Chess Tactics: Creeping move: Spassky vs Korchnoi

Boris Spassky - Viktor Korchnoi [E83]
Kiev cf ,CAND Kiev (7), 1968
[Mato]
King Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0--0 6.Be3 Nc6 7.Nge2 a6 8.Nc1 [8.Qd2 Rb8 9.h4 h5 10.0--0--0 b5] 8...e5 9.d5 Nd4 10.Nb3 Nxb3 [10...c5 11.dxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4 exd4 13.Bxd4 c5 14.Be3 Rb8 15.Qc2 Be6 16.Bd3 Nd7 17.0--0 Ne5] 11.Qxb3 c5 12.dxc6 bxc6 13.0--0--0 Be6 [13...Qe7 14.Qb6 Bb7 15.g4] 14.Qa3 Ne8 15.h4 f6 16.c5 [16.h5 g5] 16...Rf7 17.Qa4 Qc7 18.Bc4 Bxc4 19.Qxc4 Bf8 20.h5 dxc5 [20...g5] 21.hxg6 hxg6 22.Qe6 Rd8 [22...a5 23.Rh2 Rb8 24.Rdh1] 23.Rxd8 Qxd8 24.Rd1 [24.Rh8+ Kxh8 25.Qxf7] 24...Qe7 25.Qxc6 Nc7 26.Qb6 Qb6 is called a creeping move [26.Nd5 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Nxe6 28.b3 Nd4] 26...Kg7 27.Nd5 Qe6 28.Bxc5 Bxc5 29.Qxc5 Nb5 30.Qe3 Qc6+ 31.Kb1 Nd4 32.Rc1 Qb5 33.Nc7 [33.Rh1 g5] 33...Qe2 34.Ne6+ Kh7 [34...Kg8 35.Rc8+ Kh7 36.Qxe2 Nxe2 37.Ra8 Re7 38.Rxa6] 35.Qh6+ Black resigned Kxh6 36.Rh1# 1--0
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[@TacticalRab]

What is creeping move? Creeping move is a city in Russia.

[@gillrowley]

"I beg your pardon?" Mato - you have the best quotes on KZbin.

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@uchihadante77]

Spassky had a super level of play in those times(1966-1971)and he was probably the strogest player of the world,almost like an engine,a true legend.

[@strangelyrepulsive77]

i know someone who would disagree

[@Bog2901]

Qb6 was far more difficult for me to find.

[@aleksjagger9770]

The "creeping" move was more difficult, as QH6 is a relatively well-known Anastasia mate pattern.

Qh6 was quite easy to find (and yeah pretty spectacular) but "the creeping move" variation was pretty hard to come up with.

[@josephjennings3177]

I love saying "ze killah move" in unison with Mato lol The Creeping Move was harder to find.

[@Arisudev]

i think he said "Tequilla move" heheheh

[@edgarrivera3785]

Jajajajajajaja!!!

[@MixtheHustlar]

Mato i must say, everytime u say "Critical moment" and "Killer move" Me and my mate is crying of laughter, this is some of the best videos on youtube, i just found them 1 week ago, and please dear mato KEEP MAKING MOVIE :D

[@miked2543]

I've been watching these videos for several years now, and that queen to b6 'creeping move' is one of the most beautiful moves ive seen..

[@lebarosky]

The more I watch your videos, play, analyze my games, and look at master games, the more I appreciate why Bobby Fischer sponsored a chess book that teaches the reader how to identify mating patterns. It seems that mating pattern intuition may be developed by studying all the different ways the chess pieces may surround the king.

[@mukundsridhar4250]

Thank you matto for all the work you put into your videos.

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your comment

[@ShakaKippy]

you have great videos mato, thanks for making these

[@NavJaswal]

Love your commentaries! Keep it up.

[@jpt101093]

As a french native speaker, I really like your accent when you said: "En passant".

[@GeorgePapademetriou]

Thank you Mato for your fine videos!

[@jacksonwolf4656]

For most of these moves when the game paused, I sometimes will see the move but dismiss it for not working, and when I unpause it, that move won.

[@davidorozco1474]

Hi mr. Mato, the creeping move was more difficult to find, i want to thank you for your videos, now im a bad ass in my dojo, im into the karate too, shito ryu is my style, thanks again, oooozu

[@richardfeynman5560]

The creeping move was much harder to find, the killer move in the end took me about 3 seconds to find! Very instructive game!

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@MrHaro187]

Thank you for presenting this awesome game!! Wish you good luck in chess! :)

[@SukiAbazi]

The creeping move was way more difficult to find.But i was wondering at 05:21 i think that with my intermediate level of chess EYES can see mate in 2 moves.Qh3,then threatning mate on Qh8.Great video as always ;).PS.You say "Creeping" very creppy :D

[@jamesallen6316]

At 3:46 For White, instead of pushing Pawn C4-C5. Would not Bishop E3-C5 be better?

[@jcmylesnow]

your vids are cool Mato - keep up the good work :)

[@IbrahimO]

8 views 2 likes as i'm watching... earliest i caught one of your videos... feel honored... liked and favorited already :)

[@jorik0907]

Awesome game! Thank you Mato :)

[@slipppry]

VERY instructive. Thank you.

[@luckystrike205]

i love your videos :)

[@colourmegone]

The creeping move was much harder to see, the mating pattern at the end is a standard ploy.

[@MrSabachtani]

5:42 Waht about Qh3? With the strong threat of Checkmate? Or am I overlooking something?

[@youngpatrick29]

Josephus Mutzenbacher Prob just rook G7.. cant see any progress after that

[@ZawEatsFish]

I found the creeping move harder to find, Cheers from Sweden :)!

[@hilliuno]

the creeping move was much harder to find. thanks to mato i am now able to find killa moves with much more ease

[@ClaudioRowe]

i love your videos Mato

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@evilrobotsanta]

My draw dropped when I found the killer move. Truly unbelievable.

[@evilrobotsanta]

*jaw

[@mychannel594]

HI THIS IS MATO

[@Manoftheswamp]

I really like your videos Mato.

[@rpdigital17]

Very beautiful Anastasia's checkmate. I have been able to finish my opponent with this checkmate. I do like that in this game black King was forced to capture the white Queen. If you see checkmate pattern, then forget material and sacrifice!

[@Scout-uj1fj]

Mato missed this continuation at 8:40 >>>>> After queen c2 check - king a1 - queen b1 check - rook takes queen - night c2 check mate

[@alperensancar6391]

+Vishal Yadav Queen can take the black queen on c1 so it is not possible

[@alperensancar6391]

+Vishal Yadav Oh sorry white king can take the queen on b1

[@Scout-uj1fj]

+alperen sancar yup right ... I missed that

[@vitakyo982]

Hi Mato , in french , when you say " en passant " , you don't pronounce the " t " at the end ... it sounds like : " en passan " . & thanks for your brilliant & pleasant videos .

[@spookyoyster]

Awesome Mato!!! Thanks bro!

[@mikulachanda7730]

Hi mato l like your videos and explanation especially when you analyze Tal's games

[@tosgem]

one thing I learned - I am too stupid to play chess

[@thegreater-1]

+tosgem Not what i thought when i saw this video. Just realized chess is way more imaginative than most people think

[@Benderrr111]

same here bro

[@modolief]

Yes, wow, 6:15 is a critical position! What a great tactic, very hard to see, because it's not a forcing move (for humans). Korchnoi has to make a move in response and then Spassky gets to play his combination. So would you call that a Zugzwang? Also, could Korchnoi have advanced his c pawn instead of moving his King?

[@HouseofRemixes]

For me the creeping move is more difficult to find, the other move can be found throught pattern recognition of knight and rook mate.

[@haveyouseenthesun]

You should get a slot on prime time TV. I have liked all your vids so far. = D

[@waterboygeorge]

At 10:40 Mato's "I beg yo paaadon" sounded like Arnold Schwarzenegger :-)

[@pkwow545]

at 1:43 why didnt white take the knight in d4? is it free pawn or am i missing something? or is it just that white will lose his wonderful bishop for a knight?

[@BREAKocean]

Anastasia mate is one of favourite patterns

[@MatoJelic]

Yes, it was

[@aeshalaby]

Thank you Mato for your video. It's very nice as usual. BUT.. I still did not understand the concept of "Creeping Move". Can you explain it more plz.

[@MAuric10bal]

Only 9 years late, but anyway. A creeping move is a move that appearantly doesn't change much about a position, but, in a deeper examination, is actually very strong. It generally involves seemingly slow queen moves.

[@BobFloppy]

Late comment! 8:45 Qb1 then knight C2. Would that work?

[@tompadre]

+dot dot no, because white can take the queen with the king, if he was forced to take with the rook, it's a smothered mate in one

[@123bozzyboo]

I wonder at the critical point if white moved BxC5?

[@nadeemgmahran]

how did pawn take pawn at 2:00 ?

[@BakirzTv]

It's taken an passant. It's a rule that was added after the rule that allowed the pawn to go 2 steps forward on it's first play. So it is a compensating rule. As you can see the white pawn is on it's 5th rank, if the ''2 step on it's first play'' rule was not there for the pawn, he could only make one step. If that would be the case in the game, the white pawn could take it. So to compensate, they added an passant, so you have the possibility to take the pawn after it jumps past your pawn that is on it's 5th rank.

[@jathondelsy]

Great video. I found the killer move, but not the creeping move!!

[@aleksszukovskis2074]

2:02 knight takes pawn is better, because it doesn't lose a pawn.

[@yedidsion]

Mato, you are so loved that in few minutes you already have 25 views?

[@ministerofleisure]

the creeper was creepier than anastasia's mate. but that woman pretending for years to be anastasia was creepier than both.

[@bhavanaverma8553]

I love your videos and explainations sir

[@tobylim9669]

i can find queen sacrifice but creeping move very difficult

[@stefanholbek2449]

Same for me... genious play! ;O)

[@dickmann1979]

queen sacrifice was quite easy, but the creeping move was very hard to find. i wont find moves like this.

[@stefanholbek2449]

dickmann1979 On top... when we sit at the board playing... we don't have Mato next to us telling us when to look for them!!! ;O)

[@keinehelden5612]

9:00 how is g5 the best move? can someone explain this, i'm new to chess.

[@samuelbruyneel]

+Muecke Official Blocking the withe Queen to check on H6

[@BearWinnie]

This Qb6 was in one of Silman's chess.com strategy lessons. Somehow I found it from the first try, but it took like half an hour for me. I would never it in real game - to find best move in this position I should be aware, that winning move shurely exists.

[@MatoJelic]

Yes, I have

[@gottadomor7438]

Grandmaster Boris not the greatest grandmaster, just my favorite.

[@jbdoggy]

is creeping move the same as zwischenzug?

[@glennmiller9768]

Didn't find the creeping move, the killah move was a cinch. Thanks Mato.

[@omarb1nhattab]

the creepy move is much more difficult to find

[@thegreater-1]

Qh6 was an spetacular move, wow, just wow

[@thegreater-1]

+englishmanspeaks Maybe you did, but could you create the situation where a move like that would be possible?

[@Rtoizzae]

Hi Mato! Was that creeping move inducing a kind of zugzwang?

[@rahulprajna]

a killer move, and a creeping move; very good game!

[@doggirl7938]

It took me five seconds to find Queen sacrifice- I would’ve never figure out the creepy movie

[@you9986]

the creeping move i found the killer move in 3 seconds

[@Pika250]

Or if Kg8 (only other legal move by black) then rook can go to c8 and mate.

[@2Oldcoots]

Fantastic!

[@geographymathmaster]

@1:27, what should white do?

[@chessjess510]

Oh thats beautiful!

[@sethmanning8181]

thank you for the video

[@jazzblue7583]

Hi mato after knight to d5 threatening queen why doesn't black take the knight with his knight?thx.

[@MrK623]

I was expecting the Q shift from e6 to Qh3. There were a couple of times this was playable.

[@GOSHOLOSHO]

Im not a really good chess player and I saw the final move.. but the creeping move was much more shivering :)

[@ramenmkcg]

bobby my all time favorite :) u r d king man...

[@postmasterpez]

why not bishop c5 insted of the creeping move, winning pawn directly?

[@sibysamuel2281]

Qh6 was more spectacular, but if you ever practice tactics it would be an easy find. i found it relatively fast including the followup. But I did not find Qb6.

[@thedaveastator7939]

I concur with most of these comments, the creeping move was a tough one to find. Qb6 is the kind of move I can always find, forcing moves have saved my attacks too often for me not to see them :) I really like the idea though, moving it to an indirectly supported square and letting black do nothing for a move. Realising my opponent has no good moves to make is something much harder for me to see, though I almost exclusively play 5 0 games on Live Chess and as such often have to streamline the decision making process. I think when my winter term is finished at university I will dedicate a day or five to playing some longer games, maybe around an hour each or so. I want to make some truly killer moves against people with time to make considered responses. 5 0 has been irritating me recently due to this very unavoidable lack of precise play.

[@mandregas]

at minute 6:00 why not white plays Qh3??

[@evelyncecilia2746]

Because you are moving away from the king. It goes like this. Bg7 Qh7+ And king escapes.

[@ChiefGrizzlylive]

brilliant checkmate

[@kunalchawathey]

I think Qh6+! isn't as easy as it seems; white needs to calculate till mate using the rook on c1. Black is threatening 1... Qd3+2. Ka1 Nc2+ 3.Kb1 Nd4+ leading to a draw. If 3.Rc2, then 3...Qd1++

[@Swordfishstick]

Didn't get the creeping move, but got the killah move - so for me, the creeping move was more difficult.

[@aaronwalderslade]

Ne6+ was planned far ahead and is the move i like best

[@chandankumar-ir3cz]

I don't think creeping move made much difference but is the DEADLY knight again 😊 the more I watch such video I still think I don't know how to use this piece it has so many veriations, it always SURPRISE me .

[@10ka86]

Perfect check-mate.

[@ilkinond]

definitely the creeping move was harder to find!

[@keithwilson6060]

What is a "bad bishop?" I thought I new, but I really don't.

[@yashwanthkumar7599]

+Aragorn Stellar What he meant by that was that the bishop wasn't doing anything and is inactive. So, it's best to exchange off with an active piece of opponent's. And that's what he did!

[@edwardbottle1018]

Essentially if you have a bunch of pawns on squares of the same color, the bishop of that color will be passive since it will struggle to get around the pawns. In lots of different defenses black gets stuck with a bad light-squared bishop (e.g. French, QGD, Semi-slav)

[@zwegyi1000000]

creeping move is creepily hard to find

[@knjohnsonel]

Mato, do you have a website that coaches young players? If so id like to join

[@locutusdborg126]

Final move: I would have moved white castle across to check the black King.

[@SarfrazAhmedY]

Anastasia Mate! Beauty

[@gigas81]

Because the Knight is still defending. And the Queen is defending.

[@chrisdunn421]

The sacrifice is the most powerful piece of mis-direction in chess....but when its forced....I would have resigned also before taking the queen....Its just, I dont know A HUGE SLAP IN THE FACE!! I didnt see the creeper or the checkmate coming....I like it that way.

[@drewfla]

Hey Mato, what chess program do you use?

[@MatoJelic]

HIARCS

[@just1channel]

I saw the Q h6 in 3 seconds but the creping move I didn't see