Speed Chess Challenge - GM Dr John Nunn v GM Nigel Short

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10 жыл бұрын

This is a game from the Capel Speed Chess Challenge from back in 1988 showing a youthful pair of well known English grandmasters. It was played in central London and shown on television to a London audience only.
In 1988...
Nigel was aged 23 and number 3 in the world with a rating of 2665 (behind the two Ks)
John was aged 33 at number 13 in the world with a rating of 2620.
That leaves the commentator GM Raymond Keane, aged 40 at the time.

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@Ronbo710 3 жыл бұрын

Love these old BBC and Thames TV chess videos.

@lesilluminations1 26 күн бұрын

Love the relaxed pace and absence of computer intrusion.

@howardgraff4084 Ай бұрын

Thanks for uploading this. Nigel Short still plays great chess. What a talent!

@craigkelly4278 6 ай бұрын

Good God i have not seen these in years thank you for this

@Mike-VR 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for these Rob! Aah the good old bad old days....

@sooooooooDark 3 жыл бұрын

0:47 knight be like "🤓"

@joannalewis5279 2 жыл бұрын

Great find

@virtuafighter3 2 жыл бұрын

Great upload. Thnx

@daramurphy2824 Жыл бұрын

These are great! Thanks for uploading

@branislavlazin9285 Жыл бұрын

Great video. Thanks.

@dmaster20ify 2 жыл бұрын

John Nunn is the best. I spitefully searched for his videos. Yasser Seirawen said when John Nunn speaks it is clear. Very true. I have read couple John Nunn books, and they are very good. Well put together and clear.

@dionlindsay2 Жыл бұрын

Why spitefully? That sounds nasty - like maliciously

@dmaster20ify Жыл бұрын

@@dionlindsay2 Probably purposefully would be semantically better.

@undencem Жыл бұрын

Thanks , Rob . Greetongs from Turkiye 😊

@grantross2609 Ай бұрын

God this takes you back and some !!!

@ronh3935 2 жыл бұрын

wonderful video :) "where he came second... "

@enriquevecerra4651 Жыл бұрын

Brillante partida.Saludos.

@tt-du6vc Жыл бұрын

Short playing the Torre Attack, nice.

@chessaudiobooks3079 3 жыл бұрын

28:09 makes this video all worth it

@lawbrn67 6 ай бұрын

In your debt, Rob, thank you!

@briandwi2504 Ай бұрын

Lovely.

@TheRst2001 3 жыл бұрын

The most exciting sport on TV before satellite

@josefserf1926 Жыл бұрын

5:30 sums up the Berlin perfectly. From the golden era of British chess following the Fischer/Spassky match.

@kkmac7247 28 күн бұрын

I'm pretty sure the move he was talking about is the open Ruy Lopez, not the Berlin

@lesilluminations1 26 күн бұрын

@@kkmac7247Absolutely. Nobody was thinking a out the Bedlin in those days.

@robertjohnson7476 18 күн бұрын

Is that Larry Evans commentating with RDK?

@robclark4626 18 күн бұрын

Yes it is

@peterkitson2843 Ай бұрын

I don’t think much of a presentation which can’t spell Raymond Keene’s surname.

@jez9999 Ай бұрын

They say speed chess but what's the time control??

@lewisappleyard8758 3 күн бұрын

it's 5 minutes each. the first game is them analysing a game they've just played. the second game you can see the time control in top left corner

@michaelblankenau6598 Ай бұрын

A6 didn’t add to the gaiety of nations

@dmaster20ify 2 жыл бұрын

I cant believe nobody else heard this. Nigel was asked if he analyzed Nxe4 as black in the Ruy Lopez aka Berlin Defense! And Nigel Short said he never analyzed it. Wow! Kramnik really was an innovator. Showing that a dubious looking move to super GMs is actually very good. Alot of lines in the Ruy Lopez have been assessed wrong. I also have made a novelty in the Ruy Lopez. Still testing to see if it is really good.

@gatakamsky9998 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but 5...Nxd4 does not transpose to the Berlin defense. After 6. Re1, the knight does not retreat on d6 as in the Berlin (here it's not a good move). Check it on a chessboard ;)

@dmaster20ify 2 жыл бұрын

@@gatakamsky9998 What are you talking about super grand master . 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. 0-0 Nxe4 is the berlin defense.

@tonydempsey9404 2 жыл бұрын

Here they're talking about capturing on e4 with the knight with 3...a6 4 Ba4 having earlier been played. This is not the Berlin Defence but the Open Defence - something very different ( en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruy_Lopez#Open_Defence:_4.Ba4_Nf6_5.0-0_Nxe4 )

@dmaster20ify 2 жыл бұрын

@@tonydempsey9404 5:25 upps, I missed that this is the wrong position. How did I miss that?

@bbbrown3408 Жыл бұрын

even in those days awful theory on forever now with engines ??

@davidspedding8349 2 жыл бұрын

short seems to have a tiny nose

@michaelblankenau6598 Ай бұрын

Optical illusion .

@michaelblankenau6598 Ай бұрын

Don’t understand why Black couldn’t play d5 in the position after the exchanges on c6 . Twice it was mentioned that White could take the pawn . So what ? Black takes back with a free game . Eliminates backward d pawn and extends scope of Bishop . How could that be bad ?

@Alexander_Tronstad Ай бұрын

It's an alert tactical nose.