Vassily Ivanchuk vs Garry Kasparov 1994 | Dragon Bishop Deflection

Whenever players like Vassily Ivanchuk and Garry Kasparov meet over the board, you can be sure of a fight. Both players are kings of the initiative, and thrive in dynamic environments. Ivanchuk and Kasparov played this game in 1994 at the 8th Euwe Memorial tournament. A Sicilian Defense, Najdorf is present with Kasparov striking early at Ivanchuk's pawn duo. Ivanchuk saw this as his opportunity to pounce as early as move 10.
PGN:
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4 Qc7 7.Qf3
g6 8.Be3 Bg7 9.h3 e5 10.fxe5 dxe5 11.Bh6 Bxh6 12.Qxf6 O-O
13.Nd5 Qa5+ 14.b4 Qd8 15.Ne7+ Qxe7 16.Qxe7 exd4 17.Bc4 Nc6
18.Qc5 Be3 19.Rf1 Nd8 20.Rf3 Be6 21.Rxe3 dxe3 22.Bxe6 Nxe6
23.Qxe3 a5 24.b5 Rac8 25.O-O-O Rc5 26.Rd5 b6 27.Qg3 Rc7 28.Qd6
Rfc8 29.Rd2 Rb7 30.g4 Nc5 31.Qf6 h6 32.e5 Re8 33.h4 Kh7 34.h5
g5 35.Rd6 Re6 36.Qd8 Kg7 37.a3 a4 38.Kb2 Rbe7 39.Rxb6
Vassily Ivanchuk picture by Lennart Ootes
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[@oscarfernandez6830]

I really do not like the Sicilian Defense with the Nidorf or the Dragon. It is really easy to slay the dragon. All you have to do is eliminate the dragon knight, bust open the kingside, and hunt him down.

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And 8 more just blundered with |Dislike??|

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Probably just a mouse slip.

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probably people who thought this was gonna be a checker's video.

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Caleb Brinyark who eats a-uploads a chess video at three am?

[@tkimaginestudio]

Beautiful initiative by Ivanchuck. I had to laugh when you said "If the queen gets into g6, you can kiss all these pawns good bye." :) I also really appreciate the moments you choose to make us think about the best next move. Best chess channel on KZbin I know by a country mile!

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Watching the games with your descriptions and comments (and evident admiration for the brilliance involved, albeit modestly displayed) has been like visiting great artworks with experts. Whole new dimensions opened up, and great enjoyment. Thanks for all the hard work, Jerry. Going through your beginner to master series and greatly improving my understanding as well.

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Quality game wuth much to be learned from! Thank you for sharing!

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Very well presented and analyzed, thank you for yet another excellent vid :)

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I enjoy the video, I like how you express the moves clearly and options but then go back to the game, just so you can see the options. Fantastic. I learned about the h file move. Did not realize that. So very informative. Thank you

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I drink a lot but I don't want to get stupid drunk, no thanks.

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Shallengge xccepted

[@DipayanDas_education]

I thought the same, But he actually means white has an extra pawn and a queen vs a rook and a knight of the black after the exchange 6:39

[@DipayanDas_education]

DÄRK PRIÑÇE ?

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great game by ivanchuk, glad you feature these games against the top top players.

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yes, excellent commentary. I am definitely learning from your videos. thanks.

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Great analysis and well done, Chucky.

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Greeting from Nepal🇳🇵 Please add more videos to the beginner to master series and analysis of game below 2000 rated players

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Great video Jerry, thanks

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Another banger Jerry, great work

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Nice game to watch with no give up lesson,thanks.

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I really like the way you explain why it can be done and why it can't. ... your videos are definitely gonna make a lot of better chess players. .. thanks

[@onoff5815]

2:08 am, I suppose instead of staying up way too late I could watch this in the morning and actually remember the video. Oh well.

[@artist4981]

love these longer videos Jerry!

[@rajeshagarwal6840]

It's a overloading position for Kasparov.😂. Good analysis as always

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Thx Jerry 👍👍

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greetings from egypt ...nice video

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Great game and great analysis.

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Wow cool, thanks Jerry

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Interesting! Thanks!

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"soon, instead of working with inches, you're staring at feet."

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kinky

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Just use metric -_-

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[@pramanverma6209]

Hey Jerry thank-you for the wonderful Analysis. Just one question, what does black do after c3 at 6:02 ?

[@cliffbartlett5799]

Be6. If cxd4 then Bxd4 and the white queen is dead, she must give herself up for the rook on f8. I dont think white would capture however, more likely is 20. Bxe6, fxe6 and white is doing well. Black has an open F file, but white will still ultimately win.

[@Palienify]

probably the same as he did after the rook move, bishop to e6. moving the pawn would be a bad idea..

[@italotrivisan9767]

A Jerry video with Ivanchuk on it

[@pashuku]

I really liked your commentary . Very professional but also kind of funny.

[@746246140641]

Ivanchuk teaching us how to slay the Dragon.

[@excalibirb9204]

Um no it's refuted

[@SaintD382]

@@excalibirb9204 I refute your claim that Ivanchuk's refutation has been refuted.

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@@SaintD382 ok :(

[@1man1bike1road]

dragon is alive and well and that was a najdorf by the way

[@oluwaseyidolapo3544]

That's Naijdof variation bro

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Great explanation

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Amazing video

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"And the pawns are doubled" 8:33

[@zwischendurundmoll3968]

8:35 the pawns are doubled? op pawns 😁 great video!

[@superfisto]

Thanks Jerry.

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Best chess analyst on youtube

[@abhinavshankar439]

I can't believe Kasparov did not see Bg7 at 4:04 . It took me about a minute to think of that move.

[@lemao_squash4486]

abhinav shankar yeah i just saw it without really thinking

[@sibysamuel2281]

I saw that move in a second and my chess rating is shit LOL. That move just felt so obvious, can't believe one of the greatest players missed that. But that's what makes chess exciting.

[@arkos1179]

Unimaginable that Kaspy could miss it . But it's seen that he fumbles against Ivanchuk

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Jer, fellow knight-owl...

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👍

[@denisdemonte15]

that h5 move explanation was awesome

[@thelordananas1741]

Hi Jerry! Thanks for the great video! Have you ever thought about doing a video about the "fortress"-concept for your "Beginner to Chess Master-Serie/Playlist". :) I am asking because it is mentioned about 6:45 and 11:55 in this Video and I had to google it to recall it. Thank you a lot! The Lord Ananas from Germany,

[@whiteknight6795]

What a game!!!Unbelievable moves

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You keep asking if I took anything away... Jerry, I always take something away from yer videos!

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Brilliant game!

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3:30am and Jerry uploads, guess I won't be sleeping quite yet

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Superb

[@pankajpathak380]

I have one question: in the endgame when Kasparov resigned the game, what would have happened if he played Rook to b7? In my opinion that would have been a save for black.

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Tks.

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hello master , thanks for all thing. please write name's players on the board and who the winner in the end of video because I cann't understand English (just 50%)

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nice video

[@pooyaprvsh3948]

Hi. A(n amateur) question; here at 4:06 , why not move the rook to e8?

[@mizofan]

Ivanchuk v Kasparov at Linares in 91 was magnificent.

[@muntoonxt]

Ah, just in time for dinner!

[@theonly1978]

Jerry, do not forget to add final computer evaluation graph at the end please.

[@amuricuh6143]

How do you analyze most of your games? Takes me forvever to find why moves are played

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Amuricuh He uses the chess engines to see the variations

[@janurban4543]

Is there a move possible: istead of black move 33 - KH7, to make Knight e4 ???

[@mrcar2237]

When you said that you could kiss those pawns goodbye, i died

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Jerry can you recommend some time of resource for a beginner? I've never taken chess lessons, just watch you and Agadmator. I'm rated 1000 on chess.com blitz lol.

[@amuricuh6143]

Chessable is good for openings Lichess for tactics And KZbin for videos

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Also, I would suggest that you avoid blitz. Try +10minutes formats instead, they are far more instructive

[@AdrenalineVideos1337]

thanks

[@joshvigoureux5756]

On move 39, could black reply with ...Rb7 ? This would interfere with white coordination on the back rank, and both rooks would be defended by the knight (if either rook is taken, the knight recaptures with a punch thrown at the queen). Unless I'm just not as observant of the board or followups, I'm not really seeing a good reply White can make to mitigate black's defense if 39 ...Rb7.

[@joshvigoureux5756]

Additionally, Black may favor a rook-rook exchange, after 39 ...Rb7, because it forces white to consider capturing on b7 (if the white rook moves out of the way, the b5 pawn will drop with a check)

[@abdelrahmananbar6286]

Nice vid jerry :) and also his name is pronounced (e-van-shuk) and not (eye-van-shuk).greetings from egypt 😃

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da duude correctly "e-vun-chook" i think :)

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Oleg Makogon sure whatever floats your boat :)

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Ivanhoe!

[@jagabandhurath797]

Nice description....

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

4:06 fails so find a move a grandmaster missed Somehow still disappointed with self

[@adhimasyuda2124]

Pinning the rook but can castle king side?

[@vigilante8374]

It's astonishing to see the then-world champion miss the quick equalization after 14.Bg7 and instead sac the queen in desperation so early in the game. Was this blitz? He couldn't have been in time pressure, and this shouldn't have been a move he spent less than 20+ minutes on. And it was the only other move to consider!

[@KARTIKEYA007]

mistakes happen

[@vigilante8374]

My point isn't that mistakes can't happen; it's that given the situation, he can't possibly have *missed* the other line entirely. That's just crazyness. I think that would be much more extreme than a grandmaster missing a mate in one. Anyone can overlook something that blindsides them, but if you're in a position that early in the game where you're faced with a queen sac, you're going to take stock of all the available options. And this was such an obvious idea, any patzer alert enough to notice the mate threat would spot the counter move right away... fianchettoing the bishop is one of the most obvious things in the world to do (it's not an "unusual feeling" move like the mate in one Kramnik missed.) That's how commonplace the counter-move was... it's a move that has its own special name. It's like... it's like the difference between getting in a freak accident with a lawnmower and losing your arm, vs. getting your arm stuck in the lawnmower (while it's off) and having to cut it off with a pocketknife out of desperation so that you don't starve to death. Freak accidents happen to everyone, professionals included, yeah. But the idea that someone would cut off their own arm without thinking long and hard about it and trying to figure out another way is... incredible. It's a different kind of incredible than simply being careless and missing a threat. To me, I think this is much more surprising than a grandmaster missing a mate in one. Because it's a conscious decision he made, not something that snuck up on him. And he definitely had lots of time left on his clock. The best I can figure is that there was some other danger he thought he saw deeper in the other line that turned out to be a mirage, but it was a danger that was so bad that he somehow thought it worth it to try rolling the dice on a queen for two minors exchange instead. It's an interesting mistake from a reigning world champion. I'm not denigrating him; I just think it's surprising and interesting to figure out how it could happen when he had an hour to think about it and he must've known that sacrificing the queen was an almost guaranteed loss.

[@adrianali422]

10:02 why doesnt knight to e4 work now as white no longer has a useful check, is it not just a fork now?

[@izhasahimizhasahim1703]

Great 2 game

[@juliopereirab]

Why would you put a video of Will Ferrell playing chess?..

[@justadult3493]

Why do people play Sicilian if black mostly loses? (i lose but I am no master, let alone gm) but it seems like white always has extra advantage.(development and positioning)

[@Rabbioso88]

What happened to Vassily? lately I have not heard of him

[@threethrushes]

How did Kasparov not see the Bg7 move? I am a newb with sub-1500 ELO, and saw that move.

[@1998marijn1998]

Gerhard Symons Maybe Kasparov thought there would be enough compensation or he just wanted an interesting game and challenge himself. He almost certainly considered the bishop move as it is not hard to find.

[@Hot6Sauce]

You're better than Kasparov and should devote your life solely to chess.

[@threethrushes]

Marijn Verhaeg Yes, that's interesting that even super GMs might try to challenge themselves by making a position harder / or 'interesting'.

[@threethrushes]

Hot6Sauce Yes, you have given me the confidence I needed to study and become a GM and try and challenge Magnus. I think I can get to 2600 in a few months if I really try.

[@gosmart_always]

Why didn't the knight go to d3 in 14:19 video ?

[@Galakyllz]

My guess at 2:22 - geez, that Nd5 is looking crazy good for white. That knight at F6 is essential. So... hmm.. what's wrong with Be6? Then WNe6? pxd4?

[@VuotoHSR]

Probably

[@fadesk6865]

Kasparov: Can't find a simple bishop move, but sees that the pawn was poisoned.

[@BoazAugustoMatos]

04:12 Re8 was not a better option than Qd8?

[@phen-themoogle7651]

the only moved that caught me off guard was 0-0-0 lol , other than that I would've played exactly the same way from the opening, interesting.

[@squidstmartin6629]

I think Jerry was so concerned about a fortress being made in this video because of his 151-move brilliancy he had against stockfish, using a fortress lol

[@user-ft4pb5vb3e]

Oh man I remember that: "And the game-ending shot... Actually, you know what, let me throw a pop quiz your way. What would _you_ play as White? Feel free to... pause the video. Okay, there is one winning move here... _knight to g8._ And Stockfish has had enough. It throws in the towel. This game lasted 151 moves, certainly a very long one, uhh... but that last move. Killer."

[@athens_all_the_way]

Squid St Martin Do you recall what that video was titled?

[@squidstmartin6629]

It's the video where Jerry faces against stockfish levels 1-8

[@athens_all_the_way]

Squid St Martin Thank you very much, I plan on checking it out :)

[@VuotoHSR]

Stockfish is supposed to resign after 150 moves. It just can't compute anymore

[@serhiikozak1704]

Hi Jerry. Just FYI it's wrong to call Vassily Ivanchuk. Vassily is a Russian version of Vasil and as you know Vasil is a Ukrainian grand master from Lviv, Ukraine, hence the name. Thank you

[@EpicMiniMeatwad]

8:35 "and the pawns are doubled" he says, as the rooks double up on the c file

[@ir2001]

I was going to comment this but thought of making a plagiarism check beforehand lol

[@JJBerthume]

Was just about to sleep Jerry, why you do dis? :)

[@SiggiTheHopper2]

3:55 You hit bacc, you Block the checc, but most importantly you attacc

[@BREAKocean]

I thought I liked ivanchuks rossolimo against kasparov, but this was awesome