Judit Polgar smashes Shirov's Modern Defense

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  • čas přidán 23. 06. 2024
  • This is a chess game between Judit Polgar and Alexey Shirov from Amsterdam, 1995. Six of Shirov's first seven moves are pawn moves in a Modern Defense. Once Polgar's knight arrives on e4, the position becomes critical. Shirov's delay in addressing the e4-knight post would be his downfall. Polgar soon thereafter finds a way to exploit Shirov's lack of development, first with a pawn sacrifice and next with a piece sacrifice. Polgar's final move in this 21-move encounter is both rare and aesthetic.
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    PGN
    1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c6 4.Bc4 d6 5.Qf3 e6 6.Nge2 b5 7.Bb3 a5
    8.a3 Ba6 9.d5 cxd5 10.exd5 e5 11.Ne4 Qc7 12.c4 bxc4 13.Ba4+
    Nd7 14.N2c3 Ke7 15.Nxd6 Qxd6 16.Ne4 Qxd5 17.Bg5+ Ndf6 18.Rd1
    Qb7 19.Rd7+ Qxd7 20.Bxd7 h6 21.Qd1

Komentáře • 75

  • @whenthingsfly4283
    @whenthingsfly4283 Před 4 dny +51

    Imagine getting 0 accuracies with 9 centipawn loss in a game as sharp as this. Judit truly was an expert attacker

    • @YesPlease1
      @YesPlease1 Před 4 dny +4

      You made an inaccuracy in typing the word inaccuracy 😜

    • @lukacalov1988
      @lukacalov1988 Před 4 dny +2

      Whats centipawn loss?

    • @osamasonbaty3140
      @osamasonbaty3140 Před 4 dny +1

      @@lukacalov1988 Basically, 100 centipawns is equivalent to 1 pawn. For example, if a move changes the evaluation from +1 to +1.2, then black lost 20 centipawns for this move. The average centipawn loss is calculated as: total centipawn loss/total number of moves

    • @Chessgonemad
      @Chessgonemad Před 3 dny

      I played tournament this weekend and got 26 centipawn loss in my worst game and 8 in my best. I got 8, 9, 12, 15, 15, 16, 26. And 6.5/7 my draw was the 8 centipawn loss.

    • @MrSupernova111
      @MrSupernova111 Před 2 dny

      @@Chessgonemad . Not against a world class player like Shirov. I can get perfect games too against beginners.

  • @Geldon12345
    @Geldon12345 Před 4 dny +18

    “Honey, wake up! ChessNetwork uploaded!”

  • @andriimishchenko8284
    @andriimishchenko8284 Před 4 dny +14

    More Polgar please!

  • @michaelf8221
    @michaelf8221 Před 4 dny +11

    Absolutely vicious attack by Polgar. Against Shirov too!

  • @JoseDownUnder
    @JoseDownUnder Před 4 dny +8

    Jerry, you are on a roll with all these new videos !! yet to find enough time to catch up with all the recent uploads. Thanks a ton !

    • @ChessNetwork
      @ChessNetwork  Před 3 dny +6

      Trying to stick with an every other day. 👍

  • @liammcconville5390
    @liammcconville5390 Před 4 dny +8

    she makes it look so easy

  • @cptnoremac
    @cptnoremac Před 4 dny +31

    Jerry, if you want Judit to invite you to dinner, just call her up.

  • @moesheri9385
    @moesheri9385 Před 4 dny +9

    Thx Jerry 😊. I Loooooooove your MK1 allusions.

  • @ezequielnazario6544
    @ezequielnazario6544 Před 4 dny +5

    Oh, Kano Knight ❤

  • @LukeLongboneOfficial
    @LukeLongboneOfficial Před 4 dny +3

    Love how Jerry talks about chess in a sports way. Using sports metaphors, etc. Great video. Outstanding channel.

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 Před 2 dny +2

    Insane game by the young Polgar! Thanks for another gem!

  • @user-kh6xl4yg1j
    @user-kh6xl4yg1j Před 4 dny +8

    Great game to highlight Jerry. Polgar extremely logically and forcefully crushed Shirov’s Modern. Really learned a lot & enjoyed your superb analysis. I myself have been trying to learn the Modern as well as other openings it may transpose into like the Pirc, Hippo, Gurgendize, other an accelerated King’s Indian Defense. However, along the way I’ve been smashed quite a few times (in blitz & bullet) as White has a multitude of attacking schemes. Polgar’s smashing victory here clearly shows Black set up is precarious. You mentioned Shirov improved with h6 in a later game vs former WC Vishy Anand & I hope you show that game too as once White gets in g4 it hard to see how Black untangles let alone fights for the initiative. Incidentally, your earlier video on how to smash the Hippo was best I’ve ever seen on fighting the double Fianchetto set up. In fact, your system is so solid & logical I now use it myself vs the Hippo. Please post more games on the slippery Modern defense set up… your analysis is very instructive not only for the particular opening but pawn structure, breaks & vulnerabilities, tempo considerations, tactics & middle game plans. If you ever decide to do a Chessable course I’d buy it in a heartbeat! Hint, hint, hint. ;-) Cheers!

    • @ChessNetwork
      @ChessNetwork  Před 3 dny

      Thank you for the compliments. The best game reps are in the rapid format. 15+10 is A+. The hippo video was the only time I did a video focused on an opening. Glad it was helpful. 👍

    • @user-kh6xl4yg1j
      @user-kh6xl4yg1j Před 3 dny

      @@ChessNetwork All your videos are spot on. Get your subtle hint that Blitz & Bullet chess are suboptimal (especially for aspiring adult improvers like myself) but these hyper-fast formats alert me to a multitude of different set ups, which then spurs my focused more in-depth study. I can’t prepare for what I’ve never seen or thought about, so these hyper fast formats serve a valuable purpose. That said, my opening repertoire vs different set ups is coming into focus & will soon take plunge into online 15 or 20 rapid games to prep re-entry next year (after many, too many, decades away) into OTB classical chess. Your videos are very instructive on many levels and frankly entertaining… you pick games that highlight battling ideas & your reviews have just the right inflection in your voice to convey your thoughts. In this video your detailed discussion of the superiority of a3 over a4 in restraining Black’s queenside pawns is best I’ve heard or read anywhere & extremely memorable. You have a real knack for breaking down positions & the various choices into the essential component parts in an understandable way. Thank you! Cheers!

  • @Vague2121
    @Vague2121 Před 3 dny +1

    Your analysis is always highly instructive. I would love to see a video where you show us how you prep yourself for one of these videos. It would be very helpful to see how you start thinking about a game from scratch, how you use the database and the engine, and so on.

  • @anonopotimus2
    @anonopotimus2 Před 3 dny +2

    Thanks for the content! Always entertaining and appreciated!

  • @Silvermist78
    @Silvermist78 Před 4 dny +4

    Thanks Jerry! Judith was a beast!

  • @exponentmantissa5598
    @exponentmantissa5598 Před 4 dny +3

    Judit was a killer. I have a book signed by her and all the other Gms in the GM A section at the 70th Corus (Tata/Hoogovens) tournament at Wijk Aan Zee. Every serious chess player needs to make a pilgimage to Wijk Aan Zee for this tournament. There are many amateur sections in addition to GM A, GM B and GM C. Wijk Aan Zee is a small village by the sea whose population doubles when the tournament is played in January. AFAIK every WC of the last 75 years has played in this tournament except for Fischer.

  • @arcaylan
    @arcaylan Před 3 dny

    Thanks for sharing!

  • @gabrielknight9996
    @gabrielknight9996 Před 14 hodinami

    This one almost feels like it was played in Morphy's time, especially that sequence with Qe6 (instead of Qb7) followed by Rd6. Very beautiful

  • @bobobandy9382
    @bobobandy9382 Před 4 dny +2

    Hey, Jerry, it's everyone. Really loved the Kano cameo.

  • @llwlltt
    @llwlltt Před 4 dny +7

    "should i go and play clash royale?
    nah, id watch jerry"

    • @ChessNetwork
      @ChessNetwork  Před 4 dny +7

      Sounds like a plan 😎

    • @michaelbauers8800
      @michaelbauers8800 Před 4 dny +2

      @@ChessNetwork Jerry, Jerry, Jerry! (The good Jerry, not that horrible show in the 1990s)

  • @TheMarksT
    @TheMarksT Před 4 dny +1

    Very sharp, and very interesting!

  • @RayT70
    @RayT70 Před 4 dny

    Thanks 👍

  • @vtrvieira
    @vtrvieira Před 4 dny +1

    I love Judit Style and Jerry Analysis, Win Win

  • @user-hn8lm8th8k
    @user-hn8lm8th8k Před 4 dny +4

    Judit showed her virtuosity and versatility in this game. No Tal-like attacks/sacrifices like we have seen from Judit in this game as her inner Capablanca really took over in its powerful simplicity. What a beautiful mind and in my opinion a beautiful soul for what she has given to chess and learning chess. Thank you for this absolute treasure.

    • @LukeLongboneOfficial
      @LukeLongboneOfficial Před 4 dny +1

      Where else has there been a woman, let alone young woman, who challenged the very best men in the world at what they do best?
      It happens every once in a while- maybe a lot in today’s environment. Judit did it at a time when it wasn’t acceptable. She’s a very unique person in history as far as I can tell.

  • @gbu32
    @gbu32 Před 4 dny +1

    Great Analysis. The puzzle will stay with you. When you cease trying to understand it, you will know it without understanding it. -Caine

  • @d007ization
    @d007ization Před 3 dny

    Even with how inactive black's flank was, it's quite impressive how precise white had to be to force mate here.

  • @RayBayne
    @RayBayne Před 3 dny

    these polgar games are 🔥

  • @chrishauser5505
    @chrishauser5505 Před 4 dny

    Well. That escalated quickly!

  • @Kuryoku
    @Kuryoku Před 4 dny +1

    For the first pause moment: While I did think about b4 driving the knight back, I mainly based my decision of a3 on the weakness created by the push. a4 into b4 weakens squares we're not as likely to be able to use. If a3 ...a4 then eventually then there's an eventual b4 square we can park our knight on.
    Not sure if that's a good reason or not though, but figured I'd share.

    • @ChessNetwork
      @ChessNetwork  Před 3 dny

      Assigning reasons is the first step. Note the differences and try to determine the weight/importance of each. 👍

  • @mcronrn
    @mcronrn Před 4 dny

    Love to see Judit’s attacking mastery!! 👏

  • @Krownyh
    @Krownyh Před 3 dny +1

    The strongest Qd1, shesh

  • @youssefnasser9413
    @youssefnasser9413 Před 4 dny

    I like the fact that i never heard you saying "please like and subscribe" in your videos...

  • @MoonBurn13
    @MoonBurn13 Před 4 dny

    Very nice.

  • @yggdrasil9039
    @yggdrasil9039 Před 2 dny

    She didn't even bother to castle

  • @falten2
    @falten2 Před 4 dny +1

    Great game. Sharp ending

  • @sean2552
    @sean2552 Před 4 dny

    hey jerry. thanks for your vids as always. since you asked for feedback, i thought the a3/a4 nuance was quite a simple one and could have been covered in fewer words. hope you don’t mind me saying so. maybe i’m just getting better! thanks again

  • @lemachro
    @lemachro Před 2 dny +1

    I love Polgar

  • @matiasg1234
    @matiasg1234 Před 4 dny

    Keep on this Judit saga!!! 98% accuracy OMG

  • @leechap3
    @leechap3 Před 4 dny

    And she never does castle.. what a beast!

  • @ExplosiveBrohoof
    @ExplosiveBrohoof Před 4 dny

    4:18 -- One thing not mentioned about this position, black playing 9... b5 doesn't work here. White can ignore the threat and play 10. dxe6, and now there's a mate threat on f7. Black is forced to recapture the pawn, and now white can play Na4, leaving black with a weakened kingside.

  • @Kuribohdudalala
    @Kuribohdudalala Před 4 dny

    I love judit's chess

  • @triscuit5103
    @triscuit5103 Před 4 dny +2

    First. Thanks Gary, awesome. Video. ❤

  • @tharcissekongolo6239
    @tharcissekongolo6239 Před 3 dny

    The h5 move may have changed Black's game

  • @amirkeren82
    @amirkeren82 Před 4 dny +1

    Hi gerry it's someone

  • @Admiralmeriweather
    @Admiralmeriweather Před 4 dny

    This looks like Morphy vs NN

  • @MateCheck1
    @MateCheck1 Před 4 dny

    Judit 🆘🆘🆘

  • @M.KEY_HEMIN
    @M.KEY_HEMIN Před 4 dny

    ★★★★★★🎉

  • @enthros5116
    @enthros5116 Před 4 dny

    ive always liked Judit, she is awesome

  • @loplop7029
    @loplop7029 Před 4 dny +1

    Hi Jerry.

  • @jotawski
    @jotawski Před 4 dny

    👍👌🌹

  • @shantoreywilkins651
    @shantoreywilkins651 Před 4 dny +1

    🕵️🧑‍🏫🧑‍🏫🧑‍🏫