i don't know if it's just me, but antonio seems to be more excited and explained alot more when he covers older games, especially Tal ones. i love antonio's videos but i miss videos like this when he will tell you intricate stories whether it's about when was the first time the players play eachother, or how they met each other or what the player was thinking when he plays this weird moves that aren't recomended by the engine, or what the player's favourite food, literally every single detail that makes a single chess game seems like a journey. that's just what makes him different, and much more enjoyable than most ches youtubers out there.
In his defence, I'd say he has had more time to prepare and read up about the older games, plus he has the benefit of hindsight....With Antonio now knocking out games the same day they're played (an effect of his fantastic channel), he has very little time to go into the backstory or other lines on games.
That's his skill, he has a wonderful way of "storyifing" the games. That's why I like his channel, the game is the story, not him. I tried watching some other chess channels, but there's too much ego in the presenters. It is Antonio's relative weakness at chess that makes his delivery and channel so good, he doesn't make it about him, he doesn't criticise the moves or say what he would have done in the situation.
Agadmator: "Find Tal's next move." Me: Trying to make a Queen sac work for 5-10 minutes without seeing the continuation, but still confident it's a Queen sac. Agadmator: "Its a pawn push." Me: What alternate reality am I in?
@@hughmoore6970 i swear it was working for like 5 moves, but then the black queen got involved 😂 . Funniest thing about the whole thing was the b4 pawn push was the very first idea I had.
me: why wouldnt you just push the pawn? but agad said its the most brilliant move... agad: of course the most brilliant move is always pawn b4 fk he got us again
Years ago, I played them both in two separate simuls in NY. I of course lost both games. Spassky was a total comedian throughout all his games. He politely had fun, & let you have fun, while crushing you. Tal was more like a machine, also destroying everyone. I remember the line....When Tal sacrifices a piece, stick around. He'll soon sacrifice another one. When Spassky sacrifices a piece, Resign!
I didn't know this. I googled the current pic of spassky and i was shocked ! Spassky got so so old. It is very strange to see him old because i have seen him young in videos and suddenly i get to know that he is old now. It is very strange feeling.
Once again a beautifully lyrical duet that centers on the b pawn. The people at the bar and the library are still talking about Spassky v Tal as if it happened yesterday!
#suggestion Tylkowski vs Antoni Wojciechowski "The Pearl of Poznan" (1931) An immortal endgame. Two pieces couldn't prevent doubled pawns from reaching the last rank.
i think Tal was inviting Spassky to play B-C6 and fork the queen and rook, after exchanging the white queen for the Bishop, then exchange the rooks at f6, Tal can advance the pawn to queening, then Spassky has to sacrifice the black queen and we end in Rook vs Bishop game. but Spassky moved his queen to e5 and didn't fall for Tal's trap
I came to a similar conclusion, but what you said doesn't work I believe because black doesn't have to sac back the queen. The bishop on f6 covers the queening square. If Bc6 you can play Rxf7 and blacks queen is overworked and can't defend the bishop after recapturing the rook
Awesome game between 2 of the best attackers in it -- with interesting history as well as present condition of Boris too! Great coverage as well! Thanks.
Tal moved his C7 Rook to B7 to make room for OTHER ROOK (D1) on C7. That way, both rooks are on 7th rank, and both rooks are DEFENDED. The pawn on B3 is preventing Rook (on D1) from acquiring a DEFENDED position on the 7th.
Agad thank you for this very nice video!Just a little thing,Boris Spassky was 17 as the game was played in August 1954 and he is born on 30 January 1937,and also Tal was 17 as he is(legends never die) born on 9 November 1936. These great titans of chess showed the world their talents from such a young age...,very impressive!
12:30 Maybe when Tal played Rb7 he was trying to bait Bc6 forking the queen and rook and then you play Rxf7+ and now if queen captures you pick up the bishop? (Seems way too simple though but you never know maybe they were low on time)
At 9:51 Agadmator - this greatest move you can ever play Me - calculating Qxf7 and Rxd7 lines Agadmator - the move is non other then b4 Me - ....WTF .!
You mistakenly said that Tal was 18 and Spassky was 19 at the time of this game but Tal was born in November 1936 whereas Spassky was born in January 1937.
@Agadmator...At 12:05 when Tal played 1.Rb7 , I think he might be considering Spassky will get tricked while looking for tactics with 1..Bc6 pinning queen and rook.Here Tal might've been looking for 2.Rxf7+ Qxf7 3.Qxc6 causing white to gain a winning advantage.
At 12:03 Rb7 is a trick to win black's light square bishop. If black were to play Bc6 with a double attack on the rook and the queen, white plays rook takes rook with check. Once the queen recaptures the rook on f7, white simply grabs the unguarded bishop on c6. Feel free to add further explanations or correct me if I'm wrong.
That's the difference chess has been through. Now playing something that your opponent is good at means, you've spent months analysing best possible engine moves in every position. Back then it meant messing with your opponent's head and trying to show who's boss.
These legends produced best games , not just stick to theory but Play with passion , creatively and with love towards game unlike most of today's game where top players just follow books. That's why he have said 4:24
I think Tal played rook to b7 to trick Spassky into playing bishop to c6 thinking that the rook and queen are forked, but then rook takes on f7 immediately wins for white as the black king cannot take as white queen is guarding it, and if black queen takes, then white queen takes c6 and white is up the exchange. If the black king moves, then there are a few options that white has and I think Tal would be winning from there on out. Tal might have not wanted to deal with the bishop pair and tried to bait Spassky with a few tricks.
Tal doesn't plays the best move but we still believe it was some deep calculation Such was the power and magic of the Magician from Riga Nobody except the engines have a right to question Tal's moves
Spassky is alive. Unfortunately, not in as good health as we could hope for. He has had 2 strokes in the last 12 years, with all the concequences for a 84 year old man.
At first I figured "the greatest move you could ever play" involved a queen sac of some kind, but it's so obvious now. How could I ever forget the illustrious Evans 🤦♂️
According to Kasparov's book, neither Tal nor Korchnoi, especially Tal, could not compete with Spassky in his best years since their play, especially that of Tal, could easily be read by Spassky like a book. Even Fischer got owned by Spassky up until the 1972 title match.
I see Mikhail Tal, I drop everything and click the video!
Why didn't you drop your phone
Me too.
@@Prachan7 interesting
@@Prachan7 Because it was already on my desk
*drops the baby
i don't know if it's just me, but antonio seems to be more excited and explained alot more when he covers older games, especially Tal ones. i love antonio's videos but i miss videos like this when he will tell you intricate stories whether it's about when was the first time the players play eachother, or how they met each other or what the player was thinking when he plays this weird moves that aren't recomended by the engine, or what the player's favourite food, literally every single detail that makes a single chess game seems like a journey. that's just what makes him different, and much more enjoyable than most ches youtubers out there.
AbdulPls 🙏🙏🙏
Because Tal
In his defence, I'd say he has had more time to prepare and read up about the older games, plus he has the benefit of hindsight....With Antonio now knocking out games the same day they're played (an effect of his fantastic channel), he has very little time to go into the backstory or other lines on games.
That's his skill, he has a wonderful way of "storyifing" the games. That's why I like his channel, the game is the story, not him. I tried watching some other chess channels, but there's too much ego in the presenters. It is Antonio's relative weakness at chess that makes his delivery and channel so good, he doesn't make it about him, he doesn't criticise the moves or say what he would have done in the situation.
@@Noelito40 I am town hall 7 on clash of clans
Agadmator: "Find Tal's next move."
Me: Trying to make a Queen sac work for 5-10 minutes without seeing the continuation, but still confident it's a Queen sac.
Agadmator: "Its a pawn push."
Me: What alternate reality am I in?
@@hughmoore6970 i swear it was working for like 5 moves, but then the black queen got involved 😂 . Funniest thing about the whole thing was the b4 pawn push was the very first idea I had.
everyone familiar with agadmator lore knows b4 is the greatest move... he gave us a hint there
me: why wouldnt you just push the pawn? but agad said its the most brilliant move...
agad: of course the most brilliant move is always pawn b4
fk he got us again
it’s also an evans gambit joke lol
Same here😂
Spassky is so underrated in terms of learning source. May god bless him with good health.
Poor Spassky had to lose to Fischer
🎯
spassky is still alive???
@@fahad5593 He is. He had a stroke a few years ago, and was partially paralyzed, which is why we don't see much of him.
Looks like our Quasar already has!
Reminds me of the good old days when there were so many Tal games still to cover in the channel
Lol there's still a ton left.
Years ago, I played them both in two separate simuls in NY. I of course lost both games. Spassky was a total comedian throughout all his games. He politely had fun, & let you have fun, while crushing you. Tal was more like a machine, also destroying everyone.
I remember the line....When Tal sacrifices a piece, stick around. He'll soon sacrifice another one. When Spassky sacrifices a piece, Resign!
This makes sense if your a 1200 rated player.
@@JohnSmith-un9jm I was about 1800 at that time.
@@russelllomando8460 An 1800 player back in the old days is now a 1200 player, because of the advent of computer chess.
@@JohnSmith-un9jm Yep...I'm sliding down that slippery slope.
@@qaghzz The truth hurts from another 1200 rated player as you yourself are.
"If you miss the opportunity to play b4 in this opening or any other opening , you may miss your opportunity to win the game" - Agadmator 2021 .
Interesting how he manages to throw it in there right? :D
Like my brother always says, "When you snooze, you lose." Or "He who hesitates, masturbates."
I think I'll just start all of my games with b4 then! Followed by the bongcloud of course.
"... The greatest move you can ever play..." immediately I looked for a Knight to move backwards.
Ha, ha. So did I!
I recently found out that a family member of mine was a judge in the chess Olympic in Russia in 1980’, which Tal participated
nice!
@@agadmator nice!
@@OswinOsgood nice!
@@OswinOsgood nice!
@@oussamaelbaz5932 nice!
Fun fact: Boris Spassky is the oldest living world chess champion.
Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream
I didn't know this. I googled the current pic of spassky and i was shocked ! Spassky got so so old. It is very strange to see him old because i have seen him young in videos and suddenly i get to know that he is old now. It is very strange feeling.
@@ImprovePath 84 years will do that to a person!
He’s actually the second oldest person to ever live
For now
B4 in the endgame. Or as I call it: The Hyper-Delayed Evan's Gambit
Once again a beautifully lyrical duet that centers on the b pawn. The people at the bar and the library are still talking about Spassky v Tal as if it happened yesterday!
#suggestion
Tylkowski vs Antoni Wojciechowski
"The Pearl of Poznan" (1931)
An immortal endgame. Two pieces couldn't prevent doubled pawns from reaching the last rank.
Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream
(Tal, Morphy) + Agad = Heaven.
static_assert(decltype(std::declval().value_or(Morphy{}).operator+(Agad{}))::value == Heaven::value);
@@traumdatum806 amazing reply
@@pritamrakshit4524 get good kid
@@pritamrakshit4524 you don't have to problematize everything too
@@stevansham2385 😅😅i thought it would be funny...but it turned wrong😬😅but didnt intend to problematize
i think Tal was inviting Spassky to play B-C6 and fork the queen and rook, after exchanging the white queen for the Bishop, then exchange the rooks at f6, Tal can advance the pawn to queening, then Spassky has to sacrifice the black queen and we end in Rook vs Bishop game. but Spassky moved his queen to e5 and didn't fall for Tal's trap
I came to a similar conclusion, but what you said doesn't work I believe because black doesn't have to sac back the queen. The bishop on f6 covers the queening square. If Bc6 you can play Rxf7 and blacks queen is overworked and can't defend the bishop after recapturing the rook
you can take the black rook with your rook, its check and the king wont be able to take, if the white queen takes it then the bishop is undefended.
I agree.
Correct
correct
lmao, when antonio said greatest move you can play i immediately knew it's b4 xd
Awesome game between 2 of the best attackers in it -- with interesting history as well as present condition of Boris too! Great coverage as well! Thanks.
When 2 great powers collide this is what you get
WHAT A GAME!!! 😍😍😍
My manifestation: I requested tal game in previous video & here it is!!
Thanks
“Shall I play the move now, after, or before?”
“Always b4” 😄
The Saviour of this great channel is back
Agadmator is the only channel I have notifications on.. Best chess channel on RUclips. Keep it up my guy.
Tal moved his C7 Rook to B7 to make room for OTHER ROOK (D1) on C7.
That way, both rooks are on 7th rank, and both rooks are DEFENDED.
The pawn on B3 is preventing Rook (on D1) from acquiring a DEFENDED position on the 7th.
Funny thing is " everyone is came only for Mikhail tal and for agadmator " 😂❤️
I came for just Spassky
"The greatest move you can ever play is pawn to b4"
Agatmator-2021
Funny you should say that. I played a game yesterday where my opponent blundered by playing b4
Tal parents knew what kind of genius their son was that's why they put hail in his name
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Please show Samsonov vs Nezhmetdinov 1929! I haven'r seen a checkmate quite like this in a while! Thanks! It's a quick one :) #suggestion
#suggestion
#suggestion
1959?
@@Ashish-yo8ci 1929 :) the earliest played game by Nezh I could find!
Ρε αρχιδακο, που το ξέρεις εσύ αυτό το παιχνίδι;; Μιλάμε είναι όντως φοβερό
I see 2 legends so I cut my conversation and watch
Feel like I've just been told off for writing in the description, apologies Agad! ahhaha
I just wanted to say that agadmator's chess chanel made me love and play chess again. Thank you soo much. I really admire your work🙏🙏
0:01 this is me when i walk into tesco’s and there’s lots and lots of my friends there
Agad thank you for this very nice video!Just a little thing,Boris Spassky was 17 as the game was played in August 1954 and he is born on 30 January 1937,and also Tal was 17 as he is(legends never die) born on 9 November 1936. These great titans of chess showed the world their talents from such a young age...,very impressive!
Thanks agad for this video. It was really awesome. A game between legends.
#suggestion Maybe you could add the ratings of the players (where available or applicable) for just a bit more info. Cheers :))
I have been watching many of your older videos as well as some of the more recent ones and really enjoy them all.
Agad, please more of this old games of old grandmasters like Fischer, Tal, Spassky, Petrosian.
Now that's getting back to the good stuff
The Gentleman vs. The Magician!
12:30 Maybe when Tal played Rb7 he was trying to bait Bc6 forking the queen and rook and then you play Rxf7+ and now if queen captures you pick up the bishop? (Seems way too simple though but you never know maybe they were low on time)
a game featuring tal is always fun.. thanx for the suggestion man.
At 9:51
Agadmator - this greatest move you can ever play
Me - calculating Qxf7 and Rxd7 lines
Agadmator - the move is non other then b4
Me - ....WTF .!
You mistakenly said that Tal was 18 and Spassky was 19 at the time of this game but Tal was born in November 1936 whereas Spassky was born in January 1937.
@Agadmator...At 12:05 when Tal played 1.Rb7 , I think he might be considering Spassky will get tricked while looking for tactics with 1..Bc6 pinning queen and rook.Here Tal might've been looking for 2.Rxf7+ Qxf7 3.Qxc6 causing white to gain a winning advantage.
The comment I have been searching for.
Makes sense, good job spotting it.
Tal wouldn’t play a move just in the hope that his opponent would blunder a simple tactic, he must have had some other reason for this move.
At 12:03 Rb7 is a trick to win black's light square bishop. If black were to play Bc6 with a double attack on the rook and the queen, white plays rook takes rook with check. Once the queen recaptures the rook on f7, white simply grabs the unguarded bishop on c6. Feel free to add further explanations or correct me if I'm wrong.
Excellent analysis.
"You cannot write in the description, that is something only I can do" this is the reason why I love agadmator. 😂
Djes ba Toni! Samo da napomenem, komsije te vjerno prate! Tuzla, BiH.
Bonita partida entre dos grandes jugadores de ataque, gracias 😊
Spassky is still alive, but I don’t think his health is too great from some recent reports. But he’s still here!
12:11 he asked "if any of u have any idea why tal played rb7".
Did he really think we'll have any idea?
That's the difference chess has been through. Now playing something that your opponent is good at means, you've spent months analysing best possible engine moves in every position. Back then it meant messing with your opponent's head and trying to show who's boss.
This is what happens when you try to get into Tal's head.' Do share in the description ' 😂🙂
Please cover the matches between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1992 .
#suggestion
Wow, sacrificing the queen and promoting to a knight. What a beautiful game. Big respect for Spassky.
I'm a simple man.
I saw agadmator's new video, I clicked.
I saw Mikhail Tal on thumbnail, I clicked much faster.
A man of true class.
#suggestion. Tigran petrosian vs David Bronstein. Amsterdeam Candidates 1956 Round 2. Blunder of the century.
These legends produced best games , not just stick to theory but Play with passion , creatively and with love towards game unlike most of today's game where top players just follow books. That's why he have said 4:24
Isn't that the point...🤡
I think Tal played rook to b7 to trick Spassky into playing bishop to c6 thinking that the rook and queen are forked, but then rook takes on f7 immediately wins for white as the black king cannot take as white queen is guarding it, and if black queen takes, then white queen takes c6 and white is up the exchange. If the black king moves, then there are a few options that white has and I think Tal would be winning from there on out. Tal might have not wanted to deal with the bishop pair and tried to bait Spassky with a few tricks.
The lesson of the day. B4 is a must play
Amazing game :D thanks for this! There can never be enough games from these Soviet Gods :P
Tal doesn't plays the best move but we still believe it was some deep calculation
Such was the power and magic of the Magician from Riga
Nobody except the engines have a right to question Tal's moves
Agad plz cover more spassky videos, he is so underated.
@@hughmoore6970 nah! That's fine. He was a former world champion.
Excellent see-saw game between two masters ..... And excellent exposition, thks.
Thx 🙏🏻 Antonio! Great presentation. ♾ d
A really beautiful game. Thanks for sharing.
Finally, a Tal game! ❤️
A Ritual: You like a tal video before watching the game.
True
It is always a pleasure to see Tal...
you da man antonio. thank you for your good work.
Wow, what a beautiful game. Might be my second favourite after Ivanchuk spanking Kasparov in Linares 91.
When you’re so early the agadmator notification hasn’t come out yet;)
The first game between Vishy and Tal is also their only recorded game!
Defeating Tal in Tal's style! What a player he used to be...
A new fav character UNLOCKED
Boris Spassky
Maybe Tal just didn't want to change the position of any other piece, and that was the only move that wouldn't weaken the other pieces.
I'm glad to see the first game between these two legends go to Spassky
It doesn't matter if tal win or loss. At last the only thing that matter is one them is creative genius mikhail tal.
Yea
Even though Fischer destroyed him, Spassky was a boss, make no mistake about that....However, this game was definitely a clash of titans here
I love "the greatest move you can always play is b4"
Thank you very much Agad!!!
"Tal's mind games were fully operational at the age of 18."
- Agadmator, a legend.
Dog in the background is the real MVP
Medo, good boy!
Mikhail Tal vs Magnus would be something.
They should totally make a Tal bot but i guess it'd be very difficult to incorporate Magic in bot.
@@chauhanvats3 they don’t need to. We know have Danil Dubov the reincarnated of Mikhail Tal
I like how agad promotes every move of Tal even if it's silly .
Spassky Vs Tal that's enough to click this video
Never clicked so fast in my life
Where have I seen this move b4?
Spassky is alive. Unfortunately, not in as good health as we could hope for. He has had 2 strokes in the last 12 years, with all the concequences for a 84 year old man.
I’m a simple man. I see Tal in the title, I like the video.
Finally, an old game again :P :D
Finally! a Tal game in HD from agad!
He covers historical chess so well!
Bravo!
The 1.1 Mill Club! Congrats
Great 👍 Idea 💡 doing these First Games! Bravo 👏
At first I figured "the greatest move you could ever play" involved a queen sac of some kind, but it's so obvious now. How could I ever forget the illustrious Evans 🤦♂️
"When I play Chess, I don't just beat you, I crush your will to live"
It won't result in flow then
Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream
Great game. Tal will always be my favorite player. Love his aggressive style
"You cannot write in the description; that's something only I can do." -agadmator
Never seen someone force Tal to sacrifice his queen with an underpromotion. What a game!
Holy crap, that first move was explosive!
According to Kasparov's book, neither Tal nor Korchnoi, especially Tal, could not compete with Spassky in his best years since their play, especially that of Tal, could easily be read by Spassky like a book. Even Fischer got owned by Spassky up until the 1972 title match.