A Short King Walk - Nigel Short vs Jan Timman 1991

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7 жыл бұрын

One of the most famous king walk games in chess came from the encounter between Nigel Short and Jan Timman in 1991. How would Short reply when Timman opts for the atypical Alekhine's Defense? Could an enemy queen scare the king off his path? What conditions would be necessary for the king walk to be a success during an atypical phase of the game?
PGN:
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.Nf3 g6 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 Bg7 7.Qe2
Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.h3 a5 10.a4 dxe5 11.dxe5 Nd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4
13.Re1 e6 14.Nd2 Nd5 15.Nf3 Qc5 16.Qe4 Qb4 17.Bc4 Nb6 18.b3
Nxc4 19.bxc4 Re8 20.Rd1 Qc5 21.Qh4 b6 22.Be3 Qc6 23.Bh6 Bh8
24.Rd8 Bb7 25.Rad1 Bg7 26.R8d7 Rf8 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.R1d4 Rae8
29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.h4 h5 31.Kh2 Rc8 32.Kg3 Rce8 33.Kf4 Bc8 34.Kg5
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@vebjrn455 7 жыл бұрын

A "Short" King Walk ... nice :P

@Niko-fj4mo 7 жыл бұрын

You see what he did there

@itisALWAYSR.A. 7 жыл бұрын

One thing I adore about this channel is how the language personifies the tactics. Some channels rattle off the mechanics and options as a string of rote steps, but here you get the feeling that the pieces are working as a team, executing a plan and warding off an army. Which they are. They always are. But the narration makes it feel human and accessible without being patronising or infantile. I can follow this without questioning "but why is Qh4 a bad move?". The game tells a story, and I wish outsiders better saw this side of chess. Another cracking video: well done!

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I never read a compliment like that before. Interesting, and thanks again. :)

@Islacrusez 6 жыл бұрын

ChessNetwork I echo that sentiment - as an outsider it is almost the entire reason I'm here. Your videos have really shown that there's more to chess than abstract strategy. That combined with your presentation style have left me watching more and more without having played a game in perhaps a decade, and the wish to play slowly building. In the end I've started watching your beginner to master series, and played four games against Stockfish 1. I've got a long way to go, but I've got one win with Undo, and one win without.

@robertgreenhalgh2503 4 жыл бұрын

I laugh everytime i hear him say "that pawn is poison" because i know very well ive eaten my fare share of them😂. Still, the story telling of every chess game makes it not only easy to follow for beginners like me, but it super satisfying to listen to.

@terr0rbytes Жыл бұрын

This comment surmises how powerful his commentary is.

@Sole-Survivor Жыл бұрын

5 years later those sentiments are still true

@liamwickins9450 7 жыл бұрын

Really instructive walk-through...I would never have considered bringing my king out with so many pieces left on the board!

@wfcyellow 7 жыл бұрын

I've seen a few videos on this amazing game. This one really added something to those in highlighting the importance of e5 early on, thanks.

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+whyaremeninmyshoes :)

@GameToony 7 жыл бұрын

If the king does not lead, how can he expect his subordinates to follow?

@davidcopson5800 4 жыл бұрын

And he didn't even have to exclaim, "a horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse!".

@By-mr3jf 3 жыл бұрын

Lelouch :)

@narmernil7595 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing seeing the King as an active piece in a game with so many other pieces alive! Great commentation!

@jennifurroberts8932 3 ай бұрын

I never thought chess commentary could be this good.

@andyisyoda 7 жыл бұрын

Very cool to see the analysis of this

@aedificabantur 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the written commentary/notes on the side. I like having these tidbits/"headings" through which I can understand both the Beginner to Master series and now the games, too :)

@timm6098 7 жыл бұрын

Amazing game and amazing analysis! As soon as h5 was played, taking into account the title of the video, I knew right away what was about to commence. Couldn't help but smile and shake my head as I went through the upcoming walk. Thanks for showing this!

@dmitrii7661 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing this amazing game!

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+Dmitrii Vacula Welcome!

@bryanoberholtzer 7 жыл бұрын

I love this style of video where you analyse classic chess games

@tobiasrieke642 7 жыл бұрын

the moment when jerry try's to fill in "biting on a rock"

@aeiouaeiou100 7 жыл бұрын

I am a simple man, I see a Chess network video, I give a like

@nelsonbarrantes7349 Жыл бұрын

Great explanation. Loved this lecture.

@ginoginoh 7 жыл бұрын

Really like the analysis and the new format, with key lessons on the side :)

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+ginoginoh Thank you. I figured a few pointers couldn't hurt. :)

@HalfGraceful 6 жыл бұрын

You duh man Jerry. Saw one of your vids a while back, started playin chess after watching it. Now all I do is binge watch your vids and play games. Keep em comin

@NeilRamroop33 5 жыл бұрын

I had to laugh at 10:27, Jerry with the John Madden-like commentary... akin to "If the team with the ball can get it into their opponent's endzone, they will score points". Love you, Jerry - you have the best chess commentary/channel out there; that particular comment just made me chuckle xD. Keep up the great work!

@sushilpatel7710 7 жыл бұрын

Finally wait is over..! Jerry posted on GM game analysis Thank you jerry..!😄😄

@limegreenelevator 7 жыл бұрын

Watched this game on another channel right before I went to bed last night, and I wake up to it again. Thanks!

@maxiqwee6860 7 жыл бұрын

Matt Monitto suren?

@limegreenelevator 7 жыл бұрын

Mato

@maxiqwee6860 7 жыл бұрын

Matt Monitto k :P

@derSchachstratege 7 жыл бұрын

When this Game was played I was really impressed. A quarter Century later i still didnt see anything similar. I am still impressed . What a Footprint in History of Short

@douglasquaid7550 7 жыл бұрын

I've seen this game many times. Your analysis is the best.

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+Douglas Quaid Cool! Thanks for watching, again. :)

@ExhaustedPenguin 7 жыл бұрын

thanks for the PGN. Stockfish seems to have huge problems correctly evaluating this game.

@ori5021 6 жыл бұрын

You are rigth. only in depth 30 it saw the king walk idea.

@TheBetterVersion 5 жыл бұрын

Well, this game is really similar to AlphaZero games, where stockfish didn't see what's coming either

@davidcopson5800 4 жыл бұрын

@@TheBetterVersion !So it's three cheers for humans then

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

If you're a subscriber, you should see a bell icon just under this video. Give it a click, and checkmark the box if you'd like to be sent email notifications of uploads to this channel. Enjoy the video and have a great day! :)

@DanyIsDeadChannel313 7 жыл бұрын

Love your video Jerry ! Keep it up !

@balemythology8077 7 жыл бұрын

ChessNetwork off course i did. im always waiting for ur new vids

@ANgst232 7 жыл бұрын

ChessNetwork hey man i was wondering, when white doubles on the d file, what stops the black bishop from taking on e5?? the knight cant move because of checkmate

@ANgst232 7 жыл бұрын

Bale Mythology oh i see it so the black whitebishop is just THAT bad haha thanks

@balemythology8077 7 жыл бұрын

Aaron Sanchez actually lots of variation, but everything just givin white more advantage. even white king can go that far lol...

@guillaume6373 7 жыл бұрын

amazingly informative :)

@LouisBarjon 7 жыл бұрын

I wish you would spend more time on the Qc6 move, I thought it was the big mistake of the game and it is. White is attacking and queen on C6 was useless during the whole game. Qf8 is suggested by the engine and looks logical, defending the dark squares around the king

@NMalteC 7 жыл бұрын

Finally a chess channelist (?) who can pronounce Alekhin close to how it should be pronounced. Thank you, Jerry, for taking the time and making the effort!

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+Malte Christensen Thanks MC. Initials of a world champ! :)

@mmmmlemons 7 жыл бұрын

Never too early (or late) for chess

@whatsinaname7289 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome game by Short! Great video, instructive!

@ashi373 7 жыл бұрын

Love these old games.

@Dan-ul1hd 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome game! Tremendous language and explications!

@ori5021 6 жыл бұрын

You know what is amazing? I puted the position of move 31 in stockfish 9 and only in depth 30 it saw the king walk idea.

@dhushy63 3 жыл бұрын

First saw this on Vidit’s stream Was epic!

@timothymayes520 7 жыл бұрын

I have to show this game to my beginner class! I cant believe I haven't seen this before.

@jamesgreydanus4676 7 жыл бұрын

15:35 taking with the knight would blunder checkmate though.

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+James Greydanus True. Following up with Qxg+ and swinging the rook over should do the trick.

@ori5021 6 жыл бұрын

actually Rg4 is an undeniable mate.

@emanuelbrodsky5156 7 жыл бұрын

Despite the Zugzwang, i would never have enough balls to take the king on a walk with that amount of pieces in the board! Thx for the analisys Jerry!

@adriangutierrez2670 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@REDRAGON12345 7 жыл бұрын

I really like these kind of games

@GotYourWallet Жыл бұрын

There's so much pressure on the top right. Intense!

@Rieper47 7 жыл бұрын

Nigel's king really walked a dark path during that game

@ArcG3 7 жыл бұрын

Wow. Amazing game.

@Narrowcros 7 жыл бұрын

Very humiliating for black to take a loss like that, whites King just casually walking into black position to help mate. Dispite black having 2 Rooks, Queen and Bishop he is sort in a zugzswang state.

@pastorofmuppets4552 6 жыл бұрын

Narrowc ross, Black was asking for it by playing Alekhine's defense.

@ducemano 5 жыл бұрын

Jan timman zuigt stierenkloten, neerlands stuk stront, no offense

@muhammadnurarifns1134 7 жыл бұрын

beautiful game

@djmpvae27091978 7 жыл бұрын

Cool video.

@TheBetterVersion 5 жыл бұрын

I watched this game again, and it looks like an AlphaZero game. The pawn on e5, the space advantage, the deep understanding of the game and more just made me think that this is an AlphaZero-stockfish match

@pianoman173 7 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's crazy. Inspired to use my King as an attacking piece more often

@davidcopson5800 4 жыл бұрын

That could lead to trouble.

@mcrazy2080 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Jerry! What if Bxe5 at 13:56? does that hold? Awesome video Btw.

@HunterBelkiran 7 жыл бұрын

I've never seen a game where the king attacked the other in any part of the game other than the end game. Cool!

@mikidof 7 жыл бұрын

Hey Jerry, could you make a video of some of the oldest chess games recorded? I didn't find any good quality videos about them on youtube. It'd also be cool to hear what you think of them. Cheers from Finland

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+mikidof Thanks for the suggestion, and hello Finland 🇫🇮. :)

@aurielklasovsky453 7 жыл бұрын

that looks so fun to play

@xShinedownGaming 7 жыл бұрын

what an excellent game

@Fudaddy336 3 жыл бұрын

Damn that’s a nice game

@brandonbeezernoid6509 7 жыл бұрын

Very informative, watching first thing in morning hoping some sort of osmosis takes place with coffee as catalyst :)

@acow46 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if that king walk was engine recommended.

@feraselbarca9431 7 жыл бұрын

I thought he meant short king walk as in a short game lol

@lukasmiller8531 7 жыл бұрын

4:04 would 8. d5 ... with e6 to follow up be an option?

@Socrates... 7 жыл бұрын

very good game

@erikshure360 7 жыл бұрын

nice!

@dyl715 7 жыл бұрын

That's pretty neat

@usc23cal9 7 жыл бұрын

Jerry (or anyone else), I'm trying to find a game that I think you did a video on where there were just tons of pawn moves. Basically one side (white I think) just moved virtually only pawns for the first 5-10 moves or something, and ended up winning. Do you know which game that was?

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+usc23cal9 Watch the closing part of this video. Do you see a video featured? Houdini's Pawn Storm should be visible.

@GreerFried 7 жыл бұрын

18:18 Doesn't Rxf7+ Rxf7 Qxf7+ Kh8 Kh6(Qd7 impossible because of white rook) followed by Qh7# also work?

@flooblet 7 жыл бұрын

15:35 queen must take on g5, knight takes and white's mated

@AdrianJohn1956 5 жыл бұрын

White,s e5 pawn was met with an error from Black with d6...e6 was a better choice.

@pabuttle 2 жыл бұрын

The King. Where’s he going?!

@tripoodo1 7 жыл бұрын

Nigel comes SMASHING through

@christianvikkels4801 7 жыл бұрын

WAOW!!!

@matthewdoesyoutube7076 4 жыл бұрын

I like it

@sage5296 6 жыл бұрын

Who says a king on f6 isn’t an attacking piece? It’s even supported by a pawn!

@maheshwariravichandran6866 5 жыл бұрын

14:36 since the black rook on f7 can take out the queen he can leave one rook for defender on the side acting as killers for the pawns he can go offensive with a queen and a rook so the knight to c8 was the best possible move which would result in both having one pawn and a king left so stalemate

@gillywibble 7 жыл бұрын

Tricky King! :)

@Gregory_McIntosh 2 жыл бұрын

I beg to differ. A game from 1991 is not an "oldie." I've been playing chess since 1962. I'm an oldie.

@d39street66 6 жыл бұрын

At 11:36 I saw the move Queen E7. One, you're offering an exchange, and two, you're defending H4. White Queen moves, The attack is over. Any other piece moves, The Queens are exchanged. If Knight moves to a dummy square, Free Queen. I see this as the best option. I'm up for civil arguments if you're questioning my move.

@playhard719 5 жыл бұрын

after Queens are exchanged rook to d8 would be game over.

@JordanNexhip 7 жыл бұрын

Ive seen this game before! I think on Mato's video but im not 100%

@wecksell 6 жыл бұрын

After white rock to d4, why not Qa4?

@Anna-tl6oz 7 жыл бұрын

After Qf6+, why not capture the Queen? I'm not seeing a check from that...

@Static2332 7 жыл бұрын

if a king doesn't lead how does he expect his subordinates to follow

@traviswaldorf 7 жыл бұрын

QB Sneak! John Madden would be proud

@ChessNetwork 7 жыл бұрын

+Christopher Waldorf I like that one!

@maheshwariravichandran6866 5 жыл бұрын

11:53 why doesn't e8 kill d8?Please Explain

@EvelynV123 5 жыл бұрын

Queen was defending d8, and black probably viewed that rook as important defense to retain.

@austinthedvdking9817 4 жыл бұрын

11:40 a better move was to sacrifice the queen

@oscarliu338 3 жыл бұрын

Yes but black can play bishop d7 or b7 and is fine

@Jordan-vr7ip 6 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Thanos, "Fine, i'll do it myself"!

@maxd3480 7 жыл бұрын

On move 26 instead of rook d7, what's wrong with bishop takes bishop, king takes bishop, and then queen to f6? Wouldn't that give white a desirable advantage

@chestin1215 7 жыл бұрын

at 15:36 if the knight takes the pawn its mate man Qg2

@DVal-bl7hm 7 жыл бұрын

Using the king as an attacking piece. Wow. Just wow.

@DVal-bl7hm 7 жыл бұрын

And lol. I think you were holding up a red flag at 5:14.

@btkw 7 жыл бұрын

Please fill me in on this. At 16:09, why couldn't white play 31. Ng5 ? Why is it only at 16:44 should white play Ng5?

@Mehhhhhhh 7 жыл бұрын

You move the Knight at 16:09 then 31.... Qxg2++. At 16:44 you could move the Knight because Black has moved his Bishop. In order to move the Knight but avoid a mate, you have to protect g2 or move your King away. Maybe that's how he came up with the idea of moving the King :).

@raymendez3403 6 жыл бұрын

15:36 Nxg5 blunder

@KingSlasma 7 жыл бұрын

15:35 If Nxg5 then Qxg2 checkmate lol

@bengski68 7 жыл бұрын

What about 25... Bxe5 freeing up f6? White can't recapture with the knight since the knight is pinned to a check mate in 1.

@nr1771 7 жыл бұрын

Bxe5 runs into Qe7 which causes huge problems for black (the rook is pinned and can't capture the queen).

@bengski68 7 жыл бұрын

+nr1771 well spotted. That Qe7 move seems to get in the way of everything. It's surprising black made it even for those 9 moves.

@AUFalcon64 3 жыл бұрын

hyper coordination, min risk max gain

@gembelmonas9173 7 жыл бұрын

nyok maen catur ame gw..

@turosfagyi 7 жыл бұрын

At 17:35 couldn't the black queen take on a4, with the aim of then taking on c2 to eventually try to force a queen exchange on f5? (Or after Rd2, take a different route.) Black would have time for this while the white king walks. White would be the favourite, but at least it's an attempt at defending for black.

@yuvrajjain047 7 жыл бұрын

as soon as queen moves away from c6, the mate threat will go away so the knight can hop in g5 and crash through

@turosfagyi 7 жыл бұрын

I missed that, thanks!

@jefeesdios 7 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't Black do, say, 25...Bxe5? White can't take with the knight because that leaves Black Qxg2++ open.

@johnghilduta3016 3 жыл бұрын

Too many comments,became too boring!

@Leistria 7 жыл бұрын

16:17 HAHAHAHAHHAHABHAHAAAHHAHAHHAHAHHA

@xarmchia7750 7 жыл бұрын

I wish the volume could be slightly louder so I don't have to turn my volume up to 100%

@zgcolorforce214 4 жыл бұрын

You know black has a tough time when the white king can safely get to the sixth rank when both players has a queen, a bishop and both rooks.

@dragonoid296 7 жыл бұрын

Early.

@gediminasukelis6003 7 жыл бұрын

first xD

@feraselbarca9431 7 жыл бұрын

First comment

@MrRobWalter 7 жыл бұрын

I wonder if white didn't have an opportunity to play e6 themselves some time before black played it...? looked like an annoying move from black's perspective.