I haven't studied chess for a long time, and I barely play anymore. But every night, after a long day of work, it's such a pleasure to watch your videos. And I just wanted to thank you for that. 😊
What he said was not wrong. He said the knight was no longer defended and that is correct. It's not being defended by the queen, but it's also not under attack due to the pin, since there is no way to win that piece since its pinned then there's no "attack"
This is in the style of Nimzowitsch, with his "mysterious rook moves" and "rank n prophylaxis" which were meant to convince the opponent that he had missed something.
In all situations such as the Evans, you are the expert and, almost certainly, your opponent is not. Playing ten minutes that's a significant advantage. My friends Tim Harding (Ireland) and George Botterill (ex British Champion) wrote a monograph on the Evans some fifty years ago.
At 8:38 I really like bishop a3 because it threatens Night e5, then you’re controlling a lot of squares and can bring the a1 rook to attack on the e file
Always enjoy your videos Antonio- keep up the good work. Am I missing something? On approximately move 21, when you moved your queen from f3 to d2, wasn't the Bishop on f5 free? Why NOT take it with the knight that was on d4? I am not the best at Chess- but that bishop looks free to me.
@@thelo8058 Good point! Those pesky long range bishops! Maybe best would be preparing the Knight takes on f5 by connecting rooks and making some new threats at the same time with bishop to a3 first?
Well played Agad! Your obsession with B4 finally seems to pay dividends this time because Lena took the gambit and almost certainly she didn't know how to play it and losing a lot of time in the process like you mentioned ;)
Hi Antonio - you asked us to comment on any ways you can improve, and having watched every video so far from this series I do have one suggestion (even tho I’m a player about 200 points lower ranked than you). I just feel like you consistently underestimate the potential of the opponents minor pieces’ (like the white bishop in this video, or the knight few videos ago - there were other examples too). I guess it could be beneficial for you to double check on your assessment in similar situation where you can trade?
Your opponent could not get his offense going he was playing with one rook still in the garage as much as his Bishops seemed to be threatening your pieces he never captured anything he left it up to you to make the dynamic offensive moves pretty good especially at the end his game just came apart Thanks for the game enjoy your day hope to see more always look forward to it
#suggestion "The New Morphy?" I saw a recent interview quote from Hikaru whether or not Morphy should be considered for the Great Of All Time. He suggested Morphy's rating by today's evaluation would be around 2200. Agad just went to 2247 with his victory here. The only thing now lacking is an Immortal game to put Agad up there in a discussion with the Greatest Of All Time! Come on Antonio, we all know you can do it. 👍😎
@@awriter1214 "some people" didn't do that, I did. I thought our dear friend would get a smile out of it. I hadn't calculated that some people don't have a sense of humor. I'm not saying you, I'm saying some people. :) As a wise old chess instructor once said, (I can't remember who) there's nothing more to be done here. 😎
Agad's estimated monthly revenue from RUclips is between 1.2k to 19k. (Probably close to the lower value because he don't show ads). He don't show paid sponsorships also. So this guy could have earn millions of dollors with this amount of subscribers if he allow ads or sponsorships. Kudo's to Agad
2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner! Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc Magnus, Hikaru & FIDE cheated Wesley So in the 2022 WFRCC. Source: p1w4Rr-1fL Why isn't it unfair to Wesley So that FIDE lowered the WFRCC time controls from 60min in 2019 to 32.5min in 2022 ( w/o changing the name of course to 'rapid WFRCC'. if they change the name, then there's no problem ) considering the ff things? (Note: 45+15=60, and 25+5+2.5=32.5) Thing1 In the 2019 WFRCC, Hikaru & Magnus did better in 17min games than 60min games. Wesley So did better in vice-versa. Thing2 Afaik - (0min,10min) = blitz - [10min,60min) = rapid - [60min,120min) = classical but unrated for 2200+ players. - [120min,infinity) = classical Hence, Wesley So should be the CLASSICAL WFRCC and then Hikaru is the rapid WFRCC. Wesley So beat Magnus 3x CLASSICAL (60MIN) games in a row HUMAN VS HUMAN, no computer prep! Thing3 Yet for some reason FIDE insists that both 32.5min & 60min are 'slow rapid' while 17min is 'fast rapid'. They didn't even define these terms. Check out the maths here: I see only 2 reasonable definitions for slow & fast rapid. -Def1 - Slow rapid means unrated classical [60,120) & fast rapid is rapid [10,60). This means: - There's no classical WFRCC. - Wesley So is slow rapid WFRCC. - Hikaru is fast rapid WFRCC. - Hence, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So. -Def2 - Fast rapid & slow rapid cut up rapid [10,60) into resp [10,35) and [35,60). 2 issues here: - 60min is not in either of these intervals. - Also, 32.5 is in [10,35). So neither 60 nor 32.5 are slow rapid. Lol. This means: - There's no slow rapid WFRCC. - Wesley So is classical WFRCC. - Hikaru is rapid WFRCC, specifically fast rapid WFRCC. - Hence, again, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So. - Def3 - The definitions must be: Since 15+2=17 is fast rapid, we must have - [10,X) fast rapid & - [X,120) slow rapid, for some 17 < X < 32.5. Like say X is some arbitrary number like X=20 or X=30. Lol yeah right!! Thing4 Conclusion: I believe the WFRCC was a conspiracy to get Hikaru / Magnus to win in parallel w/ the Hans Niemann situation. Think about this: - Magnus quits the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. 1 day later, Hans Niemann, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 CGC in that Hans is removed! - Magnus quits the 2023 WCC. 1 month later, Wesley So, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 WFRCC in that the time controls are reduced! I hardly believe this is a coincidence. I bet Magnus even directed (or conspired w/) FIDE to remove (and hence cheat) Sergey (not American but Jewish like Hans & Bobby) from the 2022 candidates. Sergey's replacement Liren even cited as role models: Magnus, Garry & Veselin instead of Wesley, Bobby & Vlad ( as described in FlNsFKeq-iE ). Of course there's no conspiracy at all if FIDE just says 'Ok Wesley So is classical WFRCC & Hikaru is rapid WFRCC. Sorry for the confusion!' For chess: The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life. For 9LX: The ability to play 9LX is the sign of a gentleman or a lady. The ability to play 9LX well is the sign that you're not Magnus Carlsen. LOL!!!! P.S. Wesley So on Lex Fridman xcdhgq P.P.S. Interview while imprisoned p1w4Rr-1Uk Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players? Uncle Bobby Fischer: My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random. - 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.
2nd: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer - Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer - Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer - Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'. Speaking of Wesley So Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc
I'm about 150-200 points lower than Agad and his opponents, but in some way I manage to find all moves that he and his opponents miss. Spectator always sees the board better than the player.
Blk bishop takes Wht knight ar 2:51 wins the knight and a rook for a queen plus a free move. Wht queen can't take Blk bishop otherwise Blk rook delivers checkmate.
These games are not interesting, you are not a very good player. You miss a lot. The analysis after the game is too fast. We do not learn too much about that. You often even fail the Evans gambit after the first few moves and seem not to know how to win it.
2nd: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer - Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer - Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer - Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'. Speaking of Wesley So Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend! 2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech. But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle it's so sharp [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"] 1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3 PS xcdhgq #suggestion #womeninchess #uschesschamps #uschess #uschesschamp #uscc
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I haven't studied chess for a long time, and I barely play anymore. But every night, after a long day of work, it's such a pleasure to watch your videos. And I just wanted to thank you for that. 😊
I use to watch these vids on my workout time. Helps a lot😃
21:05 in the game you realised the bishop is pinned at 14:30 but at 14:40 you forget it.
haha yeah i thought f3 was a no brainer ^^
What he said was not wrong. He said the knight was no longer defended and that is correct. It's not being defended by the queen, but it's also not under attack due to the pin, since there is no way to win that piece since its pinned then there's no "attack"
@@RedVenom1he said f3 would be a blunder. So what he said was wrong
This sequence killed me. Literally was screaming, the bishop is pinned!
@11:40 "I believe its +4"
-0.01 according to stockfish 😂
Nice 😅
Thanks!
I LOL’d at your “psych warfare pre-move” anticipating opponent’s queen sac, ha! I do this too and never heard it identified, thanks
This is in the style of Nimzowitsch, with his "mysterious rook moves" and "rank n prophylaxis" which were meant to convince the opponent that he had missed something.
In all situations such as the Evans, you are the expert and, almost certainly, your opponent is not. Playing ten minutes that's a significant advantage. My friends Tim Harding (Ireland) and George Botterill (ex British Champion) wrote a monograph on the Evans some fifty years ago.
Agadmator's rating continues to climb against better rated players. He is doing a splendid job of teaching us in the process. Big thanks.
An assertive game from Agadmator-well played!
Saw the title and started watching straight away. More Evans excitement!
I love your videos. I struggle in the endgame and these reviews help.
With such sharp openings, you walk on thin ice. However, it forces your opponent to walk on thin ice as well. Very tricky stuff
At 8:38 I really like bishop a3 because it threatens Night e5, then you’re controlling a lot of squares and can bring the a1 rook to attack on the e file
When I see a blunder, I retaliate with a blunder of my own, that's my style, sir!
12:28 Best remark ever. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🏆💯👍🏻
As with all Evans Gambits, my palms were sweating and I was talking to the computer screen like my grandmother watching her soap operas!
Really like watching your games as it is slow and more understandable for me. thanks
Always enjoy your videos Antonio- keep up the good work. Am I missing something? On approximately move 21, when you moved your queen from f3 to d2, wasn't the Bishop on f5 free? Why NOT take it with the knight that was on d4? I am not the best at Chess- but that bishop looks free to me.
You would go into the endgame hanging the rook on a1. Nxf5 Qxe3 and wouldn’t matter what you recapture the queen with the rook on a1 would fall
@@thelo8058 Good point! Those pesky long range bishops! Maybe best would be preparing the Knight takes on f5 by connecting rooks and making some new threats at the same time with bishop to a3 first?
‘He misplayed the opening but I just misplayed the game’ 23:30 ahahaha felt that
Well played Agad! Your obsession with B4 finally seems to pay dividends this time because Lena took the gambit and almost certainly she didn't know how to play it and losing a lot of time in the process like you mentioned ;)
Hi Antonio - you asked us to comment on any ways you can improve, and having watched every video so far from this series I do have one suggestion (even tho I’m a player about 200 points lower ranked than you). I just feel like you consistently underestimate the potential of the opponents minor pieces’ (like the white bishop in this video, or the knight few videos ago - there were other examples too). I guess it could be beneficial for you to double check on your assessment in similar situation where you can trade?
agadmator is my hero and the protagonist of chess and youtube
15:23 how would that be a blunder? The bishop is pinned
Edit: 21:15 he found out
I havent even watched the video yet but I feel sorry for this opponent
Agadmator vs Hanging Pawns would be nice.
HP is probably a better player, on normal days. However, Agadmator's seeming unorthodox style might probe a stump for him
Your opponent could not get his offense going he was playing with one rook still in the garage as much as his Bishops seemed to be threatening your pieces he never captured anything he left it up to you to make the dynamic offensive moves pretty good especially at the end his game just came apart Thanks for the game enjoy your day hope to see more always look forward to it
#suggestion CCT finals So vs Carlsen - the armageddon game
#suggestion "The New Morphy?"
I saw a recent interview quote from Hikaru whether or not Morphy should be considered for the Great Of All Time. He suggested Morphy's rating by today's evaluation would be around 2200. Agad just went to 2247 with his victory here.
The only thing now lacking is an Immortal game to put Agad up there in a discussion with the Greatest Of All Time! Come on Antonio, we all know you can do it. 👍😎
Shame how some people use hashtagsuggestion for petty attention. It's supposed to be used only for suggesting games
@@awriter1214 "some people" didn't do that, I did. I thought our dear friend would get a smile out of it. I hadn't calculated that some people don't have a sense of humor. I'm not saying you, I'm saying some people. :) As a wise old chess instructor once said, (I can't remember who) there's nothing more to be done here. 😎
Very nicely played
Long live the Evans! ❤
Agad's estimated monthly revenue from RUclips is between 1.2k to 19k. (Probably close to the lower value because he don't show ads). He don't show paid sponsorships also. So this guy could have earn millions of dollors with this amount of subscribers if he allow ads or sponsorships. Kudo's to Agad
Oh agadmator..it is most definitely Lena P;)
Thank you
10:08 Evans Gambit!? LOL.
4.b4 !? d5 !
This is a slap in the face to the Evans.
You have ignored this little known move.
Are you thinking about getting into classical games again Agad? I feel like you'd do good in Classical time format with your vast knowladge now..
The Evans gambit is always a lot of fun!
19:07 sue them for considering the evans as an inaccuracy
More time trouble again? Likely based on past games lol. Good luck , I've just started watching
2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner!
Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end.
#suggestion
#womeninchess
#uschesschamps
#uschess
#uschesschamp
#uscc
Magnus, Hikaru & FIDE cheated Wesley So in the 2022 WFRCC.
Source:
p1w4Rr-1fL
Why isn't it unfair to Wesley So that FIDE lowered the WFRCC time controls from 60min in 2019 to 32.5min in 2022 ( w/o changing the name of course to 'rapid WFRCC'. if they change the name, then there's no problem ) considering the ff things?
(Note: 45+15=60, and 25+5+2.5=32.5)
Thing1
In the 2019 WFRCC, Hikaru & Magnus did better in 17min games than 60min games. Wesley So did better in vice-versa.
Thing2
Afaik
- (0min,10min) = blitz
- [10min,60min) = rapid
- [60min,120min) = classical but unrated for 2200+ players.
- [120min,infinity) = classical
Hence, Wesley So should be the CLASSICAL WFRCC and then Hikaru is the rapid WFRCC.
Wesley So beat Magnus 3x CLASSICAL (60MIN) games in a row HUMAN VS HUMAN, no computer prep!
Thing3
Yet for some reason FIDE insists that both 32.5min & 60min are 'slow rapid' while 17min is 'fast rapid'. They didn't even define these terms.
Check out the maths here:
I see only 2 reasonable definitions for slow & fast rapid.
-Def1 - Slow rapid means unrated classical [60,120) & fast rapid is rapid [10,60).
This means:
- There's no classical WFRCC.
- Wesley So is slow rapid WFRCC.
- Hikaru is fast rapid WFRCC.
- Hence, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So.
-Def2 - Fast rapid & slow rapid cut up rapid [10,60) into resp [10,35) and [35,60).
2 issues here:
- 60min is not in either of these intervals.
- Also, 32.5 is in [10,35).
So neither 60 nor 32.5 are slow rapid. Lol.
This means:
- There's no slow rapid WFRCC.
- Wesley So is classical WFRCC.
- Hikaru is rapid WFRCC, specifically fast rapid WFRCC.
- Hence, again, Hikaru is NOT a successor of Wesley So.
- Def3 - The definitions must be: Since 15+2=17 is fast rapid, we must have
- [10,X) fast rapid &
- [X,120) slow rapid, for some
17 < X < 32.5.
Like say X is some arbitrary number like X=20 or X=30. Lol yeah right!!
Thing4
Conclusion:
I believe the WFRCC was a conspiracy to get Hikaru / Magnus to win in parallel w/ the Hans Niemann situation. Think about this:
- Magnus quits the 2022 Sinquefield Cup. 1 day later, Hans Niemann, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 CGC in that Hans is removed!
- Magnus quits the 2023 WCC. 1 month later, Wesley So, an American rival of Magnus, is harmed in another tournament, the 2022 WFRCC in that the time controls are reduced!
I hardly believe this is a coincidence. I bet Magnus even directed (or conspired w/) FIDE to remove (and hence cheat) Sergey (not American but Jewish like Hans & Bobby) from the 2022 candidates. Sergey's replacement Liren even cited as role models: Magnus, Garry & Veselin instead of Wesley, Bobby & Vlad ( as described in FlNsFKeq-iE ).
Of course there's no conspiracy at all if FIDE just says
'Ok Wesley So is classical WFRCC & Hikaru is rapid WFRCC. Sorry for the confusion!'
For chess:
The ability to play chess is the sign of a gentleman. The ability to play chess well is the sign of a wasted life.
For 9LX:
The ability to play 9LX is the sign of a gentleman or a lady. The ability to play 9LX well is the sign that you're not Magnus Carlsen. LOL!!!!
P.S.
Wesley So on Lex Fridman
xcdhgq
P.P.S.
Interview while imprisoned
p1w4Rr-1Uk
Pablo Mercado: So what is your advice to the Filipino chess players?
Uncle Bobby Fischer: My advice is to give up chess and take up Fischer Random.
- 2004Oct11, 15 years before nephew Wesley So became the inaugural WFRCC in CLASSICAL time controls.
this may be a silly question, but why does agadmator only get 7 rating points, while his opponent loses 14?
Very nice game
2nd: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer
- Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer
- Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer
- Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe
Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'.
Speaking of Wesley So
Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend!
2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech.
But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end.
move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle
it's so sharp
[Variant "From Position"]
[FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"]
1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3
PS
xcdhgq
#suggestion
#womeninchess
#uschesschamps
#uschess
#uschesschamp
#uscc
mr bentulan please it's been a week
Evans gambit always exciting, win or lose!😄😢👍👴
#suggestion Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen CCT armagedon game
You're probably already recording it lol, but I'll make the suggestion anyways
#suggestion CCT Wesley So v Magnus the Armageddon game
Give or take? You murdered your opponent!
You simply outplayed your opponent, here which is good enough :)
Αgad, since you re so much prepared in Evans, then your opponents would lose on time in rapids 😁
I didn't know that Lena Paul plays chess.
I'm not the only one that noticed
I gotta try that Evans gambit sometime 💎 HAPPY HOLIDAYS ANTONIO 🎄⛄🎅 Thanks for sharing the good moves
#suggestion Wesley So v Magnus Carlsen CCT armagedon game
i was literally playing the evans in a game online, i saw the notification and i beat my 1900 opponent in 17 moves
I'm about 150-200 points lower than Agad and his opponents, but in some way I manage to find all moves that he and his opponents miss. Spectator always sees the board better than the player.
My observer rating is about 2100. Actual play im around 1750
@@UserR2D2-je6nbLOL, well put
Did wonder why you didn't play queen check early, seemed to at least crowd the king and queen together with zero development.
Sadly the Jerome gambit is off the table
gg
Let’s face it: Evans Gambit is a lame opening! 😂
Blacks position is disgusting...lol great finish.
Blk bishop takes Wht knight ar 2:51 wins the knight and a rook for a queen plus a free move.
Wht queen can't take Blk bishop otherwise Blk rook delivers checkmate.
These games are not interesting, you are not a very good player. You miss a lot. The analysis after the game is too fast. We do not learn too much about that. You often even fail the Evans gambit after the first few moves and seem not to know how to win it.
2nd: Hans Niemann = next Bobby Fischer
- Wesley So = current Bobby Fischer
- Bobby Fischer's ghost = old Bobby Fischer
- Beth Harmon = Bobby Fischer in another universe
Each of these 4 'is a prodigy, had a rather dark childhood and is American'.
Speaking of Wesley So
Hikaru's (the rapid WFRCC) wife almost beat Wesley So's (the classical WFRCC) girlfriend!
2023 USCC - Indeed Carissa Yip won and thanked Wesley So as her secret second in the 2023 USCC closing ceremony speech.
But in Carissa vs Atousa, Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end.
move 54 for black is an 8-move equality puzzle
it's so sharp
[Variant "From Position"]
[FEN "1Q5k/3r1rn1/p3N3/Pp1p2P1/1q2p3/1B2R2P/5P2/6K1 b"]
1... Kh7 2. g6+ Kxg6 3. Rg3+ Kf6 4. Nxg7 Rxg7 5. Qf4+ Ke6 6. Qh6+ Kf5 7. Rxg7 Rxg7+ 8. Qxg7 Qxb3
PS
xcdhgq
#suggestion
#womeninchess
#uschesschamps
#uschess
#uschesschamp
#uscc