The Must Watch Epic Chess Video: The Story of Bhend

[@coosoorlog]

With Mato, you can never Tal

[@jradovich]

lol, good one

[@Surgical02]

I know right... But who really Keres?

[@StewartMiles1]

Lol

[@Bardhylius]

Plot twist: Keres was Mato

[@anmolchugh8297]

Hi Mato! Kindly accept my deepest gratitude for your sincere efforts towards analyzing these games and making such instructive videos. You have inspired me to play chess every day. Much love and respect from India. :)

[@MK-sc5go]

Paul Keres was the pure artist. he was never a world champion indeed but that doesn't mean nothing. his games are still alive and very appreciated,among thousands of people. his passion and contribution to the world of chess is significant and priceless. I'm not a professional player but I do enjoy watching his games,I find a lot of complexity there, so thank you Mato for giving us all this material..if I ever see you I'll buy you a drink😀

[@tenken103]

I would still like to see game between Tal and Bhend. Sometimes it is good to see legends as human.

[@MatoJelic]

+tenken103 If I show the game people wouldn't believe it

[@anandhrajan99]

+MatoJelic Thank you for showing amazing chess video.

[@mttmarazzi1452]

+MatoJelic please show the game

[@MatoJelic]

+Boldo Xenneru If there is enough interested people I will show the real Tal vs Bhend. Tal miscalculated the variation and lost. Under pressure Bhend did not break.

[@MandeepSingh-zb8oh]

+MatoJelic please show the game I also want to see the game can't wait for it

[@eltrapo8784]

I knew this wasn't a Tal game, no knight sacrifice anywhere.

[@zammyscorp0]

Was that supposed to be a joke?

[@zammyscorp0]

Was that supposed to be a joke?

[@eltrapo8784]

+Charlie Jaye Funny, cause its true.

[@bobdole7292]

what you mean? i don't get the joke in this video

[@seddiklamperoug7712]

u have a problem in your life

[@Freakland4You]

I'm a simple man, I see a Tal's video and I press like... Oh wait!

[@camryegy1850]

great comment :)

[@azy63]

That was the killer move at the end! I don't look at brand names. I look to learn. I subscribed to get better.

[@kittycalisonnypatch]

I like All the videos that mato produces. And for the record, the Keres series is great!

[@AlecLudlow1]

Mato this is a supreme example of your sense of humour. I understand exactly why you presented this game as you've done. A very subtle but powerful message to us all. What a great player Keres was!

[@ronaldpratama6805]

Any game you can learn something from IS a GOOD game, no matter who played. It is true just like Sir Mato said that we can learn better from Keres' games than Tal's. Thanks again for showing us this beauty, Sir Mato. God bless you.

[@АрсенийПавлов-ю2н]

Mato, this is one of the deepest lessons I've learnt from your videos. Fantastic, great thanks to you! All the best to you! You bring the humor and wisdom in a very nice, not-boring forms.

[@bharath669]

Mr Mato, you are a great alrounder (entertainer , coach , innovative and attractive presenter) , enjoyed a lot...............

[@ericosoares132]

That's a slap in the face for those who think that Keres was not as good/entertaining as Tal! Great video as always Mato.

[@jakebishop7822]

does anybody else notice that immortal, as in immortal games sound's like more tal

[@nigelstanford4]

I thought the keres series was finally over lol

[@AZR1011]

saaaame

[@MrSasuke628]

Why ? Mato is doing great job and keres was amazing player, I would like to see more videos About His beautiful chess games :) Keep it up Mato I love your videos.

[@Diademic111]

well you always have the option of not watching... the quality of the games and the assessment of them are the reason most of us watch this channel, what does it matter if it's Keres or Tal or whoever so long as there's some insight to be gained?

[@Tammyaway]

+Steven If we learned anything from this video is that for the purpose of learning it doesn't matter which player it is who played the pieces. If he had done those same Keres games while using different names you wouldn't have found it "boring". Focus on the content and not the title of the video.

[@Tammyaway]

Steven Why is it boring? If he had done those games without naming names you wouldn't have been bored. My point is you've created an artificial reason to be bored which is completely irrelevant.

[@omriavital6309]

LOL I knew it all along. Mato is mad at the plebs who complained about Keres videos

[@flamboyantamo]

lol. I know ungrateful pricks.

[@tommonk7651]

Keres probably does not get the respect he deserves. He was a great, imaginative player. Perhaps Mato should write a book about his games. I don't think there is a good modern book on Keres.

[@George4943]

This should have been uploaded on April 1st.

[@MTlelek]

Already Kb1 was suspicious for Tal... anyway, you gave us a discovered check with this one, Mato!

[@stalin666666]

Wow. Mind blown xD i was not expecting that. Amazing job mato :)))

[@sundarpichai940]

I love it! Your videos are the highlight of my graveyard shift job!

[@Chujutsu]

Haha. Joke's on you, Mato! I think of Keres as awesome. Hahaha

[@MatoJelic]

+Chujutsu Your thinking is correct

[@Fresh_Carcass]

+MatoJelic Why you dont show Tal's game? you know some people would like too see Tal back

[@zammyscorp0]

+Death pre The point of this video has gone way over your head, hasn't it

[@Fresh_Carcass]

this video make me sad because it remembers me when mato made lectures on tal, i miss tal and im not the only one. is tal missing you ?

[@hakangencer2409]

daym, you tricked me good. attack looks like tal would've done it...

[@madhavsahi7400]

wow matojelic..hats off to you..,👌👌✌✌👍👍

[@simon_patterson]

Very cool, I enjoyed the twist at the end. And the game - chess brand names mean nothing to me, either.

[@TheOneNickel]

"The mind trick" I could of guessed it would the magician from Riga. Great games Mato.

[@sakinano99]

I don't know about others, but I'm fulling enjoying the Keres series; I think you should do a ton more Keres videos :)

[@eduardocostaeu]

When the video started I got mad because Keres series was over. But when the game ended and you said that was Keres instead of Tal, I really liked Keres offensive game.

[@aqshelraditya3677]

Well, for me i did learnt chess more from Keres though.. He really is a genius. Keep up the good work mato.. I love your channel :))

[@alexandrefaubertcharlebois1885]

Mato @ 4:24, knB6 + is winning in 2 moves. After p x kn, then Ra8 +, then K - c7, then B-a5 check mate.

[@StFoIMba]

haha, nice one mato. totally got me there. and you are actually right. when i thought about it i indeed truly believed I would enjoy the same game more if it was tal.. crazy. but keres games are also great! do videos of whatever chess games you like, its your channel and lots of people appreciate it!

[@abhss]

Epic battle wow👌👌👌 Thx Mato.

[@CHESSTERUK]

That was sneaky Mato and definitely food for thought.

[@MooxLive]

Still brilliant match and commentary as always from you Mato

[@kikstand17]

Thank you mato! People will now respect keres more

[@reshad8570]

You are more than an ordinary chess coach Mato!

[@MatoJelic]

Thank you

[@nazlone]

Thank u Tal for entertaining...and thank u Mato for making it more entertaining with your comments

[@bla2e.]

'Paul Keres was a font of inspiration for Tal and Tal won three Keres Memorials 1977, 1981, and 1983.' I think we can stop here

[@HollyMartins]

There was a man who really liked chess so much, that he went to the church and asked the priest - if they played chess in heaven. He ment a life without chess was no life. The priest said come back in 3 days and I will have the answer. After 3 days the man came back to the church The priest said - well I have good news and bad news The good news is that they play a lot of chess in heaven The man smiled a happy smile and thanked God for that then he asked the priest what the bad news were. Well said the priest - you going to play in their sundance chessclub next week

[@rafaelleite3954]

Mato, you are a great Man! Thank you!

[@agus.90]

hahaha mato you are great!!!awesome game, would also like to see the originial. thanks to your channel I knew about Tal and now about Keres, thank you!

[@ingcarlosun]

well done Mato. I learnt from the video the prowess of Keres

[@GregToastertag]

Mato - my roommates and I in Brooklyn have loved your videos for years... One thought on this one: After black's queen takes white's C4 pawn around move 50, can't white force checkmate, or else capture black's queen, with knight to B6 (check), followed by rook to A8 (check), then bishop to A4 (check), then white queen takes pawn, checkmate?

[@totu376]

Mato you are a ninja! I liked this game a lot, it was just as good, if not better than most of the Keres games you've been showing us (: I also found the killer move!

[@badrsaadi4323]

keres and tal are both great players enjoy the games I like keres because of his brilliant plans and I like tal because of his risk tendency and fearlessness for me both are great !

[@junaid12345678901234]

mato plz upload the video of the game played between keres and capablanca

[@lammatt]

i knew it wasnt Tal when black offered to trade queens and white denied. to decide if a game is played by Tal, 1. see if there is a queen sacrifice 2. see if there is any crazy move which makes no sense at the first glance if NO for both questions, it is not Tal's game

[@Brumhart-t4d]

hahaha yeah and what I've seen about keres is that he doesn't like to sacrifice the queen

[@julestube3799]

Mato presented a wonderful defensive game of Tal ... You should find it in Mato's archives ;-)

[@Brumhart-t4d]

+Jules Tube i will thanks!

[@ibrahimoo11]

Hi Mato. I like this video. It reminds me of the way I play although my rating is 1285. I think I'm closer to Tal's style of play than to Fischer's.

[@XsnakesforeverX]

idc who played it. I just enjoy watching players better than me

[@IMANGHAFOORI]

I learning how to be jokey from this video. I admire your sense of humor.

[@p.g.9370]

Hi Mato, yer videos are fast and too the point, great job, Shalom

[@Karimdaniel]

I love all your videos Mato =) I Sometimes like it more than actually playing ches. I would choose generic product. Keres is a fantastic player!

[@locutusdborg126]

It didn't look like the typical Tal playing style. Not enough sacrifices.

[@bazarovthenihilist9630]

It is obvious that Paul Keres was a chess genius, but how he has never won the World chess championship title. How he never became the World chess champion? And how some of us has never heard his name? Isnt this unfair for a magnificent player like Paul Keres.

[@PairsOfDuals]

He was basically the main candidate for a World Championship match between him and I believe Mikhail Botvinnik but WW2 started so the match was postponed, and many players and historians believe the Soviets more or less threatened Keres because they wanted a true-blood Soviet champion like Botvinnik instead of the Estonian Keres.

[@PairsOfDuals]

The World Championship before WW2 was likely to be between Alekhine and Keres but then the war started, not Botvinnik. But the rest is true.

[@bazarovthenihilist9630]

PairsOfDuals Thanks for the information.

[@vishalchavda3663]

Surprisingly Game.. because tal would do Bishop to a5 first.... and then opponent resign...tal lost some games just because he likes to attacks... that is daring.. and a player should have courage to attack like tal had....

[@youngpatrick29]

Haha Mato you listened to me!

[@MatoJelic]

+PeeJayTV I did

[@SilentForceX]

+PeeJayTV Did you convince him to make the clickbait titles?

[@youngpatrick29]

I said it as a joke in a previous vid and he did it

[@soummadeepsengupta4463]

before resignation why did black not move the king to safety after knight check

[@dishil1]

I love surprise. .:).. moment of truth. I was like...:-@.. Really Really Great game... pls..keep posting old games.. Becuz this is very helpful for improving and understanding how Big GM plays Chess.. thanks mato.:) I love it.

[@vadimtziganasj]

Great!! I really applauded after that moment of truth )

[@abramquindara4482]

paul keres is a brilliant player aka the uncrowned king 😊

[@Narrowcros]

Chess like tactics by Mato with the name. Well I enjoyed it

[@sandeep-ra0-1]

I saw the Killa move :) although Tal's games are the most fun to watch, I can actually learn more from Keres' games. Keres' style is somehow intuitively more akin to me. Keres is simple, elegant and beautiful. Tal on the other hand is a bit too much for me, if I ever try to do anything like Tal, my brain would explode I guess :)

[@kensaputra6884]

Mato played a move, and i really thought it was Tal.

[@prasanna2991]

Trick never seen before!

[@yousifgerma9798]

Love you Matto

[@jededimuvanlai]

The more i play chess, the better i find the techniques of paul keres are. He is deeply interesting player. Thank you matto. This Could have been Tal, if he quited his vodka on time, ,, :) :D

[@JLPicard1648]

What about Kd7 in response to Nd5?

[@AZR1011]

nice video. have a request mato! can u make a video on alpaslan move i even dont know its name but its the one which u capture the pawn from behind. thanks

[@liminaut]

I'd love to see the Tal-Bhend game.

[@preetkooll]

hey mato, your secret has given heart attack at last

[@giovannicappello2916]

ahahah Mato you got me! Very funny! great Keres!

[@Callipygous1975]

BTW, it's not really Mato Jelic who does these videos.

[@2devdatt]

I recognized that it wad not Tal during the game as it was missing his trademark "sacrifices"... Paul Keres is a slow poision..

[@andrewhitewing6057]

You're awesome Mato.

[@upanishadupadhye5138]

Mato this is not fair!!!!!!!!!! U should show the game between Tal and bhend

[@IVIARSHALL]

hvala lijepa! super video, :) bilo je zanimljivo

[@thequeensconquerer316]

Really nice suspense

[@musungu79]

MATO YOU ARE GENIUS

[@shreyjack]

hey Mato,, thanks for sharing all these amazing videos....but in respect to this game,,, i kind of have a feeling these are not Tal's move,,,,,Paul keres was a great player but Tal was genius,,,,and i kind of understand now how he plays,,,,Tal more tactital than just being attacking...

[@partharora16]

hey , please upload chess games of candidates tournament 2016

[@jradovich]

thank you Mato. Great game

[@pcsecuritychannel]

Am I the only one who thought (before the end) that this does not look like a Tal game?

[@pastirot]

I was suspicious because there was no rook/knight/queen sacrifice...but I thought naaah, maybe he didn't felt to sacrifice this game :)

[@maxiqwee6860]

The PC Security Channel [TPSC] I didn't expect you here tbh

[@Danumurti18]

If you said that this game is beetween Alexis Fawx vs Rachel Roxx, it will attract people even more.

[@samuelcastano2722]

Amazing game! You played us like a fiddle Mato... Nice tactic to shut up all the Keres haters out there.

[@baxterbrown8088]

After Nd5 do you have to take the knight? If Kd7 instead of Qxd5? then what does white have beyond Qxb7 or possibly Rxb7 taking back the pawn? The King then runs to e8 and material is equal

[@baxterbrown8088]

+Baxter Brown Oh woops nevermind, after Ke8 then white just uses whichever piece he took on b7 with and checkmates on e7.

[@jrm2376]

nice one mato.. thanks

[@HollyMartins]

What did i learn ? I learned that all it takes is one small mistake and sometimes you dont even have to do any mistakes. you lose anyway. This is 2 masters playing and one of them dont stand a chance.

[@aleksandrsiyakwazi3017]

"Material is equal". It is then that I knew.

[@TransparentSkull]

after the truth moment i start watching video second time its true

[@Herman47]

*Tal of course needs no introduction.*

[@moronesaxatilis]

Great video

[@alachabre]

I actually prefer the games by players who normally are overlooked. Keres fits that description.

[@crypt4519]

Tal would give you 9 pawns just to attack your king.. ha ha.. where do you find this stuff??

[@ChichaBakchod]

I like you man , I like you keep it up

[@thamerkh]

a good chess game is good regardless of who is playing

[@KillaIzNargilla]

Haha nice end! And guys stop complaining about keres games. They are pure Art. Keep with good work Mato.

[@bharath669]

I would also interested to watch the real game.............

[@markhughes7927]

What I learned from this video was that Keres can bhend it like Tal if he chooses to do so!

[@sinecurve9999]

Very funny, Mato. Is black crumbling if the king tries to escape via d7 e8?

[@sinecurve9999]

+sinecurve9999 Qxb2+ Ke8 Qxe7# doh