Alexander McDonnell vs Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais - 1834

In London 1834, Alexander McDonnell and Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais played a chess game that would leave a lasting impression on chess enthusiasts world-wide. It's a game many would, without doubt, consider one of the world's greatest chess games ever. It's an exceptional example of quality of material over quantity. The final product of this game between Mcdonnell and La Bourdonnais will likely be permanently etched in the memory of the chess viewer for its absolutely fantastic aesthetic appeal.

[AnacondaHL]

That wasn't a pawn tsunami, that was a pawn armageddon.

[exneo]

It's not a game, it's a jewel :)

[ModistOne]

One of my favorite videos so far. And I've been watching your channel for a long, long time. Thanks Jerry!

[elbay]

Nice game, and well done as usual! Good summarizing commentary at the end.

[HabeasCorpus]

This is a gem of a game. I remember first seeing this in a chess book I bought when I first started playing relatively seriously, one of those 100 greatest chess games ever played type books, and the end position always stuck with me. Nice one.

[jangronwald]

Super commentary! I enjoy and love Your way of summarizing at the end the conclusions :) 👍

[ricdaguiar]

Thanks Jerry, I didn’t know this game, amazing. Your commentary allows me to appreciate it thoroughly, I wouldn’t be able to see the complexity without it. Thanks.

[groussac]

"As usual, I hope you got something out of it." As usual, we did. Great analysis. Thanks for sharing it with us.

[WanderThereYonder]

Neat game, and I'm a fan of the summary commentary at the end with those bullet points on the side, very instructive and helpful! Thanks Jerry!

[Bestietvcute]

Thank you so much Jerry for bringing this game !. i have a suggestion inspired by how you concluded the video. In every analysis video, it is a very informative thing to summarize the decisive moves in the game that made the game end the way it ends and to highlight the ones that made a shift in the mode of the game.

Thanks buddy for all the wonderful stuff you do .

[agustinflorio]

Awesome game! I just discovered your Instructive playlist and I'm learning a lot. Thanks!
Cheers from Argentina.

[TheNirous]

Thanks Jerry! Please more "classics" ;)

[inthefade]

I've been out of the loop for a while with this channel, but this was a great game to come back to it with.

I guess I have to dust off my board after a year of not playing.

[BuckRussell]

Great vid as always Jerry. I've been watching a ton of your old master game analysis videos and I'm really happy to see them having a bit of a comeback!

[gonzalojaner]

Thank you Jerry! I didn't know this game. It was beautiful, and your commentary highlighted subtleties I wouldn't have picked up on. Awesome video :)

[samuelyoung]

I'm really excited that you're finally doing more games from the Romantic era :D great video!

[martim]

Very important lesson that the value of the pieces is relative to their role in the game and how the players use it, as the old saying goes " a master with a rock can be deadlier than an amateur with a weapon. Very insightful Jerry, these old games are always a good way to show us simple yet good ideas to keep in mind

[mmartel]

Great illustration of how to cash in a strong pawn center. Thanks for the research and commentary, Jerry!

[korybourque]

Keep up the work, Jerry! Always brightens my day when I get a notification from my favorite chess channel!

[davidcady]

A very pleasant explanation of a nice game.