Polugaevsky vs. Nezhmetdinov 1958 | Mastering the Middlegame - GM Yasser Seirawan

Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan shows a beautiful game on the eve of the U.S. Chess Championship. The unconventional Nezhmetdinov finished an artistic middlegame with one of the most spectacular combinations in history.
2016.04.12
Lev Polugaevsky vs Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov, Sochi 28th RSFSR ch (1958): A54 Old Indian, Ukrainian variation

[@obscurity3027]

I love how Yasser asks the children for move ideas, and he takes the time to consider every suggestion no matter how “unusual” the move may be. Yasser is one of the greatest teachers I’ve ever seen…and I’m not just talking about chess teachers, but all teachers.

[@jc7868]

nice-mate-dinov

[@dusanninic9572]

NicemateDonev !!! Nice mate done. 😉👌🏻

[@aravindgundakaram1830]

@@dusanninic9572 you in confusion buddy?

[@jannieschluter9670]

@@aravindgundakaram1830 don't be a jerk, buddy

[@elasiduo108]

I love Yasser. He's such a funny guy, and I love his calm, and yet, enthusiastic way to explain things.

[@samuelrosenbalm]

Yes! Another Yasser lecture! What an awesome surprise waiting for me today! I think I can speak for just about everyone who watches this channel when I say that we want more Yasser. He's so incredibly charismatic and his chess knowledge is extremely strong.

[@Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll]

+Sam Rosenbalm totaly agree with you

[@leagueaddict8357]

Your message was 7 years ago are you still watching his lectures?

[@samuelrosenbalm]

@@leagueaddict8357 Rewatching them regularly. I wish he would go back to doing more of them.

[@leagueaddict8357]

@@samuelrosenbalm I also watch them, Agadmator is a good Chess channel as well do you watch him too? he has some nice videos about Morphy's games, and Nyezhmetdinov.

[@TheTimmeister5454]

Neshmitdinov played awesome tactical chess!

[@christopherkennedy944]

yeah~

[@MojitoTube]

Nezhmetdinov is my favorite player ever

[@Vahe345]

The documentary on him was amazing!

[@christopherkennedy944]

i'm my favorite player

[@gratitude62]

thank you very much for this, Nezhmetdinov is absolutely my favorite chess player......it was indeed fun to explore the tactics and variations of the game.

[@MrCk1234567890]

Sometimes I put on a seirawan lecture to fall asleep. In this case it turned out to be such a fantastic lecture on an absolutely incredible game that I ended up wide awake...lol

[@12jswilson]

yASMR Serenadawan

[@surelysmith]

Ty gm Yasser. this was the most entertaining and informative tactical matchups I have seen thus far thank you for showing us these great learning games.

[@rtwodtwo2078]

YES! Yasser the best !!! Superb video as always

[@davidcaughell6571]

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for ALL of your videos, they're very good and I was pleased to see that it was you making them because I got the chess tactics book you wrote way, way back. :)

[@mstalcup]

A masterpiece of a game and a first-rate, informative presentation!

[@bardhanjoy]

It is really astonishing that a person who has seen such horror at the very beginning of his life, without any security or hope or dream; could play such a game and be known to play likewise. In the era of chess engines and guidance from great masters if one creates such possibilities over the board, we worship them. That's why we all must take a moment and think in which circumstances Nezhmetdinov played this game. He regretted that he was late to start his chess career. I wonder how ecstatic he might have felt in the age of internet, where knowledge is easily attainable. Thank you very much for the demonstration Yasser and Saint Lois Chess Club.

[@NetroYT]

Thank you Yasser for promoting chess like this!

[@sc7086]

That was not Tomashevsky, but Tseshkovsky 5:00

[@chesslearn8103]

Love your videos yasser!! 🙂

[@jannickackermans2449]

yasser already did a lecture on this match in 2014 .but still a great lecture

[@gregtaylor6146]

Grandmaster Yasser Seirawan, what more is there to say but, Thank you.

[@kristianfagerstrom7011]

More Yasser videos, excellent!

[@davekearns4845]

Great game! Great commentary!

[@shrayanmajumder7517]

Yasser has a unique style, just awesome!

[@sa19861986]

really nice of Mr. Yasser... Syrian grand master ... really I like that ... please make more such ...

[@yazanostora244]

thanks yasser from Palestine chess teem

[@sujaybms]

yeah it was uploaded before!!! but that was for the advanced class where Yaseer made them find the most things!!! this is for juniors!

[@melodychest9020]

"King has to go to the side pocket!" .. Classic Yasser!!! The way the King was dancing around was like shooting Pool indeed! I love his respect for the game, as he patiently shows you why a variation does not work, although he knows it rightaway, cos he is a GM! Great personality!

[@robbied2113]

Love this game and Yasser.

[@p1nesap]

Great commentary as always Yas. I can see why you like this game so much. Seems a lost queen is OK as trick sacrifice to check mate opponent, but much less so if queen is lost earlier and one has to play on.

[@12jswilson]

Nezhmetdinov has another famous game where he sacrifices his queen in the middle game for immense compensation

[@BloodFalcon2k7]

Another great lecture

[@penearth]

great stuff Yasser

[@Nawras_Al_Sharq_forAll]

best video i ever see in my life

[@BoBnfishy]

i feel like there are a bunch of people subbed to this channel that have a certain lecturer that they're super attached to. kinda neat to look at the comments.

[@Brucelee-pv6uf]

Yassir have amaizg way of telling stories make them so exciting I love hearing him

[@Summanininruhu]

Best chess teacher on the planet !

[@zbohemzvolen1346]

Amazing Mr, Serasian

[@garthorama11]

Wow, what an astounding contrast between Yasser and Finegold, but I don't need such a big personality to be captivated in a very unique game of chess. Also, what an honor it must of been to analyze a widely celebrated chess game.

[@omedakreyi5152]

at last good videos again!

[@christopherkennedy944]

thank you grandmaster!!

[@allaboutthegyro]

Wow. What a game!

[@0HonzaDvorak0]

Thank you

[@bigjoey1114]

Yasser is so great!

[@kallegeorge3913]

Thumbs up for Yasser!

[@josuecastro5103]

I'm not in a position to comment Rashid Netzhmetdinov chess games. But he is the only one who knows the demons inside his head.

[@alperenmercan747]

Hello, I have just found the Lev Alburt book was Three Days with Bobby Fischer and Other Chess Essays, page 156. The guys name is not Tomashevsky, but Alexey Suetin. Also Petrosian name should be Furman. Hope it helps if someone is wondering.

[@V8SupersQirreL]

Listening to Yasser Seirawan is like listening to Bob Dylan or Bill Clinton or Bruce Willis! He knows everyone of the top level players and played them, he is a legend!

[@logisticsmatter5583]

Big Brain

[@etymonlegomenon931]

Bill Clinton LMFAO

[@japi57200]

My favourite lecturer👍👍

[@jal2550]

I came here for Yasser....the best!

[@MrSunilson]

too spoilt..get to watch the champions league semifinal in the morning then a yasser lecture in the afternoon then the garry kasparov blitz tonight..life's good :)

[@knightf8648]

Real madrid won

[@ivanla771]

Guys, why don't you shoot 1080p60 ? Every regular blogger does that nowadays. Let alone 4k.

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov is a cruel masterpiece. Make a video abiut that, please..

[@bautistakeithcharles3302]

Somehow Yasser reminds me of joker even without the makeup

[@takatotakasui8307]

It's the jovial charisma.

[@Igor_054]

Now that you say it, He reminds me specifically of Nicholson's Joker, 1989.

[@andrewdirrell7497]

he reminds me of White Rose from Mr.Robot

[@Jedi_Mind_]

He reminds me of boss Nass from phantom menace

[@Eliges]

@14:50 why not Nc6 Nd4 with threads of Nf3 forking the queen? cannot figure out why it is not the move that is played.

[@jeremybowman4847]

favourite game ever. Hands down.

[@coughhy]

19:38 .... "Back!" How appropriate :D

[@camaradabr9926]

lol

[@pradeepbhai007]

I love yasser........ Videos I mean

[@kiranfhh9059]

Thank u sir

[@kurtozan251]

Yasser is the best

[@syyhkyrotta]

YASSSSSEERRR!!!

[@nick2629]

Beautiful game

[@sergiopiau]

Amazing

[@michaelcheng8260]

will there be more?

[@aarenmitts3667]

Damn, this guy is relentless

[@jeremybowman4847]

Rashid always had the knack of winning the brilliancy [prize!

[@altimate1]

Yes, but he lacked the wit to win a tournament 😆

[@fromthe3128]

@@altimate1won the Soviet championship 5 times but okay

[@doktorarslanagic]

he can pronounce Nezhmetdinov but he can't pronounce Car-u-ana?? jking, i bet the way he says Caruana's name is an inside joke between the two of them :)

[@beeble2003]

He can't pronounce Nezhmetdinov, though he does use the pronunciation I've most often heard from fellow English-speakers. :) According to Wikipedia, at least, the correct pronunciation is nadge-met-DEEN-eff ("nadge" like "badge").

[@mhjbara3712]

because its arabic name " نجمالدينوف = najmldenov so sure Gm Yasser can said it right ..

[@altimate1]

Good learner

[@Dan1elAndrade]

Holy fuck, how's that combination even possible.

[@toyourdoors]

Sochi is in Russia not Ukraine

[@alexlisnyak]

Yasser says Sochi is Ukraine - then Sochi is Ukraine

[@rakib17874]

@@alexlisnyak LOL

[@tyro7428]

Wow. What a game

[@alancosta4760]

Once I read a book about Nez tactical moves I missed every single one I can't think as far as him yet.

[@jimmyalderson1639]

42:00 Yassar sounded like a 5 year old who just found out what christmas is

[@joe.c.]

Does anyone know what program/site Yasser's using for his chess demonstration? Thanks!

[@TremendousSax]

It's likely Chessbase

[@lllllllllllllllllIll]

+Joe C. Chessbase 12 to be exact

[@kaushalkanakamedala6886]

At 30:00 I was thinking of a variation where Queen takes the Rook QxH1 QD1xH1 NB4xC2(check) KE3 - D2 NC2xA1 White's Rooks for a Queen and Knight.

[@alansong4754]

I loved it, for the education purposes, and of course, the LOLs.

[@christopherkennedy944]

omg toad i'm such a huge fan

[@aravindgundakaram1830]

That king do be slippery as an eel tho😂

[@cortneykelley74]

He is the best!

[@GymChess]

Quite a game. :)

[@rhiehn]

If anyone wanted to look at the King's Indian game from the previous US Championship, I think he misremembered the opponent - Naka's game against So was a fairly boring draw from the looks of it, but he destroyed Conrad Holt in a King's Indian in 27 moves

[@myopenmind527]

Never move your queen twice in the opening. Lol.

[@alansong4754]

I also like the way he talks

[@allthebucks3891]

Hm, saw Nxd3+ but after Nxd3+ e5 Bxe5+ Ke4 I don’t see the mate.

[@singlespies]

At 30:26 instead of Qxg3+, Black can play Nxc2+ forcing White to give up his Queen. Or even better would be Bxf4+ first followed by Nxc2+.

[@webdesigndomexperts5330]

just shows how important initiative is. beats material. lev polugayevsky somehow never got hold of the initiative and got clobbered.

[@yettobeengineer2528]

note from a brother you can put the video on 1.25 speed and it will be much better

[@imchessman6107]

perfectly timed "back"

[@leoawara]

At 38:21 why cant white just take down pawn with b4 pawn?

[@Odeysyus]

At 25:30 mating move was kne5-knf3

[@sujaybms]

he is not necessarily talking about Evgeny Tomashevsky... we know that there is a gm called tigran petrosian who is actually not the 9th world champion!!!!

[@michelcharbonnier7603]

Mastering the Middlegame just requires you to saq a queen and see 20 moves ahead in every single variation until checkmate.

[@jimmyalderson1639]

11:05 i saw night g4. In fact it's really obvious that it's the move he'd play, if you just came from Akobian's lecture on this game - guess i'm as strong as Nezhmatdinov

[@ctfrancia]

wow

[@dmaster20ify]

White is going to die with a full tummy!

[@edravago8202]

You are the Louis Litt of Chess. 😁✌️

[@RoosheshMotiwallaOfficialPage]

@ 28:32 After Bishop e6 to d5 why not rook f1 to f2? make the black queen move to h3 or h5.(a) If queen h3 then queen white queen to h1 to exchange and equalise by taking knight on e5 .(b) If queen h5 then equalise by taking knight on e5.

[@andredavies1354]

Perhaps in that position ...Bxf4+ is playable!?Super complicated tho.

[@SagiNahor]

What about bishop g7

[@chessiskingful]

My god

[@lindomar.tuscano4381]

Be6!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! exclam

[@cruzin2554]

“Ooooooooh” 😂❤️

[@jc7868]

next game nezhmetdinov against Oleg chernikov..great too

[@mariollo7110]

30:56 UuhhhuUUhhhuUuuhhhuUUUhhhh

[@nikos9082]

master pice game

[@austinthedvdking9817]

30:09 That was like austin powers

[@AaaAaa-pw3ji]

Somehow he reminds me of Nick’s dad on Big Mouth