The Grand Prix Attack claims another victim - Liang vs Korobov | Sunway Sitges Open 2019

[@PowerPlayChess]

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[@nicknamenescio]

What a sneaky title, Mr King. Well played :)

[@jasondoe2596]

Just beautiful, enterprising play! Kudos to both players - and to GM King for presenting this so nicely (as always).

[@horrortackleharry]

Anyone else enjoying these games more than the 'elite' super-GM tournaments? Look, no-one's saying that a superb Carlsen positional/endgame win isn't a thing of beauty, but there's also far too much timid and unenterprising stuff going on between those guys as well....

[@guest_informant]

Yes. And No. :-)

[@TessaTestarossa]

Eh, yes and no. While there certainly are some more uneventful games, there's a whole lot of hammering involved as well. Especially when Ding Liren or Levon Aronian are involved. Or Mamedyarov, when he's on form, man, do I miss that. If you're in the mood for some semi-recent super-GM insanity, I wholeheartedly recommend Magnus Carlsen vs Ding Liren from Norway 2019 , uploaded on this channel with title "How did he do that?" or an even wilder game played by Liren and Aronian played in last year candidates, covered by GM Pepe Cuenca on the chess24 channel. WARNING! He is EXTREMELY Spanish. Nothing like what we are used to from Mr King.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

Totally agreed. Those top gm classical game are so boring nowadays.

[@tonymilici4972]

DeShawn 'Dawg' BNBG I like King’s commentary, I think it is appropriate for club level players, as opposed to say Svidler’s, who I like as well but much of it is over my head

[@DimitrisAndreou]

Ng7 & h5 is really special as a defensive resource, very instructive

[@chessbrilliance8783]

16:53 it is a picturesque position. It is rare to see a knight on g7 holding everything on his own like that. This guy korobov is so sharp.

[@eljanrimsa5843]

As a Black player I appreciate gxf5 as a key move against the GP attack. You are in for an attack anyway, if he lets you, take the center.

[@n20games52]

Interesting game. Black had a really curious position with all those pieces blockading the king side. Very cool.

[@Isaiah_McIntosh]

Huh it's quite remarkable how quickly korobov found the Ne8-g7 idea.

[@huddunlap3999]

I enjoy watching the Grand Prix attack lose

[@CoupDaTa]

Yeah same, as a Sicilian player myself I love watching it come crashing down. It keeps you on your toes thougb

[@someperson9052]

@@CoupDaTa I always want to walk out everytime my opponent plays that disgusting 3.f4 move

[@joddle23]

I appreciate the title of the video - not giving the result away!

[@humanrightsadvocate]

First time I see a defensive exchange sacrifice that is so strong the attacker has to decline it.

[@chessbrilliance8783]

So true. It is very rare. This guy Korobov is special.

[@KrishnaKumar-np3tw]

Excellent pick again.

[@tome57a]

Anton Korobov is such an interesting player with a great sense of humour. To give an idea, check out his post-game interview after round 6 in Tata Steel Chess 2018.

[@celebdangdutchannel9325]

Great game from both players..

[@DimitrisAndreou]

He didn't really decide quickly to sac the exchange, he spent over 20' in the previous move!

[@pazdziochowaty]

Agree, that time was well spent. He must have analysed what happens after f5 and found that exchange sac so he could play subsequent moves quickly

[@aleksandrailic5818]

Fantastic game.

[@running-man9138]

Great game 👍

[@jeffgreen3376]

I used to fear the Grand Prix attack, as black, but I finally came up with a great reply to it. It's my own secret weapon though, so I won't be posting it here.

[@Mike-cp1tj]

thx for the plot twist !!

[@euclideszoto997]

Looks like a Bird's opening to me.

[@jeffgreen3376]

Bird's Opening is 1. f4 and black usually prevents or delays e4 with 1. d5 or 1. Nf6.

[@joddle23]

There are some players who play 1. f4 and also play the grand prix after 1. e4 c5. That is a consistent repertoire choice.

[@jeffgreen3376]

@@joddle23 Yeah, you could transition into a Grand Prix with 1. f4 c5 2. e4. Many players, as black, will answer 1. f4 with 1. d5 or 1. Nf6 to prevent that though. I am comfortable in the Sicilian or the French, so I would answer 1. f4 with d5 (Bird's Opening).

[@joddle23]

​@@jeffgreen3376 Yeah in my short chess career up to 2300 or so, I faced 1. f4 twice: once from an 1800 and I went 1... d5 because I am a 1. d4 player as white, and once from a 1500 where I immediately went 1... Nh6 2. e4 d5 just for the hell of it (though it's not a bad line at all!)

[@jeffgreen3376]

@@joddle23 I don't think I've ever faced 1. f4 in my entire life, except maybe against a patzer who didn't know what he was doing. I played it myself once in a tournament though and won. I have faced the Grand Prix Attack a few times as black though.

[@justinwr092]

I played the grand prix for a long long time after learning your system from the Attack with 1.e4 DVD. I ended up becoming a trendy London system player now, but I really miss some of the positions that came up with the grand prix.

[@PowerPlayChess]

No reason why you can't dip in and out of both openings!

[@justinwr092]

@@PowerPlayChess I have a hard enough time finding enough study time to play one system badly lol. Maybe when all the kids are off to college I'll play e4 again.

[@hongkongc8045]

Rg6 Please could someone teach me why this doesn't work for white, and put me out of my misery.

[@wbartl]

Rc7