Is This Magnus Carlsen's Next Rival?

anytime a sport has a dominant champion you're  constantly on the search for a rival who is going   to overtake them someday and in chess since we  have magnus carlsen we're looking at the younger   generation is it going to be ali reza farouja or  is it going to be the player who i'm covering in   this video nihal sarin of india he's currently the  10th highest rated player in his country and he's   the sixth highest rated player in the world in  people who are under the age of 21 but coronavirus   prevented him from playing a tournament for 10  straight months and still counting so i think he's   significantly stronger than his 26 20 elo and he  frequently scores 25 to 30 against magnus carlsen   anytime they play blitz and bullet today i am  covering his brilliancy prize game from the   world youth and cadet championships which were  held online in conjunction with gasprom which   is the general partner a russian gas company very  cool that there is corporate sponsorship for these   tournaments because i'm just saying in the united  states we have almost no corporate sponsorships so   very very cool that this is happening and i  actually was a coach for team usa in last year's   world championships held in waifuang china and uh  the person that i worked with uh jan ryan who's to   my rights won the uh bronze medal so a little bit  of memory lane but this video is all about nihal   sarin let's jump into his brilliant game he began  with d4 and he's playing francesco sony of italy   international master who i have played many times  in blitz the game begins with the queen's gambit   declined knight c3 and black can play a lot of  moves here in this game black plays bishop to b4   which is the queen's gambit declined ragozian  variation point is to pin this knight to the king   now i personally in this position like to play  queen to a4 check hitting the bishop and the king   that doesn't win material but it forces the knight  to stand in front of the c pawn and makes black's   position a little bit clumsy in this game the  hell goes for bishop g5 which is the classical   developing move black can play a few things here  but black chooses to take the pawn on c4 inviting   immediate clarification of what is happening in  the game hal plays the move e4 and hal has played   this many times with white by the way so clearly  black was preparing for this and now black plays   the move h6 already the game by the way is taking  kind of uh branches so in this position black also   can play the move c5 and the position can explode  black can play the move b5 basically just hanging   onto this pawn and you cannot take it because  of the pin but in the game black plays h6 asking   a question of this bishop nihal takes and takes  back the pawn on c4 so nihal has two two central   pawns he's got the two knights he's got the bishop  he's gonna castle and say i have a slightly better   position but francesco's not going to let him just  do that so he immediately strikes out with c5 now   here white can do a handful of things white can  uh take white can push and white can also maybe   attack the bishop or white can attack the queen if  you're looking at this position as as a as a you   know beginner and intermediate player it's easy to  get lost even right away but realize that actually   white position you have to be careful because for  example if you take this pawn black is already   taking and now the queen is hitting here so after  this this you you are in some trouble your bishop   is hit you have to back up with the knight to  guard your bishop kind of an unpleasant position   right so nihal correctly just castles why is he  castling because if you notice it's the ninth move   of the game black only has two pieces out right  white has bishop knight knight now is castled and   now black plays another move that hits the center  but isn't getting development right queen and   bishop are the only things that are out so nihal  here with his knight under attack and this can be   taken two different ways actually chooses not to  take the pawn he uses the concept of danger levels   my knight is hanging but i don't have to move  it if i can play the move pawn to e5 this gains   me space attacks the queen and allows my knight  to go to e4 already an interesting creative idea   queen goes back to d8 and now knight to e4 and  finally black castles okay so again white can   take this with the queen or with the knight if  you take with the queen uh we trade and it's a   fair trade but if i have a lead in development  and more pieces out i don't want to trade pieces   i want more pieces in the game so for that reason  here nihal does take on d4 with the knight what's   interesting is that actually a move ago uh knight  takes d4 almost never is played actually like th   this whole position that nihal got and then threw  in a move here that almost never gets played   is kind of fascinating because this you know  this game had happened many times already   after knight takes d4 his opponent plays  queen c7 attacking the pawn at e5 and there   are no more games according to my database  so nihal takes his opponent into deep water   and of course now that there is a bishop  under attack and a pawn under attack   well he plays the very very natural  move knight f6 check losing a piece   i'm joking it's not a very natural move and it  showcases why he's so clever he attacks the king   and black actually plays the move king to h8 he  doesn't take it because if you take the knight   it could get very scary here with the queen coming  it's just queen opposite king if the king goes to   h7 defending the pawn i take like this you have to  prevent checkmate you can only do that by playing   this what is more valuable than a queen a king and  i'm already swarming you with my bishop my queen   my pawn and maybe my knight in the future black  is completely losing here so black chooses not   to engage and to play king h8 leaving this leaving  this and leaving this so three problems for white   to solve so what does white do white plays queen  c2 white solves one of the problems which is this   right now black does take on f6 okay this pawn  is hit two different ways so nihal plays queen c2   which threatens mate by the way which is why this  knight had to be dealt with right and now queen c1   look at that move i mean a move that looks like  it's just completely disregarding all the problems   in your position but queen takes h6 and it's not  easy at all to protect this again if king goes   to h7 you walk into this and this somehow all  of black's moves are being used against him the   queen going to this natural c7 square because of  this queen c1 idea pressuring this and the queen   the king can now not go to h7 so black has to take  on e5 with the queen allowing the queen in and now   well you're right there but you can't get there  with the knight well what if you play bishop to d3   well then black just plays the move f5 they've  used the pawn barrier to block out your bishop   your knight is hanging and the queen is  going to get back so nihal has one move   he's got one move or the whole charade  falls apart f4 oh my the move f4   gives away the knight with a check and if king h1  it also gives away a third piece but if you take   the third piece and temporarily go up nine points  of material i have rook f3 and you cannot prevent   rook g3 mate you just cannot prevent it i mean you  have all these pieces but you haven't moved them   right so so he cannot take the bishop he doesn't  take the bishop and instead he plays queen to e4   the point of queen to e4 is that now when the  rook is coming the queen goes back to g6 right   and it and it's back in time but white  is just on time with this move rook to g3   and black has to sacrifice and okay what on earth  is going on here black is still up two points   of material the overall count is queen for rook  knight and bishop if my math is right rook nine   bishop so under normal circumstances queen versus  some sort of peace imbalance um it it requires the   person that lacks a queen to develop all of their  pieces as actively as possible and make sure they   coordinate active pieces and coordination that is  what is going to prove decisive against the queen   which can hit you in multiple directions when  you have the queen what do you need to do hunt   down a passive king or a weak king that always  helps peace coordination of course is important   because if you have the queen you don't have  enough pieces you're lacking other pieces so   you've got to maximize you've got to limit trades  limit trades unless absolutely necessary and pawns   the play of your pawns if you can get a pawn  majority somewhere with the extra queen you've   got to advance your pawns let's see those things  at play in this game black plays rookie 8 because   black does not have any any reason to hang on to  this pawn what's going gonna happen if you do this   is white is going to have enough time to play  this move f5 and if you take you've just opened   up my bishop to your territory if you don't take  uh don't forget i have this maneuver anytime i   want it right so i can play something like g4  look at this my pawns are barricading you from   saving your king and then i'm going to attack  you and i'm going to win the game i'm going   to literally just bring my rook and you're  going to lose so black needs to part ways   with a pawn in order to get pieces developed  right that's exactly what black begins to do   rook d1 and knight d7 of course you say well levy  why didn't why not knight c6 that seems far more   natural it's the most natural square for the  night black had some ideas i mean black wanted   to get the knight to f6 potentially if you play  knight to c6 what is nihal going to do once he   has all these active pieces remember that thing i  said about pawns i said it for a reason g4 nihal   is going to try to use his pawn majority and if  you play something like knight to e7 for example   uh to try to go you know just to try to stop me  from playing f5 i can pick apart your defenses   here i have this move for example uh my rook  can come in and i can stop you from moving   and that is exactly what nihal does this  game first he plays bishop b5 attacking the   knight uh francesco responds f6 i cannot guard my  knight but i can counter-attack your queen at the   at the price of your queen getting closer to my  weak king now i play rookie seven and here nihal   plays the most in my opinion the most gangster  move of the game the classiest move of the game   a move that many of us take for granted because  it's it's a grand master playing with the white   pieces but this is a beautiful move rook  d6 and it's not even so clear right away   why this is such a powerful move the engineer even  needs a little bit of time to fully understand it   essentially this is like if you have a younger  sibling and they're trying to throw punches   at you you put your hand on their forehead and  then they can't make any forward progress that   is what the move rook d6 is basically it forever  pressures everything and it kills black's mobility   and anticipating that this move is going to happen  nihal drops back to d3 hitting h7 with the queen   but not killing the activity of his rook he swaps  his rook forward moves his bishop behind the rook   and after b5 with black trying to develop the  bishop this way nihal is able to start playing   queen e4 rook a7 and rook takes e6 so he uses what  he thinks was black's plan to develop his pieces   against black wins the pawn on e6 and of course  you know if you if you plug the game into an   engine the engine here is going to tell you  oh white should have went immediately with f5   computers can kill sometimes the allure  of the game the beauty of the game the   understanding of the game because they  see some some really strange ideas but   ultimately nihal shows a dominance in this game he  he anticipates everything he his opponent is doing   he forces moves out of his opponent that weaken  the position that's what nihal does he he fakes   the the you know the takedown right like like  in mixed martial arts you go down boom he cracks   you with a punch nihal constantly is keeping his  opponent a move behind him look at this knight c5   with the fork queen goes to h7 what's more worth  more than a queen of rook and the bishop the   king right so king goes to f8 rook c6 uh-oh i'm  starting to pick apart the defenses here okay we   gotta trade i said don't trade unless absolutely  necessary bishop by five levy you said don't trade   you said don't trade why is he trading here's why  because when this happens remember i also said   peace activity and coordination black's pieces  have no coordination here the bishop is so bad   black basically has rook and knight for queen not  a bishop and pawn majority remember i said that   pawn majority when you've got the queen three  on one this pawn majority is going to win you   the game not the queen side pawns because that's  two on two it's wherever your pawns are stronger   so francesco doesn't want to trade he wants to  maintain activity but now nihal finds the nail   in the coffin the killer move the move of the  game you want to pause here you want to find it   this move permanently shuts down black's pieces  completely immobilizes them b4 levy you just   said the queen side pawns aren't going to make a  difference well not in terms of breaking through   but in terms of a very useful move which forces  a very uncomfortable decision out of this night   does the knight continue to try to move  forward this is the only way that it can do so   well the problem is the knight is covering the e6  square and what's going to happen on the e6 square   that and in the game it didn't really  matter the knight went backwards   there should be six and you can't stop queen  g8 and now after king e7 yes you can take   the bishop but then you would lose this so he  takes on d7 rook d7 and now picks up the bishop   and nihal is winning here finally after queen  takes f6 rook f7 queen two back to c3 a little bit   of shuffling here and then he brings the king it's  still not like it again we're taking for granted   the fact that this is nihal playing for example  let's say he got hasty and moved his f pawn right   he got hasty and played f5 it's still winning  for white but what happens when i play rook to e2   i mean now suddenly you have to deal with counter  play right i'm not saying that black is doing   tremendously well here black is still losing  but nihal controls everything he doesn't let   the opponent get closer you can give me a  check i'm gonna slide over that's what he   does he actually preemptively moves his king out  of danger and now who's going to decide this game   have you been paying attention the pawns g5  rook c4 queen h7 check and francesco resigned   he resigned because it would have been a very long  and and and painful death he would have suffered   in this game there would have been a check if  he hides this king over here i'm just gonna push   and again the queen is so powerful i'm not worried  about losing my queen side pawns because any time   you take i'm just gonna hit you with one of these  and then i'm going to win your rook that's the   that's the amazing thing about a queen when an  enemy king has holes around it right notice this   the king's got holes it's impossible to cover all  these holes you've got tactics from all sorts of   directions but the pawns here were the deciding  factor in this queen versus material imbalance   and most importantly if we back up just some  moves it was the passivity or the passiveness i   hope one of those was a word because i'm not sure  the other was of black's pieces francesco in this   game almost didn't cross the third rank look at  francesco's pieces with the exception of the night   the night just the night on c5 did a single piece  for francesco across the no i don't think so i   mean that's insane like to have such a high level  game against the high level opponent from nihal   and not let his opponent cross the middle line in  my opinion he is absolutely the deserving winner   uh of the brilliancy prize this is who i nominate  and once again uh just amazing that you know we   have this kind of sponsorship this degree of  sponsorship for all of these online events   uh from fide the international governing body of  chess uh because frankly speaking who knows when   over-the-board chess will be consistent but in my  opinion i nominate nihal and i mean he's winning   25 to 30 of his games against magnus carlson he's  playing like this when over-the-board chess comes   back i look forward to this young man potentially  being the next rival to our world champion

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Length: 16min 19sec (979 seconds)

Published: Thu Jan 07 2021