Queen Blunder or a Genius Move? || Giri vs Tari || Tata Steel (2021)

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Anish Giri vs Aryan Tari
Tata Steel Chess (2021), rd 1, Jan-16
Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence (C65)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. g4 Nxg4 9. hxg4 Bxg4 10. Be3 Be7 11. Kg2 f5 12. Qe1 Bxf3+ 13. Kxf3 f4 14. Bd2 g5 15. Bc3 Bf6 16. Nd2 Qe7 17. Rh1 h5 18. Ke2 g4 19. f3 g3 20. Kf1 h4 21. Rh3 a5 22. a4 b6 23. Kg2 c5 24. Qb1 Kf7 25. b3 Rad8 26. Nc4 Kg6 27. Qb2 Rh5 28. Rah1 Rdh8 29. Qa1 Kg7 30. Bb2 Kg6 31. Qb1 Rd8 32. Qe1 Kg7 33. Qa1 Rdh8 34. Na3 Kg6 35. Nb5 Bg7 36. Nc3 Qd8 37. Ne2 R8h7 38. Qe1 Qd6 39. Qc3 c6 40. Qc4 Rh8 41. Ba3 Qf6 42. Qa6 Rb8 43. Bc1 Bh6 44. Qa7 Qd8 45. Bb2 Qc8 46. Qe7 Bf8 47. Nxf4+
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“I hate Danil Dubov.” - Rapid

[@LeventK]

This is true, I was there when rapid said that.

[@elijahelijah3739]

😆

[@valeskancreed1908]

And he is world rapid champion...😂😂

[@gabrielmakoba9329]

Golden😂😂😂😂

[@karataevmarat9678]

😂😂😂

[@user-te7rf8ik7z]

Tari: Wait, my position isn't attacking? Giri: Never has been.

[@whisperwalkful]

You're not attacking, im attacking

[@heartfulbreeze6801]

you're not attacking the piece, you're catching it!

[@magnafire1]

This sac works on non GMs. Against the draw king, this is more than enough for him to win this. Giri just plays to draw after sac and will win by engine default.

[@crazy4tennis]

@@heartfulbreeze6801 a tenet of chess

[@yashodharchand487]

@@heartfulbreeze6801 m

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:14 Let's dive straight into it 0:22 Sorry about that 2:30 Busts open the position 2:57 Captures captures 3:39 Striking in the centre 6:02 Very nice blockade 10:47 A lot of pressure 11:42 Position from the thumbnail 13:06 Give you a couple of seconds 13:16 Enjoy the show 13:23 It was in this position 13:27 Nothing more to be done 14:06 The Good Stuff 14:56 15:33 16:03 So yeah

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Why you steal my idea

[@vinayakbelgaonkar7769]

14:26 Awesome Awesome

[@NoisqueVoaProduction]

This should be a drinking game...

[@spudchunk811]

missed 2:48 "not much to be done"

[@LeventK]

@@jmadventures9830 no u

[@LeventK]

Gotta love the quote.

[@alternateimmaster2213]

Damn you have 800 comments on this channel

[@LeventK]

@@alternateimmaster2213 826*

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@@LeventK No you have 819

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@@LeventK For me you have 821

[@javymakesmusic]

@@alternateimmaster2213 and agad deserves all 800 of them for the algorithm

[@regeneratedneuron779]

Anish told in the interview that he and his team analysed some lines from that position very deeply....!!

[@chessbeats9527]

I heard his wife is a chess player too

[@ikshu2708]

Hey dude sup how’s baymax doing

[@Livestreamlurker]

@@chessbeats9527 Yeah she's an international master, I believe.

[@chessbeats9527]

Oh a couple people missed the joke

[@manivel1688]

I heard it too!

[@roycematthewchua20]

Both players: *shakes hand* Agadmator: HELLO EVERYONE!

[@LeventK]

Shakes hand? *cough cough*

[@haricharan1805]

@@LeventK cough cough? Ahem ahem

[@user-bm9cv9vn2k]

It was YESTERDAY BRUH Second round is live now Anish vs Jorden Battle of the Dutchmen...

[@nickolaykovalenko196]

They don't shake hands

[@SamuelPearlman]

This comment is getting old

[@pb7479]

People need to realize that Giri is not the draw seeking guy people perceive him to be. He is an excellent theoretician and an insane calculator. He was world no.3 not so long ago. You don't get to 2700+ taking draws. Fun fact: The player to have drawn more games in a tournament than Giri is Magnus.

[@fyroboi2053]

True . Anish is really a very great player

[@chrisdin4109]

That's because magnus grinds losing positions into draws. Not because he's the draw master.

[@caiocesar4045]

Yeah, Giri is my favorite top player but Aronian, i think people say those things just for the joke, and most of them dont really watch chess games but youtubers analysis

[@pb7479]

@@chrisdin4109 Calling any 2700+ a draw master is just dumb

[@arminavdic8430]

@@chrisdin4109 so that means magnus takes useless risks and giri is consitent and precise?

[@yevgenydodzin9849]

That quote reminds me of how Capablanca criticized his own moves when they were all engine moves and the best in the position.

[@gaymuhmmad7280]

This is one of the most instructive games about how powerful the queen can wiggle out in closed positions like these.

[@dimaratosgeorgiadis2672]

Sadly only gods of chess can do these things, we can only watch.

[@oliverwolfemusic]

Ew a centrist

[@flarebear5346]

@@dimaratosgeorgiadis2672 The beautiful thing is that they are still people. They overcome a lot of things to be able to be this good and that makes chess a beautiful game

[@squealer42]

Queen on her own is one thing. Damn tricky knight anywhere nearby enables her full fury.

[@imviiku]

To all the people saying why not Qb6 at 12:35 , Ra6 traps the queen after that .

[@prabhjotsingh6697]

10:35 how was d4 An idea at all?

[@manzinin1070]

@@blazeblazing5831 a5 pawn is defended by the rook

[@hristopavlov298]

@@blazeblazing5831 ra6 defends a5

[@marshallbrooks2371]

@@blazeblazing5831 you think the rook on the a file is not defending the a5 pawn? weird

[@blazeblazing5831]

@@marshallbrooks2371 i thought a6 was B8 lol Therefore

[@JekyllandHyde_]

Quote of the day 😂😂 I hate rapid - Daniil Dubov

[@scarboroughfair1020]

🤣 I hate rapid too

[@LeventK]

@@scarboroughfair1020 I don't.

[@scarboroughfair1020]

@@LeventK 😎😎😎👍nice

[@cathyrossana]

It’s even funnier because Daniil is a world rapid chess champion 😂

[@LeventK]

@@cathyrossana Indeed.

[@md.shaban639]

"there's always a forced draw in 11" :- Giri

[@Akash-ds1xi]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😑😑😒

[@phaggott]

ez

[@tirtha5625]

Queen blunder in a classical game.Seriously Agadmator!!??? I resign.

[@Melanogaster90]

Funnily enough, Anish and Aryan were still discussing this game when the official kicked them out of the playing hall, as Caruana's game was still in progress.

[@halfaheartbongobongo]

Maneuvering the knight all the way to e2 before the queen infiltration, and then having it end the game like that..... that's some A0-like play. Giri is truly at Batman levels of engine prep. What a great game.

[@aest882]

"i hate rapid" -daniil dubov" actually legendary quote

[@lucasimonelli5038]

as a german i just love the fact that there's no word for zugzwang in the english language and its always a pleasure to hear non german speakers say it :D

[@IngieKerr]

If we were to coin a composite English cognate, it would be "Tugthong" but that's why we probably don't have one, and arguably never should ;)

[@soumyajitroy5239]

Today's quote, I hate rapid -Danill Dubov Says a rapid world champion lol😁

[@kelemenaron2]

He isn't a rapid world champion Magnus is the rapid and the classical world champion

[@quynhgiangoliu]

@@kelemenaron2 he was rapid champion in 2018

[@enderrking2239]

@@kelemenaron2 Was one thou

[@lukababic7440]

@@enderrking2239 "a rapid world champion" not "the rapid world champion"

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[@saisiddarth1576]

*King in front of pawn* Agad : Look at this King, quite the adventurer 😂😂

[@sunhitkakkar6959]

I have now seen this game analysed on 3 different channels (Levy, Chessbase India and Agadmator) and it is so amazing how you learn new things/perspectives in all of them. Great work guys! Thanks for getting us through 2020!

[@mohammedcharlesmurphy2837]

Can you provide the links to other channels?

[@sunhitkakkar6959]

@@mohammedcharlesmurphy2837 , here you go ChessBase India : kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZ-bcpp4jqpqq7M Levy aka Gotham Chess : kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJjXc3mabrCDZ9U

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Mashallah tbark Allah alhamudillah inshallah better astgfrallah

[@Alpha_Troll]

I never watch Levy. Really don’t like him and he sticks way too many adds in his videos.

[@Alpha_Troll]

@@mohammedcharlesmurphy2837 Gotham chess is shyt. Don’t waste your time.

[@srinivasaprasannaa915]

Just an addition to what Agad said: at 12:29, white has an 'escape' via Qxb6 capturing the undefended pawn, but then faces Ra6!, thus indeed trapping the queen.

[@rulojuka]

Thanks! I was wondering about that!

[@user-bh3tz1yc5f]

we really like this style of videos where you analyze more deeply than usual and we see tha magic of the game!! Keep it up Antonio

[@christianwhitebird]

Thanks Agadmator for the live coverage. I've been following your channel since its inception. You have become a brand on KZbin. Keep up your amazing work!

[@geoffroymb]

Such a complete yet concise analysis... no wonder this channel is so successful.

[@satkarchhetri6539]

This is awesum..... I just love this kind of game....position locked up and suddenly bust open and check mate the king...superb

[@manojbala6870]

Awesome stuff. Giri was well prepared, and yes reminded me of Botvinnik tal game 6. Just beautiful stuff. Made my good day awesome!

[@MojitoTube]

12:31 The Queen can capture the pawn on b6

[@tommyfa]

Then Ra6

[@sahilasif40]

@@tommyfa Qc7?

[@noammb445]

Then the queen is traped with rook a6

[@alansabljakovic635]

And then you lose your queen congrats

[@tommyfa]

@@sahilasif40 it's too blunder. But i can't deny if you said "Qc7?" for chess notation...

[@akshatchadha8950]

He actually said "This is the good stuff"

[@vikashkumandan]

The quote of the day is so deep. Love it.

[@humourallday136]

Love the fact that you add ads in the end of video,will watch it and support you!

[@owly8285]

Look at this beautiful king here, He's quite the adventurer. - Agadmator 2021

[@GreatNeal85]

1:21 "This position has been reached before" in about every single 1000 ranked game

[@dududadadede96]

The “sorry about that” on this video was extremely convincing 😂

[@johnaustin704]

I gave the position at 12:08 with Black to move to my old Fritz 17 engine and let it run over 10 minutes to find a move for Black. It chose ...Qd8, but evaluated it as "White is clearly winning +-" (+12.99). The end of that line was not nearly as pretty as this one, so I am glad you showed us this one and how pretty it was, Agad!

[@thehorsehunter]

This is now one of my favorite games of all time. Giri really channeled his inner Petrosian here. Untouchable position from start to finish.

[@brendan3603]

This is good advice to explore these moves. I think they say you should always look for checks, captures, and threats. Of course, this overlooks the most important chess principle which is to sac your own queen.

[@tahahassan3738]

Excellent analysis. I learnt a lot.

[@EmirKilicaslan]

Anish !! There you go man. Amazing play.

[@MinaMilad]

@0:22 "sorry about that" .. i kinda wait for these words every video, even though i dunno what is "that" and why every time :) I love this channel and love Agadmator, viewing these videos constitutes my whole relationship with chess now .. thanks for them

[@MeMe-nm7jr]

Yes!!! One of those positions that gets closed, and where one move will break the whole thing open into many losing possibilities for the opponent.

[@trobosko]

Great game by Giri. Moving the knight to e2 so far ahead of time for the ultimate plan, just waiting for a window of opportunity. Amazing stuff

[@dimaratosgeorgiadis2672]

15:00 when Misha played knight f4 in game 6 it did not came with a capture. I believe he left an easter egg there for the og subscribers.

[@fabiopalma4429]

At minute 8 really wasn't thinking of anything besides a draw. What a battle!

[@nedmerrill5705]

Great Q + N combination by Giri, from Q trap to forced mate.

[@hariram-cw2ml]

Is this the live analysis of the game which is yet to start😂😂 #tatachess day2

[@utkarshsingh926]

No this game was played yesterday

[@hariram-cw2ml]

@@utkarshsingh926 lol😂😂

[@manyikas]

I usually follow that line Anish took of pushing the pawn to kick away the bishop but so far, I've not had much success. I'm motivated to analyse the position more 😅

[@tavelaine2914]

Awesome as always ... But really missing the 'good stuff' Agadmator!

[@drtryhard3566]

Always check before attacking - Agadmator 2021

[@gluonpa6878]

check first, checkmate after

[@AaLlIick]

At 12:41, in the variation of the ...Ra8, you missed Q*B6, then black is busted & white's queen is on the board, there is no loss of the queen . . . Great closed game btw, thnx for such good content man! keep it up!

[@lucasimonelli5038]

wow those are some beautiful checkmate ideas

[@badmandede]

Giri = Sōsuke Aizen: " when have i not been using my Zanpakutō" lol

[@zurreal8087]

“Anish Giri and the other Norwegian”.

[@nevinkuser9892]

Haha yeah

[@farzadsadri3094]

Taris parents are actually Iranian.

[@gxtmfa]

@@farzadsadri3094 What’s his passport say?

[@anidudee]

at 12:29 you missed the queen can jus take b6 he doesn't need to sac a bishop if he was in that position!

[@jyotishman9735]

Then Ra6 wins the queen

[@anidudee]

@@jyotishman9735 even then worst case it could have been one pawn more but you re right

[@diomyiasis4164]

@@anidudee you get the one pawn with the bishop

[@anidudee]

@@diomyiasis4164 you can continue with the same set of moves after that so its 2pawns a rook for a queen and his rook is even more out of position and white has an easy win even without the queen

[@ichirofakename]

thanks for all the great videos

[@aspirant8016]

Absolute Madness🤯

[@ShivamKumar-lh5xp]

I always loved his playing style

[@JosephStardust]

For those who are wondering: No, you cannot block Rxg3+ with Rg5, because simply Rxg5+. The king cannot capture it because the queen defends the rook. The only legal move for the black king is Kh6, then Rxh4#. So it’s actually mate in 2 rather than mate in 3.

[@qazzaqstan]

"I hope he continues playing such games because those are the games we most enjoy seeing" I hope so too because Tari could not have enjoyed any of the final 25ish moves.

[@cr7p108]

Our boi Agad now keeping premiers 🔥

[@nirmalkhirani5089]

Agadmator can literally murder me and get away by saying “sorry about that” 😂

[@ravenlord4]

That thematic sac on g4 always looks so attractive, but it almost never works out. I think the other thematic sac of playing h5 to counter h3 and daring White to open the h-file might be a little better, but it is still probably dubious as well.

[@stankyt5882]

At 3:30, if I was Tari, I would have gone with queen to h4 as its a very dangerous move compared to bishop to e7. The queen can't be captured as the white queen would be hanging and we get straight into an interesting and possibly beautiful endgame really, really quickly

[@thomasb.5643]

Anish doesn't make a draw. Me: But that's illegal!

[@aPawnCanDream]

Just saw a commercial with agadmators voice in it, let’s go!

[@milojames5593]

My misunderstanding of this game always decreases a little when I watch these videos.

[@talchemy9491]

Always feels good when you find the winning move a GM finds

[@HaoPieldeoso]

Ive always wondered what is it beneath Agadmator's chair that he always has to be sorry about at the beginning of the video to fix it?

[@kwastimus]

i’ve always assumed it’s the volume knob for his speakers? he makes a move, realises he’s getting the move sound playing and interfering with the mic recording then has to turn it down

[@magnafire1]

He has another dog. He scratches his other needy dog's fleas.

[@zambot264]

Amazing game. Made me feel something

[@muhammadfahad6278]

Very Interesting. Thanks, Regards.

[@fyroboi2053]

I watched it already on chessbase india and gothamchess but I still came for Agadmator's premiere. Anyways , enjoyed this video :))

[@prasad_g]

I like this awesome awesome stuff👍

[@tericklePlayer]

I'm tired of jokes abt ''Anish Drawnish'', and BTW do your own research, you will be amazed that the one ( 2750+) who have the most drawn games in tournaments isnt Anish....it's Magnus

[@jacobmaciver3543]

Not saying you are wrong but doing my own research you are only using his overall games that are ties not his percent of games that are ties as magnus constantly gets further than anish hes of course gonna have more games and therefore more ties

[@julianr2374]

The different is= Magnus turned losing position to draw When Anish turned winningposition to draw U can check the % stats

[@curiouscat9]

7:19 Rd8 Didn't he lose tempo there? He moved the Rook to h8 a few moves later anyway, and it doesn't look like Rd8 served any purpose. Can someone explain what I missed?

[@TheDool]

What an amazing game. Defending well and using the material for a winning attack. Tari probably never plays that sacrifice again.

[@vinayakbelgaonkar7769]

Beautiful!

[@certainlynotthebestpianist5638]

I love such games, even though I always blunder terribly while trying to wiggle my way to the opponent's terrain

[@morkovija]

It's weird to see those completely different playstyles. Never thought I'd be able to see a difference

[@yggdrasil9039]

6:00 Why didn't Tari sac the g pawn with g2 which forces Kxg2? That would create an open file for Black to occupy with his Rook with Rg8+ or 0-0-0 followed by Rag8+

[@sollertia_]

Beautiful game! Hard to see these closed positions in rapid or blitz

[@TrumanBurbonk]

12:50 the white queen could have taken the pawn on b6.

[@TheMarksT]

Oic, and there are a lot of possibilities for Black with that sac, and who wants such a passive -- retreated -- Bishop! But yeah, one has to be prepared indeed for this theory, on both sides! Gg, thx.

[@CompanionCube]

6:51 this is like undercover boss, the king next to all the pawns

[@standyanal5477]

Wow ..... breath taking game

[@ArcticsVenom]

It kind of reminds me of Radjabov's knight move vs Kasparov, a really nice knight 'sacrifice' in a closed position

[@stoyankeranov7976]

12:35 why cant u capture b6 pawn

[@hoihoi1312]

Ra6 will then trap the queen

[@grawl69]

I thought the same. Why cant' I see such things as Ra6 :(

[@stevenkurniawan6521]

Damn it i didn't see Ra6 move That's why my rating stuck at 1800

[@mousammallik7526]

@@stevenkurniawan6521 But I saw through it and I'm still only 900 on chess.com... _Shad lyf_

[@furryna482]

Giri: You fell right into my genjutsu!

[@hauntinghaze5161]

Absolutely brilliant play by Giri😱

[@antonheinsbroek800]

@12:43 After Ra8, white queen can capture pawn on b6? (more room than indicated by agadmator?).

[@mitho947]

Giri is such a great and dangerous player. Beautiful game.

[@skinnywolff]

Quick question has the game that made magnus a Gm ever been shown? Curious here, obviously it has But I didn’t find it

[@dco1019]

Could be an interesting series...games that made top players GM

[@MrChristhegreat13]

Get this man to 1M subs already cmon

[@rickharold7884]

Wow that was a different and nice ending Thx

[@SaiVishruth]

Can you do a video on Magnus Carlsen against Aryan Tari. I watched the match and tried to guess a few of the next moves. I want to know how you feel about it. (1/2-1/2)

[@joshuakahky6891]

Can I ask what you're adjusting when you say, "Sorry about that," at the start of each video? Nothing seems to change after you reach down

[@BhanuPrakash-sz6to]

You seem to be new to this channel

[@flurry7439]

i have been wondering this for a year now...

[@mattmcelfresh9323]

the volume

[@dangriff12]

I always thought he was itching

[@TheDieHunter]

He uses speakers and he almost always forgets to turn it down to not have feedback into the microphone when starting a video.

[@ask230]

Capture capture capture capture capture capture capture ......wow

[@BrianMeeks]

I loved this game. So meticulous and beautiful. Chess is cool.

[@srdjanstrunjas]

What beauty !

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

Wow what agame I feel like a new learner of chess

[@soumyajitroy5239]

Who else saw this game before in Gothamchess channel ? 🤣

[@aakashparmar9378]

I watched it on Chessbase India

[@soumyajitroy5239]

@@aakashparmar9378 Analyzation?

[@OswinOsgood]

Nah i watched it live

[@niladribiswas098]

I was waiting for this on agadmator

[@LeventK]

@@niladribiswas098 same lol

[@OswinOsgood]

Maybe next time we can have a live analysis