Three World Champions versus three Russian talents

All of the participants of Tal Memorial 2018 had gathered at the Dvorkovich place in Moscow in the memory of IA Vladimir Dvorkovich.
There was a small exhibition match where three former World Champions (Anand, Karpov and Kramnik) played against three Russian talents - Karjakin, Nepo and Dubov! What an exciting duel!
To see Anand, Karpov and Kramnik together is rare. And to see them discussing chess is even more.

[@ivanegorov4173]

Next round: All of them vs Misha

[@JimmyStarGalaxy]

Ian and Sergey: *trying to play solid* Daniil: Ok lets see where i can sac something

[@williamsoliveira1]

Totally 😂

[@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n]

And then create a beautiful play

[@godsdisciple2904]

Tal Mode Activated😃🔥

[@khadermohiuddinmohammed3977]

They can remember million moves but can't remember whose turn it is!! Amazing how humans brain works...

[@andreingramakadjscrewrip7372]

Right?! 😂😂😂

[@fortifor5410]

same thought i had

[@barchetta575m]

It is quite amazing. I guess it's like tunnel vision in their mind, all that matters is chess at that moment, nothing else.

[@khadermohiuddinmohammed3977]

@@barchetta575m yeah could be..

[@voldemordable]

They were born for chess

[@gabriellazaritrevisani6249]

Kramnik: pays close attention, try to find the best attacking move. Anand: tries to understand kramnik play and give it some good continuation Karpov: "just be a man and grab the damn pawn! We can explore the weaknesses in the future"

[@taco6649]

Min?

[@manjadirkpeeters5576]

@@taco6649 Kramniks attacking moves: Nf1, Bf1, Bf1...;-) But he played the best moves in this game, that is true.

[@taco6649]

@@manjadirkpeeters5576 Kramnnik is a crack

[@aravindgundakaram1830]

@@taco6649 and you are the chess world champion eh? Poop head.

[@anonymous-rm9jk]

@@aravindgundakaram1830 got him

[@waqaskhanmomand7103]

Someone need to send this to Agadmator.

[@samarthaakte2893]

@Asrar Sultan omg thats great!! 😂

[@eltonjohn5406]

He already uploaded this in his channel

[@7ammaBOY]

@@eltonjohn5406 Do you have the link to the video ?

[@souradipdepression]

@@7ammaBOY kzbin.info/www/bejne/laisc5qersR6aLs

[@7ammaBOY]

@@souradipdepression Thanks

[@satishkumar77]

its so nice to see karpov and anand playing together

[@youimpress]

watching a GM play six boards at once is normal, watching six GMs playing one board is something else

[@MyThoughts19902X]

When you're around distractions, be like Karpov in this video.

[@herojitsorokhaibam2928]

Lol, not playing moves from middlegame

[@tangiskerinduan172]

Lol hahahah xD

[@aizvass424]

@@ryanflanagan9624 great analysis of the game... Idiot

[@user-ez4uw4lg9k]

Karpov - ( f 'c 4 - b6-/

[@vasundarakrishnan4093]

A year ago I didn't know the Russian talents. Now I'm like "Karjakin, Nepomniachtchi and Dubov, huh? It is going to be a tough game."

[@sumikorbekv6266]

Karjakin was the candidate before caruana

[@vasundarakrishnan4093]

@@sumikorbekv6266 I know but I didn't really follow elite chess that much back then

[@kirjian]

@@vasundarakrishnan4093 you know you're into chess when you can nail spelling Nepomniachtchi on the first try

[@sais8681]

Wow. Yeah 🤣

[@VarunWadhwa.]

@@kirjian lmaoo😂😂

[@jydp]

0:28 Bobby fischer joins the chat.

[@x78340]

hahaha

[@davissss463]

Jajajaja

[@pranitgandhi6832]

😂😂😂😂

[@TonyBaXxX]

Haha i just died =)

[@the_nitish_singh]

😂😂

[@funfor1life]

It got me emotional to watch Karpov, maybe feeling a bit weaker since the other two former world champs are still top players, or I don't know how to say it not belonging.. But to watch such a legend and genius still very very strong and enjoying his time with the kids is surreal. I LOVE Kramnik and admire all not despicable super grand masters (this of course includes Vishy). But Karpov is really the one who caught my attention the most. Unreal as well to see the complicity between Anand and Big Vlad! This video put a big smile on my face. :) Thank you very much!

[@AbhishekPandey-lh4tb]

Now a days he just enjoying chess ... Already everything done by him to proud himself... He is a milestone legend

[@rogerfedererc5315]

Karpov has nothing to prove, he is simply Better than each and every player standing there. He is the god of positional play

[@leesamaha4006]

At his prime Karpov was stronger than any of those players. And even at this age, in this scenario, he's possibly the strongest player there. Hear me out. Karpov is the strongest over-the-board player in history, and the best at immediately assessing a position. It doesn't matter that his age means he lacks stamina to focus for 5 hours or even every move of a rapid game such as here, because he's got Anand and Kramnick making 2/3 of the moves in the game. So when a turn comes round in this game, there's simply no one better at playing it then Karpov. Note, it was the youngest guy that made the tactical error at the end (Dubov) and Karpov that seized on it!

[@funfor1life]

@@leesamaha4006 Thank you for the answer. That's an interesting point of view. My ELO wouldn't allow me to validate or contradict your standpoint but still interesting to think about it from that perspective. And age does impoverish a Grand Master's - or any chess player's for that matter- resources, whether the youngest dude made the critical error or not.

[@furkankarakaya26]

@@leesamaha4006 that's why he lost to kasparov several times? and then which kramnik won against kasparov lol, karpov is luckiest World champion because Fischer stopped playing chess

[@DonBachan]

There is a reason why those guys were world champions! Kudos to champions!

[@shunanddanwitace1]

actually, sergey's team was winning until someone in their team made a blunder

[@faridessalhi4858]

Who blundered

[@shunanddanwitace1]

dont know who blundered, but after analysing the game with the engine, it showed that black an advantage of -2, but then someone in the black team blundered and white got an advantage of +2

[@vinaykumar007]

Ian Nepo seems to have made a blunder with 38...Ke5 !!

[@oscardavila8653]

The real question is, why do people keep saying that Karjakin is very talented? I mean the guy is very overrated in my opinion.

[@mukeshqweqwemukeshqweqwe7956]

or one indian talent among the five russian talents

[@ROHITKINGC]

@Classic Soviet System emphasized and spent so much for Chess. Vishy Anand also studied Chess in childhood at a Soviet-Centre in Chennai, India.

[@mirandasi8302]

Chess was invented in India

[@kb-tu2kf]

@@mirandasi8302 Art in Italy, life in Africa, and so on...

[@jacoboribilik3253]

Karpov is Japanese

[@hughmongusfeline3452]

@@jacoboribilik3253 bruh

[@jannopascual8486]

3 previous hokages vs. 3 sannin.

[@memesofbollywood8157]

😂😂😂😂🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@ItachiUchiha-ge6em]

But no akatsuki there

[@shivampanchal524]

Dattebayo

[@tugkan_celik]

@中国中国, 我爱您!!! no one gives a shit about dog eaters

[@VarunWadhwa.]

@@tugkan_celik ahh crap he didn't mentioned Naruto (character) 😂😂

[@muscularsquirrel7119]

There were 28 coughs and 163 random laughter bursts in this video.

[@abhashukla2281]

Wow

[@faktamerapu7743]

kramnik can bring the board home to see it closer

[@mahendraroy2924]

😂😂😂😂

[@madaxe8894]

😂😂🤣🤣🤣

[@dmstudiofoto8784]

I just wanted to comment about that too hahaha

[@kirjian]

Please explain lol

[@Irish_Gordy]

@@kirjian he keeps bending to look at the board on his turn

[@alfredocastanedagarcia5616]

I love seeing Vishy and Vlad going along so well

[@vaibhavrajput2284]

"All three styles, quite different. It's not gonna work" Anand at 0:08 :)

[@andriymanucharyan]

A. J. Indian accent

[@rooksman64]

I feel like they are more positional than most players specially K and K

[@samirgulamov684]

It's not gon

[@pewdiepie5752]

The three Grandmasters is Karpov,Anand and Kramnic

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

@@pewdiepie5752 Rip English

[@specijalac]

This room is exploding of intelligence

[@justlerma4577]

Make no mistake, a person can be good at chess but that does not mean that they have an above-average intelligence, being good at the game is due to practice and obviously talent, and yes, there are people who play chess and they are extremely clever but there are also others who play chess and despite being very good at it in other fields they are terrible, it is like you say that a runner who is good in his field is just as good in each and every one of the branches of athletics and obviously that is a mistake.

[@sachinnandakumar1008]

@@justlerma4577 exactly

[@justlerma4577]

@Alan James but in the game, not in general

[@choudhary5037]

@@justlerma4577lol No one is intelligence in general , Don't talk like a kid 🤣 .

[@sakshamsinghal5418]

@@justlerma4577 ok but I would guess every chess player with a rating above 2k would be considered above average in academics

[@longball756]

Is this a chess all star game???!

[@saiprasadsalvi1217]

magnus wants to know your location

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

@@saiprasadsalvi1217 kasparov laughing at this comment

[@ParkerRu4ka]

Some funny moments: 0:11 "We don't have a chess clock, but imaging there is one" 0:26 Woman from audience "Can we clue them in?" "Yes, clue them in - that's good" 2:19 Kramnik to Karpov "You played it nevertheless" (Nh4 is famous Karpov's maneuver to exchange g2 bishops) 2:50 "Rd1" "Which one?" "Both" 4:57 Karjakin was feared of Re1 and knight on f6 is losing. But later he realized that then there is move d2, were knight is not losing. 17:10 Shipov: "Who resigns gets this rating recalculated" 18:16 Shipov: "It's time for a draw, Rg7 is a draw (stalemate). Why didn't you take it?"

[@vampireducks1622]

Cool. Thanks.

[@Alex_Alx]

17:10 was not Shipov.

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

Who is shipov???

[@mrcookie97]

i am shipov :)

[@shamilmakhov6741]

@Sreyansh Ranjan no, all's correct. Sergey Shipov is there, a GM

[@sujaybm7676]

But the coolest thing was that the world champions tactically outplayed the youngsters and that too what kind of youngsters!!! Both nepo and dubov are tactical beasts

[@choyou3932]

@@devonsaginashvili7208 Pretty sure if Capa or Fischer was helped with an engine too they would be at the top.

[@harshrajjadhav940]

@@choyou3932 absolutely even Morphy that guy was a beast

[@hubertsang7418]

@@choyou3932 imagine alekhine and tal with an engine.

[@SK-pj8mg]

@@hubertsang7418 tal was engine himself

[@physicsisawesome696]

@@hubertsang7418 tal doesn't need an engine. Engine need tal

[@alphabeta2732]

In the end, it was like p&c of handshakes

[@theguptacircle8550]

lol

[@stinkyoldmonk8982]

I was going to comment the exact same thing..

[@sparksfly4421]

3 legendary word champs playing together in a team- it's honestly a delight to see this play

[@orlonarsino6729]

I like how it slowly becomes more and more tense.

[@Drsandm21]

Real treat to watch all these legends playing together..

[@mufarisfa3939]

didn't know that chess has multiplayer co-op mode

[@nikhilmahajan6811]

Three absolute legends. I am sure big Vlady would have had a back pain that night.

[@sudeepdas443]

It feels so good to see the players enjoying the game(smiling and laughing) without thinking about losing or winning. This is the true form of the game.👍

[@newcreationinchrist1423]

That was the funnest most intriguing game of chess I've ever watched! Loved it.

[@chessinfo2064]

ANAND - " all of our styles are different, its not going to work " and karpov, kramnik laugh, but still they win. shows the power of experience

[@Nhankindredmain]

when you realize they are all russians except anand

[@zakarijrameka2807]

Anyone else notice the notation around wrong way? Love seeing these types of games between great players.

[@jonathan.freiberger3879]

What a great scene. I'd be scared out of my wits standing there with all that genius. Who is the young guy on the right? Is that Dubov? And Karpov still grabbing pawns!

[@Zeddicus1976]

Yes, it's Daniil Dubov

[@IndiaDuniya]

Man he is crushing it today

[@dariomartinez6358]

@@IndiaDuniya yeah he beated the shit outta Carlsen

[@sais8681]

Those three guys have goddamn 14 world championships between them😂😂😂

[@jontancena5368]

Mostly everyone: *thinking about the position* Karpov: wait it's my turn?

[@prasadmoily4109]

Ah those great days kasparov,karpov,anand ,kramnik,polgar,short ,ivanchuk .

[@owaisahmad18]

18:43 ... young talent are too young to play against 3 former world champions.

[@adityabubna8536]

That kid is not happy. He just wants to go home and have his dinner. 😂

[@sircosm]

The reactions when Sergey played out of turn and tried to take back were hilarious.

[@chiragpanchal399]

I think it's too dangerous to have a small child these close to chess table 😂😂😂

[@josyjoy2836]

I have never seen so much laughter in a chess game

[@shilpaprajapati4801]

1st time i heard something else than coughing

[@yermiaandri9882]

The one who came up with this idea of match is brilliant. I've never seen so many smiles in a single chess match before this.

[@simhaaa639]

Such a wonderful environment! Geniuses all around gathered to play this wonderful game!

[@Akros2009]

BRAVO!!!! PGN, please! That's is for history!

[@Akros2009]

[Event "Tal Memorial 2018 - exhibition match"] [Site "Dvorkovich - Moscow"] [Date "2018.03.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Kramnik, Anand, Karpov"] [Black "Dubov, Nepo, Karjakin"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "?"] [BlackElo "?"] [ECO "E16"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 c5 7. Bxb4 cxb4 8. O-O O-O 9. Qd3 d6 10. Nbd2 a5 11. a3 Na6 12. Nh4 Qe7 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Rac1 g6 16. Nf1 e5 17. Ne3 exd4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qf3 d3 21. axb4 axb4 22. Bf1 Qe5 23. Rb1 Re8 24. Bxd3 Qg5 25. Bf1 Ng4 26. Bh3 h5 27. Rd4 f5 28. Qf4 Qf6 29. Bxg4 hxg4 30. Rbd1 Kf7 31. h3 Re5 32. hxg4 g5 33. Qf3 gxh4 34. g5 Qxg5 35. Rxh4 Rg8 36. Rdd4 Nd7 37. Rh5 Re1+ 38. Kg2 Ne5 39. Rxg5 Rg1+ 40. Kh3 Rh8+ 41. Rh4 Rxh4+ 42. gxh4 Nxf3 43. Rxf5+ Kg6 44. Rxf3 Rc1 45. b3 Rc3 46. Kg4 b5 47. h5+ Kg7 48. cxb5 Rc5 49. Kg5 Rxb5 50. h6+ Kg8 51. Kg6 Rb7 52. Rf6 Rg7+ 53. Kf5 Rc7 54. Rxd6 Rc3 55. Kg6 1-0

[@owaisahmad18]

please share the pgn download link . Thank you

[@Akros2009]

+Owais Ahmad, drive.google.com/file/d/1BP-MEMlkQii8eJPLb0XCBdeDn02hVAbt/view?usp=drivesdk

[@pedroakjr2371]

[WhiteElo "over 9000"]

[@SunilKumar-cy2ke]

Akros2009 thank you for this hard work.

[@undeadnightorc]

So good to see Karpov play, even though it isn't in a competitive game.

[@VisionOfTJ]

Just a wonderful clip for the ages.

[@JakobMusic]

Alternative Title "6 Chess Grandmasters play on a wrong setup board"

[@prokritirkache8144]

where is the wrong setup?

[@JakobMusic]

@@prokritirkache8144 the board is flipped :D The black pieces are on the first and second rank and the white on the 7th and 8th.

[@prokritirkache8144]

@@JakobMusic ohh, thanks.

[@nukmanub3426]

Three world champions and three russian talent, so total of 6 talented player... Yet the board still upside down

[@yourfilipinotv6477]

Karpov, Anand, Kramnik in one frame 👌

[@pushpenderkishore7364]

18:17 trying to stalemate but Vishi aaaaah! i don't eat elephants :D

[@nishantintouch]

When i saw Karpov on the left, i knew the result already.

[@swe1337swe]

Hes easily the weakest player out of all 6 plqyers but okay:-)

[@alexandrebezerra2296]

Interestingly enough, he made the Txg4 which decided the game

[@chadmarx7718]

@@swe1337swe not in his prime though. He and kasparov were pretty close during their matches and it could have gone either way

[@tommasobergamaschi4277]

Truth 😂

[@louiss2595]

lala hipponen now he is. In his prime he smashed Kramnik lol. And vs Kasp their overal wc match record was 21-19 144 draws. And many of the games that Kasparov won was because he deliberately played for adjournments to confer with his seconds. Karpov tried to get fide to abolish such a dumb rule. Anatoly is an underrated WC because his play nor personality was impulsive but he is without a doubt a genius over the board and THE strongest GM to watch when it comes to strategic and positional play, in his prime ofc.

[@davidwhite2949]

The old guard still winning Reminds me of a kung fu movie: the student challenges the teacher. The teacher says, “I taught you everything you know, but I didn’t teach you everything I know!“

[@maachhmakhan9959]

I'm just enjoying Karjakin's laughter 😂😂😂

[@chessbrilliance8783]

Rahul Jha i don't if it s him who laugh like a goat or something. It s really anoying.

[@drsouvikmondal]

Just beautiful stuff❤️. They just casually sauced those three!

[@akshaysvnit91]

Kramnik is awesome, such an elegant person, and the way he was smashing the pieces was hilarious ... Though there was nothing humorous in the video.. But still, I was smiling through out the video... Great game.. Thanks for sharing.

[@akshatrai9743]

When all you care about is not being the one who blunders

[@AhmadRifai-ey4uo]

Nice personality from vishy. Kramnjk, karpov..it's wondeeful to see

[@TheWooloomoolloo]

Great show.

[@iamcoffeerepublic]

Vishy with the Doc Ock haircut.

[@andreingramakadjscrewrip7372]

😂😂😂

[@KchessK]

17:55 Kramnik's Epic Move

[@dreggory82]

KchessK and then Karpov subsequently missed pawn takes rook following their rook check.

[@dreggory82]

Just kidding, that would have been stalemate.

[@ThangNguyen-ko5ze]

That move was easy to see

[@rtt1961]

52. Rf6 ! (That even got a smile out of Karpov.)

[@robertm346]

Well done to whoever made the decision to double this video as a unique ASMR phenomenon.

[@MrPianoman135]

За такое лайк не глядя)

[@georgekorakianitis6958]

I love how karpov looks at them after playing d4

[@sujaybm7676]

In the rook endgame it's just a pleasure to watch Karpov's expressions!!!

[@user-ot9bt5oy5x]

торжественная встреча-праздничный формат бог шахмат улыбается глядя на такое

[@darwinp4107]

6 powerful chess brains and so many calculations at each move.... What a tug of war.. great to watch....

[@andm4201]

3:42 Nation leaders during WorldWar3 Colorised

[@classix568]

this was funny but more so deep, damn.

[@notnotcharles3022]

The former world champs team is 66% Russians but you know you were still going for them

[@tgunersel]

Great meeting and joy :)

[@unkown753]

19:34 clapping alone

[@coverdrive0073]

Final boss of chess is here.. "Anatoly Karpovaaaa"!!!

[@AbhishekChoudhary1508]

This is a great moment in world chess history

[@kyranrausch458]

That Karjakin Blunder by pushing the pawn was pretty funny with everybody knowing immediately it was. He tried to pull it back but he couldnt.

[@kushalahmed2911]

This match proves "Old is gold."

[@dotsanddash8083]

Imagine If all wars were fought like this, 3 chess generals from each side 😂.

[@Sahil-tq9gf]

Russia would win every time.

[@dotsanddash8083]

@@Sahil-tq9gf debatable.

[@jorge5251]

La partida terminó siendo tácticamente muy interesante, con gran triunfo de los campeones

[@Rk_transformer]

Nice to see that

[@tapasghosh5089]

A chain of pearls. The situation is similar to roadside chess tournament in India where onlookers pay attention to the game and let fly their suggestions in the air. All the GMs and Champs are playing in light moods. I really enjoyed this video. I am really fortunate to witness the grandeur of the ambience. Only one thing I miss here. Had there been English interpretation!

[@AlejandroMartinez-el6nr]

That kid next to Karpov is Elisey Mysin. A prodigy pianist.

[@aarthidurai4778]

Its a visual😍😍 treat for all d chess players...six brains in 1 game 🤔😊...nice one...

[@rajanraut5907]

Amazing.!

[@rohitk9221]

Pre covid I didn't know any of them except Vishy. Thanks to Samay and Sagar Shah for introducing me to this world. I now know each one them along with their playing styles. Big fan of Dubov due to his aggressive play!

[@RAVIKUMAR-nb5un]

12:35 Finally my earphones works

[@rafinha15d]

Anand best player of all time. Change my mind.

[@remybuitenhuis2433]

This was so wholesome :)

[@diegoamitrano4750]

Espectacular!!

[@cwjalexx]

0:19 holy crap dubov's nose is huge

[@m3hdim3hdi]

this is just love and happiness

[@henryseidel5469]

What a great, friendly atmosphere there is between the best chess players of the world. They all seem to be friends. Must be a special kind of people. They obviously do not take chess for a war but for a piece of art.

[@prasadaravind6093]

Very good show ,more entertaining

[@k14check]

5 are Russian out of 6

[@rafinha15d]

But the best player is the Indian.

[@dawid4820]

@@rafinha15d tied with Kramnik, both 2817 in their peak

[@harshitmishra3100]

I think Russians are good at chess

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Kramnik is so mechanical in his play it's like multiple gears of a machine working in unison

[@erikartigasreverter5464]

Amazing

[@demianschultz3749]

They keep on tampering with Karpov's positional genius

[@mvsigrist]

I can feel the electricity sparking from those neurons network connections.....

[@anonimouz152]

Hauahahaha ikr

[@matttondr9282]

Grandmasters: thinking 20 moves ahead Also grandmasters: who’s turn is it again?

[@siliusseth9558]

It's beautiful to see these legends, The old generation next to the new generation!

[@NothingWithEverything]

Just enjoyed

[@gimligloin1570]

The move 1. d2-d4 (0:55) was executed like a king!