"Congratulations on realizing this is a forced checkmate in 22 moves." Antonio subtly alludes to his channel being so famous that even super GMs watch his videos. ☺️
Endgames are more important than openings...well until you reach such a high level that you want to quit chess for #9LX Edit: to clarify, high is relative to your personal preference in when chess is no longer fun. For Magnus and Wesley they're as high as they can get so that's that for them. But maybe when they were still 2000+ chess was still fun. Maybe for amateurs they find chess fun around 1400 lichess but stop finding it fun around 1700 lichess.
Interesting players, such rare, subtle positions and almost an brilliant escape to foil a fantastic attack and then it’s one square different by the king in the end game that is decisive.
Yes. The way he manipulated the king side pawns to open up lines for attack was impressive. However, why the hell did he decided to go into that end game when he have 2 rooks. 😂
@@hannicutie0.0 4th rank Past pawn with two knights and a room Vs 2 pawns and two rooks. The black king was already in front of the white pawns, all checks were unfavorable, and you're a grandmaster who thought you couldn't get checkmated by two knights.
@@talphazero1036 I have to say that trading the rook for a pawn was a bit premature. He could have done what most of us would do, and that is to put the rook behind the pawn. Or at least trade the rook for one of the knights. Anyway, great game and it always takes two to create such incredible positions
Harikrishna was long time india No.2 after Vishy Anand. It’s just like people don’t care who landed 2nd on Moon. He is a very strong endgame player. You even have a 1 hour lecture on hari’s endgames taken by GM Ben Finegold in the St.Louis RUclips chess channel. Hari is a highly positional and Most underrated player.
It's incredible to see these types of endgames in real games between 2700+ super grandmasters as well, checkmating a GM with 2 knights is just bonkers as you can't force a mate with 2 knights. Harikrishna just showed a Zugzwang endgame where even with a pair of knights. But with his good coordination with minor pieces he could still get to checkmate!
What a pleasure to finally see the infamous KNNKP endgame in a real game, and with a decisive result! I did drills in this before but the chess com computer didn't switch up the moves, so it wasn't very testing practice. Pulling this off against a GM and against the clock... Sheesh. Hats off to Mr. Harikrishna. Though I expect many of us were a little disappointed that Mr. Maghsoodloo didn't let it play out to that very pretty checkmate after b8=Q
Imho this game could easily become a classic. Parham’s combination to dodge mate at 7:48, only for Harikrishna to later pull off a rare mate in 20+ with the two knights, was remarkable.
When he said you need at least one pawn to force a checkmate with two knights, I thought Harry would force the White King into a position where the pawn blocks the King's escape square. But it turned out you need the pawn to avoid stalemating the White King! Wow, amazing endgame. 👍
Parham saw that Ra6 prevents checkmate after Ra8+ lands when he thrusted h6. Even Rxf4 was spot on! Inspite of that, losing by being tempted to grab opposition with Kg7 instead of Kh7 is quite unbelievable, but goes to show how complicated endgames can be. Beautiful game!
I remember you make a video on a game between Sergey karjakin and another grand master in Which karjakin was playing white and the game reach exactly like this end game where Sergey karjakin had two knights and a king against a pawn and a king. Sergey karjakin won that game. You should have put a link to that game in the description below 😊😊😊.
Reuben Fine in Basic Chess Endings explains the Troitzky line. I lost the YT link to a video of a Troitzky composition 4 Knights winning against a lone Queen. Korchnoi in his translation of Horwitz Endgames has added Troitzky's full analysis of 2 Knights against Pawn
Imagine being a GM and losing a known drawn position simply because you were not only previously unfamiliar with this particular endgame scenario, but you also were incapable of calculating it over the board.
[The engine says it´s a equal position] 3:45 Opponent: plays Knight to A4 Me: "sillly move, ur Knight is on the rim. I play pawn to G5" Opponent: "Knight to B6. Check and incidentally, mate" Me: "what just happend here?" 🤭
"congratulations on realising this is actually a forced check mate in 22 moves" ...yeah... Sure... How could you not see that, right :3 Antonio today is like those engines that call your move a blunder because you didn't see a forced mate in 27
This was indeed a rare one at this level, HorsesMate! As an Iranian, i root for Parham for sure (near Alireza). Alireza is famous now for some good reasons, but Parham is very capable too, although not a big name at chess yet. Bad, his thoughts at endgame didnt go well, or he didnt perform in the perfect way. Some timeLeft-info in the last phase of the game would be nice.
Yes, amazing rare endgame but...instead of white Na2 at 4:22, what about Na4 protecting P on b3 to help setup white B to E1 to eliminate black Bishop and soon black A pawn, thereby having a chance to double white rooks on A file, along with other white Bishop for possible mating attacks. Since White lost anyway, this may have been his only chance to win.
At 8:15 there's no reason to go to b7. That makes no sense at all. c7 defends the knight and prevents the check on the king. Black can't deliver mate, but he can go into the endgame up an exchange and a pawn.
1:40 I wonder why white captured a bad bishop, I know this is elementary chess theory, but in this position white's knight seems to be better than black's light square bishop (although it is placed in awkward square), because he is limited by his own pawns. About the endgame it is a true masterpiece, although it was still able to draw this position, black somehow made it a win with a spectacular mate with a two knights (mostly by opponents mistakes). Not that I would criticize it, Akiba Rubinstein mostly won in equal endgames due to blunders of his opponents, I guess in this way chess works.
King and two knights vs King and pawn from the worst possible position with best play is winning in 96 moves, buy before move 50 you must force the pawn to move or capture other pawn or piece.
agadmator: congratulations to you that found this is force checkmate in 22 moves. me: what the hell are you talking about? I only can see mate in 1 with hint in my chess app.
I watched one of Agadmator 's "Queen's Gambit" videos where he said that a game was based on a real life game with a changed end game. I think this game is dramatic enough that it would be a good candidate for a similar TV/film in the future!
At 11:59, the move Kd8 can be considered a mistake - Kb7 should be played. While Kd8 is good for a draw, it requires more precise play than Kb7, a case in point being the position at 12:16, when Kh7! is the only drawing move. In contrast, the defense is much simpler after Kb7. White's plan is to stay near the a8 corner, where the remaining White pawn, which can't be captured, serves a useful purpose by taking away the c6 square. Playing around with a tablebase, there doesn't seem to be any losing positions where the king is on or near a8. To play for a win, apparently Black has to drive the king out of this corner, and if the White king stays in the a8/b7/a6 area, the best Black can do is use his king and non-blockading knight to push the White king out to b4, where he has plenty of open space. Trying the trap the king now will be problematic, especially with the 50 Move Rule looming.
"Congratulations on realizing this is a forced checkmate in 22 moves." Antonio subtly alludes to his channel being so famous that even super GMs watch his videos. ☺️
And sentient databases.
“Congrats on finding checkmate in 22 moves!”
-Beep boop beep boop
lol ...that's exactly what I thought when he said that .... i think 2 move ahead and i write chess player in my bio. 😂😂
"White plays g4 grabbing space on the queenside."
If u want to go to psiatric clinic practice a mate with 2 knight s or knight and bishop 😂😂😂
Just goes to show how important it is to learn your endgames. Even a grandmaster can learn something. Great game
Yes , one of favourite endgames for sure.
Endgames are more important than openings...well until you reach such a high level that you want to quit chess for #9LX
Edit: to clarify, high is relative to your personal preference in when chess is no longer fun. For Magnus and Wesley they're as high as they can get so that's that for them. But maybe when they were still 2000+ chess was still fun.
Maybe for amateurs they find chess fun around 1400 lichess but stop finding it fun around 1700 lichess.
Even carlsen can learn something
@@nicbentulan who is so high rated that they quit chess for 960?
@@wicked5999 the legendary Bobby Fischer, you can watch vids about him saying how much he hated chess and created Fischer random, later named 960
I'm pretty sure Hari has been waiting for a 2 knights endgame right from when he was a kid.
I have never seen before this well known theoretical endgame where two knights mate a king coming up in a real game. This is incredible!
sergey karjakin did that long time ago OTB .
@@ziadoonahmed9160 I have not seen that game yet.
@@lalappanlolappan2605 Agadmator made a video on it I think
@@icefrip8680 Will search it out.
Karjakin vs Sevian
Honestly, one of my favorite games ever shown on this channel.
Same
Agreed
Check out karjakin vs sevian 2018 it had similar ending but even better execution
you should watch more then
Interesting players, such rare, subtle positions and almost an brilliant escape to foil a fantastic attack and then it’s one square different by the king in the end game that is decisive.
The way Maghsoodloo escaped mate is also impressive.
Yes. The way he manipulated the king side pawns to open up lines for attack was impressive. However, why the hell did he decided to go into that end game when he have 2 rooks. 😂
@@hannicutie0.0 4th rank Past pawn with two knights and a room Vs 2 pawns and two rooks. The black king was already in front of the white pawns, all checks were unfavorable, and you're a grandmaster who thought you couldn't get checkmated by two knights.
@@talphazero1036 I have to say that trading the rook for a pawn was a bit premature. He could have done what most of us would do, and that is to put the rook behind the pawn. Or at least trade the rook for one of the knights. Anyway, great game and it always takes two to create such incredible positions
His talent is in defence
By resigning? lol
Harikrishna was long time india No.2 after Vishy Anand. It’s just like people don’t care who landed 2nd on Moon. He is a very strong endgame player. You even have a 1 hour lecture on hari’s endgames taken by GM Ben Finegold in the St.Louis RUclips chess channel. Hari is a highly positional and Most underrated player.
There's not such thing as an an underrated player, only if he were not rated at all.
@@petremanole9534 He meant Hari is not much popular according to his level.
Welcome to life my friend...
Check out a video titled "Five brilliant moves by GM Harikrishna". It features some brilliant mating/winning tactical combinations.
"And it was in this position that we have a completely new setup".
1k likes incoming
It's incredible to see these types of endgames in real games between 2700+ super grandmasters as well, checkmating a GM with 2 knights is just bonkers as you can't force a mate with 2 knights. Harikrishna just showed a Zugzwang endgame where even with a pair of knights. But with his good coordination with minor pieces he could still get to checkmate!
You cant force mate just with two knight but you can force mate if opponent have pawn. Bcz no stalemate possible. Thats the beauty.
@@boredparticle0444 Note that 2 knights vs a pawn is not always forced checkmate due to 50 move rule
What a pleasure to finally see the infamous KNNKP endgame in a real game, and with a decisive result! I did drills in this before but the chess com computer didn't switch up the moves, so it wasn't very testing practice. Pulling this off against a GM and against the clock... Sheesh. Hats off to Mr. Harikrishna. Though I expect many of us were a little disappointed that Mr. Maghsoodloo didn't let it play out to that very pretty checkmate after b8=Q
Imho this game could easily become a classic. Parham’s combination to dodge mate at 7:48, only for Harikrishna to later pull off a rare mate in 20+ with the two knights, was remarkable.
I correctly guessed Kg4. The next 21 moves to checkmate were a bit of a mystery.
Meh, we'll give it to you... congrats!
😂😂@@PaperGrape
I know I know after 2 years but this was funny😂
Is Medo travelling with you? Is he giving you his usual advice on analysis of the games?
WOW, I was on the edge watching this game. Took my breath away. Chess is the greatest game ever!!! These GMs are unbelievable!!!
this should be branded as 'Immortal'' in my opinion, absolutely brilliant
It's not very innovative for an immortal
@@oscaro.172 eh
@@oscaro.172 Literally game of the year material lol
It's a standard checkmate. It's just rare since it requires you to actually know how to mate with two knights.
REALIZING that there is a forced mate in 22 really worth all the congrats in the world))))))))
He must have studied this endgame so, had a rough idea.
Not that he calculated 22 moves deep
@@shivgautam487 Sure) just liked the way he put it
Prag is so good that he has his own tournament🤣
When he said you need at least one pawn to force a checkmate with two knights, I thought Harry would force the White King into a position where the pawn blocks the King's escape square. But it turned out you need the pawn to avoid stalemating the White King! Wow, amazing endgame. 👍
"And now its check mate in 22 moves"
I misses mates in 2/3 moves alot..lol
Did anyone notice that little robot on right side bottom. It has also changed.
Anyway AGADMATOR is looking nice.
He had also excluded some top donations?
It may be an old background on a portable computer that hasn't been updated
@@RenzoRosales_FL yes, earlier background was like this.
@@randomsircle so this is an older video that's had its resolution upscaled?
@@randomsircle sorry lad! Your pawn was blocked by the knight until the last four moves.
ive never even seen the two knight checmate...didnt think it was possible...the releasing of the pawn at the right time was incredible *genius* even
Parham saw that Ra6 prevents checkmate after Ra8+ lands when he thrusted h6. Even Rxf4 was spot on! Inspite of that, losing by being tempted to grab opposition with Kg7 instead of Kh7 is quite unbelievable, but goes to show how complicated endgames can be. Beautiful game!
It kind of shows that he was not certain in two knights ending
We call Hari 'Endgame Wizard'. This video shows why
This match shows how important it is to study Endgame!!
This was one my fav endgames ever
I was concerned at first that this strange setup would not be 60p, but then I realized that it was indeed 60p and all was well.
Hari krishna is a safe bet in endgames.
He is called one of the best Endgame player for a reason.
Best Endgame player?? Ever heard about a guy named Magnus?
@@AjayKumar-cp6gz lmao don't try to be smart when you lack comprehension skills.
Read it again ...it says "one of the" and not "the best player".
@@pritamraghuvanshi450be humble bro, it's just a mistake
@@shashishekhar---- sorry brother 🤜🤛
When You Convert Forced Draw To Forced Checkmate !
What a spectacular Game.
This is also a very very rare set-up not seeing you in your usual chair or Medo at the back 😂
This is draw for me due to insufficient intelligence...............
i had never seen this endgame thanks ant for covering this
ruclips.net/video/ZjucI_dWkQg/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/ZjucI_dWkQg/видео.html
#Suggestion Harikrishna's Rd 1 game against Vidit... It features Agad's favorite b4 pawn sacrifice
I remember you make a video on a game between Sergey karjakin and another grand master in Which karjakin was playing white and the game reach exactly like this end game where Sergey karjakin had two knights and a king against a pawn and a king. Sergey karjakin won that game. You should have put a link to that game in the description below 😊😊😊.
ruclips.net/video/ZjucI_dWkQg/видео.html
Hari is one of the greatest endgame players of his generation
No doubt
Watched every vid since 2018. This game melted my brain.
I just witnessed one of the best endgames ever happened in the history of chess!!!
I wished yesterday that Antonio should cover the end with a 2 knight checkmate...aided by Parham's pawn !!
2:50 Knight to B6 would certainly be a hell of a move lol love you Agad
Gorgeous. This made my brain sizzle. Thanks Agad. Safe travels.
Hari is leading along with leim with 3 point with this win.
definately some horsing around in this one. amazing how one moment it's forced , the next it's lost, and then it's favorable.
That is a magnificent game, thanks a lot for showing and explaning us
Amazing how endgames are so complex that two grandmasters can both mess up an endgame involving just 5 pieces.
Woah,taken aback by the new setup, felt like a different realm
Capa would surely stamp his approval for this one and make a written analysis for it! Wonder if he ever had such a difficult problem!
2:50 crazy knight skills
😁😁
Reuben Fine in Basic Chess Endings explains the Troitzky line. I lost the YT link to a video of a Troitzky composition 4 Knights winning against a lone Queen. Korchnoi in his translation of Horwitz Endgames has added Troitzky's full analysis of 2 Knights against Pawn
Imagine being a GM and losing a known drawn position simply because you were not only previously unfamiliar with this particular endgame scenario, but you also were incapable of calculating it over the board.
Breaking through on the king side sacrificing pawns just to get the rook defending the king was astonishing by Parham
7:48 + this is an incredible combination!
That was a cool endgame for sure. Getting addicted to watching these videos now...smh. Agadmator for President. #Thebest
Is agad on vacation?? Love the backdrop switch up though, makes me remember how important and beautiful of a chess reviewer agad truly is
Feels like we’ve seen a similar game back with Karjakin vs Sevian
ruclips.net/video/ZjucI_dWkQg/видео.html
Reminds me of Karjakin vs Savien which you covered before.
only deference is that Sergey played the pattern like a machine with no mistakes.
Watch it again. Karjakin wasn’t perfect either but still prevailed.
[The engine says it´s a equal position] 3:45
Opponent: plays Knight to A4
Me: "sillly move, ur Knight is on the rim. I play pawn to G5"
Opponent: "Knight to B6. Check and incidentally, mate"
Me: "what just happend here?" 🤭
"congratulations on realising this is actually a forced check mate in 22 moves"
...yeah... Sure... How could you not see that, right :3
Antonio today is like those engines that call your move a blunder because you didn't see a forced mate in 27
Great game! Agad even took time away from the beach to post this gem lol
Put Harikrishna too in the thumbnail please
Even Super GMs need to brush up
those Rare Endgames every now
and then. Gg. 👍🏽
Thanks! I was looking forward to see this game covered!
The moment you think of a draw , you will start walking down the loosing path..if not every time, 60-70% times IMO
B8 promoting to the king actually saves game for White, congratulations to everyone who found it))
When the only legal move is to promote the pawn but you are still getting checkmated !!
its the 2nd time I've seen this endgame, first is karjakin-sevian in Isle of Man 2018
Anyone else notice that the Top Contributors list is seriously out of date?
I just remembered the game Sergey Karjakin vs Samuel Sevian where Karjakin checkmated the king using 2 knights and Sevian has a pawn
Well done, Hari. Great game
It is great to have a tournament named after 'Prag'ganandha this early in his career.
This was indeed a rare one at this level, HorsesMate! As an Iranian, i root for Parham for sure (near Alireza). Alireza is famous now for some good reasons, but Parham is very capable too, although not a big name at chess yet. Bad, his thoughts at endgame didnt go well, or he didnt perform in the perfect way. Some timeLeft-info in the last phase of the game would be nice.
U want agad s praise too ? 🤣🤣🤣jk * virtual hug *
Yes, amazing rare endgame but...instead of white Na2 at 4:22, what about Na4 protecting P on b3 to help setup white B to E1 to eliminate black Bishop and soon black A pawn, thereby having a chance to double white rooks on A file, along with other white Bishop for possible mating attacks. Since White lost anyway, this may have been his only chance to win.
Lol lol hari won the game superbly but still you are blowing Parham's Trumpet.
At 8:15 there's no reason to go to b7. That makes no sense at all. c7 defends the knight and prevents the check on the king. Black can't deliver mate, but he can go into the endgame up an exchange and a pawn.
1:40 I wonder why white captured a bad bishop, I know this is elementary chess theory, but in this position white's knight seems to be better than black's light square bishop (although it is placed in awkward square), because he is limited by his own pawns. About the endgame it is a true masterpiece, although it was still able to draw this position, black somehow made it a win with a spectacular mate with a two knights (mostly by opponents mistakes). Not that I would criticize it, Akiba Rubinstein mostly won in equal endgames due to blunders of his opponents, I guess in this way chess works.
King and two knights vs King and pawn from the worst possible position with best play is winning in 96 moves, buy before move 50 you must force the pawn to move or capture other pawn or piece.
agadmator: congratulations to you that found this is force checkmate in 22 moves.
me: what the hell are you talking about? I only can see mate in 1 with hint in my chess app.
That deadpan delivery of forced checkmate in 22 moves.. Agadmator is lowkey hilarious.
Excellent play. Exact position of Sergey Karjakin's game 😎
Forced mate in 22 moves.
4 moves later , now it's a forced mate in 11 moves
This is the second time we've seen this endgame on this channel
Amazing stuff
I watched one of Agadmator 's "Queen's Gambit" videos where he said that a game was based on a real life game with a changed end game. I think this game is dramatic enough that it would be a good candidate for a similar TV/film in the future!
Best game ever on this channel.
I was wondering if it would be bishop and knight, or two knights vs a pawn. So much to take away aside from the interesting endgame!
Karjakin - Sevian, Isle of Man Masters 2018
Very good presentation... thanks
At 11:59, the move Kd8 can be considered a mistake - Kb7 should be played. While Kd8 is good for a draw, it requires more precise play than Kb7, a case in point being the position at 12:16, when Kh7! is the only drawing move. In contrast, the defense is much simpler after Kb7. White's plan is to stay near the a8 corner, where the remaining White pawn, which can't be captured, serves a useful purpose by taking away the c6 square.
Playing around with a tablebase, there doesn't seem to be any losing positions where the king is on or near a8. To play for a win, apparently Black has to drive the king out of this corner, and if the White king stays in the a8/b7/a6 area, the best Black can do is use his king and non-blockading knight to push the White king out to b4, where he has plenty of open space. Trying the trap the king now will be problematic, especially with the 50 Move Rule looming.
The room is weird we're missing doggy! 🐶
Instead we have some tricky horses here....🐴
Yeah I definitely saw M22
Wow, leave the pawn to promote just so you can stave off a stalemate, amazing and so risky.
Reminded me of karjakins game of same nature tbh. Good game
Brilliant endgame by Pentala
We need more videos to enjoy 🙌
Cheers for fixing the Tarrasch quote. You are a man of integrity, and have in me a lifelong fan. #Suggestion #Fulfilled
12:00 the white king
0:42 it is not EYE-Ran - it is EE-RUN ffs.
This is one of the best endgame I’ve ever seen!
Fantastic game. I wish we could see the marshal attack :).
Guy just played d4 and you say that you wanted a marshall attack
17:39 can't tell you why, but it is absolutely true
Incredible game...! Thank you!
Winner's position on the thumbnail no ?
I thought Agad won't make this video so soon. Thanks for the quick upload