Nobody watches your channel to “just see the moves.” We watch for your extra trivia and commentary. Anyone could cover the moves, but you’re the reason we watch these videos! Forget the people who don’t like it, the extra stuff is the heart and soul of your channel, and nobody wishes to see it changed!
You got it right. There are dozens of channels out there which cover just the moves. They have much lower view/subscriber stats. There's also a variety of websites with PGN databases where you can review "just the moves"
The truth lies somewhere in between. Firstly I absolutely dont wish to see "just the moves". Or i would go to some database. On the other hand I also dont want to see infinite rambling about things which may not be very related to the game/etc.
Who's not interested in a little backstory ? I love it when you there's something about the game, a little context about the players, an old photo of the game or the tournament.
irrelevant, silly and childish. Do people now really consider films a reality??!! ok for children of course then we should outgrow, develop, maybe into real culture
I’m interested as well. Imagine if Netflix’s *queens gambit* was a real story. People want to see the background of great players. I’d love to see something like that on Tal
My father loved Tal. We discovered your channel during Covid times and it turned out to be a topic of conversation every single day. He in India and me in the US sharing games during our conversation and moves on WhatsApp. He particularly enjoyed the Tal and Fisher sagas. I lost him last year. How I wish he got to enjoy this lost masterpiece. Thank you for the trivia and stories. Context is everything and you are a wonderful storyteller.
The craziest part for me is how Tal is seemingly hanging pieces left and right, with only his attacking initiative on the enemy King sparing him the loss of more material. He cleverly unwinds his hung pieces with tempo as he balances defending his own king while keeping the pressure on his opponent. Then when the smoke clears in the endgame he's up a meager pawn somehow, as if this was all precisely calculated to give him a slight, albeit winning, advantage.
And my favourite part of all of that: Those are always sacrifices like here that the opponent has to accept. Imagine being forced to take pieces while knowing "this is Tal, I know it's trap" three times in a row ...
And people forget that Tal or infact anyone from Russian school of chess were endgame monsters. People remember him for his attacks but alot of those attacks leads to better endgame which tal used to grind
No, the crazy part is Tal pulling this stunt on his own mentor and still winning! Those are some seriously slick moves!!😛 Maybe this wasn't meant to be played for Tal's birthday, but was intended as a gift to Agad for some special occasion. Was it truly "just by chance" a random friend got to see that movie and mentions it to him, and it turns out to be the match Agad's been looking for for so long?
I watch every video you post. Not once am I clicking the video for the moves. I watch your videos for the love you put into it, the history you share, and the environment you create. We all love your channel for you, not the moves.
Thank you, for me it was an amazing game. The intro was well worth it too. The hapstance of the unlikely source, an unrelated recent movie, that Tal was both his own and his tutors achievement, and a record at that, and ofc any game with such a wild sacrifice is enough for anyone to fall in love afresh with chess.
Had Tal taken care of his health & was a bit disciplined then he would be impossible to beat !! Even GMs today cannot comprehend his sacrifices!! Truly a Legend & my favourite Chess player of all time !! Thanks a lot for all the Tal content
I honestly think that Tal's medical problems were beyond what medical science had to offer at the time, and particularly in the Soviet Union. For example, I had ulcerative colitis in the 1970s. We now know it's an autoimmune disease, but at the time, nobody had even heard of autoimmune diseases. Nobody knew what caused UC. I asked, and the doctors would just shrug and say "maybe a virus." Now I'm really glad that science has progressed, and today's UC (and Crohn's) patients have options I never had, but I would take issue with anyone who said that the reason I haven't had a large intestine for 45+ years is because I wasn't taking care of myself. Not only did I not know what was really going on, but the new immunosuppresive drugs that target IBD hadn't been invented either. Your thoughts about Tal's brilliance are spot-on. He was a legend in so many ways. I once heard about this one time where he was picked up and thrown in the local drunk tank overnight in the middle of a tournament, after the first day's 40-move round. When they realized it was Tal they picked up, and they were Russian (i.e. all chess players), and his tournament status, the story goes that his very jailers stayed up all night with him, analyzing his position! This is what I call stone-cold hero stuff.
@@aronuchukwuezugo615 Well, Tal played before there were computers. He did what everybody did in his time. His main tactic was to move away from established lines quickly, and complicate the position, and look across the table and metaphorically say, "in the next five hours I'm going to crush you with my raw chess-playing skill" and he usually did, until his health problems got him. I'd also like to mention, since he was still around was I was younger, that Tal was beloved by the entire chess-playing world, not just in the Soviet Union. I'm sitting here in the USA and the Cold War is swirling around me, and everybody still loved Tal. Americans no exception.
I also dont like the backstories, but i just skip ahead instead of complaining because i know others like the backstories. Keep the great work going, Antonio
This is one of your best recordings ever. Please never ever “just show the moves”. Your analysis and light discussion + history is what makes your channel my favourite chess channel. Period! By the way, you tried something new this video that I really really enjoyed. The quick recap was delightful. So many times I needed to go back to remember the moves that got things to the critical moment. Being able to listen as you quickly review the game is an excellent addition. More please! ❤
The game is meaningless without context or the situation in which it is played! We absolutely love your insights setting the backdrop of the game. If I just had to see the moves, I wouldn't have come to a TH-cam channel! I appreciate you taking a deep dive into history to create an interest amongst your audience
New camera, old camera, any camera… it’s always a good reason to show a new Tal game! Thank you for all the work you have put in over the years-with all the enthusiasm and sincerity you have-for the chess community ✨💪🏼
Bro, your enthusiasm for chess and all of it's greatness is what makes your channel so much better than everyone else's! You are my favorite streamer. Watching your channel for just the moves is a blunder!
The attacker knows his attack can be refuted..He has to gamble but at the same time he couldn't show his hesitation on the moves he makes...Tal had great psychological influence over the board....
The stories and the context of the games is what got me interested in your channel in the first place.in fact your stories are one of the reasons I got interested in chess again. I hope you never change that!
We all watch your videos to enjoy the content and the commentary. Those who say they only want to watch the moves are missing out on the heart and soul of this channel. And none of them will ever know why B4 is the strongest move in any position. Keep doing what you're doing because you're doing great.
And it is games like this that gave Misha his nickname of Magician of Riga. Thanks for sharing! I've been a Tal fan since the 60s and had not seen this game either.
This game reminds me of the games I play these days, where it starts with theory and then evolves into a complex middle game with amazing attack and defending ideas, the top engine moved being found again and again, followed by a win as a result of being a pawn up while having a better position. And then I woke up.
A wonderful find! Thank you & thank you for locating this golden oldie which reminds me how chess used to be played in a pre-computer prep world. Oh, how I miss Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, etc., but most of all, Bobby Fischer! Great post! Bravo!!
The people just wanting the moves have the ability to look up the moves themselves. I have been watching you since ~2017 - 2018 and absolutely love the back story and trivia bits you put in. Don’t change for those people.
All people watch your videos to hear your commentary, to see the possible variations, to find something inspiring. It's highly educational content presented great way. Don't let yourself discourage by people saying otherwise, they can find "the moves" at some database. Your channel is one of the best educational channel I've ever seen. Keep going!!! God bless you and your work.
We're all here to watch your videos as a whole, including backstories and everything, we're here to watch the games commented on the most interesting way possible, we're not here " for the moves "
I love the backstory and facts about a certain game. I’ve always been interested about that in all parts of life and chess games narrated by agadmator isn’t any different!
I've been here since 2016. Never once I felt your videos to be too long. in fact I always rooted for more. You have that knack of making chess interesting. Keep up the good work.
I've also been looking for a Tal game that i actually saw in THIS CHANNEL! I think it was some 2-4 years ago, I only remember that Tal played a very strange opening in a fast game against someone and the guy said: "Of course you used it in a fast game. I'd like to see you try in a classical". And so, once they played again, Tal used that same strange opening and won the game as well. It was something in the queen's side. Some time ago I went to your db and I spent an afternoon looking for that game, but wasn't able to find it.
As soon as you announced the Tal game in the evening, I presumed about a queen sac. To my surprise it not 'a' rather 3 queen sacs! Please bring out more Tal games agad
Ive been following you since before you had 25k subscribers. Always keep your content identical and this was one of the most enjoyable games ive ever seen. An absolute masterpiece. Thanks agadamator.
I'm sure Suren is proud of you. A game I've looked for is where Anand played Carlsen years ago (not recent). Anand played the W pieces. After a few moves in the opening, Carlsen made a move with his bishop to protect a piece, and from there Anand forced every move by pushing his pawn up the B or C file. The pawn could not be taken. It was an amazing game but when I search I can't find it.
Hello agad your introduction to the games are most important as it really portays under what circumstances the players are playing. Whoever watches ur channel only for moves must be chess master and you'll be knowing the percentage of masters among ur subscribers.
Great game and commentary as usual. And, as another poster correctly noted...we watch your channel for your sound analysis, AND wonderful tidbits that you share about the history of the game, tournaments, the players, and other things. If someone just wants to see the moves...that's fine and their choice, but they're missing SO much more and I think will be worse off as individuals and chess players for their decision. I've subscribed since I first found you about four years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed it. My only slight criticism/suggestion for this video is that in a few parts, especially later in the game, you went rather fast, with both the moves and talking. I know we can always pause or "rewind", but it just seemed rather fast for you. Thank you for a great channel!! All the best to you and your human and animal family, from a fan in the US!
The backstory an analysis is great! But with complicated and beautiful games, I do like the 'just the game' at the end, just to enjoy the beauty as is now that I understand it because of your analysis
#suggestions: Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 USSR team championship. Tal demonstrated brilliancy in every aspect of the game. Tal neutralised opening idea of Smyslov. In the middle game, Tal sacrificed Queen for only a rook ( not even any minor piece), Smyslov gave back queen soon. Then came the endgame where Tal methodically converted bishop pawns vs knight pawns endgame. It would be a treat to everyone.
*This game reminds me of Deep blue vs Garry Kasparov,,, deep blue sacrificed its knight in that game,,,* thanks for sharing such beautiful content, absolutely loved it,,,, Keep up the good work 😊👍
Thanks for an awesome game! I love the backstory and the historical context, "just interested in the moves" people are fine individuals I'm sure, but that's not why we love your channel! thanks for all your hard work!
Much like the best sports analysis it's not just about the sport, its about the analyst themselves as well. There are numerous channels on TH-cam that cover chess. We come here for chess covered by you, and the stories and context that you give us are integral to your channel's identity. Dont change a thing, keep giving us the goods (and leave a timestamp for the impatient as you already do). Cheers
Who the hell has the audacity and stupidity to say they are “only interested in the moves”? It’s the way you create unique and interesting content around “just the moves” that makes your channel exceptional. Don’t lose sleep over anyone who requested such a nonsense. You are a TH-cam chess icon for a reason.
Dude, don't listen to people who don't appreciate what you have built. I have been watching this channel for years. The reason is because I learn from YOU, not the games themselves.
I agree about the language. It's not many Englishmen, Americans, Swedes, and so on that speak English so clear and correct. He is ofcourse interesting to watch because his ways and knowledge about chess.
Thank you for this game Agadmator. Tal was really one of the best players ever because of his imagination. He was the only one who was able to become the world champion with that risky kind of play.
We love you and the channel for thr trivia and the commentary, please don't ever change your way due to some insensitive comments. Also, Tal's quote in this game featuring Tal is just brilliant.
Hey Antonio, that must be one very fancy shmancy brand new camera you installed to show a *Tal* game in May instead of the usual November birthday occasion.
It is a pure crazy game. It could have been played by computers - the position is so complex I love how Tal has several hanging pieces during the whole game but still is in control, he seems not to worry. This game is for the ages
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Nobody watches your channel to “just see the moves.” We watch for your extra trivia and commentary. Anyone could cover the moves, but you’re the reason we watch these videos! Forget the people who don’t like it, the extra stuff is the heart and soul of your channel, and nobody wishes to see it changed!
Such unfortunates 😅
You got it right. There are dozens of channels out there which cover just the moves. They have much lower view/subscriber stats. There's also a variety of websites with PGN databases where you can review "just the moves"
Also, I can see why you would remember that game for 15 years. What a brawl!
Totally agree 😊
The truth lies somewhere in between. Firstly I absolutely dont wish to see "just the moves". Or i would go to some database. On the other hand I also dont want to see infinite rambling about things which may not be very related to the game/etc.
Who's not interested in a little backstory ? I love it when you there's something about the game, a little context about the players, an old photo of the game or the tournament.
I'm not interested in it. That being said, he always makes it super easy to skip so I get what I want and you get what you want.
I love it! Might as well play a computer if you’re not interested in the story.
I'm interested. That's why I'm subbed to this channel.
irrelevant, silly and childish. Do people now really consider films a reality??!! ok for children of course then we should outgrow, develop, maybe into real culture
I’m interested as well. Imagine if Netflix’s *queens gambit* was a real story. People want to see the background of great players. I’d love to see something like that on Tal
My father loved Tal. We discovered your channel during Covid times and it turned out to be a topic of conversation every single day. He in India and me in the US sharing games during our conversation and moves on WhatsApp. He particularly enjoyed the Tal and Fisher sagas. I lost him last year. How I wish he got to enjoy this lost masterpiece. Thank you for the trivia and stories. Context is everything and you are a wonderful storyteller.
Beautiful comment. This is what chess is about.
Extremely based father.
Rip
The craziest part for me is how Tal is seemingly hanging pieces left and right, with only his attacking initiative on the enemy King sparing him the loss of more material. He cleverly unwinds his hung pieces with tempo as he balances defending his own king while keeping the pressure on his opponent. Then when the smoke clears in the endgame he's up a meager pawn somehow, as if this was all precisely calculated to give him a slight, albeit winning, advantage.
Hanging pieces but co ordinating an attack being down material his minor pieces played a big roll collateral damage
Well said.
And my favourite part of all of that: Those are always sacrifices like here that the opponent has to accept. Imagine being forced to take pieces while knowing "this is Tal, I know it's trap" three times in a row ...
And people forget that Tal or infact anyone from Russian school of chess were endgame monsters. People remember him for his attacks but alot of those attacks leads to better endgame which tal used to grind
No, the crazy part is Tal pulling this stunt on his own mentor and still winning! Those are some seriously slick moves!!😛
Maybe this wasn't meant to be played for Tal's birthday, but was intended as a gift to Agad for some special occasion. Was it truly "just by chance" a random friend got to see that movie and mentions it to him, and it turns out to be the match Agad's been looking for for so long?
I watch every video you post. Not once am I clicking the video for the moves. I watch your videos for the love you put into it, the history you share, and the environment you create. We all love your channel for you, not the moves.
Thank you, for me it was an amazing game.
The intro was well worth it too. The hapstance of the unlikely source, an unrelated recent movie, that Tal was both his own and his tutors achievement, and a record at that, and ofc any game with such a wild sacrifice is enough for anyone to fall in love afresh with chess.
Had Tal taken care of his health & was a bit disciplined then he would be impossible to beat !! Even GMs today cannot comprehend his sacrifices!! Truly a Legend & my favourite Chess player of all time !! Thanks a lot for all the Tal content
I honestly think that Tal's medical problems were beyond what medical science had to offer at the time, and particularly in the Soviet Union.
For example, I had ulcerative colitis in the 1970s. We now know it's an autoimmune disease, but at the time, nobody had even heard of autoimmune diseases. Nobody knew what caused UC. I asked, and the doctors would just shrug and say "maybe a virus."
Now I'm really glad that science has progressed, and today's UC (and Crohn's) patients have options I never had, but I would take issue with anyone who said that the reason I haven't had a large intestine for 45+ years is because I wasn't taking care of myself. Not only did I not know what was really going on, but the new immunosuppresive drugs that target IBD hadn't been invented either.
Your thoughts about Tal's brilliance are spot-on. He was a legend in so many ways. I once heard about this one time where he was picked up and thrown in the local drunk tank overnight in the middle of a tournament, after the first day's 40-move round. When they realized it was Tal they picked up, and they were Russian (i.e. all chess players), and his tournament status, the story goes that his very jailers stayed up all night with him, analyzing his position! This is what I call stone-cold hero stuff.
Mikhail Botvinnik said the same thing about Tal.
I doubt though. Now there are modern engines that players can use to refute his sacrifices
@@aronuchukwuezugo615 Well, Tal played before there were computers. He did what everybody did in his time. His main tactic was to move away from established lines quickly, and complicate the position, and look across the table and metaphorically say, "in the next five hours I'm going to crush you with my raw chess-playing skill" and he usually did, until his health problems got him.
I'd also like to mention, since he was still around was I was younger, that Tal was beloved by the entire chess-playing world, not just in the Soviet Union. I'm sitting here in the USA and the Cold War is swirling around me, and everybody still loved Tal. Americans no exception.
Fischer in his prime 72' was just better (than any grandmaster). The only one who potentially could compete is capablanca.
Tal sacrifices one queen to sacrifice two more queens and still wins the game.
Nice spoiler
@@dark_magician_sdy what else did you expect?
I just sacrificed a queen on Tal's memorial statue in Rīga.
I also dont like the backstories, but i just skip ahead instead of complaining because i know others like the backstories. Keep the great work going, Antonio
@@Raventooth😂r CC a week❤ CC the😂 wen
A Nick Cage movie using THAT GAME is just ridiculous.
Nick Cage should have played Bobby Fischer in Pawn Sacrifice.
American artist playing russian game
I'd rather have a Nick Cave song with that name
Seriously though, wtf?! haha
That was madness! Koblents played brilliantly just to stay in this game.
This is one of your best recordings ever. Please never ever “just show the moves”. Your analysis and light discussion + history is what makes your channel my favourite chess channel. Period! By the way, you tried something new this video that I really really enjoyed. The quick recap was delightful. So many times I needed to go back to remember the moves that got things to the critical moment. Being able to listen as you quickly review the game is an excellent addition. More please! ❤
The game is meaningless without context or the situation in which it is played! We absolutely love your insights setting the backdrop of the game. If I just had to see the moves, I wouldn't have come to a TH-cam channel! I appreciate you taking a deep dive into history to create an interest amongst your audience
New camera, old camera, any camera… it’s always a good reason to show a new Tal game! Thank you for all the work you have put in over the years-with all the enthusiasm and sincerity you have-for the chess community ✨💪🏼
Classic chaos by Misha. What a coincidence I am going to pick up life and games of Mikhail Tal after 1 month of waiting
Bro, your enthusiasm for chess and all of it's greatness is what makes your channel so much better than everyone else's! You are my favorite streamer. Watching your channel for just the moves is a blunder!
The attacker knows his attack can be refuted..He has to gamble but at the same time he couldn't show his hesitation on the moves he makes...Tal had great psychological influence over the board....
The stories and the context of the games is what got me interested in your channel in the first place.in fact your stories are one of the reasons I got interested in chess again. I hope you never change that!
When Tal makes a sacrifice, it's a masterpiece. When I make a sacrifice, it's a blunder.
I love how excited you are about this game, and I can see why. I feel like I understand your passion for the game when you show the beauty of this one
Please continue the storytelling agad. They are what make your channel unique!
We all watch your videos to enjoy the content and the commentary. Those who say they only want to watch the moves are missing out on the heart and soul of this channel. And none of them will ever know why B4 is the strongest move in any position. Keep doing what you're doing because you're doing great.
Every day is like a birthday when agadmator posts a Tal game!
If it's a Mikhail Tal game, expect it to be chaos!!
I absolutely love Tal's games
The backstory of how you found the game was amazing!
Keep them coming❤
I love your commentaries, histories, photos, and stories, don't change!!!
And it is games like this that gave Misha his nickname of Magician of Riga. Thanks for sharing! I've been a Tal fan since the 60s and had not seen this game either.
These older master’s games have a lot of heart. Love it.
Tal is my favorite. I try to emulate his style but my sacrifices end up being insurmountable blunders
This game reminds me of the games I play these days, where it starts with theory and then evolves into a complex middle game with amazing attack and defending ideas, the top engine moved being found again and again, followed by a win as a result of being a pawn up while having a better position. And then I woke up.
I love the history and context you add in your videos. I have personally learned a lot from it
You’re chess analysis is great but your channel is what it is because you allow your personality and humor to be on display. Please don’t ever stop
Splendid game 💗 Worth the search. That's why I rate Agadmator chess to be the best TH-cam chess channel ever. 🙏🙏
You are the best Chess - TH-camr , keep up the great work , love your videos and your touch , much love from Morocco
A wonderful find! Thank you & thank you for locating this golden oldie which reminds me how chess used to be played in a pre-computer prep world. Oh, how I miss Tal, Petrosian, Spassky, etc., but most of all, Bobby Fischer! Great post! Bravo!!
This is a masterful Tal game. My friends at the bar and the library must see this. Glad you found this game.
Please never change the way you do your videos, It's been the same since the beginning of your channel❤❤❤
_SUCH_ camera clarity.
You're clearer on-screen than the laptop I'm watching this on.
The people just wanting the moves have the ability to look up the moves themselves. I have been watching you since ~2017 - 2018 and absolutely love the back story and trivia bits you put in. Don’t change for those people.
All people watch your videos to hear your commentary, to see the possible variations, to find something inspiring. It's highly educational content presented great way. Don't let yourself discourage by people saying otherwise, they can find "the moves" at some database. Your channel is one of the best educational channel I've ever seen. Keep going!!! God bless you and your work.
We're all here to watch your videos as a whole, including backstories and everything, we're here to watch the games commented on the most interesting way possible, we're not here " for the moves "
"I sac my queen"
"But Tal, you already sacced your queen"
"I SAC MY QUEEN AGAIN"
To be honest, the first one was the only real sacrifice.
And another one!
As Tal said, it was a very very deep dark forest.
Tal's synonym is magic in the dictionary of chess.
The summary of what’s played at the end without other lines is particularly useful! Thanks Agad!
I think the stories add a depth and personality that other channels don't have. Keep it up.
This was some high level Chess, no Engine and no TH-cam streamers just advanced thinking.
I love the backstory and facts about a certain game. I’ve always been interested about that in all parts of life and chess games narrated by agadmator isn’t any different!
Every Agad fan comes for your excellent info and commentary, please don't shorten your vids and leave them without intro etc.
You are doing great! And of course, keep doing the great work! Your commentary is really educating and makes your videos very interesting!
The best thing about your channel is the stories. Never cut it short @agad. Those who are interested in moves can use the time stamp.
if i'm just looking for the game, i can read a book or something.
i come here MOSTLY for your commentary.
Thank you for showing these Tal games, you are the best chess channel on youtube :)
I've been here since 2016. Never once I felt your videos to be too long. in fact I always rooted for more. You have that knack of making chess interesting. Keep up the good work.
I've also been looking for a Tal game that i actually saw in THIS CHANNEL!
I think it was some 2-4 years ago, I only remember that Tal played a very strange opening in a fast game against someone and the guy said: "Of course you used it in a fast game. I'd like to see you try in a classical". And so, once they played again, Tal used that same strange opening and won the game as well. It was something in the queen's side.
Some time ago I went to your db and I spent an afternoon looking for that game, but wasn't able to find it.
I’ve been watching for years. You’re underrated. Don’t change! It would mess up my routine.
tal is my favourite chess player in history, the utter absurdity of those sacrifices is unmatched, his games are always fun to see
As soon as you announced the Tal game in the evening, I presumed about a queen sac. To my surprise it not 'a' rather 3 queen sacs! Please bring out more Tal games agad
Ive been following you since before you had 25k subscribers. Always keep your content identical and this was one of the most enjoyable games ive ever seen. An absolute masterpiece. Thanks agadamator.
I'm sure Suren is proud of you. A game I've looked for is where Anand played Carlsen years ago (not recent). Anand played the W pieces. After a few moves in the opening, Carlsen made a move with his bishop to protect a piece, and from there Anand forced every move by pushing his pawn up the B or C file. The pawn could not be taken. It was an amazing game but when I search I can't find it.
Hello agad your introduction to the games are most important as it really portays under what circumstances the players are playing. Whoever watches ur channel only for moves must be chess master and you'll be knowing the percentage of masters among ur subscribers.
Great game and commentary as usual. And, as another poster correctly noted...we watch your channel for your sound analysis, AND wonderful tidbits that you share about the history of the game, tournaments, the players, and other things. If someone just wants to see the moves...that's fine and their choice, but they're missing SO much more and I think will be worse off as individuals and chess players for their decision. I've subscribed since I first found you about four years ago and have thoroughly enjoyed it. My only slight criticism/suggestion for this video is that in a few parts, especially later in the game, you went rather fast, with both the moves and talking. I know we can always pause or "rewind", but it just seemed rather fast for you. Thank you for a great channel!! All the best to you and your human and animal family, from a fan in the US!
What a beautiful story! And the Tal withdrawal symptoms..perfectly understandable!
The backstory an analysis is great! But with complicated and beautiful games, I do like the 'just the game' at the end, just to enjoy the beauty as is now that I understand it because of your analysis
#suggestions: Smyslov vs Tal, 1964 USSR team championship. Tal demonstrated brilliancy in every aspect of the game. Tal neutralised opening idea of Smyslov. In the middle game, Tal sacrificed Queen for only a rook ( not even any minor piece), Smyslov gave back queen soon. Then came the endgame where Tal methodically converted bishop pawns vs knight pawns endgame. It would be a treat to everyone.
I like the quick summary of the game and key moments at the end.
*This game reminds me of Deep blue vs Garry Kasparov,,, deep blue sacrificed its knight in that game,,,*
thanks for sharing such beautiful content, absolutely loved it,,,,
Keep up the good work 😊👍
We should see more Koblens games, he seems like a solid dude
Thanks for an awesome game! I love the backstory and the historical context, "just interested in the moves" people are fine individuals I'm sure, but that's not why we love your channel! thanks for all your hard work!
It was quite surprising that I had not found this game in your channel, after having watched it on another channel. At last we have it.
How Tal found those sacrifices within the madness is amazing. The magician from Riga indeed
In a perfect world, a resurrected Paul Morphy would play a resurrected Tal & the game’s beauty would melt the world’s top chess engines.
Just get filled with excitement when I see your excitement for this game. Interesting stuff!
I can get "the moves" anywhere... but I enjoy the commentary and anecdotes a lot!! Keep it up!
I have just one suggestion, Sir... What about showing us the games with real board and pieces? I think it would be more engaging and entertaining.
Your channel is the perfect example of how to make extremely high-quality content, and well-deserved revenues, all in decency and class. Thank you!
It’s felt like 15 years since the last Tal game. You have officially scratched the itch!
Much like the best sports analysis it's not just about the sport, its about the analyst themselves as well. There are numerous channels on TH-cam that cover chess. We come here for chess covered by you, and the stories and context that you give us are integral to your channel's identity. Dont change a thing, keep giving us the goods (and leave a timestamp for the impatient as you already do). Cheers
Who the hell has the audacity and stupidity to say they are “only interested in the moves”? It’s the way you create unique and interesting content around “just the moves” that makes your channel exceptional. Don’t lose sleep over anyone who requested such a nonsense. You are a TH-cam chess icon for a reason.
Yesss yesss finally a Tal game. Thanks Agad❤ and cheers to the new camera.
Loved the backstory. Who doesn't. Always like the way you explain the variations and congrats on your new setup 4k and all new gizmos
Dude, don't listen to people who don't appreciate what you have built. I have been watching this channel for years. The reason is because I learn from YOU, not the games themselves.
I saw this game a few days back, i fell in love with how tal played. Magician❤
I agree about the language. It's not many Englishmen, Americans, Swedes, and so on that speak English so clear and correct.
He is ofcourse interesting to watch because his ways and knowledge about chess.
Yes a gem and way beyond most chess players.
New camera looks great! Love watching you watch The Magician from Riga
Which camera is it? I need it for League Coaching.
I really enjoyed the story and the game as well. Thank you Agadmator
Thank you for this game Agadmator. Tal was really one of the best players ever because of his imagination. He was the only one who was able to become the world champion with that risky kind of play.
We love you and the channel for thr trivia and the commentary, please don't ever change your way due to some insensitive comments. Also, Tal's quote in this game featuring Tal is just brilliant.
Crazy game and as usual a great analysis and back story. Much appreciated- thank you.
Beautiful game! Great commentary. Thank you.
Hey Antonio, that must be one very fancy shmancy brand new camera you installed to show a *Tal* game in May instead of the usual November birthday occasion.
It is a pure crazy game. It could have been played by computers - the position is so complex
I love how Tal has several hanging pieces during the whole game but still is in control, he seems not to worry.
This game is for the ages
The title intriguing. The game is amazing. I'm glad you found this gem💎
thank you for the game and I loved the recap at the end! appreciate your commentary so much! thanks
Love Tal...well done, great game to see.
The satisfaction when you finally find that book, movie, song or chess game you have been searching for.
Thanks for taking the trouble to find and analyse another great Tal game.
I LOVE THE STORIES; KEEP THEM COMING TONI!
this game is absolutely incredible thank you Antonio
I was just reading a book on Tal, by Tal. And Koblents gets discussed a lot of course. Cool you posted a game with them.
Love your commentary Anthony. You’re the man