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Chess Archives on YouTube

48 points by acak 15y ago

sethbannon 15y ago
For the more degenerate blitz chess players out there, here's a great one. Garry Kasparov (former world champion) vs Vishy Anand (former world champion) in blitz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2ucWQjmv0&#38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2ucWQjmv0&
- S4M 15y ago
  Vishy Anand is the current world champion.
  - shriphani 15y ago
    I don't believe he is ranked 1 in the world anymore. Magnus Carlsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen) I think is #1.
    - vecter 15y ago
      That's right, but FIDE ratings are independent of the person who owns the title of "World Chess Champion". Vishy currently holds that title.
      - jinfiesto 15y ago
        This is true. I believe Topalov was the last person to challenge Vishy for Chess Champion. Carlsen helped Vishy prepare for the match. Which, makes it seem like he's not particularly interested in the title.
  - sethbannon 15y ago
    That's correct, my mistake.
- GraffitiTim 15y ago
  That video is incredibly frustrating. They keep switching the camera away from the board so you have no idea what's going on.
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akkartik 15y ago
I'm watching Karpov on the Fischer-Spassky match at the bottom of that page, and he kinda comes off as a dick. Talking about himself at the start, and putting down Spassky.
robomartin 15y ago
Up-vote if you spend waaaaay too much time playing chess. Sometimes I get into this "mental trench" and can spend several hours a day playing against people all over the world. In a strange way it sometimes helps me solve programming problems. Not sure how that works as it seems that I am thinking about the problem while playing fairly intense games. Maybe it simply helps get you into a flow state?
- ma2rten 15y ago
  A flow state by definition is when you only focus on the thing you are currently working on. I would say this is quite the opposite. You are busy with something else, but your mind subconsciously continues to think about the problem. Just like when you suddenly think of the solution for a problem, while standing under the shower. Sometimes you just need to get away from the problem to solve it.
- coldarchon 15y ago
  Chess is very good to train pre-cognitive thinking. And this is meant in a logical way, not an esoteric. When you write a program, the complexity makes it too hard to find a connection between input, throughput and output for your brain. When playing chess executing a move and it's intention can lose it's logical connection too. In fact the more this is apart the better you play. So the better you can think "apart" the better you can understand complex programs.
jc123 15y ago
There's essentially a whole series of Kasparov and Karpov commentary on their 1990 match. Starts with http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUqx5_EsZ1s http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUqx5_EsZ1s Not as detailed as the books but very interesting to see their human side in addition to pure analysis. At that time they were a class above everyone else and a privilege to get a peek into what only the 2 of them really understood.

48 points by acak 15y ago

For the more degenerate blitz chess players out there, here's a great one. Garry Kasparov (former world champion) vs Vishy Anand (former world champion) in blitz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2ucWQjmv0&#38 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs2ucWQjmv0&

S4M 15y ago
Vishy Anand is the current world champion.
- shriphani 15y ago
  I don't believe he is ranked 1 in the world anymore. Magnus Carlsen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnus_Carlsen) I think is #1.
  - vecter 15y ago
    That's right, but FIDE ratings are independent of the person who owns the title of "World Chess Champion". Vishy currently holds that title.
    - jinfiesto 15y ago
      This is true. I believe Topalov was the last person to challenge Vishy for Chess Champion. Carlsen helped Vishy prepare for the match. Which, makes it seem like he's not particularly interested in the title.
- sethbannon 15y ago
  That's correct, my mistake.
GraffitiTim 15y ago
That video is incredibly frustrating. They keep switching the camera away from the board so you have no idea what's going on.

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akkartik 15y ago

I'm watching Karpov on the Fischer-Spassky match at the bottom of that page, and he kinda comes off as a dick. Talking about himself at the start, and putting down Spassky.

robomartin 15y ago

Up-vote if you spend waaaaay too much time playing chess. Sometimes I get into this "mental trench" and can spend several hours a day playing against people all over the world. In a strange way it sometimes helps me solve programming problems. Not sure how that works as it seems that I am thinking about the problem while playing fairly intense games. Maybe it simply helps get you into a flow state?

ma2rten 15y ago
A flow state by definition is when you only focus on the thing you are currently working on. I would say this is quite the opposite. You are busy with something else, but your mind subconsciously continues to think about the problem. Just like when you suddenly think of the solution for a problem, while standing under the shower. Sometimes you just need to get away from the problem to solve it.
coldarchon 15y ago
Chess is very good to train pre-cognitive thinking. And this is meant in a logical way, not an esoteric. When you write a program, the complexity makes it too hard to find a connection between input, throughput and output for your brain. When playing chess executing a move and it's intention can lose it's logical connection too. In fact the more this is apart the better you play. So the better you can think "apart" the better you can understand complex programs.

jc123 15y ago

There's essentially a whole series of Kasparov and Karpov commentary on their 1990 match. Starts with http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUqx5_EsZ1s http://youtube.com/watch?v=VUqx5_EsZ1s Not as detailed as the books but very interesting to see their human side in addition to pure analysis. At that time they were a class above everyone else and a privilege to get a peek into what only the 2 of them really understood.