Nepo plays the King's Gambit! | Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Alireza Firouzja | Norway Chess 2021

Chess Grandmaster Daniel King examines Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Alireza Firouzja - armageddon game. Support on Patreon: 🔥 / powerplaychess ►Support via PayPal (💲): www.paypal.com...
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[@PowerPlayChess]

If you would like a repertoire for White with the King's Gambit do check out my DVD/download: shop.chessbase.com/en/products/king_powerplay_27_kings_gambit For King's Gambit tactics and exercises to get you in shape: shop.chessbase.com/en/products/king_powerplay_28_tactic_toolbox_kings_gambit And the two can be bought together at a discount: shop.chessbase.com/en/products/king_powerplay_27_and_28_kings_gambit Available for PC and Mac!

[@jamesfirestone8788]

I have your DVD on the King's Gambit but I would have liked you to include a video on the Nimzovich-Countergambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3. exd5 c6). You only cover the Falkbeer (3...e4) on your DVD.

[@PowerPlayChess]

@@jamesfirestone8788 I remedied that by including it in DVD 28: The King's Gambit Tactics Toolbox.

[@astroNexx]

Just realized how enjoyable Daniels musicality in speech is

[@pedrocae]

So true

[@davidfranklin5426]

The King’s Gambit is a great choice for this Armageddon format - you want fireworks from the opening gun because you don’t want Black to end up with draw odds AND increment after move 40.

[@synchronium24]

Yes, I think Nepo would love if he could play this format for the World Championship against Magnus. Alas.

[@andrewhaldenby4949]

Great point

[@tonymiller6847]

If Nepo could defend as well as Magnus and play end games as well he might have a chance as Carlson has declared that Nepo is as good as anyone in the world with both Queens on the board and the initiative.

[@philipstevenson5166]

Norway chess - draw the first game, then down to the coffee house. Like settling philosophical disagreement in a pub car park.

[@chrisiver8506]

lol

[@PowerPlayChess]

Sounds reasonable to me.

[@telemahos2]

Hahhhaha! spot on

[@csakennyitakartam]

"I mean, what would YOU play?" I stopped and thought for a little... "Right, I should play Be6" Daniel points out Alireza had a lost position after the next move. Next move is Be6

[@MrSupernova111]

The King's Gambit is alive!! This is real chess!!! Great game and commentary!! Thank you!!

[@RangeWilson]

Nice to see Armageddon getting tweaked to 10/7. I've said since the beginning that 5/4 favored Black too much, and a longer time control makes for better play as well.

[@jonathanbaxter5821]

“Are we going to see that in the world championship?” “Nope” Lol

[@Zahrul3]

Just out here waiting for Nepo to bust out the Kings Gambit against Magnus in the World Championship!

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

famous last words

[@jonchess8844]

Danny, your love for the Kings Gambit was in full bloom in this video😊😊😊 Fabulous Video👏👏

[@hubertsang7418]

Excellent analysis. Nepo paying homage to the great players of the king's gambit, going back to the romantic era of chess. Any king's gambit with many sacrifices and a king chase is a real treat. In chess, the accumulation of threats outweights a simple gain of material. And a king's gambit with a rook sacrifice really makes the day. Remember Spassky-Bronstein, 1960 and the exciting Bronstein-Tal, Riga 1968 in which Bronstein daringly gave up a whole rook to the chess sorcerer Tal. Tal gave a lot of fits to the rest of the players of his era, just like Dubov and Firouzja are doing now to the players of this era.

[@pbrynild]

I actually played the King's Gambit against Magnus Carlsen myself. Got crushed of course, but it was a lot of fun, and even got a 'gg' from him at the end :-)

[@thesnackbandit]

That’s so cool. Whenever I play white vs players who are much stronger than me I always pull out the King’s gambit because it gives me some chances of winning. No point entering something more positional because I’d get outplayed anyways.

[@harrybeau3029]

What a wonderful distraction after a hard day at work! This mixture of analysis, warm humor and fun with the subject matter, I am thrilled.

[@markilsemann950]

I watched this live and was SO happy to see the King’s Gambit! Made me like Nepo even more. What a game.

[@Sanath1234567]

Love Daniel's child-like enthusiasm for the game. in general and for King's Gambit in particular! The enthusiastic glint in his eyes instantly connecting with the viewers! Love to watch his series! 🙂 By 13.00 min, it appears that the Black Queen is enjoying an expensive & secluded vacation at h1 while all white pieces took their positions for the final irresistable assault!

[@williamkyburz]

Fantastic stuff! Thank you Daniel!

[@strategygames1026]

The Qb5+ trick at 3:37 worked against a 2650+ player in classical controls! Pechac-Tabtabaei

[@JonathanLopez-lz2le]

I was watching the matches online and from the 2nd move in the opening, I totally knew Mr. King would feature such an splendid game in his channel.

[@luaraguiar819]

Thank you! Incredible as always, great analysis.

[@AroundWayOther]

Love seeing kings gambit!

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Great to see the Kings Gambit. Now that I play just for my own pleasure, I play it whenever I can. Fine analysis. Thanks Daniel and keep up the good work.

[@baportabo8156]

Enjoyed this a lot. What a game.

[@hubertsang7418]

Superb analysis Mr King, in all likelihood it was a tremendous treat for you to analyze this game. As chessplayers, we have played the king's gambit in our lives. Nepo gave us a trip to the romantic era of the game, reminding us of names like Anderssen, Morphy, Spielman. He paid homage to two of the greatest players with the rook sacrifice in the king's gambit: Boris Spassky and David Bronstein. It reminded us of Spassky-Bronstein, 1960 and Bronstein-Tal, Riga 1968. Spassky-Bronstein, we all know the famous history about its use in "From Russia with love". In Bronstein-Tal, the sorcerer gave up a rook to the magician out of a whim and pride. Tal was the player that gave fits to the rest of players of that generation, just like Dubov and Firouzja are doing so nowadays. Any king's gambit with sacrifices and a king chase is always a classic.

[@jeeeeezzzzzzzz]

Fantastic to see your excitement of Kings Gambit on this video. Must be refreshing to see some real fighting chess like this that doesn't fizzle out to a draw.

[@marcwordsmith]

"Are we gonna see that in the World Championship?? Nope!" Mr. King, you crack me up! :-)

[@horvathliviu2101]

Superb game, fantastic commentary!!!

[@fsaezaraya]

I loved the way you explained the game. Subscribed!!!

[@mpeterll]

Awesome game! Thanks tot posting.

[@gregtechno506]

Nepo is always prepared to play sharp openings. Great stuff and an absolutely mad position to analyse. I love this format with armageddon after the classical game.

[@maxanonym9613]

How are you able to improve still your presentation performance after all theses games you've already covered?! Thanks a lot for this entertaining and instructive demonstration!

[@sunnyc8900]

So wonderful to see the joy in your presentation. You really enjoy your work. Btw Judith Polgar's live commentary at Norway Chessis delivered at such a wonderful easy listening pace, but with great incisiveness and depth. Daniel you've serious competition for "Best live chess commentator"!

[@PowerPlayChess]

Judit is an excellent commentator, I always enjoy working with her.

[@v.vanbruchem3184]

I thank Paul van W. for recommending you to me. He played me very often in my childhood.

[@fefefefe6740]

that was brilliant commentary, thank you very much!

[@user-mr1lj5fn7j]

gran análisis y excelente juego. Saludos desde Buenos Aires :D

[@PowerPlayChess]

Gracias!

[@jeffwads]

Hopefully he tries this in November.

[@MrSupernova111]

That would be ridiculous! Nepo would singlehandedly revive the KG!

[@GuillaumeCartier]

Even if he ends up not playing it, Magnus will still be forced to devote a lot of preparation on the possibility

[@MrSupernova111]

@@GuillaumeCartier .I doubt it. KG's has long been studied and Magnus has employed it himself in online games so he's no stranger to the opening. At most, Magnus can assign one of his seconds to look into any potentially dangerous lines while he focuses on his core openings.

[@tonymiller6847]

I'm sorry I'm temporarily strapped so I can't support your excellent broadcast monetarily. Nevertheless I love your accent and your analysis. For a short time I was a USCF Master in a previous lifetime and my favorite opening was the King's Gambit. While traveling around the country 40 years ago I spent 40 days and nights in Nawlins (New Orleans.) While there I played a stakes match with the first Afro-American Master residing there since Paul Morphy's day (Alfred Carlin). I was bouncing around between Class A and Xpert at the time. In the first game I won with the King's Gambit. By the time I got to Santa Barbara a year or so later I was an Xpert for good. You've inspired me to try it again in skittles!

[@Evilanious]

I have Nepo's course on chessable. It's ok, though I don't love it. Two of the reasons for that are out of Nepo's control. 1. The kings gambit is kinda a dubious opening. Especially in the crucial 3. ... d6 and 3. ... g5 lines of de KGA several of the lines end with the text happily announcing that white has equalized. 2. Chessable was designed for memorization but often I want to linger on moves longer than it allows for. This can get in the way of understanding the opening better. My third complaint is that a lot of the text is rather terse and assumes quite a high level of understanding. Sometimes lines end with a claim that white has a great position and I can't figure out why. A bit more explanation and structured discussion of the positions would help. Those complaints aside it is solid work helping you find playable lines against everything black can throw at you. If you don't mind playing a sketchy opening and like classical attacking chess this could be worth it.

[@PowerPlayChess]

Try my ChessBase course instead! Plenty of opportunities to linger over moves and I believe my repertoire is very practical (Power Play 27). And if you want typical KG tactics to solve try the Tactics Toolbox (Power Play 28)

[@tonymiller6847]

It's always fun to mix it up win or lose. In 40 years of tournament play my best winning percentage was with the King's Gambit although I often played the Queen's Gambit if I felt/thought my opponent might be better prepared for e4 rather than d4.

[@magic_hotel]

Thanks for delivering such an exciting game. Not a likely choice for a WCC match, but if trailing and running out of ideas, then who knows what trickery he left out of his Chessable course!

[@ahmedshams5791]

glad you're in such a good mood, more funny jokes for us :D

[@synchronium24]

Looks like Danny is focused on Norway Chess, but if he has time it would be cool to cover today's Chess 960 game between So and MVL. It blew me away!

[@henrikmadsen3443]

This is amazing. Thanks!

[@RoyGazoff]

Enjoyed this one.

[@thomasb9225]

After e5 I play always KG since years - you might face some horrible defeats but you always have a lot of fun

[@rabranch32]

The name is King. Daniel King.

[@nickjackson6962]

Powerplay to 100k!!! I haven’t left yet 😊

[@jerryshunk7152]

I believe that you agree Daniel that the King's Gambit renders the most interesting games in classical chess !

[@BboyDschafar]

09:50 That is an OCTOPUS KNIGHT!

[@ricardomesa6006]

Hi Mr Daniel, thanks for your analysis. I would like to know why you think the players won´t use this opening in the WC and if you think they should? thanks!

[@BlueSky-eb2sv]

Very entertaining game and comment!

[@paulgreen7906]

Paul Morphy is nodding in approval

[@hylens5111]

Great stuff

[@MV-ch3mm]

Everyone loves the King's Gambit

[@bigg5582]

I like to play it from a from gambit f4 then e4

[@mf1110]

Thanks!! Exciting video with great analysis...Credit to both players for daring opening. So a common belief is that Paul Morphy would get crushed vs today’s GM’s because he lacks a knowledge of modern opening theory. Yet super GM Ali Reza is lost after 9 moves vs the substandard king’s gambit. So I don’t buy it. How many times have I heard super GM’s say about opponent’s move “That doesn’t look right... I don’t think that’s theory... but I’m not sure and I really don’t remember the line so I’ll just play this (natural) move....”

[@LateCloser]

Speculating on what would happen if the greats from the past played the greats of today is pointless. We should just appreciate them all. The variables are so many and so few are even identified by fans. What if the greatest chess player of all time never played the game in the first place? How many Tiger Woods are there that never pick up a set of golf clubs? Just enjoy what we have and those that blazed the trail to get where we are now. Capablanca would laugh at you if you told him a hundred years from now you'll be nothing compared to a mobile phone with a piece of software running on it. :)

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

do you know the _trillions_ of variables you have to account to make ANY meaningful prediction like this?

[@jonathanbaxter5821]

Morphy playing at the same strength he was in his prime would get crushed by today’s top players. After all, they all know everything Morphy knew (because Morphy showed us the way) and so much more. But morphy was such a talent that he’d almost certainly be top 5 if born today.

[@unknownalsounknown4238]

@@jonathanbaxter5821 do you understand that time travelling someone hundreds of years into the future , assuming with the same parents and lifestyle but just with upgraded tech has so many variables to consider it _is_ impossible?

[@mf1110]

@@jonathanbaxter5821 I don’t know that they know everything Morphy knew and then some. I don’t know that they calculate as well or are as astute to notice the key moves to calculate. A lot of that is just raw talent and you no one simply absorbs that by just looking at Morphy’s or any one else’s games.

[@The_Angry_BeEconomist]

I'm a proud player of this gambit for 25 years

[@janikoskela5781]

Starting to like Nepo, wonderful game!

[@Chrischi7777]

Awesome game!

[@TheMattTempest]

Seems like - played well by white, like here - the King's Gambit is a long succession of fantastic tactics for white, more than strategic per se? ie despite being material down from the get-go, if you manage to long castle, it's often the black king that is stuck in the middle, and under fire left, right, and centre.

[@tonymiller6847]

Instead of 4.e5 I'd prefer the less commital 4.Nc3. Since I don't look at computer analysis please analyze that one for us, Daniel, por favor.

[@ytboxeviltwin4081]

I hope Nepo and his manbun will again play King's gambit against Firo

[@johangamb]

After that maybe we'll see Alireza trying out the kings gambit more often in his bullet games - that would be great!

[@northshores7319]

How about a selection of King's Gambit games other than the most famous ones by Spassky.

[@tome57a]

I don’t remember the last time I saw such mayhem and murder on the board. Probably the 19th century…

[@marzi_kat]

11:21 nice x-ray Edit: heh, you said the same 😅

[@chrisiver8506]

Maybe if the world championship comes down to blitz nepo will pull this one out ;)

[@cankercanison92]

Has anyone bought Nepomniachtchi's course on the King's Gambit? Wondering if it's good.

[@PowerPlayChess]

I’m fairly sure it’s good, however, I am absolutely sure that my DVD/download on the King’s Gambit is FANTASTIC.

[@cankercanison92]

@@PowerPlayChess I have no doubt haha, I think I've got about 4 or 5 (maybe more) courses of yours and they're brilliant. Absolutely love your calculation one.

[@postmasterpez]

I would never had caputed the rook with queen, taken the pawn instead.

[@landilevanaj3499]

Good game 👌

[@profpimko]

If Napo dares to play 2. f2 in only one game in a WChM, he will surely be rememberd as a most brave contender.

[@huddunlap3999]

The computer ruins everything.

[@MartinUToob]

🤯

[@jonathanbaxter5821]

Bd6 is inhuman. I wonder if Magnus would see it (assuming he doesn’t already know the variation).

[@HunterBelkiran]

Comment for the algorithm

[@sasiralla]

Hey Dan, still not accepting Bitcoin ;) ?

[@PowerPlayChess]

How about converting one of yours and then send me the proceeds. Simple.

[@davidchang8428]

Amazing ... Firouzja got out tricked!

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