The Most Astonishing Chess Strategy: Alekhine's Paradox
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- čas přidán 27. 04. 2024
- One of the most intriguing chess strategies ever employed on the board. Alexander Alekhine demonstrates a remarkable paradox that went against conventional principles of chess. Traditionally, players aim to develop their pieces as soon as possible and prevent the opponent's development. Alekhine, however, turned this principle on its head. Instead of bringing his undeveloped pieces into play, he deliberately moved his already developed pieces, seemingly wasting valuable tempi. Even more striking, with these sophisticated maneuvers Alekhine forced his opponent to develop pieces-and this strategy, paradoxically, set the stage for a devastating attack with beautiful sacrifices. Let's dive into this strategic and tactical masterpiece and uncover the brilliance behind Alekhine's paradoxical approach.
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nc3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O Qe7 9. e4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nb6 13. Bf1 Rd8 14. h3 Bc7 15. Be3 Re8 16. Bd3 Nh5 17. Nce2 g6 18. Re1 Nd7 19. Nf3 Bb6 20. Bg5 Qc5 21. Nc3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Qxe5 23. Be3 Bc7 24. Ne2 Qh2+ 25. Kf1 Bxh3 26. gxh3 Qxh3+ 27. Kg1 Bh2+ 28. Kh1 Nf4 29. Nxf4 Bxf4+ 30. Kg1 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kxh2 Re5 33. Qc5 Rxc5 34. Bxc5 Qh5+ 35. Kg2 Qxc5 36. Re3 Re8 37. Rae1 Qe5 38. R1e2 Re6 39. b3 Rf6 40. Rg3 Kg7 41. Bb1 Rf4 42. Bd3 Rh4 43. Kf3 Qf4+ 44. Kg2 Qc1 45. Kf3 h5 46. Rc2 Qd1+ 47. Ke3 Rh1 48. Kd4 h4 49. Re3 Re1 50. Rxe1 Qxe1 51. Re2 Qa1+ 52. Kc4 b5+ 0-1
You have a knack for explaining things. Not a single wasted word. Crystal clear explanation of what's going on the board.
This wasn't just the secret of Alekhine's attack. This was an insight into the secrets of a GM's mind.
Alekhine is underrated because everyone loves Capablanca and look at Alekhine as the villain
And that's the truth
And the "villain" was murdered in Portugal in his hotel room by french "epuration", the red slaughterers. Not an official new ,of course
Alleged Nazi sympathizer
Alekhine is...underrated?! Hahaha...only in some books on the West in the world...and not by chess reasons and motives ,but by political idiotism of chess sociaty on the West...
@@martinbarkashki407 completely right. You can be sure that is someone has a bad deputation and his considered the bad one, is because it is orchestrated. Always by the same liars who control opinion. According to these ones , Alekhine had sympathy for National socialism, unforgivable. He paid it , by his life and reputation. Chess does not escape politics and the usual suspects are behind. It has nothing to do with Capablanca and the relative strength of these two geniuses.
Unbelievable, what a deep understanding of chess and the brilliance of Alekhine, I salute you!
Now i see why Alekhine is so rated. Those moves are almost playing the opponent against themselves.
Makes it look so simple. Everything makes so logical sense...
The Alekhine Capablanca 1927 match was like a battle of titans.
Very interesting to see how every single move comes with a concrete idea which forces White to do things which slowly but surely leads to a worse position in every variant!
Wow great game! I heard a story that when Kasparov first met Magnus, he asked him about his 4 favorite Alekhine games… 🤷🏻♂️🙏
The stunning sacrifice of not one but both bishops shows the level of advance calculation in his attack.
Alekhine is, for me, top five of chess history! Do you agree?... cheers from Brazil ❤
Yes, I agree. Cheers.
I love Alekhine play. He's my second choice after Paul Murphy.
I totally agree.
Alekhine is a magician 🪄✨
greatest ever!
Alekhine is, for me, TOP CHESSPLAYER of all chess history!! Why? Simply because he defeat 8 years unbeatable chess machine-man great Capablanca in marathon World Chess Championchip-match (¨older¨ generation) and later challenger Max Euwe (¨new generation¨)!!! That's why!
the best explain of a chess game i have ever saw. no padding, just substance.
Insane patience.
This really gave me an appreciation for Alekhine for the first time. Thank you.
My pleasure.
Thanks for showing us this beautiful game. The way A ties his opponent into knots is amazing. He is always running behind and A manages to keep increasing the pressure. And also the ending is beautiful, manouvring the rook on the h file, which finishes off the game.
Brilliant game, well explained. Thank you
My pleasure.
He pressured the opponent's position over and over without leaving any breathing room until cracks started to form, amazing
Thanks for the analysis right from the opening stage and the game as well.
My pleasure.
@@chesswisdom Thanks Sir
Thank you for specifying the pawn structure!! Everyone only talks about the two bishops ignoring the many positions that are favorable for knights. Open position with pawns on both sides! That's it!
4:54 "...which can be quite unpleasant." Sounds like something out of a Bond movie, lol.
This is the first video that i watch from you, and i must tell you, its just perfect for me! Good analysis, but not too complex, and great choice of showing pre-engine games, closer to the usual players level.
Thanks for the in depth explanation sir ! Learnt a lot especially how to capture the right pieces , checking what how a pawn move impacts the position from both sides etc
My pleasure, sir!
Very clear and concise descriptions of Alekhine's tactical approach, plus many illustrative dives into alternate lines to show why they weren't superior options. Analyzing a historical match reminds me of some agadmator videos, and I love hearing multiple perspectives on such matters. Subscribed & I hope you enjoy making more videos & develop a fun community of subscribers! ❤
Well explained - great game - I subscribed.
Спасибо, что показали эту замечательную игру, свидетельствующую о мастерстве Алехина в отношении качества фигур и их расстановки. Он всегда тщательно все планирует и, похоже, меньше беспокоится о разработке и больше о размещении, оптимальном размещении, а не просто о разработке. Он намеренно передвигает свои фигуры, чтобы сосредоточиться на слабых сторонах и заставить противника уступать одну уступку за другой. Я не согласен с расхожим мнением, что Капабланка был лучшим игроком, несмотря на проигрыш. Алехин - игрок, заслуживающий большей похвалы среди современных шахматистов. До того, как я начал играть профессионально, я слишком много внимания уделял изучению дебютов, а не фундаментальным идеям, таким как техника эндшпиля, как триангуляция, контролируемый темп, цугсванг. В настоящее время я одержим играми Оскара Панно, и игра в романтическом стиле подорвала мой рейтинг, опустив меня с 2311-го места до 2109-го.
Но с тех пор, как я присоединился к CZcams в качестве автора, мои шахматы пострадали. Я очень рад, что ваши видео доступны в качестве ресурса. Вы, безусловно, лучший аналитический материал по шахматам, без преувеличений, дурацких миниатюр на CZcams и кликбейта. Когда мои финансовые дела пойдут лучше, я надеюсь, что раньше, чем позже, я внесу некоторую сумму, чтобы помочь вам продолжать. Прошу прощения за мой плохой русский, я родился в Ростове, но эмигрировал, когда мне было 5 лет, и с тех пор живу в Америке. Надеюсь, вы, по крайней мере, сможете меня понять! Твое здоровье, друг, и до следующего раза!
Большое спасибо за теплые слова! Желаю вам успехов в дальнейшем шахматном совершенствовании.
The endgame Queen tactics…beautiful
My brain feels like it is going to explode on the second move with chess. You don't need some antique master strategy to confuse me, just moving the pieces around is enough.
I love Alekhine's gun, its clear the man was a genius chess artist.
This gane is an art
What a game!
Tx !
This is the correct prononciation of Alekhine's name
But most people can't do it for some reason
Because english speakers naturally want to pronounce the i as a long vowel because of the silent e at the end of his name.
@@jakefromstatefarm6969many Russians themselves don't pronounce it right, by the way. The second vowel often miss-pronounced as "yo" as "Al-yo-heen". So it's double impressive that the author pronounces "Alekhine" correctly.
Alekhine...one of the greatest.
Wow, excellent review of this game and strategy. New subscriber
This kind of deep calculation is what makes differences between GM and me, a mere mortal
Fantastic game!
Super good gane - you explained it thoroughly. Great video!
Now I know why Alekhine is coined by Kramnik as The Dynamic
Even Kasparov said that Alekhine is the best tactical chess player. That's why the soviets targeted him to gain back the title.
"This ant is engaged in a life or death struggle with the wolf."
Epic game!! 🤯
Combinatorial chess is so much more interesting than positional chess.
All kind of chess is interesting.
Great video
Splendid!
The work you put in for this video shows.
The choices on what variations to show, and which ones to leave out,
Great explanations, everything was perfectly clear.
Hats off!
This is truly brilliant stuff. Thank you!
My pleasure!
Very good explanation of the game.
amazing piece play
A true chess player would have retired already knowing he has to sacrifice his queen. All comments welcome
Interesting indeed , So Magnus has also created some notable paradoxes as well.
Elaborately analysed. Thanks.
My pleasure.
awesome - I saw the bishop sacrifice but I didn't see the long end game.. I wrongly saw mate quicker than was there
Great game, thanks!
My pleasure!
Insightful analysis of a fascinating game. Thank you. You have a new subscriber.
My pleasure. Thanks for subscribing.
The usual way of a top player to win against a minor is wait for the mistake. No exception here
Yep. Keep making threats, asking questions…eventually a poor player will answer incorrectly
Woaw so instructional
So there is development, undevelopment, nondevelopment, and antidevelopment.
Best game I've ever seen!
Good job m8
Bravo🎉🎉🎉🎉
This strategy is initiative , lasting curiously with black very soon and all along this instructive game .
i guess the point is that the principle "develop your pieces" is SIMPLISTIC.
in fact, the problem should be viewed HOLISTICALLY. the REAL principle is "improve your POSITION". this MAY involve developing the pieces, but there can be other ways.
cool!
Why have half the screen as text? Make the board full screen. Text is not important. Just read the text at the start and then remove it. Or make it much smaller after the game starts.
What are you even talking about? The chess board is a square and the screen a rectangle. There will always be a border, and you would not get a better view of the chess if the text went away, as the board is already as big as it can be.
Man never took geometry 😢 he's still trying to put the round peg through the square hole 😔
Where did this idea about Alekhine forcing the opponent to develop came from? Lol
Wondering the same 😅
A better way to say it is "Alekhine dies not hesitate to move a developed piece for a 2nd time, and lures his opponent to pieces in bad squares".
I always liked Alekhine as much as Kasparov liked him.
Alekhine was the natural predecessor to Tal.
Complete with smoking and alcohol 💀
Carlsen is capable of playing something like this....he has the ability to create and calculate all these lines like Alekhine....
great video, you explain it so clearly and your style is amazing. Look forward to watching more
I found this confusing as what were game moves or possible moves
👍🙏
Parece una obra de orfebrería de Fabergé
16:34 Bxh3 sacrifice? [edit: GOT IT!!!]
I enjoyed the Way you go through the Game. Not too deep, but with some Ideas. You just missed at 3:50 a Ressource for white, so Bxh2 is not a Threat in this MOment (...Bxh2;Kxh2-Rxd4;Rxd4-Qe5+;Bf4(!)-Qxd4;Rd1 and black has Problems on backrank. Nevertheless, thx anyway !
Thank you. The engine actually showed me that resource when I was preparing the analysis of this game. I just wanted to explain why white played h3 after ...Rd8. If I show all computer variations the videos might be too long and probably also boring. So I try to show the games from a human perspective.
Ok, so next game I play, I won't develop my pieces, right? :) Thanks for the analysis.
Yes, exactly. :) My pleasure.
first move at 1:04...
Nice game and all, but I don't really see any *"spectacularly **_"DEEP"_** strategy"* at ALL about Alekhine's play...
He was just *VERY* methodical and careful with his development, while his opponent was too hasty and made *TWO big blunders* -- namely the Knight moves at moves #21 and #24... :P
Meanwhile Alekhine has *ONLY 1 (ONE)* _minor_ inaccuracy, and at a stage in the game where his victory was already assured.... :P
(My source ?? : Latest version of the Stockfish chess engine... :P )
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Its not the move. It's the thought behind the move that counts. There were no engines at the time nor there are engines when you play at the board. Inaccuracies and mistakes are what we see in hindsight.
12:14 why is white taking back with knight and not bishop
After 23.Bxf4 Black will also be up a pawn after 23...Bxd4 24.Nxd4 Nxf4.
Who was his opponent?
Jacques Davidson.
Constant initiative to be compared to Fischer's games.
Must have been a frustrating game for white. Constantly being pressured into blacks plan for the game. Still amazing how well a strong player can hold on in a losing game.
Not sure that strategy will stand up against today's hyper aggressive style. Too slow.
Alekhine constantly plays for threads. Not for development. Because technically development does nothing if you have no threads.
What does threads mean?
@@harshrajjadhav940
I think he meant threats
Are you from Transylvania? Sometimes your accent sounds like the count on Sesame Street. hehehe
CANT WAIT TO LOSE ALL MY MATCHES IN RANDOM AGAINST NOOBS USING THIS OPENING