Push Only Pawns And Win A Chess Game
In this historic chess game Emil Joseph Diemer played as white and he broke every single chess opening principle. He completely abandoned development of his pieces and just pushed pawns until the18th move.
He still managed to win this chess game by suffocating black's position. This game is one of the reasons why we love chess.
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This was exactly why I said the pawn is the most powerful piece on the board, their disposable, promotable and very easy to use for both offence and defense at the same time. This guy maximized the potential of the pawns showing their overlooked advantages at its finest 👏👏
Thank you for the comment my man. Spot on.
They aren't the most powerful piece on the board I'd rather have 10 queens than 10 pawns
@@adenshaw5273 But you dont have 10 queens thats the point
@@adenshaw527310 queens on board means check nd mate 😊
@@aniketsingh6616lol... or stalemate
I feel like this guy made it a life goal to win a game by going against every opening principle possible.
Yeah, it seems so.
@@castlequeenside there was once a game where black violated every principle by creating holes and not developing any piece other than the bishop at g7.. After white grabbed space with e5 and castled long, black played ...Bf8, counterattacked and checkmated him.
@@jasonc0065 Please send me that game or just the names of the players if you have. Thank you for the comment.
@@castlequeenside Klyavin - Zhdanov, 1961
@@jasonc0065 Thank you. I will have a look at it.
only moves pawns, develops queen first, castles long, sacs 3 exchanges, wins by resignation. LEGEND!!!
Lol this sums up. Truly a despicable insane.
Also white somehow managed to develop all their pieces before black despite all the pawn moves
@@melikmourali2072I'm a really mediocre player, but one thing I noticed when I play chess is how easy it is to mess up by developing knight plays from the get go as you can easily find yourself trapped by clever pawn plays and end up losing initiative by having to switch from pressing with knights into having to spend your moves avoiding trading them for pawns.
Is it weird that I think that a pawn only game fits the look of Emil Diemer? He looks like an ancient chess master who lives in the mountains who is approached by an ambitious young chess prodigy and is like "Son, you are not ready yet." and beats him with only pawns.
Haha that is awesome 😂
Actually, I was thinking he looked like a perfect person to play a chess bishop's anthropomorphization in a live acted movie, and this would be perfect, if you imagine a bishop controlling the whole game, saying "yes, pawns, you all go do everything, go to your deaths...." unfortunately it doesn't quite work as a theory since he ultimately loses both bishops in the game though.
Diemer was a very attacking player and lived for these kind of tactical battles. He is also known for the Blackmar-Diemer gambit that is unsound but leads to the same kind of fireworks against an unwary opponent.
lmao
The issue is that because everyone generally follow the opening principles, we rarely practice what to do if our opponent does not.
Exactly.
You clearly havent seen my games then 😅
I tried this and it was so fun. The guy was clearly at a loss what to do so I ended up winning on time. I can try to link the game if you want
@@yourmum69_420Hey man, show me how to play, let me practice with you, I am new to the game of Chess
@@pandajrmarvellous7959 I'm new too tbh. I was playing against another noob and I guess I got lucky that it worked. You'd be better off learning from someone who knows what they're doing, like watching more of these youtube videos
I love that the B2 pawn never moved the whole game
Bad ass
It's amazing how the pawns sent the knights to retreat and ended up locking the knights and their Bishops from moving forward.
Yes, the black was completely locked down.
Moving your pawn to that 6th rank is absolutely BRUTAL for knights, they have to make an exchange with another piece or put their knight in an uncomfortable position you can later leverage with a pin or a fork. I'd say a1, h1, and e6,d6 as white are top priority moves if they bring out their knights and queens without the pawn walls.
You have to sac a knight or Bishop at some point, so it white don't has 100℅ control
All he had to do was attack the center back, instead he just kept devloping his minor pieces and neglecting the ever moving center pawns.
I wonder what the black did wrong and it seems to be that he didn't properly developed his own pawns...
The reason this was such a good breakdown is that you showed why certain moves weren't played. You played out what would happen if they were. That was good for seeing what was really happening - in the mental arena. You uncovered the mental battle ground. Your commentary on the chess computer's opinion at each point was great too. It built anticipation fantastically while educating on the facts. I came back again to comment because I loved this.
Thank you Super Aweber. Nice to see you again :).
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I feel like there is a backstory to this game. They probably knew each other & Diemer know Thomas would be passive. He used that to his advantage.
I am not sure to be honest. Thank you for the comment.
Yeah black started so slow....
Excellent point a behaviorists game
It's also likely that Diemer opted for an unconventional opening for the same reason, possibly to throw his opponent off guard.
When your main line experienced members are on a LUNCH BREAK & you have to manage the war with NEW JOINEE INTERNS!
Lmao. I have to pin your comment.
And after they come back from the break, the supervisor (Queen) strikes in like "Ayoo, wth is going on here?", then proceeds to rock in
I just won 3 out of 5 games by pushing only pawns....seemed like it really threw people a curve ball.
Wow, nice to hear that.
When they think i am gonna take, but no, i decided to push forward even more! It's choking your opponent slowly.
Send me your id let’s play I am gonna punish you for that 😅
@@ashwing2713wow you're so cool
Diemer was a chess fanatic and open tournament nomad. This game was played in the 80s at an Open in Nürnberg. Because he missed the price money (there were several GM and IM playing, and the tournament was short) he couldn't pay his hotel bill - so there was a "fundraiser" among the players in the end :D. Heiling was about Oberliga strength (below 2nd Bundesliga). Diemer's agressive and unconventional play made him very dangerous against weaker players. Especially young players often derive a lot of their strength from theory knowledge. Leaving these paths early diminished these players' strength, and reduced them to their own thinking and tactical prowess. Also imagine the psychological burden of being at the receiving end of such a line. Very uncomfortable. It was not the only unconventional game he played in this tournament, but the most spectacular. His entertainment value was definitely high, so the fundraiser was successful.
Wow. Thank you for this thorough information.
Is it just me or does anyone get a brain cramp when watching players make super quick moves? This content is perfect for me. Great video
I don't know the time control in this game and how much time black had when he started making "mistakes". Thank you for the comment.
In other games? Well it depends. But on this specific game we do not know of the speed in which the players made their moves
when i first started playing i would do something like this, advancing pawns like a madman and i got to 650. Then I started to learn a bit of theory and "properly" develop. This is when I started to lose games and i got quickly to 400s.
You have to have some idea when you advance pawns. Pushing pawns without any idea is not good. Thank you for the comment.
Really suspense story with a shock ending. Good job! 🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂
same except I got to 800 and I am still around 800 after learning what is developing.
pawns don't have reverse gear. so need to be very careful. pawn's sacrifice is similar to soilder loosing in border tussle. and is quite painful.
Very interesting game using a strategy I might have used after too many drinks, but hell, it worked! I guess it threw Heiling off his game trying to figure out what in the hell Diemer was doing. Enjoyed your breakdown. Subbed.
Thank you for the kind words.
Except you would have lost all your pawns.
@@jakemccoy Maybe :)
That was an incredible game! Thank you for sharing this. I was utterly kind blown and on the edge of my seat watching it unfold
Thank you for the comment. I am really glad you enjoyed it.
It was quite a game wonderful to see these pawns advancing and infiltrating with such effectiveness Hell yes
Really different game played here, a lesson for those who think pawns are worthless
Absolutely. Thank you for the comment.
So you aren't worthless after all
Not at all. This is a good lesson for people _receiving_ such a pawn storm at them. White played objectively bad moves, but it is psychologically menacing if you don’t know how to respond. Black made key errors in terms of pawn breaks and development. They should, for instance, have developed their pieces and happily give away a pawn or two and absolutely crush white for their not developing and completely compromising their position. Materialism and poor intuition leads to such poor positions for black.
@@microitos9754 and that's why you're a grandmaster
@@sashimi879 Don't know if that's a sarcasting insult or a compliment, but I'll go with the latter ;)
Pawns are more powerful than people give credit. Yeah they move vertical unless when capturing, but the thing that makes them powerful is that anyone of them can be promoted to either a bishop, castle or queen.
Yes, agree. That is really showcased in top tier games. Also, people who underestimate the unusual play or opening and don't try to evaluate the position usually end up like black here. Thank you for the comment.
@@castlequeenside I tried to edit it... it should have said, "move vertical". And I forgot to mention the knight. KZhead just kept giving me the "return error" message...
@@skilz8098 No problem I understood you.
@@castlequeenside Don't say "The white" and "The black" ... it is just White and Black without the definite article.
Thats why an entire pawn file is worth almost as much as queen due to positional power
New to chess, this is definitely the best breakdown of a game I've ever watched
Wow. Thank you so much for the kind words.
Might as well call this "bishop is manager, horse is general manager; queen, king and castle are general executives"
Happy to find your channel, was looking for videos on pushing/passing pawns even though I shouldn't I have been having fun opening with pushing and developing as little as possible for a while, just to focus on pawns for a bit. It has been Really Fun, and caused some fun games. Great Video, thanks for sharing it. I just subbed and shared it with a buddy. cheers.
Wow. Thank you for the kind comment and encouraging words. I agree, if people underestimate pawns and they don't respond properly in the opening - dangerous stuff can happen 😃
Man Thomas missed some incredible simple pawn steals
Yes, he started a bit too late. Thank you for the comment.
when exactly? the b 5 pawn wasn't takeable at 1:59 because of the move qa5 for black after taking with the bishop
@@brent4674 True, he probably means it in the later stages.
When?
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I want everyone to know. This guy woke up 1 day and decided he wanted to go down in history by humiliating someone else.
Lol.
Truly a pushing P moment
Very interesting game. I'm surprised I've never seen it analyzed before. I really appreciate you sharing this.
You are welcome. I am glad you liked it. Thank you for the comment.
Thank you very much for your explanations of the what ifs. That was really great!
You are welcome, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video, comprehensive explanation of game and alternative moves. One of the best I've seen.
Thank you for the comment Jeffrey.
In hindsight, black should have slaughtered some of those pawns earlier instead of playing footsies.
Yes, but then we wouldn't have this historic position.
This probably one of the weirdest games ive seen but then became one of the more complex one with beautiful complicated moves by white. That was very impressive play by both but specially Heiling. Thx for sharing this :)
You mean Diemer probably....
@@billybizar Yes you are totally correct. I totally mixed them up meant the dude playing in white :D which u correctly pointed out is Diemer :)
What if grandmasters were 100 ELO
Finally! A game that has never been seen before.
Oh yes.
Great video, really like the fact that you showed how certain scenarios would play out in case of a specific move.
Thank you for the watching and commenting Pavle. Glad you liked it.
Well done. Clear, concise, informative. Subscribed.
Thank you so much.
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Thank you for posting this! I've run into this strategy a couple of times, and it's been tricky as hell to figure out how to respond. Having this game to study will be a big help. 🙂👍
Thank you for the comment my man.
This is a great strategy in bullet games. Your baffled opponents will waste time trying to figure out what to do since mostly all they see is book openings.
I agree.
In Starcraft, this would be like Zealot rushing early so hard that you prevent your opponent's natural expansion.
Haven't played Starcraft so I'm gonna have to take your word :D.
Using only pawns will eventually get you in trouble with a skilled chess player.
True.
Thank you for the detailed explanation and strageies. It was really helpful.
You are welcome Pirate Cat. I appreciate the comment. Have a nice day.
Diemer just needed that "Play only pawns for 15 turns and win the game" achievement
Lol :D
My two cents: One: the aim of developing one's pieces in chess revolves around the thoughts of power projection, board control, and having pieces defending and supporting each other. Most modern strategies do this by punching holes past one's own pawn line and squeezing their back rank pieces past. Emil simply does this by advancing his pawns. Why does it work here? The back rank pieces are still supporting the pawn structure by simply *being there*. Emil was moving his pawns forward in ways that reflect this. Two: there is one principle that Emil doesn't break. That principle being the importance of pawns in the endgame... Particularly passed pawns. Now all of the early game pawn moves pay off: Emil has more than enough passed pawns to get a key promotion at a critical time putting black in an impossible situation. As an added bonus: there is still a pawn on b2 for the king to hide behind to avoid perpetual rook checks in the endgame.
Well said.
Great take! I was wondering why he left that single one alone!
I was cheering like it was a UFC match. Thanks for making such an enjoyable and suspenseful video
Hahahaha. Thank you for the amazing comment.
Subbed. This was the first vid I've seen from your channel and I really enjoyed the game, your delivery and pace!
Thank you so much. It really means a lot to me.
Legendary match! Great video, thanks for posting!
Thank you my man. Glad you enjoyed it.
Now I'm opening with only pawns every game.
Wow! He mastered him. Simplicity is so powerful. Like drops of water.
Exactly.
very rarely will your opponent play what black played here, in order to allow the steamroll
Yeah, black did try but it was too late for him...
One of the best chess videos on the internet.
Thank you my man.
As far as formatting goes, you should position the portraits of the player in relation to their position on the board. Or otherwise color code them. Emil’s portrait should be on the white side of the board or otherwise marked White
You are right Chris, it was one of my older videos and I forgot to double check that :).
His name is literally white and thomas is black. emil's name is highlighted to show it's white. i think you're trolling
@@noahfeazell3336 Using the color of the font is not sufficient or good design. Hence why all professional chess orgs use portrait position and consistent coloring. For example, in this video, one of the players is a white box with black text, which, in isolation, is not sufficient to deduce what pieces he has as its ambiguous. A viewer would have to look at the others player’s portrait and deduce who has what pieces from the white text in a blue field. Do you see the asymmetry there? If you looked at Emil’s portrait first you could (1) assume he’s white since the font is white, or (2) assume he’s black because of the universally adopted broadcasting convention of portrait position correlating with board position. I would need to look at the 2nd portrait to deduce the truth and the video maker’s convention. This is not good design. And the video maker agreed, so there’s that.
@@Chris.4345 It's usually a waste of time arguing with someone addicted to the moronic abuse of the word _literally._ 🙄
@@lucasgroves137 yeah like literally
That was a great game! I like the play that tests the limits of strategy!
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I think the algorithm likes him because of the way he says the white and the black.
Lol, I don't think so. One guy told me it is grammatically incorrect, I will try to change that in future analysis.
@@castlequeenside no don’t, it’s such a cool quirk, I reckon if u did a poll a fair few viewers would like it.
@@quilisma9102 Lol now I am in a dillema.
I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing.
Sometimes I think it is the play of the pawns that is the sleeper way to win in this game.
True, it kind of leaves the opponent confused.
@@castlequeenside Philidor said pawns are the soul of Chess. However, I doubt he would take it to this extreme! 😂😂😂 interesting though!
Thank you for going through this game
You are welcome.
When you break fundamentals to art it is convincing enough to be considered an art form.
Yeah.
What a great way to see what would happen if he just pushed all your pawns- without actually having to play the game.
I think moving only pawns would not be enough. Thank you for the comment.
I actually had a beginner player so this against me except he didn't know how to make it work as well as didn't understand opening theory or how to move his minor pieces at all.
@@georgewashingtoniv8745 For this to work, you really need to have an idea not just randomly pushing your pawns.
And he sacrifices HIS PIECES DEVELOPMENT!!!!!!!
Levi 🤣🤣
Power of the wee guys, united we stand, divided we fall :) Brilliantly unusual game, thanks!
Hehe. Thank you for comment
Incredible game, thanks for the pointer's on why certain moves weren't played.
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
And I thought I was over committing my pawns to often 😂
Lmao/
A great game with an excellent commentary, thank you and good luck with your KZhead chess site.,
Thank you for the kind words.
i sometimes get a game where the other player plays this kind of opening, hippopotamus defence has its lines, probably playable under gm level this is a variation that works well vs modern & indian defences , it is tricky to play against because there's no theory it forces you to calculate every move and probably the player playing this has more experience in this kind of games.
clear and concise. Cheers!
Thank you.
I've gone nuts with my pawns, but not so crazy it's genius.
Really unique! Thanks!
Glad you loved it.
Fascinating game. Great video
Thank you for watching.
Thank you very much that was informative clear concise to the point not a lot of wasting my time so I appreciate that.
You are welcome.
Fun game :D I wanna mention, that 4:14 c4 stops black playing c4 and giving him Nc5 ideas to solve the queenside developement.
Yes. Thank you for the comment.
what a great game, very unconventional opening. I'm impressed!
I love how you explain all the possible moves as I can't see past 2 moves haha you earned my sub sir!!!
Thank you. Glad you loved it.
I did a Google search for the simple phrase "pushing pawns" and this video came up as the first result. THAT'S what you call an immortal game
Wow cool.
Great video and definitely a great game. It's truly one of a kind! Edit: And he sacrifices, THE QUEEN
Yes, lmao. I will be adding that just for fun 😂😂
Well he also sacrificed THE ROOK.
@@kylezo Gotham 😄😄
The QUEEEEN and then the ROOOOOOK
@@train_xc LEVY😅
Wow incredible really enjoyed this game being it was so different it did look like quite the offensive game by white pushing those pawns he was bringing it to his opposition wonderfully Well done nice change of pace 🤩
Yes, he has a lot of in his repertoire.
This felt like watching a snake slowly squeezing the life out of its victim.
Lol, that is a great description.
Totally enjoyable and done very well!
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it.
I think this guy was just having fun. It’s also good theory to break “rules” like opening theory because it forces new positions and causes chaos. I imagine his opponent was used to playing on auto pilot and Emil took full advantage of that.
Yes I agree. When you look at Carlsen's online games he often tends to play modern openings to avoid theory because most of these players are really eager to showcase their knowledge of lines. Thank you for the comment.
7:39 Bishop to f4 also traps the black knight on h1. It can be snagged later.
True, but you would have to bring the king which would waste a couple of moves, since rook is covering g file and you would loose initiative. White was going for total victory and checkmate.
There is already a bishop on f4. Am I missing something?
I feel like this is a game between players of very different levels. It's like saying "I can beat you even with a trashy position while ignoring the principles of chess."
I don't know. Maybe, however I think white just completely shocked black.
Subbed. Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much. Really means a lot.
5:37 if he moves his knight to g5 and his queen to f6 white can checkmate correct?
Yes, at 6:53 there is to f7 with the queen and that is the reason black was forced to take the white queen. Thank you for the comment.
And it was in this position, on move number 17, that Diemer pushed another pawn.
Hahaha. I imagine people were waiting and betting on which piece he will develop first and when. Thank you for the comment.
I've just used the same strategy and completely controlled the game and won with a lot more points. Thanks for the video.
Thank you for the comment Ali :). I am glad it worked out.
You did a very good job explaining.
Thank you.
9:30 and now diemer decides... to sacrifice... THE ROOOOOK
Hahahah. True :D.
Emil Joseph Diemer being a Giga-KZhead this game. Good on him!
If he only knew :D
I liked this video man, keep it up!
Thank you Samuel. Glad you loved it.
Fantastic commentary and an amazing game. Subscribed
Thank you for watching.
wait wait wait I reached a similar position to this where I literally locked down his every. single. piece. and then it was hunting time with Bishop entering the game and eating away his pieces he resigned before we could reach such a beautiful end game
Nice 👍
The algorithm brought me here, and this looks good. Hope you get some proper views!
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Fate brought you here
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Such a 2023 comment.
Very instructive!❤
Thank you for the comment.
Nice presentation with a clear explanation. ❤
Thank you Ravichandran.
Would disagree with the notion that no major pieces were developed early. The two bishops diagonals were quite free just by pushing the pawns away. That should count as development as well :)
I guess you are right. However he did not moved his bishops. ;)
One of the greatest games I played that wow'd me was checkmating my opponent without taking any of his pieces. Wised I took a picture of it but yea, lol. It was a great game for me
That is nice to hear :D
This is the most dramatic chess match I have seen.
Thank you for watching.
Very interesting game. Thank you for sharing with us!
You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed it :D
at 2:00 why white does not take B5 pawn with bishop?
Because Qa5+. Already answered with full line. Thank you.
I love it when people try this at my rating, im a little over 1000. They end up over extending their pawns, while im developing minor pieces, and it goes down hill from there for them..
Yes, moving pawns without any plan is never a good idea.
I love this game! I read about it once and forgot the names! Thanks for covering this!
You are welcome. Glad you enjoyed it.
I play this way much lately and it is super fun.
It makes people sweat if they don't know how to respond. Thank you for the comment.
Beautiful game and analysis. Buy black basically threw away the game with 16.fxg5 instead of taking back on b5. Allowing connected past pawn is a big mistake. He would have pressure on a5 pawn, semi opened A file. His pieces would come alive and he would be able to castle no matter what white plays.
Hello there and thank you for the comment. Yes, this is true but the game would still be unclear. 16.axb5 17. gf6 Nxf6 18.Bb5+ Nbd7 19.a6. But you are right, black would be able to castle.