My Favorite King's Indian | 2022 Golden State Open | R6 vs. GM Vladimir Belous

Analysis of my Round 6 game against GM Vladimir Belous (2527 FIDE) from the 2022 Golden State Open.
Tournament info: www.chesstour.com/gso22.htm
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[@gregfamilton865]

I loving these Golden State recaps!!! It's really interesting to hear your thought processes. The process of evaluating candidate moves, spotting blunders and tactics is impressive and something I aspire to. I like the fact your analysis is mainly your "at the board thoughts", and not engine numbers. Excellent game, good luck for the next round!!!

[@MjrLeegInfidel]

Probably my favorite game you've ever shown

[@alekhinesgun9997]

This game is so incredibly well explained, hearing your thought process as well as theory explanations has helped me a ton. Keep up the good work Kostya👌🏻

[@ojasvikhattar6024]

The prep and the way your pieces flowed in the game was amazing, it's a game to remember, the ideas, the innovative tactics, spectacular display of skill, definitely a 2600+ worth game.

[@parker_chess]

This game belongs in your personal hall of fame. Incredibly played!

[@lukewagner158]

I wish we could get a counter for the number of times Kostya sacrificed a piece in this game

[@IMKostyaKavutskiy]

I was surprised myself!

[@kev_mclernon_family_channe4745]

I admit I thought he was channeling some Morphy, lol.

[@randallbrungardt6384]

What a game! I'm very happy for you.

[@SylvainRavot]

Very nice and instructive game !! Reminds me Alekhine's quote "you need to beat me 3 times : in the opening, in the middle game and in the endgame". These guys are so hard to beat. Well done!

[@IMKostyaKavutskiy]

Indeed!

[@getrightw1tcha]

thanks for sharing, preciate those recaps c:

[@kev_mclernon_family_channe4745]

First time watching your analysis. Best ever. For first time I feel confident running through this a couple of times. Thank you!

[@andrewknippenberg761]

So many tactics! A very interesting game.

[@santodagostino6896]

Great game, and a very clear and instructive analysis!

[@yahya89able]

You are doing great , these episodes have the Most thorough analysis I have ever seen in a game of chess

[@nklristic]

Excellent tournament. Well done. :)

[@santiagoelawad7987]

Killer game! I played Belous in 2019, got destroyed :(

[@RobBCactive]

Wow!!! What an advert for intense tactical training, well played, awesome game

[@chesscomdpruess]

What a game!!!! Bravo!

[@perpetualchesspodcast9143]

Holy crap, beautiful game Kostya! Bb7! Nxc4! And he was tough to bring down at the end. 🔥

[@gp2776]

So happy to see King's Indian in the title! I'm starting to watch :D

[@gp2776]

Wow that was a beautiful game!

[@ronfuse6993]

Good luck We are rooting for you

[@stirling3523]

Astonishingly beautiful game

[@zwebzz9685]

Clutch game and amazing tournament

[@subhamghosh8083]

A flawless and brilliant King's Indian. The best game you've ever played ? Is it your Monalisa ? I think it's always something with d4 players who plays king's indian. They always struggle to play well against their own darling opening. Even Gelfand struggled against KID at some point. What a brilliant game by you though. Simply amazing calculations.

[@rudiwiesenblute2111]

looking forward to the game

[@vamshi8597]

Great game! U got your revenge!!

[@jasonbraun3149]

Great win against a strong GM! It’s funny how you play positionally as white, then play this crazy KI stuff as black.

[@drewclark1920]

your double/triple checks really pay-off keep it up!

[@slowslav6653]

beautiful dynamics

[@rherbst99]

Amazing revenge. Congrats!

[@Chess_Improvement]

WOW, kind of games to GM Title, Keep the strong play!!

[@kev_mclernon_family_channe4745]

Oh, most valuable lesson don’t grab the first piece if you can force opponent to reposition and you can get piece at that time. And don’t get schnookered by a draw by repetition.

[@lassesonne3655]

Thanks for a great video ! Very instructive. 2:12 you mention a video you made on this line - where can it be found?

[@ahahaha3505]

What a game!

[@TheGzuzfreek]

Impressive!

[@michaelf8221]

If you played all of your games with this chutzpah, you'd be GM already! Insanely beautiful use of the initiative to justify every single piece sacrifice!

[@foxy3.o891]

Wow nxc4 and so many tactics , win against a Gm , defiently u will win this tournament so much sting Improvement

[@slowslav6653]

feels like some kasparov game:)

[@rudiwiesenblute2111]

I have a question about why you start with 1...g6 after c4. I guess you're fine with transposing to the KID but what if they play 2.e4 for example

[@mitchellfabian7694]

I think it’s about flexibility of the knight. It may want to go to e7 in some fianchetto lines from white

[@rudiwiesenblute2111]

@@mitchellfabian7694 in that case you would most likely play c5 at some point as well before the opponent plays D4 right

[@IMKostyaKavutskiy]

After 2.e4 d6 we get a King's Indian. Idea is to play Nge7 in some lines of the English, as Mitch stated