Great Players of the Present: Alexei Shirov
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4 ай бұрынAlexei Shirov is a Latvian and Spanish chess player. Shirov was ranked number two in the world in 1994.
This lecture was recorded on February 12, 2024 in Roswell, Georgia. This video is sponsored by Robert Venerus.
05:41 Alexei Shirov vs. Loek Van Wely, Bundesliga 2002
18:26 Michael Adams vs. Alexei Shirov, Biel 1991
29:18 Alexei Shirov vs. Jan Timman, Biel 1995
40:17 Veselin Topalov vs. Alexei Shirov, Linares 1998
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@lysanderspooner1865 4 ай бұрын
Trying to end my Finegold addiction is the first step to failure.
@beeble2003 4 ай бұрын
Shirov born 1972, Morozevich born 1977 so Ben's guarantee is still good. Ben born 1969. Truth hurts!
@tylerbrown9631 4 ай бұрын
Me with some crazy comment
@thedigitalnerds 4 ай бұрын
17:04 You had mate in 1 with QE7 and you go check check or whatever? Complicated.
@Nhouyengah 4 ай бұрын
When mate in 1 look for better, it's more poetic to mate on the f8 square, kind of a theme
@Blaisem 4 ай бұрын
Grandmasters like to play with their food I guess.
@jogzyg2036 4 ай бұрын
The reason for it is that theoretically, if check didn't exist and you have to take the king the game would end Qxf8 Kxf8 and then the winning move would follow the rule always play bishop f8. Simple, except for one thing.
@barelymaster1113 4 ай бұрын
Always repeat!
@Uerdue 4 ай бұрын
Depends on the time situation. Qe7 moves the queen 3 squares, might lose on time before finishing that move. Better move it to g6, which is only sqrt(2) squares (as anyone with an advanced degree in hyperbolic topology would know), get the increment, then give mate later.
@beloglavisup2 4 ай бұрын
13:13 "Would you, please, take my rook? I'm trying to sacrifice the exchange.".... I'm dying.
@djwadl 4 ай бұрын
@pusillanimous1 4 ай бұрын
Everyone plays their immortal game against Topalov
@Admiralmeriweather 4 ай бұрын
Not ivanchuk
@BongelaMnguni 4 ай бұрын
29:10 "Remember, always forget"
@Agastya26 3 ай бұрын
Golden words by Ben Finegold
@jareddmenard 2 күн бұрын
@@Agastya26 All of his words are golden
@JohnSmith-pn1vv Ай бұрын
Shirov is fire on the board. Nice to see a lecture on Shirov and Moroz. Cheers Benny
@andrejbogdanov2816 4 ай бұрын
Imagine how Shirov must have felt, when he realized Bh3 would win the game.
@CrispyKorn 4 ай бұрын
Great lecture thank you Grandmaster Finegold
@indoorkangaroo3431 4 ай бұрын
Wow all of these games were exciting
@s.m.j.tayebi 4 ай бұрын
Thanks. Quite interesting and instructive.
@anosmianAcrimony 4 ай бұрын
If someone played that Bxh3 against me I would topalov my chair
@40ozProphet 4 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@12jswilson 4 ай бұрын
Great Players of the Pastrent!
@12jswilson 4 ай бұрын
Also Ben missing mate in 1 (Qe7#) just after 17:00
@drumcircler 4 ай бұрын
At 17:12 you omitted the immediate Qe7 mate! Just to play with your food?
@WastrelWay 4 ай бұрын
Yeah,I saw that, too, and decided it was humor.
@wade4023 4 ай бұрын
those games were incredible. qa5 against timman was pretty. shirov's moves flow so well together.
@danielleibert7798 4 ай бұрын
As entertaining to me as playing through Tal's games. Glad you mentioned his chess books at the end.
@shujaatullah3617 4 ай бұрын
Love Mr. Finegold's English: verbiage, pedantic, iteration...
@TalsBadKidney 4 ай бұрын
very nice
@NickKravitz 4 ай бұрын
Chess engines are not wired to answer whether a move is the only winning one. The way to definitively answer whether Bh3 is the only winning move is to make all the other legal moves and have the engine evaluate each in turn. I counted 12 other legal moves. I was also born in July 1972 but a couple weeks after Shirov, so he beats me in calculation abilities, age and number of wives.
@IRailroad 19 күн бұрын
Hi GM Ben Finegold
@Roberto-bd9fq 4 ай бұрын
In the Van Wely game after black plays Rf8, Qe7# at 17:04 not Qg6
@nothingtoyou2365 4 ай бұрын
Sigh
@KironKabir 4 ай бұрын
Probably the best GM with a mullet
@gamemusicmeltingpot2192 3 ай бұрын
nice collection of books
@threegon 4 ай бұрын
Ben the 🐐 BAAAAAA
@theUnabomber1 4 ай бұрын
Wondering what had black prepared after Qxc3 and Bb2 at 37:54
@ryanmurphy1414 4 ай бұрын
I think Qxf3 is forced (Qc2 doesn't work as Ne3 and Rfd1 drive the queen off the 2nd rank), after which taking back on f3 looks iffy for White (with Rg8+ and dxc4 coming the king looks very vulnerable and White's attack is done) so White probably has to try for mate with Ra1. Then it looks super complicated, and I am also curious what both player calculated.
@theUnabomber1 4 ай бұрын
@@ryanmurphy1414 Black B on f6 is also hanging after Qf3 gf3 and obviously on b2 white would take back with the attacked knight so that doesn't seem too dangerous either
@Yunggoon666. 4 ай бұрын
More like Fin Binegold
@willtcox 4 ай бұрын
29:11 Remember: Always forget!
@WastrelWay 4 ай бұрын
Castling Q-side in the Dragon can be bad, too. Once I climaxed an attack on White's Q-side King with a sacrifice of the Dragon Bishop. But White is probably safer with his King on the Q-side in most games, if he plays it correctly.
@Rubrickety 4 ай бұрын
I’m getting mixed messages from these games; am I supposed to get rid of all my pawns, or promote them?
@fallintoadream 4 ай бұрын
Considered best is to promote all your pawns to rooks then sac the exchange 8 times
@ldan90v10 4 ай бұрын
You're the Benst!
@bjorngillefalk8965 4 ай бұрын
That was very confusing. I'm still to come to my senses.
@immortalation 4 ай бұрын
I want to play Bh3 and be right
@angelcow189 4 ай бұрын
17:08 Ben doesn't see Qe7. Terrible!
@yotoober1 4 ай бұрын
Shirtoff was there at Linares '94 when Karpov scored 11/13 no losses for perf rating *2985* (30 years ago ratings inflation today 3100 ELO)
@ofurhieraphael7633 4 ай бұрын
Shirt off??
@ircjesselee 3 ай бұрын
Can anyone spill the tea on the Agamagnanator drama?
@douglaslarosa8782 4 ай бұрын
After Topalov seeing Bh3 being played, Alexei must have thought: that's all Shirov! 😝
@nbeqo 4 ай бұрын
how can you miss Qe7 mate in one move in Shirov-Van Wely's game lol. In the 2nd game, Kxf7 was Wojtkiewicz's novelty.
@mcronrn 4 ай бұрын
What if Magnus played like Shirov? 😐
@danjeory3659 3 ай бұрын
He never wrote Fire on Board 3 because he never played Board 3
@chriscross1424 4 ай бұрын
17:06 or you just play Qe7 mate in 1 move? What was all that extra nonsense?
@nobuharu2336 3 ай бұрын
Always marry three times.
@jeffreyfisher3115 4 ай бұрын
Just say "Great Players According to Ben or His Sponsors"
@mariosiatrou6158 4 ай бұрын
Ginger is also busy with non-internet stuff 😂 terrible
@aarongifs 4 ай бұрын
Argh! I love complaining
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