What a beautiful positional game. I will watch the video a few times until it fully clicks in my mind. You are awakening our chess senses with the right QUESTIONS.

A master explanation of a master game. Once again, you've taught me something. Several somethings, in fact.

Beautiful game, beautifully analyzed - thank you!!

So many lessons from this one game !! You make such great content and help us to change our way of thinking Dr. Can ✅. People would pay money for these lessons 👍

A devastating symphony from AAA. Thank you 4 sharing, wish more like that to come.

Great lesson on how to use multi-purpose moves, a breakthrough skill for improved play. Thanks.

Like this video 👍liked how Alekhine was able to have as such flexibility to switch his pieces around with such dangerous threats 🎉👏👏so many ideas

Thank you very very much, for the videoand the explaining how Alekhine plays and also your other video's, especially the about do nothing at certain moments, this was very helpful, Thnx , namaste and having a nice and peacwfull weekend , with your Family. Thanks.

Instructive and inspirational!

Thank you for everything you do

Great Video, great game, and a great lesson! I stopped the video at 4:23 when White went to f4 with the pawn making the bishop crying. Here I thought White's idéa was to play f5 in the next move. It is impossible to stop this move if I don't play the ugly ..f5, giving white a nice outpost square for a knight on e5. Here, I assumed for a moment that it was White's move and I calculated: 1.f5 gxf5 2.Nxf5 Qf6 Rhf1 and I think white is better, because the isolated pawn f7 is weak and White's pieces are more active, and if 2..Nxf5 3.Qxf5+ Kb8 4.Qxf7 winning a pawn with what I think is a better position. But maybe, I thought, I could sacrifice the pawn under better circumstances if Qxf5 isn't a check in the preceeding variation; if the king would be on b8, I have an extra move that might turn the tables on White. This is what I calculated: 1..Kb8 2.f5 gxf5 3.Nxf5 Nxf5 4.Qxf5 Ne7 5.Qxf7 Rdf8 6.Qe6 (6.Qg7 isn't possible due to 6..Nf5 forking the queen and the bishop) Rf6 7.Qh3 Qxh3 8.gxh3 Re6. If 9.Rd3, then 9..Nf5 10.Kd2 Rhe8 wins, but 9.Kd2 Nf5 10.Bf2 is probably just equal even though White is up a pawn since it is the isolated double pawn on h3. If white plays 7.Qd7 instead of 7.Qh3, the position is lost after 7..Qe4 8.Kd2 Re6 so White has to be careful. Comparing this with the position after 1..Qg4 2.h3 Qd7 3.f5, which I didn't saw and you said was closed to equal, I prefer Alekhine's solution because my move simplifies the position so much that there is no winning chances anymore. What I think i learned today is that asking the question of how to improve my worst placed is very a powerful approach to find the best move in the position compared to just calculating variations, and also how easy it is to get lifeless positions in the Exchange French exemplified by my move ..Kb8 compared to Alekhine's ..Qg4. I have played it as Black suffering a multitude of draws against much less rated opponents, which is very boring. Maybe I'll take up French again when I've learned to improve my worst placed piece in the spirit of Alekhine!

This game was thrilling.

Great visionary chess. Intelligent beauty. Istructive and powerful in fuul sense. Thanks much Dr. Can🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

great game - thanks for profound explanation

Very helpful, White does have a better variation in the exchange called monte carlo

Best under rated opening alekhines,its one of my main openings and have done just as well as any sicilian.Theres 3 on chessable all are good with bortnyks the latest which i've completed once through.Alekhines ragozin defence (d4) is also very good as well.Always surprise your opponent and take them out of book if you can,alekhines your man.

Doctor, I have been studying your Art of Piece Exchange on chessable. I learnt a lot of new ideas and I am already 1900 fide. I realised I now have more ways of playing the game and will make less strategic blunders. But how does one increase his rating to 2200 level? I cannot afford a coach but do tactics and even calculation excercises.

At 12:08 I saw the Na5 plan but I rejected it because then White can actually play Qd5 since the N is then hanging. Thoughts?

sir could you please do a review on this game "anand vs kamsky round 9 candidates"

Hello 👋🏻 doctor can i have a few questions 1.who is your favourite chess player all time and why 2.your chess rating 3.how can I improve my thought process and calculation can you share me i solve daily puzzles but stuck in 1200 elo 4.sicilian vs Italian opening which is best and why reply me please