BREAKING POINT | 2018 World Chess Championship Tiebreaks
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen of Norway defends his title against challenger Fabiano Caruana of the United States in tiebreaks of the 2018 World Chess Championship match that is being held in London. It's a best of 12 games where the first player to earn 6.5 points earns the lion's share of a $1.14 million prize pool, and the title of "World Chess Champion". With all 12 classical time controls drawn, the players entered a day of tiebreaks on November 28th. Tiebreaks consist of a best of 4 rapid games, and if neccesary a series of blitz games. Carlsen had the white pieces in rapid game #1, with ensuing games alternating colors. The 2018 World Chess Championship, just like in 2016, went to the final day to determine a world chess champion. Who would be king?
PGNs:
Rapid game #1
1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 c6 6. Bg2 a6 7. O-O b5 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Nxc3 bxc4 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Na4 Be6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Be3 Nbd7 15. f3 Rab8 16. Rac1 Rb3 17. Rfe1 Ne8 18. Bf1 Nd6 19. Rcd1 Nb5 20. Nc5 Rxb2 21. Nxe6 fxe6 22. Bxc4 Nd4 23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Bxe6+ Kf8 25. Rxd4 Ke7 26. Rxd7+ Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Kxd7 28. Rd1+ Ke6 29. f4 c5 30. Rd5 Rc2 31. h4 c4 32. f5+ Kf6 33. Rc5 h5 34. Kf1 Rc3 35. Kg2 Rxa3 36. Rxc4 Ke5 37. Rc7 Kxe4 38. Re7+ Kxf5 39. Rxg7 Kf6 40. Rg5 a5 41. Rxh5 a4 42. Ra5 Ra1 43. Kf3 a3 44. Ra6+ Kg7 45. Kg2 Ra2+ 46. Kh3 Ra1 47. h5 Kh7 48. g4 Kg7 49. Kh4 a2 50. Kg5 Kf7 51. h6 Rb1 52. Ra7+ Kg8 53. Rxa2 Rb5+ 54. Kg6 Rb6+ 55. Kh5
Rapid game #2
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 a6 14. Nc3 a5 15. Qb3 a4 16. Qd1 Be7 17. g3 Qc8 18. Be2 Bg4 19. Rc1 Bxe2 20. Qxe2 Qf5 21. c5 O-O 22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Rfc8 24. Qc4 Bd8 25. Nd5 e4 26. c7 Bxc7 27. Nxc7 Ne5 28. Nd5 Kh7
Rapid game #3
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bc5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3 b6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Qe7 11. Qd2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 Ne5 13. Bxc5 bxc5 14. f4 Ng6 15. Qe3 d6 16. Rd2 a6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. b3 h6 19. g3 Rd7 20. Bf3 Re8 21. Qf2 Ne7 22. h3 Red8 23. Bg2 Nc6 24. g4 Qa5 25. Na4 Qc7 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxc5 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Rxd2 29. Qxd2 Ba8 30. fxe5 Qxe5 31. Nd7 Qb2 32. Qd6 Nxd7 33. Qxd7 Qxc2 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Qxa8 Qd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd6+ 37. Kh1 Nd4 38. Qe4+ f5 39. gxf5 exf5 40. Qe3 Ne6 41. b4 Ng5 42. c5 Qf6 43. c6 Ne6 44. a4 Nc7 45. Qf4 Ne6 46. Qd6 Qa1+ 47. Kh2 Nd4 48. c7 Qc3 49. Qc5 Qe3 50. c8=Q f4 51. Qg4
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Thanks for working around the clock to put this content up Jerry.
You made the experience of watching the match much better.
Thx a lot
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Very, very cool.
Enjoyed it very much.
Great job.
Thanks.
your dedication to chess is unmatched. thanks for all the videos!
Yes! Where do i send my money?
This WCC is a tale of two people. For two weeks, we saw Carlson. Today, we saw Dr. Drunkenstein
Nice one!
That actually made me laugh out loud, good one xD
Calsen vs Dr. Drunkenstein wil be an interesting match ; )
lol
Carlsen only wanted to play with carowana #
You make chess interesting with your figures of speech like "the pawn asks the bishop a question"
Makes me imagine the board is alive
Thank you!
I view it as logical more than alive but to each their own.
The idea of having a pawn ask an opposing bishop a question has Monty Python written all over it tbh
true
@@@nomad5544
No. Nimzowitsch!
Actually, this is something Kasparov pointed out that throughout his career he always referred to his pieces as if they’re living, “my Bishop wouldn’t be happy on..” or “his Knight has a brighter future on..” etc. According to him it helped him play better. I guess it makes it so that the pieces are more than just bits of wood but something more personal.
Hard to criticise Carlsen for offering that game 12 draw after you win 3/3 tiebreaks
Yet there were multiple clowns the other day in the comment section, some with dozens of likes mind you, saying "Carlsen has lost all respect, he's going to be humiliated in the tiebreaks" and other such trite nonsense.
iceshadow01 This is exactly why Carlsen should be criticized. He could have very well one in classical chess, but took the safe way out and defended his classical title by winning rapid games for the second time in a row.
@@BeyondFables since when is playing to your strengths something to criticize?
Isaac W. I blame the system more than I blame him. He’s the classical chess champion. He could have won in classical chess, but decided to go for rapid. It was strategically the best play for him, but that really just means there’s a problem with how it’s set up.
@@BeyondFables I think its easier to say that as a spectator than when you have a large amount of money on the line. Id love to see people going all-in in a poker game every hand but its probably not the best strategy for the player involved. I think he did what he thought was his best chance of winning and it worked, I personally dont see anything wrong with that.
That draw offer in game 12 was an invitation to hell for Caruana
Maybe, but it was an invitation he couldn't refuse.
@@00bikeboy You're right. Thats why he was thinking long and hard on a decision that otherwise he would not hesitate
@@00bikeboy *an offer he could not refuse
@Kayumov Mansur Making MC the Godfather? In game 12 he acted more like Fredo 😃
@@00bikeboy Nah, I just wanted to insert a Godfather quote :D. And NO! MC acted like Michael Corleone setting up a trap for Carlo Rizzi, only to be killed outside... MC was the one to win after all.
11 average centipawn loss, 0 inaccuracis, mistakes and blunder that`s crazy for a rapid game, Carlsen sure deserve the win.
I agree. About the time mere mortals begin to wear down, Carlsen gets even stronger.
Better then his classical games.
I heard Grischuk say there is a way of calculating rating where you use.
Performance ratings (like you see on Lichess), and the use.
Classical performance rating minus rapid performance rating.
And he claimed Carlsen would probably be the only player in the world with a negative result (his performance in blitz is better then in classical games).
All the 3-0 rapid game victory did, was show that Carlsen is world champion rapid chess. We already knew that. Not saying he didn't deserve to retain his title, but I would have preferred a win in the classical portion of the match.
It's NO WAY TO WIN A WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP. Carlsen sucks.
@@melvynobrien6193 Rofl. Easy for you to say that when you're not the one with $700,000 on the line.
I truly admire Caruana for the prep work he did in the classic time control, he was obviously more prepared than Carlsen in the opening. However, Carlsen is a monster when it comes to naturally selecting the correct move. Hats off to both for an entertaining championship!
👏 can you imagine Carlsens prep work for the rapid.
Finding game lines that confuses his opponents by splitting your decision making in two: what would the computer do? and what whould I do?
@Peder Hansen get outa here
You like draws, eh?
It wasn't a matter of Caruana preparing better. He played as good as Magnus in that time control. But he wasnt good enough in the rapid mode. I think its a bit disrespectful to attribute the 6-6 score to just good prep. Especially the way the games went. None of them showed any case of Caruana gaining anything out of the openings.
The way carlsen ended game 12 offering a draw relatively too early .. he appeared to be so confident in the rapid games .. well done to caruana who was always more prepared in the regular matches .. he must have worked really hard and wanted to win really bad.
Most respect for these two geniuses.
You even had Jerry here, who is a spectacular chess analyst, SPOON FEED you a very good reason why Carlsen wasn't too confident in winning game 12 even with the time advantage. Yet over and over, people in the comments love asserting their takes on the matter, such as "he's cowardly" or "he knew he would just win easily in the rapid games".
May have he been confident in his ability to win the tiebreak, sure, but saying that it's the reason why he let go of game 12 so early on is a myopia edging on stupidity.
@@aiGeis did you watch the post game press conference? Carlsen said that he had a clear plan of going for a draw from the start of the game because he liked his chances in rapid and so he wasn't looking for lines that would give him a win. He also admitted to being tired. I trust that all those things are true especially considering he was playing black against an openings nerd and didn't think he would getting winning chances if he played for a draw as he said he did.
Jerry would've been the world champion by drawing his way to the very end even the Armageddon
I don't understand...
Elliot Loveluck You can win the championship if you draw every game and you draw the armageddon game as black.
He made a claim in the first game or two (or three) that he could draw a position that Magnus apparently got all excited about in the endgame after Caruana made a change to the pawn structure. To be fair it was a drawn position still, but only with totally accurate play. The margin for error was reduced, it no longer became trivial to draw, whereas Jerry suggested it was still reasonably doable. It turned out it had some only moves that were deeper than trivial.
@@marowakcity3727 In one of the classical games Jerry made some comment like "even I could make a draw from this position" because it seemed like a straightforward draw, but later in analysis realized that he'd been overconfident - the position was actually much harder than it seemed.
@@dm9910 is that from a video or something? do you have the link
Absolutely ridiculous how good Carlsen is in these time controls.
Jerry could draw all those three games
Carlsen would play the Adobe flash Gambit followed up with a scholars mate
@@gwynjudd Caruana would retort with the blue chicken gambit
Legend
Someone should've told Caruana that he resignes after move 150.
easily
Thank you, jerry, for your coverage throughout this WC 2018. While Carlsen retains his WC title, you do too, as you are still the best chess analyst in youtube. You are the Christopher Nolan of chess. You make a boring pawn becomes much more interesting to look at with your words.
Bless you, man. Thanks! 🙏
Now it's no longer Magnus Drawlsen vs. Fabiano Drawuana.
Jerry, you are by far the best chess analyst on the internet. The pace of your videos is perfect and your insight is instructive for me even as an 1800 rated player. Thank You for all the time you put into your craft.
I was rooting for Carlsen but I don't know why I feel sad that Caruana lost.
Bully_Hunter 77 same
It was important for him to win cuz nobody will say "Magnus sucks he lost the title", they will say "oh its ok he just played poorly" whereas in Caruana's case everyone will go crazy when he loses and make fun of him for challenging Carlsen, its a sad moment for chess indeed, although i was rooting for Carlsen i do feel sad for Caruana.
Bully_Hunter 77 I don't know but it might be that Caruana genuinely seems like a nice guy
Owen Wilson umm.. I don’t think anyone will criticize Caruana for challenging Carlsen. Both are extremely talented to reach this level. Yes, Carlsen won, but it doesn’t mean Caruana is bad.
A well matched fight is the best kind of fight.
Game 3 "Rapid time controls, the quality of play will go down"
Carlsen- 0,0,0, with -11 CPL
In all truth, watching the classic controls gave me a bit of respect for Caruana- I thought Carlsen would draw him once or twice and then just slowly crush him the other games- The continual draw was actually interesting, and then there's Tiebreaks!
"Oh boy!" I thought to myself. "30 minutes worth of rapid control- Should see some good play by Carlsen, can Caruana survi-"
Game 1: Fabi Resigns.
Oh...Ok but that was Carlsen with Whi-
Game 2: Fabi Resigns.
Oh..........Ok maybe some clutch defense here with everything on the line?
Game 3: Fabi (eventually) Resigns
......
Absolutely crushing play by Magnus with just the slightest slip-ups by Fabi equates to our reigning WC staying on his throne.
Kinda sad Karjakin didn't make it up the ladder again, maybe next Championship? Seems like he and Carlsen can have a War of the Bishops!
Dr. Drunkenstein strikes again! Good going Magnus. I also liked that Magnus used the English opening in game 1 along a similar type opening that I like to use so it was fun to watch.
Carlsen backed into the title; he's overrated.
Magnus seeing the move Kg2 in game 1 with 30 seconds left on the clock and in the world championship match shows how truly good he is. class of his own
RIP Jerry's Voice... What a man! Thanks for the high quality coverage!
I really appreciated your informative analysis and feedback throughout this Championship. You have great insight and intuition and it helps considerably. Great coverage Jerry!!
Best game analysis on UA-cam by far. Extremely instructive, fluid, and soothing.
And so it ends. What a championship! Thank you Jerry, for covering every inch of it. Congratulations to Carlsen, and to Caruana. Truly two chess titans.
Habemus victor.
One thing missing from chess evaluation feedback is how many times each player forced an "only move, easy to blunder by taking a poison piece etc" Caruana threw so many poison positions at Carlsen and the play was brilliant. Great video
With a 3 to 0 win for Magnus, technically I could have played the tie break my self.
Magnus would also beat me 3 to 0.
The best chess player cant lose at rapid or blitz, and guys dont spoiler too much in the comments, thank you jerry you made my last days with your amazing videos
Meh, if people happen to be dumb enough to read an entire comment before watching the games, I say screw'em.
thank you jerry for your coverage of the WCC 2018. your work is very much appreciated!
Thanks for the coverage, providing so many instructive comments and unravelling how interesting/close some of these games were despite their deceptively calm appearance.
I remember coming home from high school and watching live chess on PBS channel WNET-NYC. Fisher vs Karpov. There was a chess commentator with with curly black hair standing next to vertical chessboard with pockets to hold the pieces in place. There were always a couple of other grandmasters, and another group from a university? with computer analysis. The moves were phoned or faxed backstage and relayed to him. Your clip reminded me of that time. Well done. Excellent analysis.
Thank you
Thank you Jerry, I've been watching your videos for 8 or 9 years, you are the best chess presenter on UA-cam, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for your coverage Jerry! I look forward to watching this every year and this is my third or fourth year in a row! You do awesome work and it really shows in your videos!
What are you talking about? fourth year in a row, the world championship is played every two years. Before it was played every three years. So who challenged carlsen in 2017?
Fun to watch. Thanks.
I can't help but remember watching Carlsen doing that Berserker tournament thing a few weeks ago. That kind of pace training seems quite relevant now.
-Jake
Jerry, don't forget to congratulate our American challenger who gave a good fight. Great video, as always.
Carlsen made no inaccuracies, mistakes or blunders in last rapid game with 11 avg. centipawn loss, what a beast!
the Kg2 move is just amazing. So counter intuitive and yet so blindingly obvious once you understand the idea. Thanks, Jerry!
Thanks for the coverage on twitch, it was great!
Thanks Jerry for covering this exciting games.
This series no joke made me so happy every time I watch a video. Thank you so much for making Chess great for me and putting the time to create amazing analysis. Jerry you are a legend, and deserve a medal. I mean 7 people disliked this video? Those people must have a very bad life.
One's prowess in playing the game of Chess is seen only in rapid and blitz games. Classical games are mostly memorized moves from chess engines. Magnus Carlsen has proved that in this World Chess Championship! Congratulations to Magnificent Carlsen !!
Didn't see this until today. Well done! Great analysis. I look forward to a lot more!
Man, you should do the live coverages. Your voice just fits the atmosphere of chess. I love your channel and it makes me want to learn chess even more!
Thanks for this Championship Jerry. It was awesome.
Thanks for your commentary Jerry! It was invaluable in helping me win a chess game at my family and friends Thanksgiving feast.
Jerry thanks so much for making these videos and for the streams! Must have been exhausting putting out so much content, hope you get some well deserved rest!!!
Thanks so much Jerry! Your coverage made this championship a daily pleasure to follow... I'll miss it!!
We indeed enjoyed it! Thank you very much Jerry!
Carlsen is always the better side. I am so happy to see Carlsen winning. Thank you very much for sharing the video.
Had Fabiano winning game 12. Two great players congrats to Carlsen. Thanks for the review Sir. Well done.
Thanks for all the hard work. You really helped me stay engaged in this match all the way through. Cheers!
It was great to follow this great Championship on your UA-cam channel, thank you!
Thank you for covering this. Watched everyone! Will tune in next year.
Fantastic coverage again this year, Jerry! It's just incredible how you are continually able to livestream the game, and still work on and put out the video so quickly. Thanks for doing this!
This was incredible. Thank you Jerry for providing us with fascinating insights into all these games. I wait exclusively for your videos on coverage of events like this. You are the voice of chess in the English speaking world and our first teacher for many of us. We appreciate you!
I just want to say thank you Jerry, great work and I really was waiting for your comments after every game.
I was a neutral fan until game 12 then I chose team Fabi. I really wanted him to snatch it in the last game. Bit gutted to see him get rolled in the tie breaks. Itd be a great story if hes there again in 2 years time. Chur for the coverage Jerry bro. My man!!
Caruana is a calculative player based on Chess Engines theory while Carlsen is an intuitive player which is more close to human thinktank so he deserves to be the Champion.
I agree with this great comment presented below by Deepak Sharma, 100%! That is just why Magnus is the real world champion...
You're the only videos I waited for on this. Enjoyed all the coverage you did on this and congrats to Magnus!
Thanks for the commentary and reviews of these games. Very instructive. You're my favorite chess channel on youtube by far!
Thank you for your commentary. I was watching every single one of them.
Hey Jerry, I just want to say thank you!
Thank you for your incredible well-produced content and especially for your coverage of the world chess championship! It is incredible to see how well you coment during the games and i know how much work you put into every video, I think I speak for all of us when i voice my appreciation for all of the effort you put into this since the world cup started!
Keep up the good work, your videos and streams are one of the most enjoyable things in my life!
Thank you, Jerry. I really enjoyed watching your analysis of all the WCC games, I know there are many good chess channels on UA-cam; but this has always been my favorite analysis-wise. Thank you again!
Thank you Jerry, watched all your videos on this years World Chess Champoinship. Great commentary and videoquality, cheers.
Thank you Jerry for another amazing coverage. Best chess youtube channel, hands down.
thanks for all the content over the past few weeks and the years that iv been watching jerry! love the videos and the streams, thanks a million
I honestly don't understand people complaining that the title was won in shorter time controls. "So what now, Fabiano Caruana? Are we to be two immortals, locked in an epic battle until judgement day and the trumpets sound, hm?"
"Or you could surrender."
I don't see a lot complaining now that it's over, but nearly EVERYONE in the comment sections leading up to this were spewing nonsense like "Wow Magnus is such a coward lol, he's going to be humiliated in the tiebreaker". Now that he cleanly swept 3-0? "Magnus is just clearly a step above everyone, he's in a league of his own"
I guarantee there really are wankers out there who actually flipped their opinion like that. Called out one I found above.
Did you just throw in a Pirates of the Caribbean reference into a chess analysis video?
If all future classic chess championships were to be decided by shorter time controls, the "classic chess" title would become redundant; one could just hand out the tile to whoever is rapid chess world champion, skipping the lengthy classic chess drawing formalities. There is a good argument to be made for having more classic chess games in a match so that there is less risk involved in losing a single one, or find alternative ways to encourage a decision in the classic portion.
@@nathanthoren2890 It seemed appropriate.
@@tkimaginestudio If every classic game is going to be a draw then why stay on that time control?
It was obvious watching these two that no great advantage would be shown.
Very nice Jerry, please go on doing this channel, we love your coverage, analysis, the work you putting into this. Thank you very very much!
Great job Jerry. I’ve never followed the world championship before, I enjoyed following along with you. Thank you.
although he lost, you gotta hand it to fabi, he played perfectly. And the most important thing is, even if he lost, he gave it his all. And there’s no shame in that.
Thanks for covering the match - much appreciated!
Jerry, the quality and content of your videos are exceptional. You set a very high bar. Kudos!
Thank you so much for such an interesting coverage. I actually anticipate your coverage everyday of this tournament.
I'm glad Carlsen won. He's the better and more interesting player. Chess is by far more exciting with him at the top.
Was a great championship, never have I followed your video releases so much!
This channel is gold!
Jerry, thank you so much for this wonderful event!
Jerry thank you for your broadcast it was amazing. I enjoyed it very much!
Now we know why Carlsen let the 12th game draw so easily! Thank you for the coverage - thanks to Caruana for putting so much resistance and thanks to Carlsen who finally won in Carlsen-style! He IS the best player, but that doesn't mean he gets an automatic win, it was hard work. Congratulations!!!
I used to be an emotional chess player until I saw Jerry in 1 minute games. The guy is cucumber calm, stupidly fast and truly enjoys a win or a loss.
Thank you Jerry for making this event both educational and fun. :~)
Carlsen is just a walking wall, brute force, a Goliath, pushing his opponent across the board until he falls backwards from the edge of the world into the maelmstream. Terrible and great, but terrible, and frightening. Every time Caruana, fighting more with the epee against Carlsons pitchfork, showed him that there were intellectual answers to the brute force, I was delighted: I hoped so much Caruana would win! But the regulations were in favor of Carlson, who is clearly a mountain in Rapid, not to speak of Blitz. - Throughout the whole championship the most thing I was looking forward to with joy were your videos about it, Jerry. I'm sad it's over. - Thanks a lot for a good time. :-)
Great, I have already scene live and reviews but was still waiting for this video, you rock!!
This is astonishing how Magnus wasn't able to beat Caruana in the classical time format no matter what but in the rapid time format he literally destroyed Caruana. This is just insane.
In the classical time format it seems though as if both players are really completely equal. In my opinion no one of these guys is better than the other.
If that was true,
He would maybe draw the rapids instead of getting rekt
That's why I said in the classical time format :)
4 people found a highly disappointing and completely unexpected singular grain of sand in their underwear while watching this.
Thanks, Jerry for your coverage and your very good explanations of key situations. Your king in commenting these truly high-level games played.
Loved the whole series Jerry, thanks for this!
Can't wait to see you analyzing your own games each night after your matches against Carlsen at the Championship next year :)
Loved your coverage of the championship. I’ve learned so much from your tutorials. Keep up the fantastic work!
Thank you, Jerry, for your entertaining and educational coverage of the 2018 championship games. Your channel has enabled me to progress from playing on Stockfish 4 to play on Stockfish 6. Admittedly, it will take some time for me to jump to level 7. But, thanks again.
Thank you very much for the coverage!
Thank you for all the great championship vids
Thank you so much for all the coverage. Much appreciated!
Thank you Jerry great coverage
And the 2 that where in the ring amazing 12 games 12 draws wow took the champ to the 12th round take a bow this is what makes chess great thank you
the rapid games played into dr. drunkensteins hands, he has so much blitz experience.
I'm not a good player. I had an ELO of 2043 once, but -- since it's been a while that I played -- I would be lucky if my actual strength were 1900, at this point.
Thing just is, I don't get the Sicilian Sveshnikov, for White. Sure, I understand the overall 'grandmaster view' of things: you put pressure on d6, maybe get a passer even, put a Knight/Bishop on b6, etc. But from my lowly perspective, it feels like White is losing a lot of time in the opening, trying to achieve the right setup for his plan, whereas Black's play is very intuitive: you push ... f5, move your Queen over to e8, and then maybe ... f4 or ... e4 soon thereafter. I also don't like this whole h4-g3 constallation for White: it may prevent a Knight from coming to f4, but an ... f4 push is unavoidable regardless, and, worse, ... e4 is always around the corner. And, like in game 12 of the classical match, it leaves some gaping holes in White's position. It just feels like the whole 'grandmaster idea' of working on d6 is too premature: it definitely was in game 12, and even in rapid game 2, the c5 move was a joke: Black just castles. Now, White didn't have to lose rapid game 2 as fast as he did. Still, after ... Qc8, I think Black is already better there.
Thank you Jerry! I really enjoyed the streams and the videos! Looking forward to many more to come!
Yes, Jerry, please do this for every World Chess Championship in the future!
6:16 I know it’s old but if whit did move his E1 Rook to D1, black then moves his E5 to capture pawn F3. But instead of white capturing D8, what if he moved his D4 rook *down* to D3 (assuming he would see what black is trying to do)? From here it could go either way.
Black E5 takes Rook D3
White D1 takes Knight D3
Black D8 takes D3
Then white bishop C4 takes D3
Same thing could happen except with rook D1 being saved.
I’m not saying it’s a winning position... but it definitely would get him out of that sticky situation.
Great job, I have enjoyed your commentary very much!
6:19 I made the right decision. I don't know if I did it for luck or anything else, but Jesus, I feel proud of myself.
Thank you for all of these insightful videos! Such a powerful learning experience.
Your analyses are the best in the business. I learned a lot from them. Thanks.