The most beautiful move in chess history

[@comfortablesofa]

I was there. Marshall made that move after I yelled it from the audience. I’ve been denied credit for 110 years

[@clousdy5464]

I believe you bro

[@LlamaBG]

you? buddy, this entire game was staged, me and marshall prepared beforehand and i told him about this move in advance. i felt such betrayal when he didn't give me any credit at all, we even stopped talking because of all the undeserved fame he got which should've been mine.

[@Chess-strategy]

🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ZeroGDucks]

Nonsense! Marshall told me he'd be thinking out loud, and to cough from the crowd if I thought a move made sense. So I coughed all the way to the endgame! Wait, I'm thinking of Who Wants to be a Millionaire 😅

[@macleadg]

Marshall was the first to use the beads.

[@bluemystic7501]

As a 600, I can confirm that that was a pretty good move.

[@thepsychologist8159]

I must be missing something here. Why did white resign? The white king was no longer in check and white had the next move.

[@somerandom7672]

As a fellow 600, I agree. Has to be either that or b6 to counter the rook threatening your queen.

[@thesprawl2361]

You're only number 600 in the world? I'm at least top 100

[@quidproquo3933]

going to watch the game from start to see how in the world they got to that position to begin with

[@hurricaneplayer066]

So you’re telling me they gave him a golden shower…that’s crazy lol

[@Chess-strategy]

😆😆

[@arightscepter]

He'd be pissed

[@_eugenius]

There it is, was looking for that comment

[@rq4740]

I was there, I contributed to the golden shower

[@stratuspei9405]

Looks like urine trouble!

[@gman5051]

1912 another good move was not being on the Titanic 😢

[@skahler]

omg

[@Nebram2]

😂😂😂 Well he wasn't on the ship...so another great example of grandmasters seeing 10 moves ahead!

[@michaeljohnotoole2647]

There was a man who kept saying to anyone who would listen : the Titanic will surely sink ! The ushers came and escorted him out of the theater. 😢 .

[@lukebeatty3842]

LMFAO!

[@josephreadsbooks3296]

too soon

[@jameskorosa310]

Amazing, I admit I didn't see it. Moves like that show the brilliance of top player's.

[@volodyanarchist]

You should check out how many times i put my queen where it can be captured 3 different ways.

[@Robil63]

player's what?

[@volodyanarchist]

@@Robil63I vote for Brilliance of top player's brilliance. This way it's not a mistake, but rather a tautophrase.

[@christopherwellman2364]

​@@volodyanarchistKeep writing like that! You astounded me!

[@fdgh]

Nice to see your channel grow brother I’ve been here since you were less than 50 subs. Supremacy videos must return !!!

[@Chess-strategy]

Thanks my friend! Yes, I´m a bit sad too about the lack of Supremacy material. Sadly, the interest is just not big enough to justify me posting these videos on a regular basis. Also, with the recent update Bytro labs did in supremacy turning all the rules around with their stupid payable bonus card system it just made many of my videos useless. After that I lost most of my motivation in shooting videos or even playing the game anymore.

[@fdgh]

@@Chess-strategyYep, clearly done to make people pay more. New unit was a decoy to hide their ulterior motive

[@fantomghost6213]

Nice moves. I did see that move by the queen but dismissed it as foolish. I guess I was the foolish one

[@zygoloid]

Maybe these are too obvious to mention for someone better at chess than I am, but I found two other possibilities after Qg3 where Qxh7 is not an immediate checkmate: 1) White tries to create luft by moving the f pawn. Then ... Ne2+ and Kh1 Qxh2#. 2) White creates an escape square by moving the rook, say Rd1 to create another double threat. Then ... Qxh2+ anyway, and Kf1 Qh1# is mate because the knight covers e2.

[@chriswilson1968]

It's Ne2, Nf3 and Qd4

[@Kamil-kv6lv]

1. f3 Ne2+ 1. RB1 Qxf2+

[@aruntechie123]

Wish I were there to see this live...and collect those gold coins

[@christopherwellman2364]

They were 30 kilogram gold ingots. They hated him.

[@SerGio-xs9ss]

Hey ! Better move leading to check mate : Knight d4 > e2 ?

[@FrankMatrix]

I found it too)) and tried to find a comment like this

[@briantreadwell2206]

How do we learn to think like this?

[@TheGrinningSkull]

Another option, if white plays Qe5 in response, black can play Nf3+ which can’t be taken by the pawn as it’s pinned by the queen. So after Kh1, Rxh2#

[@davidpoulin6961]

Does Ne2+, Kh1, Rxf2 also work?

[@Benjamin-cx6xb]

He must have seen far away to the point of thinking to give a queen that easy.

[@jujucasar2003]

i guessed the move. I was like if this truly is the best move ever its gotta involve saccing the queen.

[@FiftyFiverr]

By what definition is this sacrificing a queen? They traded queens, and no other material was lost. Black was up a knight before the sequence, and was up a knight after the sequence.

[@gehrmansparrow3563]

​@@FiftyFiverr its not a queen sac, but it wasnt a glorified queen trade either. Blacks queen and rook were both hanging at the start of the position and there was no way to save both.....except this brilliant series of moves. Not only will black be down material anymore, he gets to keep his extra knight advantage for free

[@christopherwellman2364]

I love the way he says "What?!" 😂

[@nudelsuppe2090]

Since everything wins this is just a flex

[@christopherwellman2364]

I somewhat agree. However, it would gain material.

[@opo4724]

nah its not "just a flex" it forces a queen trade which is always good when youre up a piece

[@nudelsuppe2090]

@@opo4724 true, however there have to be at least 3 stronger amd 10 Equally strong moves. Qg3 is the funniest tho

[@64MilestotheGallon]

@@nudelsuppe2090I checked and the engine seems to think Qg3 is the strongest, but there definitely are equally strong moves

[@obscurity3027]

I found the move but it was only because I knew it had to be some insane queen sac. In a normal game, there’s no way.

[@Mnil52]

Liar

[@nou1186]

@@Mnil52 Lol, people find insane moves that they normally wouldn’t when they’re told to look for the most insane move.

[@stevegta6830]

I don't know much about chess or why this video was recommended to me, but ... I quite like Knight to e2 (check), then same Knight to g3 to cause some havoc and also guarantee victory in a few more moves!

[@davidnorthrop2298]

this is the correct move. moving the queen is a waste of time.

[@kevinlam9785]

After NG3, white plays KG1. NxF1, pawn takes H3 and the position is really messy. QG3 first is the clear best move

[@TheUsername59]

Nxf1 Rxc3

[@kevinlam9785]

Right, I forgot the queen was hanging

[@garys5175]

I don't think the move deserves the title "most beautiful." Black is so overwhelmingly winning that all he has to do is get his queen out of danger. If white moves to avoid the fork on the next move, then black moves the rook at h6 to safety, and the game is in the bag. Engine analysis shows this to be true. ...Qg3 is -3.65, ...Qb4 is -3.39, ...Qa3 is -3.33, ...Qb2 is -2.89, ...Qe3 is -2.87 White is crushed already, and ...Qg3 is only one of many moves that wins the game. A dozen moves after ...Qg3, black's position is still only -3.80 or so. ...Qg3 doesn't particularly raise black's advantage that already exists. So not all that "beautiful."

[@EGarrett01]

"All black has to do is get his queen out of danger." The correct move in this place places his queen directly IN danger, and instead of getting a long-term advantage where you have to use technique, it wins immediately.

[@garys5175]

​@@EGarrett01 ...Qg3 doesn't win immediately and would still take "technique." White resigned because he would end up a piece down in that line, but that is also true of ...Qb4, ...Qa3, ...Qb2, and ...Qe3, and those moves win just as quickly as ...Qg3. Check it with an engine if you don't believe it.

[@EGarrett01]

@@garys5175 That is true, but saying a line can be drawn out or the win can be matched with an engine isn't a valid criticism of a move played over 100 years ago.

[@garys5175]

@@EGarrett01 In the original position, Black is already a piece up with multiple ways to maintain the overwhelming advantage and the game is essentially over. These facts negate the possibility of "the most beautiful move in chess history" being played in the position. It doesn't even take much calculation to see that black can maintain his advantage with a number of equally good moves.

[@EGarrett01]

@@garys5175 Your own original comment was that you need to move the queen out of the way. What makes this beautiful is that you do the exact opposite. If engine lines invalidated brilliant moves, then once chess is solved, the whole of human chess then becomes worthless and not brilliant. Which is ridiculous. Humans don't have engines to check, let alone 100 years of theory as well, a beautiful move is a human achievement given the limitations in which we function.

[@richardsmith7665]

Need to also explain answer to white’s Qe5. Which is Ne2+, and if QxN then Qxh mate. And if Kh1, then Rxh mate.

[@YingTou1]

Why not Ne2+ first? (Followed by Kh1 - Qg3, QxQg3 - Nxg3+, Kg1 - Ne2+, etc. - as in the game.)

[@andraspongracz5996]

Spectacular! It might be the most beautiful move in chess history indeed. As for the best move ever, I'm not so sure. Of course, all of this is a matter of taste, but I would call "the best move" a move in a middle-game position that requires immense calculation, and not only tactical finesse but also a deep strategic understanding of the position. Or you can extend the scope even further: Fisher made some psychologically stunning opening moves, most notably his 1. b3 against Filip, or his Queen's gambit against Spassky in the famous game 6 of the 1972 WCC match.

[@SerGio-xs9ss]

Here is the solution for a quick checkmate : Knight d4 > e2 check Knight e2 > g3 check Queen c3 x g3 1)white g5 x g3 Then black queen g3 > h2 checkmate 2)white f2 x g3 Then Black tower x f1 checkmate

[@ersatz_cats]

Holy cow! I actually saw it! But only because the setup prompted me to look. I also was unsure about the queen-takes-queen line, since I couldn't see a quick mate, but it turns out that was a long-game position.

[@Juscz]

It appears it might also work by first moving the black knight from D5 to E7 and checking the white king, which then must move to H8. Then move the black queen from C6 to G6. Anyway, that's what I saw as the solution and it only differs from the solution shown here by the black knight moving prior to the black queen. Seems to me it works, but I could be wrong. Please explain why if that is the case.

[@planetscore]

QF6 was my first instinct move after 5 seconds. However, I did studied this position as a child and it must have engrained in my memory many many years ago.

[@Grayback1973]

That is incredible! How it is even possible to find that move while you are playing is hard to believe.

[@arightscepter]

Its seems to me that about a year ago, a top player, I am thinking maybe Wesley, or Alireza, used the same theme to move Q-g6 to force a win.

[@toroddlnning6806]

at 1:36, if queen capture c5 and queen capture queen c5, then black horse to e2 then to g3 after king to h1. king moves back and you snapp the rook on f1 and you are up with two rooks against a queen after king capture the horse on f1.

[@toroddlnning6806]

nvm, the pawn just capture the rook an h3.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Means consider even superficially looking impossible,the lesson.

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Thanks

[@ILikeSetupGaming451T]

What about this : Ne2/ Kh1/ Ng3/ Q×g3/Q×g3 ???? Am I wrong? 🤔

[@chekhososlanian1942]

I tried to calculate other moves that could avoid defeat and I’m astounded. I’m not very good at chess, but every move I see leads to checkmate. Eating queen with a queen is the only way for survival

[@gkprivate433]

Nah. Fischer's move when he sacrificed his queen but over the next series of moves just kept getting better and better position despite a massive piece shortage and eventually checkmate/resignation for his opponent. Accounts say that when he lost his queen all the masters in the room got up and started to leave believing the game was over for Fischer

[@verynormalman]

Great move. Beautiful.

[@srgfkct3544]

Im more curious to see how they got into this bizarre position

[@RootlessNZ]

Simply beautiful - thank you.

[@margraveofgadsden8997]

“A shower of gold”. One could also say that another way…

[@Philopantheon82]

I was wondering if stockfish was able to predict that move if this game went into engine analysis?

[@dillon8124]

yes very easily stockfish doesn't have human biases so a 3 move sequence like this poses no problem to the engine

[@Unsolicitedbias]

Queen G3 was not my thought. I was thinking Rook G3 and when it's captured by the pawn, take the pawn with the Knight to check and fork White' Queen.

[@thereoncewasalimerickwriter]

I would feel proud to have lost to that move.

[@anonnymouse2402]

I prefer D4 to E2, followed by F8 to F2.

[@markhecht3732]

White would play Qd8+

[@anonnymouse2402]

@@markhecht3732 Yes..... This is why I'm not a grand master.

[@markhecht3732]

@@anonnymouse2402 Me either, but occasionally I see the right move ;-)

[@agv1560]

Truly beautiful move indeed.

[@zeekwolfe6251]

I won a routine chess game with exactly that move. No clue it was something special. I win only half my games so just chance I wandered into immortality.

[@pstrzel]

Thanks for making the audience reaction rated PG.

[@goldenera7090]

what about Kn f3 check?

[@goldenera7090]

if white takes it with pawn Q x f3 next move is mate

[@RNGenius725]

I remember that day when Marshall made that move. I was the first one to toss a coin.

[@DogbiteW]

Dadgummit, I missed it because my TV was broken.

[@giovannicorno1247]

The power of that Knight! The "American beauty" is the name of this move.

[@jsmariani4180]

This one's gotten around, so I knew it. That, of course, doesn't take away from its breathtaking temerity.

[@Rainer2424]

“But when I play a move that leaves my queen open to 3 attacks people make fun of me”

[@michaeltellurian825]

Well, Marshall was up a knight. But still, a beautiful move.

[@toddtrimble2555]

Yes, but two of his pieces were en prise.

[@matthiaskellner8942]

Not 2, only the Queen. If after eg. Qa3 White plays gxh3 he looses his Queen by Nf3+, Kh1 or Kg2, Nxg5. After Rxg5 White is up a Queen for a Rook.

[@thepsychologist8159]

I must be missing something here. Why did white resign? The white king was no longer in check and white had the next move.

[@slavastre]

What do you think of Knight to E2+, King to F1, Rook take F1 ?

[@WHAT-gm1xm]

How can I improve my thought process in game

[@b0ssdude190]

Puzzles

[@slyhatjones]

Beginners constantly blunder their queen. Intermediate players learn how to make safe moves to not blunder their pieces. But the most advanced players? They are constantly looking for crazy moves that seem like they blunder their queen, but actually win. So just skip the middle part and look for some crazy apparent sacrifice that wins the game, every move. Easy!

[@pd_heart]

@@slyhatjones "Easy!" is crazy

[@shadeburst]

I haven't had a chance to check out this channel's resources yet-- but there are lots of excellent KZbin videos. I can recommend Irina Krush, Anna Cramling and Chess Vibes. The formula is CCA for Checks, Captures and Attacks. First look for the opponent's checks on your king and captures on your pieces. Only then should you look for your own Checks and Captures, and work out an Attack plan to get into a position to make checks and captures.

[@socio637]

@@pd_heartthat’s the mindset though. The mastery of the game will come with time, but that’s how you maximize growth

[@tonyedwards3938]

Thinking outside the box.

[@JLee-rt6ve]

Outside the room where the box is stored, outside the house the room is part of, outside the house's neighborhood, outside the neighborhood's city ...

[@ortialni7]

Outside the country the city owes its taxes to. Outside the tectonic plate it sits on. Outside the World God created.

[@walts555]

And the most click-bait-ful title on KZbin

[@writerconsidered]

I didn't see it. I moved knight to F-3 check and then queen takes pawn.

[@xxFairestxx]

Ya I found it but only because I was looking for an insane queen sac. Wouldn’t find it in a normal game….

[@owenbrunet1279]

Wow just wow I think he was gonna move pwans to A6 to trade Queens this man has his own amazing move

[@dimis2140]

I remember teaching this move to his grandad!

[@ortialni7]

Good morrow to you, fine sir. I am the medieval knight through whom this ancestral move kept living. I checkmated Henry VIII at his royal court in 1546 to earn pardon from a death sentence. History has not done me justice.

[@azimuthclark462]

My son is 7 now, and we are taking chess more seriously. We love these videos. Thank you

[@chriswilson1968]

Ne2 was better. Ne2,Nf3,Qd4 GG

[@EquineArsonist]

I’m assuming that Nf3 is supposed to be Ng3. In which case hxg3 would be the move

[@Unsolicitedbias]

Begin with Black Rook F8 takes pawn F2.

[@softandwarmvibezzz2705]

I don’t understand why he resigned. Must’ve just been fear.

[@akdevendraswamy141]

1)Qg3 -- QxQ; 2) Ne2 ch -- Kh1; 3) Nxg3 ch -- Kg1; 4) Ne2 ch -- Kg1; 5) Rc3 Wins

[@khanhnguyen1878]

Black was already winning before the move .. what’s so good about it

[@gowensbach2998]

Brilliant. I didnt see that move.

[@The_StoryteIIer]

What about Queen to F3?

[@robertcuvelier6016]

Can’t threaten the checkmate in that position. Will likely still come out ahead but not as much as the move to g3

[@JasonJohnContos]

Good move

[@ilanpi]

You didn't look at Qe5

[@WhatsDaveUpTo]

they gave him a golden shower as a reward

[@americandissident9062]

Damn, I was saying nf3.

[@Dracoon34567]

Beautiful move. But was it really necessary to win??

[@waywardshaman]

When I read the title my girlfriend thought I said, “the most beautiful boob in chest history.”

[@Chris-hh1de]

That's brilliant!

[@leodileo]

Wow I guessed the queen move right by fluke. A Queen sac to me is always a hail mary attempt

[@bryanryan4504]

What if white responds ..Qe5?

[@cosmossci4883]

If Qe5, Ne2+ If the queen on e5 then takes the knight you get checkmate next move with Qh2# If the king simply goes to Kh1 after Ne2 then Rxh2#

[@cosmossci4883]

I think the same result basically after Nf3 as well rather than Ne2.

[@7x263-h7r]

Man, the golden shower must have been swell!

[@SpencerWilliams-h1s]

He was so good the audience gave him a golden shower. 😁 that’s funny

[@cygnuscraft9544]

Im happy to have seen smth with g3 but i was expecting rg3 instead. Bahumbug

[@michaelwirth6843]

Why can´t he just move the queen to h2?

[@jimboramba]

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are to good for this planet

[@bbbbbzzzzzzzzzz5431]

Would Kramnik say this is interesting, hmm📯

[@bob456fk6]

Kramnik as white would say this is clear evidence of cheating. It's too good for any human. Gotta be cheating. Wah! Wah! Wah!

[@mykelengieza7057]

i would have gone Knight to e2...smh

[@Mariosergio61]

Rally. A very beautful move.

[@bart26188]

Stockish shows the same move

[@goofygoober7617]

No way they gave him a golden shower in 1912 💀

[@alextotheroh8071]

I would LOVE a golden shower after my incredible chess moves.

[@hux2000]

"The most beautiful move in chess history", "Watch Frank Marshall make the 3rd most beautiful move in chess history" - so which is it?

[@jsong8282]

My Blitz rating is 198

[@md65000]

All this move does is force a queen trade in an already winning position.

[@ballskin]

"all Fischer did was move wood on a board" see what happens when you meaninglessly simplify things into a weak description?

[@djtrainspotter]

Found it only coz told to find a mad move.

[@ChairmanObama]

What if white plays Qd4

[@Chess-strategy]

You mean Qe5 I guess? (The board is shown from blacks perspective). After Qe5 black plays Ne2+. White can´t take with his queen because of Qxh2 checkmate. Only other move for white is Kh1 but then Rxh2 comes and it´s checkmate also.

[@RtB68]

Hans would have seen this.

[@Htheorphanarian]

rumour says Marshall went to the toilet a move before...

[@tzzogg]

*YOU MAY HAVE POSSIBLY BEEN THERE IN A PREVIOUS LIFETIME.*

[@Robil63]

Agreed

[@Straightforward786]

but why did White didnt move his queen from g5 to e5 ... then white will have more chances.

[@IMAHMS]

I found a better move actually.