Vasyl Ivanchuk's Games from Linares 1991

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Check out Ben's Chessable courses here! www.chessable.com/author/BenF... GM Ben Finegold discusses four of Vasyl Ivanchuk's wins from his first place finish in Linares 1991. This lecture was recorded March 3, 2021, at the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta (CCSCATL) in Roswell, Georgia.
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5:30
Ivanchuk, Vasyl - Kasparov, Garry
Linares (1991)
20:00
Ivanchuk, Vasyl - Karpov, Anatoly
Linares (1991)
26:50
Anand, Vishy - Ivanchuk, Vasyl
Linares (1991)
36:16
Ivanchuk, Vasyl - Gelfand, Boris
Linares (1991)
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@ibazulic Жыл бұрын

The first game Ivanchuk vs Kasparov is an amazing masterpiece. To beat Kasparov in his peak like this is nothing short of amazing.

@h0wnr681 Жыл бұрын

I think it's considered to be Ivanchuk's immortal game, it's definitely in my top 5 favorite chess games of all time. Just a stunning strategic coup.

@mno7pro323 Жыл бұрын

Qh8 is the saddest move I have ever seen in my life Kasparov probably didn't believe he was losing like that to this guy

@Budha3773 Жыл бұрын

@Keith Alfred Anthony Donovan true, but it wasn’t about Kasparov in that game

@fingerprince_ Жыл бұрын

I've watched all of Ben's lectures and this is easily my favourite. This event is such a great moment in chess history, Ivanchuk playing at his best like this is surely some of the most intelligent and inventive chess ever played. To beat Kasporov (during a good tournament for him!!) in such a way, both strategically and tactically utterly outplaying him, it's ludicrous.

@justchessminiatures1167 Жыл бұрын

And can you name those to whom you could apply the term “genius”? Ivanchuk, Carlsen and Anand. -Judit Polgar

@wingzacademy369 Ай бұрын

Kasparov is super genius

@KeithWhalen11 Жыл бұрын

That position is incredible. A star-studded back rank being protected by the nakedest king of all-time.

@williamangelogonzales148 Жыл бұрын

Chess start 6:00

@lukacalov1988 Жыл бұрын

Just small correction Ljubojevic wasnt 50 at the time he was in late 30s it was a mistake by website

@bjorngillefalk8965 Жыл бұрын

Same year of birth (1951) as Karpov, Timman, Andersson, Vaganian, Torre.

@kdub1242 Жыл бұрын

Two pairs of games - one for each of you.

@socksgratecheese Жыл бұрын

I'm glad i got a chance to like this video twice! Ben your analysis is the best.

@antonmladenov161 Жыл бұрын

Wish I could like this video more than once, always love Chucky's games!

@sasquatch2 Жыл бұрын

You can like this video twice, this is a repost

@Stromecek1000 Жыл бұрын

wait i've seen this lecture before

@hindifandubs Жыл бұрын

Yes this is an old lecture. It was on youtube earlier.

@hideomituns2184 Жыл бұрын

Mr GMFinegold looking happier and healthier recently. Thanks for the lecture. Was really insightful. Recaps of Wijk were top notch as well.

@dw3yn693 Жыл бұрын

This lecture is from March 2021 its just a reupload from the old channel

@leagueaddict8357 Жыл бұрын

@@dw3yn693 Oof, poor ben being called a poor aging guy

@LittOnTheFifty Жыл бұрын

Ivanchuk is a monster -- one of my favorites from my parent's generation. Second, of course, to Ben! Go 1969!!!

@lavitaingiallo2767 Жыл бұрын

Nooo a reupload... very suspicious. Btw beautiful lecture. Go Ben!

@Evilanious Жыл бұрын

Always repeat!

@r.mcdonnell8614 Жыл бұрын

Uploading the Ivanchuk video (gestures) again

@MagmaTeja Жыл бұрын

got here so fast the video title says Vasyl Ivanchuk

@vasivasi4892 Жыл бұрын

Me too hahahaha

@MrCheeze Жыл бұрын

That title is correct.

@FrogSkull Жыл бұрын

It's the Ukrainian version of his name (Vasili is the Russian version), which he started using after the invasion.

@yotoober1 Жыл бұрын

Looking at Vasyl's '91 Linares, Can you do a video on the best tnmt performance of ALL TIME? KARPOV '94 Linares Score: 11/13 no losses Perf rating: 2985 😮 There were 6-7 future/current world clampions or WC Candidates in the tnmt. Stock 🐟 would be proud. And what would be today's inflated rating of 2985 almost 30 years later? Like 3100 😯 A virtual human Stockfish 🐟

@websnarf Жыл бұрын

The impression I had, was that the tournament was "tainted" by a kind of weird incentive by the then president of FIDE Campomanes. He paid players bonuses for playing "exciting" games, or penalized them for boring draws -- I can't remember whether it was one, the other, or both. So, everyone was playing unusually aggressively. Except for Karpov, because he just doesn't play that way. The result was that when everyone was playing against Karpov, they were playing like they were uncontrolled patzers playing cheapos, which Karpov just ate up for lunch. At least that's how I remember it, which would explain why nobody bothered to really analyze the games from this tournament, or make much note about Karpov winning with such an absurdly high score. I think Fabiano's massacre in St Louis several years ago is still the true best performance in a tournament of any chess player in history.

@thechosenone1192 Жыл бұрын

fabi at 2014 sinquefield? beating 7 top 10 players in a row at 3105 rating perf.

@Opferschach Жыл бұрын

Could it be that I have already seen that lecture almost two years ago on the Chess Club and Scholastic Center of Atlanta channel?

@robertr7923 Жыл бұрын

Yes. The date is 3 March 2021 it says at the start

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

Damn! Just watched this lecture but on UA YT channel! I'm from Ukraine 🇺🇦 Proud 💙💛

@YoussefRahoui Жыл бұрын

One of the greatest games ever played. Ivanchuk’s Mona Lisa.

@yotoober1 Жыл бұрын

Anatoly Karpov crushed the field with a performance that I personally believe has never been duplicated to this day. Following copied from a from a chartroom: The Ultimate Boa Constrictor, Karpov, playing for the slow accumulation of microscopic advantages the opponent not noticing until all of a sudden, he realizes that his position is lost. (Just like 🐟 plays! 😫 ) In my opinion, you could easily make the argument that Karpov was the greatest champion ever. He twice defeated the arguably best player never to become world champion, Korchnoi. He jumped to a 5-0 games won advantage against Kasparov, in the WCC Match, whom many consider the greatest champion ever, before political shenanigans stopped the match. ***His performance in the 94 Linares Tournament will never be duplicated again, scoring *11/13 no losses* for a tournament performance rating ELO 2985!! With ratings inflation of 28 years, ELO would probably be easily 3100 today! A virtual human Stockfish 15 🐟 decades before it's time. Also, that tournament included at least 6 or 7 future world champions and or world champion match runner ups from all chess orgs., FIDE, PCA/GMA etc and you could even technically add the women's future world champion Judit Polgar. (whom Kasparov cheated against in that game, double touching a piece, caught on camera 📸) The talent in the 94 Linares Tournament was incredible. The field at Linares 1994 was one of the strongest ever, and Kasparov prior to the event commented that the winner could rightly call himself "world champion of tournament chess". He were to regret having said that. 😒 Karpov smashed 🔨 the chess world elite to bits and pieces with an amazing score of 11/13 (+9 =4 -0) and a record performance rating of **2985**, (Google it!) after having won his first 6 games and left Kasparov and Shirov 2.5 points behind. This was arguably the greatest achievement in the history of tournament chess They were: PCA World Champion Garry Kasparov (Elo rated #1 in the world), FIDE World Champion Anatoly Karpov (#2), future WC Viswanathan Anand (#3), WCC candidate Alexey Shirov (#4), WCC Candidate Vassily Ivanchuk (#5), future WC Vladimir Kramnik (#6), future WC Gata Kamsky (#7), WC Candidate Evgeny Bareev (#8), future WC Boris Gelfand (#9), GM Alexander Beliavsky (#16), future FIDE WC Veselin Topalov (#20) from Bulgaria, the best female player, future Women's WCC Judit Polgar (#22) from Hungary, Joel Lautier (#26) from France, and Miguel Illescas Cordoba (#68) from Spain. Of the the top 10 players, only Valery Salov (#10) was missing. Amazing feat not even today duplicated by Carlsen! 🏆

@NickKravitz Жыл бұрын

Where does Ben publish the zoom link to watch his lectures live?

@GozarianGozar Жыл бұрын

Love me some Ivanchuk

@strangelyrepulsive77 Жыл бұрын

korchnoi was almost 60

@chanky1000 Жыл бұрын

8:40 good to remember

@1man1bike1road Жыл бұрын

saw him in gibraltar shook his hand a living legend of Chess

@f.d.3289 10 ай бұрын

8:55 sounds like someone fainted

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

Ukraine also has Muzychuk sisters, they're good at chess

@Jabadamazo Жыл бұрын

Why at 11:00 is is Kasparov not playing E5? It opens up a nice diagonal for the bishop and forces a tempo on the queen. Clearly I'm missing something - can someone better than me explain that? Seems an obvious move to me. Thanks!

@brigidwell Жыл бұрын

I'm just speculating here, but it seems like ...e5 loses more ground than it gains. It seriously weakens the d5 and f5 squares which don't have pawns to cover them due to the way the opening was played, and white knights can pounce into these squares very quickly. The tempo is probably worth much less than normal in this position since it's slightly closed and both sides are strategically building. I like the idea to try to help Black's LSB, but ...e5 it may make things even more bottled up for his DSB which is an even more awkward piece. Black needs a plan to reliably unwind his position, and he was probably looking desperately for anything he could including a possible e5 break, but here it would've probably led to white immediately attacking.

@Jabadamazo Жыл бұрын

@@brigidwell Wow, there is so much about chess I don't understand lol. Thanks! I appreciate the input.

@andriyandriychuk Жыл бұрын

Ivanchuk is the most famous UA GM, born in Lviv, Ukraine

@1010tuta Жыл бұрын

Go ben! Etc

@g412bb Жыл бұрын

Even the best SGM's know that the outcome of a game against Ivanchuk is an uncertainty.

@doesntMetter1 10 ай бұрын

So he beat the former, current and future world champions in the same tournament? What a beast!

@chrisSo91 Жыл бұрын

Why did Kasparov play kg7? That looks like the most anti-positional move I've ever seen.

@andyjackson2891 2 ай бұрын

17:28 Kasparov creates the first Chess 960 losing game as black.

@jorghofmeister5225 Жыл бұрын

Ivanchually, he won the game.

@georgesikonomou3895 Жыл бұрын

I have a silly question but why didn't Karpov played in that tournament? Was he sick or something?

@sniffableandirresistble Жыл бұрын

How was Topolov ever World Champion seems so unremarkable

@ahrrydepp493 Жыл бұрын

@liorlioravraham9630 Жыл бұрын

qg8

@abdulrahmansalameh8540 Жыл бұрын

No talking

@zacharyheflin6794 Жыл бұрын

With a name like IvanChuk you know your in for a hard fight

@quarlmephystodot2201 9 ай бұрын

why does he grrr his voice so fake

@allanturmaine5496 Жыл бұрын

Which will win, my love for Ivanchuk's games or my disdain for listening to this man talk?

@gregory6903 Жыл бұрын

🤡

@allanturmaine5496 Жыл бұрын

@@gregory6903 honk honk, Gregory. Get off my comment.