I think it would be awesome if you would start a series of opening theory walkthroughs you are the only content creator that could hold my attention through a lesson With your passion for the game and fun personalliyt. please consider once a week or even every other week covering a different open with us I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way...
That's the drawback of White's h4 early in the opening, I think it has more useful in Rapid or in Blitz game application. But in the standard game, it's too difficult practically.
#suggestion I find it a little confusing to keep track of the moves played in the game. Could you perhaps tint the color of the screen when you play out the hypothetical moves?
@8:13 - I'm not a chess pro or anything but it seems like agad sometimes shows weak defensive responses when he shows certain variations. Like instead of rook a2, wouldnt knight b1 be much better?
No, because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
I guess if you don't want to give your opponent an advantage due to preperation, you play h4. And it makes sense. MVL is one of the most prepared players in any tournament he plays in.
I think he meant "I'm warning you now because I don't want to spoil anything for you", and yeah, Agadmator could stand to be more clear at times like this. :)
Hey, question from a 1500 player: In what world is 27 Bf3... not better than 26. Qe3? The way Grischuk did this he lost a piece for seemingly no reason. Bf3 basically forces it as JUST a queen trade, which is way favorable. MVL can't give any useful checks, if he captures the bishop you capture the rook (Still favorable), if he moves the queen you either capture the rook, or you can also move your queen and maintain your material advantage. This move just seems like a huge blunder to me. what am I missing?
No, because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
At 10:02 why would King go to g2? h1 would make the knight capture not be a double check so bishop would just recapture the queen... Am i missing something?
@@danrezende7394 haha 😂 well thank you! Im not sure that is the best continuation but my line of thinking was if king to h1 it made no sense to take the Queen, because then the Knight has No escape route after Bishop takes Queen on e4. Then lets say if Queen takes Bishop on d3 and White replies with pawn to b4 with a discovery attack on the queen, Queen takes Bishop d2 and trade everything off and gain a tempi on the rook on f1? Might be missing something.. if someone has better continuation or other suggestion please educate us 😅
This game is the perfect example of “you think you’re the protagonist...but you’re merely a supporting role in someone else’s story “. Came for Grischuk but stayed for MVLs knight dance
Lagrave was just delightfully vicious in this game. Grischuk was defending like a madman - I thought he was gonna hold it to a draw for a minute there!
MVL is a beast at calculating long lines. I don't think he has a chance against Carlsen but he is a strong favourite to get to the Candidates and even win it.
1:38 In the 2016 candidates tournament all 14 of anish giri's games ended in a draw. This lead to him being nicknamed the Artist for drawing so much. I hope your vast knowledge has expanded
@@techbgp6013 Did you know that Bobby Fischer died at age 64 which is the same as the no. of squares on a chess board? Now I hope your vast knowledge has been expanded
Because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
8:07 Hang on, isn't White completely winning in this variation??? If he plays Nb1 or Nb5, then his rook is protected, his knight is safe, and he is up a whole exchange + pawn!!
Nice game, early h4 not a bad move, but black built a strong structure to attack without having deffence problems, maybe with white you should be more aggressive after you played h4 to avoid that. Adgamator, nice analysis, I liked both the game and your explanations, but the sound in your videos is low so I have to put the volume of my phone at maximum to hear it, could you please make it louder?
I was surprised to see the computer throw out h4 while I analyzed an old opening I used to face in high school: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 ... in this case Black has wasted so much time, h4 is a really good idea to start aggression on the kingside.
Because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
@Agadmator did you listen to interviews? You didn't mention any comments from the players..for example grischuk said Re1 was stupid.. didn't mention anything about the position players analyzed after the game for about 15 minutes! Grischuk said that he thought he was winning before mvl played Nd2
10:43 -- The hasty player will be tempted by Bd3 here in an attempt to save his bishop -- and that would be a disastrous blunder, of course, as Qg4+, Kh2, Rxc2 seizes the queen. 11:03 -- The position seems drawing, but you still shouldn't grant chances. Here, Grischuk forfeited an opportunity to get his king quickly into the center of the board with Kg2 (instead of Nd2), where Rg4+ is answered with Kf3. 11:23 -- Instead of this needless rook-harassing, the intuitively better choice is Ra2 (defending the knight in its central location, as well as getting one's own rook out of its foxhole now that the queens are off). But Grischuk has been holding this game to a draw so far with moves that the engine thinks are second-best, so what do I know? 11:34 -- Maxime had just played Rg4+ to run the White king up against the side of the board on his previous turn. If that was a good move (and it was indeed the best move, in fact the only one in which the game does not immediately head for a 0.00 draw), then why abandon it? Play h5 and box that king in the corner! The game is still drawish, but you're better capitalized to pounce on any inaccuracy by White. For example, if after h5, White plays Nh2 (to chase your rook away), only now do you play Rb4, and White's knight is now very far away from any action, and might as well be another inch farther right, as he is now going to lose the game. If after h5, White plays Rg1, then again Rb4, and now White cannot play Rg4 (attempting to trade his passive rook for Black's active one) because the h5 pawn guards g4 (White is therefore relegated to Kg2 as his best move, as anything else has him at worse than -1 in a still "busy" game with loose pawns waiting to be snatched). 13:05 -- With Ng1, White's losing blunder. Re1 was in fact his only viable drawing line.
I'm so happy! My first time pausing, I took like 10 seconds and I pushed the pawn.. lol But I still can't break the damn 900 barrier. I don't know what happens.
I thought the explanation at the end will continue "... I was fixing the air-conditioning unit, and it took me some time", and not just "... I could not record because it was too hot" :D
Turns out that the rook lift to a3 wasn`t so nice after all this time, as it only protected two pawns for the rest of the game and really did nothing more.
I am a fan of Carlsen and I think that he is the strongest player in the history of chess, but I would be glad to see MVL be a strong nr 2 and maybe challenge him for the title
Yeah, there is always either the winner or the loser (or, I guess, one who drew) in the thumb. Suggestion: always put Capablanca in the thumb (at least after the Capablanca saga) for consistency. :)
Grischuk with the temporary water bottle sacrifice for some early activity
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
Are you refering to the interview when grischuk and mvl are analyzing a game and grischuk destroys his bottle for some reason?
The best thing about RUclips for me is that whatever video I watch, I read at least one hilarious comment which make my day 😊
Yes, expecting MVL to become flustered enough to put the water bottle on the board and start moving it around.
it was in this position that I likes the video. Why did I like the video? Well there really isn`t much to do here, except liking the video
You had to make a decision
@@alephnull4044 isnt alpha null a version of infinity?
🎭😁😂🤣😹🃏🤗🕵️♀️🕵️♂️
I don’t know. I saw a variation where the guy recommended this video first and THEN liked it. It’s a position with a lot of possibilities.
@@tywick6166 aleph null is a version of infinity, the smallest one to be exact
Grischuk should have resigned earlier when Maxine captured his water bottle.
rook a3 "a nice rook lift" and for the rest of the game it is the most useless extremely passive piece on the board. Very sad :(
11:14 rook captures invisible pawn.
😅😅😅
LOL, too funny. didnt notice.
I saw that on the spot
That grischuk face perfectly describes the side effects of an early h4.
But he was the one who played h4
SF 10 gives h4 a very small plus for white
I think it would be awesome if you would start a series of opening theory walkthroughs you are the only content creator that could hold my attention through a lesson With your passion for the game and fun personalliyt. please consider once a week or even every other week covering a different open with us I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels this way...
#suggestion I might be abusing this feature, but this is a great idea!
Even the usual format with a game chosen as a good example of a particular opening (or opening principle) would be really helpful for this
For anyone who isn't aware, Agadmator has a series of playlists for important openings like this: ruclips.net/p/PLDnx7w_xuguHothF5uQUgUVWK6bp0qvpv
Grischuk plays 3. H4!!
#Thuglife
Levon would be proud
I honestly love those little comedic bits like the water-bottle fiasco at the beginning. Gets me laughing every time 😂
That's the drawback of White's h4 early in the opening, I think it has more useful in Rapid or in Blitz game application. But in the standard game, it's too difficult practically.
Grischuk looks like he had enough with chess so that probably explains hr
He has aged 10 years since he was commenting on the 2018 championship.
#suggestion I find it a little confusing to keep track of the moves played in the game. Could you perhaps tint the color of the screen when you play out the hypothetical moves?
@2:51 a very nice Rook lift decides the whole game cause is was disconnected and blocked.
11:15 Maxime's rook is so powerful it captures an empty square
2:17 "completely new game!"
7:30 "water free break"
15:55"2nd water free break"
Still love this channel! There's no doubt, you are my favourite! An excellent game!
How dare they not start with the Queen's Gambit Declined!
it's a Queen's Gambit Declined declined.
@@panda4247 That....... that is superb.
Boring
7:40 you're an excellent pusher of passed pawns, well not you yet it is a passed pawn but it'll be after you push it 😁😁
That rock left was a solid move. It didn't move from A3 after that 😀😀
MVL after watching other people play h4: are... you... me?
*grabs Grischuk's water*
@8:13 - I'm not a chess pro or anything but it seems like agad sometimes shows weak defensive responses when he shows certain variations. Like instead of rook a2, wouldnt knight b1 be much better?
No, because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
Thx
I guess if you don't want to give your opponent an advantage due to preperation, you play h4. And it makes sense. MVL is one of the most prepared players in any tournament he plays in.
18:25 "Don't want to spoil anything for you" followed by huge spoiler 😁
I think he meant "I'm warning you now because I don't want to spoil anything for you", and yeah, Agadmator could stand to be more clear at times like this. :)
Amazing game analysis. Thank You so much for this. Helped me understand a lot.
"I don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip."
0.54: "sorry about that" saga
Hey, question from a 1500 player: In what world is 27 Bf3... not better than 26. Qe3? The way Grischuk did this he lost a piece for seemingly no reason. Bf3 basically forces it as JUST a queen trade, which is way favorable. MVL can't give any useful checks, if he captures the bishop you capture the rook (Still favorable), if he moves the queen you either capture the rook, or you can also move your queen and maintain your material advantage. This move just seems like a huge blunder to me. what am I missing?
8:12
Doesn't Knight B1 work?
No, because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could
try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and
the position is completely winning for Black.
@@gressorialNanites Ty
At 10:02 why would King go to g2? h1 would make the knight capture not be a double check so bishop would just recapture the queen... Am i missing something?
At 10:02 what if you play king h1? Then it's not a double check and you can capture the queen
I think if king to h1 you lose the White bishop, No?
@@babedont genius! I don't see things that well I guess
@@danrezende7394 haha 😂 well thank you! Im not sure that is the best continuation but my line of thinking was if king to h1 it made no sense to take the Queen, because then the Knight has No escape route after Bishop takes Queen on e4. Then lets say if Queen takes Bishop on d3 and White replies with pawn to b4 with a discovery attack on the queen, Queen takes Bishop d2 and trade everything off and gain a tempi on the rook on f1?
Might be missing something.. if someone has better continuation or other suggestion please educate us 😅
On 10:50 bd3 is basicly a draw because of perpetual on g4 and h4? Is the perpetual the reason why you cant save your piece or am i missing something?
Wondering the same
queen checks rook picks up the queen
Yep figured how stupid I was in the car ride.
This game is the perfect example of “you think you’re the protagonist...but you’re merely a supporting role in someone else’s story “. Came for Grischuk but stayed for MVLs knight dance
Lagrave was just delightfully vicious in this game. Grischuk was defending like a madman - I thought he was gonna hold it to a draw for a minute there!
MVL is a beast at calculating long lines. I don't think he has a chance against Carlsen but he is a strong favourite to get to the Candidates and even win it.
#suggestion the chess game featured in the Sherlock Holmes:a game of shadows film
ruclips.net/video/uNgS3PqqHww/видео.html
Maxime and Bobby Fischer look like two guys who would make absolutely fantastic Bond villains. Just sayin'.
Who knew Jan was a Hobbit at heart?
1:38 In the 2016 candidates tournament all 14 of anish giri's games ended in a draw. This lead to him being nicknamed the Artist for drawing so much.
I hope your vast knowledge has expanded
ow...
the pun hurts
Eccentric Horse11 not really
@@techbgp6013 Did you know that Bobby Fischer died at age 64 which is the same as the no. of squares on a chess board?
Now I hope your vast knowledge has been expanded
Thanks for the chess vids bud.
I feel bad for Grischuk :((
His style is amazing and aggresive, but MVL just had the answer this time
Me too, this was akin to a beating. Last 10 moves at least were hopeless.
#Suggestion Yu Jennifer vs Craig Hilby ... U.S Junior Chess Championship
8:09. Why not Nb5?
Because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could
try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and
the position is completely winning for Black.
Stunning game! A clinical surgery with the black pieces from MVL, I was interested from start to finish!
Why you dont stream online chess games? I would love to watch you playing live while explaining
8:07 Hang on, isn't White completely winning in this variation??? If he plays Nb1 or Nb5, then his rook is protected, his knight is safe, and he is up a whole exchange + pawn!!
... with two very dangerous connected queenside passed pawns!!
Nice game, early h4 not a bad move, but black built a strong structure to attack without having deffence problems, maybe with white you should be more aggressive after you played h4 to avoid that. Adgamator, nice analysis, I liked both the game and your explanations, but the sound in your videos is low so I have to put the volume of my phone at maximum to hear it, could you please make it louder?
6:12 id do pawn to f4 kicking the knight and then b3 pawn takes c4. can someone who isnt a 1375 like me give me some criticism?
All is fun, except, why don't you explain "dynamic" moves?
Why not Nb5? Why not early f4? Why not Kh3?
I was confused before analysis and an engine.
Happy international chess day everyone, hope i see some of that great agadmator videos!!
I was surprised to see the computer throw out h4 while I analyzed an old opening I used to face in high school: 1. e4 g6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. h4 ... in this case Black has wasted so much time, h4 is a really good idea to start aggression on the kingside.
6:34 why not bxc4 instead of f4?
22. Nb4 c3
23. Bxd3 cxd2
24.fxe5 Re1
This the position the players analyzed over the board for Like 15 minutes after the game
8:12 Missing something, but why not Nb1?
Because after Qxe4 there is no defense versus Qg2 checkmate. You could try f3, but it still doesn't work, Maxime has then Nh3 with check, and the position is completely winning for Black.
at 9:42 - what about Qb2?
11:11 “Rook captures on G4”
7:07 mins. I was thinking knight to B5. Any thoughts?
Seems like it traps the queen... Unless I'm missing something
Or loses a piece actually
thank you
Great semi-final
Yes! I am an excellent pusher of not-yet passed pawns!
1:04 That's what she said.
8:13 Nb5 or Nb1 is a better move for white
@Agadmator did you listen to interviews? You didn't mention any comments from the players..for example grischuk said Re1 was stupid.. didn't mention anything about the position players analyzed after the game for about 15 minutes! Grischuk said that he thought he was winning before mvl played Nd2
10:43 -- The hasty player will be tempted by Bd3 here in an attempt to save his bishop -- and that would be a disastrous blunder, of course, as Qg4+, Kh2, Rxc2 seizes the queen.
11:03 -- The position seems drawing, but you still shouldn't grant chances. Here, Grischuk forfeited an opportunity to get his king quickly into the center of the board with Kg2 (instead of Nd2), where Rg4+ is answered with Kf3.
11:23 -- Instead of this needless rook-harassing, the intuitively better choice is Ra2 (defending the knight in its central location, as well as getting one's own rook out of its foxhole now that the queens are off). But Grischuk has been holding this game to a draw so far with moves that the engine thinks are second-best, so what do I know?
11:34 -- Maxime had just played Rg4+ to run the White king up against the side of the board on his previous turn. If that was a good move (and it was indeed the best move, in fact the only one in which the game does not immediately head for a 0.00 draw), then why abandon it? Play h5 and box that king in the corner! The game is still drawish, but you're better capitalized to pounce on any inaccuracy by White. For example, if after h5, White plays Nh2 (to chase your rook away), only now do you play Rb4, and White's knight is now very far away from any action, and might as well be another inch farther right, as he is now going to lose the game. If after h5, White plays Rg1, then again Rb4, and now White cannot play Rg4 (attempting to trade his passive rook for Black's active one) because the h5 pawn guards g4 (White is therefore relegated to Kg2 as his best move, as anything else has him at worse than -1 in a still "busy" game with loose pawns waiting to be snatched).
13:05 -- With Ng1, White's losing blunder. Re1 was in fact his only viable drawing line.
First time I heard a spoiler alert in a chess channel! 😆
11:15 , maxime js too good that he can capture the invisible pawn at g4
Does anyone know what chess site he use for his videos
You should show more old classics (others than Capablanca's games too)
grischuk quite confident dealing with all central piece activity black has should have captured c pawn and black knights
I'm so happy! My first time pausing, I took like 10 seconds and I pushed the pawn.. lol But I still can't break the damn 900 barrier. I don't know what happens.
2 bottles of water... One for the player... The other one for the poor stranded white Knight !....
Agad can you please make your voice a bit louder? it's kinda low for me without a headphone
I thought the explanation at the end will continue "... I was fixing the air-conditioning unit, and it took me some time", and not just "... I could not record because it was too hot" :D
Grischuk played on both sides of the board. He played h4 on the king's side and bottle-to-sixth-rank on the queen's side
" Not yet it is a passed pawn, but it will be once you push it. " Agadmator, 2019.
Turns out that the rook lift to a3 wasn`t so nice after all this time, as it only protected two pawns for the rest of the game and really did nothing more.
"Hello everyone"
-agad
Where’s Wagnus Harlequin van Nordweg?
MVL is a beast, him and Carlsen have gone super saiyan in the last year
Ur voice is oddly satisfying
why rook to C1 doesn't work tho
11:15 Rook captures ghost on g4.
That rook was stuck on a3 the entire game.
Boy, smoke must have been coming from their ears !!!! Lol ! 😁🖒
2:52 Very nice rook lift? 😂
After watching the analysis I couldn't see Grischuk's point on playing h4 so early. There was no continuation of the idea.
Why not rook a1 at the end, bishop is pinned so he can't take
MVL plays a great chess lately...
9:55 Kh1 ?
then black takes lightscore bishop, white queen has to move and black also takes the darkscore bishop, as its attacked twice
@@dianaoelrich5516 aaaa holy fck,i am rated 1860 and i didn't saw that the bishop was hanging,nice 😂😂😂🤣,thnx man for opening my eyes ;)
16:41
Please don’t say the word *taken*
I always remember the pretty girl and I’m so sad
Thank u agad
Crazy game Chess=Stress for Grischuk in this game. He was attacked all the time.
15:57 Rf4
I am a fan of Carlsen and I think that he is the strongest player in the history of chess, but I would be glad to see MVL be a strong nr 2 and maybe challenge him for the title
Like it From Afghanistan
I love Ivanchuk, Ding and Anand, but MVL is growing on me! He is the only player other than Carlsen who is so dominant with the black pieces...
vrlo dobro
Holy crap, MVL is on fire!
NICE and BIG oh yeah
This game was a real fight!
Please put both players in thumbnail so it won't spoil stuff Thanks agad
Spoil what stuff ? If the title says Grischuk vs MVL it means Grischuk plays white
Yeah, there is always either the winner or the loser (or, I guess, one who drew) in the thumb. Suggestion: always put Capablanca in the thumb (at least after the Capablanca saga) for consistency. :)