Vasyl Ivanchuk is 98% accurate and funny

Featured is the game between Vasyl Ivanchuk and Veselin Topalov from the 1996 Novgorod Tournament. When two dynamic players meet, the game is almost sure to be exciting. The opening is a Sicilian Defense: Scheveningen Variation, Classical Variation. The focal point in the game is the weakest square in black’s camp, f7. This game is a nice reminder of how this weak square can still be weak after the opening phase, and after castling. Outside of the beautiful and accurate attack by Ivanchuk is a dash of humor with his 27th move.
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  • @Holyss24
    @Holyss24 Жыл бұрын

    Im 2% accurate and unfunny.

  • @danieldominguez269

    @danieldominguez269

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel you

  • @owensmart2514

    @owensmart2514

    Жыл бұрын

    That’s 3% more accurate than me so

  • @frednimzowi9852

    @frednimzowi9852

    Жыл бұрын

    Your comment is 2% accurate and 98% funny, though 😅

  • @markhughes7927

    @markhughes7927

    Жыл бұрын

    Tell us a joke and we’ll decide.

  • @looinrims

    @looinrims

    Жыл бұрын

    My accuracy rating is -0%

  • @DarkManzPK
    @DarkManzPK Жыл бұрын

    Best Chess Channel around. No screams, incredible easy to follow and calm soothing voice.

  • @deepaktiwari2531

    @deepaktiwari2531

    Жыл бұрын

    by scream do you mean @gothamchess? 😅

  • @AzureLazuline
    @AzureLazuline Жыл бұрын

    everyone comments that these videos are relaxing, but i'd like to mention that it's fantastic as someone with autism in particular. No sudden volume changes, no "hype", nothing surprising at all - except the cool chess moves themselves! In a world where intentional overstimulation "for engagement" is basically the norm, you're an absolute angel ❤

  • @declup

    @declup

    Жыл бұрын

    Ticks in the plus column for just about everybody in my opinion -- irrespective of definitions or understanding of autism.

  • @baraajad8484
    @baraajad8484 Жыл бұрын

    National Chessographic channel. The commentary is on a different lvl.

  • @wzdew
    @wzdew Жыл бұрын

    More like Ivanchuckles. Love the cheeky knight promotion. :D

  • @tezer2d
    @tezer2d Жыл бұрын

    Ivanchuk is always an interesting player to analyze, and a chill dude too. Thanks for covering this one Jerry

  • @declup
    @declup Жыл бұрын

    My favorite chess channel by far.

  • @WtItCbtLoR
    @WtItCbtLoR Жыл бұрын

    What a beauty of a game and Jerry these videos are so instructional for me it's great that you've been doing them more frequently lately.

  • @hhigh_af
    @hhigh_af Жыл бұрын

    This was fantastic. Loved the analysis on this one Jerry! You are a legend.

  • @pwcrabb5766
    @pwcrabb5766 Жыл бұрын

    Presentation crisp and clear

  • @ChessNetwork

    @ChessNetwork

    Жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @xKlausL
    @xKlausL Жыл бұрын

    Thank you. Ivanchuk is a fascinating person and player. It's great to have your help to appreciate his brilliance in this game.

  • @NotTheWheel
    @NotTheWheel Жыл бұрын

    Ivanchuk in his prime was extremely tricky a true romantic style chess player.

  • @michaelmassaro4375

    @michaelmassaro4375

    Жыл бұрын

    Great Game a lot of that Great Romantic style Chess Moves Loved It

  • @joseraulcapablanca8564
    @joseraulcapablanca8564 Жыл бұрын

    Great stuff by Chucky. Thanks Jerry.

  • @rolfkarlsson276
    @rolfkarlsson276 Жыл бұрын

    Chucky deserves to be remembered as one of the greats. His mind is a bit fractured, and he sometimes plays like a 5 year old, but when he is there, he is absolutely unbeatable. Love you Chucky, and I miss seeing your games on a regular basis! Thanks for an amazing video, as usual, Jerry!

  • @rickprice7919
    @rickprice7919 Жыл бұрын

    Emanuel Lasker loved second and third best moves. He noticed they upset his opponents. Good video.

  • @stijnderksen1837
    @stijnderksen1837 Жыл бұрын

    As a Dutchy, the way you said Scheveningen variation was so cute

  • @akn3207

    @akn3207

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe he's going for a Brabant-bomer pronunciation 🤭

  • @akn3207

    @akn3207

    Жыл бұрын

    Oh wait... Is it right? Should the g be soft?

  • @GrislyAtoms12

    @GrislyAtoms12

    Жыл бұрын

    @@akn3207 Maybe it's like a "y" sound: Skeev-nin-yen

  • @gelamegeneishvili130
    @gelamegeneishvili130 Жыл бұрын

    It's crazy, I think in every Topalov game analysis I have watched he loses to someone. Im, sure there are some brilliant games by Topalov too, let's show the man some love, what do you say Jerry.

  • @jamesdelb6885
    @jamesdelb6885 Жыл бұрын

    "Chucky" is one of those players who just sees the chess board in a different way than most mere mortals.

  • @brandonbarker7817
    @brandonbarker7817 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for the great video.

  • @rolfstorz3745
    @rolfstorz3745 Жыл бұрын

    Enjoyed it for sure😊

  • @nahuel3256
    @nahuel3256 Жыл бұрын

    did Chucky lose the 10 centipawns with the underpromotion? xD

  • @aparetix
    @aparetix Жыл бұрын

    Nice explanation and game ❤

  • @don_pedrot.isreal7446
    @don_pedrot.isreal7446 Жыл бұрын

    Nice game Jerry. Thanks for sharing

  • @gbu32
    @gbu32 Жыл бұрын

    Nice you covering games from Masters that also played at the World Open in Philadelphia. Injoyed watching Ivanchuk live. Thanks for covering these games.

  • @Loots1
    @Loots1 Жыл бұрын

    man youre really pumping these videos out and i love every second of it

  • @HollyMartins
    @HollyMartins Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic game

  • @RicardGomes76
    @RicardGomes76 Жыл бұрын

    Great as allways!

  • @mattterway6487
    @mattterway64872 ай бұрын

    Beautiful game and well explained

  • @ChessNetwork

    @ChessNetwork

    2 ай бұрын

    Thank you 👍

  • @judemorales4U
    @judemorales4U Жыл бұрын

    Dang I wish I could see and plan like that!!! And that promoted knight😂, he did have a sense of humor!

  • @longdongbongchong
    @longdongbongchong Жыл бұрын

    Ivanchuk is my all time favorite player and it's nice to see his games get some love on your channel. Ruthless attacker and very creative player.

  • @alieninsectbass
    @alieninsectbass Жыл бұрын

    This is why he's called Va-Silly Ivanchuk.

  • @altonbrek
    @altonbrek Жыл бұрын

    A sweet game! 😊

  • @wooncheeleong7224
    @wooncheeleong7224 Жыл бұрын

    Superb game

  • @budimorealni486
    @budimorealni486Ай бұрын

    good one thanks

  • @narcassassin5765
    @narcassassin57655 ай бұрын

    Thanks Jerry

  • @tejdeepreddy4307
    @tejdeepreddy4307 Жыл бұрын

    Very well explained..

  • @ChessNetwork

    @ChessNetwork

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks 👍

  • @jarlardo
    @jarlardo Жыл бұрын

    Impressive by Ivanchuk! Beautiful game

  • @andyslater5041
    @andyslater5041 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome Thanks jerry

  • @Cigarettebreak287
    @Cigarettebreak287 Жыл бұрын

    Chucky is the only player I can think of who there's no world chess champion that don't fear him.

  • @irfanyamashita7184

    @irfanyamashita7184

    Жыл бұрын

    Only karpov could exploit him

  • @dumpnchase
    @dumpnchase Жыл бұрын

    I see Ivanchuk and I click quick!

  • @zwischendurundmoll3968

    @zwischendurundmoll3968

    Жыл бұрын

    I see chessnetwork and I click quick!;)

  • @dumpnchase

    @dumpnchase

    Жыл бұрын

    @@zwischendurundmoll3968 you are right! So do I!!!

  • @muffemod
    @muffemod Жыл бұрын

    Chuckie!

  • @reshad8570
    @reshad8570 Жыл бұрын

    Jerry’s favourite phrase: “What is X (knight, bishop, rook, queen) not doing?”

  • @uniktbrukernavn
    @uniktbrukernavn Жыл бұрын

    Underpromoting is so fun...if you win the game.

  • @petergregory7199
    @petergregory7199 Жыл бұрын

    Chucky is the Orthodox Fox. I love his bravura style and I love this denouement. Jerry is so cool he’s got a shelf to himself.

  • @drinkxyz
    @drinkxyz Жыл бұрын

    Be7 does the same job at the end. Spectacular game

  • @konroh2

    @konroh2

    8 ай бұрын

    Actually I think Qe6 prevents Q getting to f7, it has to be Ne7+ to force the K to move.

  • @drinkxyz

    @drinkxyz

    8 ай бұрын

    Be7 Qe6 Qxf8+ Rxf8 Rxf8#

  • @nareshpanchal427
    @nareshpanchal42711 ай бұрын

    This game is like a beautiful poetry.

  • @chrishauser5505
    @chrishauser5505 Жыл бұрын

    Hard to say whether Chucky or Hikaru is the most entertaining GM in my lifetime. Love to watch both play. Thanks, Jerry.

  • @TymexComputing
    @TymexComputing Жыл бұрын

    Hey! I am doing it the same way :) - when the promo square is well defended and i capture/promote i do it into some not valuable piece - so oponent need to waste a tempo to capture it ;) - some oponents dont capture - but for sure they would capture if it was a queen :)

  • @RoyGazoff
    @RoyGazoff Жыл бұрын

    Indeed accurate and funny

  • @Silvermist78
    @Silvermist7816 күн бұрын

    👏👏👏👏🙏

  • @MoonBurn13
    @MoonBurn13 Жыл бұрын

    Nice dynamic game. As a positional player, Jerry, what are your favorite kind of games to watch?

  • @loplop7029
    @loplop7029 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Jerry.

  • @motazfanek2101
    @motazfanek2101 Жыл бұрын

    Of course it’s Topalov 😂

  • @olexandrs6639
    @olexandrs6639 Жыл бұрын

    Chucky The GOAT

  • @chess_poemschess
    @chess_poemschess Жыл бұрын

    Jerry upload from 3 hours ago!? Don't mind if I do!

  • @uzard3860
    @uzard3860 Жыл бұрын

    I saw Richard Rapport repeatedly employ ridiculous moves like g6 against Hikaru during blitz sessions back in the days, and one of his most brillant game feature a move very similar to g6 too. To me g6 is a very Rapport like move.

  • @skuoll
    @skuoll Жыл бұрын

    16:25 there's another line with ... Kh8, Qxf8 Rxf8, Rxf8 Kh7, Be4 g6, Bf6

  • @Fixologist1
    @Fixologist1 Жыл бұрын

    16:63 bxh6 and then knight forks to win queen.

  • @fgb3126
    @fgb3126 Жыл бұрын

    Pete Dunne's older darker brother

  • @Sole-Survivor
    @Sole-Survivor Жыл бұрын

    liked

  • @darrenwebb2779
    @darrenwebb2779 Жыл бұрын

    The knight promotion threatens RxB mate. So 27. ... Kg8 28. Nf6+ (not sure which one) gxNf6 29. Nf6+ and the queen is forked.

  • @That1GuyWhosNumber1

    @That1GuyWhosNumber1

    Жыл бұрын

    While true, if it's a queen promotion, there's still a threat of RxB mate. If you're analyzing 27. ...Kg8 to defend the bishop, with a queen promotion it's RxB# instead of just winning the queen. It doesn't actually matter what the pawn is promoted to; the engine lines all call for Rxe8 after promotion.

  • @darrenwebb2779

    @darrenwebb2779

    Жыл бұрын

    @@That1GuyWhosNumber1 Well good for the engine. In the world of spoofing there is just a chance a human might miss the mate in one threat due to the surprise. Don't forget Jerry was in the world of why?

  • @That1GuyWhosNumber1

    @That1GuyWhosNumber1

    Жыл бұрын

    @@darrenwebb2779 I think my position re: "why" is that Jerry was right to say "it's because he's funny," (plus no downside), a way, way, way more likely expectation than "he was praying his grandmaster opponent would hang mate in one in a classical game."

  • @pianissimo7121
    @pianissimo7121 Жыл бұрын

    I think one of the reason might be he had the knight in his hand. He has to ask for extra queen. He could have used the dead rook. Funny either way. I would never do that cause i would worry about it not being forcing and opponent having some insane tactic to win the game.

  • @rolfkarlsson276

    @rolfkarlsson276

    Жыл бұрын

    Good observation,I think you might be right! Especially if he was in time trouble, which Chucky all too often is!

  • @ajaxmajor
    @ajaxmajor Жыл бұрын

    3:03 but can the queen defend both e5 and the bishop on b7? ...Bb7, e5 Bxf3, Qxf3, doesn't white still have an attack on both the f6 knight and a8 rook?

  • @benoni550
    @benoni550 Жыл бұрын

    Why is it always topalov

  • @mdabirhosain6658
    @mdabirhosain6658 Жыл бұрын

    I thought it was I

  • @shekshavali1500
    @shekshavali1500 Жыл бұрын

    16:13 After h6 Bh6 - pawn takes h6 Nf6 check family fork Knight takes queen Bishop takes knight Queen takes knight Then the position is better Comment your ideas

  • @gunnarvaneekhout1462

    @gunnarvaneekhout1462

    Жыл бұрын

    Black would not take the bishop back. Probably play dxe5

  • @luisiano92
    @luisiano92 Жыл бұрын

    not the last

  • @colin351
    @colin351 Жыл бұрын

    Hey bud

  • @hinteregions
    @hinteregions Жыл бұрын

    The knight promotion gives black a tiny chance to mess up, the queen promotion does not. So the knight promotion is in theory the marginally better move. Maybe the reasoning is that simple? 🤪

  • @KF1
    @KF1 Жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @KeoughSchwantiger
    @KeoughSchwantiger Жыл бұрын

    More chucky

  • @keithm257
    @keithm2576 ай бұрын

    28 Nf6? if gxf6, then 29 Bf6+ Kg8 30 Q g5 chase around

  • @MoonBurn13
    @MoonBurn13 Жыл бұрын

    Like the Channel, but too many ads.

  • @aleattorium

    @aleattorium

    Жыл бұрын

    Ads?

  • @davidgoffredo1738

    @davidgoffredo1738

    Жыл бұрын

    ublock origin

  • @slMagnvox
    @slMagnvox Жыл бұрын

    fxe8=lol

  • @lushikuderh3721
    @lushikuderh3721 Жыл бұрын

    At 1 min 38 seconds he says “but here is a quick way you can lose as black@ BB7, E5…. Why is that loosing tho wtf I don’t get it someone explain it to me please??? Why can’t black respond with bishop x bishop

  • @Counterfeit_Eternity

    @Counterfeit_Eternity

    Жыл бұрын

    Because after Bxf3 Qxf3, the rook on a8 is hit by the queen, as well as the knight on f6 by the pawn.

  • @triscuit5103
    @triscuit5103 Жыл бұрын

    First for the first time.

  • @ChessNetwork

    @ChessNetwork

    Жыл бұрын

    🥇

  • @danthoreson4062
    @danthoreson406211 ай бұрын

    good one thanks