Sam Shankland can't believe what he did against Nihal

This was the penultimate round of the Tata Steel Chess India Blitz 2021. Nihal Sarin was up against Sam Shankland. Sam played 1.e4 and soon we had the Scotch game on the board. Judging from the speed at which he was making his moves Sam was definitely prepped until move 13.
The game lasted only 7 more moves. What happened there? How did the game end? Check out this short but instructive video.
Video: ChessBase India
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[@bleedingpaperpoetry2998]

Nihal is among the most consistent achiever in India. Respect from Nepal!!!

[@avijit3001]

And Anish Giri is Super GM 😀

[@Conqurer26]

Love from Uttarpradesh India 🇮🇳🤗🤗

[@guliga1967]

@@avijit3001 So?

[@rajivlakhotia3311]

After win , the way Nihal arranged the pieces .....respect for his humility.

[@kishorereddy3319]

Love the attitude of Nihal in setting up the board irrespective of the result. He just loves the touch of the pieces on board.

[@datdudeinred]

Bhai sahab koi nahi khasa iss baar Great performance by the audience as well.😂

[@mr.rachetphilanthrophist601]

Lol

[@enriqueleon1169]

I am very impressed not just by Nihal's chess moves, but the flair with which he moves his pieces. Witness at 00:11 the dynamic development of the knight.

[@stanlearner5102]

Shankland is a genuine GM. An amateur would have continued, failing to realize he (or she) was done. A novice, I recall a higher rated Russian player resigning during the middle game online. It took me 2 to 3 minutes to figure out I had trapped his queen.

[@claudiog7692]

You don’t need to be a GM to realize you’re down a rook, I have always resigned lost positions even when I was a beginner

[@chessandmathguy]

@@claudiog7692 in this case down a piece but yeah either way.

[@fezan173]

Lol, is it you trapped the queen or someone else

[@stanlearner5102]

@@fezan173 I trapped his white queen when he attempted to advance on my queen side. It was accidental beauty. He was playing extremely aggressively. He had fianchettoed his bishop king side ....

[@aleksk4151]

NO lol you are down a BISHOP at best.

[@datdudeinred]

Nihal such a gentleman he put his opponents pieces back on the board in their respective places & the way he was looking at him when he was signing Bhai yek toh rakh ke jaa. 😂

[@mouradaissani8957]

2:28 Nihal's expression when he saw it :)

[@telukirIY]

Marvelous calculation by Nihal

[@laespositodel5715]

Radical Win!! Congratulations from Türkiye :)

[@exasperatedfarrago2444]

Me after just 4 moves in every chess game - 2:35

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

Why? Because you get scholar mated? 😅😅😅

[@anu917]

😂😂😂😂

[@jansnauwaert1785]

Perhaps you should stop punishing yourself (stop playing chess)?

[@yoganshrana4856]

Sam and nihal both are not only genius but also a good sacrificer.

[@utsav45_]

You came for 2:36 ☺

[@abdulrahmanjahari]

thank u!

[@yoganshrana4856]

What if Be2? Not only it saves rook but connects both rook after some moves and attacks queen too - i thought for a while . But then blacks rook at b8 is just..... Puff for white.

[@cwjalexx]

What's striking to me is how uncoordinated white's pieces are in the final position. Almost nothing is defended and white's rook is trapped. I checked with an engine and stockfish evaluates the position as a massive -7 before Qb6. Black even has the time to play Re8 first and it's still around a -6 evaluation.

[@anuppawar4862]

Oh i completely missed sahil kale sitting in the first row....

[@chessandmathguy]

Were Sam's early moves all prep? It seems he was playing very quickly, so it looks like some memorized line. If so, how did he end up with a bad position so quickly?

[@atisjojo1]

Because Sam didnt politely put the pieces back on the board again, he lost miserably.

[@joelinsb8650]

My lazy guess without going back to review: he didn't get around to developing a bishop. Why not?

[@aminuddinanuar]

marvelous

[@danielrodriguez3742]

Whats that noise on the background?

[@nikarputham9075]

What about ... Bg7 rg7, Re8? Any comments.

[@Love_dales]

Sagar Bhai can u explain what Sam done wrong

[@djalals.moharrer5510]

The little but big Gentleman GM‼️💪👏💚

[@johnmarvel8729]

I thought there's a rule that only the loser who arrange the pieces at the end of the game. But Nihal does it even when he wins. Very nice attitude!

[@safwan5319]

There is nothing as such

[@sidgaming9943]

Why he resign the game??

[@Bharatrg1998]

Nihal the master trickster 🔥❤️🔥op

[@rameshmrajan6183]

Nihal u beauty

[@joseluismontano7457]

La cara de Sam lo dice todo🤣

[@crazy3505]

Jajaja

[@ashwinikelkar3587]

Brutal.

[@vaccaphd]

The question is : did Nihal saw Qf6 as an answer to Bh7, Q check and Q takes knight or he found himself with a winning move?

[@chessandmathguy]

The latter. Blitz is usually played on instinct. In a classical game, you'd see Qf6 as soon as you play Nxb2.

[@hugocargnelutti6523]

Saw it on the spot, look at his expression

[@danialazmy5101]

if Sam move his queen to d4, and they trade queens, wouldn't it be sort of equal (the number of pieces and type of pieces left on the board)? Why didn't he do that?

[@zairn5685]

Be5 skewers.

[@tintuthomas1902]

I thought about the same also but I can see eventually the nihal can win if he did any moves.

[@VenuGopal-vo6px]

Most talented champion 🏆🏆🏆... what a move what a reaction from opponent 😀😀😀😀

[@DTSTalks]

Hi Venu I am a beginner. Just trying to understand why he gave up after 2:37

[@VenuGopal-vo6px]

@@DTSTalks If he moves the rook black to white then nihal kills the rook with his rook... opponent has no chance save to his rook... understand

[@DTSTalks]

@@VenuGopal-vo6px only because of that he gave up? 😢 My daughter is 4 now ans she is learning chess in India.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

I think Nihal saw Qf6 when he played Nc4 because he is so tricky , he always find ways to trick his opponent. Shankland should have been more carefull.

[@anu917]

Is it a draw? Or he resigned?? I'm confused , what happened..can someone help me out .

[@RExN6900]

White resigned , you can tell that because after the game nihal placed both the kings on black(winning colour's) square in the middle.

[@mikeanderson9278]

Is it a rule that the winner setup the board after the game? Are players required to set up the pieces afterwards?

[@cardmaster2563]

no they arent its players choice

[@arjunck2496]

Even though we win or lose setting the board after the game is a basic manners since sam had made a terrible blunder in that he didnt set the board and nihal alone arranged it

[@mikeanderson9278]

@@cardmaster2563 interesting. I would assume that shaking hands after a game as a sign of friendship and camaraderie is also optional. Not the way I remember it.

[@mithuns2740]

Nihal,👍👍👍

[@Stl71]

The white's dark square Bishop, never found his way...

[@shekzdj]

His expression was like.. okay what just happened

[@mashedupmadly979]

Indian hu par sam k liye genuine respect...!

[@tofudeliveryboi1986]

are these chessboards magnetic?

[@kasaslav_7783]

Why not rook d4, bishop e5 and bishop e3 ? Nihal would be up the exchange but it is rapid game and everything can happen... Very bad decision to resign in my opinion..

[@dimitrissavvidis3808]

Rd4 - Rb4 - Qxb4(to save Rook at d4) - Bxb4 - Rxb4 - Qxa1

[@carlblim]

The genjitsu handshake from Nihal made Sam lose this game

[@avijit3001]

What is that? 😄

[@ranaaishwary948]

Congrats nihal

[@franzeck8003]

best young player for me :)

[@vedanthbharadwaj3960]

Why is Qd4 not possible? That way the game looks even, no?

[@JustJajat]

Same question

[@harivanshraisudan6818]

Then Nihal will play Bishop E5 and he will ultimately lose the rook

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

@@harivanshraisudan6818 yes

[@manuprakash7833]

If he sac queen also next move he will loose rook

[@lordstinson8095]

I think his best option is to play Rd4, but that still loses to Rb4.

[@joshuanystrom6591]

If you put the end position into an engine it's still advantage for white.

[@abhijithchessgamer6445]

He forgets develop bishop

[@ullasv]

This American Shankland didn't even bother or have decency to arrange his pieces after the game. Atleast Nihal did that.

[@kennynguyen8452]

For once there isnt loud coughing that you can even hear the crickets in the video.... amazing

[@mdshahidulislam9190]

rd4??

[@LutherBlissett94]

I guess we've all been there. Spotting a petite combinaison, and then overlooking a followup. And the opponent just having to react, with no creativity, and win. Tough.

[@SG-vh3ti]

why is Sam touching his pieces before Nihal hits the clock? It happened more than once. Not cool.

[@hydrolarkatv6380]

No it's not actually mate he left game 🎯

[@kirubakaran6194]

Why not Rb2 for white at the time of resign😪

[@sarthak9645]

What if sam had done qd4? It saves the rook because of queen trade

[@39.vanshagrawal36]

Be5 would come

[@sarthak9645]

Got it

[@yoganshrana4856]

Then Be5 would be a really move.

[@kirubakaran6194]

Bro white Rb2 is best move but he resigned

[@kirubakaran6194]

@@39.vanshagrawal36 white Rb2 before resign what ur opinion ?

[@tracehammer7630]

Nihal said shake my hand pleb

[@mouradboutira1623]

What about Rd4 ?

[@chessandmathguy]

Then Rb4.

[@tyrellwreleck4226]

Why is everyone talking about pragu being the future world champion when we have Nihal competing every tournament with a consistent results.

[@rolandmapano655]

Bxb2 good move

[@ashleysilver5594]

Nihals poker face is classic after trapping Shankland. He tried hard not to laugh. A 30 year old beaten by a 16 year old.

[@abhinandnk9225]

Could he had played Rd4? Just a question

[@aryangupta8093]

be5 and game over

[@sheblyseyrafi5742]

@@aryangupta8093 Then Be3 and it's only an exchange down.

[@chessandmathguy]

Rd4 is met by Rb4.

[@aryangupta8093]

@@sheblyseyrafi5742 yes but if ur exchange down u will anyway lose the game

[@aryangupta8093]

@@chessandmathguy yes that also both ways game over

[@joshuapondaag5973]

nihal be like 🤨 3:24

[@manuprakash7833]

Y he resigned

[@abhijoshi5986]

Rook on a1 is lost

[@prof.hijibiji9649]

Sarin..

[@josefserf1926]

Sam looks unwell. Delhi belly?

[@VARMOT123]

He was fine and he was staying in a 5 star hotel and in kolkata

[@anuppawar4862]

Kya hua koi samjhaega kya......sagar bhai help plzzz.....

[@sayannag1766]

Check the right corner rook attack by queen and think rest , you will understand..

[@abdulrahman-nv1do]

Couldn't he play Bb2

[@RExN6900]

That's a free bishop

[@vishnupmenon3595]

Only thing I understood is rook got trapped, So lack of balance in power compared to his opponent made him to resign.

[@minhly650]

Why did he resign?

[@foreverseethe]

No escape for the rook on a1.

[@minhly650]

@@foreverseethe He could trade his queen at d4, right?

[@pranjalsrivastava3343]

@@minhly650 be5 skewering the queen and rook

[@foreverseethe]

@@minhly650 he loses a rook anyway. Both his rooks then get skewered by bishop e5. And he can't defend with b2 because rook b8 guards that square.

[@minhly650]

@@pranjalsrivastava3343 Ah ok, my bad, I did not see that far 😅

[@cyrilajay]

As far as I understand, Sam resigns because Qf6 has trapped his A1 rook. The best Sam can do is get his bishop to b2, but he loses a whole piece anyways..and at this level there's no coming back from that.

[@chessandmathguy]

Yep.

[@sachinpai2886]

Bishop to b2 was the right move. Although he would have lost bishop, Nihal would have lost queen as well. He should have continued and not resigned.

[@mrsad4596]

@@sachinpai2886 nihal wouldnt loose the queen ...as after bishop to b2 nihal would take the bishop with his rook on b8 . Then sam would take back with his rook and then nihal's queen would take the rook so Sam would be down an entire piece

[@modiji2140]

Sahil kalia

[@kkakdugiman]

.....Qf6! ouch!! wins a piece! 0-1

[@SumalyaBhattacharya]

Nihal sacked an entire piece on b7 so spontaneously 0:55 , is that theory? Really missed Sagar's commentary here! 🙂

[@shalabhsingh5007]

he didn't sack. In the last move Nihal captured the knight and Sam didn't take it back

[@SumalyaBhattacharya]

Oops

[@shubhammourya1161]

GG I am first

[@andreasz7986]

It must be so horrible being a player listening 2 all that coughing and sneezing....Tata Steel get it together man....every year same sh@/.....

[@lemuelreano7058]

0-1

[@milankotevski1663]

Looks like Shankland lost all the games in India. Lol.

[@AKhan0372]

no, he shared 5-6 in rapid (out of 10 players) and 7-8 in blitz out of 10 players. In blitz Vidit Gujrathi was 9th and Harika Dronavalli 10th

[@matusmarcos]

Sam is really impolite, he took the same aptitude with Harika, this person have not modesty, Nihal was a gentleman, showing great education.

[@claudiog7692]

What would you consider impolite about him? He acted really nicely and he resigned right where he should have

[@dwellinginthefire2449]

Sam wasn’t impolite in the least bit. What’d you want Sam to do, bend the knee and kiss his hand? He shook his hand like a gentleman and walked away.

[@joeygarcia8295]

@@dwellinginthefire2449 No kidding. Of course, he's disappointed with the qf6 move as he missed it. Who wouldn't be?