Agad, I just have a feeling that somewhere in time this channel will be credited and respected as genuine chess history. Before your channel no one had done it in this fashion and it's amazing to see it. Thank you for sharing so much fun history in your videos and so much passion in your work. You don't have to be #1 on TH-cam, but you are by far the truest to the history of the game (and #1 in this chess heart 😁).
@@wuuduu609I guess I’m not the only one that feels that way he seems to play a very grind it out game yes he makes the great choices in moves and has an excellent end game but not the most exciting games it seems
@Wuuduu bruh Magnus literally squeezes water from stone. Just because you can't recognize a miracle when it happens in front of you doesn't mean his games are boring 😒
Please Antonio, cover the 1953 Zurich tournament for us. It'll be a great pleasure to know the tournament by heart by such a great commentator like "Mr Agadmator "
@@agadmator Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.
Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.
Practically all players are very happy with a draw against Magnus. Some even expect to loose the game, and are just happy to be done with it. But Aronian is one of extremely few chessplayers who thinks to themselves: "I can beat this guy." And he thinks so every time!
@@michaelmassaro4375 He gives it his all, but he literally admits he can get nervous and plays worse against Magnus. He psychs himself out and goes in with a "Magnus is better than me".
Levon belongs to the class of players such as Akiba Rubinstein, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi - great players who had a deep understanding of the game but did not become world champions.
@@Lucas-tb5wh He is the 4th highest rated player in history. Yes, you heard this right. He was +2830. He's right after Magnus, Kasparov & Caruana. Yet, he never got to play a world championship match despite playing the world championship tournament 2007 and the candidates five times! Rating wise, he's the second strongest player in history never to to become a world champion and the strongest never to be a challenger. Above all, he's an absolute class!
I am admittedly a chess duffer/dope. Don't play much, and when I do, make all sortsa mistakes, hang pieces, don't see threats developing, etc. But one of my favorite aspects of your youtube channel, agadmator, is the opportunity to try to solve the riddle presented. Would I ever, in a million years, have the foresight to see these moves w/o a headsup? No. Clearly not. But when a pivotal position is flagged, and we are given the opportunity (and headsup) to search for it, it's actually quite enjoyable to find it. My success rate is easily less than half, even given forewarning to look, to give you an idea of how much of a noob at chess I am. But when I can find it, it's sorta thrilling. It's easily my favorite aspect of your channel, which I enjoy very much. Now, when it was introduced by you in this vid that you'd have to see 20 moves in advance, and that it was "next to impossible to spot," I sorta quailed at the prospect. No way was I gonna find the move. But: Will say I had no idea how the position would resolve itself, but I did find not just the next move, but the next *two* moves: i.e. Qe7, followed by Qh4+ (not even sure I got the notation right). If I were in this position in an actual, you know, game and was left to my own devices, there's no question in my mind I would not have found these moves w/o a headsup. (One of the ironies of your "pause the video" moments is it shows just how pernicious cheating at chess could be. (Not accusing anyone, not trying to relitigate past accusations, just remarking that if a clod like me can occasionally spot a good move w/a headsup, that shows you the power of knowing, w/foreknowledge -- cheating -- that something remarkable is possible w/in a given position at a critical moment. Think the only reason the two moves occurred to me is b/c the desire to get the queen off a square of jeopardy conjoined with a subsequent move that would keep the heat on (check the black king) were my guideposts. But, like I say: Where to go after that? Even if I had seen it in a real-game environment, I'da had no clue how to follow up. But will confess I whooped like a banshee and startled my buddy's dog when I got confirmation of not only the correct next move, but the followup second move. Thanks again for your channel, agadmator. Really appreciate what you do and what you bring to chess.
I would go so far as to say I can't remember ANY time when Magnus got outplayed like this in Classical. There's been games where Magnus just didn't play well...but I can't find a Classical game where he just got beat like this
There is a game where Levon sacrificed two exchanges vs Magnus, but yes, this one is more spectacular, moreover Magnus was at his peak, while he was a young promise in the other.
It takes some massive nuts to sacrifice a rook for a bishop just for a chance to trap the queen. Or at the very least keep it very limited on the queenside. That move was sexy as hell.
Nice I like watching decisive games like this one when one player has the momentum throughout the game very enjoyable to watch Thanks for the Breakdown always a pleasure
I like the quote at the top of the video, but in this case I would say the mistake was accepting the pawn on a3. Levon obviously had a trick up his sleeve and magnus played right into it. Great game, also love the Groot mug, Antonio!
I'd love a series of TH-cam videos like "iconic games where top players have been destroyed by novel tactics." Those are probably famous in top level chess circles but it'd be amazing to have games like this and others archived and analyzed in a video series
I just calculated the mean elo rating value of this tournament. It's 2979.8 with 10 players. Absolutely incredible. Kramnik, Caruana, Wesley and Magnus all rated above 2800.
I've never seen chess analysis spend more time in lines that didn't even happen than in the actual match. Having to skip minutes ahead just to get back to the game is crazy.
Mr Agadmator, can you cover the game of Bobby Fischer vs Ulf Andersson? The 1971 game sponsored by a Swedish newspaper back then. Thank you and more power.
Amazing game. I was thinking how does Magnus lose this being a piece up only to see he's 4 pawns down. This is how my old electronic chess set from the 80s would beat me all the time and then force a winning end game.
The greatest game ever played against Magnus is that one with Supi! The move Qc6!! in the same game is the most beautiful move ever played agains Magnus!
2017 was levon's year. He simply won everything and finished the year in the 2800's. I still miss the quality of 2018 candidates tournament. Only beasts playing there
Very late to this, but Qa7 by Levon could just have been played to be on the same file as the black Queen. Thus if white could ever push b5, black would need to recapture with the c pawn instead of the a pawn, gining white a close to promotion passed pawn. But thats only speculation
9:43 after white plays h3 what is to stop Black playing ..... e5 and threatening B x h3 next move and threatening checkmate with Q x g2 next move? Just asking?
Is there anything to be said for continuing to box in the black queen and trying to force the queen to be traded for a lesser piece, instead of commencing with white's attack on the black king (the bishop sacrifice)?
05:15 - (Just for reference for others who may’ve gotten confused as I have: Agadmator’s so used to seeing Magnus in the dominant position that he briefly brain-farted and switched the names.
Hey agad, I was wondering if you can make a video on Alireza firouzja and one of his most recent games, I really liked the guy and wish he continues playing
i spotted it too, i just wanted to move my pawn and E7 is the only logical square for the queen with these checks ideas xD I guess a simple reasoning leads to the same conclusion than a deep calculation, by luck
at minute 4:08, I don't think it's auto-resigns?! you will have a rook and 3 pawns for the queen. 2 of them are passed pawns. white is better but black has a chance?
Feel free to pause the video. You'll have to see 20 moves in advanced... me: well, I'll just enjoy the show.. (actually I got the move as it's frees the pawn movement, but off course not the sequence)
Agad, I just have a feeling that somewhere in time this channel will be credited and respected as genuine chess history. Before your channel no one had done it in this fashion and it's amazing to see it. Thank you for sharing so much fun history in your videos and so much passion in your work. You don't have to be #1 on TH-cam, but you are by far the truest to the history of the game (and #1 in this chess heart 😁).
Very well put
There was Mato Jelic for some time, till he retired
Totally agree 👍
@@guiladshmaya1True.
Mato was very good.
Agreed.
"The world of chess is better when Levon is playing good chess" Kasparov, Garry.
and really really boring, when Magnus is playing
@@wuuduu609I guess I’m not the only one that feels that way he seems to play a very grind it out game yes he makes the great choices in moves and has an excellent end game but not the most exciting games it seems
Appreciation of Magnus comes with maturity, I think. He plays always for a win
@Wuuduu bruh Magnus literally squeezes water from stone. Just because you can't recognize a miracle when it happens in front of you doesn't mean his games are boring 😒
@@junkid3559 i guess his style is objectively better but sacrifices just look better
Please Antonio, cover the 1953 Zurich tournament for us. It'll be a great pleasure to know the tournament by heart by such a great commentator like "Mr Agadmator "
Will do!
@@agadmator Thank you so much. You are truly an incredible personality sir. You are one of the main reasons why i love chess.💞
@@agadmator Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion
There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there.
[Variant "From Position"]
[FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"]
1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7
For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.
Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion
There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there.
[Variant "From Position"]
[FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"]
1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7
For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.
One of the first books I ever bought, 1953 tourney book. Awesome stuff.
Practically all players are very happy with a draw against Magnus. Some even expect to loose the game, and are just happy to be done with it. But Aronian is one of extremely few chessplayers who thinks to themselves: "I can beat this guy." And he thinks so every time!
Hikaru gives it his all as well vs Magnus Fabiano Gukesh also
@@michaelmassaro4375 He gives it his all, but he literally admits he can get nervous and plays worse against Magnus. He psychs himself out and goes in with a "Magnus is better than me".
Aronian is a G
Levon belongs to the class of players such as Akiba Rubinstein, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi - great players who had a deep understanding of the game but did not become world champions.
Chess is exciting to watch because of games like this. Thanks Agad for covering!
Aronian and Mamedyarov, two master tacticians who on their day can destroy anyone, especially with white.
Mamedyarov's most recent brilliancy where he sacrificed almost all his pieces to win was amazing.
And mvl !
Ironically an Armenian and Azerbaijani
Especially with such amazing opening preparation
Don't forget about Alexander Grischuk!
Levon Aronian is truly great 😃👍Thank you for sharing this game.
@9:45 what a formation by Mr. Levon 😆😆
Levon is one of the most unluckiest chess players. Many people like Anand say that levon is a high class chess player. He was not lucky.
why is he unlucky?
@@Lucas-tb5wh He is the 4th highest rated player in history. Yes, you heard this right. He was +2830. He's right after Magnus, Kasparov & Caruana. Yet, he never got to play a world championship match despite playing the world championship tournament 2007 and the candidates five times!
Rating wise, he's the second strongest player in history never to to become a world champion and the strongest never to be a challenger.
Above all, he's an absolute class!
@@NotoriousKhamid not only that..... dude went through a hard time of his life losing his wife in a car accident
@@NotoriousKhamid lol he is lucky and was going to be crushed by magnus anyway in the world championship.
Chess is not based on luck though. Levon has just not lived up to his standards in the candidates
I am admittedly a chess duffer/dope. Don't play much, and when I do, make all sortsa mistakes, hang pieces, don't see threats developing, etc.
But one of my favorite aspects of your youtube channel, agadmator, is the opportunity to try to solve the riddle presented. Would I ever, in a million years, have the foresight to see these moves w/o a headsup?
No. Clearly not.
But when a pivotal position is flagged, and we are given the opportunity (and headsup) to search for it, it's actually quite enjoyable to find it. My success rate is easily less than half, even given forewarning to look, to give you an idea of how much of a noob at chess I am. But when I can find it, it's sorta thrilling. It's easily my favorite aspect of your channel, which I enjoy very much.
Now, when it was introduced by you in this vid that you'd have to see 20 moves in advance, and that it was "next to impossible to spot," I sorta quailed at the prospect. No way was I gonna find the move. But:
Will say I had no idea how the position would resolve itself, but I did find not just the next move, but the next *two* moves: i.e. Qe7, followed by Qh4+ (not even sure I got the notation right).
If I were in this position in an actual, you know, game and was left to my own devices, there's no question in my mind I would not have found these moves w/o a headsup. (One of the ironies of your "pause the video" moments is it shows just how pernicious cheating at chess could be. (Not accusing anyone, not trying to relitigate past accusations, just remarking that if a clod like me can occasionally spot a good move w/a headsup, that shows you the power of knowing, w/foreknowledge -- cheating -- that something remarkable is possible w/in a given position at a critical moment.
Think the only reason the two moves occurred to me is b/c the desire to get the queen off a square of jeopardy conjoined with a subsequent move that would keep the heat on (check the black king) were my guideposts.
But, like I say: Where to go after that? Even if I had seen it in a real-game environment, I'da had no clue how to follow up.
But will confess I whooped like a banshee and startled my buddy's dog when I got confirmation of not only the correct next move, but the followup second move.
Thanks again for your channel, agadmator. Really appreciate what you do and what you bring to chess.
Magnus simply outplayed. Loved the tactics. Levon obviously was well prepped to play a3
@simone v. that's grammarly talking.
what are you talking about Magnus got owned lmao 💀💀
Now Levon has become my favorite 😍
# WOW, I've been with you since you had 20,000 subscribers... Great stuff, thanks.
15:00 "up 5 pawns" one of those pawns is an imposter
Thanks for all the great content over the years Antonio. You're the best Chess TH-camr by far!
Except the HELLO !!!
Indeed ,Great TH-camr
There are not many games in which Magnus gets outplayed like this crazy stuff from Levon. Levon's Immortal maybe?
I would go so far as to say I can't remember ANY time when Magnus got outplayed like this in Classical. There's been games where Magnus just didn't play well...but I can't find a Classical game where he just got beat like this
There is a game where Levon sacrificed two exchanges vs Magnus, but yes, this one is more spectacular, moreover Magnus was at his peak, while he was a young promise in the other.
It takes some massive nuts to sacrifice a rook for a bishop just for a chance to trap the queen. Or at the very least keep it very limited on the queenside. That move was sexy as hell.
What a game! ThX Agad for this awesome treat!
Great vid, also lovely haircut cheers and thanks for covering this :)
10:30 That was a very confident coffee sip, knowing that absolutely no one will spot the move..
He thinks we don't see it but we sees it
The strategic vision, the dynamics and sacrifices!
Nice I like watching decisive games like this one when one player has the momentum throughout the game very enjoyable to watch Thanks for the Breakdown always a pleasure
What a marvel. Thank you Antonio!
Mnogo je dobro sto su rejtinzi prikazani u realnom vremenu (bilo sadasnje ili u trenucima kada je mec odigran)
I like the quote at the top of the video, but in this case I would say the mistake was accepting the pawn on a3. Levon obviously had a trick up his sleeve and magnus played right into it. Great game, also love the Groot mug, Antonio!
That's exactly like magnus. He always takes the challenge his opponent gives him
Dang, this was a beautiful game!! Thanks for sharing, Antonio!!
Thanks for covering this is a masterpiece! 😍🇳🇴
as Kasparov said the best thing for chess is levon in a Monster form
This is exactly he meant
Excellent instructive game. Levon was in top form and outplayed Magnus..
You have actually shown this game two years ago. Time to search with the new tool
your banner line reminds me of the professor sweeping the street....✌️
I'd love a series of TH-cam videos like "iconic games where top players have been destroyed by novel tactics." Those are probably famous in top level chess circles but it'd be amazing to have games like this and others archived and analyzed in a video series
Hans played such good moves, he couldn’t explain them himself.
Wow, this game did not disappoint!
Thank you sharing this game , I enjoyed it very much 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😊
Levon is too much common figure when you see titles like this. ♥
@agadmator did you notice that you are not in focus / sharp on your latest videos
It's so good to have breakfast when you got the right moves in the pause the video moment. That Qe7!! made my coffee even hotter.
Hello Antonio, are you still planning to show Wilhelm Steinitz saga? I can't wait to watch it with your great commentary:)
Yes!
beautiful game, thank you for making it!
Thanks for this very beautiful game.
The a3 move is so quiet, but permits the rook lift! Beautiful!
You've just kept giving too many scenarios that made me forget the actual one
9:11 - 9:14 me whenever teacher asks me a question.
I remember looking this live. It was amazing.
Levon played like an absolute beast
Taking nothing from this game, the one Magnus was beaten 'Enpassent' 2023 wow that game ❤️
I just calculated the mean elo rating value of this tournament.
It's 2979.8 with 10 players.
Absolutely incredible. Kramnik, Caruana, Wesley and Magnus all rated above 2800.
How can the mean be greater than the greatest
@@hrridayagarwal381
It isn't? Magnus's rating was way above 2800.
@@hrridayagarwal381
The mean is never greater than the greatest.
2979.8 might be a typo, or is in deed smaller than 2800.
Typo... 2799.8 i guess
Very good game and indeed a tournament too for Levon! Congrats to him!
shutup mark
@stupidserver601 At least you live up to your name!
@@stupidserver601 get rekt bozo 😂
@@stupidserver601 ratio
The Champ. Of 2017 👌
I've never seen chess analysis spend more time in lines that didn't even happen than in the actual match. Having to skip minutes ahead just to get back to the game is crazy.
Mr Agadmator, can you cover the game of Bobby Fischer vs Ulf Andersson? The 1971 game sponsored by a Swedish newspaper back then. Thank you and more power.
Love your channel aGOATmator
"I'll give u a couple of seconds to see 20 moves ahead"
I get real interested in my losses when I can't really understand where I lost. Anyway Levon is a freaking monster!
I swear i found Qe7, and even Qh4 after that.
Amazing game. I was thinking how does Magnus lose this being a piece up only to see he's 4 pawns down. This is how my old electronic chess set from the 80s would beat me all the time and then force a winning end game.
Great video as usual. I think the PGN was from a different game though, hopefully that will be fixed :D
Two connected pawns on the seventh rank is worth more than a queen. So true. Potential outweighs everything.
no wonder aronian is one of my all time favs'
Someone from Denmark had fun with the donations 😂
"What Magnus *should* have done here"
*stares incredulously*
Well I assume this comes from "the engine" and not Agad.
I'm a d4 player, all because of Levon
Correction: the greatest game played against Magnus was actually performed by Hans Niemann's engine,
At 12:17, when there is white pawn @c7 and moves the other pawn to c6, why doesn't black Queen take the c7 pawn?
Qh5 wins the rook
It was in this position That Agadmator completely blundered the Video information 😂😂😂😂
The greatest game ever played against Magnus is that one with Supi! The move Qc6!! in the same game is the most beautiful move ever played agains Magnus!
Levon ;
Alpha Mode:On
I love it I like to see the middle game !
@ 14:36 can't you block with the Bishop ?
Rook g5 would still win the bishop
5:16
Whose pawn😂😂??
2017 was levon's year. He simply won everything and finished the year in the 2800's.
I still miss the quality of 2018 candidates tournament. Only beasts playing there
germano stop typing rubbish thanks 😈
@@stupidserver601 go away you are not needed here - troll.
Merci beaucoup 👍
i am on a levon aronian game watching binge!
epic thumbnail !!!
Awesome!
When is the Ian Nepo/ Ding Liren match?
WONDERFUL GAME
Nice mug 10:33
Very late to this, but Qa7 by Levon could just have been played to be on the same file as the black Queen. Thus if white could ever push b5, black would need to recapture with the c pawn instead of the a pawn, gining white a close to promotion passed pawn. But thats only speculation
What makes this game unbelievable is that Magnus is up a whole piece and still lost
Hi Agad, I was just wondering, do you ever get time to catch Ivanchuck's streams on Twitch ?
Wow Levon again
9:43 after white plays
h3
what is to stop Black playing
..... e5 and threatening B x h3 next move and threatening checkmate with Q x g2 next move? Just asking?
The Queen can just take on e5 and then threaten a queen trade which is winning for white
@@manwelb6536
Surely a Queen trade is wining for Black as Black is a piece up?
@@jwrobin21 its not up a piece, its a piece for 3 very strong passed pawn
Is there anything to be said for continuing to box in the black queen and trying to force the queen to be traded for a lesser piece, instead of commencing with white's attack on the black king (the bishop sacrifice)?
Anyone noticed he mentions someone got pregnant at the end of the video? xD thx for the video Antonio, as always simply excellent.
And if Bh5, Rg5, forking the queen and bishop. Right?
If this guy is the best player in the world i do not think i want to follow chess anymore
Brat
5:17 what, Magnus get's a passed pawn? Levon you mean?
05:15 - (Just for reference for others who may’ve gotten confused as I have:
Agadmator’s so used to seeing Magnus in the dominant position that he briefly brain-farted and switched the names.
Hey agad, I was wondering if you can make a video on Alireza firouzja and one of his most recent games, I really liked the guy and wish he continues playing
I've spotted that E7 move but just by gut, I wasn't able to calculate anything beyond the immediate effect of course 😂
Great game and video!
i spotted it too, i just wanted to move my pawn and E7 is the only logical square for the queen with these checks ideas xD I guess a simple reasoning leads to the same conclusion than a deep calculation, by luck
@@daemonsoadfan Yep, and I wanted to have the Queen ready to deliver check in the H file!
What if the bishop blocks on h5 in the end position? 14:27
Rook g5 I think
In this game, Levon played artistically and acted like Picasso in chess.
15:03 Up 5 pawns, sure ... but two of them are the doubled C pawns! :D....
at minute 4:08, I don't think it's auto-resigns?! you will have a rook and 3 pawns for the queen. 2 of them are passed pawns. white is better but black has a chance?
levon monster mode
#suggestion WOW WOW WOW queen sacrifice in the Bellón-Georgiev game of Terrassa, 1990.
Feel free to pause the video. You'll have to see 20 moves in advanced...
me: well, I'll just enjoy the show.. (actually I got the move as it's frees the pawn movement, but off course not the sequence)