The Second Brilliancy Prize! | Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch | St. Petersburg (1914)

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Aron Nimzowitsch vs Siegbert Tarrasch
"Tarrasch the Thought" (game of the day Apr-28-2014)
St. Petersburg (1914), St. Petersburg RUE, rd 5, Apr-28
Queen's Gambit Declined: Tarrasch Defense. Pseudo-Tarrasch (D30)
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Rc1 Qe7 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nhf3 Rad8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Bb5 Ne4 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Nxd2 18. Nxd2 d4 19. exd4 Bxh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Bxg2 22. f3 Rfe8 23. Ne4 Qh1+ 24. Kf2 Bxf1 25. d5 f5 26. Qc3 Qg2+ 27. Ke3 Rxe4+ 28. fxe4 f4+ 29. Kxf4 Rf8+ 30. Ke5 Qh2+ 31. Ke6 Re8+ 32. Kd7 Bb5#
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The St Petersburg Tournament of 1914 featured the joint winners of the 1914 All Russian Championship and players who had won at least one major tournament. There were the veterans Blackburne and Gunsberg, established masters such as Tarrasch, Bernstein, Janowski, Nimzowitsch, Alekhine and Marshall as well as the World Champion Lasker and his two most prominent rivals, Rubinstein and Capablanca.
The tournament was divided into two sections. The first stage from the 21st April to the 6th of May was an all-play-all event with the first five finishers proceeding into the second stage which ran from the 10th to the 22nd of May. This second stage was a double round all-play-all with the scores from the preliminaries being carried over to the final.
Prizes amounted to 1200, 800, 500, 300 and 200 Rubles. Each non-prizewinner received 20 Rubles for every game won and 10 Rubles for every drawn game.
A brilliancy prize was being considered for Nimzowitsch vs Tarrasch, 1914 after the 5th round's finish, but more than 2 rounds later, it was awarded a 2nd brilliancy prize as the runner-up to the Capablanca vs O Bernstein, 1914 coup.
The main source for this collection was the St. Petersburg 1914 International Chess Tournament book by Dr Siegbert Tarrasch. ISBN 0-939433-17-6.
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[@myselfremade]

When you win like that it gives you license to Tarrasch talk

[@billjones3720]

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[@old_seadog]

You have a Tal-ent for chess puns

[@myselfremade]

It's a "Fine gold" joke

[@susieq7751]

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[@squealer42]

Stop it, everyone! Your horrible analogies are like, very poor comparisons.

[@better_than_u8844]

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[@brendanward2991]

Agreed. And with the Capablanca saga he has raised the bar even higher.

[@relevant3329]

Bro he got paid by crowfounding

[@Toxodos]

he could make more money by putting ads into the video and he doesn't, that's the point, no?

[@maxnullifidian]

I don't think this is "one of the best channels on KZbin" - I think it is THE best channel on KZbin!

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[@dik2bik]

That was nice of Nimzo to not simply resign after he was totally bust on the kingside.

[@LogicA002]

That's why I miss this era of chess, where the humble way of ending a game is to not resign and to finish the masterpiece.

[@willischilinski973]

Once in a time I really have to point out that I became a huge fan of your KZbin channel throughout the last week. Normally I am not the kind of person taking his time to write a complementing comment under someones videos, but in this case I really can't deny to do so. You could say I indeed got addicted to the beautiful game of chess only by listening to your exellent commentarys and couldn't imagine something more appealing right now than becoming a professional chess player one day. All in all I just wanted to say a huge THANK YOU(!!) for all the work and ambition you put into your videos. I already look sadly foreward to the moment in which I have watched every single of your videos and hope you carry on with your passion for ages so I won't run out of content. :D With all that being said.. love, greetings and salutations from germany my fellow in chess!!

[@qwvpv]

Tarrasch's spectacles and stache combo alone, deserves the brilliancy (of disguise) prize!

[@rogerforsberg3910]

Very acutely observed, Mr pv. In terms of personal facial style Tarrasch is 2d to no one -- at least IMHO!

[@pradyumnamundhe8643]

The future belongs to he who has the bishops - Siegbert Tarrasch

[@CerebralAssassin]

Congrats Nimzo,you're an excellent allower of checkmates!

[@RipperMatricus]

this Siegbert Tarrasch guy doesnt cease to amaze me

[@sujayjoshi381]

"Tarrasch book hasn't arrived" is the new "Capablanca didn't know any openings" Once "Capablanca didn't know any openings" was new "Harry Nelson Pilsbury is dead"

[@alienwarex51i3]

Pilsbury been dead...

[@ahmadshokry5945]

I actually prefer this game over Capablanca's game. It is always cool to have such a checkmate.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Instead of a double bishop sacrifice my Spidey Sense was tingling looking for a King-pin.

[@takatotakasui8307]

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[@robtrini]

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[@shubhendushekhar6590]

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[@nicolashrv]

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[@johnwamsley1896]

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[@davidcharles7106]

nicolashrv, I imagined it.....it was nice. Now imagine being poor and losing 50% of your "wealth" for the same reason - that would suck.

[@FruitOfTheSpirit]

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[@johngrey5806]

I just played a game on Lichess after which the opponent accused me of being a computer player and I should be prepared for a report!! That made my day. I just played the Traxler attack which I learned on @agadmator 's chess channel in response to his fried liver attack. Totally crushed him! Of course, he immediately thought I must be cheating. What a noob!

[@pfsloan2597]

...already writing the book. Fantastic!

[@sanidhyapratapsingh4952]

I was waiting for it and I have to say this was quite amazing . He makes sure he makes aur day better.

[@jraluark]

When we are watching the Rubinstein Saga(even though he wasn't in the final of this tournament), I hope to hear about how this book has yet to arrive.

[@robertkubicek8398]

I love your comments. I used this game few weeks ago in training. This tournament was really great!

[@richardfeynman5560]

A spectactular checkmate, just wonderful!

[@Lone1025]

I'm pretty sure I've liked more of your videos than all other videos combined.

[@inqusrs]

This undoubtedly should of been the first brilliancy prize. A force mating sequence while your facing mate is s thing of artistic beauty. Tarrash is definitely one of the greatest players of his time and an opponent one has to contend with

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

and what exactly is should of?

[@captainnautilus9578]

a lot of great players and great games covered in this saga, this is awesome! best saga ever!

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

Interesting. Both sides had doubled up bishops on the center diagonals creating kingside threats. What seemed like an exposed weakness when black pushed his g pawn to kick back the white knight ended up being his saving grace. White had a chance to push that same pawn to protect his king and he missed the move and lost.

[@j_sum1]

I love it when the masters play all the way to the checkmate. It is great to see the execution of all the brilliancy that preceded it. Also, even when the mate is forced, I think it is a gracious way for the losing player to give kudos to the victor. Finally, it is good for the spectators - especially learners. I wish this happened more often.

[@bakhtiyorallaberganov8062]

When Tarrasch was a small boy of six years old, at the school where he studied, the students were required to demonstrate in some way their literacy - to show what they could write. Many students did it right in the classroom, writing on the blackboard a few pre-memorized sentences from the alphabet. Some recorded something dictated by the teacher. Siegbert Tarrasch decided to perform this task differently than his classmates. He brought a chalkboard written in chalk to his teacher. For a couple of minutes, the teacher stared, perplexed, at this wooden “tablet”, dotted with gibberish of letters and numbers, completely unaware of what was written there. And then he said: - Fine, my boy! But what did you write here? ... And the six-year-old Siegbert, a typical so clever Jewish child, struck out in a calm, metallic voice: “The first version of the Spanish game is from the textbook.

[@abcdefghijlkmn1794]

This reminds me of 1963 RJF vs Robert Eugene Byrne where in one moment only difference in the position was where kings knight was developed to

[@Entropy825]

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[@travis5125]

_KZbinr_ sounds like what that Japanese chef told me after I wouldn't eat the karokke: *Chef Fuzu:* "You! You eat tuber!!" *Travis:* "No, I don't really like potatoes sir." *Chef Fuzu:* "You, American! You eat tuber!! You tuber!!!"

[@bunniyubel3782]

That king must have been so tired from walking so much he just conceded

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[@John_II]

Tarrasch... probably the best player to never become world champion. I like these older games better from a learning point of view - because it feels more accessible. Modern chess tends to turn on "engine" moves that are sometimes a little too abstract for me.

[@bobbyplace2525]

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[@seanoraghailligh7167]

5:40 - "Especially if you know about Lasker's famous game against Bauer". So that pesky Lasker also played a move in this game!

[@MLSaini-kk4lr]

Both players play brilliantly.

[@omkarunde2040]

Thanks alot.Just can't explain my happiness.

[@alireda22]

Commented this on the lasker video that tarrasch's birthday is march 5th but sadly you didn't see it. Would have been a good vast knowledge for this video.

[@liendatt8347]

what an elusive book, i can't wait anymore

[@user-uy9pd5eb3p]

It is said that Tarrasch approached Lasker at the ceremony after the tournament with a glass of champagne in order to congratulate him for getting first place. There he found the opportunity to compain: "Did you see my game against Nimzowitsch? It was quite unfair that it got the second brilliancy prize. It was a such a wonderful combination! And really rare as well.." Lasker replied : "Rare indeed. Once every 25 years"

[@mg7509]

what a beautiful game, a checkmate with the white king on your side of the board and a checkmate in one prepared for the white pieces.

[@slipppry]

Any way to do Tarrasch vs Mieses 1920 Gothenburg? One of the best Scandinavian Defense games. At least for this amateur. Thank you for your amazing channel. I've learned a ton. Maybe Fischer's books have taught me more, but not by much.

[@lexigold8448]

Took me five minutes to get this notification... youtube get your act together!! Great game so far.

[@kuyadong6791]

10:30 - nice choice of words, "aesthetically pleasing checkmate". But for other reviewers or reactors, they called this a sadistic checkmate in history since Tarrasch had some detestation to Nimzowitsch and that endgame was fuelled by sadism. Hehe

[@arcaninethebest3697]

What a brilliancy a beautiful game indeed

[@reaganabroad4952]

#suggestion come back to this tournament for the best games. Great games. Honestly, much more entertaining than today. They actually play to win.

[@manu-ox4fe]

The deeper knowledge of the game make contemporary player be more cautious

[@reaganabroad4952]

@@manu-ox4fe I would say that it's less about a deeper understanding and more about memorizing lines. These players typically seem to only play for a draw once they are behind. Today, players don't play for a win until they are ahead.

[@tedb9839]

OK Mr. Antonio Radić I understand now why other simple questions prior were not answered! LOL, enjoy your 'gig'..... GL

[@boosteddrimmsu]

"The Second Brilliancy Prize" By Agadmator (Antonio) 2nd OVA of "The Capablanca Saga"

[@fearcrisis2872]

I still remember the first times learn and play chess, I couldn't sleep that night by keep seeing all items moving in chess board even closing my eyes. 😒

[@Nick2014B]

I love Aron Nimzowitsch vs. Augusts Gize (1913) Caro Kan game one of my favorites if you could upload that one please

[@thedeadbaby]

tarrasch looks like a villain who would show up in an austin powers movie.

[@irishmcmilan6301]

Satisfying game !

[@omkarunde2040]

Yeah Dr.Tarrasch was indeed Master of Bishop Pair.

[@michaelthomas7705]

I read somewhere that the reason Tarrasch didn't win the first brilliancy prize was because of its similarity to the Lasker-Bauer game. Maybe he should have shared the brilliancy prize with Capa. Also, it must have been extremely satisfying for Tarrasch to beat Nimzovich since they were rivals (the old guard vs. the new young theorists). Maybe that's why Tarrasch preferred the embarrassing bishop checkmate line at the end.

[@michaelthomas7705]

Your comment about the fact that Lasker was also present at this tournament might sway the award committee was also spot on. Thanks and have a great one yourself. @Oissev Onos

[@muhammadhumayun1718]

This is the same game which magnus showed as an example for the double bishop sacrifice in magnus trainer app lol

[@georgeray649]

Nice game deserved to be chosen a brilliancy.

[@joshuaimmanuel1196]

11. cxd5 exd5, why not nxd5? does it not put black at an advantage since either of the knights can advance to nb4 and nd3 which are good positions?

[@alamgirchowdhury2138]

I am enjoy your video.

[@nirmalaajmera9594]

You messed up on Bd6 :-D:-D:-D

[@zmztv2707]

Why is the info corner always blank?

[@prabhat859]

#suggestion Adhiban Vs Grandelius, WTCC 2019 Round 1

[@shriramgite4013]

See the fide team chess competition India vs Sweden bishop sacrifice was monstrious

[@jamesknapp64]

Both players have bishop pairs slicing on long diagonals, its like Alpha Zero was guiding both of them

[@joshuasusanto6626]

5:05 pawn e3 takes pawn with check first then block check mate

[@saxoman1995]

Good one

[@egregiousarts6080]

I read in a book they hated each other, and he wanted Nimzowitsch to suffer. He saw the quick mate, but purposefully humiliated him with his king being on d7 in the final position.

[@cramthelan]

If they hated each other then it is interesting that Nimzowitsch allowed the checkmate then. Another comment said that he respected the play and allowed it. Different times and all.

[@travis5125]

@@cramthelan I read that Nimzowitsch was a _sadist,_ and would do such things on the chessboard when his dominatrix was travelling (usually to Rome to buy more leather).

[@ShifuCareaga]

@@travis5125 and I read that 11/10 stats are made up right on the spot did anyone else read it in a book so it must be true?

[@travis5125]

@@ShifuCareaga True. Mark Twain classifies statistics are a form of lying, which is most _certainly true_ because it's in multiple books.

[@canucks7777]

Naka would have flipped the table if he was Tarrasch.

[@azorthegreat2112]

"the book has not yet arrived" 🤗

[@rockbore]

I hope my pre ordered s10 is not so late. Where will the new tech be in 2124?

[@luismiguelcasal9162]

I heard somewhere that Tarrasch and Nimzovitsch hated each other, so Tarrasch preferred to enjoy the Schadenfreude of checkmating Nimzo in this humiliating fashion over a quicker and more simple checkmate.

[@fabianhauser708]

That makes it even more interesting why Nimzo didn't resign a couple of moves earlier instead of playing along until the very end?🤔 Did he really not see Tarraschs' mating net until the last move?!

[@nigelfarage4119]

Tarrasch=underrated

[@xendavadic6424]

Agad looks like nimzowitsch with a beard Ps: I really enjoy the video good job

[@agadmator]

Thanks, and thanks!

[@qazzaqstan]

When you are going to win a bailliancy prize there is no room for strcitly inferior unaesthetic checkmates

[@stanaklol]

Capablanca DLC no. 2!

[@bakhtiyorallaberganov8062]

Famous quotes by Siegbert Tarrasch: Not have good or bad players. There are only good or bad moves. The threat is stronger than its execution. The horse on the edge of the board is always bad. Rook endings are not won.

[@manu-ox4fe]

There are only good or bad moves :but bad playes made the bad moves The threat is stronge than its execution: but I got nothing. The horse on the edge of the board is alwaays bad : but when is check mating. Rook endings are not won: but surely you can lost them

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

@@manu-ox4fe There are no pieces called horses in chess

[@chaddonschaddons7084]

Nimzowitsch looks a lot like Frasier Crane (Kelsey Grammer)

[@vinayak86ful]

brilliancy always deserve a prize

[@sambowie4989]

vinayak tiwari brilliancy is not always used for doing good. The bomb on Hiroshima was a creation of brilliancy. Let's not give that a prize

[@relmcheatham]

Funny Coincidence: Tarrasch's Birthday was yesterday.

[@AreCowsFood]

on 5:01 you can still take the pawn first because of check, so why isnt it better for black?

[@chrismusix5669]

Was a queenside castle not a good prospect for Tarrasch/black?

[@068sivapriyagarladinne5]

8th one. excellent as usual

[@johngrey5806]

That sneaky Dr. Tarrasch! I bet he did heart surgery by going up the colon.

[@DonavanBarraza]

oh yeah epic chess time

[@richardsl3290]

5:06 min what if e takes f with check as a Zwischenzug? Wouldnt that work for black to expose the king and win a pawn? Am i missing something im new to chess and usually do

[@richardsl3290]

@Oissev Onos hey thanks for that but what about: exf2+ rxf2 f6 rxf6 rxf6 qe3+ kf1 rf8 picks up the queen doesnt it?

[@richardsl3290]

Damn i just realized a typical mistake i make in calculations queen can block the check on f2. Trading queens wouldnt be too good cause black has 3 pawn islands while white has 2 but its not particularly bad to go for that line i think. There might be some tricks with moving the black bishop to protect the queen while opening an attack from the rook on to the undefended knight... So maybe bf4? What can white do about it then? If gxf then qxf2 kxf2 rd2+ picks up the bishop If qxe3 bxe3 attacks the night twice and its pinned to the rook... Wow this works out looks genius to me. But im sure theres something i missed

[@richardsl3290]

@Oissev Onos i mean same variation i mentioned in my first answer where i missed that queen can block check on f2 after taking f6. So qf6, ...qe3+, qf2, ...bf4. And in case you meant where does qe3+ you probably didnt see the first variation which was: after f6 blocking, white does rxf6 then black goes rxf6, white takes the rook qxf6 and black avoids queen trade and goes qe3+

[@richardsl3290]

@Oissev Onos yes but there's no reason not to do it cause its piece winning for black. I just checked with the engine. If he trades rooks, then gives a check on e3 he either wins the queen if white doesnt block or white loses a knight with queen blocking then bf4. It worked out like i said. Tyvm for your time! I really appreciate it

[@ratel.miodozer]

Period of dope glasses

[@ytmndman]

Didn't you already do a video on this game?

[@Plankeh]

4:40 LMFAOOO

[@anthonyikem4197]

There is a mistake in 1:30 The bishop was not moveable white made a double move.

[@user-gx6dl6lt9c]

weird to see a good player not resigning 10 moves before

[@nicolashrv]

Late delivery by Amazon in Croatia?........must be Overseas Express the company in charge of delivery

[@cygnustsp]

Oh my

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥

[@demapplesjack]

Yesterday, March 5, was Siegbert Tarrasch’s birthday (as was mine).

[@dmsalomon]

This game was much cooler than Capablanca's. He's just not as flashy, probably because he's lazy and he doesn't like to calculate ;)

[@dineshvishwakarma922]

Or a Tal game will do !!

[@kilimanjarno]

rubbed his nose in it.

[@IsaacNewton1687]

Siegbert Tarrasch and Nimzowitsch were " enemies " . Mostly because about their ideas of modern chess ( Nimzo was with Reti ) . Most likely that's why he wanted to get his king all the way on the 7th rank

[@fabianhauser708]

That makes it even more interesting why Nimzo didn't resign a couple of moves earlier instead of playing along until the very end?🤔 Did he really not see Tarraschs' mating net until the last move?!

[@IsaacNewton1687]

@@fabianhauser708 that's indeed super interesting. It's kind of embarrassing to get your king to the 7nd rank because your opponent has a net. I would resign for sure. My guess is that he saw the mate in 2-3 moves but he didn't see the mate in 7 right away. So he was like "haha I got you" (yeah like that would ever happen bt either player. They wouldn't blunder) but then, by the time he realised he was lost (forced 7) it was too late.

[@bdsdeeraj9623]

simple bt effective from Tarrasch

[@ShifuCareaga]

IMO resigning almost shouldn't be allowed. People should play through to checkmate... you might find you're not as good at it as you think and it's just good practice to be chased around, trying to get easy points and reverse positions, and it's also good practice to have to kill the rabbit with your own hands... so to speak.

[@robertatlas9001]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Spassky vs Tal from Montreal 1979, www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1129088

[@ahanaganguly1420]

Now I can understand , what does addiction mean .... #lovefromwestbengal(India)

[@oisinoc8533]

2 brilliancy prizes... very suspicious