Keres vs Veresov Attack

Ludwig Rellstab vs Paul Keres
Kemeri (Latvia) 1937
Queen Pawn Game: Veresov Attack (D00)
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Bf5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. Ne5 Qb6 9. Nd7 Nd7 10. Rb1 Bd6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bg3 Bg3 13. fg3 e5 14. Bf5 O-O 15. e4 Bf5 16. Rf5 de4 17. Ne4 Qb6 18. c3 Rad8 19. Nd6 ed4 20. Kh1 c5 21. Ne4 Qe6 22. Qf3 Rfe8 23. Nc5 Nc5 24. Rc5 Qe1 25. Qf1 Qf1 26. Rf1 d3 27. Rcf5 d2
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[@Potrice1337]

A lot of games with Keres playing with black pieces and crushing...me like like like! Always nice to see wins from a player playing black pieces. Keep up the good work Mato! I love your videos and they helped me a lot so far.

[@sundarpichai940]

I think the most charming part of this series on Paul Keres is that Mato started with a game that he lost. Wonderful, Mato!

[@jonathanandrianavalona5384]

This is Aikido move, Steven Seagal :D lmfao.Very nice job Mato, please continue (y)

[@omicronceti6063]

I enjoyed watching this game, especially with demonstration of all possible defensive moves! Hvala Mato for posting another great game!

[@elcastorgrande]

A day without a Mato explication is a day without sunshine.

[@3Tyanatanat]

Mr.Mato...Today is almost three years I have been watching your uploaded series....lolz...believe it or not I pause and find each of the moves now a day.......Hope I would start playing chess in competitions

[@1UcMeOnce1]

181/0 dislike ratio, let's see when the haters kick in. A very entertaining and helpful video as always Mato! I love it when you adress the critical positions and give us a heads up to look for the "killer move". That makes it all the more educative and interactive.

[@1UcMeOnce1]

Lol calm down, it's just a figure of speech. No need to get your panties in a twist over a KZbin comment from someone you dont know.

[@engseddik]

Mr. Mato Thanks a lot for your efforts, Could you Please make some special videos to explain Chess Openings? Advance thanks.

[@Robi2009]

Same request here. I'm pretty good at e pawn openings, but d pawn openings are still a mystery.

[@MrLimon27]

Mato has playlist with many openings. He doesn't really "explain" those, but you can see how the games goes with different moves...

[@sundarpichai940]

+eng.mahmoud Seddik You guys sure ask for a lot!

[@engseddik]

+Michael thx for your replyoff course i am looking for alot because Mr. Mato has a unique and simple way for teaching

[@thomashanson6607]

+eng.mahmoud Seddik join chess.com, it's free and they have free tutorials on the openings. Theory is better because the openings require a vast memory.

[@Hallands.]

Keres, the best player who never became world champion? Thanks again and again Mato - for all the geografi lessons - and well timed chess reviews

[@stagna1959]

Probably still Korchnoi - the best player who never became W Ch . Keres had more exciting games / wins and was in very top for a long time, but Korchnoi played 2 W Ch matches and was very close to win first match in Baguio 1978. Keres never became so close. Korchnoi only needed one win over exchausted Karpov in 1978 when he evened scored 5-5, but he was unpatient, went to banzai attack in next game and lost . Kasparov never made that mistake . He was ready wait for 17 draws to completely tire out his opponent until Karpov looked like death on 2 legs, lost 10 kg and he eventually reached his goal. Korchnoi was even closer, but missed it .

[@mpeterll]

At 0:38, it sounded like you said "white is playing a very slow opening". lol

[@MTlelek]

Love the back rank problem!

[@totu376]

I think it would be cool if you did a video on every world championship title change match.

[@Salokin92]

what a beautiful attack!

[@tomcummings3471]

I saw the critical move intuitively! :3 right off the bat!

[@tomcummings3471]

Didn't quite see the "problem at the back rank", not as fast as the narration anyway

[@ВладимирБризицкий-й9т]

Thanks Mato.

[@anilmix5123]

4:07 did you find that queen sacrifice ??? Hahahahahaa

[@alexanderbrik6162]

Mato, great game, but I do not think that you put it in Keres playlist

[@MatoJelic]

+Alexander Brik Thanks

[@TheSocratesReborn]

great game

[@AZR1011]

got the move but why he didn't moved rokh to d5?

[@emadhamdy9975]

This translation is boring coz i didnt see any thing

[@Drhilmi]

mato why dont u make tal videos any more instead of keres every day

[@elegomeskin]

Ludwig failed to create an escape hatch which led to an amazing series of back rank invasions by Keres. Otherwise, Relistab played well. Keres stabbed his victim with relish.

[@larryx4470]

wow

[@Narrowcros]

I mean I was able to see a lot of Veresov's mistakes and I'am only rated in the 1600's.

[@sakkfanatik]

at 04:48 i think white made a mistake / blunder. Ng5 seems better to me. :S

[@vishalchavda3663]

i think paul keres was reincarnation of paul morphy.... LOL

[@midnightcaller200]

Pass pawns need to be pushed

[@robertortega747]

To be the best at chess, you must read your Bible and watch Mato Jelic for good tips.

[@MatoJelic]

+Robert Ortega LOL. Top advice

[@brechtv1269]

so stupid to put the king there

[@nikhilwardrobe]

+Brecht t cause at the middle game there was pin if the pin isn't solved it could have been a huge problem and its easier to say than do!

[@brechtv1269]

+nikhil monarch maybe he better castled queen side then

[@leerobbo92]

+Brecht t It's a common idea, you often see higher level players move their king out of pins towards the corner. Castling queen side needed an extra move with the queen, wasting time.

[@pizzashark7067]

Moving the king 'there' is often an excellent idea as long as you don't get mated on the back rank. Unfortunately, Mr. Rellstab failed to manage that.