Silicon Road: Great Engine Openings! Slicing and dicing the Budapest Gambit with Torch! Part 1
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- Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
- Since the coming Olympiad is soon to start in Budapest, it seemed fun to take a look at the official opening of that fine city! This series of 8 videos looks at the ideas behind the Budapest Gambit and dives into the creative engine recommendations for White against it. The first video kicks off with the classic 1st game of the 1992 Candidates between Karpov and Short. The game made a big impression on me at the time, - but as the engines show once again - I may not have drawn the right conclusions from it!
At the end of the series, I will add lots of Budapest analysis to the Lichess study I am now using to publish my analysis: lichess.org/st... This analysis has mostly been performed with the Torch engine (versions 2 and 3). A huge thanks to Andrew Grant and chess.com for allowing me to use this engine in this video series!
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Really glad you are back at it. Missed your videos.
Ah thanks! Good to be a little freer of work and able to do some chess again! 😊
Glad to see you back matthew,geat british championship final with gawain winning,Good to see the old engines back.
Thanks! Yes that was a pretty exciting British Championships and a deserved winner! 😊
This series of 8 videos looks at the ideas behind the Budapest Gambit and dives into the creative engine recommendations for White against it. The first video kicks off with the classic 1st game of the 1992 Candidates between Karpov and Short. The game made a big impression on me at the time - but as the engines show once again - I may not have drawn the right conclusions from it!
lichess.org/study/GJ5NRo9a/nAejPJQP will contain analysis from these videos - and more!
Good to have you back & posting! A busy two months at work, I presume....
Your subscriber count has been steadily growing regardless in the meantime- the word-of-mouth slow burn continues!
😊 Yes a really busy time at work indeed. I was still doing some chess but never seeming to find the time to put it into videos 😊 Hoping to get on a bit more of a roll! 😊
I have missed your videos:) Thanks
Ah thanks SlowSlav! 😊
Nice series, I'm happily catching up. I believe the Budapest game you were referring to in the video was from Candidates 2013 where Ivanchuk played very creatively in all his games (even scored +1 against Magnus) but couldn't manage his clock well due to no increment TC.
Yes that's right! I was there quite a bit during the tournament (one of the best viewing experiences ever!) and it was a bit harrowing to watch Ivanchuk's clock handling!
Great to see this series out again, highly entertaining, and the commentary as always on spot. Please continue posting them on Mastodon, as I have my notifications on there.
Thanks, will do! 😊
THE LEGEND IS BACK
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I am very glad to see a series on this opening, as it has been my main opening against 1. d4 all my life, despite coming across a lot of people with this same prejudice. I'm really interested to see what the engines turn up in the Alekhine variation, as that seems to be becoming the main-line these days, replacing the Rubinstein.
Thanks! Yes it's all very interesting - hadn't expected the engines to favour the Alekhine line!
When that g4 move gets played, it looks like the most obvious plan once it's on the board, but it's so unintuitive to think of in that exact position beforehand. Le mind boggles. 😢
Yeah crazy! 😊😊
Chess trauma is real
I once got checkmated on the back rank and swore never to castle again :D
Haha, all too real
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@@WhiskeySour89 I'm seeking help but I still only castle in maybe 10% of games 🤠
# Scarred for life
It seems that in the position at 20:47, Stockfish thinks Karpov gave away a winning advantage with 31.Kh1. Apparently 31.Qc3 is winning, although I'm unable to grasp why, after 31.Qc3 Qf6, White is so much better than in the equal position at 21:00 (after 31.Kh1 Qf7 32.Qb2, where 32...Kf7 holds).
Yes I think after 31.Qc3 Qf6, we are back in a game in my file on move 29 (29...Qf6). I think the point is that after 30.Qxf6 Rxf6, you aren't ready to play ...g5-g4. After 31.Kh1 Qf6 32.Qb2 Kf7, after 33.Qxf6+ you can recapture with the king on f6 and support ...g5.
Short really didn't seem to be clear with what kind of position he wanted. On the one hand he rejected opportunities to simplify, but on the other hand he didn't really go for it when it was warranted. I saw g5 at various points and I'm only 2000, there's no way Short didn't see these possibilities, but in the end he didn't really fully commit to one way of playing.
Of course to an engine, you can mix around a lot, but it just feels like Short was a bit nervy and reluctant to really go for it. If you compared the strengths of the two players, there's no question that Short had to go for complications wherever feasible, but he did not commit to such an approach.
But I've noticed that in general, dynamic players have tended to be a little confused when it comes to match-play and many have tried to play a sort of chess they are not suited to, often even when they are underdogs anyway and facing opponents they could never match in technical positions. Ian Nepomniachtchi vs Magnus Carlsen is only the most recent example.
Yes indeed. I guess he was planning to play aggressively out of the opening, then became a bit becalmed by Karpov's quiet play and then never settled into one approach. It was a strange choice of opening. I read Kavalek's biography hoping to get some hints as to why it had been tried but only a very strange reason was given (basically, it didn't matter if he lost!) Have to hope Nigel writes the promised book about his matches to learn what happened!
16:52 The engine overlord has spoken!
That kind of brute-force Terminator chess is scary for some players
Yeah pretty cool! 😎😎😎😎
@@SiliconRoadChess Obscure moves like that often come at the critical point in the game. Carpe diem!
I try to emulate that mentality of play, so many thanks for the Lichess studies & this cool series of vids ♟📺
@@interstellarbeatteller9306 Thanks! 🙂
my prejudice about the Budapest is that black players mainly play it in the hope of getting a Ra6 rook lift in. Nice to see that fail here, I'm hoping to see it fail more in the series
Lots of failing to be seen - guaranteed! 😊