The most unfortunate flag fall ever? Richard Rapport vs Aravindh Chithambaram | World Blitz 2023

The time left on a player's clock can sometimes change the course of a game. GM Richard Rapport (2748) was up against GM Aravindh Chithambaram (2584) in the thirteenth round of the FIDE World Blitz Championship 2023. Watch the intense video to see what happened in the game.
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Edited by Aditya Sur Roy
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[@ramchandranair2328]

Just in awe of the reaction!! Imagine all the hard work vanishing at that moment, but the acceptance shows the sign of a true champion!

[@williamrobert9898]

😐

[@Randomthings1210]

Lesson learned: Keep your queen handy

[@shikhasharma-cw3bp]

Actually....that would have saved his one second for sure

[@danny88237]

Yes correct .. and u can see Rapport keeps his promotional queen ready beforehand

[@A73695B]

Impresionante muy buena partida gracias por compartir

[@clivethereddevil3178]

9:46 just play Rxb5

[@peterhansen8768]

Must be easiest play to take the pawn at 9.45 here? Either you get knight + pawn for the rook or it's a free pawn. Much easier to play from there than how he played here. Sure there's nothing wrong with his move but leads to more complications.

[@dmed312]

I've actually heard that it is rude to grab your queen while your opponoent is thinking

[@A73695B]

Nueva lección: recuerda desarrollar todas tus piezas

[@stagna1959]

That is really heartbreaking loss. 9:54 Why didnt he just play :1 ...Rc1+ 2. Kd4 h3 3.b6 Rc8 and it is time to resign because rook now guards promotion square and black promotes Always check you checks and captures first , especially in time trouble. Play check first, usually it is very good for you ! I think even Rapport felt uncomfortable to take win like that. But flagging happens in chess and in World Championships you take what ever gift your opponent is offering to you .

[@williamrobert9898]

Why don't you play instead of him then?

[@stagna1959]

@@williamrobert9898 You know answer to that. Noone of commentators under chess video are good enough to play on World Championships. But it does not mean we cant discuss what would have been better move, propose lines how would player win . That is the whole idea of chess videos commentary section.Even with very old chess videos people do that .Chess fans still argue if Fischer would be able the draw 1st game of 1972 vs Spassky after ...Bxh2 ? kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5mqhYl3fa5gaZIsi=8xHHz-Q6UEdOKWr6&t=1279 They are interested in that very old game. Noone is stupid enough to say : why dont you play World Championship match yourself.! If you dont have anything to contribute, if you are not interested in possible different lines or what other commentators think, why waste your time here at all ?

[@satyendra6587]

Crazy game 😅

[@shivasundar]

It would have come with check, so not sure if he was winning. IN Q endgames, the person with the first check has the advantage. Tough luck, still!

[@williamrobert9898]

Nah the engine is saying Black is winning

[@shivasundar]

If somebody cud explain it though, that's what I miss with all the engines@@williamrobert9898. I can flip up the engine anytime you know, but what's the POINT? 🙂

[@CypherBen_]

How early can we hold the queens tho? I mean like can we hold the queen 3-4 moves away from queening just so that this problem wont happen to us? Or is there a rule to it

[@sauron4313]

You can hold the queen of your colour as early as you want if it has been captured already. There is no FIDE rule against it, but most players do not do it unless they are sure they want to queen, as not to hint to their opponents of any intentions.

[@Ayeswariyapalani]

9:41 aravind is wasting a lot of time taking the piece and moving it instead he could just slide the piece to the intended square . dont know what the coaches are doing not even noticing these kind of mistakes which could cost him the game

[@user-vo9df7ft3m]

9:46 instead of Rb1 Arvind should have captured the b5 pawn, isn't that winning?

[@kamalofdeka]

N + in between move , but it wouldn't help either I think

[@claudiog7692]

Of course

[@peterhansen8768]

Yeah, much better practically. His play now is winning as well ofc but much easier to just take the pawn there. Either free pawn or knight+pawn for the rook.

[@tiagosantivanezatencio8649]

Rapport agarró su dama para distraer a su oponente y que este perdiera tiempo buscando su dama. 10:00

[@luismunozlib]

Para nada, fíjate que Rapport iba a coronar dama también en su próxima jugada…

[@ddenti99]

You clearly don't know the guy. He would never do that. He just grabbed his queen to promote. Nothing wrong with it.

[@sauron4313]

@@luismunozlib His intentions may have been pure, but he did block his opponent's view and reach of his own black queen.

[@sauron4313]

@@ddenti99 I agree, however he unintentionally might've caused his opponent to flag

[@appolitics6160]

@ 9:45 rxb5, it's over for white!!

[@NitishKumar-lk9zz]

Naah it's not white will give a check with his knight and the rook will be lost

[@appolitics6160]

​r×b5, nd3,ke3,k×b5,k×d3.. I dnt see any surprises in black winning !

[@peterhansen8768]

It's easily won even after knight check. You just play the king towards the knight and the knight will fall if the rook does. @@NitishKumar-lk9zz

[@RobMcLeanEDM]

@@NitishKumar-lk9zz But after the knight gives check, the black king will be able to move to a square that attacks the knight in case of either Ng6+ or Nd3+. Rxb5 wins easily for black.

[@rizka7945]

Kxe5 is even more convincing. I was expecting that. Get the knight off the board, knights are tricky.

[@bjarnieinarsson3472]

Ncxa lousy move. Nbxa is +- because black can't take on e5

[@cpldaxn]

9:59 He removes the white queen on purpose to make him lose more than a second. Is this main games outside of chess?

[@ThreeDee]

lol! :D

[@jorisbuck4073]

Ehm no? He is anticipating his own queen promotion so he already picks up the queen. His opponent should've done the same thing and because he didn't he lost the crucial second which made him flag in the end.

[@filetinho]

if rapport didnt catch HIS queen aravindh wouldve lost more time catching the wrong queen lol

[@ddenti99]

You are very wrong, sir.

[@sauron4313]

@@filetinho Incorrect. If you look closely, Rapport had a black queen on his side that may have been blocked by his hand reaching out. Although we do not know if Aravindh would've seen it anyways (or maybe if he did but realized he didn't have time) it surely would've only helped him, rather than reach across the corners of the table a couple times.

[@Intrvednerd]

🙂

[@ddenti99]

🥵🥵

[@Chess-Champion00]

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