With each passing year, agadmator becomes more of a chess story-teller, with a well-commented game thrown in just for colour. This approach is what makes our good friend the best chess RUclipsr by far.
I cheer for Morphy, but I really don't want Anderssen to lose 6 to 0, he is a good player and honorable outside of chess board too. I wanna see Anderssen win next 2 or at least 1.
“The defeated player eagerly pleads for "yet another battle," saying, with admiring frankness, "It is a pleasure to be vanquished by you." And the lists are once more entered afresh. There is no shadow of weariness on the smooth young brow. No - Paul Morphy could play on all night.”
4 years after this match the world has the 1862 London Chess Tournament where the top 14 players in the world (Morphy retired) play a round robin. Anderssen wins going 12-1.
@@jayteegamble Did he really support the Union? I'd love it if that were true, I thought I read on his Wiki article before tuat he might have supported the Confederacy
@@Rspknlikeab0ssxdhe was from a wealthy, but not slave-owning Louisiana family (afaik). Still it would have been very unusual for him to be anti-slavery but perhaps his time in Europe where slavery had been abolished for decades changed his mind.
The Morphy paradox: Avoid him and posterity brands you coward, deride him and he'll erode your powers, meet him with respect, suffer ignominious defeat, yet emerge with reputation posthumously enhanced..
That's actually sound advice. Dunno if I heard this in chess, but learn the rules before you break them. Not pushing your pawns infront of your king is the most principled way to play unless the position requires otherwise. Its like how you are taught to never give peices for free but eventually learn to sacrifice.
Me to dealer: “you got any of the good stuff?” Dealer, “yeah I got the complete Morphy Saga on a USB thumb drive, shaped like a king. 32-gigabytes, no less” Me: “OMFG, I’M SO HIGH RIGHT NOW!”
I wonder if in the future we'll be able to create an AI that can realistically emulate the playing styles of the great players of the past. I'd play Murphy all day every day. Edit: Yes, yes it's Morphy. Mixed it up with Murphy's law ;)
Experts who have analyzed Morphy's games have suggested that in today's environment he'd rate about 2650, which is in very solid GM territory but hardly capable of winning a world championship. Such analyses, however, neglect to mention that Morphy was merely playing well enough to win his games, while only showing brilliancy maybe a quarter of the time. If we could somehow transport Morphy to the here and now, and give him a year to catch up, I'm more than sure that he'd crush Carlsen and everybody else. Morphy was able to grasp complex chess ideas quickly, and really is the father of modern chess theory. I'm not even sure he'd need a computer to help him improve -- just some books and maybe a few tutorials with masters of current opening theory and middle-game tactics. The man was the purest natural student of the game ever. Nobody else comes close.
@@SpliffieBee You are quite right. In that sense he foreshadows Viswanathan Anand, who in his prime also tended to finish long games much more quickly than his opponents. One can imagine how today's top players would have had their patience tested against 19th-century opponents who felt they had all the time in the world to make each move. One could also compare Morphy to ice hockey's Wayne Gretzky, who was able to rack up unimaginable (and unreachable) goals and assists because he knew where the puck was going to be and then getting there to meet it.
Morphy came out of nowhere. Fischer didn't. Morphy story is much better. To get anyone to notice him, they had to form a chess congress tournament in America just so that he could get to play Anderssen. It would have been even more amazing story if he went straight to Anderssen and destroyed him as a total unknown say like in one of these exhibition matches. The Morphy saga is truly unbelievable. He was not trained by anyone. All self taught in obscurity. If he was born in any time period, with his talent he would be on top of the chess knowledge and still destroy anyone. In my mind, he's clearly the greatest player of all time and I don't see that changing in the future.
@@twinwankel so true, all these idiots who keep saying "but he wouldn't stand a chance against a modern GM" are so totally missing the point. I think they don't even get it.
Another Amazing Morphy game and yet he resigns within 3yrs !! Perhaps he didn’t find Chess enough of a challenge, he couldn’t face continually winning, he had beaten the best, it was a fun ‘gap year’ but he was tired of travelling and being feted everywhere he went. It was now time to get a ‘real job’, with everyday challenges, that his parents would approved of. Perhaps Borjn Borg faced a similar feeling of ennui after 5yrs of consecutive wins at Wimbledon. For most of us, who struggle to only succeed occasionally it’s very difficult to understand how he could retire so (apparently) without remorse.
the thing i will comment on today..is that we have these wonderful extra games, because of the time of the photographers had to setup....so how many games are we missing in these modern times because we can take photos instantly? :(
I can also recommend "The Chess Players", by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1960), which my mother checked out of the library sometime around 1967 to read. When she was done, she renewed the loan and gave it to me to read (I was 11 at the time). As I recall, this was the first adult-level novel I'd ever read and I can still remember how much I enjoyed it.
The 1st edition used Morphy picture is imo much more fitting. This Morphy picture doesn't have the arrogance backed by genius that the 1st picture has. 😼
Hi agadmator! Did you know Paul Morphy wrote his score card like a sentence? Pawn to the Kings 4th house. Any chance you could find out more about this? Maybe a photo of one his old score cards. I heard this from Yasser commenting on the Sinquefield Cup Round 5. It would make a great addition to your saga! Love the video's keep up the great work!
For anyone interested, Black's strongest defense against the Bc4 King's Gambit is 3. Nc6. Best play in this line goes 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ne2 f3 7. gxf3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Ng3 O-O and black has an edge of -0.7 or -0.8.
True because he reached that level pretty much by himself. So he was the greatest chess genius of all time, if not the best chess player since Magnus, Kasparov etc clearly play better but they had coaches, decades of opening theory, engines, seconds, etc.
Most talented, that is! The GOAT, having all in account, must be Carlsen who is frequently (and I think currently) #1 (and WC) in all time formats and holds the greatest deeds within this engine era of ours.
I think he and Capablanca were the greatest natural talents. Determining "best" depends on how one defines best. In classical chess, Carlsen's accumulated knowledge, determination and confidence would be tough for anyone to beat but put Morphy and Capa into a Fischer 960 tournament or some other alt-format and I would not bet against them.
Andersen después de haber perdido varias veces reconoció que Morphy era un jugador muy fuerte y que era el mejor jugador del mundo y punto...nada más que hacer
The reason, I believe is bcoz king's gambit produces such complex lines,the variations keep on diverging with each passing move. The player player playing it is not sure about the continuation after some time and the opponent is also bound to blunder. So,in my opinion are avoiding the king's gambit. But,my opinion alone.
Well, Anderssen won the tournament before Morphy against the best players of the world (1851, London) and the tournament after Morphy against all the best players in the world (1862, London)
A huge mistake is not discussed ... Why after the first pown bleck took and white moved it's Bishop... Bleck could have checked white whith it's queen to win the ge easily... Why blec didn't do that.
Morphy put a lot of offensive pressure on right hand side of Board Anderson just not a good job at countering the attacks seems Morphy just overwhelmed him
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With each passing year, agadmator becomes more of a chess story-teller, with a well-commented game thrown in just for colour. This approach is what makes our good friend the best chess RUclipsr by far.
Agreed 👏🏼
Yes I really agree. My top favorite is and always will be chessbrah but what got me into chess were agadmators videos.
Agree...like he says, "the good stuff."
I agree.
Great opponent exposes the greatness of Morphy... Anderson shows the real power of morphy more than his prior opponents.
I bet Staunton is somewhere saying 'wow this could be me taking all this ass whooping'. But still Anderson gets d prize for honor
Staunton was a coward. He knew Morphy would've demolished him, so he withdraw from the match.
I cheer for Morphy, but I really don't want Anderssen to lose 6 to 0, he is a good player and honorable outside of chess board too. I wanna see Anderssen win next 2 or at least 1.
Didn't he already win one?
Oh never mind, I guess that was the first match.
Andersen was the best player of that time, its just that morphy was something else like 400 Elo above all other players of his time
Andersen's play looks pretty bad to modern eyes. At least Morphy stands up to a 2400-ish level but Anderssen keeps missing things.
@@BinaryRex18 morphy was considered to be 2500-2700
At this point I feel sorry for Mr. Anderssen for being pelted with such an ease. What a beast Morphy was !
“The defeated player eagerly pleads for "yet another battle," saying, with admiring frankness, "It is a pleasure to be vanquished by you." And the lists are once more entered afresh. There is no shadow of weariness on the smooth young brow. No - Paul Morphy could play on all night.”
what is the source
4 years after this match the world has the 1862 London Chess Tournament where the top 14 players in the world (Morphy retired) play a round robin. Anderssen wins going 12-1.
insane
I wonder if the American civil war civil had anything to do with Morphy’s retirement
@@52000rightwing It for sure hurt his legal practice. He lived in the confederacy but supported the union making him unpopular.
@@jayteegamble Did he really support the Union? I'd love it if that were true, I thought I read on his Wiki article before tuat he might have supported the Confederacy
@@Rspknlikeab0ssxdhe was from a wealthy, but not slave-owning Louisiana family (afaik). Still it would have been very unusual for him to be anti-slavery but perhaps his time in Europe where slavery had been abolished for decades changed his mind.
Anyone else here, that mumbles "Hello everyone and welcome back to the good stuff" at the beginning of every video?
I Like to think everyone does that :)
This is one of my favorite games. The white queen is right in the middle of the action and is nearly useless. It’s amazing to me.
I wonder if the photographers were intentionally delaying the setup so the audience could enjoy more games
The photographers probably were the audience, these games are stunning
@@Megan-ii4gf Either that, or they were at the local bar and library researching the as yet unborn agadmator.
The Morphy paradox: Avoid him and posterity brands you coward, deride him and he'll erode your powers, meet him with respect, suffer ignominious defeat, yet emerge with reputation posthumously enhanced..
Chess Coaches: Don't push pawns where you are castled.
Anderssen and Morphy: *"We don't do that here"*
Those coaches are kids infront of Morphy and Anderssen xD
King's Indian players: ????
hehe pawns go brrr, connect 6
That advice is for chickens like me, isn't quite appealing to elephants like them :)
That's actually sound advice.
Dunno if I heard this in chess, but learn the rules before you break them. Not pushing your pawns infront of your king is the most principled way to play unless the position requires otherwise. Its like how you are taught to never give peices for free but eventually learn to sacrifice.
and it was in this position that my morning got better
The research thoroughness is remarkable.. it's very cool to learn what other games have played the positions and when a new game has been created.
There aren't many thing I LOVE to watch, but Paul Morphy's chess play Is definitely one.....
Thank you for the great story's u tel with the games . As always best ever.
In the many years of watching these videos..... I have never seen him put out a video at 0500 est.....Christmas came early this year I guess.
Just amazing that in all of these games after about 4 or 5 moves Morphy has the better position always.
That’s why theory is like 50% of chess now
Morphy vs today's players man...wish it was possible... especially in rapids and blitz
Morphy would lose every game
@@luisvillegas8373 Not in Fischer Random ;-)
Give Morphy time to study modern theory and he would CRUSH EVERYONE
Me to dealer: “you got any of the good stuff?”
Dealer, “yeah I got the complete Morphy Saga on a USB thumb drive, shaped like a king. 32-gigabytes, no less”
Me: “OMFG, I’M SO HIGH RIGHT NOW!”
me to agad, ftfy
I wonder if in the future we'll be able to create an AI that can realistically emulate the playing styles of the great players of the past. I'd play Murphy all day every day.
Edit: Yes, yes it's Morphy. Mixed it up with Murphy's law ;)
Who df is murphy😂
Not sure who Murphy is, but I'd be willing to bet you'd be Morphy!
@Tim Onestini lol,I don’t know whether to roast u or r/woooosh u
@@noobdoom Paul Morphy (Paul Murphy) had an Irish grandfather named Murphy. . . The surname was Americanised.
@@sovereignruler Paul Morphy's correct surname is actually Murphy, derived from his Irish grandfather.
Antonio uploading Morphys games at the speed of light
it's a shame that Morphy couldn't play himself in a first to 7
I really loved this series!
11:29 you know times are tough when your best move gets you checkmated in 2 moves, instead of just 1 🧐
Experts who have analyzed Morphy's games have suggested that in today's environment he'd rate about 2650, which is in very solid GM territory but hardly capable of winning a world championship. Such analyses, however, neglect to mention that Morphy was merely playing well enough to win his games, while only showing brilliancy maybe a quarter of the time. If we could somehow transport Morphy to the here and now, and give him a year to catch up, I'm more than sure that he'd crush Carlsen and everybody else. Morphy was able to grasp complex chess ideas quickly, and really is the father of modern chess theory. I'm not even sure he'd need a computer to help him improve -- just some books and maybe a few tutorials with masters of current opening theory and middle-game tactics. The man was the purest natural student of the game ever. Nobody else comes close.
Let's also not forget that Morphy played his moves very quickly and barely thought about them.
@@SpliffieBee You are quite right. In that sense he foreshadows Viswanathan Anand, who in his prime also tended to finish long games much more quickly than his opponents. One can imagine how today's top players would have had their patience tested against 19th-century opponents who felt they had all the time in the world to make each move.
One could also compare Morphy to ice hockey's Wayne Gretzky, who was able to rack up unimaginable (and unreachable) goals and assists because he knew where the puck was going to be and then getting there to meet it.
how do you know he would crush Carlsen?
Legend says the photographers didn't want to take a picture
Paul Morphy was Bobby Fischer before Bobby Fischer! In today's chess, I wager he'd be formidable.
Morphy came out of nowhere. Fischer didn't. Morphy story is much better. To get anyone to notice him, they had to form a chess congress tournament in America just so that he could get to play Anderssen. It would have been even more amazing story if he went straight to Anderssen and destroyed him as a total unknown say like in one of these exhibition matches. The Morphy saga is truly unbelievable. He was not trained by anyone. All self taught in obscurity. If he was born in any time period, with his talent he would be on top of the chess knowledge and still destroy anyone. In my mind, he's clearly the greatest player of all time and I don't see that changing in the future.
@@twinwankel so true, all these idiots who keep saying "but he wouldn't stand a chance against a modern GM" are so totally missing the point. I think they don't even get it.
Not only good game Good explained also
I think it's been too long since Medo was in the background
Yeah, he looks well and good
By this time medo might have his own guest house
@@rora225 looks like a bear, no pun intended
'and the photographers are still getting ready to take the picture'
0:17
Nice 👍 game .Cracking end
Another Amazing Morphy game and yet he resigns within 3yrs !! Perhaps he didn’t find Chess enough of a challenge, he couldn’t face continually winning, he had beaten the best, it was a fun ‘gap year’ but he was tired of travelling and being feted everywhere he went. It was now time to get a ‘real job’, with everyday challenges, that his parents would approved of. Perhaps Borjn Borg faced a similar feeling of ennui after 5yrs of consecutive wins at Wimbledon. For most of us, who struggle to only succeed occasionally it’s very difficult to understand how he could retire so (apparently) without remorse.
Loving this saga !!! let's see if Anderssen can respond!!
Morphy proves his skills again. Thx Antonio🙏🏻 ♾ d
Poor Anderssen, Morphy really took him out back as Ben Finegold likes to say...great video, thanks.
Must have been the best time to be a photographer.
Ahhhh, the last time I had this much good stuff in 24 hours I overdosed ..... ☠️
Please Netflix, make king's gambit series based off on this kg match
And it was in this position, in game 4 of match two, that Anderssen realized he was overmatched.
and it was in this position that Mr. Anderssen lose his mind
some say the photographers are still getting prepared to this day!
Morphy must have been nervous about having his photo taken.. 🤣
the thing i will comment on today..is that we have these wonderful extra games, because of the time of the photographers had to setup....so how many games are we missing in these modern times because we can take photos instantly? :(
Not only on chess...
People take photos instead of memories...
What book do you suggest to read about the life and games of Morphy? :-) your excellent videos got me fascinated.
David Lawson's Pride and Sorrow of Chess
This is the book he uses for all the background info
I can also recommend "The Chess Players", by Frances Parkinson Keyes (1960), which my mother checked out of the library sometime around 1967 to read. When she was done, she renewed the loan and gave it to me to read (I was 11 at the time). As I recall, this was the first adult-level novel I'd ever read and I can still remember how much I enjoyed it.
„A dog that barks is not properly cooked“
~ xi jinping
what
Funny 🙃
Also a bat that flies!
Agadmator should do a king's gambit tutorial video
And it was in this position adolf Anderson finds his gun to shoot morphy.
good stuff!!
The 1st edition used Morphy picture is imo much more fitting. This Morphy picture doesn't have the arrogance backed by genius that the 1st picture has. 😼
I agree.
Morphy played this match so that agadmator makes this video after 163 years telling His Face Was Radiant With Admiration
you mean 163?
@@lawrence7632 yes brother ☺️
Anderson must be thinking :
Those cameras really taking all the time in the world.
Poor Anderson.. however innovative he may be... Morphy always somehow gets the better of him
Anderson : I don't want to play with u 😂😂
Morphy is all good stuff.
Can you add a graphic showing at a glance what pieces are off the board?
Chess becomes boring when someone doing commentary on the game, BUT not when its @Agadmator's voice :)
Or GothamChess
@@thiagoteixas1650 yes he is also a good commentator
If Morphy could beat Anderssen in the King's Gambit, then he could probably beat anyone that ever lived.
Hi agadmator! Did you know Paul Morphy wrote his score card like a sentence? Pawn to the Kings 4th house. Any chance you could find out more about this? Maybe a photo of one his old score cards. I heard this from Yasser commenting on the Sinquefield Cup Round 5. It would make a great addition to your saga! Love the video's keep up the great work!
It is hard for Agadmator to say Paul and Morphy without throwing a Charles in the middle.
THIS IS MY LINE N BULLET 😉😜🤟
COVER WC. Alexander alkhiene!!! (Lasker)The legend of legends 🤟
It looks more and more to the series Petrosian/Fischer in quarterfinals of the candidates 1970 !
For anyone interested, Black's strongest defense against the Bc4 King's Gambit is 3. Nc6. Best play in this line goes 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ne2 f3 7. gxf3 d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bd6 11. Ng3 O-O and black has an edge of -0.7 or -0.8.
Was Morphy still ill at this point? When did he get over his stomach flu and the leeching? Thanks.
According to Antonio, he was deemed healthy by his doctor, by the time he played Anderssen in the third game of the first match.
My god
Morphy is 1000 times better than Anderson
There is no even a competition
Anderson had honour, unlike Horowitz or Staunton
It's the 4th game and the photographers are still getting ready 🤣🤣
Ahh the good old days.
They take their time on purpose maybe.. to let us have these games to enjoy
Morphy is the best player of all times. Change my mind
True because he reached that level pretty much by himself. So he was the greatest chess genius of all time, if not the best chess player since Magnus, Kasparov etc clearly play better but they had coaches, decades of opening theory, engines, seconds, etc.
Most talented, that is!
The GOAT, having all in account, must be Carlsen who is frequently (and I think currently) #1 (and WC) in all time formats and holds the greatest deeds within this engine era of ours.
If someone ever tries to change this person's mind, then they are not an excellent subscriber of this channel.
I think he and Capablanca were the greatest natural talents. Determining "best" depends on how one defines best. In classical chess, Carlsen's accumulated knowledge, determination and confidence would be tough for anyone to beat but put Morphy and Capa into a Fischer 960 tournament or some other alt-format and I would not bet against them.
photographers disliked the video
the photography saga
Anderssen is excellent player, but Morphy makes him look like a beginner
Amazing
There is no doubt that Anderssen is a great chess player but I think he just has a game that doesn't trouble Morphy.
Please show more games of Rashid nezmetdinov His playing style is incredible 😃
Yeah he is a strong player check his games with tal absolute madness ☺️
@@Study-Official348 they both are weaker than Morphy
@@saulsavelis575 right ☺️
Andersen después de haber perdido varias veces reconoció que Morphy era un jugador muy fuerte y que era el mejor jugador del mundo y punto...nada más que hacer
Morphy was too strong
morphy whipped this dude badly. Could be the best player of all time.
Almost forgot to comment while watching this
i just realized morphy isnt in your header on your profile
Why is the 20 year age differential not mentioned?
Andersen used to play like me.
Why is King's gambit not so popular today?
The reason, I believe is bcoz king's gambit produces such complex lines,the variations keep on diverging with each passing move. The player player playing it is not sure about the continuation after some time and the opponent is also bound to blunder. So,in my opinion are avoiding the king's gambit. But,my opinion alone.
@@giriiyer3968 thanks my friend
what a monster
Can anyone tell me what the “e” on the robot stands for?
How many wins does Morphy get against Carlsen if Morphy was alive today?
Not a single game
With modern education and AI prep?
Eventually Morphy starts beating Carlsen.
Andersson can't win on Morphy
He is weak ...
While Morphy is Unstoppable 👽👽
Well, Anderssen won the tournament before Morphy against the best players of the world (1851, London) and the tournament after Morphy against all the best players in the world (1862, London)
@@dr.bluesfield3629 ok ok I can understand
also BQ to E6 leaves only one move for the King & soon mate.
Poor Anderssen. Probably the second strongest player of his time & spends eternity getting his arse kicked by Morphy on RUclips 🤣
It seems like Anderssen puts himself in really bad positions early in a lot of these games
*Spoiler alert*
Morphy won 6-0
I don't follow your suggestion at 6:55 of ...,Bh3 / Rf2, Qc8 as Nxg5 threatens mate, so if ...,Bf5 / Qe2
Please morphy vs lowental
Did they agree on playing the king's gambit beforehand?
Once Morphy gets an edge in the position Anderssen is helpless, he can't come back against Morphy.
TO PLAY MORHY ONE NEEDS SOME MORPHINE 😄
A huge mistake is not discussed
... Why after the first pown bleck took and white moved it's Bishop... Bleck could have checked white whith it's queen to win the ge easily... Why blec didn't do that.
Antonio, my wife and I need you to settle a dispute for us. That stuffed animal under your RUclips plaque, is that a sheep or a pig?
Lol if only my marital disputes were so benign
Morphy put a lot of offensive pressure on right hand side of Board Anderson just not a good job at countering the attacks seems Morphy just overwhelmed him
You have an unhealthy Paul Morphy obsession agad!
You should've seen him with Ivanchuk
Why Anderssen is still playing !!!