Story about Paul Morphy He was playing a match with Adolf Anderson. The game started early in the morning. There were no clocks back then Anderson plays e4 Morphy plays e5 Time creeps by. The shadows move across the wall Anderson sits there deep in thought Morphy being super duper polite sits quietly Finally he can contain himself no longer "Are you going to move? He asks Anderson jerks awake and looks "What is it my move?" Clocks were added to chess soon after.
#suggestion one of my games. I can already hear the commentary:"And it is at move nine that white resigned the game. Why did he resign? Well, there's not much to be done here: the Queen is trapped, the knight is forking the two rooks and the king, the bishop is pinned, you are down four pawns and two pieces."
You probably got in to some kind of time warp. Maybe about 20 years from now you will board a star ship and fly into the black holes at the center of the galaxy and then return to find Capablanca studying. Then maybe you will take a second round trip and return to 2020.
"It's one of the games where Morphy had the black pieces, obviously." No, not necessarily! It's a little known fact that in the 19th century there was no rule requiring that White moved first. Half the time the player with the black pieces would move first. Those games in which Morphy had the black pieces but moved first are now presented as if Morphy had had the white pieces.
@@Mokshitk I'm not sure if you're joking. Technically, you're right. But surely it was assumed that Morphy "had the black pieces" in the time-honoured sense of moving second, and I was simply pointing out that this assumption is not necessarily correct.
for those who played rpg video games: Lowenthal is basically the player who's mid way through the game and leveled up enough to beat the entire game under normal circumstances but has run into the Secret Super Boss far before reaching the end game and grinding to Lvl 99
It's nice to see a Morphy game which goes to the endgame, not just checkmates under 20 moves. Although, with Morphy, you could never go wrong. Ziv bio Antonio.😊
So, what was the reason that Morphy had White in two consecutive games? Or was the game whose moves were not saved the second game, and this was Game 3?
The second game (Lowenthal's only white) was decided by a horrible blunder by Lowenthal leading to the loss of his queen. The game was of such poor quality that while Morphy showed the game to several people over the years, he wouldn't publish a game with such a gross blunder. There is a distinct possibly that Morphy even offered Lowenthal a take-back over the move during the game. The two whites by Morphy were games 1 and 3, though I'm convinced that this is game 1, not game 3.
By the way, I just wanted to mention that another fantastic chess channel called Historical Chess Videos covered a lot of Morphy games as well, just wanted to share that both channels are amazing :). Here is one game from his channel th-cam.com/video/u7W4rzko-7I/w-d-xo.html , hopefully everyone can check it out as well :).
1:00 bruh that nose tho he definitely smells what the Rock is cookin before he was born. He doesn’t see 3 moves in advance he smells them. When Toucan Sam said “follow your nose,” this man had no choice. I knew the penguin from Batman looked like a chess player, but I didn’t know he was one. Man that nose!
Wow as you said it is a new game, I realized my month old game. So it has been played in tournament halls since Morphy's game. But I am raited only about 1800 so you won't find it in databases
Once I get my hands on a time machine, I am going to get Morphy through it, and watch what he does against a chess machine that has an ELO ranking reasonably similar to his chess ability. What would he do to take advantage of chess engine weaknesses? I would really want to hear what he thinks of the concept of a chess computer, and his commentary to the AlphaZero beatdown of Stockfish!
Because technically this was game 3. Lowenthal made an early blunder in the actual game 2 that was so bad that Morphy offered him a take back and he resigned on the spot.
"If you feel like you have 1% equity of winning the game, you should continue it, at least a little bit. I mean, why not just torture him a bit." Magnus Carlsen (Tata Steel masters, after round 13) # quote suggestion
You should show a bunch of Morphy games against guys like John William Schulten, George Webb Medley, and especially Charles Maurian next as those games are all very beautiful and feature heavy sacrifices and strong attacks. Of course Morphy played a lot of weaker players but the games themselves are amazing to watch :).
Agreed, but I think the true value in Morphy's games is in showing weak players how to creatively take advantage of weak play. Morphy's opponents aren't defensive monsters; they neglect development, leave the king in the center, ignore weak color complexes, etc., just like weak club players do now. A thorough study of Morphy's games goes far to help struggling players find ways to beat inferior defenses.
I love that at 5:00 all of the pieces in both sides' back ranks are on opposite colors of the opposing bishop, except for black's king, which has to be on white to block the white pawn at g7. Small little touch, but it's one of those details that strong players will do without thinking much about it.
Great videos as always. Would you ever do a series on all the openings? why each piece moves, why certain ones don’t, famous games that used that opening and how they turned out. some info and history behind each one. Would be fascinating
Agadmator really deserves more subscribers for the work his doing I mean literally. I'm getting soo much of knowledge about chess from his videos. Hats off agadmetor 🙌
morphy 3 Inaccuracies 0 Mistakes 1 Blunders 31 Average centipawn loss LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES lowenthal 3 Inaccuracies 2 Mistakes 3 Blunders 52 Average centipawn loss superrb play by morphy for such a long game-at 13
5:06 How about Q-c1? If white can move the black Queen, N-f6 is mate. If ... h6, QxQ PxQ, N-f6 mate If ... f6, QxQ PxQ, N-f6 K-f7, NxP is winning for White
Not sure you'll see this comment... just curious why, in most of your videos, you always say "and sorry about that", wherein you reach down with your right hand and manipulate something. It's kinda like your funny trademark. Maybe you've answered this before???
At 7:00 following Bxh7+, does this also work? I think I may have spotted a tactic where after ...Qxe7 Nf5+ Rxf5 Rxf5 Black’s down the exchange and a pawn.
#suggestion for the next part in the saga, jump to the 1857 US Chess Congress, but start with one of his games beforehand with the US Champion Charles Henry Stanley, for example this game www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1336497
Finally, a hoodie guy quote.
Me: okay finally I can sleep..
Agadmator: sorry about that
:DDDDDDDDDDDDD
best comment ever!
ay, i have 3.15am
😆
i came to the comments section for this
Morphy made the engine's top recommendation? Very suspicious. I hope he wasn't using computer assistance.
Aimbotting easy report
Morphy was a computer
You're so stupid! There was no computers back then!
@@ChocolateMilk.. It’s a joke.
@@veschyoleg It's not a joke that there was no computers back then. That's a fact! Not a joke!
Story about Paul Morphy
He was playing a match with Adolf Anderson. The game started early in the morning. There were no clocks back then
Anderson plays e4 Morphy plays e5
Time creeps by. The shadows move across the wall
Anderson sits there deep in thought
Morphy being super duper polite sits quietly
Finally he can contain himself no longer "Are you going to move? He asks
Anderson jerks awake and looks "What is it my move?"
Clocks were added to chess soon after.
I might get whoosed for this, but I think it was Paulsen instead of Anderssen.
This why he left the game, he got tired of 10+ hours games
@@andrewhall7930 I get inpatient in games that last 10 minutes for each player 🤣
#suggestion one of my games. I can already hear the commentary:"And it is at move nine that white resigned the game. Why did he resign? Well, there's not much to be done here: the Queen is trapped, the knight is forking the two rooks and the king, the bishop is pinned, you are down four pawns and two pieces."
Mood
“Feel free to pause the video here and try to find the most embarrassing blunder white could ever possibly play in this position.”
Link please to your game i want to see it
Honestly, if @agadmator did a few subscriber games that would be seriously awesome!
@@dg-cg5gi yeah that would be great and intersting
2:07 You know when Agad says "this position has never been repeated again" that somebody bout to be slaughtered.
Omg i play exactly like that in bullet(first 5 moves).Actually this position seems very good for me.But i often lose after 10-20 moves.
Abdullah Almosalami I get in this exact position a lot of times in my online games by pure accident haha
@@sieger358 Lmao, then maybe that position is not as good as it seems :D
@@sedygrizly yeap(:Or maybe i can not make good moves after these moves(
0:57
Morphy looks very young for being 100+ years old
He played Vs. death and won, Bergman made a film about it, true story.
Lol
@@Anacronian morphy is related to the seventh seal?
@@lukahj Two things! 1. Norwegian?! Ingmar Bergman was Swedish! 2. I'm sure he just played along with the joke.
@@lukahj Haha all right! :) I hope I didn't sound like too much of a jerk, I worry it's easy to come off that way.
0:57 I‘m sure if Morphy lived in 1958 chess would be even greater today :)
And the pictures would be a lot crisper, although probably still in black and white.
I would go crazy, too, if i woke up one day a 100 years in the future 🤔😜
without a doubt, imagine Morphy had the chance to be trained like a todays GMs...
morphy vs fisher, who would YOU root for?
@@markhains7625 Fischer actually said that Morphy was one of his favorite players because of how tactically precise he was.
13:22 and it was first time in history when someone won 3½ : 0
That's how strong Morphy was
@@uzard3860 Morphy was the Ling Ling of chess. He played 40 hours per day. (see Twosetviolin for context)
Bullwinkle 🤦🏻♂️
Yep morphy was a genious
The last time I was this early Capablanca was still studying opening theory
You probably got in to some kind of time warp. Maybe about 20 years from now you will board a star ship and fly into the black holes at the center of the galaxy and then return to find Capablanca studying. Then maybe you will take a second round trip and return to 2020.
If you tryna insult him do better lol
As of move 6, we have a completely old game.
Idk why morphy's game just gives me a strange feeling of perfection
SAME! I thought it is just me
"It's one of the games where Morphy had the black pieces, obviously."
No, not necessarily! It's a little known fact that in the 19th century there was no rule requiring that White moved first. Half the time the player with the black pieces would move first. Those games in which Morphy had the black pieces but moved first are now presented as if Morphy had had the white pieces.
Seems legit.
Regardless of which pieces moved first, he still had the black pieces. Agad never said he moved first, he just said he had the black pieces.
@@Mokshitk I'm not sure if you're joking. Technically, you're right. But surely it was assumed that Morphy "had the black pieces" in the time-honoured sense of moving second, and I was simply pointing out that this assumption is not necessarily correct.
14:33 When you see your girlfriend with someone else
"The knight is a tricky piece, and there is also the rook" --agadmator, 2020
That is some top level anslysis quote :)
Wait, so "Philidor came with those ideas of sorry about that". Now it makes sense why you say it almost every video.
I missed that 🤣 but if the father of modern chess said it
C6- me: omg a Lowenthal Sicilian with the man himself
Morphy: not happening bro
Morphy won the match 3 1/2 to 0 ... my thoughts, damned he was a genious, scoring 3 1/2 points in 3 games
Man paul morphy will always be my favorite player of all time. I wish i could of met him he seems like such a genius and gentleman.
He's my idol in life.
9:22
"This bishop is immortal for the rest of the game..."
Nice
Actually.... it was not
That Rook ended that bishop's career
for those who played rpg video games: Lowenthal is basically the player who's mid way through the game and leveled up enough to beat the entire game under normal circumstances but has run into the Secret Super Boss far before reaching the end game and grinding to Lvl 99
How do you have a quote by Mr. Hoody guy?
1:44 the daily dose of "sorry about that"
Nasser Owainat I read your comment at the moment he said it 😂
after what feels like 2 years, I haven't yet figured out what he's apologizing for
Ha!😊👍
I would like a “sorry bout that,” shirt.
It’s tradition to adjust the volume.
But only after agad. explains why he is sry
But you've cleaned Lowenthal's honor by making people know Morphy's strenght now!
It's nice to see a Morphy game which goes to the endgame, not just checkmates under 20 moves. Although, with Morphy, you could never go wrong.
Ziv bio Antonio.😊
So, what was the reason that Morphy had White in two consecutive games? Or was the game whose moves were not saved the second game, and this was Game 3?
Or mybe löwenthal said, im the master your just a child, ill take black in all 3 games
schwebor yes maybe. I just posted my comment because early in we were told we would hear more about the reason later, and I don’t think we did
The second game (Lowenthal's only white) was decided by a horrible blunder by Lowenthal leading to the loss of his queen. The game was of such poor quality that while Morphy showed the game to several people over the years, he wouldn't publish a game with such a gross blunder. There is a distinct possibly that Morphy even offered Lowenthal a take-back over the move during the game. The two whites by Morphy were games 1 and 3, though I'm convinced that this is game 1, not game 3.
I dont know why, but Morphy's games are most enjoyable to watch
So, you promised to say why he played white twice in a row
Hey Agad, in the video you mentioned 1950, wrong title I guess😊😊😊✌️✌️✌️✌️
I love how agadmator one shoted his videos, no cuts, hes just doing it with all the mistakes. Its like playing chess.
@@larswiederify yes ✌️
@@larswiederify True but maybe he needs a day off, or half a day off, or something.
Modphy died in 1884
14:33 when my opponent sacrifises his queen :D
Javidan Ahmadli 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao *heavy breathing*
#suggestion caruana vs narodiskty in the pro league where caruana wins with 3 monstrous pawns vs 2 rooks lmao
agreed
@Dik Tracy you should, it's a ridiculously cool game
@Dik Tracy th-cam.com/video/h5qdtJmIqYM/w-d-xo.html around the 3hr 47mins but you can check out the full game pgn on chess.com
Agreed
When I got the notification that you published this amazing video I went to take a cup of coffee and a biscuit :) thank you!
hi agad can you cover the game of morozevich and caruana ruy lopez tal memorial 2012 round one it is insane game
0:59 Morphy looks like Kevin Spacey in that photo.
Adam Grise that’s explains the shoe fetish 👠
By the way, I just wanted to mention that another fantastic chess channel called Historical Chess Videos covered a lot of Morphy games as well, just wanted to share that both channels are amazing :). Here is one game from his channel th-cam.com/video/u7W4rzko-7I/w-d-xo.html , hopefully everyone can check it out as well :).
MR. HOODY GUY..:))))
Is this hoody guy agad himself??
Someone: Lowenthal played an immortal.
Me: what?
Him: A bishop.
Me: Oh you mean the immortal Bishop which died?
Not first.
BUT I WILL NOT GIVE UP, I'M A NICE SUBSCRIBER
Well I am an excellent subscriber
"A player surprised is half beaten"
- Mr. Hoody Guy
Who is Hoody guy? Is he anonymous or something?
yep
I'm dying for agad to start a video with " and after sitting down and seeing Morphy the player resigned as there is nothing else to be done"
Hey agadmator the picture is from 1858 not 1958.
I think you mean 1858 morphy was dead by 1950
Why you keep say “sorry about that” I really can not hear the difference
I really enjoy this Morphy series, it makes much more sense to me instead of memorized 2700+ GM engine lines
1:00 bruh that nose tho he definitely smells what the Rock is cookin before he was born. He doesn’t see 3 moves in advance he smells them. When Toucan Sam said “follow your nose,” this man had no choice. I knew the penguin from Batman looked like a chess player, but I didn’t know he was one. Man that nose!
11:28 if B takes R, it's a forced winning endgame for white actually.
First thing to see after Uni, greetings from Mexico!
Wow as you said it is a new game, I realized my month old game. So it has been played in tournament halls since Morphy's game. But I am raited only about 1800 so you won't find it in databases
Maybe you are Morphy incarnated
@@pigeonnnn em I played it as black so I'm not sure
My rating is around 800 so my game of it won’t be in any databases either :(
@@janmachacek4866 you are probably Jesus then
@@japiocni0km277 maybe it will be featured in the next Toy Story. You must have some pull with the writers
I must say, in most in of the games when I could make my adversary to sacrifice the queen I was very satisfied afterwards.
Morphy was the best player in the world. 👍😉
Why did morphy have the white pieces again?
It was probably the third game I guess. The second game wasn't recorded.
We love you agadmator.
Once I get my hands on a time machine, I am going to get Morphy through it, and watch what he does against a chess machine that has an ELO ranking reasonably similar to his chess ability. What would he do to take advantage of chess engine weaknesses? I would really want to hear what he thinks of the concept of a chess computer, and his commentary to the AlphaZero beatdown of Stockfish!
Wait..... Photo in the 18s what year was it :)
I am really enjoying this Morphy saga. Thanks agadmator!
MEDO!!!!!!!!
Because of your Morphy saga I bought the book "Paul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" by David Lawson.
I can't wait to read it.
So... Why did he have again white pieces? You said that you're gonna tell this after the end of the game, but you didn't
Because technically this was game 3. Lowenthal made an early blunder in the actual game 2 that was so bad that Morphy offered him a take back and he resigned on the spot.
@@kristheobserver almost 13 yo boy offered 50+yo GM to move back his piece XD. Genius.
@@tymtymrymrym Based on accounts of the games Lowenthal was a bit unnerved playing Morphy. And that is Morphy the child.
why does he always say uhhh........
Look at Morphy's haircut in that photo...that is one heck of a mullet.
#suggestion
Vladimir Kramnik vs Boris Gelfand, game 2
No-Castling Chess Tournament (Chennai)
I love these slow kills..
And a newcomer against a master; makes it ever-sweeter!
It must've been terrifying for Lowenthal after 9-10 moves into each game when he realized what he was up against.
"If you feel like you have 1% equity of winning the game, you should continue it, at least a little bit. I mean, why not just torture him a bit." Magnus Carlsen (Tata Steel masters, after round 13) # quote suggestion
You should show a bunch of Morphy games against guys like John William Schulten, George Webb Medley, and especially Charles Maurian next as those games are all very beautiful and feature heavy sacrifices and strong attacks. Of course Morphy played a lot of weaker players but the games themselves are amazing to watch :).
Agreed, but I think the true value in Morphy's games is in showing weak players how to creatively take advantage of weak play. Morphy's opponents aren't defensive monsters; they neglect development, leave the king in the center, ignore weak color complexes, etc., just like weak club players do now. A thorough study of Morphy's games goes far to help struggling players find ways to beat inferior defenses.
The good stuff😍
The Pride and Sorrow of chess
This Morphy kid seems pretty good, lets see what happen when plays Magnus.
Magnus wins easily
@@eccentrichorse11 I think people like Lasker , Capablanka. Morphy, Fisher and so will never be an easy win. Not even for Magnus.
why is he always saying sorry about that???
0:54
Woah... is that a real life Morphy head!? That guy must have been REALLY good at chess.
Yay morphy saga!
Hello Everyone!
I love that at 5:00 all of the pieces in both sides' back ranks are on opposite colors of the opposing bishop, except for black's king, which has to be on white to block the white pawn at g7. Small little touch, but it's one of those details that strong players will do without thinking much about it.
Great videos as always. Would you ever do a series on all the openings? why each piece moves, why certain ones don’t, famous games that used that opening and how they turned out. some info and history behind each one. Would be fascinating
#suggestion
Agadmator, at 14:45 the word "anticipate" is more accurate than "expect". Great video. I'm highly "anticipating" the next one. ♖♜
Hello Agadmator. Greetings from Banja Luka.
I was just watching some House MD videos today
@cygnustsp
Do I get bonus points if I act like I care?
@@gregoryhouse2233 of course you do
Agadmator really deserves more subscribers for the work his doing I mean literally. I'm getting soo much of knowledge about chess from his videos. Hats off agadmetor 🙌
Hello
Paul Morphy
Born: June 22, 1837, New Orleans, LA
Died: July 10, 1884, New Orleans, LA
🔥🔥🔥
#suggestion the epic match of me (hoodie guy) vs Paul 1986 (paul was dead so he lose on time)
morphy
3 Inaccuracies
0 Mistakes
1 Blunders
31 Average centipawn loss
LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES
lowenthal
3 Inaccuracies
2 Mistakes
3 Blunders
52 Average centipawn loss
superrb play by morphy for such a long game-at 13
1:04
Loving this saga a ton!
5:06
How about Q-c1?
If white can move the black Queen, N-f6 is mate.
If ... h6, QxQ PxQ, N-f6 mate
If ... f6, QxQ PxQ, N-f6 K-f7, NxP is winning for White
You can see in the photo that Paul had a VERY early beta edition of the Civil War chess set from the Franklin Mint. Those folks were visionaries.
Ooh my.. I accidentally clicked at this video again in playback speed 1,5x. Agadmator +300 IQ. I'm dying. Try it.
Not sure you'll see this comment... just curious why, in most of your videos, you always say "and sorry about that", wherein you reach down with your right hand and manipulate something. It's kinda like your funny trademark. Maybe you've answered this before???
hey agadmator, how long will the saga be? Cuz i love paul morphy and his games r awesome
hey agadmator, how long will the saga be? Cuz i love paul morphy and his games r awesome
5000USD gift 8OOO it is my one year saving money, from my work..
At 7:00 following Bxh7+, does this also work? I think I may have spotted a tactic where after ...Qxe7 Nf5+ Rxf5 Rxf5 Black’s down the exchange and a pawn.
Thank you for the video!
'Sorry about that' - anybody knows, what does Agadmator 'fixing' under table in almost every video? XD
At move 44 morphy played Rf6. I believe if it would have been Capa he would probably play 44.Rxc5 bxc5 45.Kf4 wins.
0:58 “1958” i didn’t know Paul could travel in the future
#suggestion for the next part in the saga, jump to the 1857 US Chess Congress, but start with one of his games beforehand with the US Champion Charles Henry Stanley, for example this game www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1336497
0:38 "Also I've prepared a nice photo of this match up. Let me just fetch it... uh..." "okay, here it is."
and he had no one to learn from...just amazing
1958? Maybe there is game of him against Tal.