejmakhin291 Я не помню точных цифр, самый короткий мат в районе 32 ходов что ли, суть в том, что одна ошибка и ты ошибся, выйдешь за 50 ходов и давай до свидания!

[@andrejmakhin291]

Гунина - чемпион!✌✌✌

[@dandel1345]

Grumpy koneru

[@chesspervouralsk]

Russian girl from Switzerland dominating !-)

[@user-qf1oi1pz8u]

Goryachcina 😢😢😢

[@josemanuico5613]

I would not be able to checkmate with knight and bishop

[@user-bk9fk2tq2z]

It's easy.

[@robertk8829]

it's very easy when you learn this, e.g. Polgar did it in blindfold game

[@stagna1959]

I think they teach it in 3rd grade of chess school. But sometimes players forget how to push opponent king into right corner, wrong corner would not work . In practical game it happens not so often . Queen vs rook mate would be even harder in time trouble

[@SomeMind]

Nobody would forget the right corner which is simply the bishop's color. The problem arises usually from not being able to push the king all the way back to the back rank (Hikaru messed it up against Nodirbek like that) or not remembering the W maneuver of the knight.

[@majormononoke8958]

no the problem is to get the set up and you cant really rush since there several positions that are patt... Including the last moves with the knight and the one move move to give up the tempo.@@SomeMind

[@junksails814]

Kramnik will take note @@SomeMind

[@BattleslashX]

3rd grade? Damn Russia goes hard

[@PriestFromMoon]

Very disrespectful to test your opponent's checkmate knowledge at this level, but even though it was played out, then let her checkmate, why resign 1 move before the mate, you know you are losing either way, do they have to go through all this?

[@debeastdueeast]

It's not disrespectful at all, there have been cases where grandmasters weren't able to checkmate with bishop and knight. As the commentators were saying, it was Humpy's best practical try to draw.

[@240dc]

It's not disrespectful in the slightest. Lots of high-level players have failed in the same end-game. For example, in 2013, even the women's world chess champion, Anna Ushenina, failed to mate with knight and bishop.

[@Gabriel-ns2cn]

Ok, but still, why she didn't let her checkmate after all of that​@@debeastdueeast

[@PriestFromMoon]

​@@debeastdueeast you missed my point, if you are playing it out, then let checkmate on the board, else resign from the beginning.

[@PriestFromMoon]

@@240dc you missed my point, if you are playing it out, then let checkmate on the board, else resign from the beginning.

[@vr247]

IMO, not resigning here is a clear disrespect.

[@DjapDude11111]

It's not

[@Schmated64]

Not at all. This is the hardest checkmate in chess. Of course her opponent knew that Alexandra was capable of performing it but is has happened in the past where in the pressure of the moment strong players struggle to carry out such endgames.

[@anewfuture]

People blow end games all the time. Play it out regardless of the opponent.

[@theMerovingianMan]

With twelve seconds? Braindead comment of the day award!

[@renatoferreira4939]

Peter Svidler already failed to convert this same ending into an official match, only getting a draw after failing to make mate.