h4! || Grischuk vs MVL || Riga FIDE Grand Prix (2019)

Alexander Grischuk vs Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Grand Prix Riga (2019), Riga LAT, rd 3, Jul-19
King's Indian Defense (E60)

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. h4 c5 4. d5 b5 5. cb5 a6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Nf3 d6 9. a4 Bg4 10. Ra3 ab5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. e4 Nb4 13. Be2 Nd7 14. O-O Qb6 15. Re1 Qb7 16. Bg5 Bf3 17. gf3 Ne5 18. Rf1 c4 19. b3 Rfc8 20. Bd2 Nbd3 21. f4 Qb4 22. Nb1 c3 23. fe5 Nb2 24. Qc2 cd2 25. Qb2 Qe4 26. Qd2 Rc2 27. Qd3 Re2 28. Qe4 Re4 29. ed6 ed6 30. Nd2 Rg4 31. Kh1 Rh4 32. Kg2 Rd4 33. Nf3 Rg4 34. Kh3 Rb4 35. Rb1 Rc8 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. Ng1 Rc2 38. Nf3 Rg4 39. Kf1 Rf4 40. Kg2 Rg4 41. Kf1 Rf4 42. Kg2 g5 43. Rf1 Rg4 44. Kh1 Rc3 45. Rg1 Rf4 46. Nh2 Rf2 47. Rg5 Rcc2

The Riga FIDE Grand Prix is taking place in the National Library of Latvia from July 12-24 2019. The 16-player knockout is the 2nd of four legs of the 22-player Grand Prix series that will determine two places in the 2020 Candidates Tournament. Players compete in 3 of the 4 tournaments, which each have a 130,000 euro prize fund, with 24,000 for 1st place. There are also from 1 (quarterfinal loser) to 8 (winner) Grand Prix points available, plus an additional point for each match win without tiebreaks. The overall series prize fund is 280,000, with 50,000 for 1st place.

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[goodguycwyzz]

Grischuk with the temporary water bottle sacrifice for some early activity

[andreas]

it was in this position that I likes the video. Why did I like the video? Well there really isn`t much to do here, except liking the video

[kristianhauservillegas]

Grischuk should have resigned earlier when Maxine captured his water bottle.

[held]

rook a3 "a nice rook lift" and for the rest of the game it is the most useless extremely passive piece on the board. Very sad :(

[.]

That grischuk face perfectly describes the side effects of an early h4.

[StinkyBread]

I honestly love those little comedic bits like the water-bottle fiasco at the beginning. Gets me laughing every time 😂

[kaster_gamingone]

I think it would be awesome if you would start a series of opening theory walkthroughs you are the only content creator that could hold my attention through a lesson With your passion for the game and fun personalliyt. please consider once a week or even every other week covering a different open with us I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way...

[saikatify]

Amazing game analysis. Thank You so much for this. Helped me understand a lot.

[adragonberg]

#suggestion I find it a little confusing to keep track of the moves played in the game. Could you perhaps tint the color of the screen when you play out the hypothetical moves?

[successaddicted]

Still love this channel! There's no doubt, you are my favourite! An excellent game!

[דניאיזנברג-יכ]

7:40 you're an excellent pusher of passed pawns, well not you yet it is a passed pawn but it'll be after you push it 😁😁

[rggndfw]

@2:51 a very nice Rook lift decides the whole game cause is was disconnected and blocked.

[Toothmother]

2:17 "completely new game!"
7:30 "water free break"
15:55"2nd water free break"

[sharanv]

11:15 Maxime's rook is so powerful it captures an empty square

[kavyanshagrawal]

Grischuk plays 3. H4!!
#Thuglife
Levon would be proud

[imrodericknava]

That's the drawback of White's h4 early in the opening, I think it has more useful in Rapid or in Blitz game application. But in the standard game, it's too difficult practically.

[bam]

Grischuk looks like he had enough with chess so that probably explains hr

[theovonkesselstatt]

MVL after watching other people play h4: are... you... me?
*grabs Grischuk's water*

[ahmd]

That rock left was a solid move. It didn't move from A3 after that 😀😀

[Robert_DeVille]

How dare they not start with the Queen's Gambit Declined!