Zugzwang Symphony | Capablanca vs Kostić || Game 1 (1919)

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  • Опубликовано: 12 дек 2024

Комментарии • 243

  • @diogenes_of_sinope
    @diogenes_of_sinope 5 лет назад +339

    17:17 and it's at this point that we have a completely new immortal quote by agagmator: "it's a minor difference but it is a big difference".

    • @charlesnyoni2121
      @charlesnyoni2121 5 лет назад +4

      I came to the comment section as soon as i heard him say it

    • @k27ism
      @k27ism 5 лет назад +2

      @@charlesnyoni2121 So did i just now to meet this comment and your reply LOL

  • @ingramation1
    @ingramation1 5 лет назад +267

    Hello everyone, captures captures, nice idea but it doesn't work.

    • @Hilltycoon
      @Hilltycoon 5 лет назад +7

      Hahahaa 😂

    • @kmacyoyo
      @kmacyoyo 5 лет назад +38

      You are an excellent repeater of catchphrases

    • @coolliechtenstein9090
      @coolliechtenstein9090 5 лет назад +3

      xD

    • @manty7734
      @manty7734 5 лет назад +1

      You are an excellent repeater of excellent repeater catchphrases

    • @zacalves
      @zacalves 5 лет назад +5

      I'm just here to enjoy the show

  • @GunfireSerenade
    @GunfireSerenade 5 лет назад +102

    Felt like an eternity since the last upload even though it was only one day. My Sunday certainly suffered.

  • @mrrobot790
    @mrrobot790 5 лет назад +62

    This saga has been a masterpiece, awesome work agad! 👍

  • @elegomeskin
    @elegomeskin 5 лет назад +16

    What beautiful and complicated end game play by both masters ! Capablanca finds and grinds a tiny positional advantage for the win. A masterpiece of problem solving by the Maestro.

  • @goodguycwyzz4768
    @goodguycwyzz4768 5 лет назад +45

    Yes more Capablanca! This is the good stuff

  • @sanelprtenjaca9776
    @sanelprtenjaca9776 5 лет назад +9

    In my opinion Capablanca is biggest chess endgame master who ever lived. His style of play is so mathematically. Regarding Kostić, he shown great level of play. One more exelent game, thanks Agad

  • @IndigoBassNotes
    @IndigoBassNotes 5 лет назад +1

    I very much enjoyed watching you break down the winning rook and pawn end game. GM Cappablanca 's style is what made me realize how important the center of the board is in the opening and middle game , I noticed in many positions in this game how you could see at least one of Cappablana's pieces was in the center of the board.
    We see GM Karpov do this at another level.

  • @doodoopoo
    @doodoopoo 5 лет назад +163

    "Congratulations, as I know everyone saw it."
    Pfffft, of cooourse I saw it, duh.
    *Edit:* Thanks! I didn't know that being bad at chess could get me likes lol
    I'm a big fan of Agdamator from Portugal :)

    • @danielchequer5842
      @danielchequer5842 5 лет назад +9

      Didn't even had to say it, I saw all the lines that follows....

    • @GaneshKumar-bv2td
      @GaneshKumar-bv2td 5 лет назад +1

      🤣

    • @cae9838
      @cae9838 5 лет назад +2

      yeah right even i saw the mate in 30 coming

  • @al97093
    @al97093 5 лет назад +19

    me in the sales meeting today:
    "Hello everyone, welcome to the meeting. Here is a nice picture of our CEO in the hoodie courtesy his PA. Without further ado, lets proceed to the quarterly results. Revenue, revenue, revenue, but it does not work, as the cashflow is not safe in Q1. The sales volume is up 5 million YoY.... OR IS IT (suspense)? I will pause my speech for a few seconds and let you understand why WHILST I have a nice sip of my water. For those of you who were able to figure it out - congratulations, you are an excellent guesser of deals that never happened, and for those who just want to sleep in the meeting before lunch -- ...."

    • @Mrmythologie
      @Mrmythologie 5 лет назад +1

      Alex Tikh good one made me laugh

  • @chaylahhannah5995
    @chaylahhannah5995 5 лет назад +14

    If agadmator commented my game I feel it’d go like this.
    “Move 1 we open with e4. And it was in this position that black resigned. Nothing for her to do”

  • @maxnullifidian
    @maxnullifidian 5 лет назад +1

    This Kostic fellow was no slouch! I'm very much looking forward to some more of his games against Capablanca. Thanks Antonio - you seem to be feeling better. I hope you're over your recent ailment.

  • @alexanderstoyanov7464
    @alexanderstoyanov7464 5 лет назад +41

    Happy birthday Antonio, a bit late but better late than never :) Hope you had a nice sip of your rakia

    • @agadmator
      @agadmator  5 лет назад +18

      Thank you! And of course :)

  • @shimonfriberg6551
    @shimonfriberg6551 5 лет назад +2

    One of my favourite games in the Capablanca saga. Beautiful!

  • @RickyLaneMusic
    @RickyLaneMusic 5 лет назад +25

    2:21 With this move we have a completely old game.

  • @gagarigabinalayefa3617
    @gagarigabinalayefa3617 5 лет назад +6

    i love capablanca's games.. it looks simple and enjoyable

  • @richardfeynman5560
    @richardfeynman5560 5 лет назад +12

    Those were the days when games were eventually adjourned, when the only engines were human brains...

  • @cairnebloodhoof5869
    @cairnebloodhoof5869 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks for showing this match I'm looking forward to see more games. I think Kostić got the chance to play Capablanca because of all the draws in their past meetings, so Capablanca wanted to show to the world that he can beat him and he did. Kostić was hell of a player but maybe never got the attention he deserved and not many people even know of him nowadays. That's because Capablanca wasn't very fond of him to say the least. As I recall Kostić said after losing this match 5:0 that Capablanca just got lucky and/or something like that. Essentially, he didn't want to admit Capablanca was a better player. Cuban didn't like that at all. So in the future Capablanca didn't want to play him and didn't want to appear on the tournament if Kostić's invited. Unofficially, even one of his conditions to play on some tournament was that Bora wasn't on it. Promoters of course looked the other way in Kostić's case because we all know Capablanca was one of the greates players that ever played the game of chess so it's no big surprise that Bora quickly fell in his shadow.

  • @michaelkaczmarski2938
    @michaelkaczmarski2938 5 лет назад +1

    I really love Capa's games. He was so smooth, converting really small advantages into a win. I would never have considered doubling pawns on the f-file, and would probably have achieved only a draw.

  • @amexjam55
    @amexjam55 5 лет назад +1

    I enjoyed the game very much, Agadmator, and especially your play by play analysis. Looking forward to the next game.

  • @zimmernebula8535
    @zimmernebula8535 5 лет назад +14

    Capablanca was amazing .
    More original on the board class

  • @borysnowicki5931
    @borysnowicki5931 5 лет назад

    Man it`s so nice to see a chess channel doing so well on youtube. Wish you all the best!

  • @cygnustsp
    @cygnustsp 5 лет назад +4

    I love the smell of agadmator in the morning

  • @MoonJung82
    @MoonJung82 2 года назад

    Concerning [...16:56 IF Rg2+] as well as [...18:42 IF Rg4+], allowing a rook trade and pawn race:
    In both scenarios, white's king will capture the pawn on f6, then recapture the rook on g7. Black is ahead in the pawn race until...f7+.
    Due to that threat, white promotes first. White is up a pawn or two, and black's last pawn on h6 is about to fall. However, ignoring that sitting duck pawn, white might be able to force a queen trade if he can fork the black king and queen, with white guarding the b5 and g6 squares.
    Otherwise, white should be able to push his pawn advantage while black has to avoid forks that trade queens.

  • @scowlistic
    @scowlistic 5 лет назад +1

    I learned a hell of a lot the breakdown of this great game, thank you.

  • @zofar9565
    @zofar9565 5 лет назад +7

    Yesterday was agadmator's birthday wish him guys 😀

  • @bezzlebedeviled4756
    @bezzlebedeviled4756 5 лет назад

    18:06 -- Kostić blundered here with Ra3, because that position can be held to a drawing rook and pawn endgame with Ra2. The line proceeds: Ra2, Bxc5 (commencing the exchange is the engine's top recommendation, and also what Capablanca had been working toward), Bxc5, Rxc5, Rxf2, Rc7+, Kg8, Rb7 (this is White's only move that doesn't lead to drawing lines), Kh7, Kg4, (Rg2+ or h5+), ...and the Black king is fortified while the White king is exposed and juggling defensive responsibilities.

  • @chrishauser5505
    @chrishauser5505 5 лет назад

    Capablanca's ability to get the right position, with the right player TO MOVE, was quite illustrative! Lots of little things reeeeeally added up here.

  • @chester8408
    @chester8408 5 лет назад +3

    Zugzwang game from Agadmator - instant watch and like

  • @bradyhartsfield7891
    @bradyhartsfield7891 5 лет назад +34

    The Capablanca Saga is gonna be longer than One Piece

    • @darksnowman7192
      @darksnowman7192 5 лет назад +9

      Obviously. In Chess you have more than one piece

  • @ashwinsubrahmanyan
    @ashwinsubrahmanyan 5 лет назад +1

    Wow what an instructive game.Thank you Agadmator for the great content.
    You are the best

  • @IchErwin
    @IchErwin 5 лет назад +5

    "This position has never occurred ever since." So from move 12 on we have a completely old game on our hands.

  • @keithstein7913
    @keithstein7913 5 лет назад

    Capablanca saga is back! Made my day.

  • @garnauklaufen6704
    @garnauklaufen6704 5 лет назад +2

    Whenever I've seen a game from Capablanca, I have the urge to play myself.

  • @n20games52
    @n20games52 5 лет назад +4

    Capablanca was really clever and crafty, Wow.

  • @cae9838
    @cae9838 5 лет назад +1

    happy birthday Antonio, your content is a really big impact in my life

  • @2WinItAll
    @2WinItAll 5 лет назад +8

    "Moral of the story: Capablanca always wins." 😆

    • @SpliffieBee
      @SpliffieBee 5 лет назад +5

      What's chess?
      Uhm, it's a game with two opponents facing each other, and in the end Capablanca wins.

  • @suhailnkhan2055
    @suhailnkhan2055 5 лет назад +1

    Your videos help a lot,Agadmator.May you live long.Please keep up the good work👍

  • @vijayraj-ud8jq
    @vijayraj-ud8jq 5 лет назад +1

    Legend capablanca. Thanks agad for the saga series❤❤❤❤

  • @shindanu
    @shindanu 5 лет назад

    Welcome back to the good stuff! Lol awesome!

  • @disguisedhell
    @disguisedhell 5 лет назад +1

    16:56 a huge mistake black will trade rook and push the b pawn

  • @Entropy825
    @Entropy825 5 лет назад

    Yay!! More Capablanca saga!!

  • @tentor8501
    @tentor8501 5 лет назад +1

    Cause it's a great Zugzwang Symphony this game
    Try to defend your king, the rook triangulates back where it came
    I'll take you down the only endgame where I get your crown
    You know the one that takes you to the 8th rank down a pawn, yeah
    Now move, you can't move, you can't move, you can't move
    but I'm here with my rook, I am here with my rook.
    But in a million different outcomes from one move to the next
    you can't get my rook, no, no, no, no, no, no, no

  • @MrSupernova111
    @MrSupernova111 3 года назад

    This is game #26 of "Capablanca's Best Chess Endings." This game is misleadingly simple and drawn through most of the game until the very end. I expected more seeing this game in an end game book but I suppose Capablanca's ability to simplify and convert seemingly drawn positions was part of his genius.

  • @hanifroger1830
    @hanifroger1830 5 лет назад +1

    16 : 58, its actually a blunder i think if Rxg7, because if Rg2+, he can trade rook end push his passed pawn on b4

  • @linospaghi4265
    @linospaghi4265 5 лет назад +1

    incredible game

  • @jamespimentel1794
    @jamespimentel1794 5 лет назад

    Casablanca saga is a great learning tool for beginners who know how to move the pieces and who need to learn how to make your opponent play to your advantage and not his

  • @kevinreyeskev2475
    @kevinreyeskev2475 5 лет назад +2

    “Hello everyone welcome back to the good stuff”
    ~Agadmator

  • @mikhailriemann9571
    @mikhailriemann9571 5 лет назад

    The bit about preparation at 13:27

  • @coolliechtenstein9090
    @coolliechtenstein9090 5 лет назад +1

    Finally. Hope you are good Agadmator!

  • @niallbourke4425
    @niallbourke4425 5 лет назад +12

    4 minutes old and already 442 views, well done Agadmator

  • @stewiegriffin6503
    @stewiegriffin6503 5 лет назад +1

    at 0:04 the dog is like: I do not need this, I have a life :)

  • @pouriaarab
    @pouriaarab 5 лет назад

    finally back to the good stuff. :)

  • @pickelz1882
    @pickelz1882 5 лет назад

    i proudly say that at 6:00 this is the first time since i began watching at the beginning of 2019 that i saw the move

  • @harrykane1941
    @harrykane1941 5 лет назад +4

    People are more interested in commenting first rather than watching the game😶

  • @shri7105
    @shri7105 5 лет назад +2

    13:27 wat happened abt tat please reply

  • @jackutley1509
    @jackutley1509 5 лет назад

    The man is a magician.

  • @curlykiddell368
    @curlykiddell368 5 лет назад +1

    6:05 I totally saw it

  • @loaielzlitny8275
    @loaielzlitny8275 5 лет назад

    Warm regards from libya🇱🇾🇱🇾 agadamator we love you ❤❤❤

  • @AllPRO786
    @AllPRO786 5 лет назад +25

    Everyone: Sees the move
    Me: doesn’t see the move
    😭

    • @sortehuse
      @sortehuse 5 лет назад +1

      I didn't see it either.

    • @panda4247
      @panda4247 5 лет назад +1

      I didn't see that either. it was quite an ugly move

    • @AllPRO786
      @AllPRO786 5 лет назад

      Haha yerp it was it great video learnt alottttt

  • @simeyD
    @simeyD 5 лет назад

    Another great game from J.R.C.

  • @markattila9835
    @markattila9835 5 лет назад

    Minor differences that are great differences are awesome!

  • @kiyoshi9807
    @kiyoshi9807 5 лет назад +1

    16:56 cant black just give check with the rook,exchange rooks,and than his b pawn is too fast and he makes a queen?

    • @everettworld1765
      @everettworld1765 4 года назад +1

      I thought the same thing, Agad made a little mistake there.

  • @mihemedsakir5115
    @mihemedsakir5115 5 лет назад

    Finally a game by Agad

  • @hannesbraun8064
    @hannesbraun8064 5 лет назад

    Puuuh so glad I found the move D5, happy to know me playing chess is not a total desaster :D

  • @TheMNZOO
    @TheMNZOO 5 лет назад

    Thanks for the upload agad.

  • @ahmedwaheed3153
    @ahmedwaheed3153 5 лет назад

    Welcome to the good stuff guys where the real men play

  • @kirkstable
    @kirkstable 5 лет назад

    Hello Agadmator’s Chess Channel.. Damn we like the Casablanca coverage

  • @adamvarsanyi7228
    @adamvarsanyi7228 5 лет назад

    6:00 when you have school chess tournament this week but miss this...😪

  • @tomoakley760
    @tomoakley760 5 лет назад

    I created a zugzwang in a recent chess.com game and I could almost hear Agadmator commenting on it :D

  • @1994mrmysteryman
    @1994mrmysteryman 5 лет назад

    "I'm sure you all see the move". I was so embarrassed, I paused the video and looked very hard. Found it and breathed a sigh of relief when it happened to be correct. Lol.

  • @bobmakin4991
    @bobmakin4991 5 лет назад

    Your on your way to 1 million subs

  • @ganeshs.6122
    @ganeshs.6122 5 лет назад

    in 18:43 is it good to play rook g4 check instead of e4 and trade rooks it must be winning for black.

  • @vladimirchesslike1200
    @vladimirchesslike1200 5 лет назад +1

    Good dog, where are you from?

  • @01Thal
    @01Thal 5 лет назад

    ""I will be back!" 80 years ago they didn't have any computers, they had Capablanca! May the Capablanca sag never end.

  • @dorian7661
    @dorian7661 5 лет назад

    Happy birthday! I love your videos.

  • @justinpinard6434
    @justinpinard6434 5 лет назад

    Hello everyone (agadmator)! been a huge fan of you for close to a year now (or maybe even longer, I can't remember). your content is amazing and your dedication and love for chess is inspiring!
    could it be possible for me to humbly recommend a game for you to cover? Robert Byrne vs. Bobby Fischer, US Chess Championship 1964. Fischer forced resignation as black in just 21 moves. one of the most astonishing victories i've ever seen in my very short chess career! thanks again :)

  • @kristoffoulidis2903
    @kristoffoulidis2903 5 лет назад +10

    Jesus im fkin high and this channel is the best omg so great man

  • @AbdulKalam-be5xg
    @AbdulKalam-be5xg 4 года назад

    18:41 after h5 by white black can play rg4 check and trade the rooks and black can push the pass pawn to victory right??

  • @aziiiz1000
    @aziiiz1000 5 лет назад

    At 17:00, after a rock trade, it is winning for black

  • @Sletty73
    @Sletty73 5 лет назад

    Very nice victory by Jose Anatoly Capablancansen

  • @c5-085
    @c5-085 5 лет назад

    My favoutite endgame ive ever seen

  • @Taboo08
    @Taboo08 5 лет назад

    i love this game thanks

  • @freddiepullman5132
    @freddiepullman5132 5 лет назад +2

    Borislav is a Gigachad name

  • @danie-v2o
    @danie-v2o 5 лет назад +1

    Good game 🙌😌

  • @mustaqeemrahman4992
    @mustaqeemrahman4992 5 лет назад

    Agadmator's lines : " Captures captures" "hello everyone" " let me have a sip of my water" " congratultions you are an excellent *insert praise*" "nice idea but it doesn't work" "and that was in this move __________ resigned the game " "why did he resign?" " now it's a completely new game "

  • @pahularora9642
    @pahularora9642 5 лет назад

    Thank u agad

  • @dushyantagrawal4291
    @dushyantagrawal4291 5 лет назад +1

    Seems like agad's health is good again

  • @samjeppi3614
    @samjeppi3614 5 лет назад

    THE GOOD STUFF

  • @TheKrazyLobster
    @TheKrazyLobster 5 лет назад +1

    Capablanca - the closest any chess player ever came to perfection.

  • @kojiattwood
    @kojiattwood 5 лет назад

    A delightful coda.

  • @trentgthegoat5496
    @trentgthegoat5496 5 лет назад

    Position at 18:32 why didn't white just check the black king trade rooks then start pushing his past pawn then and queen. White would of only been able to grab the H pawn due to the black king being so close to the F pawn

  • @805atnorafertsera6
    @805atnorafertsera6 5 лет назад

    Impressive game

  • @arunbeckham8384
    @arunbeckham8384 5 лет назад

    Waiting for more capas games.

  • @damien4197
    @damien4197 5 лет назад

    11:17 what if Kostic had just done the originally suggested move of knight to a4? There'd be no fork, and that pawn would fall, no?

  • @armankhosravi7346
    @armankhosravi7346 5 лет назад

    Good stuffs 👌👌👌

  • @andigjikoka3251
    @andigjikoka3251 5 лет назад

    that wink on 13:28 got me weak...

  • @anatol0077
    @anatol0077 5 лет назад

    10:23 why didn't he move his bishop to c6, in order to exchange bishops. It does not seem to me like a bad move, so why wasn't it played? Maybe somebody can explain that to me please.

  • @anugataghosh7014
    @anugataghosh7014 5 лет назад +1

    Miss you from 2880 minutes 🤗🤗🤗

  • @javierliberman4794
    @javierliberman4794 5 лет назад

    #suggestion I think you should define the number of episodes before starting a saga and number them.
    For example this could be 82/100. That means the 82 episodes out of 100. It could make the content even more interesting (out of the feeling of scarcity) and it could give us amazing finales.
    Thanks