Alireza Firouzja's 5 Most Brilliant Chess Moves

Join GM Simon Williams as he breaks down the best moves from GM Alireza Firouzja!
Alireza Firouzja is an Iranian-born grandmaster, a world-class player and the youngest player in the world rated over 2700. He is a two-time Iranian champion and the reigning European Fischer Random champion. As of February 1, 2020 Firouzja is the only teenager ranked in the top 25 (ranked #23 with a rating of 2726).
In late 2019 and early 2020, Firouzja electrified the chess world with his second place finish in the World Rapid Championship (one point behind World Champion Magnus Carlsen) and his amazing 5/7 start at the 2020 Tata Steel tournament.
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[@chess]

Watch more Top 5 moves of the Greatest Players here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4vXZ56oab6biNE

[@cyrusaalborg]

Can you please write whom he played against ? Fifth game was against ???

[@siddheshshirsat3390]

Make Video On Vishys Five Best Moves

[@turkiyett0928]

2:25 Nh6 also works e6 mates

[@Andy-cn3kd]

queen can be the rook and bishop, but not knight. Knight can capture the queen without exchange.

[@italixgaming915]

3:20 You don't even need to capture the Queen right away. You can make something funny and beautiful there: Kh8 (only legal move) Bb2+ Qg7 (since Bd4 leads to Bxd4+ and Qf6 to Bxf6#) Qf4 (so now Qxb2 is impossible because you have Qf8+ Rxf8 exf8=Q#) and there White has a double threat: Qf8+ (with the idea of exf8=Q#) and Qf7 (with the idea of Qxg7# or Bxf7#). There is no defence against that. The King is trapped, the Queen can't move and the other pieces are completely useless. All the options fail: Nd7 defends only f8, Rxe7 and Nd6 defend only f7, and Bd4 or Bxf2+ only give one more move to Black (met by Bxd4 and Kxf2).

[@HS-mu8fp]

Winning by knight promotion is freezing cool

[@Samahn112]

second to winning by castling

[@gmsi7d371]

this is more amzing to win with a knight promotion than a queen promotion. because this is part of a tactical forced chekmate.

[@Ulujmf]

Mvl did the same type of mate by promoting to a knight

[@NoName-wz9no]

you mean firouzing cool? :3

[@italixgaming915]

I don't know why but e8=N+ is the first move I thought about ^^

[@Evilanious]

2:50 Simon: The tactical idea here should be easy to spot. Me: fork the king and queen. Simon: No you philistine, you sack a rook for mate.

[@shawnbrasseur8259]

lmao i tough i was smart for seing the fork but i guess im an idiot

[@Asztalot]

I saw Rxg6 but I didn't even see the fork. Guess that makes me a super duper GM ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@HolyNarz]

@@Asztalot wrong time. Go to 2:51 and you will see it.

[@joedorben3504]

ok cmon, Im a pretty shitty player myself but that mate was extremely obvious. Kh8 Bb2 was easy to see as well

[@rqbzility2732]

Lol

[@mohdnajib5595]

the knight promotion is just brutal

[@WeakCoder]

The last one kinda reminded me that a pawn can be turned into a piece other than the queen.

[@orioio5940]

It’s always either knight or queen tho, because bishop and rook are just worse versions of queen

[@matthiasmobius3229]

@@orioio5940 Not true, sometimes you need to underpromote to avoid stalemate

[@orioio5940]

@@matthiasmobius3229 ooo good point didn’t think about that!

[@mohammedfathi3592]

He wasn't just trying to beat his first opponent, he wanted to ruin his life, give him nightmares for the rest of his days.

[@ChessHistory]

😂😂😂Honestly

[@NotoriousKhamid]

Lol 😂😂😂

[@abelchess8430]

As like fischer as he says, he want to crush his opponents will not just defeat him.

[@aleksandaraleksandrov412]

Alireza has the self confidence not to play the most obvious moves, even when they are winning, but to finish the games in stile,like the great champions.

[@dr.mikelitoris]

Aleksandar Aleksandrov why do you have the same first and last name

[@aleksandaraleksandrov412]

@@dr.mikelitoris because my grandfather was also Aleksandar, and we take the grandfather´s name as a last name, not all the people do that in Bulgaria, some of the Familys have one family name for all members ,as in the most countries, they didn´t have to change it with every new born child.

[@dr.mikelitoris]

Aleksandar Aleksandrov oh hey that’s pretty cool

[@callmeqt1269]

By the way, it’s spelled “style.” Just thought I’d let you know. The story of your name is pretty cool 😁

[@joedorben3504]

This guy is definitely gonna be the next World Champion, calling it now.

[@trafon31]

wrong

[@bssanssan2900]

@@trafon31 how can you know ? Alireza was 2800 youngest than magnus

[@EduPiloni]

Incredible how a player that young can already have so many gems.

[@muhumedmohamud2356]

dude he at the same age as me but i am still stuck at 1000

[@taco6649]

@@muhumedmohamud2356 damn

[@jayanthkaruturi9640]

@@muhumedmohamud2356 Im stuck at 200 lmao dw

[@strayturtle1389]

Bringin the knight was wooooooooo

[@alexismamadou2193]

"Pure violence" indeed. Thanks for the breakdown and special effects.

[@gusskarlatakis3243]

1, 4, or 5. Probably 1 is the best sequence of moves. Such sharp attacking!

[@thomasb9225]

pure display of power - it´s difficult but possible to see such moves but in my experience it´s very easy to miss the correct follow up

[@deshpremikrahman8900]

Amazing analysis of the amazing games of the young teen boy. Thanks a lot to Simon.

[@aniketm910]

Let's appreciate Simon for his funny presentation skills 😂 3:20

[@ssadiq14359]

Amazing vedio and amazing chess player.. Thx for highlighting these moves

[@ClarkPotter]

Great video. Exciting times.

[@InnerLeader]

I really like your presentation/communication skills, slick editing too, bravo

[@levfeygelson6509]

#1 - the tactical foresight and complexity is pure genius

[@ghanhsyambhavsar6309]

Enjoying this series!!

[@eguuuuuuuu]

It’s been years since I’ve played a game of chess I don’t know why I love these videos so much

[@OregonMikeH]

I'm a major Fan of this Ch. Well Done on so many levels. As for this Video, entertaining, enlightening & enjoyable. Thanks, ... Mike.

[@musicusaddictus]

very nice video montage I have enjoyed this

[@technowey]

Great video. Thank you for posting this.

[@bhuvneshpandey28]

One of the best 5 moves series

[@khaibustos]

This is so much fun to watch

[@kareemosman3064]

very nice lesson .thanks man.

[@leonnikolaypaul9009]

A última é linda! Ótimo video Simon!

[@magic_hotel]

"The Beast of Baku" ... and now we see the emergence of "The Razor of Babol". Evocative, violent nicknames are much more fun than "The Mozart of Chess", for example.

[@jaconova]

Agree, more fun. But Magnus still deserves that one though.

[@binyaminsfez4450]

My favorite young player. Amazing player!

[@X00000370]

I also think Firouzja will be Carlsen's major challenger. He has the "firepower" to be the world champion.

[@wadiezaidi8139]

Hes better than carlsen

[@NerdyDave]

Same thing y'all said About Fabio. 😂

[@alienalecnern9259]

Hes not better, but he's still very proficient. His defence can't be broken through and right after that he can push up. As seen here he can predict very far and he can develop all his troops in 2 moves

[@gmnotyet]

@@NerdyDave Caruana is no worse in classical but he is no match in speed chess. Alireza is equal to Carlsen in bullet already at 17.

[@januargumelar3495]

Firouzja is EQUAL to Carlsen if they're at the same age. The difference is that Carlsen is POSITIONAL like Karpov, while Firouzja is TACTICAL like Anand/Kasparov.

[@saeedzafar7041]

Great series of videos! When are we going to see "5 More Brilliant Chess Moves - Part 2", and Part 3, .......... Keep up the good analysis.

[@ajayv4831]

Dude I love this series. It's fantastic. But you gotta do 5 brilliant moves of Anand too! Please make it your next video

[@akabr7177]

my fav one is obviously the last one which preferred the knight over the queen advantage, astonishing, interesting, aggressive!

[@monayemhossain1514]

GM Simon is awesome as awesome is Firouzja. Thank you man for all your stuffs. Mr. GM.

[@Sam-bn7jk]

Jez, the first was pure brutality, the second was uncanny beauty, but man, the third was art to me. Love this player.

[@flippert0]

Simon's beard gets more and more enigmatic let alone signature

[@mardavijpoursaleh7018]

I like your analyze. You do a great job.

[@keithandrade1087]

When I saw this I closed my book and said last video I'll watch.

[@Kmtwolf]

In the first one... instead of e6, Bg5 also leads to a mating attack that combines knight, bishop, and queen

[@greenarrow6689]

love visual effect boomss!!!

[@musicguitar]

The first game was insane!! Tactics. Tactics. Tactics.

[@lachlanmoore2345]

That last one was my favourite, I got 3 out of the 5 before that after staring at it for quite some time. But the last one I saw and thought it would not work at all. and on top of that the under promotion was lethal.

[@wrinai]

Really like Alireza's style ...i think he is going to be champion sooner or later

[@raziel4235]

I would watch cricket analysis if it was done by Simon Williams. You rock my man!

[@davidattar8720]

I loved it that it was a knight that was added to the game...

[@abigailkirabo8452]

Those moves were MIND BLOWING.

[@xavierye4116]

2:53 I thought it was Ne7+, forking king and queen.

[@eternityhunter3152]

That knight promotion was just out of the blue

[@dc-comunic]

Wow! very good!!! Congratulations!!!

[@emranahmed5711]

Only simon can do such a commentary.

[@michaelvanzyl9418]

Can we get a video of his 5 most brilliant non-chess moves?

[@zarovv5589]

the knight promotion was insane

[@rezajaberi9588]

Tactic number 1, brilliant!

[@Daniel-dt4cx]

What is the winning plan for white at 7:35? It seems to me that black can play f5 and corral the g6 pawn to put up plenty of resistance

[@Scriabinfan593]

wow that knight promotion blew me away

[@OxbirdR]

That last knight promotion was BRUTALLLLLL :((

[@nicholasgranat2999]

Nice beard,Simon,thanks for your time,mate!

[@studyiqofficial]

Alireza Firouzja is the next world champion, can't understand his dislike by various people

[@foisalmahdi]

You literally have 11 million subscribers and only 3 likes ?

[@zancospancos]

So cool!

[@mamini6165]

Love this kid Alireza

[@mohammadjafary7961]

yes he will

[@sollertia_]

I'll guess that they decided to do firouzja after that game against fabi lol Edit: whoops looks like that move didn't even make it in

[@ramimagdi7525]

I thought so too and I was surprised as well

[@yadel6907]

This 16 year old is so good his game winning sac against world n.2 isn't in his top 5

[@joedorben3504]

it was an online game and the moves in this video are a lot stronger tbh

[@mahmoudzeid6284]

Nxc2 (positional sac) against fabiano was his best and deepest move .

[@HeilJake]

2:10 “if the bishop is taken” it’s a pawn

[@gmatsue84]

What? Delete this video immediately!

[@HeilJake]

@Leth Mab, LOL

[@uchadzimistarishvili7058]

#5 promoting knight is similar to Emanuel Lasker promotion of the knight year 1921

[@gonzalo4658]

3:18 FOOOOORK. WAT A FORKIN GOOD TIME

[@philippetarnier9026]

He's brilliant ! X rays in action.

[@Vierennn]

I love this content

[@Charlesthegamer777]

That knight promotion was the coldest move ever 🥶

[@abuosama214]

Nice moves but u made it even better Simon 👍🏻

[@RealCurrencies]

Jesus. Time flies. One can already watch a two year old 'best moves by Firouzja' video..........the lad has just started!!

[@blessedchansa4903]

The first one was complete genius

[@abbassamadi6671]

Can you please show the last game of Alireza and then Magnus. His movs are stanshing.

[@chickenneeds500subs3]

Simon Williams my favorite KZbinrrrrrrrr

[@tngu4423]

Love the way Ali plays chess -- attacking style. Magnus is obviously a great champion but he does not attack and win games in a spectacular fashion like Ali. A world championship match between these two would the match of the decade!

[@dhruvyadav7715]

Ai is stronger than humans clown 🥴

[@tabularasa9066]

Anybody know who and where Firouzja was playing in that final game?

[@YoussefRahoui]

The whole concept against Dubov is fascinating

[@pfunk_1535]

Actually having a situation where a knight promotion wins the game on the spot is absolutely brutal. His opponent might have been thinking "I might be able to hold this, he can't promote without losing his queen and his knight" and then he just sees Ali slide a knight onto the table and he goes "Well... gg"

[@MEME-qe4ze]

impressive

[@patricegohier922]

Magnificent !

[@mardavijpoursaleh7018]

Ginger, you do a good job. I like your video. You are great man.

[@meirgriniasty7139]

These tactics are sooo deep.

[@RahulYadav-qg9ms]

Alireza is in monster phase now

[@tabasdezh]

Beautiful.

[@darkangel-io3ob]

I liked the 5th most. he is definetly genious!

[@behnambahman9788]

Firouzja remind us Fischer. Fischer also plays many strong tournaments and WCH matches several times.

[@vasuimemyself]

Please give the list of these games and opponents names when these game played and the tournament names also. Thanks

[@faridfakahany7948]

exellent choise

[@abhinavchawla95]

As Magnus mentioned, Alireza is devilishly tricky!

[@matheusdoyle5965]

Firouzja is amazing, I'd like he'll in the candidate

[@mardavijpoursaleh9810]

Your wish had vond true.

[@divyanshupatni7020]

Last one was lit

[@priyah5918]

I knew that he would under promote to knight because if he promotes to a new queen, rook can easily capture the old queen. And I already knew the checkmating pattern 😎😎

[@ufuksaray162]

Very good

[@ethanhill9460]

Last example's under promotion was brilliant to knight with other knight in vincinity.

[@ddc7526]

man, these tactics are sick !

[@sandeepshetty1589]

@2:52 there is also Ne7

[@adelhashim9942]

Very nice and thanks from iraq

[@Sam-bn7jk]

Anyone knows who was against in the last game?

[@harshilsangal6226]

In the second game, why not play Ra6 followed by Bc6?