Smith-Morra Gambit Against Magnus Carlsen!

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Shimanov, Aleksandr (2581) - Carlsen, Magnus (2852)
Pro Chess League (chess24.com) [17] 2023.03.10
B21 Sicilian, Smith-Morra gambit
1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qd3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O d6 9.Nd5 Nd7 10.c3 Nc5 11.Qc2 e6 12.Ne3 Qc7 13.Rd1 Rd8 14.b4 Nd7 15.a3 Nde5 16.Bb2 Nxf3+ 17.Bxf3 a5 18.Rac1 Bd7 19.c4 axb4 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.axb4 e5 22.Nd5 Qb8 23.Qb2 Be6 24.h4 h5 25.b5 Bxd5 26.cxd5 Nd4 27.Rxd4 exd4 28.Qxd4+ Kg8 29.g4 Rc8 30.Re1 hxg4 31.Bxg4 Rc2 32.h5 Qa7 33.Qf6 Qa5 34.Rf1 Qd8 35.Qf4 Qe7 36.hxg6 fxg6 37.Qh6 Qg7 38.Be6+ Kf8 39.Qg5 Rc4 40.Kg2 Rxe4 41.Rh1 Re5 42.Qf4+ Ke7 43.Rc1 Ke8 44.b6 g5 45.Qg4 Qh6 46.Rc7 Ra1 47.Bf7+ Kf8 48.Qc8+ Kg7 49.Be6+ Kf6 50.Qd8+ Kg6 51.Qe8+
00:00 Hello Everyone!
00:30 Game Starts!
01:36 Completely New Game!
08:30 Pause the Video!
10:50 It was in this position!
12:15 Contributions!
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[@Beerfish777]

A rare game where a player seemed to show no fear of Magnus from the start of the match and took it to him.

[@danielward7008]

Yeah. He also took Magnus out of his comfort zone early by playing such an offbeat opening.

[@cazorla82]

Because they have played before as well. Magnus crushed him with black last time in world blitz championship 2022.

[@claudiog7692]

3. c3 is showing no fear, 3. Qxd4 is a coward move

[@adrianok7329]

​@@claudiog7692 true

[@ImAnBoosterBaby]

If noone expects you to win, you can just focus on playing your game. And you have the freedom of preparing specifically for this game to make history, meanwhile Magnus - probably - rather focusses on winning the tournament, rather than winning against some "random" 2500.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

On the strength of this one game alone, Shimanov can now open his own bar and library and become very prosperous indeed.

[@rasmusjohansen6190]

Well it isn't really a gambit in this game. Only if you play c3 on move 3 it's really a Smith-Morra Gambit

[@abhigyandatta2008]

Exactly. As a Morra player myself, I was wondering the same.

[@rohithbhandari7836]

Click bait

[@mstalcup]

Correct. This isn't a gambit because black never had the option in the opening to be ahead in material.

[@larochejaquelein3680]

Why does Agadmator call it a gambit??? Where does Aleksandr sacrifice his pawn in the opening?? Nowhere. Agadmator doesn‘t even understand basic chess

[@cygnustsp]

@@larochejaquelein3680 sure is difficult to be perfect every time

[@williammorris584]

As is mentioned in the video, at San Antonio 1972 Ken Smith played the actual gambit several times. In one of Smith’s games with White, the game opened 1. e4 d6. Bent Larsen provided written commentary on this stating “Stronger is 1…c5, which wins a Pawn”.

[@crypsis5357]

always love when chess player display their memory in full strength

[@guillermoezequielperna9674]

This is not the Smith-Morra. Smith-Morra is with c3 after cxd4. This line is not gambit. He retakes the pawn instantly.

[@NWRIBronco6]

Wikipedia agrees! 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 is the Sicilian Center Game

[@timjones147]

@@NWRIBronco6 Wikipedia. Lmao

[@2Hot2]

after 3. Qxd4 it's no more a gambit 🙂

[@Gold139]

@@timjones147 imagine laughing at wikipedia when it's right

[@timjones147]

@@Gold139 . I laugh at it all the time because you never know when it is and when it isn’t. Especially since it’s propaganda driven. You do know the little libtards that come out of college with their brainwashed ideas run Wikipedia.

[@bo7121]

Hello Everyone

[@genehenson8851]

Hello!

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

And welcome to a new video!

[@yabbadabbadoo8225]

New game after just 5 moves? The permutations of chess are mind boggling

[@shahidfarooq8568]

The b4 pawn is never hanging ❤️

[@Procyon2020]

I've always thought this was just called a Sicilian Center Game. Not sure if that's the proper name, but I think it's more accurate than calling it a Smith-Morra.

[@lalappanlolappan2605]

It is one move short of Smith-Morra. Smith-Morra has c3 instead of the pawn capture by Queen.

[@hypercubemaster2729]

@@lalappanlolappan2605 False. They are both the SMG.

[@shorbock]

@@hypercubemaster2729 of course not. c3 is the gambit, Qxd4 has nothing to do with the morra (you don't even give pawn)

[@hypercubemaster2729]

@@shorbock Argue with Stockfish, and Chesscom's opening page on Qxd4. 2.d4 itself starts the gambit, as there are other ways to let black keep the pawn other than 3.c3. It literally labels it the SMG.

[@abdelrhmandameen2215]

“He cheated” said Magnus in the interview post match 😂

[@antar7475]

And Shimanov replied : "The chess speaks for itself"

[@draedeen]

It really shaked world champ. Great play by Alex

[@Flashyfinancier]

Russkiy

[@alvaroruiz710]

It is so nice to watch your videos. Congrats.

[@sanky2037]

for the first time i actually found the right move in the pause the video moment 😭😭😭and i didn’t even have to pause the video !

[@ChristianHegele]

Yeah its a good point this isn't the Smith Morra gambit per se, but it's difficult for me to find out what this variation is called, as most resources I see which cover 2.d4 only do so in context of the gambit continuation. This system looks something more like a Sicilian-Centre Game hybrid.

[@imVix]

I'm personally fond of the Reverse Scandinilian for the name.

[@ChristianHegele]

@@imVix I might suggest "The Slightly Left of Centre Game"

[@Graceclaw]

@@ChristianHegele ah, so the USA Today game?

[@coxscorner]

I agree its only the Morra Gambit after 3. c3. I play it and get good positions out of the opening.

[@mikegee729]

Thank you for calling the opening the Mora Gambit. Ken Smith's only "contribution" to the opening was a couple of cheesy pamphlets back in the 70's which did not add to its theory.

[@aqualili]

your love of the move b4 gives me so much life

[@salmarwow]

Last time I checked, gambit means a pawn sacrifice. In this opening, there wasn't any.

[@brzydki2008]

So You checked it basiclly, wrong.

[@DavenportCarlo]

Apparently, we have tons of Grandmasters commentating.

[@leo-um6yt]

i dont know how hard it is for both of you to understand that this isn't the Smith-Morra, lol

[@salmarwow]

@@brzydki2008 so you have examples of gambit without pawn sacrifice? Enlighten us, please, with your wisdom.

[@brzydki2008]

@@salmarwow First of all, gambit means sacrificing material, so don't try to impose your lack of knowledge on me. Also Fried liver attack

[@MF-qp9yr]

This wasn't a Smith-Morra gambit. No pawn was sacrificed. Weird that Agadmator says otherwise.

[@Samuftie]

With due respect agadmator, you make amazing videos. Unfortunately, seems like this particular video title has made people disappointed because they are mislead.

[@stevenrix7024]

You’d have thought that, with 1.3mn subscribers, agadmator would be beyond that, but apparently not. Unless he really thinks that 2. d4 is a gambit, when (as many others have pointed out) it’s 3. c3 that sacrifices a pawn for development.

[@lukemarks3281]

@@stevenrix7024 it actually is the gambit at this point. or rather, its somewhere between the sicilian and the smith morra gambit. no other opening is at play. its not the open nor the closed sicilian like this. im going off of wikipedia here, though many other games have started like this and are officially denoted smith morra gambits. unless you can proffer another opening name, it is definitively a sideline.

[@monstermagnet3150]

Unfortunately not the classic Smith-Morra with 3. c3 ! Imo the best gambit in all of chess, with the Evans a good second ! Try it Agad, you would not be disappointed !

[@MrTopherdrew]

my favorite as black :) cant wait for this video!!!!

[@javierrodrigo1009]

#suggestion Please cover the game Luis Paulo Supi vs. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave from round 05 of the Pro Chess League!

[@TheCoonanb]

#suggestion the game between buddy Pranav and Arjun erigaisi from the pro chess league yesterday. Insane trompowsky that breaks all opening principles, beautiful exchange sac, exactly the kind of game I think you’d enjoy

[@statistika5372]

Black really tought he was Magnus Carlsen💀💀

[@grak1396]

I think the magnus effect normally works with a move like rook A1 but Aleksandr kept his cool, nice work..

[@bradwalsh8985]

No doubt others have commented but the Smith-Morra gambit is c3 after cxd

[@Graceclaw]

Agad says the gambit isn't sound, but it is actually undetermined right now. Certainly not refuted like he claims.

[@giffengood]

"Mayhem in the Morra" is a good book

[@Graceclaw]

@@giffengood yeah I'm considering it as my first ever opening-specific book

[@leo-um6yt]

Yeah, unfortunate not enough people have read Esserman's book. It's great, and surprising that Agad hasn't at least heard of its reputation given his passion for the Evans

[@morgancolin-mourre4760]

Really disappointed for once… I got hyped to see how the Morra would be played at GM level, to improve my own play… but that’s unfortunately not the gambit at all

[@ponza6887]

Please cover 1953 Zurich candidates tournament! It would be so awesome! The book by Bronstein is already cool but with your commentary and style the games will be ever better

[@mcyounglordlauch7012]

Maybe write an #suggestion into your comment

[@FredPlanatia]

nice #suggestion, i have the book. many interesting games and new ideas happened at this tournament. If Agad highlighted some of these and the dramas during the match, that would be a win.

[@tylersperry9164]

Seconded. In Frank Brady's "End Game" bio of Fischer he recalls Bobby raving about how good the book was and that Brady should read it at his earliest chance. When Brady demurred because the book hadn't been translated yet, Fischer was surprised. How could someone call themselves a serious chess player without being able to read Russian?! Bobby sometimes forgot how few people were at his level.

[@ToviaBehanu]

Great choice! Long live the King's Indian Defense!

[@FredPlanatia]

@@tylersperry9164 in this case, his level of dedication. It wasn't just his brilliancies that made him what he was as a chess player, it was the total imersion in all things chess. If he needed to read russian to follow the best chess games and books by golly he would learn it.

[@maryswovik9708]

A little surprised to see this labeled as the Smith-Morra... since it isn't...

[@ribbonsofnight]

it's even less of a gambit than a Smith-Morra

[@the69fury]

I used this opening as an expert many times helping me to get to master status. Fun stuff. I always used c3 giving up a pawn.

[@samkamau7998]

What's your fide?

[@sayansarkar9803]

What title do you have? And when did you start

[@the69fury]

@Sayan Sarkar I played in the 80s and 90s mostly getting to 2231 was highest uscf so probably a fide expert

[@tylersperry9164]

I occasionally played the gambit back in the 70s. I seem to recall an article/column around that time called "The Smith-Morra Gambit is busted!" by Larry Evans or perhaps Larry Christiansen, the point being White doesn't receive sufficient compensation for the pawn. To his credit (I think) Ken Smith didn't give up easily, publishing several booklets with new variations that seemed to give White a slight edge. I don't think the gambit ever scored a victory for White in GM play though.

[@mvargas0302]

@@tylersperry9164 Check out the game Mons against super GM Naiditsch from the Bundesliga 2013.

[@ryanjones2627]

#suggestion can we get some photos from games, haven't seen any photos from OTB events in a few months lately. Also, where is Medo?

[@PolishDork]

8:56 Actually if the king goes to e1 you go Queen to h4+ where it will be M3# if you block with the queen or M5# if you block with the rook.

[@sangameshshiranal588]

It's my favourite gambit against Sicilian, I've won so many games on LiChess 😊

[@ninadjoshi6663]

Hello Mr. Agadmator, I am newcomer in this field Chess games. So the question: I hear you say sometimes, this is now completely new game. Does it mean all the later consequent positions are never reached may be following any other moves? or does it mean that particular move is new in the sequence? Is there any online tool to check this ? Thanks and regards.

[@Creatismus]

It means that after that particular move is played, the resulting position is completely unique and has never appeared in a Master level chess game before. I say "Master level" because when you look at the Lichess database for example, which includes all the online games played on the website, the "new" move from this game, 5. Nc3, has actually been played over 5000 times. So agadmator is using the Masters database, which only shows tournament games by very strong players, and in that database, 5. Nc3 has never been played in the position from 1:30. You can check the Masters database yourself by going to the Lichess Analysis board and clicking on the book icon.

[@kevinmahinda252]

Now here Magnus was completely dominated

[@ZholtanKostiv]

This is Stelmashenko-Shimanov system!

[@benlowes8570]

It’s interesting that when I’m told this position is completely winning, despite watching the whole game I still found myself surprised when I realised it wasn’t Magnus who was completely winning. It’s genuinely to the point now of I just assume Magnus wins any and all games of chess

[@zacharycat603]

Opening is closer to the accelerated Dragon line than to the Morra gambit.

[@mohammadbaraka7858]

Amazing game from shimanov

[@ggghhh5206]

Shimanov himself said that this opening has no name on lichess, so he suggested Stelmashenko (Ukrainian theorist) variation

[@abuhamza1874]

This proves That Anyone can be defeated when They are brought out of their comfort zone

[@claudiog7692]

anyone can be defeated in general, it’s not like Magnus has never lost an online game in the Marshall

[@nyzrh]

Damn i didnt know that. This prove changes the world for me. Truely a world changing moment.

[@alexham7356]

he played what i play against scilian. this means even i can beat magnus

[@mosheinoyatov]

Sicilian Center game. You got me excited.

[@motsy15]

That’s how everyone should play him. They won’t slowly outplay him

[@abuhamza1874]

Why are people shouting "he clickbaited" change the title Man He just misunderstood it ,in the end of the video he was also talking about this gambit Clearly indicates he misunderstood and you people are shouting on him

[@othwon]

My favorite gambit

[@photopro28]

This is not the Smith Morra gambit. You don't take back the pawn immediately with the queen and lose a tempo when the queen is attacked by the knight. When black takes the pawn you offer a second pawn with the move C3, opening up more lines. If black takes it you take back with the knight. American IM Marc Esserman has written a great book on it, Mayhem in the Morra. I'd love to see Carlsen take Marc on with this gambit.

[@jerryk1562]

Was it a Morra Gambit? IMHO no, but if ECO says so... In my old literature it's under the category "Qxd4 Sicilian", with mainline 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.Qxd4. By the way, white doesn't have to play the gambit with 3.c3, in the olden days it was common to see 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cd 3.Nf3 e5 4.Bc4.

[@abuhamza1874]

Bro woke up today and chosed to play one of the most awful opening and defeat the world champion and then go off to sleep again 💀💀

[@arunmani7382]

Finally, the beast is down!!!!

[@anghel7853]

I got a question I hope someone could answer. On the ending when Aleksander miss the move Rh1 followed by Qh5 with a check why don't the king move to e7 to avoid Qh8? I mean Ke7 feels like a safe move and there's no way for white to give a check. Can someone answer?

[@shanksiuu]

becuz after Rc1 the queen is trapped and if you move the queen it's mate in like 6-7 moves

[@ajinkyababar6072]

Did magnus blundered somewhere in the end game?

[@Symbioticism]

Very nice game

[@jaxx4040]

As other comments mentioned, this is actually called the “center game” and c3 after cxd4 then it’s a Smith-Morra

[@marcofrey2903]

No. While it's similar, the Center Game occurs only after 1...e5.

[@MrAamog]

Why not capture with knight on b4 after pawn to b4 move?

[@vPobut]

Yes, I am using them.

[@vendingdudes]

b4 is never hanging...🤣🤣

[@lemachro]

It is weird how Magnus didn't find some moves that even I could find. Maybe he was not in a good day.

[@Olmar_Noel]

wait, I though you uploaded this video yesterday

[@mstalcup]

I would love to see Magnus face c3, although Qxd4 is rare and interesting.

[@jaapbleekveld5068]

U mean straight up bad...

[@kingalpaca2361]

in 10:38 there is a faster checkmating sequence. 1. Bf7+ Kf8 2. Qc8+ Kg7 3. Bh5+ Kf6 4. Rf7#

[@MisterKolargol]

12:15 I like this "Soya" in the end of the Videos although i do not eat them this often:-)

[@nicbentulan]

Philippine women's chess #suggestion - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz. There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle here. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on. P.S. Please help get Wesley So on Lex Fridman's podcast. See xcdhgq

[@abuhamza1874]

I can bet you all he is gonna upload another video today itself

[@austinnorton4682]

I'm confused. If the queen recaptures on move 3, it's not a gambit. The gambit line is 3. c3.

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Agad, when you say a completely new game do you mean only in the masters database or all databases

[@armwrestlingfan6804]

How do I flip the board?

[@SwordmanUA]

this is not Morra gambit! IM Matvey Galchenko has developed this line and Alex uses it)

[@asdfasdf4924]

I'm starting to get into chess again now just because of youtube

[@alahiri22]

Nice game

[@mikhailvarkovsky4150]

Magnus: (hi hi hi hi!!) Magnus: Buenos días, Aleksandr! (plays sicilian) Aleksandr: Imbecil! (plays smith-morra gambit) Magnus: ahhhh!!!!

[@bamvideos514]

I will guess that rook sakrifice 10 times out f 10, but the mate in 2 is a wild line

[@milliniumscopetube6414]

#suggestion Vladimir Simagin vs Leonid Stein (USSR Championship 1961a Tournament) A Crazy Imaginative Game!!! Plz also say something about Wilhelm Steinitz saga.

[@vibebert1980]

At 7:08, if King to e 8, why not white: rock h 8 check + , giving up the rock = queen take in h8 and then white: Take the pon on G6 check + ! and take back the white rock like that or even try to give check mat to the black ?

[@jx14aby]

#suggestion Awonder Liang VS Magnus Carlsen | Pro Chess League 2023 | Canada Chessbrahs- Charlotte Cobras | R4

[@jeffersonthomas1269]

Agad is getting so good that it is hard to criticize him, but that is my job. No trips to Never Never Land and that is an amazing growth in his reviews, only one thing that I have to pick on is at 5:32 Magnus moved Qa5 and then Rf1 was played. I hate to say this but, I would have liked a trip to Never Never Land with rook instead to e3. That would have made the game much different for sure and I know Agad, the new improved Agad of today that is, could have tackled this scenario efficiently. Would that have been a better move or worse?

[@incessantyoutuber9318]

Did you change the thumbnail Agad?

[@DieFlabbergast]

Not only is this not the Smith-Morra, it isn't even a gambit! I'm surprised at you.

[@dewaard3301]

Agadmator, when you say "a completely new game", does that mean the game also didn't transpose into known territory later on?

[@Biggle10]

I'm curious about this too, because if I look at something like the openingtree website it lists games in this opening.

[@alexdavies7367]

No, it means that sequence hasn't been played, not that the pieces thereafter never line up again - back when everyone and their dog was playing the queen's gambit declined and London system you would sometimes see new games followed by two moves that took it back to an old position again.

[@sozibrahman8504]

When he's gonna cover Duras gambit? Waiting for years 😭. Please cover Duras gambit. Or at least the famous game of Oldrich Duras

[@comradesomo]

This was a great game to watch live, the Magnus fans were VERY salty in the chat afterwards!

[@apparently33yearsago29]

No thumbnail is the new trend

[@CsabaPandi]

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[@reinelgarret2796]

For the pioneer watchers, what does he mean by "completely new game"? There are positions we've seen in online games. Is the criteria supposed to be only those games played in FIDE-rated tournaments?

[@ribbonsofnight]

Yeah if it's not in the database then it's not counted. Of course this is the sort of game that is sure to have happened at lower levels because it's only 5 moves before it isn't following any in the database.

[@CysteicAcid]

Where is the gambit? I thought this was called central queen opening.

[@texasjoe557]

Uh, Did I miss the Gambit part?

[@Greatermaxim]

The second player is in trouble when a piece on e6 sticks.

[@johnmallette3143]

gg

[@KvS1248]

Must have been really good for his rating 😄

[@secmari8645]

that was a bummer, I expected the smith morra but this wasn't even a gambit

[@jonasailo6183]

👍

[@avigrabli1140]

A great game from Alexander Shimanov!!

[@4thphaseofmalaise]

Oops NOT Smith-Morra Gambit. Also Kings Indiam Attack is setup with e4-d3-g3-Bg2 not an early d4. Please learn your openings!

[@ant7936]

Qxd4 is news to me. Not the Morra Gambit!

[@mvargas0302]

It may be argued that this is still a gambit, as white it sacrifices a tempo when black develops its knight attacking the queen!

[@prabhatsinha123]

How often you hear that “Magnus Carlson resigned the game”?

[@czarmuhammad347]

😊😊

[@paulvogt8492]

Exactly, this is NOT the Smith Morra Gambit.

[@meowmeow9920]

What's that Antonio? Lalala Smith?

[@rebeccamasse1557]

I thought the smith morra gambit meant playing 3. c3???