Positional masterpiece: Kasparov vs Petrosian 1982

Positional masterpiece: Kasparov vs Petrosian 1982
Garry Kasparov vs Tigran Petrosian [E11]
Bugojno 1982
[Mato ]
d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Qe7 5.g3 Bxd2+ [5...Nc6] 6.Qxd2 0--0 7.Bg2 d5 [7...d6 8.0--0 e5] 8.0--0 dxc4 [8...Rd8] 9.Na3 c5 10.dxc5 Qxc5 11.Rac1 Nc6 [11...b5 12.Nd4] 12.Nxc4 Qe7 13.Nfe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 Nd5 15.Rfd1 [15.Bxd5 Rd8 16.Rc2 exd5] 15...Nb6 16.Qa5 g6 [16...Rd8 17.Nc4 Rxd1+ 18.Rxd1 Nd7 19.Qc7 h6 20.Bxb7 Bxb7 21.Rxd7] 17.Rd3 Nd5 18.e4 Nb6 19.Bf1 Very deep move 19...Re8 20.Rdd1 Rf8 21.a3 Kg7 22.b3 Kg8 23.a4 Rd8 24.Qc5 Black resigned 24...Qxc5 [24...Qe8 25.Ng4 Qf8 26.Nf6+ Kg7 27.Qe5 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 Kh6 29.Ng4#] 25.Rxd8+ Qf8 26.Rxf8+ Kxf8 27.Rc7 f6 28.Rf7+ Kg8 29.Rxf6 Nd7 30.Nxd7 Bxd7 31.e5 Rc8 32.Bc4 Re8 33.f4 1--0
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[@vanrozay8871]

of all the chess commentators, you have the best balance of review/explanation and action, and your English is spare, clear, and sometimes playful. and I love to "pause the video" and search for "killer move." more than before I started watching your vids, after a bit of familiarity and practice, I even nail the best move fairly often, a great feeling for someone with little chess talent. thanks.

[@MrSupernova111]

1oo likes :)

[@dr.spectre9697]

Agreed but agatmator has a goodchannel too despite the fact he gets me lost by playing out all possible moves and hypothetical moves in the middle of the match recreation/simulation.

[@emorr1234able]

'WOW' killing him softly" great game of Kasparov Queen side out...of the blue. Mato thanks a lot for the beautiful vedio

[@joannaoldakowska]

Mato made a move.. And Spassky offered a draw. You're my hero

[@WAPBodie]

Right. To become draw offer from former World Champion, that means, you are doing very good job.

[@OmniaBonaBonis]

First win for Kasparov against Petrossian. The other games that didn't end in draw were won by Petrossian even more impressively.

[@Andyson986]

He did a Petrosian on Petrosian.

[@MultiBejn]

loveley said

[@ManishKori]

thanks Mato, because of your videos my interest in chess has increased so much..

[@mychannel594]

HI THIS IS MATO

[@GlenSify]

Mato, you make great videos and the passion you have for your subject is obvious. I hope you keep doing it for a long time.

[@amrutkartushar92]

I love it when mato says "What's the killer move?"

[@dodu8105]

2:36 "Rook is in troblo"

[@ElektrikPichuZ]

"pon teks pon"

[@dodu8105]

and now the kiing is in troblo

[@dodu8105]

pon to dee van

[@ahmedbaig7279]

Do Du Not connecting rooks may be the fault!

[@vitakyo982]

Hhhaytch pon

[@mugennn-8616]

I found this continuation on my own and came here to doublecheck im so proud of myself lol

[@thedoctor3151]

Mato, svaka Vam čast, zbog Vas sam zavolio šah. Vaše analize su fantastične. Uvijek uspijete šahovsku partiju uciniti tako zanimljivom! Pogotovo mi se sviđaju videi gdje nam pokazujete Talove partije...nevjerojatan igrač, meni osobno najdrazi. Veliki pozdrav iz Hrvatske!

[@blairschirmerx1711]

Was Petrosian singularly hard to beat? Let's see. Overall record, Petrosian: +691 -157 =1059 (64.0%) Overall record, Carlsen: +656 -265 =661 (62.4%) Granted you'd have to correct for strength of competition, but it's interesting that over the length of a 40 year career Petrosian lost far fewer games than Carlsen has lost already, and Carlsen is only 26 years old.

[@kittycalisonnypatch]

Thanks yet again for the excellent video, Mato.

[@blairschirmerx1711]

Extraordinary play by Kasparov. Boris Gelfand has also written about these positions, where white has a tiny edge in development to go along with his unrestricted, fianchettoed KB and is able at times to cook up a tasty soup and win. It's one reason players love the Queen's Catalan opening.

[@MatoJelic]

Chess fan, thank you for your comment -Chess Teacher

[@BahaRahman]

my sister won't shut up. So, i'll watch this later. -_-

[@Landauh]

+Baha Rahman Okay

[@BahaRahman]

+0047 when does women shut up? (no offense to ladies this is just a joke)

[@rachelzimet8310]

+Baha Rahman We never shut up. It's just that men don't listen, so they don't always hear us. (just kidding)

[@blairschirmerx1711]

So... try saying something worth listening to? :)

[@JohnSebastian81]

Mato, your videos are always very interesting. Congrats. I particulary enjoy the detailed options and you "storytelling" style of narrating. Keep up the good work, thanks from Argentina. "Where is Argentina"=? "Is way downsouth of South America" :)

[@BMessemer]

Wow what a game! Beautiful. Bonus for me was I found the Queen c5 killer move.

[@MatoJelic]

It is great that Karpov is visiting Chile. Chess in Schools is excellent idea.

[@debeastdueeast]

Nice, another great game by Mr. Jelic

[@dylmolho]

Wonderful video. I would LOVE to see some Tal videos. He is great

[@mattbeckwith]

Excellent commentary. This is one of those games in which it's difficult to figure out what the losing player did wrong

[@gggeeh]

Thank you so much for these videos! -chess fan

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for a suggestion

[@othmanmalainine]

Ofc I will I see I really good commitment to your videos !

[@robertoflam55]

Sería fantástico si éste análisis tuviera un sobre-impreso en Español, porque entonces, mucha gente más, puede entender tus comentarios It would be great if it had an over-analysis printed in Spanish, because then, many more people can understand your comments

[@arijitkundu5577]

A classical counter positional rendition by Kasparov.Thank you.

[@theanonymousgroup6142]

Petrosian was super underrated.

[@NephilimFree]

Excellent analysis. Well done.

[@bob7el]

Incase my simple "like" is insufficient, I also didn't see this right away. Thank you for pointing this out to me!

[@MrDrFallopian]

Very nice annotation thanks!

[@HectorTheGreat1]

vrlo interesantno mato, pozdrav iz zagreba!

[@endlesssilence]

Great video as usual Mato.

[@TheOriginalRaster]

Great video... thanks!

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@ExecrationZero]

"A4, killing him slowly" hahahahaha

[@BarlasSk]

Loll

[@yasinnadji]

thank you very much mato

[@Lagman57LKN]

Mato, great quality of videos. Very good work and thank you. I'm very interested.

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your comment

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your valuable comment

[@panmetronariston5295]

Mato you are the best you make chess look so wonderfull and understending...all the others (on youtube) makes it look so boring and they loose them selfs in everything exept the game that they showing SO BORING .. ok not everybody ...5' of your videos is 1:00 hour from others..thanks sorry for my english and greetings from Greece...

[@aldoileanumeliber]

thanks for the effort! great game by Kasparov!

[@khaluu2000]

3:57 If anyone is curious why you dont take the Nc4 because after that, Rd8+. After Qd8x, white captures back with Qd8x++. Checkmate =). I didnt find the killer move but it was a great move!

[@juliodigregorio7703]

thank you mato :)

[@600nenad]

Hvala za video

[@TheAtheist22]

I love your videos Mato. Keep up the good work

[@zwiebelas]

Yeah some chess advices are full wisdom. The fact that a legendary positional player like Petrosian forget them from time to time gives me hope that humans making mistakes like me can become good players.

[@akiratoriyama2528]

The king is back: Chess legend Garry Kasparov comes out of retirement

[@megamalikos]

thank u vey muck

[@MatoJelic]

Ha ha ha. Hvala na komentaru.

[@thobanigwala1875]

I think the move that lost the game for Petrosian was dxc4. As a renowned positional player he should have opted to develop a piece than to capture material.

[@professionalchaplaincy6149]

great game

[@Kimmo788]

Mato; thanks for your good video. Please can you do more videos about Alekhine games? He is one of my favourite player.

[@ychandramohan2642]

Incredible..

[@maverick140991]

Rook is in trouble-o! Mato is the best!

[@MatoJelic]

Tal matches are coming. Stay tuned.

[@arpitkumar4525]

The bishop on c8 never came into play and was completely dominated by the white bishop. I think it was necessary to play Rb8 at some point or black should have saced his b pawn to generate counterplay along the b file and to activate his LSB which would also connect the rooks.

[@masansr]

Mato, could you analyse ACP Golden Classics game between Anna Muzychuk and Emil Sutovsky? I have seen analysis already, but it was so interesting game that I would like to see it from your point of view as well.

[@TheWerture]

Mato, i've only recently started watching your channel and i enjoy your overview and input; especially when you say "you may pause this video and try to find killer move." however, i wanted to ask you: who is your favorite chess player of all time?

[@prateekpatel8358]

first i like videos of Mato then watch the video :P

[@pkwow3858]

high tone of "bye for now"

[@1988198k]

i love Ur videos Mato

[@Pladsen94]

holy CRAP i made the same move as kasparov. are you serious Qc5

[@dikaramadhan8523]

How we know you're not a liar

[@mariochiusano2187]

looks Petrossian resigned quite early, he could have attemped to resist further!

[@AndMakrid]

@djhavok101 But Kasparov had just one pawn more!

[@betulaobscura]

Impressive game!

[@keghamminasarmeniansoul]

Kasparov is sadic in this this game that may represent the conflict between two generations ; Kasparov once commented on Petrosian saying that he had an exagerated sense of danger ,may be this made him less free and agressive, fortunately Kasparov did not torture or kill Petrosian in reality. Mato you tortured me with your comment ,i'll get you !

[@exoplanet11]

The moral of the story is: "When in Bugojno, don't play Bogo-Indian"

[@petersmythe6484]

(5:35) "Torture". Haha interesting way to describe playing chess against Garry Kasparov.

[@xyzDucati]

3:20 why kasparov didn't take Nd5 wining a pawn ? Is there any tricks, or he wan't to improve his position ?

[@ivek7773]

Matoo legendoooo

[@JustJulian4]

I was thinking the exact same thing

[@d3sibeast]

Mato, what would have happened if black moved Qf6 instead of resigning? This way the rook is still defended and no forced queen exchange is necessary. Seems like Petrosian is still in the game! (However I am no more than an average chess player, so I suggest this only out of curiosity haha.)

[@neilavseventeen]

Hi Mato how 'bout some Wesley So matches :)

[@rzxwm10]

Hi Mato, do you have instructional videos on how to play the sicilian for black? I'm a sicilian player, and I root for those who play the sicilian lol, even against my favorite GMs.

[@ivek7773]

nema hrvata da je bosanca volio ko što ja volim tvoje prijenose

[@dr.spectre9697]

As a Russian, I love watching this because it's an example of the student surpassing the master. It's one Armenian Grandmaster replaces another Armenian Grandmaster and moving up. Petrossian, Kasparov, Aronian just 3 of the names of some of the greatest Armenian Grandmasters in a long list of Armenians who are good at chess. For a small nation they have A LOT of great chess players. What do you expect from the ONLY nation in the world that has made chess a required and core part of the school curriculum for ALL students. I hope to visit it again this summer! It's such a beautiful country but make sure you know Russian because other than the tourist parts of the capital most people do not speak English well though can understand it. Still its amazing place for chess fans, the whole nation, every age group, men women they all play chess and Levon Aronian is like the Cristiano Ronaldo of Armenia. It's clean, cheap, safe and 99% Armenian so they are REALLY friendly. Tells you a lot about what they value..... As my Armenian friends say: "I'd rather have a hero with a full mind and a not attractive body, than a hero with an attractive body with an empty mind". We Americans and Europeans can learn from them. Instead of glamorizing people on reality tv or talentless prostitutes like Madonna who do nothing but degrade our cultures and provide or give nothing back to the community, we should be glamorizing and idolizing people who are truly national heroes and have intelligence not simply money or Fame.

[@Primitive_Code]

Kasparov is only part Armenian lol most people don't even know that about him. You're right about Armenia adding chess to education but the rest are your opinion. Are you saying that Armenians aren't that attractive? They're people just like everyone else. Their culture and mindset is a little different than Europe or US, doesn't mean they have to try extra hard to make up for lack of good looks. Personally, I'd choose a country like Ukraine or Belarus, they value chess fortunate for their looks.

[@Craigevansagain]

A sad off day for the great Petrosian.

[@ivek7773]

Mato mozemo li ikako izmjenit e mail adrese??stvarno bih volio te imat za prijatelja...kolko ja znam ti i gaja kuljisevac ste jedini iz balkana da rade šahovski video....a ti si mi nekako draži

[@MatoJelic]

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[@renehenriksen1735]

Why is it so important whether Kasparov was right- or lefthanded? Isn´t it just some odd mythology created by his supporters? By the way is it possible that we could have Mr. Mato create some opening lectures sometime? I´d like to have the Nesjmetdinov-gambit in the Siestavariation of the Ruy Lopez explained...

[@elmarinero4196]

It is said that the right side of the body(right hand) is controlled by the left side of the brain (logical brain). On the other hand,the left hand is controlled by the right side of the brain (creativity) Must artists, such as DaVinci and MichelAngelo were left handed.

[@rypaz87]

@d3sibeast After Ng4 there isn't a safe place to put the queen. If the queen travels up to g7 or h8, Rxd8+ is winning the queen and the game easily. If the queen travels downward instead it is also essentially hanging itself and giving up the game just as easily to white.

[@crypt4519]

I am not sure why he resigned?? Stockfish shows that this game may go until only Pawns remain.

[@hvince95]

What program do you use for this?

[@baoannguyen7649]

3:59 whats wrong with Black knight taking white knight?

[@sarahrangelov2976]

Wowwwwwwwww !!!

[@joyaldendiaz4229]

very good

[@AvangionQ]

Never seen a grandmaster game where one side had so few options for moves that he was forced to waste moves like that ...

[@darkin1484]

this proves mato is between 48 and 53 yrs atm.

[@khemakiran]

Petrosian Resignnnnnnnned...!!!

[@happyharishk]

lolmaxxx :P

[@Xv31]

are more tal matches coming?

[@ashkatmandou]

How could Kasparov castle even after he was checked by black bishop from b4 on 3rd move & again on 5th move Kasparovs King was checked ?Can we still castle after being checked?Please enlighten me.

[@happyjay]

+sat ash Once you become Grand Master, you are entitled to castle even after check. that is a joke. I am searching for guru to enlighten my in spirituality, yoga etc. But I am happy to enlighten you on the way. Check does NOT disqualify the king from castling(but just prevents temporarily). Only moving the king earlier disqualifies. i.e. King cannot castle if he moved already. Other situations prevent king from temporarily castliing are being on check, or the castling squares are in attack of opponents army.

[@swewunna]

+sat ash ---- As long as you haven't move your King or in check you can still Castle later on.

[@andreashoppe1969]

I'd have one question. Is it true, that Kasparov was left-handed? In the videos where he is shown moving his pieces he seems to be moving the pieces with right hand as well as writing down his moves with right hand but there are still people claiming that he was left-handed? So what do you think is the truth? Thank you :)

[@MatoJelic]

+Andreas Hoppe If Kasparov was left-hande that explains why right handed people had problem playing against him

[@lucianoraffaelli6560]

+Andreas Hoppe Why WAS ? Did he died ? Or did he become right-handed ? :D

[@geri4040]

+Luciano Raffaelli 😂😂😂

[@alifarhanbeg]

yes

[@MrCorwin217]

Some matches of Paul Morphy are welcome Mato :)

[@johncraftenworth7847]

Kasparov moved queen to attack queen and he resigned. The move I would have chosen is white knight attacks black knight, because if this knight is removed, white has queen and rook attacking rook.

[@faredino]

Why Petrosian resign without changing queens?

[@Chaldean4life91]

i wonder how Houdini would have escaped from such a position.

[@vikiandreeva]

The best chess player......

[@JLPicard1648]

What about Rxd1 Qxe7 Rxc1 and black is better 2 rooks to a queen?

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

+Ben Hamilton If you did not stop counting after only 2 moves , you would notice that white will continue [24.Qc5 R:d1 25.Q:e7 R:c1 ] 26.Q:f7+ and mate in the next move.

[@musicalmike235]

I still don't understand what was so bad about queen takes queen in the final position.

[@gojoe36]

I got the winning move right....that was a harder one for sure