8-Year-old 1900 wins against 2600!! - The Underdog

by Arne Kaehler
1/11/2024 – In the first episode of 2024, Robert found a couple of Underdogs during the Rapid and Blitz World Championship. But having a 1900 rated player win against a Grandmaster with 2600, is truly rare. And when you know that the underdog is only 8-years old, it is even more impressive! The Dutch IM also found an underdog victory game by the Argentinian supertalent Oro Faustino, which is very instructive!
Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!

The Underdog!

with IM Robert Ris

We all love stories where a vastly underrated player surprises everyone by beating a much stronger player. Fortunately, we are all human.

But how do these things happen? What are the moves that lead to success? And what can we learn from these examples for the times when we face a stronger opponent?

Dutch IM Robert Ris presents us with real-life examples of such encounters from the past month. Together with his co-host Arne Kaehler, they look at the tactics and strategies that led to the upset victory.

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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,166,62354%2421---
1.d4947,29855%2434---
1.Nf3281,60256%2441---
1.c4182,10256%2442---
1.g319,70256%2427---
1.b314,26554%2427---
1.f45,89748%2377---
1.Nc33,80151%2384---
1.b41,75648%2380---
1.a31,20654%2404---
1.e31,06848%2408---
1.d395450%2378---
1.g466446%2360---
1.h444653%2374---
1.c343351%2426---
1.h328056%2418---
1.a411060%2466---
1.f39246%2436---
1.Nh38966%2508---
1.Na34262%2482---
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.Nxb5 Nb6 8.Be2 Nc6 9.Be3 Be7 10.a3 0-0 11.Qc2 Na5 12.Rd1 Bb7 13.Nc3 Nd5 14.Bd2 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Ng5 16.Ne4 16...g6 17.h4 Nb3 18.Bxc4 Nxd2 19.Rxd2 Qb8 20.Nxd5 20.Bxd5 exd5 21.Nf3 20...exd5 21.Bxd5 Qxe5+ 22.Ne4 22.Qe4 22...Rac8 23.Qb3 Ba6 24.Qg3 24.h5 Be7 24...Bb4 24...Qxg3 25.Nxg3 25.axb4 25.Qxe5 Rc1# 25...Rc1+ 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Qxd5+ 28.Nd2 Rd8 29.Qc3 Qxg2 30.Re1 Qxf2 31.h5 Qf4 32.Qe3 Qg4+ 33.Kc1 Bd3 34.b3 34.hxg6 Rc8+ 34...Qxh5 35.Kb2 Qd5 36.Qxa7 Bf5 37.Re2 Qd3 38.Rf2 Qc2+ 39.Ka3 Qc1+ 40.Ka2 Rxd2+ 0–1
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Makarian,R2530Oro,F23570–12023D37World Rapid 20232.93
Vakhidov,J2599Shogdzhiev,R19010–12023D10World Rapid 20231.93

Robert Ris has authored plenty of FritzTrainers for ChessBase — these are his newest, and perfect for every "Underdog"

Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!

Mastering these tactical motifs is essential to deepen your understanding of the game and become a better player. After all, you neither want to overlook the given chances by your opponent, nor blunder yourself!

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Arne Kaehler, a creative mind who is passionate about board games in general, was born in Hamburg and learned to play chess at a young age. By teaching chess to youth teams and creating chess-related videos on YouTube, Arne was able to expand this passion and has even created an online course for anyone who wants to learn how to play chess. Arne writes for the English and German news sites, but focuses mainly on content for the ChessBase media channels.
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