Wei Yi: Immortal Chess Game

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9 жыл бұрын

This round 2 game from the 6th annual "Rural Credit Cup" held in Danzhou, China easily makes the list of best chess games ever played. 16-year-old super talent Wei Yi of China plays white against Lázaro Bruzón Batista of Cuba. The chess game was played on July 3rd, 2015 and it has already been pegged by many akin a "21st Century Immortal Game", and some reaching as far as a "Game of the Century". This is truly one masterpiece of a game. Wei Yi plays white against Lázaro Bruzón's Sicilian, Classical Scheveningen where play follows theory until move 21. It is not long after that Wei Yi lures Lázaro Bruzón's king straight to the center where a blend of sacrifices to buy time, and successive quiet moves leave the black king position perilous. The meteoric rise of Wei Yi continues to impress the chess world, and talk has already surfaced about him being the future rival to the current world chess champion Magnus Carlsen.
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qc7
7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4
12. Bxd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Qd8
17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Re8 20. fxg6 hxg6 21. Nd5 Nxd5
22. Rxf7 Kxf7 23. Qh7+ Ke6 24. exd5+ Kxd5 25. Be4+ Kxe4
26. Qf7 Bf6 27. Bd2+ Kd4 28. Be3+ Ke4 29. Qb3 Kf5 30. Rf1+ Kg4
31. Qd3 Bxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Qa8+ 33. Kg1 Bg5 34. Qe2+ Kh4 35. Bf2+
Kh3 36. Be1
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@00bikeboy 9 жыл бұрын

Very impressive for a 16 year old! I wasn't this good until I was 17 ;-)

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

00bikeboy Nice one! :)

@nickcolletto3288 9 жыл бұрын

I'm 17 and still bad :3

@enverismail6864 9 жыл бұрын

chess network are you trolling this channel ???? why?

@jakit0556 2 жыл бұрын

who r u

@jakecorbett8552 9 жыл бұрын

This is the most spectacular king hunt that has been played since the Romantic era of chess. Wei Yi seems to have created a masterpiece of a game.

@Alleycat___ 9 жыл бұрын

Jake Corbett Also, the power of calculation of that very complex sacrifice is unreal

@jakecorbett8552 9 жыл бұрын

regardless of how it was cooked up I still deem the game a true masterpiece.

@KrisVComm 9 жыл бұрын

Jake Corbett I Disagree. If Wei was so efficient why not just simply play 26 B-B6+ and destroy black immediately? No need to go on a king hunt at that point.

@omarkhan5223 9 жыл бұрын

Kris Lewis Because that would ruin his attack, if he were to exchange that, he'd lose the innitiative of the attack somewhat, he was clearly confident in the bind on the king.

@KrisVComm 9 жыл бұрын

I don't see him losing initiative on the attack. Show me

@strayster2 8 жыл бұрын

"You may hear some fireworks in the background ..... If you don't, you will at least see some.. on the board." Sunglasses on. YEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

@planetyam6044 7 жыл бұрын

lol i felt cringy but happy

@giannisyolofakis2902 9 жыл бұрын

Brilliant attack seemingly out of nowhere. Hopefully this one will get the recognition it deserves among the all-time greats in the history of chess

@Agnostic080 9 жыл бұрын

Your commentary on this video is so epic! It's feels like you are telling a story. And of course the game was very interesting too.

@captcorajus 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video. I really appreciate your analysis, the way you stayed on game, showing alternate lines of play, but not overly so, and pointed out the break from theory.

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

captcorajus Welcome cap! :)

@TheMrasimqureshi 9 жыл бұрын

Such a simple and innocent Rook move which would be ignored at the club level raises this game to the super level of chess to be fully admired. It was this kind of ordinary and innocent sacrifices for which the Great Russian World Chess Champion, Mikhail Tal was famous for. Now this super Chinese Player is to replace M. Tal and take the cue from him to carry on the great work of artistical chess artwork in the modern tournament. Fantastic game. It had to be fantastic if it was played and talked about on BBC flagship programme Today when Dominic Lawson gave his approval for the uniqueness of this game. I cannot believe that we do not have any great talent in this great country of ours, United Kingdom, to produce a great chess player of the likes of Wei YI. There has to one. Like lawn tennis it is a class system which is thwarting our talent at the club level and are not given the chance to display their talent in public. Like the Chinese Chess Federation we must support our chess at base level to encourage and promote chess to be able to produce great chess talents of the future. We are great coaches and teachers but then we stop at the cross road when it really matters. Support chess in UK and the benefits are great for all to enjoy.

@DMK000 9 жыл бұрын

Brilliant how he had the patience to play so many quiet moves, especially for a 16 year old. Definitely a game I'll remember.

@buzzbbird 6 жыл бұрын

The double sacrifice was chucking two hand grenades, amazing. This really shows how Chess, while not infinite, is as close to infinity as we can interactively enjoy.

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

Wei Yi vs Lázaro Bruzón - Immortal #Chess Game For every fan of chess, this is a must see! Be sure to share your thoughts on this spectacular game... Is Wei Yi the future rival to Magnus Carlsen? Thank you in advance for any +1's/likes/comments/shares etc...

@romerogonzalo 9 жыл бұрын

Jerry, did stockfish see this combination before the rook sack at all? It all seemed so forced!

@melrakan 9 жыл бұрын

ChessNetwork I think Caruana is already a rival to Carlsen! And Nakamura a friendly rival :)

@moocowpong1 9 жыл бұрын

Gonzalo Romero Argüello Stockfish thinks the rook sac is a good idea, but it recommends 24... Bxd5 instead and evaluates the whole thing at +3.3ish. Interestingly, Stockfish thinks 26. Qf7 is +8.3 but 26. c4 of all moves is a mate in 9!

@DudekGamingPL 9 жыл бұрын

TheRoopeKonna Kasparov still says that it's not the maximum of Carlsen. When he will see Wei Yi ahead he will start to train very hardly and the big race will begin. For me it would be an awesome show. 2 huge talents racing for the best chess skill.

@roydondsa 9 жыл бұрын

He lost next game ...lol

@zachhi6653 9 жыл бұрын

Bruzón should have resigned after e4 because Wei Yi probably had a mate in 50 calculated out...

@ZackSottolano 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and brilliant. Thanks for the awesome analysis as always Jerry!

@Hereson 9 жыл бұрын

I am completely silent. This game is amazing!

@FromTheMountain 9 жыл бұрын

Man, Rxf7 is the best tactical move I've seen in months! Thanks for posting this video!

@The.Youtuber.with.no.Name. 9 жыл бұрын

Jesus, that was beautiful. You weren't kidding when you said this game was one of the best games ever played.

@faisalhilaby 9 жыл бұрын

what an excellent analysis.. ive watched many different analysis on this game and yours is by far the most informative and entertaining!

@whoisbhauji 9 жыл бұрын

stunning! thx - would have slipped under my radar if not for ur coverage...

@Timcoe4 9 жыл бұрын

What an amazing game, thank you Jerry!

@EvilSecondTwin 9 жыл бұрын

Every time I sacrifice material, I always lose :)

@animerandomness 5 жыл бұрын

lol. I never sacrifice material. Mine just gets taken from me. :D

@magmarrow 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing game, inspiring sacrifices. Thanks for sharing it :)

@alanrotenberg3077 9 жыл бұрын

Great recap of the game, Jerry. Thanks much!

@mdace34 9 жыл бұрын

hi Jerry, love your vids.Always very enjoyable. I've learned so much from watching you play.... H2!! lol Seriously though, Keep it up. Looking forward to more vids.

@TWPO 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, Jerry!

@MrGyges 9 жыл бұрын

An immortal indeed. Worth the price of admission. Nicely presented, Jerry.

@waffelmonster3049 9 жыл бұрын

wow, i'm one minute into the video and my expectations are going over the top!

@ginoginoh 9 жыл бұрын

I stopped playing chess, but still watching your videos :D greetings from Italy!

@LousyPieceOfFuck 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing tactics. Thanks, Jerry.

@BRINGM3LOVE 9 жыл бұрын

So fun following Wei's develop even further. Yes, i think he could be on his way to the world championship within not too many years. I love how he sees these amazing ideas, and goes for them, due to his high rated opponents. And for the record Jerry, you are truly my favorite youtuber. I watch every posted video and you always make me smile. Its very inspiring to follow your channel! Keep doing your thing! I catch up in the next video. Take care. Bye!

@BRINGM3LOVE 9 жыл бұрын

BRINGM3LOVE En two other things: Are you streaming through twitch on a certain time, or is it just now and then? Is everything you stream uploaded to youtube? :)

@manapix910 9 жыл бұрын

Awesome game and great covering! This new generation players, having access to computers, are at a whole new level. It's not just Magnus and Wei Yi, but also Caruana, Giri Anish, even Wesley So. They are the first of their kind, cyborgs that will completely redefine chess.

@luke.p1535 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful game and excellent analysis as always

@taimanov924 9 жыл бұрын

wow. open season on black kings, what a melee! thanks Jerry! ok free advice to everyone fighting in the comments: if you stop arguing with nitwits you will never meet and then spend HALF that time on playing and learning chess, you would probably gain about 600 rating points in a year or so. this game inspires me to want to learn and be stronger. appreciate it for the beauty that it has rather than cramming it through an engine and then parroting what your computer says as if its your own findings.

@TheLocoRunner 9 жыл бұрын

Well that was a wild ride from start to finish that game was awesome

@shahin9820 9 жыл бұрын

Wow Game!, Thank you for Sharing :)

@dr_vegapunk13 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@pinli9357 9 жыл бұрын

What a pleasure to watch!

@arvindshastry 7 жыл бұрын

Deadly attack by white..amazing game. loved the coverage as well

@EGarrett01 8 жыл бұрын

BTW, Stockfish doesn't understand this game at all. It continually evaluates the position as even, then several moves later, down the same line, realizes white is crushing, then goes back to even, then does the same thing. This is amazing.

@stevecapizzi 9 жыл бұрын

This looked like the boxing equivalent of a fighter winding up for a hay-maker, but getting caught by about 20 jabs instead.

@xbubbahotep 9 жыл бұрын

wow it is always impressive to see such an aggressive attack.

@ishboh 6 жыл бұрын

I’m still pretty new to competitive chess. What I learned from this game is that putting your opponent in check is the same for tempo as setting up a mate in 1 next turn, you force your opponent to play on your terms and can control the game

@albertn8380 4 жыл бұрын

what a beautiful game by wei yi

@theendofconfusion 9 жыл бұрын

So impressive. I didn't want this game to end.

@JoaoLima-uq7kc 5 жыл бұрын

fantastic game and very useful analysis... tal....

@sheamalvasio2832 9 жыл бұрын

Truly outstanding!

@siavashsabet2462 5 жыл бұрын

I found Qf7 on board in bullet time, I was very happy with myself!

@esamudani2845 8 жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@MrAsmaay 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing !!!

@supernewuser 9 жыл бұрын

Wow. What a force to be reckoned with.

@IgnatzKolisch 9 жыл бұрын

WOW!!!!! I think I heard Nezhmetdinov's ghost applauding!

@jmafoko 8 жыл бұрын

great commentary

@pbezunartea 9 жыл бұрын

As you say, amazing game!

@tyrellwreleck4226 5 жыл бұрын

that x2 was very helpful

@HexxuSz 9 жыл бұрын

terrific!

@H2oFormula 9 жыл бұрын

Ballsy moves yet much thought put behind each attack. Excellent

@jrnouwens 9 жыл бұрын

10:52 is a moment of pause for sure. Even though you could just checkmate your opponent as white, even Bb6+, winning the Queen with the discovered check leaves white with a Rook and Queen vs 2 Rooks and 2 Bisshops, which is somewhat equal. So even if this was played by someone who couldn't find the mate idea, this could still theoretically be viable. It's also fun to see that winning the Queen is not the best possible thing you could do, which is really instructive for newer players.

@bigjimbice 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, A kitchen sink attack that actually worked, I remember our game a few years back that mine did NOT work ... always a pleasure watching your videos... BigJim

@federicogonzalez6880 7 жыл бұрын

Very high level. Very nice tactic vision.

@felipejhony6039 9 жыл бұрын

Beautiful chess.

@Schachmalanders 9 жыл бұрын

Cool Game!

@Tompsf1 4 жыл бұрын

Sensational!

@noslowerdna 9 жыл бұрын

Great game. Holy buckets of hot gravy, Batman!

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

noslowerdna I thought similar. :)

@ianattong6989 9 ай бұрын

An Amazing game indeed 😲!!!

@kevinbyrne4538 9 жыл бұрын

Not recapturing the knight immediately so that he could sacrifice a rook -- reminds me of Mikhail Tal's swashbuckling. A pleasant contrast to the careful, positional, drawn games that are so common nowadays.

@jeromehahaha118 9 жыл бұрын

The one man who gave the kitchen sink and lived to tell the tell.

@noname3609 9 жыл бұрын

Amazing game. :)

@PConn1695 9 жыл бұрын

sick game!

@johnchen5430 9 жыл бұрын

UNDER 300 VIEWS! Glad I stayed up to see this :)

@johnchen5430 9 жыл бұрын

John Chen 291 specifically

@jobox4523 9 жыл бұрын

thank you for your comment ! i always look forward to watching your video. By the way i'd love to watch your comment ôn the famous game between Tal and Koblents in 1957 named *The Navy" ? Thank you Jean-Marc

@MKASCHESS 5 жыл бұрын

Nice King-hunt......Thanks.

@xuwang1513 8 жыл бұрын

So proud of Wei!

@ChessNetwork 8 жыл бұрын

I'm certainly cheering for him. What an amazing talent he is.

@WorkDayPegasus 8 жыл бұрын

Wet Yi has a secret special attack, that is to wet himself, it smells and is super effective against other chess-players

@Diougnes 9 жыл бұрын

Great comments, Jerry!

@Hazedream 9 жыл бұрын

sick

@dyl715 9 жыл бұрын

Whoa.

@Sough 9 жыл бұрын

Great commentary and amazing game! Sure we get a little enamored with king hunts--probably not "game of the century" but Wei shows a great talent and forces the action (is completely winning after Rxf7 but still delivers the goods throughout) even though Bruzon does NOT blunder the whole game, despite what a couple stubborn novices married to their engines say : ) Would love to see an interview w Yi to see what his thought processes were and how much was home prep.

@Dre4m5 9 жыл бұрын

Did they have live video of this game? I missed it.

@Agirmetal 9 жыл бұрын

wowww

@vinhgant8346 8 жыл бұрын

wow!

@jamminshaman5935 8 жыл бұрын

Imagine how interesting it would have been if black moved bishop to e3 checking white instead of resigning. Depending on white's response white could have been mated in one. If white blocked check with rook to f2 that would have given the king a few more seconds of life!

@mohitrajani6825 9 жыл бұрын

Hi jerry, Can you please show variation after rook takes f7 what if nf6.... i think this is best move for this position can you please tell whether its good or bad move.

@garfieldsspaghetti 6 жыл бұрын

Sorry, Jerry, can you explain about another possible move of Qa7+ (the last move after resign)? It is possible to stack the black bishop to buy some time.

@joshagarrado 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for explaining the actual finishing moves after the resignation, I'd have played 37. Qg2+ and walked right into mate in 1

@AoSCow 9 жыл бұрын

Didn't expect to see you here :p

@brianlyao 9 жыл бұрын

Cow Norris Lol same.

@tgunersel 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you :)

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

Tarık Günersel Welcome! :)

@jade14116 8 жыл бұрын

+Tarık Günersel f u....:)

@MrQuaker122 5 ай бұрын

Him winning Tata Steel 2024!! So glad he is back.

@mohitrajani6825 9 жыл бұрын

ChessNetwork Hi jerry, Can you please show variation after rook takes f7 what if nf6.... i think this is best move for this position can you please tell whether its good or bad move.

@dragos7puri 9 жыл бұрын

There should be a prize for amazing play.

@calvinmenyfield3375 9 жыл бұрын

I think you should've covered, or at least had an annotation on what happens after 22.Nf6. To me that move looks kinda critical. I don't have an engine but does it have something to do with Qe6 or something else? Great attacking game, by the way! :)

@Y0utub3me 5 жыл бұрын

This is a level bordering genius

@Y0utub3me Жыл бұрын

genius of the universe, fool

@jacobgecht5491 5 жыл бұрын

From this video you can learn new tactics

@D.U.D.E- 9 жыл бұрын

Hey Jerry! I was just wondering where you would go to watch these games? I'm interested in watching them but I don't know where I should go to watch them.

@markz9067 9 жыл бұрын

Pedro Flores Try to download a chess24 app to your smartphone

@MrKornKid 9 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you play him Jerry. I have faith that you'd win.

@simao2683 8 жыл бұрын

+ChessNetwork Whats the name of the programm that you use?

@Tomas-vx8gw 9 жыл бұрын

This is better than Ed. Lasker vs Alan Thomas!! What a king walk!

@ienjoyapples 9 жыл бұрын

China has had a pattern of producing fast rising talents from their government chess academy who later fail to become world elites. I hope Yi is an exception, it's certainly exciting to have such a phenomenal prodigy in chess.

@ChessNetwork 9 жыл бұрын

ienjoyapples Having young players excel will make this game all the more popular. Not too many subjects produce prodigies...fortunately chess is one of them. :)

@ex0duzz 9 жыл бұрын

ienjoyapples How are Wang Yue, Wang Hao, Li Chao B(current rating 2740+), Ding Liren(current rating 2750+), Wei Yi(2720+ and 15-16 years old), Yu Yangyi(current rating 2730+, and has won strongest open in history, Qatar Masters, and just last week Capablanca memorial), or Hou Yifan(multiple time womens world champ and current highest rated woman player EVER) not considered 'world elites' or part of the world elite? 2700+ is world elite, and i'd say 2650 and womens world champ qualifies you as world elite also if not the best in the world(for your gender). The chinese simply don't stay interested in chess for very long compared to other countries/career players. They are also studying at university while having a professional chess career, so after they finish Uni and/or grow abit older and mature into adults, they will find another career or interest, or lose interest in chess. It doesn't mean they are any less talented or hard working as any other player. In fact, their young players are pretty much the best in the world at the moment. They are the reigning olympic and world chess team champions.

@ienjoyapples 9 жыл бұрын

***** By elite I mean world championship contenders, regular players in the supertournament circuit, etc. As far as I know there hasn't been a Chinese player in a candidates tournament. I'm not saying they don't have talented players, but they have yet to produce a super star like Anand, Carlsen, and the other top super GMs. Hopefully Wei Yi will put an end to that!

@ex0duzz 9 жыл бұрын

ienjoyapples You aren't just talking about elite players.. you mentioned the last 2 WC's! Mentioning Anand is almost the same as saying China hasn't produced someone like Kasparov.. And Carlsen? Who has produced a Carlsen? no one. He's one of a kind obviously. For now. But like you said, hopefully one of the young chinese elites can challenge Carlsen for the title. And i think Wang Yue and Wang Hao have both played in some Grand Prix Tournaments and have played in some super tourneys, just not as active as they used to be when they were rated a bit higher(like 2750~ vs 2710~ etc). Now it's Ding Liren, Yu Yangyi, Wei Yi and Li Chao B(current rating 2740+) time to shine, while the Wang's recover their rating if they want more invites to supertourneys.

@molecule1221 7 жыл бұрын

True dat

@molecule1221 7 жыл бұрын

Wei Yi is a genius

@juanperez-vn2ld 8 жыл бұрын

Lazaro Bruzon sera recordado inmortalmente por haber recibido esta paliza al menos es un honor

@blaserx2882 9 жыл бұрын

If anyone hasn't seen his game against Anne Haast go check it out, just as good as this one.

@DayanMarchezi 9 жыл бұрын

Hey, Jerry. Nice analysis, but I think you should have mentioned Nf6 (instead of KxR), which retreats the extra knight and defends against the mate threat, that is, not such an obvious line. White's winning response is Qe6, threatening double checks and everything, which leads to massive material loss for black to avoid mate.

@MrLukekiller17 9 жыл бұрын

@7:10 why not the move bishop b6? It's a discovery check and also attacks the black queen

@ex0duzz 9 жыл бұрын

Rewop A queen is not enough at that point. You are not going after material, you are going for the kill. You're all in by this point. If you trade bishop for queen, you would be left with Queen+Rook vs 2 Rooks and 2 Bishops. You are down on material and would most likely lose unless you can give perpetual or something. One of his 4 pieces can defend vs your Queen+Rook battery, and the other 3 pieces can attack at will. You will be lost.

@halo19019 9 жыл бұрын

At 7:10 when Jerry says that "this is what makes this so special" I paused the video I tried to figure out the amazing move, i didn't even consider Qf7, yet I saw c4 which I think is also a mate, quicker then Wei Yi 's (however I did have board to play through my moves through against my opponent and unlimited time with no pressure) Here's the line from 7:10 in the video- If 1. c4 bxc4 then 2. Qxg6+ Kd5 3. Qf7+ Ke4 (Kc6, Qxc4#) 4. Qxc4+ Kf5 5. Rf1+ Bf3 (only move) 6. Rxf3 Kg6 7. Qxf7# :D Im completely open to criticism to see if i'm wrong. Now if they don't take the pawn-(two options Kf5 or Kd3, any other move gets mated very quickly after Qxg6) 1. c4 Kf5 then 2. Rf1+ Ke4 (Ke6, Qh3#) (Kg4, Qh4#) 3. Bg1!! Kd3! (Only move since Rg8 fails to Qh3!! where mate is unstoppable on either e3 or f3!) 4. Qh3!!+ Kxc4 (Ke4, Qe3#) (Ke2, Qe3!+, Kxf1, Qg2#) (Kd2, Qc3+, Ke2, Re1#) (Kc2, Qc3#) 5. Qc3+ Kd5 6. Qb3+ Ke4 7. Qf3# 7 moves again! So Kd3- 1. c4 Kd3 2. Qxg6+ Be4 3. Rd1+! Kc2 (Kxe3, Qg3+, Ke2, Qe1#) (Ke2, Qg4+ Kxe3 same as before) 4. Qxe4+ Kb3 5. Qd3+ Ka2 (Ka4, Qc2+, Ka5, B4!!# who would have thought!?) 6. Qb1+ Kb2 7. Rd3+ Ka4 (Kxc4 then Qc2# is mate.) 8. Qc2+ Ka5 9.b4# Simply amazing who would have guessed? Absolutely crazy game by Wei Yi especially when you look in too the insane amount of mate threats available! Please look into my line, Im sure somebody will find a mistake with an engine or something, but regardless I think it's pretty sound. It would be really awesome if Jerry could look into this line for me. Thanks :)

@lopnezk1320 8 жыл бұрын

+Caelan Benson After 1.c4 Kd3 2.Qxg6+ e5 what are you playing? Or after 1.c4 Rg8?