ZERO King Safety! || Alireza vs Shakhriyar || Norway Chess (2023)

[@TillBaum]

For everyone (i thought so too first and there were a lot of now deleted comments) who thinks at 11:55 Rf1+ is a forced mate after white Be7, is missing that white captures the R back with check.

[@geoffhart]

But isn't it still possible at 13:05?

[@sdc7397]

@@geoffhart Rf1+, Kf1, Qg2+, Ke1, and the king can go hide on the other side

[@FabioCosmai92]

Thank you! I was going crazy on that move 😅

[@DChrysikopoulos]

Stuck staring for a good 10 mins before I noticed, too!

[@ericspaulding2951]

Yeah I was so sure that I had to put it in analysis until I saw it.. lol

[@stoic-wy6ge]

At 13:19 instead of that losing b4, there was Rf1+ which allows black queen to capture the rook and annoy the white king a lil bit

[@SpeedyNeo]

A truly head spinning game with pieces hanging all the time and simultaneously raging attacks from both sides. Shakh played really well specially utilizing his knight, but was eventually outplayed by Alireza. Crazy game!

[@elijahrose7913]

Agad: Let’s capture everything and find out what happens Me: I’ve played that game before

[@robertocalderon1584]

Ten thousand times myself lol

[@adheetsequeira9c415]

I comment rarely but ...... well I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your excellent productions. I owe all my knowledge of this game mostly to you and few other KZbin channels. For a student like me who cannot afford to buy many books it is really a blessing to see ( and learn) the game so beautifully. The way you bring the game to life is unmistakable. Please don't stop. Will become a member whenever I can. Thank you. God bless you.

[@robertocalderon1584]

I feel the same way. I wish I could afford $10,000 dollars in chessable courses but I can't.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Mamedyarov impresses me a lot in recent games even this one he lost he puts up a Great Battle Great Offense Alireza is just so Creative can always expect a Great Game from him Much Thanks Agadmator Much Enjoyed

[@ArmandoTeixeira82]

Really liked your point about the increment later on the game

[@ramachandra776]

Alireza became the youngest player to cross 2800 by defeating Shakriyar in 2021 . he probably considers Shak to be his lucky mascot . 🙂

[@constantbebe4740]

😢😢😢

[@ks-te4ds]

If Alireza is 2800 then how come in the video it is 2785 under his name ?

[@monstermagnet3150]

@@ks-te4ds Cause he lost rating since my man

[@robertocalderon1584]

Bro...Big Shak is not some pushover, he is an incredibly strong attacking player, he can also squeeze water from a stone a little bit the way Magnus can.

[@Ennar]

@@ks-te4ds I'm here to inform you it's not 2021 anymore.

[@ronjohnson9690]

Time has accounted for at least three upsets in my opinion with this classical competition. The repeated question if rapid and blitz takes a bite out of the players' comfort zone.

[@Ikemefuna_steve]

after the pause the video moment I was thinking to sac Rf to F1 is the winning move for black because it's a check, then whatever white does it's a checkmate.

[@joecaruso5555]

Yes he missed this

[@Ikemefuna_steve]

@@joecaruso5555 Thank you.

[@robertocalderon1584]

I'm only like a 1600+ right now but after move 5 or so, with the danger of a knight landing on d.3 ( the famous "octopus" knight)I would have given up the forward knight for two pawns and a tempo ( c & b pawns plus the developing of the light squared bishop on the recapture of the c pawn) and using the bishop pair plus my central control as much as I could,biding my time for a rapid kingside expansion to choke my opponent with space,and wait for a mistake. Prolly why I'm still 1600+ but playing against an octopus knight is just pure torture. The first opening I learned was Queens Gambit as taught on DVD by the great Kasparov,and through misplaying in some of those lines wound up subjected to the occasional octopus knight. Much more fun to give up the knight for two pawns, central control,and the bishop pair, if executed properly ( against a sub 1800 player of course) there is sufficient compensation.

[@mrtech2259]

15:05 and 15:56 I don't think he resigned it looked like he lost on time although it was a lost position.

[@alefi1]

@13:49 i can't see a reply for black playing Rf1 check

[@SpeedyNeo]

White rook captures back WITH A CHECK

[@pandoorloki1232]

Maybe you should learn how to play chess.

[@remakbar3813]

Shakh and Ali never disappoint

[@gueorguigatchev1051]

At 13:51, black has a forced mate in 2. Black can remove his rook bocking his checkmate threat. Rook f1 check! Then white can capture it with the rook or block with the bishop, but can't prevent checkmate next move Qxg2!!

[@RahulKhan-j7k]

At 12:47, after white plays Bg7, why can't black play Rf1+?

[@wandering-jew]

At 13:57 , does rook to f1 not win by force? If the bishop blocks, the queen delivers checkmate, if the other rook captures, same thing?

[@TheZitikis]

I found this move too, but later realised that rook takes rook and comes with a check on black king

[@matrixmatrix6099]

​@@TheZitikisok,thanks.

[@hoomanov]

Please show Abdusattorov - Firouzja Norway chess 2023 round #suggestion

[@ianwaithaka8578]

After be7 at 12:08 isn't rf1 followed by rdxf1 and qxg2# winning for black?

[@ianwaithaka8578]

Never mind rdxf1 comes with check

[@prithvip6360]

Rxf1 is captured with check, so there you lose more material

[@ianwaithaka8578]

@@prithvip6360 I'm embarrassed it took me so long to figure it out

[@pandoorloki1232]

@@ianwaithaka8578 You should be. The question that any decent player should ask in the paused position is how white defends against Rf1. And the only conclusion is that the bishop must move off the file.

[@ianwaithaka8578]

@@pandoorloki1232 cool Carlsen

[@felixfabio1473]

I would love more tutorials from you antonio!

[@simhaanil7153]

#suggestion please cover the recent Hikaru vs Carlsen's comeback want to know who blundered where

[@mukmin01]

use #suggestion

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@mukmin01good suggestion for his suggestion

[@robertocalderon1584]

Suggestions all around!

[@simhaanil7153]

Thanks for suggestions

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Hikaru Blundered in todays Games First Game Classical was a Draw the second game an Armeggedon was won by Magnus no contest

[@ericspaulding2951]

Can someone please explain to me how rook f1 doesn't lead to mate for black.

[@ericspaulding2951]

Nvm I'm an idiot why I'm 1500 blitz and can't get higher lmao

[@rufusjasko]

Rxf1+ come with check so you win the rook an then defend mate.

[@mathogojanemogorosi6064]

I am also confused. Somebody needs to explain to me slowly and maybe show me some lines. I thought it lead to checkmate for black

[@bumpin8833]

The bishop on d4 can block

[@stockfish4429]

@@rufusjaskocorrect 😂

[@FloydMaxwell]

Love the quote above the board !

[@vahidmirkhani]

"In a CIVILIZED game, you would resign this." - Agad 2023

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

About 10:00 when Antonio said that it would be nice to figure out what happens if we just take everything that's hanging: I feel like the players becoming steam engines because it gets super-complicated to calculate all of this complete madness of a position. This is why we never stop to love chess.

[@jamesjk1234]

@12:52 Why aren't you playing: after Be7... Rf1+; RxRf1, Qxg2# Am I missing something?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Yes, you and dozens of other fish. Rxf1 is CHECK

[@lynk5902]

I prefer either no increment at all, or only after move 60 or even 80.

[@j.d.kurtzman7333]

The subtle references to the Evans Gambit at every opportunity are so funny. There is no move quite like b4

[@pawan5248]

Alireza always want to win lol. That's why his games are amazing

[@robertocalderon1584]

Bro we are all like that...only women play for fun.

[@hoomanov]

@@robertocalderon1584 wtf bro

[@pandoorloki1232]

I always want to win and yet my games aren't amazing.

[@SpeedyNeo]

The chances of white making a wrong move in the last half an hour were insane. One wrong move at anytime and the bar would turn from winning to immediately losing. Crazy game.

[@hsatoxic]

He did not resign. He ran out of time before making the move!

[@bertdaniel1449]

If Be7 as suggested doesn’t Ra1 + result is mate in two?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1+ (not a1) Rxf1 is CHECK

[@joecaruso5555]

Yes that was missed

[@ibrasaleh7362]

Why on 12:00 after Be7 cant the black just play Rf1, which is check, after white Rf1 then Qg2 which is checkmate. Can anyone pls explain this to me?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1+ Rxf1 is CHECK

[@sleepingtiger4436]

so many moves that alireza makes that agad quickly points "but you should have played..."

[@xcq4947]

Ofc he is using an engine.

[@sleepingtiger4436]

@@xcq4947 obviously i meant that relative to other strong chess players.

[@pandoorloki1232]

Quickly? He plays through the game before making the video.

[@ziomiuxxx]

11:55 after bishop e7 its blunder. Rook f1 check and than Queen j2 forsed mate😊

[@blackblade8357]

at 14:05, isn't it like rook to f1 check, and queen takes rook checkmate?

[@SpeedyNeo]

No because white rook captures back with a check!

[@leftyriverfunforlife3411]

13:51 tell me why after black goes ...Rf1+ Rxf1 he can not checkmate white with Qxg2 ++ ?

[@SpeedyNeo]

Because white rook captures back with a check

[@josiahmacfarlane4344]

#Suggestion Ivanchuk just played an incredible game in the French Club Championship, and beat Bacrot in 33 moves.

[@btbalways3704]

@agadmator, I think you calculations around Bishop to E7 are wrong ( 12:20)! What if black plays rock to f1 check! Forcing rock x f1 then queen xg2 check mate?

[@devadathans5506]

Nope. After Rf1, Rxf1+ is a check. There is no mate.

[@btbalways3704]

@@devadathans5506 thank you, off course 😊

[@bushman641]

What i realized about alireza is that he is really playing tal like wherw he is getting hi opponents into the dark forest where only one is getting alive. Sometimes he loses in those situations like with gukesh but i think with years he will develop his skills even more and become unstoppable

[@robertocalderon1584]

Not even close...its a similar method but nowhere near as close to the same level as of yet.

[@elijahrose7913]

This camera position looks the best

[@ezy_accounts]

at 12:00 why not rook f1 check. then q capture rook is mate?

[@itsvishalrpatil]

After Rf1+, Rxf1 comes with check on black king.

[@ezy_accounts]

@@itsvishalrpatil oh yeah. thank you!

[@Heleoleyva]

what if after the brilliant kg1 black plays rf1?

[@bscroll]

KZbin is the 'most ads before a fucking video' winner on the entire internet!

[@bencassiman3745]

Great Game, thanks! I believe Shakhriyar missed 14:26 Rf1, whatever white plays, next Qxg2+

[@KEPerry]

Noooo, I forgot about our good friend...

[@GMBobbyFischer]

Shakh didn’t resign, his flag got down.

[@estebangracia1391]

I wish the tutorial, please!!!

[@donaldshroyer8633]

B-e7 R-f1+ RxR Qxg2

[@pandoorloki1232]

RXR is CHECK. Why are there dozens of people making this same dumb mistake?

[@shervinasgari6314]

Did he really resign or did he loose on time? I think the latter

[@mrtech2259]

Exactly

[@guillaumelagueyte1019]

Yeah, I think he flagged just before finishing to make his 40th move.

[@GabbarXingh]

Alireza looks like Young Fabi in the thumbnail👀

[@otteottema6839]

Why the king does not take the black knight ?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rg6 pins the queen. Or Rxf3, threatening discovered check, forcing Qxf3. Bxf3+ Kg1 Rg6 also wins.

[@felipeblin8616]

At 12:07 why not Rf1+, after Be7, followed by Qg2++ ??

[@itsvishalrpatil]

After Rf1+, Rxf1 comes with check on black king.

[@felipeblin8616]

@@itsvishalrpatil you’re right!

[@maneeshkrishna2191]

Show gukesh vs nakamura

[@DiyanPiano]

12:47 check mate in 2 !! How did you miss it??!! R f1 + , opens bishop queen battery!

[@laquica9336]

Rf1+ Rxf1 comes with check on black king

[@robertocalderon1584]

I thought the same thing, but when R d.1 recaptured on f.1 it is with check on the black king...then your down two rooks with a wide open king. 🤔 looked at it like 4 times before I noticed the black king on the f-file being I check after moving whites dark squared bishop.

[@pandoorloki1232]

How? Because he isn't a stupid arrogant fish like so many of his followers.

[@plantsir9173]

God damn that’s some high level chess.

[@roflol100]

Mamedyarov actually lost on time he did not resigne

[@ashokji1144]

What! Bishop e7 was losing as the black had a move Rf1 check. That was the end of white.

[@arunmani7382]

Absolute blood bath.. awesome game...

[@bryceheaney-s9q]

After whites bishop to E7, didn’t black have mate in 2? Rf1# rxr qg2mate?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1 Rxf1 CHECK

[@mryouyisi2019]

12:08 why not just rook f1 for black, looks like an inevitable checkmate

[@mryouyisi2019]

The white rook is pinned, no way out

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1 Rxf1 CHECK

[@RahulDhole7]

at 11:55 after Be7 black doesn't need to capture the bishop its a force mate by Black starting with Rf1 and g2 rook is pinned the king has no place to move only the d1 rook can capture on f1 and then Qg2 will be checkmate. and the same after Bd4 it's a forced mate by Black at 13:50 Shak missed the same mate 2 times

[@peterbraunschweig2779]

Rxf1 is check. Black has to get out of check and white can force a checkmate without giving black another opportunity to continue the attack. (I had to put it in an engine to spot that myself though).

[@pandoorloki1232]

Why are stupid fish so sure of themselves? If you think Agad and a couple of grandmasters missed something simple, it's almost certain that it's the stupid fish who missed something.

[@pandoorloki1232]

@@peterbraunschweig2779 No need for white to force checkmate ... after Rxf1+ he's got 2 rooks for a bishop and can readily defend with, say, Qg3.

[@RawPeds]

I might say something unpopular, but this game is so unpleasant to me. Too much openness, pieces hanging and attacking options, it's like never being safe.

[@Mess-x7x]

#suggestion Alekhine vs nimzowitch 1930

[@robertocalderon1584]

Ay-Ay-Ron...I still never read his book yet ( My system)

[@msizimanqele2811]

Agadmator throwing shades at Magnus😂😂

[@TheMatthew9201]

Isn’t there a checkmate in two that was missed by Black here?

[@Alireza3071]

No, when the rook captures, its check

[@agnivnath8572]

But if we check the position through engine the posn at 16:00 is ideally a drawn position because blacks gets a perpetual or get checkmated if removes the defender of the rook

[@pandoorloki1232]

You're mistaken; there are no checks after Kg1. Get a better engine or check what position you gave it.

[@robertocalderon1584]

That quote from Steinitz must be sarcasm...cause from what I read he was a pretty sore loser,and most people have evil thoughts during games where they lose in winning positions ( which happens to us ALL alot...you know "I was WINNING!, how did I manage to lose a won position I worked so hard to achieve")

[@amoldivo]

Wow Nodirbek and Gukesh are pretty much the same ratings! Both of them are top 20s!! Mamedyarov dropped to the 20th 😐 some big shift is happening in the top 20 indeed!!

[@robertocalderon1584]

An incomplete youth movement and an something of a revival for everyone older in the top 20 not named Magnus .

[@ArmanShahzamani]

Shakh did not resign , he lost on time

[@russellscott1518]

Why couldn’t Black play rook f1+ after white played Bishop d4?

[@itsvishalrpatil]

Rf1+ follows Rxf1 comes with check on black king.

[@uncommonsense3248]

At 13.48 why rook f1 is not winning for black ?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1 Rxf1 CHECK

[@hudaalaska]

very cool

[@joediditde]

I swear for years I haven't seen a game of Shak winning. Are his wins so boring or what's going on?

[@riojimatsuoka]

After Be7, why can't black play Rf1 check? It's a forced mate in 2. White is completely lost

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rf1 Rxf1 CHECK

[@riojimatsuoka]

@@pandoorloki1232 Q×g2 check mate

[@anthonysellers6455]

More off the chains than late night

[@emrahbasaran6897]

Agad I have a question. Did you consider the line when you show Be7 as the winning move for white: 1.Be7 Rf1+ 2.Rxf1 Qxg2#

[@pandoorloki1232]

Sigh. It's not 2. Rxf1, it's 2. Rxf1+

[@zr5438]

Shakh lost on time instead of resigning

[@MUHAMMAD_ALJ]

Only if the king wasn’t on the same file as the rock 💔💔

[@robertocalderon1584]

The Rock says...know your role lol.

[@nikmars3084]

bishop to e7 met with rook to f1 no?

[@robertocalderon1584]

Naw, R d.1 X R f.1 (which is forced) puts the black king in check.

[@pandoorloki1232]

No. There are dozens of people here making the same mistake ... who knew that so many of Agad's followers are such poor chess players?

[@nikmars3084]

@@pandoorloki1232 poor is your family

[@szmjuemansol]

Time 14:12 what happen if black play Rf1+

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rxf1 CHECK

[@hasancoool]

intense

[@tigerbait1016]

Testing

[@milad7764]

The only player still worth watching : Alireza

[@robertocalderon1584]

Idk Wang Hao is very fun to watch too, as well as Praggo.

[@AboSaleh223]

Isn't this bishop move called plachutta?

[@ovidiuh]

Is good that Hicky managed to beat someone finally

[@bisket81]

Hicky?

[@arkajyotichakraborty8968]

Agad, try long hair sometimes. I think it will suit you!

[@tyronnemarioneaux2366]

you missed rook f1 check

[@pandoorloki1232]

You missed having a brain. Rf1+ Rxf1 CHECK

[@hassanaskari8693]

i miss shayriar

[@joelmitchell2861]

#suggestion any game from John Bartholomew

[@martinolsen868]

AlgorithmFood!

[@wasteyourtime439]

At 13.58 minute black-Rf1 is winning for black. Why Shakhriyar didn’t play that? Why you dont even analyze that position?

[@pandoorloki1232]

Because you're a fish who is wrong ... Rf1 Rxf1 CHECK.

[@nicbentulan]

2nd: magnus cheats anish giri by punching clock even if pieces are not properly set up - round 7 superbet blitz 3:22:36 in 8gw7XDq87C4 #suggestion and 2016 WCC - This is relevant to the 2023 WCC. Please agad cover the other decisive game of the Sergey Karjakin vs Magnus Carlsen 2016 WCC #suggestion What happened is that Magnus lost to Sergey AS WHITE in Game 8 but then compensated for a white loss with A WHITE WIN in Game 10. This is what happened to Liren Ding & Nepo for Games 2 & 4 of 2023 WCC. Why doesn't a drawn match go to the player w/ more black wins (if any) s.t. Sergey Karjakin not Magnus Carlsen is 2016 WCC & Ian Nepomniachtchi not Liren Ding is 2023 WCC? This has happened BEFORE! 1 2022 Accentus Chess960 Vincent Keymer and Nodirbek Abdusattorov both finished with 5.0/7 and tied first. However, as Keymer won more games with Black, he won the tournament on tiebreak. 2 1980 - 1981 candidates tournament 'When the quarterfinal between Portisch and Spassky was tied after 14 games, Portisch was declared the winner because he had won more games with Black.' Actually maybe cover the only 2 decisive games here if not already? #suggestion 3 1983-1984 candidates tournament It wasn't repeated! The premise was the same! Hübner had more black wins than Smyslov before tiebreaks. After tiebreaks were tied, a ROULETTE determined Symslov won!! Actually maybe cover the only 2 decisive games here if not already? #suggestion --- Other suggestions in women's chess A - Was Kg6 in Dina's 1st GM slaying game in Reykjavik sexism? Like looking down on Dina? B - Anna Cramling's dad beats Mikhail Tal. #suggestion C - Philippine women's chess #suggestion - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz. There's a 13-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle here. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qe6 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kb5 13. Qxa2 For some reason none of the Philippine channels except Kelvinllovejr even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on. P.S. Please help get Wesley So on Lex Fridman's podcast. See xcdhgq

[@toara]

what

[@adsa2124]

No way im reading all that

[@underreppin]

Please Antonio, block this clown, I'm sick of reading his gibberish

[@tonyb9735]

Alireza ❤ Agad kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZWro2eahJ55l5I

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🆗️🕵‍♀️🕵‍♂️🃏🕵👩‍🏫👨‍🏫🧑‍🏫 #chess 🌪🌪🌪🌪🌪 #10th

[@tbonejones7397]

Rook f1

[@pandoorloki1232]

Rxf1 CHECK

[@MuhammadNaziranif]

Rf1+ forced #

[@johnmallette3143]

gg

[@Themonearod]

Hello everyone

[@rickstrafy4870]

The "classical" format where half of the game is played with seconds on the clock with no increment.. even blitz can be more accurate than this, we need new time format where players gain at least 5 minutes per move, so we can see more accurate games and players finding those tactics, I understand they wanted to make classical more exciting, but this is silly.