PREVIEW OF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SINDAROV VS GUKESH!!! ALSO MAGNUS VS WOODWARD!

0:01 Welcome back everyone.

0:03 For today's video, we are back to cover

0:05 a bunch of exciting shots from around the world.

0:08 Now, before we jump into the action

0:10 and cover the games that we're talking about,

0:12 first you will probably have noticed

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0:19 What is going on?

0:20 Now, I am actually here in White Plains, New York.

0:23 I'm visiting family.

0:24 There's a chess event I'm attending.

0:26 And of course, I will be going to game two

0:27 of the of the NBA playoffs tonight between the Knicks and the 76ers.

0:31 So, having said all that and bearing in mind

0:34 the situation with my travel microphone and everything else,

0:37 I do apologize in advance if there are any issues with the sound.

0:42 Nonetheless, I'm here to bring you guys the best content out there.

0:45 And so, we're going to start with a game from the sixth

0:47 round of the TPA Sigma tournament being played in Malmo, Sweden.

0:50 Now, the game in question is a game between the young American Phenom,

0:54 Andy Woodward, and the five-time world champion, Magnus Carlson.

0:58 Now, as you all know, two rounds ago,

0:59 Magnus had his tournament derailed to a certain extent when

1:02 he was beaten by Jordan Van Forest from the Netherlands.

1:05 Magnus was strike back yesterday with a big win against Zujaneire.

1:08 And going into this penultimate round,

1:10 he is trailing Yagis Khan Erdomas from Turkey by a half point.

1:14 So, with Magnus trailing by a half point,

1:16 you know that he is going to want to win this game.

1:19 He's out for blood trying to increase his winning streak to two.

1:22 All right, so Andy has the white pieces,

1:24 Magnus is the black pieces, and we get the move pawn to D4.

1:27 Magnus plays knight F6, C4.

1:30 And now we get the move pawn to G6.

1:32 Now Magnus very clearly wants to play a fighting game with pieces on the board.

1:37 And as such, the King's Indian Defense here with the Fian Cheto

1:40 bishop is one of the most principled openings that you can play.

1:43 On the flip side, as it is an opening

1:45 that is incredibly sharp and many players play it,

1:48 it is something where you do run the risk of walking into preparation.

1:52 So, we get the move knight C3.

1:53 Magnus plays bishop G7.

1:55 We get E4 D6.

1:56 And now we get the move bishop to E2.

1:58 Magnus castles.

2:00 And here we get the move bishop to E3.

2:02 Now, Magnus plays this move A5 here.

2:04 I'm not sure whether Magnus was specifically prepared for this variation

2:08 before the game or he he maybe simply was trusting

2:10 his own knowledge because it's very hard to play the Kings

2:13 Indian from the black side because white has so many options.

2:16 Now my gut instinct is that Magnus probably had some inkling

2:20 that this might occur but probably he was playing based off his prior knowledge.

2:25 Now A5 is not the top computer move

2:27 but remember we have a game between two human players.

2:31 We have this our brain and we're and Magnus wants to play a game of chess.

2:35 So even though a computer would say A5 terrible move,

2:37 white is much better and a computer would steamroll

2:40 Magnus and make him look like a total beginner.

2:42 This is not the case when two humans play

2:44 as an advantage of 4.5 in the early stage

2:47 of the game usually is not a position which

2:49 a human can convert because we just aren't 3500 level players.

2:52 So we get A5.

2:54 Andy plays knight to F3.

2:55 And now Magnus plays the move knight to G4 attacking this bishop on E3.

2:59 Now, white could of course play h3 to stop knight g4 and then knight to f3.

3:04 But after this move e5 d5 and the move knight to a6 followed by knight c5,

3:09 black has a very playable position.

3:11 So we get knight f3.

3:12 Knight g4 is played by Magnus attacking the bishop.

3:15 We get bishop g5.

3:16 And now we get the move h6.

3:18 Here Andy plays bishop to c1.

3:20 And now Magnus plays the move e5.

3:22 Andy castles his king.

3:23 We get knight to f6.

3:25 And here we get the move bishop to e3.

3:27 Magnus plays knight g4.

3:28 We get bishop C1 and now Magnus plays the move knight to D7.

3:32 Now, of course, Magnus could have played the move knight to F6 here.

3:35 And Andy gladly would have played the move bishop to E3 and taken a draw.

3:39 But Magnus of course doesn't want a draw here.

3:41 He's playing someone much lower rate.

3:43 He wants to win the tournament.

3:44 So therefore, he plays the move knight to D7.

3:47 Now, after we get knight to D7, Andy plays H3.

3:50 Magnus drops the knight back.

3:52 And now we get the move bishop to E3.

3:54 Here Magnus trades the pawns, goes knight C5, attacking this pawn on E4.

3:59 And now we get to move pawn to F3.

4:01 After F3, Magnus plays knight to H5.

4:03 And already we begin we begin to see the outlines

4:06 or the contours of where this game and the direction of what's happening.

4:09 Now what Magnus is trying to argue here

4:11 is that with white having pushed all these pawns,

4:14 there are these big dark square weaknesses,

4:16 which Magnus is going to try to put a knight on one of these squares.

4:19 If Magnus can control these dark squares,

4:21 Magnus will have great chance to win the game.

4:23 Now, if the white pawn were on H2, for example,

4:25 say we get something like um I'm trying to figure out how we get it.

4:28 Something like this just to illustrate the point.

4:30 Something like F3, knight C5, and queen D2.

4:33 With the pawn on H2 here,

4:34 knight H5 really would never do anything because this G3 is square is covered.

4:38 So here, white could play rook D1.

4:40 We'll disregard the pawn as hanging.

4:41 So say rook D1.

4:42 Black never can target these squares.

4:44 But with this pawn on H3, as we see in this position,

4:47 this pawn here being on H3 versus H2

4:50 makes a massive difference for the dark squares.

4:52 So we get queen to D2.

4:54 Magnus plays G5 here trying to grip the dark squares.

4:57 And now we get the move bishop D1.

4:59 Now bishop D1 is actually one of the top computer moves.

5:02 The main reason I believe this to be true

5:04 is because if you were to play rook D1, black can go knight G3.

5:08 And maybe at some point black can even trade the knight for the bishop.

5:10 But when you play this move bishop to D1,

5:12 you intend to reroute the bishop to C2 and maybe

5:15 at some point create some pressure on this long light square diagonal.

5:19 So Magnus goes bishop E6 here.

5:22 attacking the pawn on C4 and we get

5:23 the move pawn to B3 protecting the pawn here.

5:26 Magnus plays A4.

5:27 We get bishop to C2.

5:29 Takes takes takes takes.

5:30 And now Magnus plays the move bishop to E5 creating

5:33 the classic wooden shield here with this bishop on all the diagonals.

5:37 And Magnus is trying to grip these dark squares with the knight and the bishop.

5:40 And there's even queen to F6 to put max maximum pressure

5:43 on this other diagonal towards these knights and the rook on A1 as well.

5:48 So all these ideas, even though the computer gives white a tiny advantage,

5:52 Magnus has achieved everything that he could ask for here.

5:54 It's a very tricky positional game.

5:56 Black is queen f6, knight f4, knight g3.

5:59 And of course, one of the biggest advantages that Magnus has

6:01 is that he doesn't have to face Magnus where his opponent Andy

6:04 Woodward in this case probably is starting to feel some

6:07 of the effects of the ma or starting to feel the Magnus effect.

6:12 So here we got this move rook to A7 being played.

6:15 And now Magnus plays move C6 here,

6:17 stopping these knights from jumping to any of these central squares.

6:21 Computer thinks that C6 is a little bit dubious,

6:23 but it's a move that makes a lot of sense

6:24 because if black were to play queen F6 right away,

6:26 I believe Magnus was afraid of B4 here

6:29 or knight to D5 potentially with an open diagonal,

6:32 something along these lines, no doubt he was a little bit concerned by.

6:35 And so he goes C6 instead.

6:38 Now C6 on top of stopping D's knights from jumping also gives

6:41 black the ability to put the queen on B6 to hit the rook,

6:44 hit this diagonal and also hit the pawn on B3 as well at the same time.

6:49 So after C6, we get the move knight C to E2.

6:52 This is a move that I I don't know if I necessarily love it so much.

6:55 It makes some sense.

6:56 I think I think um in this position B4 also could be Oh,

7:00 I thought B4 was interesting.

7:01 Maybe there's just queen B6 or some crazy.

7:03 But we get knight to E2.

7:04 And this knight now covers both G3 and F4.

7:08 So after knight E2, Magnus plays move knight to F4.

7:11 And this is where Andy spends a lot of time

7:14 and ultimately makes a big mistake with the move bishop F2.

7:17 Now you'll notice that in this situation, Andy has 27 minutes.

7:20 Magnus has 11 minutes.

7:21 He has 16 more minutes on the clock.

7:23 It's a very tense situation.

7:24 Computers white is maybe very very slightly slightly better,

7:27 but Andy spends nearly 20 minutes and he

7:30 makes a mistake with the move bishop to F2.

7:32 Now this move doesn't lose the game or anything.

7:34 By no means is it is it going to change the course of the game,

7:37 but it's not the best move and Andy spends a lot

7:39 of time and now he's down on the clock as well.

7:42 Now, one thing that I will note about Magnus is

7:44 as we know Magnus is the greatest player in the world.

7:47 There's no doubt about that.

7:48 But I feel that when we get into situations of rapid games,

7:51 say 10 minutes or even like even 6,

7:53 7, 8 minutes left, Magnus is very, very good.

7:56 And I think his advantage is much bigger there than it is in any other format,

8:00 whether it be classical or blitz for that matter.

8:02 And so with Andy spending this time making a slightly dubious move

8:05 and now being down on the clock in effectively a rapid situation,

8:08 I felt already here that Magnus was going to find a way to win the game.

8:12 So Magnus here trades knights and now he plays this move queen to F6.

8:16 A nice move with the queen coming out to F6.

8:19 Maybe you can sack the bishop on H3.

8:21 You can also maybe move a rook over.

8:23 And at this point it's mostly on white to figure out what to do.

8:26 Now Andy here plays the move bishop to E3 after a minute.

8:29 I don't necessarily dis I don't necessarily hate the move bishop to E3,

8:32 but it's a move that's very passive and doesn't really force the action here.

8:36 I would have liked to have seen something like pawn to B4, for example,

8:39 and rook takes B7 because after rook to A8, you can

8:42 go rook to A7 and after takes takes and bishop takes C4.

8:47 In this position, white can probably go bishop D3.

8:50 And the computer says black is marginally better.

8:52 But with even material on the board here,

8:54 it's very hard to believe that black can win.

8:57 The problem is that when you play this passive waiting move in bishop E3,

9:00 now Magnus lashes out with this move bishop takes H3 sacking the bishop.

9:05 Now here, white is still completely fine

9:07 and I actually believe that that if Andy

9:09 had 20 to 25 minutes here and he could think for 10 or 15 minutes,

9:12 he would have probably found a better

9:14 continuation than what he does in the game.

9:16 Um, but with only 88 848 left,

9:19 you kind of have to go, you have to make some decisions quickly.

9:21 And Andy here plays the move B4.

9:24 We get knight D7.

9:25 And now we get the move rook B7.

9:27 And after bishop to E6 here,

9:28 this position is very, very tough for white to play.

9:31 Primarily because you have this weak pawn on C4.

9:34 There's rook to A8 here.

9:35 There's maybe even G4 at the right moment.

9:37 And white has to come up with a plan.

9:39 Black simply reacts to whatever white does.

9:42 Now here, Andy plays the move knight to D4.

9:44 And this move looks very logical on first glance,

9:47 but this is actually a serious blunder after which there

9:50 is no way back from no way back from a defeat.

9:54 Now the computer here I think says bishop to A4 is top moving after rook

9:57 to A8 here I believe you're supposed to play

9:59 rook A7 again and after takes takes white

10:01 should be okay but bishop A4 is a very strange move to play because first

10:05 of all the pawn looks loose bishop A4 runs into rook A8 and if you play like

10:09 bishop D3 which also is possible after C5 here let's say B5 and rook to A8 now

10:14 the rook is infiltrating and black is much better again if Andy has a lot

10:20 of time here I think the whole situation is different but he spent so much time

10:24 after the shock with bishop H3 that it's

10:26 just very hard to play from the white side.

10:28 So we got the move knight to D4 and now Magnus obviously plays the move

10:32 rook to A8 claiming this open file for the rook here to harass the king,

10:36 the queen and the bishop from the side.

10:37 And at this point this is this I would say

10:40 in practical terms in a human game is just losing.

10:43 So we got the move knight takes bishop.

10:45 Magnus takes with the queen and here we get

10:47 the move bishop to D3 guarding the pawn on C4.

10:50 Magnus checks.

10:50 We got king f2 and now Magnus plays move knight f6.

10:54 Now what you will have noticed is that Magnus

10:56 has been able to play the moves a lot quicker.

10:58 So Andy is now the one getting pushed on the clock

11:01 as they try to reach the time control at move 40.

11:03 This all results because of the the nature of the position

11:06 where Magnus has the easier moves and Andy has the harder moves.

11:10 And that's what leads to the situation where

11:11 Magnus can now play all these moves very quickly.

11:13 Andy is desperately trying to hang on.

11:15 There's knight H5 and bishop G3.

11:17 There's G4, knight G4 tricks as well.

11:19 It's just too hard to defend.

11:22 So he got the move rook to A7.

11:23 And now Magnus plays the move rook to H1.

11:26 If Magnus wanted to be Mr.

11:27 Flashy, he could have played the move knight to G4, sacking a pony.

11:31 If white takes, you have check.

11:33 If king E2, it's the uhoh spaghettiio

11:35 moment with queen to F1 checkmating the king.

11:37 And if you block with the bishop, I can simply take the rook.

11:40 I'll capture the bishop on the next turn.

11:42 And it's GG.

11:43 Why not?

11:45 So after rook to A7, Magnus goes rook H1.

11:47 This also is more than good enough.

11:49 The idea of knight to H5, G4, bishop G3.

11:52 White's king is very loose and black's

11:54 king is actually extremely safe on G7 here.

11:56 You have the pawns in front.

11:57 You've got the knight, the bishop, and everything else.

11:59 So, this is already completely winning.

12:02 So, Andy plays king E2.

12:03 Magnus plays knight to H5.

12:05 Now, the knight is coming to G3 or F4.

12:07 We got queen to A2.

12:09 And here, Magnus plays the move G4.

12:11 Now, what Magnus is trying to do is he's

12:13 trying to open up the the the second rank here.

12:16 Say white plays B5 after takes takes.

12:18 You have rook to H2 hitting the king and the the queen.

12:21 If you block, there's bishop D4 here,

12:22 winning this bishop on F2 after check and king G7 and white will lose the game.

12:28 So we get the move G4 here.

12:29 Andy plays the move F4.

12:31 This is simply a desperation move played with 1 second on the clock.

12:34 Just trying to keep the keep the files closed here.

12:37 And now Magnus plays the move rook to A1.

12:39 Now rook to A1 is not the only move.

12:41 Even knight takes F4 would also be winning.

12:43 But I suspect Magnus thought that after C5 here,

12:45 there's maybe some glimmer of hope for white where it reaches an endame.

12:49 And it's not 100% clear that black will win.

12:52 Now, this would be winning of course, but Magnus does spot the move rook to A1.

12:56 The bishop guards the rook.

12:57 Rook attacks the queen.

12:58 If you move the queen away to say C2, I can simply trade the rooks.

13:02 Take the pawn on F4 and this is winning.

13:03 Even knight takes F4 and rook takes F7.

13:06 This also wins.

13:07 So after rook to A1, Andy decides sack the queen with queen takes rook.

13:11 We get takes takes.

13:12 And now Magnus plays move knight g3 forking the king and the pawn.

13:16 We get king d2.

13:17 Knight takes pawn.

13:18 King c2.

13:19 And here Magnus plays move f5 reinforcing the pony on e4.

13:23 Now at this point the players have reached move 40.

13:25 They've reached time control.

13:26 So they get an extra 30 minutes.

13:28 But with Magnus having all these pawns in the middle of the board.

13:31 At this point the queen for the rook and the bishop this is just over.

13:35 So Andy plays B5.

13:37 We got we got to move pawn takes rook to a8 check.

13:39 If white were to take here, there would be queen c8 check,

13:42 followed by the move queen queen to c3 here.

13:44 And after rook to a8, king f7 check and king g6.

13:48 With the weakness of the two bishops here on the third rank,

13:50 black will win the game in a few moves.

13:53 So we get rook to a8, king g7.

13:55 Now Andy takes as queen c8 is no longer in play.

13:58 And here we get the move queen to d5 for Magnus.

14:01 We get rook to c8.

14:02 Magnus goes knight f2 here.

14:03 This is a very flashy move.

14:05 It's not the only winning move, but it is probably the cleanest.

14:08 Knight C5 is also more than good enough.

14:10 But when you move the knight and attack this bishop on D3 here,

14:13 if white takes with the bishop, you go queen takes G2.

14:16 You're going to win this bishop with the pin.

14:18 If white pushes, you take and then you win the pawn.

14:21 So at this point, black's going to win.

14:22 Also, because say you move the king, for example,

14:25 queen takes, you're stopping the pawn from going up the board,

14:27 but you're also just pushing your G pawn down the board in a hurry as well.

14:32 So Andy plays rook C7.

14:34 We get king G6.

14:35 And now he gets move bishop C4, setting up the one last trick in the position.

14:39 Now what Andy is hoping for here is that Magnus will play

14:41 the move queen takes G2 because a free pawn is a free pawn.

14:44 Free material is always a good thing.

14:47 Well, in this case, it would actually lose

14:48 the game because if you take the pawn on G2,

14:50 white has bishop F7 checking the king here.

14:53 If you move the king over, bishop D4 is actually a checkmate.

14:56 King has no squares available.

14:58 The rook guards the bishop.

14:59 That ends the game.

15:00 And if black moves the king to g7 or h7 for that matter,

15:03 white can play the move bishop to g

15:05 d5 checking the king and attacking the queen.

15:08 And when you move the king, I take the queen and white wins the game.

15:12 So one last trap set by Andy here.

15:14 Of course, Magnus does not fall for it.

15:16 He plays queen D1 check.

15:17 Knight guards the queen.

15:19 We get king B2.

15:20 And now after the move D5,

15:22 Andy Woodward resigns the game because it's basically hopeless.

15:25 If you move the bishop away to B3 or A2 for that matter,

15:27 doesn't matter which one.

15:28 There's queen to E2 check hitting the king and the bishop.

15:31 I take the bishop with a queen for a rook.

15:33 Black will simply win the game very easily.

15:36 And if you take the knight here, there are many ways for black to win,

15:39 but probably cleanest would be to play queen D2 check.

15:41 You move the king.

15:42 And now I can simply take the bishop.

15:44 You check.

15:44 I go king to H5 here.

15:46 And when you move the bishop to, I don't know, let's just say C5.

15:49 There's queen to A5 here.

15:50 Checking the king and winning the pawn.

15:51 You go to B6.

15:52 Probably check.

15:53 Check and mate works.

15:55 Or even king A2 check.

15:56 And queen B5 works.

15:57 There's just nothing white can do to save the game.

16:01 So after this move D5, Magnus gets a very big win,

16:04 his second win in a row in this tournament.

16:07 And this means that going into the final round tomorrow,

16:09 Magnus has clawed his way back to where he is tied for first place.

16:13 And no less he is tied with the player

16:16 that he will face in the final round tomorrow.

16:18 And that of course is Yagiz Khan Erdomus from Turkey.

16:21 Now Ardomus is 14 years old.

16:23 Magnus is going to have the white pieces.

16:25 So, I'm really looking looking forward

16:26 to my recap tomorrow when I cover that game.

16:28 But that's going to do it for covering Tampa Sigman today.

16:32 So, Magnus wins, tied for the lead, epic showdown coming tomorrow.

16:36 Now, of course, you guys, there are other tournaments going on around the world.

16:40 And so, we are going to be talking about about that tournament as well.

16:44 So, there is the super super bet

16:47 and blitz tournament being played in Warsaw, Poland.

16:49 And in this tournament, we have the reigning world champion Gesh Daraju.

16:54 And we have the player who is

16:55 the contender challenging Ghet November, Yavokier Cinderov.

17:01 Now, this is the first time that the players will meet.

17:04 Sure, it's Rapid Chess versus Classical, but nonetheless,

17:07 first match up between these two players.

17:09 Maybe the only matchup outside of playing Blitz in this event

17:12 that they will have before their epic World Championship match later this year.

17:15 So, it's a big game from a mental standpoint.

17:17 If somebody can win, it can be a big boost them, give them a lot of confidence.

17:21 And with everybody saying that Cinderov is

17:23 the future of chess as as things stand currently,

17:26 let's see what we have in store in this rapid game.

17:29 So Cinderov plays move E4.

17:31 Here Gash plays C6, the classic Carl Khan defense.

17:35 We get knight to F3, D5.

17:37 And here Cinderov plays move D3.

17:40 Now here we get queen to C7 from Gh.

17:42 And when black plays queen C7, there's a very simple idea in mind.

17:46 If white plays move like G3 here,

17:48 black will play pawn to E5 building the classic big black center with the pawns

17:53 on D5 and E5 which is the reason behind this as the queen supports the pawn.

17:57 So Cinderov obviously doesn't want to allow that.

17:59 So we get pawn takes pawn.

18:02 Gesh takes and now we get this move pawn to C4.

18:05 Gh plays move knight to F6, knight to C3 and now we get the move pawn E6.

18:10 Here we get pawn to G3 from Cinderov.

18:12 When Cinderov goes G3, he wants to theon Cheeto, the bishop to G2,

18:16 castle the king and G3 on top of supporting the bishop move and castling

18:20 also supports this bishop potentially coming to F4 to hit this diagonal as well.

18:25 So after G3, we get bishop B4.

18:27 Cinderov goes bishop G2.

18:29 Pawn takes pawn.

18:30 And now we get the move bishop to F4.

18:33 Gesh plays queen to A5.

18:34 And now we get the move pawn takes pawn.

18:36 And here Gash trades and and we get queen takes C3.

18:40 Here we get knight to D2.

18:42 Guessh plays E5 and now we get this move rook to C1.

18:45 Now what it would seem to me here based

18:47 on the time used I don't know if these times

18:49 are completely accurate is that up to this point

18:51 which is move number 12 the players are in preparation.

18:55 Now this speaks to how deep the preparation goes these days

18:58 the players players know it up to this position because

19:01 already I was under the impression somewhere around somewhere around

19:04 here I feel like this is relatively unknown territory in general.

19:09 But preparation is a real thing in modern day chess as we saw in the candidates.

19:12 And here Cinderov plays the move rook to C1.

19:16 So after we get rook to C1, queen to A5 is played.

19:19 And now we get the move bishop G5.

19:21 And at this point it's very clear that in the last move or two

19:24 somewhere I guess around knight D2 and then queen A5, both players are finally

19:28 out of preparation and we get a duel between these two great players and we'll

19:32 see who is able to emerge on top in this game of rapid chess.

19:35 So we get bishop to G5.

19:37 Gas plays Gesh plays bishop G4.

19:39 We get queen C2 and now we get the move knight C6.

19:42 Now in this position you will notice that black has one extra pawn here.

19:46 Black has six pawns to white's five pawns.

19:48 But it's very dynamic because white has the two B's.

19:51 This bishop on G2 on a great diagonal.

19:53 You can maybe go rook B1 to hit this pawn.

19:55 The other bishop on G5 pressures the knight on F6.

19:58 Very very dynamic position.

20:00 Very much in the spirit of how Cinderov plays chess.

20:02 So, we're gonna see in a game where

20:04 Synindrov gets his classic tactical tactical complications here.

20:08 Can he prove that he's better than Gesh?

20:11 So, we get castles.

20:12 Gesh castles.

20:13 And now we get this move pawn to H3.

20:15 And this move is a very slight mistake here.

20:17 Computer wants a very strange move pawn to C5.

20:20 I suspect because after knight to D4 attacking the queen.

20:23 If white moves the queen, there's knight E2 forking the king and the rook.

20:25 And it's GG.

20:26 Why not?

20:27 But you do have this move knight to B3 attacking the queen,

20:30 forking the queen and the knight here.

20:31 Black takes, white takes, and after knight d4 here,

20:34 apparently white can take the pawn, sacking the rook here on C1.

20:38 And after rook takes with C6, C7, this P combined with this knight jumping

20:42 to the middle of the board, white is fine.

20:44 In a rapid game, I think borderline impossible

20:46 to play with only like 14 minutes on the clock,

20:48 but still a very nifty idea nonetheless.

20:51 So, we get H3 instead.

20:53 Now, Gash plays bishop E6.

20:55 And here, Cinderov trades the bishop for the knight.

20:57 Now, this isn't necessarily losing the game or anything,

21:00 but it feels to me like in this position,

21:02 Cinderov kind of loses his nerve a little bit.

21:04 He doesn't really find a plan.

21:07 And so, he figures if there isn't a clear-cut plan,

21:09 he should trade the bishop for the knight and try

21:11 to compromise the black pawns on the king's side.

21:14 If you compromise the pawn structure here,

21:16 then maybe there will be an attack down the road.

21:18 So, we get knight to E4.

21:19 Gesh moves the king up to guard this pawn from being captured on F6.

21:23 And now we get the move F4.

21:24 Now f4 is definitely a mistake according to the computer.

21:27 The computer wants queen to d1 trying to run this queen over

21:30 to the to the h file to try to immediately pressure black's king side.

21:34 Again this is a tough move to play in my opinion

21:36 because it allows knight to d4 and you go queen h5 here.

21:39 I guess bishop f5 bishop g6 should be better.

21:42 But here white can simply move the king and then

21:44 I think play f4 queen h5 and it should be okay.

21:47 But very very hard to play cuz it's not a concrete plan

21:50 and a rapid game where you don't have 5 or 10 minutes to think.

21:53 It's just not very intuitive.

21:55 So we get F4, but now Gh plays F5, knight G5.

21:59 And here we get this move pawn to E4.

22:01 And even though the computer thinks it's still okay for white,

22:04 relatively speaking,

22:05 you have to be extremely precise here because now with the pawns on F5 and E4,

22:10 your bishop is suddenly closed off.

22:11 This diagonal is shut.

22:13 If you take on E6 here,

22:14 you'll notice this bishop just never gets into the game anymore.

22:17 Whereas only a few moves ago right back here.

22:19 This bishop is on this really really clean open diagonal.

22:23 So we got this bishop after E4.

22:25 And here we got the move queen to B2 from Cinderov.

22:28 Computer wants this move.

22:29 I believe G4 trying to undermine these pawns which

22:32 are guarding each other in the center of the board.

22:34 After G4 and knight D4 and queen to F2.

22:36 This is a complete mess.

22:38 Black should play rook to D8.

22:39 You take on F5 and play knight takes E4.

22:42 And after takes takes rook E8.

22:43 Black should be okay here.

22:45 But it's anybody's guess as to what the result will be.

22:49 But instead here, Cinderov plays move queen B2.

22:51 We get king G8.

22:53 And now we get this move king to H2.

22:55 Gash plays queen to B6.

22:57 And here we get this move queen E2.

22:58 Now we get queen to D4 dropping the queen back here.

23:01 If white goes queen to H5, you go queen G7 here.

23:04 And at this point, black is still up a pawn and doing quite well.

23:08 So after queen to D4 here,

23:11 Sinov plays this move knight takes E4 after 1 and a half minute think.

23:14 And this is a very very surprising decision.

23:17 Now, it's my it's my impression looking at this game

23:20 that I think Cinderov actually was feeling a lot of pressure.

23:23 He didn't have a clear-cut plan.

23:24 He didn't know exactly what to do, and his nerve kind of failed him here.

23:28 Now, Cinderov's nerves were incredibly good in the canister

23:31 tournament where he dominated from start to finish.

23:33 But this move to me looks like Cinderov sacking a piece,

23:36 his nerves simply failing him,

23:37 and he goes through something that is incredibly unsound.

23:41 So, we get pawn takes knight F5.

23:43 Gosh plays bishop C8.

23:45 Not bishop to D7 here by the way cuz after rook

23:47 CD D1 you attack the queen and the bishop behind it.

23:51 When you move the queen and lose the bishop now white

23:53 will be winning with a bunch of attacks on the king side.

23:57 So you get bishop to C8.

23:58 Now here Cinderov plays rook to rook to D1.

24:01 Gash goes queen to F6.

24:03 We get queen takes E4.

24:04 And now after this move rook to D8, black is simply up a piece.

24:08 Sure the rook on A8 is not yet in the game

24:10 but white doesn't really have a way to attack.

24:12 What white really needs here is something like queen c5 and something

24:15 with an f6 idea to bring all the reinforcements to the king side.

24:19 But this queen simply closes this closes off the square.

24:22 There's no availability for the pawn.

24:24 And so at this point, Gh is better.

24:26 I wouldn't say that it's necessarily over yet, but Gh,

24:28 if he holds this nerf here, should obtain winning chances.

24:32 So we get rook takes rook.

24:33 Now knight takes rook.

24:34 And now Cinderov checks.

24:36 We get king G7.

24:37 And here we get the move rook to F4.

24:39 trying to check the king on G4.

24:41 Here Gashesh played the H5 stopping the rook maneuver.

24:44 And now we get this move queen to E2.

24:47 Now after queen to E2, Gh plays bishop D7.

24:50 We get queen takes H5.

24:51 And now Gesh plays the move knight C6.

24:53 And with the rook finally coming into the action

24:55 to H8 or E8 or maybe even G8 here.

24:58 All three of these squares being available to the rook,

25:01 black is completely winning.

25:02 Now again, if this pawn on F5 were somehow off the board,

25:05 white would be completely fine.

25:06 But this pawn really kills all of white's chances

25:09 because black dominates these dark squares around the king

25:12 which gives black time to move the rook

25:13 and the extra piece will play in the situation.

25:17 So here Cinder plays rook H4 and now Gukesh goes

25:20 rook to E8 bringing the rook to the open E file.

25:23 He can simply reroute his king do the little king dance run

25:26 the king around and at this point Gash should be winning in the game.

25:29 Now you'll notice computer of course here

25:31 says black should play bishop takes F5.

25:33 This is a move that's very hard to play because after rook f4,

25:36 bishop g6 is winning.

25:37 But now after say queen b5, there's a weak pawn.

25:39 There diagonals everywhere like king g8 and bishop d5.

25:42 And sure, this position is winning.

25:44 But why do you ever want to allow that when at this point you're

25:47 looking at this pawn as being a very nice shield of this complete file.

25:50 And so after rook d8,

25:51 sure the computer says white isn't completely lost immediately,

25:54 but I think from a practical standpoint,

25:56 this is a great choice and black should win anyway.

25:59 So we get queen g4 here.

26:01 King f8 is played.

26:02 Apparently, queen to H7 and I guess queen H8, trading the queens here.

26:06 And then I think trading the rooks even and playing something like

26:09 C5 is black still probably should win this in the long run.

26:12 Honestly, when I look at this position,

26:14 I'm kind of shocked this isn't just instantly losing.

26:16 But I guess here you do have some pawns to push up the board.

26:19 But in from a human perspective, you figure black has two black has two pawns

26:23 for the for the um white has two pawns for the knight here.

26:26 It's very hard to believe that these three pawns are getting down

26:29 the board and you just automatically assume that this endame is losing.

26:33 So instead we get queen G4, king F8 and now queen F4 is played.

26:37 And here Gash plays the move rook to E2 creating

26:40 the classic kebab on the second rank with the rook.

26:43 Cinderol plays queen F3.

26:44 We get rook takes A2 and now we get the move queen to E3.

26:48 Here Gash plays queen to B2 creating this classic double stack

26:51 on the second rank aiming towards the king and the bishop.

26:54 Cinderov checks.

26:55 We get king E8.

26:56 We get queen H8 here.

26:57 If rook to E4, you simply do the king dance.

27:00 Run this king away.

27:00 Hide it on C7.

27:02 And you checkmate on the next turn.

27:04 So we get queen H8.

27:06 The trade.

27:06 King to E7.

27:08 Now Gh is 100% going to win.

27:10 White only has one pawn for the knight.

27:12 Black has the outside pass pawn.

27:14 And you have a pin on the second rank.

27:15 So the game is all but over.

27:17 Cinderov goes G4.

27:18 We get A5.

27:19 King to G3.

27:20 And now we get the move A4.

27:22 Cinderov plays rook A8.

27:24 Get A3.

27:25 H4 is played here.

27:26 Cinderov's last hope is to simply push this H

27:28 pawn up the board as quickly as he can.

27:31 We get the move knight to E5.

27:33 Cinderov plays bishop D5.

27:34 And here we get the move bishop C6.

27:36 Now we get H5.

27:38 The trade of the bishops from Gh.

27:40 And here he plays the move rook A1.

27:42 Cinderov goes H6.

27:44 Gh plays rook G1.

27:45 And now we get the move king to F4.

27:48 Ghes F6 guarding the knight.

27:50 We get H7.

27:51 Rook takes G4.

27:52 King to E3.

27:54 And after the move knight to f7, after the move knight to f7 here,

28:02 cinderov decides to resign the game because in this position,

28:07 he has nothing really left to do.

28:09 Now, if you were to try and push this pawn to make a queen here,

28:12 black would take the rook or take the pawn,

28:14 I should say, and play his move rook to a4.

28:17 And with these two pass pawns rolling simply up the board,

28:20 black is winning in this position.

28:22 So you can't push the pawn to H8 here.

28:25 If you can't push the pawn, you play rook takes A3, for example.

28:28 Black simply goes rook to G3.

28:29 Check.

28:30 You move the king.

28:31 I take the rook.

28:32 Again, pawn gets captured if you promote it.

28:35 So there's just not a whole lot that white can do.

28:38 So with this, Gh wins this epic epic battle against Yabok Syninder.

28:44 The match up between the two players

28:45 playing for the world championship later this year.

28:47 Simply a very very big result.

28:49 Now, one thing I noticed is after the game, Gesh gave a little fist bump.

28:53 I think it was with this hand, not the other hand,

28:54 but he gave a little bit of a fist pump.

28:56 And to me, what that shows is how serious Gh is.

28:58 He believes in himself.

28:59 He knows he has a chance in spite of the fact that so many

29:02 people have already written him off acting like he's going to lose the match.

29:05 He's washed.

29:06 He's never going to be a good player again.

29:07 All this typical internet nonsense that we've seen so many times.

29:10 But Gh plays a phenomenal game.

29:12 Very deserved victory for him in this game.

29:15 And from a mental standpoint,

29:16 this is a huge boost and gives him this extra bit of energy

29:20 prior to the match knowing that he can in fact beat Cinderov.

29:23 Now, I wouldn't read too much into this game.

29:25 Doesn't necessarily mean one anything one way or the other,

29:29 but I would say that overall for anybody to win, it gives Guash a bigger boost.

29:33 If Synarov had won, it would have been big for him.

29:35 But I think for Gesh with the way that he's struggling and all the attention,

29:38 both positive and negative, he's been receiving recently, um,

29:41 it's very, very huge for him to win this game.

29:43 So very exciting game with this one.

29:45 Gesh is now in the middle of the pack.

29:47 I don't know what the standings are after the first

29:49 round after the second day of games in Warsaw.

29:52 I believe that Wesley So and Hans were tied for the lead.

29:55 I think Fabian was right behind them if I'm not mistaken.

29:58 But at any rate, a very very exciting and crucial matchup between the two

30:01 players who will play for the World

30:03 Chess Championship title in November of this year.

30:06 So on that note, I hope you guys have

30:08 enjoyed this recap where we covered Magnus' game from Sweden.

30:11 We cover a game from the Grand Chess.

30:13 Tomorrow, of course, the final game between Magnus and Erdomus.

30:16 We will be doing a recap of that.

30:18 But at any rate, that's going to do it for right now.

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