Rashid Nezhmetdinov vs Oleg Chernikov-Rostov 1962

[@Zelkathz]

Rashid calculated about 45-60mins before he played Qxf6. At first, his opponent got off his chair and wandered around the tournament area. Later, he got tired and became impatient with Rashid. However, once he came back and saw what Rashid played, he never left his seat again.

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you for your valuable comment

[@Zelkathz]

You are very welcome Mato! And thank you for uploading this video. I keep coming back to watch it over and over again.

[@locutusdborg126]

Zelkathz Reminds me of Magnus, who as a child would get up and wander around between moves, irritating his GM opponents.

[@SandroSegadora]

Locutus D'Borg Chernikov got off his chair, and he lost the game. I think that if someone crushed Magnus like this, after he stood up, he would never do it again.

[@jonathanbeeson8614]

Zelkathz I read somewhere that Chernikov casually walked away because at that time ...Bf6 was a known drawing line, starting the repetition Qh6, Bg7, Qh4, Bf6, Qh6 etc. Imagine his shock when his opponent instead of taking the draw sacriced the Q !!

[@gratitude62]

Of all the chess I have seen, including Morphy and Tal among my favorites, Rashid Nezhmetdinov plays the most beautiful chess I have ever witnessed.

[@gratitude62]

yes, my favorites also. i recently discovered Charousek, he has the same poetry in his play as these players. another amazing feeling for the game. hope you enjoy

[@gratitude62]

yes!

[@gratitude62]

thank you Dennis, i have seen these quotes and been moved by the regard of these fine players when referring to Nezhmetdinov, there are a few excellent documentaries about Nezhmetdinov on youtube, and i will probably get his chess book soon. he is a supreme player, it is good to see how some people have discovered, or rediscovered his genius.

[@rosse.weiler8420]

Totally agree! And I am most fan of Tal but Rashid's moves are very difficult to understand. They are lethal. I most certainly enjoy Rashid's games more than any other chess master.

[@kingcurry6594]

When Rashid lost, it could look very ugly. But when he won, chess has never looked so beautiful. Great analysis. Mato.

[@gspcme99]

Thank you Mato , beautiful analysis .. I think this is the best game in chess history

[@moldovankm]

gspcme99 i agree with you

[@marioguerrero5981]

Ty neznetimov

[@sangthanh8382]

I angree

[@helloworld8648]

N°1 unreal chess game of all time. Nezhmetdinov games are so beautifull to watch.

[@Digifier]

This was the game I was hoping for you to show us. It's an amazing queen sac and moves later the opponent loses his queen. He really was a genius.

[@salmanalamri3137]

most beautiful chess videos those who were made about Rashed , what a legend !!!

[@hnalike7778]

No matter how many times u watch these games u still learn something new

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@soudiptadutta6886]

make a playlist in name of Rashid Nezhmetdinov

[@MoatezAli]

Thanks Mark you are the best But please we want more games for rahished

[@GrzegorzNowacki]

Very interesting game, thanks Mato :)

[@ifeanyiilogbaka7099]

Now we can all see where Mikal Tal got his madness from.The answer is Rashid nezhmetdinov who coached Tal.brilliancy at its best.He ended up creating a worse monster than himself.

[@TeodomirodosSantos]

I don't think Tal's chess is crazier than Rashid's. Tal sacrifices are crazy ones but Rashid's are INSANE!!! Not even the crazy Tal would sacrifice his queen at the start of the game... that level of calculation should be considered science fiction.

[@ifeanyiilogbaka7099]

+Teodomiro dos Santos that's exactly what i just said,he was crazier than Tal.

[@ifeanyiilogbaka7099]

@@TeodomirodosSantos exactly my point, Tal sacrifices at the middle games, but this sacrifice at the start of a game, even when the queen has a safe spot to go to, this is madness.

[@theWZZA]

This is a gem of a game that I missed till now. I'm glad I found it!

[@AScentOfPhoenix]

What a masterpiece! Thanks for the upload, Mato!

[@BogusLarry]

This is the most unorthodox game I have ever seen! More Rashid please!

[@adflicto1]

100 MORE GAMES OF RASHID PLEASE MATO!

[@KalaBearer]

When you open youtube on your tablet or phone, scroll down the left side and click on the word Desktop, it is almost all the way down on the left, the third thing from the end in the left column. This takes you off the mobile youtube page and lets you watch videos that have not been "enabled" for mobile mode

[@springnuance7048]

perhaps chernikov created 6 youtube channels in order to visit this video and dislike this 6 times lol

[@pentakadi]

I read on internet that rashid told he had to confront painful losses before these beautiful wins.i think he has a strong heart.what do u think?

[@locutusdborg126]

There is a TV mini-series "Jewel in the Crown" about British in India with the star named Kumar. Made in 1984 but just playing in the USA.

[@radovanjovanovic9034]

one of the best if not the best game ever thank you mato

[@alokchowdhury3671]

What a game, what a game! Andersen is known to have said once that like music, chess can make man happy through its beauty. How true, indeed!

[@joaomuniz4167]

wow mato amazing match... .what an attack... you do have the eye on the ball for good games!

[@nagrerelax5602]

I can say that he could calculate longer than any ENGINE. so sharp attacker.

[@hnalike7778]

It was a master piece. Seen it more than 20 times.

[@mohit16804]

Thank you Mato Sir :) You made my day :) Thanks once again Sir...

[@990075]

Killer Game !!!!!!!!!! thanks Mato...

[@1471emre]

My favorite channel.

[@3aeren]

benimkide moruk

[@saudullahesedullayewi8042]

As if Nezhmetdinov mesmerized his opponent to do moves which he wants. Fantastic

[@nebojsakvrzic3686]

The best game that I ever watched if I could think 20 years I wouldnt be able to see that move unbillable only dreaming to play like that

[@naimulhaq9626]

Another mesmerizing combination by Rashid. I am a fan of Tal like Rashid.

[@adflicto1]

He is my idol, no player amazed me so much, even Tal was fascinated by his play

[@slipppry]

Wow, Rashid was smooth. I predicted perhaps one or two moves...capturing queen with knight and resignation.

[@shrikeshsawarkar9624]

rashid is playing on both sides,the opponent just plays what rashid wants him to play.

[@bobbravo9245]

Shrikesh Sawarkar what a comment, hahahah beautiful comment🤪 He plays what Rashid wants - perfect 👌

[@shubhamdhuliya9208]

What a rich Game!

[@QDem19]

What a great game, how many of us would sacrifice our Queen that early in the game, Mato do you think that Rashid saw all the way through to the end to justify the sacrifice or did he just play on instinct. Ah, those were the golden days of chess!

[@abhss]

What a great attacking player Thx Mato

[@ferdinsylvester]

Can you show analysis of more games where Tal or Fischer or Nezhmetinov lose or draw when playing such attacking chess. There is so much to be learnt from games where tactical play goes wrong.

[@jandom9008]

This game should be called the game of the century. It realy is

[@BillyStewartGuitar]

An unfathomable and legendary game!

[@umangupasham9589]

Mato, your commentary & analysis is amazing! I only watch your chess videos. Can you please create more videos on Rashid Nezhmetdinov's games? There are only 5 in the playlist. Also, can you please have more videos on Capablanca, mostly as Black. Because there are 19 videos on Capablanca, many of which show Capablanca as white. Thanks a lot and keep creating the amazing work :) - Regards, Your Fan from India, Umang :)

[@toninho7307]

For me not to instructive,because it's way above my head. But certianly entertaining.Greetings from 2022 !

[@brewmaster270]

Very exciting,... games like this get the heart pumping. Is there a Nezhmetdinov Immortal? Hhmmmmm........

[@pallas100]

more Nezhmetdinov please :)

[@ERROR433]

Fantastic, just fantastic game.

[@mladjala]

I haven't seen anything similar in my life and i play chess for 30 years.

[@Hristijan195]

Simply ART !

[@MegaKingMP]

4:56 if king takes knight, then isn't rook h3 better? It looks like a mate in two, because after king g8, rook h8 should be mate. Also, what would happen if black blocked the check with rook e5?

[@CanEmre093]

If rook blocked white would win easily. If he played as you said probably the game would continue like Rxf7-King(h8)-Bxb5-dxe5-R to f8 Kxh7-Rxf8-Rxf8 and Rook f1 to e1 so white would win easily

[@dedfed321]

bishop to h5 blocks the check and the king doesn't have to go anywhere

[@insolentMinx47]

thank you for your uploads mato. will there be any more videos of rashid soon?

[@goonerjumper417]

no the depth of the game can't be understood by amateurs like us..the sacrifice was made keeping in mind that the bishop on c8 and the rook on a8 are just spectators..and the rook on f8 is also not doing much right then and i am only saying this cos i analysed the game myself before.i love rashid's games..they show u the beauty of chess..u have to see rashid vs tal games and u ll know what king of a player he is

[@goonerjumper417]

and generally people don't play just 30 mins., classical chess games take about hours i guess 4 hours for each side that's an actual classical chess game time limit..formats may be different but usually people have a lot of time in these games..although 30 min games fall under the classical category they are not the ones most played in the tournaments

[@PartidasInmortalesdeAjedrez]

Rashid Nezhmetdinov was a International Master? Or even Grand Master?

[@eduard.damutsidisdamutsidi61]

inernacional master...

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

Partidas Inmortales de Ajedrez he he was a Muslim from Kazan and didn't enjoy mjch support from the chess tops of the Soviet Union

[@joakobolso18]

Hay que tener en cuenta el torneo que estaba jugando, hay que considerar todo obviamente pero mas allá de lo genial de esa jugada si se piensa un poco es una jugada que tiene mucha lógica... saca del tablero 2 piezas desarrolladas y muy bien posicionadas por la reina y de ese modo consigue un contra juego espectacular, aunque muy arriesgado, y por el otro lado forma una cadena (por la estructura de peones y demás piezas) que neutraliza la movilidad de una reina tempranamente desarrollada, si se fijan el aprovecha ese temprano desarrollo de la reina negra. En fín una jugada genial pero que también tiene mucha lógica en mi opinión.

[@geade6329]

Rashid was 5 times russian chess champion, which is the record, he may not have the title, but his skills are on GM level for sure, he was just not in the international scene as much as the other players

[@AlexPomor]

Well, it's a interesting opinion, because he was too an officer of Red Army (if I don't mistake, colonel) and communist (he was in the Communist Party of the USSR). But, of course, his "muslimness" was the most important!

[@michaelcavalry8379]

Thanks. It really works. Much appreciated.

[@suryanshudutta7159]

rashid was the only player to get a compliment from the greatest sacrificer in the history of chess - mikhail tal. u know what it means....

[@altimate1]

Yes, ...best day in my (Tal's) life to have lost to Rashid Nezhmetdinov.

[@altimate1]

Nezhmetdinov was the teacher of Tal for your kind information bro 👍

[@GamePerFrame]

I guessed it, the dark square bishop is a very strong piece, and with the lack of development of black.. Can be alright!

[@AsosLight]

Excellent work as always!! but in the original game we had a 2-fold repetition and then white took the bishop on f6.

[@petrkodolov2837]

Legendary game by Nezhmetdinov.

[@samog777]

Somewhere towards the end game white would have gotten a pawn promoted! Still would be fun to see a couple of 2200 players look at this game and finish it!

[@joakobolso18]

3:25 también impide que la reina vaya al flanco de rey.

[@mitchplays9295]

i think difference between Tal and Rashid is that when Tal sacrifices, about 3 moves afterwards there will be checkmate. While Rashid sacrifices effect not felt in the near moves. when i play someone lower level than me i can play like tal. sacrifice and sacrifice and mate. but you can not play like rashid even when playing with someone lower level than you. i mean how could he sacrifice his queen but after a few moves nothing interesting happens. how could he calculate so many moves after the sacrifice that he will get the enemy queen?

[@knightfox1461]

Absolutely correct. These kind of moves I think are more instinctively felt and then calcukated through his mind several times. After all in this game Oleg Chernikov was getting annoyed over the need to thinking over a draw moment but Rashid took about 40minutes thinking over the move. Mind it the game was around 5hour long. I jave hard time doing such a trick in blitz much less in a serious tournament

[@fufjhghffjh374]

Just wow!

[@maelstrom57]

according to Houdini (a chess engine) the queen sac was okay, it just gave black a +1 advantage (roughly equivalent to being a free pawn up) and Rashid equalized just a few moves later and found the absolutely winning Nxh7.

[@sephonly]

Mato I read that Rashid was even more attacking than Tal and had a positive score against him... think you can upload one of their games? =) Thx!

[@altimate1]

Yes, and tal lost many many times. You can search on tube.

[@rasheed2chemist]

Forking the queen with rook sacrifice was truely amazing.

[@zaytzev45]

he has .. her is the title in youtube : An Attacker vs An Attacker: Nedzhmetdinov vs Tal - Baku 1961

[@IamfromAustria10]

Hello M, could you make a video where you rap the moves & explanations? That's probably the only thing thak can make you even cooler. Thanks!

[@altimate1]

Some magic I just witnessed. Rubbing my eyes.

[@goonerjumper417]

according to the data base, this game had standard time control ie., two hours for each player for the first 24 moves and after that certain time like 1 min is added for each move..on an average games like these go for about 5 hours or even more..so this is no luck..

[@altimate1]

Completely out of line

[@sugarkang]

This is just as good as watching Tal games. Makes a lot of sense that Nez was the coach.

[@bob4919]

Good gravy, look at black's pawn structure at the end.

[@MatoJelic]

Normal game

[@Unexpectedthings007]

Well said sir the most normal game ive ever seen

[@tonystarkz3877]

WOW !!

[@11Kralle]

Sadism on the chess board.

[@MarincasChannel]

Pressure is on the pawn!

[@Ronbo710]

Check out Jessica Fischer's excellent documentary on Nezhmetdinov on YT.

[@ВиталийЛуговский-з7я]

Michael Tal, if I'm not wrong, said: There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones and mine” :)

[@guardrover]

What a wild game!

[@singlespies]

Amazing!

[@KarolisCarlos]

great game!

[@shams2002s]

رائع جداً Awesome

[@hnalike7778]

More rashid games please

At 4:50, if black takes knight white have a mate in two with: 22. ...Kxh7 23. Rh3+ Kg8 24. Rh8#. Is there something I am not seeing?

[@BRUTUSz]

Rashid played very scary moves. Mato, did Rashid play like this all the time, it must be pain to play against people with so creative moves so you get confuse

[@amarks01]

I would like to know if the queen sacrifice was a winning move, or if black simply missed the best responses. Is there free software for resolving the question of was the queen sacrifice a winning move? If there is no free software that can answer this question, what paid software can answer this question?

[@corgi0873]

Great player. Respect earned. Survived an opponent with 2 rooks and a queen with Bishop, Knight and Rook

[@vincentb168]

Wow. Way too hard for my lazy brain. Enjoyed it !

[@myigitilful]

14-...d5! was the right way to go in a sense. At least it was suggested after the party and Nezhmetdinov said he also had considered d5.

[@Gamer2O12]

One of my favorite games! Just simply giving up the queen:)

[@amarks01]

If you had a good chess software program (or maybe two good chess software programs) play this game starting after the queen sacrifice, and black always won, could we conclude that the queen sacrifice was a bad move?

[@yedidsion]

MATO; Can you show us a simple Game for Black to defend and destroy a White's Pawn Storm? Since "Your Assistant" always plays Pawn Storm as White! Thanks.

[@rommeldiche6398]

Rashid is having fun in his mind playing this game 😁

[@temka088]

so @MatoJelic you were saving this one for a rainy day? =P

[@ashesds1]

simply sublime!

[@shubhamdhuliya9208]

Please post more rashid games

[@seddiklamperoug7712]

there is only 30 games of him in archives

[@rosse.weiler8420]

Please someone explain why would any person in his right mind dislike this game???? It is just sickening to see that.

[@Mackoloco]

its extremely hard to play against player like Tal and Nezhmetdinov, even if they dont always play the ''best'' move, their games gets so complicated that its hard to find a good move, because they are expert at calculation

[@michaelcavalry8379]

Mato I can't watch the video on mobile device... :[

[@Ensavoirmoins]

Simply the best ever !!

[@keshavsaharia]

This game is unbelievable, but how did black not manage to capitalize on the queen advantage after so many moves? I guess there was that element of fear playing on Rashid's side as well, but did analysts ever go back and see if there was a way for black to gain an advantage?

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

Keshav Saharia because the only way to do so was to kill bishop and knight with a cost of almost equalizing the game

[@d3sibeast]

What is the time control on this game Mato?

[@CanEmre093]

Thats why this is the best game ever is there was no blunder from Chernikov? can u see any blunder ?

[@tobysmith3679]

This is no immediate blunder, but there are some inaccuracies, however black would have had to have played incredibly precisely to not make inaccuracies. If you put the queen sac into stockfish it rates black as ahead (by 1 point).