Featured in this video is the Round 3 game of the 2018 Candidates Chess Tournament between Levon Aronian (white), and Vladimir Kramnik (black). We do not see the famous Berlin Endgame in this game, but rather a brutal attack straight out of the opening. The game is over by move 27! This event consists of 8 participants, namely Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (2809), Vladimir Kramnik (2800), Wesley So (2799), Levon Aronian (2794), Fabiano Caruana (2784), Ding Liren (2769), Alexander Grischuk (2767), and Sergey Karjakin (2763). This tournament is being held in Berlin, Germany. The winner becomes the challenger for the World Chess Championship title against Magnus Carlsen in November of 2018. Note: The clock times featured in the video act as a rough estimate of time spent on each move.
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 { C65 Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense #2 } 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. O-O Qe7 7. h3 Rg8 8. Kh1 Nh5 9. c3 g5 10. Nxe5 g4 11. d4 Bd6 12. g3 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. h4 c5 16. Qc4 Be6 17. Qb5+ c6 18. Qa4 f5 19. Bg5 Rxg5 20. hxg5 f4 21. Qd1 Rd8 22. Qc1 fxg3 23. Na3 Rd3 24. Rd1 Bd5 25. f3 gxf3 26. exd5 Qe2 27. Re1 g2+
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That is just a brutal attack. What game by Kramnik.
@chessnetwork What is the "Berlin Endgame" you alluded to?
many beginner mistakes here: too many pawn moves in the opening (7., 9.), rook pawn move (7.), moving the same piece twice (10.), not developing your pieces (7-10.)…
Move 23; Why didn’t white go Qe3 instead of Na3?
Aronian really showed his lack of double king pawn opening theory as white in this game , there was no need to castle so early but the real clunker was pawn to h3 giving black an easy target , pawn to h3 is usually only played after black has already castled kingside , for one of the super GM's not to know this is shocking . Aronian should stick to what he does best for the rest of the candidates tournament , play the queenside openings as white that he is so good at . Trying to play an opening system that he has had very little experience with was trouble right from the beginning .
at 10:24, cool mate would have been: Re3 f2+, Rxe4 Bxe4#
When a game like this occurs, this is the first youtube channel I visit to see if there's any video about it, and it doesn't matter if it takes few days, it is worth it.
7:10 Be6 check? Hah, i sometimes say check when threatening a queen by accident too
Wow. "Brutal" is the word.
I loved "Be6 Check" which wasn't a check but felt like one, then "Qb5" which was a check, but didn't feel like one.
At 10:20 is Re3 not a resource instead of f3?
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"brutal" is the right word for this! brutal brilliant!! They play like 2 miles away from my flat, i'd like to go there but it's soo expensive… And i don't like to stand in the cold to get a look at f.e. Kramnik… But nice to know all these guys are around…
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What a memorable game, thanks for the analysis!
Great job kramnik
At 11:19 actually, instead of fxe8=D +, you could go f8=D++ Seems much more direct and cooler!
Thanks for the video. In which database did you find Rg8 having been played before? Peter Svidler in his video said it was a novelty, and in 365chess it does not appear
That is just amazing. Being able to recognise that a brute-force attack like that, in that position, is eventually able to crash through. Astonishing.
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Kramnik is such a BOSS
Thats brutal.
This game got me feeling sick for white.
11:22 should be a Knight promotion instead then queen g2 checkmate
I think Levon has lose since move 7 (h3) on 0:52
At 7:11 you say "check" but that was the Queen. Part of the LGBLT community .
In 4:38 why not capturing pawn on g4 with knight?
Jerry, could you please explain to me what is an "average centipawn loss"?!
Yet another cracking analysis. Grazie
he failed to utilize resources in time…. why isn't white's knight being utilized pre circa 15. it would of been a better game if queenside knight took f3
this was done magically by kramnik
Definitely trying this defense next time the op comes.
Seeing how kramnik played sveshnikov a lot previously, maybe he realized how venomous rg8 was for black after using his super gm analysis. Great game that changed my opinion of Berlin, thanks jerbear
so sad that he retired
"Followed by a discovered check………..mate."
❤️ Kramnik
Torre y caballo de ensime dio el blanco
amazing game, great instructive video!
A true masterpiece by Kramnik! I can't believe the attack kept on going against someone like Aronian! Mind blown 😀
This game was just so filthy.
I gotta try this attack
Aronian’s mistake is to not develop the knight classically after exchanging bishops, he reacted with pawn moves and got destroyed
Cannot emphasized how brutal this game was
Aronian's favourite pastime seems to be stumbling onto world chess championship preparation. It happened Vs Anand in Wijk Aan Zee 2013 and it happened here. Both games are arguably in the top 10 miniatures of the 2010s. Poor Levon
I love this game, a spectacular display of Kramnik's pure natural prowess for the sport. After seeing this game I felt inspired to research his other games and he is one of my personal favorite GMs now
Damn Kramnik. Bad guy
Wonderful
amazing thanks Jerry. btw guess you've stopped streaming on Twitch?
Absolutely fucking wiped him. Brilliant
Forgive the few audio hiccups in this video. Unfortunately there was an issue with the rendering process.