Vishy Anand Breaks Down His Greatest Chess Move

Join 5-time World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand as he breaks down his best chess move of all time!
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[@Chanakya06]

Its Funny how Vishy introduces himself in the beginning as if no one knows him.

[@helloooooo6242]

@@meowcat5596 are you sure about that..???

[@Chanakya06]

@@meowcat5596 no way, almost every chess fan knows him. I mean common how can you not know a world champ.

[@surajsikarwar6884]

@@davidschneide5422 lol you are not a "avid" chess fan then

[@RossM3838]

@@meowcat5596 he was world champion. Anyone who plays chess is in awe.

[@vyaas_v]

@@surajsikarwar6884 He can be an avid fan of the game of chess and be really great at it compared to many who just know all the players.

[@syauqiachmad]

GM gives you free queen ?!... smells so vishy

[@tanaypatel103]

💯 for the pun

[@akilansundaram2181]

Nice pun. This comment needs more attention.

[@oranjuice9554]

this pun murdered my family

[@benjamininkorea7016]

I guarantee he's heard that one about 1000 times already.

[@saadkhatri1129]

Good one 😂❤️

[@zebfross]

I'm too young to have known Vishy through his whole career, but I became a fan after he lost to Carlsen and then completely beat the odds to come back and win the candidates for a Carlsen rematch. Absolutely incredible.

[@ClarkPotter]

This video is a good example of why he's a legend. Look at the inspiration behind these creative lines. How many of us look for these types of moves?

[@cantfindagoodchannelname7359]

@@ClarkPotter lot of gms think

[@svs9610]

In tata steel chess he deafeated nakamura, carlsen and all amd won the cahmpionship.

[@sourandbitter3062]

I like his slower pace. Calm and collected, chooses his words wisely. The usual chess commentary is not for me.

[@thepyroking1236]

I agree. Others like to pretend to be superior beings with light-speed thinking, while the true great players are calm, collected, and not unnecessarily arrogant.

[@dhushy63]

I know right The ususal commentary is just not for me People like those just want to show off

[@NoWeights_NoProblem]

No he's just old

[@cleiru7859]

@@NoWeights_NoProblem He may appear slow and old to you but Anand is known to be one of the faster super GMs around. He was known to finish his games with severe time difference against his opponents in all formats.

[@ClarkPotter]

@@thepyroking1236 Are they pretending to be superior, or do you have an inferiority complex from which you project superiority complexes onto others?

[@joeb4142]

I’ve heard about Vishy before but not until this video did I realize what a truly nice guy he is. Chess comes and goes but niceness is forever. And legends are forever too :-)

[@rainmakerrr]

Vishy is the sanest chess player that has ever lived hands down so humble and pleasant

[@secretunknown2782]

He has defeated milkhail but still did not show off he said that he win because milkhail was having disease that shows how humble Anand is

[@aniketgupta8064]

chess is also forever.

[@mayanksharma6030]

@@Golden_M.Y. Mikhail tal is one of the best attacking player of all time.

[@keralacitizen]

Hail the milk!!😂

[@lionwolf8358]

5 times world champion but an humble one. Rare.

[@tasmayshah5539]

Aren't they all very nice though? Atleast since Kasparov we have had very graceful world champions I thought.

[@dkpandey1996]

There's nothing better than a player of Anand's level explaining his thought process behind his moves. This is one of the best games I've ever watched.

[@sadchicken5282]

Vishy has that classsic classic indian dad shirt :)

[@kpx2683]

Hahahah😂😂

[@coder_rc]

He likes to be simple like Sundar pichai and ratan tata

[@secretunknown2782]

@@coder_rc lol

[@coder_rc]

@@secretunknown2782 What lol?

[@secretunknown2782]

@@coder_rc lol= living oversimplified life 😐

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

It is inspiring to see such a legendary grandmaster talking about one of his most brilliant ideas so humbly and casually. Vishy really is a class-act.

[@brianbernstein3826]

Vishy Anand is a class act. In games where Carlsen had beaten him in the WC, he stayed for the full length of the analysis, answering all the insulting and ridiculous questions people were asking him ("what do you tell your fans after losing this game?" etc etc). Compare him to Carlsen, who storms out of interviews in mere seconds. For all Carlsen's skill, he lacks the character to lose well. I don't look up to Carlsen, but I absolutely look up to Anand.

[@Jinan_Shah]

Carlsen cannot digest any loss. Example loss is his recent loss against Nieman…

[@axiommmm5977]

@@Jinan_Shah nieman cheated....

[@Jinan_Shah]

@@axiommmm5977, alright Carlsen is not alone in this digestion problem…some of his fans are as well… I am Carlsen’s fan as well. But, he played very badly in that one game and that’s the fact..

[@axiommmm5977]

@@Jinan_Shah sorry I mistook the game you meant.... Yes I agree he did not play so good...

[@kl6544]

Jew🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@johnnypiccone2274]

Genius, Anand is definitely one of the greatest ever!

[@secretunknown2782]

He is champion

[@ENGLISHSUBLIMINAL]

Yes, He is one of the greatest Chess players.

[@mauricioubillusmarchena6660]

I would definitely include him in the Top 10. He's a genious

[@mauricioubillusmarchena6660]

@Indian God Definetely. I would consider Anand maybe in the Top 7 or something like that.

[@samueltukamushaba3577]

That sequence of moves is probably the best I’ve seen yet.

[@sriramsankar8958]

He is so humble even when he says he is 5 time world champion, no arrogance. Love Vishy Anand ❤️

[@patrickbateman882]

Vishy: "Oh no! my queen!"

[@pumagutten]

Vishy, you are a class act. Stay safe! Greetings from Norway.

[@czechpirc3212]

The thing I love about Vishys games is he is so principal in his play, development/center control/king safety and then the tactics all work because of this, its all very simple and straight forward until it isnt, kind of like a modern Morphy

[@hirak16]

This is the first game which I ever studied. It is a gem. I remember all the moves: 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. h5 Be4 12. Rh3 Bg2 13. Re3 Nb6 14. Bd3 Nd5 15. f3 Bb4 16. Kf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Rb1 Qxd4 19. Rxb7 Rd8 20. h6 gxh6 21. Bg6 Ne7 22. Qxd4 Rxd4 23. Rd3 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bd3 After Bd3 black resigned as there are too many threats. If Bh1 then Rb8+ and the only way to defend will be to play Nc8 otherwise the h8 rook hangs. But after Nc8 there is Ba6 which wins the knight as it can't move due to the pin. The prisoner bishop can only move from g2 to h1 and will eventually fall.

[@VARMOT123]

he is a top 3 speed chess players in history . dominated speed chess for 2 decades and top 10 classical chess player in history . absolute chess genius

[@arkos1179]

he was a genius in the 90s but not in the 2000s, but still among the goats

[@udaytejsingh3998]

@@arkos1179 he became world champ in 2007 bro

[@secretunknown2782]

@@arkos1179 he was 5 times world champion after 2000s what are you talking about

[@DaynePeachman]

Such a beautiful idea and move. Anand is an all time great and he's still going at it.

[@sarthakpalchowdhury4302]

I've watched this game so many times that the moment I saw the alignment of the pieces, I knew it's the Joel Lautier game and h6 is the move. I thought maybe Anand will show his game vs levon aronian, 2013 wijk an zee. Anand is a living legend ❤

[@abhijitsarkar7257]

this game is much better,in that game aronian never developed all his pieces,so its kinda obvious

[@peterhardie4151]

Yep, one of the true immortals.

[@peterhardie4151]

I remember watching the Aronian game live. Bc5 being the key move I think.

[@sarthakpalchowdhury4302]

@@peterhardie4151 at one moment Anand's 3 minor pieces were hanging and Aronian had to decide which one to take but it never mattered. The play was so so perfect. As Magnus had said, it's a game for the ages

[@peterhardie4151]

@@sarthakpalchowdhury4302 Absolutely.

[@brandonmiles8174]

The longer I play, the more I find that many of the best and most brilliant moves involve pushing a pawn past the 6th rank. Whether it's a discovered attack/check, forcing the opponent to open up a file to infiltrate the back rank, forcing them to keep an otherwise dangerous rook on the back rank to prevent promotion, etc. My only brilliant move was a similar, c7 with a discovered attack on the rook, and also attacked a knight preventing check by the queen.

[@AbhishekKumar-de2dj]

I have only made 1 briallancy till now and it was exactly pawn to f7 . You are absolutely correct either it's pawn or sacrificing queen.

[@cameront3768]

Nice!!! It would take me 3 months with an engine to find a check mate..

[@VenomAntiVenom]

@Raj Agarwal That’s how stupid he is by his own admission.

[@trravindran9392]

Come-on, he is semi-serious and being funny, heaping praise on Anand, can't you see this?

[@jansnauwaert1785]

@@VenomAntiVenom Yeah. Pretty painful.

[@jansnauwaert1785]

@@trravindran9392 Nope.

[@tejaspatil5291]

A five-time World Champion, yet such a humble man, one of his title being earned after having made a road trip in a Mercedes Sprinter van, and then reaching Sofia. So great, yet so humble.

[@muneeb-ahmed]

I found the move I feel like I just solved riemann hypothesis

[@troy9019]

🤣 🔥

[@codegeass7162]

Vishy seems so sweet and nice every time I see him.

[@rmathai123]

Brilliant. Classic Anand. Silent but deadly. Reminds me of the poisoned pawn he used against Topalov in the World Championship Finals.

[@ramachandra776]

Thought the bishop move was his greatest , not the quiet pawn move before . The calm before the storm . Just like Anand himself .

[@Matheolh123]

Very likable and calm persona, what a champ!!!

[@MarcoMate87]

What a fantastic move, and what a fantastic player, so educate, quiet, peaceful, and very strong.

[@benkochess]

The best move is always one which nobody expected. I like a lot what was in Vishy mind and how he calculated all this before he find this quiet pawn move. He is a great player!!!

[@archismanchakrabarty9752]

He has such a soft and gentle voice :-)

[@yagami-light]

His opponent after seeing the move: *hmm fishy anand*

[@Midnightwards666]

Really enjoyable video brilliant play!

[@seekzugzwangful]

One of the most intuitive players ever. ❤️❤️❤️

[@pikie1011]

Great instruction on how he found this move. Just seeing the solutions makes these moves completely unrelatable for me. But seeing that he had an idea.. it didn't work and he tried to find ways to improve it actually taught me a lot that I can apply at my own level.

[@darklord9025]

Calm and courageous dude...

[@EarlSmith2469]

Beautiful demonstration of the power of a pin.

[@kundukulam5808]

Even after watching it several times when I see the board again I cannot fathom or see the quiet but deadly pawn move and its aftershockwave.

[@dynamicchess]

absolutely loved this one !

[@OshoShakti]

Vishy is such a soft spoken gent. ❤️

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

This amazingly quiet move reminds me of those amazing no-look passes that Ronaldinho loved to make so much! Class! Pure class!

[@rohanb6727]

I think his best move in recent times was resigning against Nikhil Kamath, causing the game to get the attention it deserved 😂

[@_jagmansingh4062]

He could have flagged him but he showed us his class and, like a true gentleman, gave Nikhil the win. What a legend.

[@royalredbird9717]

The black bishop was Prisoner of War (POW) in the whole game.

[@sujiththiyagarajan4290]

What a gentle man wishy.....love u...

[@saibharadwajvedula6793]

Loved it! Anand Sir.

[@ravivarma239]

Thanks Anandji very much. 🌹🌹

[@vidyasagark2975]

Great Game by Vishy Sir

[@ChesscomIndia]

Vishy OP!

[@ilyaibrahimovic9842]

These guys are on another level

[@dhushy63]

True Legends are fan of this move and the whole game of his with Levon in 2013

[@Mikeontube]

The THORN PAWN! Leela Chess Zero's first generation network loved this move!

[@durooham2535]

Aagadmator mensioned this move as best move ever in chess?? in his title

[@mohitshukla4911]

Clickbait

[@erenyeeeaager1602]

@@mohitshukla4911 lol

[@fabiobonetta5454]

Such a great man

[@skaarphy5797]

To be the player who would find such a move. Chess, man. Nothing like it.

[@ashishnair12]

Damn! I had to pause & play the video several times to understand this play. What a legend Vishi is! India is proud of him.

[@TuringMachine001]

Wow. Such a privilege to hear one of the greatest chess players of all time explaining his thought process.

[@arjunsathish4064]

Love u Vishy sir

[@divyanshutomer3948]

what a polite way of speaking.

[@damndiablo1]

A true living legend ✋

[@sanskaragarwal1534]

I guessed it even before watching the video!! Clearly my most favorite game ever!!😍😍

[@edmzfrs]

For me. This is the best chess move ever played

[@ahmedelzanaty3120]

brilliant Vishy

[@sicherlicht]

So much better with background music

[@insuranceremedies2352]

You are a Gem Vishy!! and India's pride.

[@peterhardie4151]

Class act.

[@AnandSivaram22]

Wouldn't it have been a better idea to put the link to the game in the description or as a pinned comment? Just a suggestion.

[@korosensei4873]

U can watxh thia game in agamator or levys channel I havent watched it in agadmators channel but i did watch it in gothamchess (a.k.a levy ) Just search Vishwanthan anand's best game gotham chess

[@AnandSivaram22]

@@korosensei4873 I was talking about them adding the Pgn so that people could peruse through it, but sure.

[@adam-nn3et]

as soon as i saw the position i knew it was this game

[@aimaroyazji9063]

True legend

[@vinesthemonkey]

this is like a chess engine level move

[@prithvirajdutta3346]

Amazing!!!!!

[@ValChristianCMarco]

vishy saying is name is so cool LOL

[@guiladshmaya1]

Mato Jelic made a video about this move many years ago. Before chesstubers and off course Vishi himself commented on that

[@armchair8258]

I think it is the same one Sagar questioned Magnus about and Magnus gets it wrong saying Bg6, which only works after h6.

[@mayanksrivastava5866]

Yes

[@adityavakharia5665]

no way anyone is finding h6 in such a complicated position except the engine

[@ajaysabarish9645]

Legend!

[@ankushpatialme]

This is so satisfying to watch. i get lost when pepole try to explain chess games, have to pause sevral times to get what is actually happening. And live chess commentary, cant stand more than few seconds. Watched this after Hikaru's ladder video, its like classical vs POP.

[@Karthik-kt24]

Best sir🙏

[@marwanahmed5377]

The funny thing is the difference between a commentator's opinion about someone's best move and his/her own opinion about it.

[@praveenrawat6574]

This is why aliens don't visit us

[@SURESHKUMAR-du3bn]

Legend 🙏🙏🙏

[@earlking6430]

What a move!! I guessed it initially but dismissed without analysis.

[@bihartiger8940]

I remember all this move

[@m0skit0]

Wow, now that's a PWN move!

[@joepascal4473]

His voice though💜💜

[@TheSadedz]

Short and strong video.

[@ryanelliot5225]

Wow, that was impressive

[@nuclei100]

Genius

[@prasannasurange]

Genius with humility....that's Vishy🙏🏻❤

[@aditgoel8261]

Sir I think you should have gone for your game vs Levon Aronian in 2013 or Sergey Karjakin Sicilian Brilliancy or even Peter Leko in 2017.

[@n.minh.hoang2k23]

Could somebody please share with me the link to the music or the name of it? I would appreciate the help a lot.

[@animewithsensei3494]

im bad at chess but even understood it from the way he explained

[@nurjahanbegume3]

I am not questioning a GM but in the position that Vishy gave us he could have also played Rxe6 f7xe6 then Bg6 check throwing a discovered attack on his queen and then he has to either move the king or take the bishop and after the opponent does either of these we gobble up the queen.

[@balakrishnaraovinnakota2527]

Dear Anand you are famous for such kind of play

[@paypower8127]

Beast move!

[@hardpatel4421]

My fav move is f5 against Nepo.

[@danielfan9196]

Another possible combination that wins the black queen could also be: Rook takes f7. The king cant take the rook because then he gets bishop g6 which wins the black queen

[@daudkaun3807]

What a move

[@tasmayshah5539]

I saw h6 as the first move, but I had no clue why it worked.

[@shreyasinamdar2590]

This is the same game that Levi(gothamchess) has mentioned the best game of vishi sir..He showed the full game and it is indeed the greatest games ever played..

[@advaykumar9726]

I have also watched it before

[@tanaypatel103]

Levy

[@BranwellHaworth]

In the next video, Viswanathan Anand analyses his favourite song, Pink Floyd's Vish You Were Here.