This series of videos spotlights the great Italian player Sergio Mariotti, Italy's first grandmaster whose love of gambits and attacking play earned him the nickname (given by the British Chess Magazine apparently!) of "The Italian Fury"! This game is the first game of Mariotti's I ever saw when I was just 9 or 10 years old, and his name has resonated in my mind ever since! The great Svetozar Gligoric was brushed aside by a tornado of attacking play!
Exciting chess! Many thanks for the stream Matthew. It took me back to the days when I used to meet the KI with 5. Be2 and 6. g4. I seem to remember putting together some sketchy repertoire based on a few games of Genrikh Kasparyan. Ah ... wild times ... nowadays, I'm opting for the less stressful Makogonov variation.
The highlighting of the contrast between generals vs specifics and how implementation of the specifics in those days lead to formation of generals was great. I grew up with a nimzowitchian base and d5 does look "natural" to me somehow.
Very interesting game! Speaking of Candidates games, my coach yesterday put a position in front of me that was White to play and win - I took a good look at the position for 10 minutes and came up with 26.Ne2! He then let me know that the game was Sadler vs Dreev (1997) and I thought, "Well, Sadler's a super-GM so even though I have the benefit of knowing the motif he surely saw it as well..." Coach: "He went awry with 26.Rxd6? instead." That must've been quite upsetting! 😅
Hello Mathew! I played the modren Benoni for years, with tons of analysis, I found out that the following versions are the best for black: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg4 and there is that one too 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6 I wish that I will find it played in some TCEC games)
This series of videos spotlights the great Italian player Sergio Mariotti, Italy's first grandmaster whose love of gambits and attacking play earned him the nickname (given by the British Chess Magazine apparently!) of "The Italian Fury"!
This game is the first game of Mariotti's I ever saw when I was just 9 or 10 years old, and his name has resonated in my mind ever since! The great Svetozar Gligoric was brushed aside by a tornado of attacking play!
Exciting chess! Many thanks for the stream Matthew. It took me back to the days when I used to meet the KI with 5. Be2 and 6. g4. I seem to remember putting together some sketchy repertoire based on a few games of Genrikh Kasparyan. Ah ... wild times ... nowadays, I'm opting for the less stressful Makogonov variation.
Ah we all get older and wiser! 😊😊😊
The highlighting of the contrast between generals vs specifics and how implementation of the specifics in those days lead to formation of generals was great. I grew up with a nimzowitchian base and d5 does look "natural" to me somehow.
To me as well! I couldn't beleieve it when I saw the engine evaluation the first time! 😂
Great content Matthew, thanks!
Ah thanks! 😊
Very interesting game! Speaking of Candidates games, my coach yesterday put a position in front of me that was White to play and win - I took a good look at the position for 10 minutes and came up with 26.Ne2! He then let me know that the game was Sadler vs Dreev (1997) and I thought, "Well, Sadler's a super-GM so even though I have the benefit of knowing the motif he surely saw it as well..." Coach: "He went awry with 26.Rxd6? instead." That must've been quite upsetting! 😅
Yeah a trauma! I got distracted somehow, lost concentration - maybe too hyped / nervous 😢
Hello Mathew! I played the modren Benoni for years, with tons of analysis, I found out that the following versions are the best for black:
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg4
and there is that one too
1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. f4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nf6
I wish that I will find it played in some TCEC games)
Thank you Matthew! I am studying Moskalenko's book/chapter on dxe6 right now but I don't think I will ever dare to play Be2-g4...
It's Bc8-g4@@jeroenschuil1084
You should! 😊😊😊