The 10 Greatest Chess Moves Of All Time

[@matthewviramontes3131]

I'd like to see a "Greatest chess moves of all time" computer version too.

[@matthewviramontes3131]

@Mr.D3ath link?

[@matthewviramontes3131]

@@durdo00 Well that's kind of the point. These moves would be ones that even top human players could not find/wouldn't play, but turned out to be winning moves. So say a sac that Leela plays, perhaps even Stockfish didn't see it in it's eval, but turned out to be a brilliant (and winning) move. Something like that would make the list

[@ksportz66]

@Mr.D3ath Are you sure.. I’ll check mate

[@tonylove4800]

Good for you. I don't give a shit.

[@prakash-ry9ot]

2:44 why he mentioned 33,

[@mohan9465]

anand vs lautier 1997 biel tournament,anands h6 move in that game makes no sense at first only to find the calculations behind that move....this game should be checked by everyone

[@Narrowcros]

The endgame on the second game was stunning, so precise with pawn plan

[@piotrbugaj5179]

In game #2 You have the exact same combination, as in Tylkowski-Wojciechowski, Poznań 1931, but the polish game happened earlier. Also, it's important to cover what happens after queening, because Rook and a Knight could hold, but there is another tactic, that wins black a piece.

[@RMF49]

I agree with #1 but I’ll take Fischer’s bishop retreat over most of these. With his queen and knight hanging, Bobby takes a very active bishop and retreats it to where it too can be captured. Insane.

[@dimensionalblade2778]

Which game is that?

[@Qhsjahajw]

lmao, expected from a newbie, that move aint even hard to calculate in classical time formats, nor is it that unexpected for strong players. Its easy to see that bobby gets 2 minors and a major piece after the following combinations, which is obviously better than a queen, also the fact that the king is weak. I can find like 10 better moves by bobby , better than this one

[@RMF49]

@@Qhsjahajw I can make Shirov’s move sound easy too: “I’m one tempo shy of cutting off his king with my king, then his bishop will be helpless to stop my two advanced passed pawns. So let me get my bishop out if the way with tempo.” Not hard for a strong player to notice and the calculation to prove one of the pawns promote is not that hard. Many of the moves in this video are far easier to calculate and more expected than Fischer’s. Plus it’s not all about calculation it’s about not rejecting a move from consideration. Why do you bring up the ease of the windmill calculation? That’s not even the key element of Fischer’s bishop retreat. The windmill is only possible because Byrne played a bad reply. Capturing the queen is not even a top five move. There are at least five other variations to calculate. Fischer’s bishop retreat on the surface does nothing. It appears to be a one move threat. It attacks a bishop that can simply retreat leaving Fischer in the same predicament as before with queen and knight hanging, except before Fischer’s bishop was hitting the knight and x-raying the rook guarding the weak back rank and now Fisher’s bishop is just hitting air and blocking his own rook. Fishers bishop retreat only works because all three of these are present: 1. It threatens the windmill so can’t be ignored 2. It cannot be captured due to the virtual pin to smothered mate 3. It is prophylactic against a potential sac on f7 If Fischer’s move were not prophylactic it would simply be a one move threat accomplishing nothing. So Fischer’s move is unexpected because it is extremely rare to be able to make a prophylactic move when your queen and knight are hanging.

[@Rocksolace]

@@RMF49 great analysis. Fishers game against Byrd is incredible! Jose Capablanca makes chess look very easy with all of his simple explanations for moves not so simple to us average players but that doesn’t mean that Capablancas brilliance’s aren’t really “that” good. If anything, being able to explain it is incredible within itself. Magnus and many other chess greats have Incredible intuitions but cannot explain it to other people, so being able to explain is another feat itself.

[@RMF49]

@@Rocksolace Yeah Capa is definitely one of my favorites. I love the way he could make a GM look like a baby with just simple natural moves and no tactics at all. Of course he could and did use tactics too but often he didn’t even need to.

[@dizzyd7315]

I thought this guy only does calculus videos lol

[@TidakDiket23]

sometimes slow-but-wild tactics give me a premonition about losing

[@luisserrano5951]

Nimzowitsch's h6 against Samisch is probably one of the dirtiest and most badass moves of all time

[@danno1800]

What a delight to see them one after another! Thanks - much appreciated…

[@sooooooooDark]

4:50 which do u find fancier? side-stepping king checkmate or castling checkmate? 🤔

[@Tripletrident]

His English is fine though

[@DerickMasai]

I wish he castled. That would have been the best outcome. And right as he was about to do so, I wish he looked to the audience and simply went, "Hold on, we don't want to teach beginners bad chess habits, now do we. Always castle at the first opportune moment." then offered the handshake. (This goes a bit better if you picture him as a funny guy like Anish so he doesn't just sound like an asshole).

[@oscheoroset1298]

Late reply but I would choose castling. Castling to check is such a rare move that doing so would make this game even more beautiful.

[@yrodro]

I don't see how any of these is better than Botvinnik Capablanca 1938

[@petyrkolev3815]

4:12 There is mate in 2 with kxf6# and qh7

[@ladhimona9611]

What if topalov didn't capture the bishop? Would it have been a draw?

[@tob564]

No. There is no way for white both save the g-pawn (3 pawn advantage is winning) and prevent black king from getting to e4.

[@jatingupta3718]

in the game #4 the brilliant move is bishop e6 instead of h6, after bishop e6 followed by rook f8 checkmate can't be stop..

[@pucek365]

Isn't #9 played between some polish players in Poznań? Gotham chess included that game twice in his videos and both times it was titled as pearl of Poznań.

[@michamarkuszewski4546]

no

[@sutirtharoy7939]

It is the Pearl of Poznan indeed but the players were not Polish afaik

[@pucek365]

@@sutirtharoy7939 I think they were. One of them was Tylkowski if I remember correctly, because Gotham said it in a wierd way(for a Polish viewer like myself).

[@zeninguem1937]

there's doubts about the legitimacy of the game, no one actually knows for sure who played it or if it even was played

[@sutirtharoy7939]

@@zeninguem1937 I think that is the Maier vs Muller game, many people think it's a study. The Poznan game is in the record books and definitely happened

[@softwareminimalist]

I had to pause the video at #7 because my brain already melted.

[@Nobody-Nowhere-Nothing]

Feels like I'm watching Blue's Clues lol. He even looks like the actor from the show.

[@adityachatterjee079]

Awesome commentary brother 👌 ..

[@adarshnair7596]

I

[@chess]

Thank you so much 😀

[@chandugadichannel1568]

He is so amazing that if it was not a brilliant move, he sure make us convinced that it is a brilliant one with his narration

[@fartlord111]

3:35 I strive to have a game as beautiful as this

[@DerickMasai]

This is the best checkmate possible between two strong players in my opinion. Now for just general play, the most ruthless mate I have ever seen was between Aman of ChessBrah and a lower rated player where he promoted every single pawn (his opponent has only his king left), save one, to all the pieces that had been taken off the board, rearranged them to their starting position, replayed out the ENTIRE game, and when I say this I mean repeated every move he made with each piece (except for one that would have led to stalemate) then mated the guy. There is absolutely no way to top this mate. Hats off to his opponent for allowing this beauty. When I die I'll go knowing I witnessed the greatest possible scenario in chess 😭.

[@SystemOfATool]

@@DerickMasai link please

[@kafkaesquee521]

Chess is art.

[@ChessLynx]

Meier vs muller can you give the full game pgn ?

[@mohannadalghamdi7007]

Whaaat I thought this guy was a mathematician...

[@Alex0201M]

Gotham did it better

[@chesstactics5796]

Yeah true

[@sagniksarkar9660]

@@chesstactics5796 yeah you are right

[@thisisisabella3634]

I was hoping to see James but ok this is cool too. I just love James's instruction.

[@chess]

We all love James :)

[@willyh.r.1216]

Bro, u good at Math, at Chess, ... I bet u also good at Finance. U must have a brilliant mind Bro. Btw, those 3 are my favorite fields as well.

[@FoxesDragonsAndVirgos]

At 8: 52, if Rh4 a2, Rh1 a1Q, RxQ. White has an edge.

[@ppmpyae1152]

You mean before capturing the rook?

[@FoxesDragonsAndVirgos]

@@ppmpyae1152 yes

[@ppmpyae1152]

@@FoxesDragonsAndVirgos I checked with stockfish. Its -4.3 for black if you go Rh4. You can win in so many ways. One way is 45... a2 46. h6+ f7 47. h1 a4 48. a1 e4+ 49. d2 g5 50. f5 f6 51. g4 a3 52. c2 e3 53. b2 a8 54. c3 e2 55. d2 a4 56. e1 e5 57. xe2 xg4 58. d2 xf5. Rook is too slow to do anything even for the engine. A human would lose instantly. Best move for black according to stockfish is to just take the rook which is -2.7 for black.

[@nick2629]

I dont like commentating the move number. It is distracting

[@kiraleskirales]

nice selection!

[@chess]

Glad you think so!

[@timwheeler8523]

Spassky's Rh1!! vs Larsen in 1970 deserves attention

[@northernlight1000]

Wait a second.... where do I know this gentleman from again??

[@decreasing_entropy3003]

Bri the math guy?

[@KingofHades208]

Am I the only one here wondering where is Fro Trommsdorf’s b3 against Emil Joseph Diemer. I mean that move deserves at least and honourable mention because that was one of the craziest things I have ever seen in my life.

[@sagick97]

Any levy copiers in the chat.

[@soumyajitroy5239]

You narrate very good nice bro

[@anshumanagrawal346]

Am I the only here who didn't know Bri The Math Guy played chess

[@davidcopson5800]

No, there's another guy in Cleveland.

[@swingingmonk]

Surely #8 is just checkmate in two? Knight takes Bishop check and then Queen takes pawn checkmate.

[@sergiofqm]

Topalov - Shirov good!. And NEZHMETDINOV?

[@anshumanagrawal346]

I thought I was tripping

[@jb95467]

Leaving out Kasparov? Ouch.

[@timwheeler8523]

His game vs Topalov in 1999 had 3 different moves that could have made this list!!

[@Narrowcros]

@@timwheeler8523 That game was difficult even for stockfish to first see, even if u leave it for a number of minutes. Insane calculation

[@sameermansour1659]

where is * Be6 * : the Fischer's move in his exeptional game against Byren - wich considered the greatest chess game of all 20 century -

[@davidcopson5800]

Who is 'Byren'? Don't you mean Byrne?

[@harshitbandi4579]

love this guy

[@iamable915]

Kasparov Fischer patzers

[@Angelo_524]

Nice way of explaining, great video

[@kbk239]

Where is the move of the French guy playing b3 when his queen was hanging? This is the most violent chess move ever and it's not in the video...

[@davidcopson5800]

Be more specific.

[@Saurabhsingh1234-y2z]

Levy did video on this theme earlier too ...it seems copy and paste....well tried though

[@jacobtennyson6186]

Bri the Math Guy??

[@themathsgeek8528]

Looks like it...

[@Adyman182]

Nice to see Adam Neely making chess videos

[@Chaturanger]

The first exemple is a construction...never happened as a real game.

[@IlluminatiM06]

Where is Morphy's Qb8 . Also his Rxf2 and Qa3 combination against bird.

[@jeffreyjohnson7359]

I love that game, it was one of the first games I ever replayed on a board. But apparently it's not completely accurate. Bird had a drawing line, and Morphy had a winning position before the sac. Still beautiful.

[@davidcopson5800]

This bird has flown.

[@harissiddiqui9336]

For the endgame. Cant you just place your knight on C1. So basically maneuver to Nd3 and NC1??? And then the 2 pawns cant be promoted?

[@Nelsondaswet]

This is Bri the math guy!

[@Loots1]

wait a minute this is the math dude wtf

[@CnR12345]

Who is this guy? Danny, please show him how it’s done

[@Ronspike007]

In Game #4, why cannot black rook capture white dark squared bishop.. instead of blocking with Knight

[@gabrielfonseca1642]

Then white plays rook g8 check. If black takes with the knight, then white can take back the knight with the pawn and make a queen (which is checkmate). If black takes the pawn with the king instead, rook 1 to g7 is checkmate

[@AsterJ]

Is that JHB's brother?

[@iqmamm9714]

Best move on modern days please

[@polonc5]

This is the third video on this topic with the exact same positions. Why?

[@Jimbo-yn4fh]

12:37 why not rook d7 takes queen am i missing something? someone tell me

[@davidcopson5800]

Yes you are missing something. You're missing the patience to watch for another 90 seconds where this is explained.

[@ZachBelcher94]

1:28 you missed Qxh7 mate and took a bishop... awkward.

[@cam8692]

Bishop takes c1

[@mikamoschella3410]

It's check...

[@yigalzemach9083]

At 8:47 how does black win after 2. Kc3 ? e.g. a3 3.Kb3 Ra4 4. Ka2 Kf7 5. h5 and I fail to see a clear win

[@luisserrano5951]

After Kc3 I think the quickest would be h5, Rg5 and then exf4, winning both the f pawn and h pawn on next 2 moves

[@yigalzemach9083]

@@luisserrano5951 Thanks

[@marcosgutman6349]

This guy looks familiar...

[@jibiteshsaha4392]

Watch Samay Raina's stream Streaming until getting a brilliancy It is the best move of all time🔥❤😂

[@KironKabir]

the bishop sac was unexpected haha

[@nimeshpoudel89]

Sorry Math Guy Gotham did it better.

[@chess]

It's hard to compete with Levy :)

[@janrehak5696]

Doesnt Brain make math videos? 😳

[@tycharius]

yup BriTheMathGuy

[@janrehak5696]

@@tycharius He is also a math tutor at this one website for university level courses. Everywhere I go, I see his face. I am scared to open my fridge.

[@williamhansen6350]

Simon Williams was way better at these….

[@davidcopson5800]

BOOM!!!!

[@curlyvand]

We don't need to see you -- especially with all the unnecessary hand movemebnts. Just show the board please.

[@mdvomide888]

copied off of Gotham chess wow

[@CitoyenDuMondeSocrates]

The guy's hand moves made me so nervous and angry that I ended up punching my pellow as hard as I could. Like it was his face. Sorry mate, But you need to stop moving your hands so much. I don't even know why the hell do we have to watch you move your hands in the first place! You even make the board smaller. You literally have no purpose there dude. they made you a talking clown for the visual entertainment. Just go somewhere else. Resign. There is No need to stand and put your hands in our faces.

[@danicajohnson2664]

You must be fun at parties

[@CitoyenDuMondeSocrates]

@@danicajohnson2664 hahahaha yeah. I am. But no one knows it yet, becuase I decline every single invitation.

[@raynei3319]

*AMONG US*

[@gilangardhnn9438]

🔥🔥

[@jasceac]

Can you speak like a human?

[@muruganandankanagaraj4510]

Forth

[@shantoreywilkins651]

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[@Andrewithaca]

First

[@davidcopson5800]

And your comment is?

[@abuhurera7325]

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