It's honestly beautiful how magnus makes these games just easy to win and also agad helping us intermediate players by showing even the little intricacies of the game .
I'm finding Tony more and more annoying. He spoils the drama of the game repeatedly! In this video, he tells who's going to win at minute 10:00, and there's six more minutes of chess and an end game!
Why is it that endgames like this are so simple and easy to understand when Antonio is describing them, but I can sit and stare at them for minutes on end without ever seeing where to move, once his voice is gone?
Probably because you do not have any endgame knowledge. (Or just not the knowledge you need for a Position). In endgames it is important to know some principle like the square of a pawn, opposition etc. If you do not know them than you only can calculate. And calculating without a plan is only something a computer can do.
I think it's something that he hears on his end and assumes it's too loud for us as well. Never is, but it's not a proper video without him apologizing haha
Mr Wojtaszek is Polish, we write his name with a "w' at the end. Radosław Wojtaszek 😉 Other than that awesome game. Magnus again brought chess to simplest terms. If you wanna become great chess player you have to master end game.
@@morgiewthelord8648 yes and no. If you look into most Slavic languages most of them words would be with a "v" in the end. Poland is one those countries where letter "v" is being replaced by"w" in most cases. To be fair with you, I can't really think of any word in Polish language that ends with v in the end, especially when comes to names.
It all depends on the position. In this case he missed MC cleverness because it was a rapid game, but Imaging telling a GM that you always do something with a piece or you never do something.
Two very instructive points arise from Magnus's play in this game. 1. As the difference between the queens and the other remaining pieces widens, it becomes ever more important to make effective positional queen moves, which is what Magnus did in first constraining Black's knight and then in weakening Black's pawns. 2. In a King-and-pawns endgame, don't push your pawns until you need to. Case in point: White's f pawn, which stayed on f2 until Magnus needed to move it in order to retain opposition and tempo. That single move (f3) was all it took to ensure that Magnus was going to win the game.
Great effort by Radoslav. Performed way above his rating, i dont even know what it is/was, never heard of him but loved the way he fought. Very classical player, though one move he played may be, that was not classical (Knight to a6) which ironically ended up costing him the entire match.
Amazing content as always, thanks! Off the topic, I gotta say that there is a certain frequency in your speech that constantly resonates probably in your acoustic guitar's body (or some other instrument). Maybe try doing a video without instruments on background? I know this sounds picky, but just thought about letting you know :D
Always educational to see that material can be equal but not really if you lock pieces out of the game for long enough. Been trying to add this strategy into my own games.
@@Sealed-Only you are welcome... For those that don't know Radoslav is from Balkan and Radoslaw from Poland. P.S. Tomek, are there any non-strikedout "L"s in Polish?
My father and his sister used to play chess when they were younger.My aunt went on to become a national champion and my father wanted to teach me.When i was younger my father used to teach me how to play chess and i could never defeated him and i always wanted to beat him in a chess game.Times went by father became more busy,my hobbies changed and pressure of studies distanced me from chess until the pandemic.Now almost play chess everyday enjoy watching your videos and these super gms.My father is old now and he doesn't have any interest in playing chess right now i guess.He never talks about it.Now whenever i see chess i remember my childhood and my father's friendship
i've watched this gentleman for some time now and I have come to realize that his titles make me curious about how the game ended, so i go ahead and click the video lol. how can you not click "Story Of A Lonely Knight" on TH-cam at 10:40PM??? overall, great work!
If I had to guess, being two pawns down he wanted to keep his king mobile. If kh7 then white qb6. This protects the pawn on d4 and f2. Now black cannot take any pieces or pressure the white king. Qg6 check is coming which creates the same queen trade.
HEY HOW ABOUT THIS ONE: A championship match with 23 rounds, first day a classical game, second day 6 rapid games, third day classical again, and so forth. If, after the 12 classical, there is no winner based on classical games, the winner of the rapid takes it. Essentially, the tiebreak would be played simultaneously, so there would be more pressure for decisive results in the classical.
The game looked dead drawn until just one wrong 50/50 choice changed everything. Just out of curiosity, if the knight could come to f7 would it have been a draw?
@@prashantmishra4352 yeah but every pawn on the queen side is on light square. The bishop basically can only fight on the kingside, so it's advantage in terms of range can't fully show. And with the queen on the board, if Magus pushes his kingside pawn too aggressively, he could run into perpetual check. And if he exchange queens at the wrong time, maybe he'll be in trouble since the knight might be able to pose issues for magnus queenside pawns
if at 8:46 knight moves to c7 and white captures with bishop, black queen will capture the bishop and white cannot capture black’s d5 pawn because if he does, black has check with his queen on d1 and can force a draw. I know you’re using stockfish to analyze but stockfish is not worried if black forces a draw unless white plays the undesirable pawn to g3, and magnus would not want a draw playing with the white pieces.
It would be wonderful if you say which of the moves are best moves in the position and which are second and third if possible or just use the signs to indicate them.
Hello Agadmator. i want to thank you because your videos helped me a lot in improving my chess abilities. i m able to beat even high- rated players. keep up the great job. I am a fan from Algeria.
Not taking the black b-pawn and forcing the queens trade to transition into a simple won pawn endgame it is good tactics: eliminate the opponent's counterplay.
Imagine a parent searching for a story for their kids.
And they end up here at this goldmine
@@glorysedi9859 ok
The conversation over the C7 square is fascinating to me.
Same goes for me
.,context?
@@toni57putra30 the video, obviously.
@@Ennar .,owh, okey, i thought it was your joke about meme or something...
The C7 square was the only square for the knight to get back into the game
It's honestly beautiful how magnus makes these games just easy to win and also agad helping us intermediate players by showing even the little intricacies of the game .
I'm finding Tony more and more annoying. He spoils the drama of the game repeatedly! In this video, he tells who's going to win at minute 10:00, and there's six more minutes of chess and an end game!
@@jx14aby he spoiled it with the thumbnail actually
Why is it that endgames like this are so simple and easy to understand when Antonio is describing them, but I can sit and stare at them for minutes on end without ever seeing where to move, once his voice is gone?
I think you answered your own question. :)
Probably because you do not have any endgame knowledge. (Or just not the knowledge you need for a Position).
In endgames it is important to know some principle like the square of a pawn, opposition etc.
If you do not know them than you only can calculate.
And calculating without a plan is only something a computer can do.
It means u are new to chess 😆
"You trap the queen. But not really."
-Agadmator
I am gonna take my horse to the old Town road and I am gonna ride till I can't go home
- Wojtaszek Radoslav
@V bucks Roblox wtf?
"Sun Tzu is out of fashion. I´m the new quote king."
- Bruce Lee
@@UlyssesDrax can you please explain whats with this sun tzu meme
Why are people quoting him?
I mean...the origin of meme
@@UlyssesDrax "Jumping on board is for sailors. I'm a land-war strategist." - Sun Tzu, The Advantage of Staying on Land
I never actually understood what is Antonio sorry about.
I think it's something that he hears on his end and assumes it's too loud for us as well. Never is, but it's not a proper video without him apologizing haha
Sorry about that dude
He scratches his wooden leg, someone may not like it.
Same lol
😂😂😂
Mr Wojtaszek is Polish, we write his name with a "w' at the end. Radosław Wojtaszek 😉 Other than that awesome game. Magnus again brought chess to simplest terms. If you wanna become great chess player you have to master end game.
Always an interesting spelling quirk
Maybe this radoslaw is spelled with a v
@@pero13258 no mate. Radosław Wojtaszek is Radosław Wojtaszek.
@@morgiewthelord8648 yes and no. If you look into most Slavic languages most of them words would be with a "v" in the end. Poland is one those countries where letter "v" is being replaced by"w" in most cases. To be fair with you, I can't really think of any word in Polish language that ends with v in the end, especially when comes to names.
true.
nonetheless, antonio spells his name very well.
and he even knows that one can call him 'radek' for extra cuteness. 💗💗💗
"O what can ail thee, knight-at-arms,
Alone and palely loitering?"
That Bishop, that damn bishop!
From "La Belle Dame Sans Merci" ["The Beautiful Woman Who Has No Gratitude"], by John Keats. Nice reference. Hats off to an educated lady.
Nice to see Keats' references. La Belle Dame Sans Merci
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc Thanks!
@@ShreenathTewari It's one of my favourites! 😊
What a great Sunday morning pleasure. Agadmator is DEPENDABLE.
Where are you where it's morning??
Your comment was 4 hours ago and it was still night here!!
@@gurbindersekhon8240 lol. Michigan, USA. Where are you?
Key monastery, Spiti in India (Himalayan region)
Cheers mate
@@gurbindersekhon8240 On top of the world! Cheers
"Forget the Art of War! Show this game to your friends at library and bar."
"Who quoted it? Not me." - Sun Tzu
Awesome
Stop this sun Tzu thjng
O bhai bhai.... 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Just one inaccuracy and Magnus won you know he's the best when he doesn't capture that pawn...
Thanks for the spoiler
@@josh.lankford88 oh my pleasure
I would also have traded queens like Magnus. I’m not gonna lie, as I’m quite a bad queen user and always blunder my pawns
@@FantasyFantasy934 Even I thought of trading queen's doesn't mean I'm a bad 2000 rated player😂
@@sebastianrex6697 what?
This is one of my favorite videos you've done.
I have been waiting for a "sorry about that for so long"
Thank you Agad for making my sunday !!
These thumbnails are legendary
Magnus went to king and pawn endgame just to show off
He knows he'll beat just about anyone in the endgame.
"There is no way to activate the knight, but activating the knight is the only way..."
What?
I think he meant there’s no GOOD way to activate the knight, black is without a solid move, but activating the knight is the only move black has
That’s chess for you 👍
--Sun Tzu
anime logic
#suggestion today's Duda's game has a smart knight move that not even the engine saw
"But not really" Always remember that
Man that invisible pawn wall is magnificient.
I love how you always manage to select a stoic quote that perfectly fits the analyzed games theme.
Legend.
"But Not Really"- Agadmator
This is why they teach you to keep your Knights in the center of the board.
2 of these and you would have the Brothers Grim
It all depends on the position. In this case he missed MC cleverness because it was a rapid game, but Imaging telling a GM that you always do something with a piece or you never do something.
His toughest match yet. The spirit and the mind of a champion
So thats it huh? we're some kind of suicide squad.
- Sun Tzu, Art of War.
Love how simple Magnus makes everything look
Two very instructive points arise from Magnus's play in this game.
1. As the difference between the queens and the other remaining pieces widens, it becomes ever more important to make effective positional queen moves, which is what Magnus did in first constraining Black's knight and then in weakening Black's pawns.
2. In a King-and-pawns endgame, don't push your pawns until you need to. Case in point: White's f pawn, which stayed on f2 until Magnus needed to move it in order to retain opposition and tempo. That single move (f3) was all it took to ensure that Magnus was going to win the game.
"To hell with opportunities, I create circumstances."
Sun Lord
Excellent Game, Carlson’s tanks just kept on rolling forward …
Thks, Agad.
#suggestion Kasparov's mindboggling calculations
Legend has it that the knight is still stuck alone
Great effort by Radoslav. Performed way above his rating, i dont even know what it is/was, never heard of him but loved the way he fought. Very classical player, though one move he played may be, that was not classical (Knight to a6) which ironically ended up costing him the entire match.
"What a good (k) night"
-Bruce Lee
Amazing content as always, thanks! Off the topic, I gotta say that there is a certain frequency in your speech that constantly resonates probably in your acoustic guitar's body (or some other instrument). Maybe try doing a video without instruments on background? I know this sounds picky, but just thought about letting you know :D
It will be one of your best videos... Hats off agad💐💐
i love that chain of "a piece is in danger but not really, 'cos you can move a piece in other place where it's in danger, but not really..."
Magnus just draws games until he gets white in a rapid format. Still #1 after 10 years.
Always educational to see that material can be equal but not really if you lock pieces out of the game for long enough. Been trying to add this strategy into my own games.
The titles are always wilder with agad... We can surely feel his past with RAP and his -verbal- creativity !
Great presentation Antonio.
Radosław. You can write Radoslaw, Radoslav is not polish-like by any mean. Cheers and keep up with good work.
By aby mean 😀
@@inemanja thank you:)
Agreed, fully agreed.
@@Sealed-Only you are welcome...
For those that don't know Radoslav is from Balkan and Radoslaw from Poland.
P.S. Tomek, are there any non-strikedout "L"s in Polish?
My father and his sister used to play chess when they were younger.My aunt went on to become a national champion and my father wanted to teach me.When i was younger my father used to teach me how to play chess and i could never defeated him and i always wanted to beat him in a chess game.Times went by father became more busy,my hobbies changed and pressure of studies distanced me from chess until the pandemic.Now almost play chess everyday enjoy watching your videos and these super gms.My father is old now and he doesn't have any interest in playing chess right now i guess.He never talks about it.Now whenever i see chess i remember my childhood and my father's friendship
It is astonishing how Magnus realises that the king-pawn endgame is winning for him so early...he is an endgame beast !!!
i've watched this gentleman for some time now and I have come to realize that his titles make me curious about how the game ended, so i go ahead and click the video lol. how can you not click "Story Of A Lonely Knight" on TH-cam at 10:40PM??? overall, great work!
That g4 move at the end to cut off the black king was beautiful
Magnus is a sadist, tormenting knights and kings and opponents by playing down to a pawn king endgame.
"this is no place for a horse" what a game...
Awesome Bruce Lee Quote. Love it Agad. Keep it up 🙏
Lonely knights are lonely ~ Sun tzu
I miss the evil" this position is never been reached before"
That's a term for older games, not modern games
@Samuel Lucas don't be stupid
@@kelemenaron2 dont be anything !
@@prabhjotsingh6697 don't live
@@kelemenaron2 don't
Magnus going super saiyan, becoming a true anime protagonist with that hair
And when the queens gone I'm all torn up inside
@11:54 Why doesn't black play ...kh7 instead and avoid the trade?
IDK. Why are they still playing. I could win the game from there. Maybe Mr W just didn't have time to resign yet.
If I had to guess, being two pawns down he wanted to keep his king mobile. If kh7 then white qb6. This protects the pawn on d4 and f2. Now black cannot take any pieces or pressure the white king. Qg6 check is coming which creates the same queen trade.
"I am awesome, thank you for acknowledging"
- Sun Tzu
Love that Magnus guy. Whoever he is
I also like him, I hope he becomes the world champion one day!
I think he can become a GM if he puts his heart to it!
@@grizal5669 Yep, seems like a promising player. His play style is a lot like the world champion’s too :o
It wasn't about the knight all ! It was about playing Magnus in a rapid match.
"...and that's how, uh, chess is a fun game." I laughed for 30 mins straight, swear to god.
Its unfortunate we couldnt get a Dubov vs Carlsen match
"Ow! You son of a bishop!" - Sun Tzu
As the old chess saying goes, Knights on the rim is grim!
I accidentaly paused the video when he asked to solve the puzzle and was sitting there like damn Tony really giving us a couple of seconds.
HEY HOW ABOUT THIS ONE:
A championship match with 23 rounds, first day a classical game, second day 6 rapid games, third day classical again, and so forth. If, after the 12 classical, there is no winner based on classical games, the winner of the rapid takes it. Essentially, the tiebreak would be played simultaneously, so there would be more pressure for decisive results in the classical.
Does anyone know why agadmator is using a photo of magnus xolored wierdly in the tumbnail?
Because he is agmador...there is no questioning agmador's actions
Finally, after a few years of watching Antonio, I was able to spot the pivotal (winning) moved when he paused the game.
Thank you for showing the whole end game I really appreciate that as a 1200 Elo player
The game looked dead drawn until just one wrong 50/50 choice changed everything. Just out of curiosity, if the knight could come to f7 would it have been a draw?
No. A bishop is better than a knight in the endgame. And magnus is obviously better than everyone else in the endgame.
@@prashantmishra4352 yeah but every pawn on the queen side is on light square. The bishop basically can only fight on the kingside, so it's advantage in terms of range can't fully show. And with the queen on the board, if Magus pushes his kingside pawn too aggressively, he could run into perpetual check. And if he exchange queens at the wrong time, maybe he'll be in trouble since the knight might be able to pose issues for magnus queenside pawns
Ya. but magnus will not trade pieces until he is sure about that. And he is always favourite over anyone considering the things he has done.
@@prashantmishra4352 yes but he has also drawn 3 consecutive games. Would be completely normal to draw another one in a symmetrical position like this
I always watch ur videos reading the thumbnail... Every time it's awesome
if at 8:46 knight moves to c7 and white captures with bishop, black queen will capture the bishop and white cannot capture black’s d5 pawn because if he does, black has check with his queen on d1 and can force a draw. I know you’re using stockfish to analyze but stockfish is not worried if black forces a draw unless white plays the undesirable pawn to g3, and magnus would not want a draw playing with the white pieces.
love the title: Yes!
Naming an episode to a blink182 song. Antonio you are awesome!
I have got the horses in the back
- Radoslav Wojitaszek
It's been a hard day's knight. Wojtaszek's now sleeping like a log...
Now, this is a story all about how, this knight's path got flipped, turned upside down. I'd like to take a minute just sit right there...
"There is no way to activate the knight, but activating the knight is the only way..."
Agad already made the video before the game was over, what a genius lol.
"Sun knight have bad life " - sun tzu
Agad is obsessed with green hairs I guess
@7:23 when Rxc8 what happens if Qxc8 that way white cannot capture the knight right?
Exactly what i was thinking
It would be wonderful if you say which of the moves are best moves in the position and which are second and third if possible or just use the signs to indicate them.
Radik will never bring back his night to a6 again
Carlsens Endgames are the Best
This could be a Netflix series "Story of a lonely knight"
I have #suggestion that Wojtaszek is Radosław not Radoslav. Radek is correct and really nice. :)
Anyone have a collection of the quotes that are presented with each video?
"I have all the quotes you'll ever need."
- You Know Who
Bruce Lee 🧡
The end game menace strikes again
Good fight by Radek
0:55
All in all Mark Knopfler played really well against such a strong opponent.
Hello Agadmator. i want to thank you because your videos helped me a lot in improving my chess abilities. i m able to beat even high- rated players. keep up the great job. I am a fan from Algeria.
Not taking the black b-pawn and forcing the queens trade to transition into a simple won pawn endgame it is good tactics: eliminate the opponent's counterplay.
We need a playlist of the saddest little bishops/other pieces type of games.
As I have been on the A6, any knight there a vey, very sad story.
How u color mangus hairs 😁😁 very nice content keep going.
If the tune didn't jump in your head right away we can't be friends.
Oh, so that is why there's a little robot in the corner! Lol xD
The guy knows his endgame.
After watching countless videos of yours I finally have to ask. When say "sorry about that" and then reach down, what are you adjusting Antonio???
Sooo...Magnus has green hair in the Thumbnail because of "the Dark knight"? :D🤔