I laughed out so loud though, when I saw the comment and went back to the video. Additionally, this is the second time he recorded this video. Maybe, just maybe, he chuckled the first time around 😂.
I used to read about Paul Murphy in chess books. But this series is really bringing his games and career to life. This channel is advancing chess scholarship. Thank you!
For some time, I most enjoyed the magic of Tal, but more and more I am starting to even appreciate more the poetry of Morphy. Tal seemed to create positions that one would think never have and never will be played again, whereas Morphy seems to play every game as if he knows even before the first move what all of the following positions will be. Well, unless he is tired.
You are the best chess teachers in TH-cam. We owed you lots and lots. The best chess channel on you tube, and that's not hyperphole.. You are the best player for my level, which is about 1.800 to 1.900 ELO, and trying to break the limit of 2.000, and your tutorias helped me lots to achieve this. Thanks a lot mate.
Agreed about his being a great teacher. When I started watching I was playing Stockfish at level five on Lichess and losing 99 games out of a hundred. Now I'm up to 50/50 on this level and am starting to turn the tide. I give all the credit to Agadmator.
Paul Morphy was definitely a great Chess player but an underrated aspect of his character was his ability to get inside his opponents head. It's incredible that his demeanor could stay so calm and his sense of confidence could be felt by anyone in the room when he played. Does it sound familiar? It should because Magnus Carlsen excudes a very similar energy.
I think, actually, that Kasparov did that. Never saw Magnus like this. But the quality of the player also creates a reputation and affects the psychological of the opponents.
I once read a biography on Morphy that described Harrwitz as an "opprobrious braggart." After his second defeat of Morphy, they shook hands and Harrwitz proclaimed to all present, "“See! His heart is hardly beating faster than if he had won!” Morphy was so deeply stung by this insult that he swore Harrwitz had won his last game. And of course he was right. The only reason Harrwitz is remembered today is the sound thrashing he received at the hands of Paul Morphy.
Morphy truly symbolizes the pioneering American spirit of his day, with captivating chess moves that were a wonder to behold in his day as it is in ours.
Enjoyed the game but I especially enjoy these historical matches. Not only do we get great chess coverage but the stories bring drama to the whole thing. Looking forward to more.
That was brutal the way that pieces were traded off so quickly. Harrwitz likely was in near shock. To revert to an olde tyme politically incorrect americanism, Morphy scalped Harrwitz. Or with less vivid modern phrasing, Morphy counted coup on Harrwitz.
Absolutely loving these Morphy videos! It will be a shame when this saga is over, but hopefully something else will rise to take its place. It will be hard to top this though :D
They should make a movie out of Morphy. Such a pure genius. His games are still viable so far in the future. No engines available at the time. It’s honestly remarkable.
They can't make a movie about morphy, it's politically incorrect, he's a white man and no woman or blacks are involved, so they will continue to make fake movies about women etc
wwow it's like superhero tv series .Morphy has to face stronger villains day by day . really interesting . please cover all the games of blindfold simultaneous .that's a request as horrwitz did to morphy hahaha.
after the match, Morphy - "sure Harwitz take rest in loserville, i will conduct another simul to send some friends for you as you will stay there forever"
Just wait until Microsoft starts making cars and they send you an email saying they're not supporting your version of a car anymore and you'll have to buy a new one.
Harrwitz, and it seems many people like him as well, try their best to act like "gentlemen". But first they won't play Morphy cuz they are afraid to lose. Then they won't play him cuz they don't have time. They are also mad that he just showed up and expected to get a match with them. They don't act like "gentlemen" is my point. Basically, it's the arrogant old Aristocracy that Europe, and especially Britain and France, has been famous for since Charlemagne. In the same way that it was nice to see Fisher crush the Soviets. But even though they are both very odd ducks, Morphy is the MUCH more likable of the two. and watching him beat these arrogant jerk-ovs is truly a pleasure.
@@douglaskouril1316 if anything we are going easy on them. all they care about are appearances and not being embarrassed, so them make lame excuses. to me, thats what cowards do.
For all we remember Morphy as being a blitzing, smashing hero like in the Opera game, we might forget that in one of the most serious matches he ever played, he happily went into an endgame 15 moves in, confident in his small edges (B vs N, 3 pawn islands vs 2). Had he either the inclination or the challenge, and had he been born in the time of chess clocks (fuck you, Louis Paulsen), he'd rightly be remembered as much for his genius as his romantic memories :)
It just strikes me how different Chess must’ve been played in this pre engine era like for instance where Morohy’s opponent had the choice between taking the pawn with his king or recapturing with his own pawn and as you stated it would’ve been better to capture with the pawn strengthening that middle pawn island and not becoming a weakness that Morphy’s opponent would have to babysit Players nowadays have a huge advantage over these players of yesteryears and still those players back than were very talented Thanks Agadmator
You got caught in the MS update. I use windows for my HTPC and it pisses me off to no end that so many updates mess with my audio settings and I have had to go back and sort out the mess many times. The telltale sign is when it is Wednesday and I have no sound, instant clue that MS update which goes out Tuesday night has clobbered it yet again. The other one I get is MS continually changing my home pages to Bing.
Although Staunton was in fact not the final boss. Firstly, he was already way past his prime and secondly he had actually never been that impressive in the first place. The world's strongest player before and after Morphy was really Adolf Anderssen.
@@priyasardesai9119 No, sorry to say but you're spreading fake news here, mate, not sure where you got this idea from but it's wrong. It's actually the other way round, Anderssen eliminated Staunton from the 1851 London International tournament and won the event; He beat Staunton 4:1, which is quite decisive. Anderssen is widely regarded as the inofficial World Champion from 1851 until Steinitz claimed the official WCT, only interrupted by the (sadly) short reign of Morphy.
Morphy vs Harrwitz was like Gandalf vs Saruman , once Gandalf was grey ,it was all about maybe equal , but when he turns white ,the gap between them is enormous !
I would've liked some thoughts from Agadmator as to why Morphy chose to castle queenside instead of kingside, since he had the option to do either one immediately.
I think the reasoning behind was maybe because Harrwitz castled kingside, and in the opening Morphy already started to slam attacks against the black king so most likely opposite castling to throw those pawns at the black kingside and a fun game was what Morphy was going for
Harwitz give up the bishop for the knight early on. And since the board is alr empty (of pawn) in the middle, maybe he want to trade down quickly to the position where he have bishop vs knight. And being aggresive is one way to get trades quickly
I wouldve taken with the king which shows how ungreat my knowledge is lmao. I felt a wee bit uncomfortable opening a file up whilst the opposite colour still had a rook on that file meaning that black had 2 vs 3 pawns on the King side and wouldn't have been able to defend against those. #1000ratingEndgametactics
"Mya Normasbut", not even a flicker of a smile from Agad, what a pro. 😎
Indeed. Though that was a low joke from the perpetrator, undeserving of even an ounce of recognition.
I laughed out so loud though, when I saw the comment and went back to the video.
Additionally, this is the second time he recorded this video. Maybe, just maybe, he chuckled the first time around 😂.
Plot twist: the reason he recorded this second time is because he laughed really hard the frst time 😂
@@jeremywilliams5107 You must be fun at parties :)
I dont get the joke
You know it's gonna be good if you hear "welcome back to the good stuff".
i swear whenever i hear this sintence, my heart beat rises and i smile a big smile 👌
ALL of his sagas are 'the good stuff' ! :)
"While our good friend Daniel Harrwitz is recovering from this unspeakable thing that's happening to him" 😂😂😂😂😂
😂😂
🤣😂
It's like Morphy sent him to the shadow realm and Harrwitz had to recover his soul
Read a fucking book.
"Check out the opera"...I caught that :D
Yes. Subtle... very subtle.
Chills 🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶
I used to read about Paul Murphy in chess books. But this series is really bringing his games and career to life.
This channel is advancing chess scholarship.
Thank you!
"This unspeakable thing that is happening to him" LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"welcome back to the good stuff"
Absolutely love this line in the intro!😂❤️
14:05 my enormous butt. What’s more is that he wrote his name as “ Mya Normasbut “. I don’t think Antonio realized what he just said 🤣🤣🤣
Rotfl DEAD!!!1
“He will not win ANOTHER game “
Morphy
For some time, I most enjoyed the magic of Tal, but more and more I am starting to even appreciate more the poetry of Morphy.
Tal seemed to create positions that one would think never have and never will be played again, whereas Morphy seems to play every game as if he knows even before the first move what all of the following positions will be.
Well, unless he is tired.
All in a good night's sleep...💁🏻♂️
Like Bobby Fischer.
The whole Morphy saga is like taken out of an anime. It would be one of the most badass shonen ever.
I've had the exact same thought
yeah hes such a cool mc "ill hold another simul blindfold match while you go off and rest because i slapped u so hard"
@@Hummabubba protagonist is too op.
more like one punch man
Morphy very much is an anime protagonists. Like something out of Prince of Tennis or March Comes Like a Lion.
Mya Normasbut. what a legend
I remember watching the #Gameofthrones series and this Morphy's promises and Morphy's saga is even better
Capture with the King or the Pawn? Me: the King. Wrong. And that's why I need to watch this channel....
You are the best chess teachers in TH-cam. We owed you lots and lots.
The best chess channel on you tube, and that's not hyperphole..
You are the best player for my level, which is about 1.800 to 1.900 ELO, and trying to break the limit of 2.000, and your tutorias helped me lots to achieve this.
Thanks a lot mate.
Agreed about his being a great teacher. When I started watching I was playing Stockfish at level five on Lichess and losing 99 games out of a hundred. Now I'm up to 50/50 on this level and am starting to turn the tide. I give all the credit to Agadmator.
"No one ever lost a chess match when they were feeling good." -- Irving Chernev, The Fireside Book of Chess.
I really like how he explains what happens with moves
I haven't even watched it yet but great game
Stay gold, Ponyboy...why watch it and spoil its perfection?
Thank you for helping us see the incredible talent of Paul Morphy.
"Two Strong opponents are coming, also to do some Sightseeing, maybe check out the Opera...." Yeeeaaahhhh, I see what you did there Agad!
“Check out the opera” what a nice foreshadowing
I couldn’t refresh anymore, thank you for uploading.
7:23 imagine returning from a 10 days rest and playing king captures instead of the automatic pawn captures.
Yes I was wondering the same thing
Getting defeated by an opponent only to crush him later?
Unique hair style?
Morphy shounen MC confirmed.
The people who bet for Morphy's win was like watching a movie
"That's the good stuff" ... one of his best lines. Keep up the good work agadmator.
Paul Morphy was definitely a great Chess player but an underrated aspect of his character was his ability to get inside his opponents head. It's incredible that his demeanor could stay so calm and his sense of confidence could be felt by anyone in the room when he played. Does it sound familiar? It should because Magnus Carlsen excudes a very similar energy.
I think, actually, that Kasparov did that. Never saw Magnus like this.
But the quality of the player also creates a reputation and affects the psychological of the opponents.
I agree, couldn't have said it any better!! Many people think chess is getting less interesting, but I think the opposite.
Exuberates is not a word, you meant to write "Magnus Carlsen EXUDES a very similar energy."
@@jamesr2547 Exuberates is a word, but exudes is the word that fits here
But Morphy seldom blundered!😁
Thanks for presenting the good stuff Morphy series. Excellent.
Why Morphy eyes ain't radiating red ?
This is not yet even his final form.
@@AtlasReburdened Correct - his final form was a layabout trust-fund slacker - a true force of nature ;)
Loving the heck out of this Morphy/Harrwitz series.
Truly Love this saga! You make us feel we are right in the Middle of the Games. Well Done!
I once read a biography on Morphy that described Harrwitz as an "opprobrious braggart." After his second defeat of Morphy, they shook hands and Harrwitz proclaimed to all present, "“See! His heart is hardly beating faster than if he had won!” Morphy was so deeply stung by this insult that he swore Harrwitz had won his last game. And of course he was right. The only reason Harrwitz is remembered today is the sound thrashing he received at the hands of Paul Morphy.
The more Morphy got to know his opponent's limitations, the easier it got to defeat the opponent.
The second Agad says "the opera" there ain't a fella in the house who isn't thinking "damn it why can't it be tomorrow already".
Really enjoying this series. Thank you!
Morphy truly symbolizes the pioneering American spirit of his day, with captivating chess moves that were a wonder to behold in his day as it is in ours.
Enjoyed the game but I especially enjoy these historical matches. Not only do we get great chess coverage but the stories bring drama to the whole thing. Looking forward to more.
Once again, Morphy punishes Harrwitz for his insolence...
"...while our good friend, Daniel Harrwitz, is recovering from this unspeakable thing that is happening to him."
That was brutal the way that pieces were traded off so quickly. Harrwitz likely was in near shock.
To revert to an olde tyme politically incorrect americanism, Morphy scalped Harrwitz. Or with less vivid modern phrasing, Morphy counted coup on Harrwitz.
In modernspeak, Morphy lost the first two games to Harrwitz, then proceed to "'adopt " him. Such a classy guy. LOL
Thank you Agadmator...This saga is like a movie to me
This saga is great!!! Thank you, I'm enjoying it a lot!!!
Found both the moves, fxe6 and Rd4+. Looks like agadmator's videos are really improving my game.
This is like Morphy Game - Story mode, amazing stuff!!!
Absolutely loving these Morphy videos! It will be a shame when this saga is over, but hopefully something else will rise to take its place. It will be hard to top this though :D
They should make a movie out of Morphy. Such a pure genius. His games are still viable so far in the future. No engines available at the time. It’s honestly remarkable.
Dr. Who should bring a 20th century grandmaster back in time to play Morphy. Give him some real competition for a change.
They can't make a movie about morphy, it's politically incorrect, he's a white man and no woman or blacks are involved, so they will continue to make fake movies about women etc
@@bobhappy991 What are you on about mate?
Epic game! Awesome as Always Agad!
Mya was on her way to the bar and library to play chess with Al Coholic and Amanda Hugginkis.
I had a rough day and now it’s not so rough anymore, thank you agad
Can relate.
Hope u have a good day
I enjoy this morphy saga, plz keep on
Video 3 of requesting that we award this Morphy fellow the coveted Morphy Head™. It simply must be done!
Agadmator, thoughts on Hungarian Opening / Owen's Defense? Could you please cover a game with that opening in the future?
I just discovered I watched all of your videos throughout the year in just 2-3 hours after uploading.
Last time I was this early Corona was a beer
A case of corona was 24 beers
13:30 Foreshadowing the "Opera House Game"?
The last time I was this early, capablanca didnt knew opening theory.
He still doesn't know any opening theory he's dead
@@cretudavid8622 He did know opening theory although he passed away. He knew it when he was alive.
@@zjda72
r/woooosh
@@KasabianFan44 What are you talking about? That is just incorrect.
@@zjda72
Because you somehow missed one of the most obvious jokes I’ve seen in my life?
Do you not know what a joke is or what?...
wwow it's like superhero tv series .Morphy has to face stronger villains day by day . really interesting . please cover all the games of blindfold simultaneous .that's a request as horrwitz did to morphy hahaha.
Do you think the real reason Morphy retired so young was that there just wasn't anyone else around worth playing against?
after the match, Morphy - "sure Harwitz take rest in loserville, i will conduct another simul to send some friends for you as you will stay there forever"
Harrwitz
@@droceretik we spell check for winners
Excellent stuff!! So well presented Sir! thank you for doing this...
:):)
I was waiting for this... and we are here.
Woke up, and watched this asap. Dont regret it
Watched this from atop a mountain in Virginia while camping, ty agad
Big fan of Morphy saga!
Go Morphy !! A really excellent and beautifully calculated game, thkz
Not even 7am in Hawai'i and we get another Morphy video. Happy Aloha Friday everyone! :)
And it was in this position that Daniel Harrwitz realized he needed another time out
Best saga in the world history
"You have this ,haha,terrible pawn"😂😂😂agadmator
"I never defeated a healthy opponent." - Tartakower.
I follow this saga with more interes then some of movies and series. It has plot twists, drama, fillers....
good start to the weekend
hello everyone and welcome back to the good stuff
7:53
When you finish your food at a restaurant and ask for the waiter.
Just wait until Microsoft starts making cars and they send you an email saying they're not supporting your version of a car anymore and you'll have to buy a new one.
Sure. 'Cause that's absolutely on topic.
Oh, wait. I forgot about agadmator's story at the start. Please forgive my insolence.
Harrwitz, and it seems many people like him as well, try their best to act like "gentlemen". But first they won't play Morphy cuz they are afraid to lose. Then they won't play him cuz they don't have time. They are also mad that he just showed up and expected to get a match with them. They don't act like "gentlemen" is my point. Basically, it's the arrogant old Aristocracy that Europe, and especially Britain and France, has been famous for since Charlemagne. In the same way that it was nice to see Fisher crush the Soviets. But even though they are both very odd ducks, Morphy is the MUCH more likable of the two. and watching him beat these arrogant jerk-ovs is truly a pleasure.
Or they suddenly come down with an undiagnosed illness that prevents them from continuing the match. It's called Morphyitis.
Maybe just a tad harsh on Harrwitz and many of his peers, but basically correct. Wait until Anderssen shows up, however.
@@douglaskouril1316 if anything we are going easy on them. all they care about are appearances and not being embarrassed, so them make lame excuses. to me, thats what cowards do.
Thank you for playing out the last moves.
Harrwitz: Insolence!
Morphy: Impudence!
this morphy guy knows a thing or two about juicers
Last time i was this early Stauton refuted to play with Morphy.
The "chicken champ".
Murphy simplified quickly. He felt he could beat Harrwitz in the endgame as he did in game 5. He was right.
When Morphy decided to do Rd4+, I knew it was about to go savage ❤
Anyone else panic for a minute thinking the queened pawn couldn’t stop Harrwitz’s queening pawn at the end
Yes, just for a second, then I calculated it and even by my anemic calculating it was clear Morphy could prevent the queening.
For all we remember Morphy as being a blitzing, smashing hero like in the Opera game, we might forget that in one of the most serious matches he ever played, he happily went into an endgame 15 moves in, confident in his small edges (B vs N, 3 pawn islands vs 2). Had he either the inclination or the challenge, and had he been born in the time of chess clocks (fuck you, Louis Paulsen), he'd rightly be remembered as much for his genius as his romantic memories :)
Petion to Add Morphy as a protector of the Channel together with Tal
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" - American slang English
American slang English?
@@OneRichMofo yeah, correct English is "isn't broken" - but who cares!
@@OneRichMofo yeah, correct English is "isn't broken" - but who cares!
It just strikes me how different Chess must’ve been played in this pre engine era like for instance where Morohy’s opponent had the choice between taking the pawn with his king or recapturing with his own pawn and as you stated it would’ve been better to capture with the pawn strengthening that middle pawn island and not becoming a weakness that Morphy’s opponent would have to babysit Players nowadays have a huge advantage over these players of yesteryears and still those players back than were very talented Thanks Agadmator
You got caught in the MS update. I use windows for my HTPC and it pisses me off to no end that so many updates mess with my audio settings and I have had to go back and sort out the mess many times. The telltale sign is when it is Wednesday and I have no sound, instant clue that MS update which goes out Tuesday night has clobbered it yet again. The other one I get is MS continually changing my home pages to Bing.
and maybe checkout the oprah... some nice forshadowing.. I think its awesome that I understand these chess references..
You got it! "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" 😀
Like my Pa used to say, "If she ain't broke, don't fix her"
Please show some amazing games of Howard Staunton to know how powerful the final boss (or so to say) is. #suggestion
Yes
Although Staunton was in fact not the final boss.
Firstly, he was already way past his prime and secondly he had actually never been that impressive in the first place.
The world's strongest player before and after Morphy was really Adolf Anderssen.
@@dr.bluesfield3629 Staunton defeated Adolf Andersen when Staunton was in his prime.
@@priyasardesai9119 No, sorry to say but you're spreading fake news here, mate, not sure where you got this idea from but it's wrong.
It's actually the other way round, Anderssen eliminated Staunton from the 1851 London International tournament and won the event; He beat Staunton 4:1, which is quite decisive. Anderssen is widely regarded as the inofficial World Champion from 1851 until Steinitz claimed the official WCT, only interrupted by the (sadly) short reign of Morphy.
Morphy vs Harrwitz was like Gandalf vs Saruman , once Gandalf was grey ,it was all about maybe equal , but when he turns white ,the gap between them is enormous !
Haha! Mya!! Thank you!!
Please please please
Show us the game.between bird vs horwitz in 1852 in london round 1 game 2
Thankfully my Friday night can now be content
Löwenthal in the peanut gallery was very critical of Harrwitz’ king capture of Morphy’s pawn
Waiting for this
I would've liked some thoughts from Agadmator as to why Morphy chose to castle queenside instead of kingside, since he had the option to do either one immediately.
I think the reasoning behind was maybe because Harrwitz castled kingside, and in the opening Morphy already started to slam attacks against the black king so most likely opposite castling to throw those pawns at the black kingside and a fun game was what Morphy was going for
Harwitz give up the bishop for the knight early on. And since the board is alr empty (of pawn) in the middle, maybe he want to trade down quickly to the position where he have bishop vs knight. And being aggresive is one way to get trades quickly
I would have thought that morphy wanted his rooks on d1 and e1 and this was the most efficient method of achieving it
@@rantdmc Basically he just wanted to attack. As much as possible
I wouldve taken with the king which shows how ungreat my knowledge is lmao. I felt a wee bit uncomfortable opening a file up whilst the opposite colour still had a rook on that file meaning that black had 2 vs 3 pawns on the King side and wouldn't have been able to defend against those. #1000ratingEndgametactics
@agadmator do we know how long these games typically lasted? Just curious
For the first time I found the right move on pausing the video even without pausing it LETS GOOO
"The good stuff..." Dude, they're all good!