Roelof Berkepeis's video: Chess : youngster vs veteran : Nihal Sarin vs Vassily Ivanchuk

Rapid chess game of Nihal Sarin and Vassily Ivanchuk : 1st semifinal of match at 32nd Leon Masters 2019. It's a Nimzo-Indian defense. The original recording is excellent: we see a nice shot beside the board which enables the viewer to judge the positions. Watch the young Indian GM Nahil Sarin play and see his face and body expressions .. during play you can imagine his feelings and thoughts while you think of a move to play in that situation! Nihal Sarin is an accurate attacking player and seems to be a possible future world champion. Rapid and Blitz chess are a type of chess in which each player is given less time to consider their moves than normal tournament time controls allow. Openings, tactics and strategy are same. The quality of this game is very high though. Replay game : https://lichess.org/mY5fEXDV Annotations : "Ivanchuk's endgame sorcery overcomes Nihal's youthful magic!" at https://www.chessbase.in/news/Ivanchuk-beats-Nihal-Sarin-at-Leon-Masters-2019- Classical music: "Four Seasons" of Vivaldi Original video: "Nihal Sarin against Vassily Ivanchuk in Leon Masters" - see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8E6gWnx9cTE 2019@ArtFlow - all rights respected --- Leon Masters is an annual elite tournament of rapid chess in Leon, Spain. Participating chess legends such as Garry Kasparov, Viswanathan Anand, Magnus Carlsen, Peter Leko, Alexei Shirov, Wesley So, Vassily Ivanchuk and rising chess stars as Nihal Sarin & Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa. The 32nd Edition of the Leon Knockout Tournament kicked off with a bang! In the first of the two matchups, the World's youngest 2600 was paired against the Sphinx of Lvov himself. Nihal Sarin gave a good account of himself in the 4 rapid games and did obtain numerous chances to take the lead, but Chucky's inexhaustible experience and subtle endgame play tilted the balance in his favour, and he won the matchup 2.5-1.5. Nihal Sarin (Malayalam: നിഹാല്‍ സരിന്‍ born 13 July 2004) is a 14-year-old Indian Chess Grandmaster with a FIDE rating of 2610. He is currently the youngest player and third youngest in history to reach a rating of 2600, accomplishing this feat at age 14. He is considered by some to be among the greatest talents in chess history. Vassily Mykhaylovych Ivanchuk (Ukrainian: Василь Михайлович Іванчук; born March 18, 1969) is a Ukrainian chess player. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1988. A leading player since 1988, Ivanchuk has been ranked at No. 2 on the FIDE world rankings three times (July 1991, July 1992, October 2007). Ivanchuk has won Linares, Wijk aan Zee, Tal Memorial, Gibraltar Masters and M-Tel Masters titles. He has also won the World Blitz Championship in 2007 and the World Rapid Championship in 2016. --- [Event "1st semifinal of match at 32nd Leon Masters 2019"] [Site "Leon, Spain - https://lichess.org/mY5fEXDV "] [Date "2019.07.05"] [Round "2"] [White "GM Nihal Sarin"] [Black "GM Vassily Ivanchuk"] [WhiteElo "2610"] [BlackElo "2684"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Re1 Rfd8 14. Bb2 Rac8 15. Rad1 Nf8 16. g3 Bf6 17. h4 h6 18. e5 Be7 19. Nd2 cxd4 20. cxd4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Bb1 Qf7 24. Ne4 Be7 25. Re3 Rd5 26. Rde1 Rcd8 27. Qe2 Qh5 28. Nc3 Qxe2 29. Nxe2 Rb5 30. Ba1 Ra5 31. Bb2 Bd6 32. Ba2 Bd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rc1 Kg8 35. Kg2 Rf5 36. Nc3 Kf7 37. Ne4 Rd5 38. Rc6 Be7 39. Kf1 Rb5 40. Rc2 Rbd5 41. Ke2 Nh7 42. Rc7 R8d7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Rc3 Nf6 45. Nxf6 Bxf6 46. Rc6 Ke7 47. Ke3 Rd6 48. Rc7+ Rd7 49. Rc6 1/2-1/2