White: Call an ambulance *14 moves later* White: But not for me

@sidekick8983

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated the comment and the move

@rahulpanjwani5765

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

@chessdawg2459

4 жыл бұрын

Only if white was Tal tho

@Rishi-nv7bp

3 жыл бұрын

Lmaoooo

@isaacquadros898

3 жыл бұрын

Best caption on this Channel

Black: Lol I'm going to get 4 queen's if you don't resign White: knights* Black: What?? White: Fasten your seatbelts

@vidlight

4 жыл бұрын

2 queens not 4

@nathanbates9561

4 жыл бұрын

@@vidlight He was talking about all of the black pawns queening rather than just the two that knighted.

@VishnuVardhan-bd4cz

4 жыл бұрын

🤣

@_Galexo

4 жыл бұрын

White: Mate in 14 Black: Wtf, now way I'll take that long! White: Who's talking about you?

@user-qk1ui7vl1u

4 жыл бұрын

This puzzle has been called (( Georgian farmer)).

Of course Tal is the one to solve the puzzle where you have to sacrifice half of your remaining pieces while already heavily down in material to win the game.

@andromedasky4055

2 жыл бұрын

i search it and yes... Tal solve it... just amazing

@ashutoshkaushal8657

2 жыл бұрын

I was gonna comment the same thing 🤣🤣🤣🤣👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼

@stelixhyx808

2 жыл бұрын

Wheres your pfp from Proward?

@palbi

2 жыл бұрын

Tal's is such a beautiful chess mind. He lives deep in a dark forest in his head. Not much can survive there.

@psymar

Жыл бұрын

@@andromedasky4055 well and also the title says "The Magician"; Tal was "The Magician of Riga"

I'm proud of myself, I guessed the first move!

@patrickinocencio2305

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah me too

@ethand.5937

3 жыл бұрын

Same!

@SC87Deluxe

3 жыл бұрын

I guessed first 4

@ilikeanimals5015

3 жыл бұрын

@@SC87Deluxe bro nice

@decafcoffee0935

3 жыл бұрын

Ugh I though bc2

Imagine how badass you are if you come as journalist to tournament end up playing it and finishing 6th

@3vimages471

4 жыл бұрын

But he is Tal.

@andrewptob

4 жыл бұрын

And then solving this puzzle

@nephronpie8961

4 жыл бұрын

@@andrewptob But then again, he is Tal.

@fadzlyhaqimi9603

4 жыл бұрын

@@3vimages471 and he's not in his prime at this time

@subhajitsupakar5957

4 жыл бұрын

@@fadzlyhaqimi9603but for the last time he was Tal

One of the most under-rated aspects of this channel is the perfect pronunciation of all the difficult Eastern names.

@episodex

4 жыл бұрын

Because he is from Eastern Europe? I was more surprised how he pronounced the Dutch name :).

@GLOKD

4 жыл бұрын

@@episodex Eastern Europe is not a monolithic bloc - it has many disparate languages and cultures.

@episodex

4 жыл бұрын

@@GLOKD I know. I'm from Eastern Europe :). But it's far easier for me to pronounce slavic names from other slavic countries than Dutch, German or Nordic ones. Dutch is especially tricky because G is pronounced as slavic H.

@GLOKD

4 жыл бұрын

@@episodex Good point.

@episodex

4 жыл бұрын

@@singingintherain4750 :D your names are impossible for us, Eastern Europeans haha. I work daily with Belgians, oh my it's awkward on calls sometimes when trying to mention someone...

Bishop : "can someone stop spawning these damn horses so I can do my job?"

@-petrichor-7263

3 жыл бұрын

Black:NOPE

@JohnPaulBuce

3 жыл бұрын

stop horsing around please

@thegirrafe2828

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂

@kennethonwuachu6372

2 жыл бұрын

Still laughing 😅🤣😂😆

@verifiedgentlemanbug

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣😂😂🤣

His hair really said: “ ^ “

@Winnersneverquit19

3 жыл бұрын

Lmao😂🤣

@revimfadli4666

3 жыл бұрын

Jimmy Neutron's hair in the cartoon: 🍦 Jimmy's hair IRL:

@BobJones-bh9qz

3 жыл бұрын

__^ __ (• - •)

@daviddiaz3771

3 жыл бұрын

Rocking that bishop haircut

@hanihani9029

3 жыл бұрын

@@daviddiaz3771 LMFAO

I think he’s slowly becoming a chess piece

@uzumakinaruto3628

3 жыл бұрын

Or the game itself

@sufiana925

3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@thomaspickles1630

3 жыл бұрын

Most underrated KZread comment of the year.

@shanybiran468

3 жыл бұрын

Bishop! Look at that hair

@ed13sfeir

3 жыл бұрын

That made me laugh for 4 minutes straight lol

*Reads the title "Grandmasters and Engines couldn't solve this puzzle"* *Me an intellectual and a weeb who only played 5 games of chess* : _"Alright I will give it a try"_

@OKANGUVEN99

3 жыл бұрын

Usama Zaheer well... did you succed?

@TheRaumin

3 жыл бұрын

@@OKANGUVEN99 It has only been a month, so he still has time ;)

@essem4979

3 жыл бұрын

I've watched Code Geass, so I should be able to solve this puzzle in 9 minutes

@glitch4010

3 жыл бұрын

@@essem4979 solved it in 10 seconds, ez, saw immediately that the king was the key to the puzzle. 👑

@Delacroix0402

3 жыл бұрын

@@glitch4010 this fits so perfectly to the comment above hahaha. Ur pfp is fucking Lelouch

I can’t wait to show this puzzle to my friends at the bar/library

@deepjyotipandit7840

3 жыл бұрын

I see what you did there. Lol

@og8263

3 жыл бұрын

I guess you can wait

@hytf2797

3 жыл бұрын

You mean the LiBARy?

@bait5257

3 жыл бұрын

I didn't get this

@urallnoobs8943

3 жыл бұрын

@@bait5257 Watch the video where he explains the meaning of Agadmator

Engines- Nobody will solve this Tal- So I took that personally

@rdanimetalks7964

3 жыл бұрын

Underrated Comment!!

@sudiptadey8070

2 жыл бұрын

He was a once in a while talent..crafted by the GOD of chess himself..no one will ever come close to him

@noticeboard249

Жыл бұрын

Tal- I am Nobody.

@fsrodeo81

Жыл бұрын

Agadmator:" I give you few seconds to solve this"

@Star17Platinum17

9 ай бұрын

I am a nobody

I think more credit for this puzzle goes to the composer. Ok, solving this is hard but who can come up with such a thing?

@deeptangakalita3328

4 жыл бұрын

Do you wanna live forever?

@danieldenizman7790

4 жыл бұрын

yeah, amazing creativity

@cerievans4099

4 жыл бұрын

My guess in the the composer started with the end position and worked backwards to arrive at the starting position. It still doesn't detract from his ingenuity.

@strivin4

4 жыл бұрын

Epic Mann.

@Pascal-md9os

4 жыл бұрын

Gijs van Breukeln can

White: Mate in 14 Black: Wtf, now way I'll take that long! White: Who's talking about you?

@GreyWind

4 жыл бұрын

lmao

@koolaidjerk

4 жыл бұрын

Sorry to be that guy, but it isn't mate in 14 necessarily because black does not have to follow that sequence of plays. There were possible lines from black that let white get a queen that doesn't lose the game this way that could take longer than 14 moves.

@elviejohg744

4 жыл бұрын

@@koolaidjerk I'm a chess beginner, can you tell me why this is the solution to the puzzle if there are another set of moves that will make it last longer? How do they know they reached the solution?

@koolaidjerk

4 жыл бұрын

@@elviejohg744 With two good players, if white gets a queen they will win basically 100% of the time. So to prevent that black has to play the way described in the video, which results in the mate in 14 sequence. However, if black just lets white get the queen white will be massively ahead, but it could take longer than 14 moves to get the checkmate.

@ILoveHuskies1

4 жыл бұрын

​@@koolaidjerk Couldn't you just move up blacks pawns so that black also has at least one queen to work with and more overall pieces?

Just imagine what an upset this puzzle would cause if this position would be reached in an actual game.

@dallaswood4117

3 жыл бұрын

i was wondering that, it's one thing to throw the pieces out there and call it a puzzle, but what in an actual game would or could lead to this scenario

@vikraal6974

3 жыл бұрын

Remember Tal took time to solve it

@aleks-lj9yq

3 жыл бұрын

@@vikraal6974 he solved it very fast

@vikraal6974

3 жыл бұрын

@@aleks-lj9yq no check the video, he didn't solve it instantly

@kurtzipagan6704

3 жыл бұрын

@@vikraal6974 yeah,10min in the room,then left and go for a walk for 15min,so it's total 25min think

He solved this incredibly complex puzzle when not even looking at the board? i swear these top GMs are superhuman

@ppmpyae1152

2 жыл бұрын

He had alphazero in the sky.

@VylinJanKranBlanMichal

2 жыл бұрын

Tal was looking at the ceiling

@patstaysuckafreeboss8006

2 жыл бұрын

I just ran it through stockfish 14 and it looks like black can actually refute this with Ba5

@SarveshParakh

2 жыл бұрын

@@patstaysuckafreeboss8006 at what point? There is no time to play that move.

@jackkenefick2696

2 жыл бұрын

cloud formations

Chess engines and grandmasters can't solve it eh, let me just pause the video so i can....why do I even try...

@jakadajakada6939

4 жыл бұрын

Ikr. Ain't no way I'm gonna try

@AA-tt7fl

4 жыл бұрын

I did the same 😂😂😂😂😂

@snmss5919

4 жыл бұрын

@@AA-tt7fl kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYtk2aiMYLjSk7w.html

@kat78681

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Pressed 'pause', thought 'Am I arrogant enough?', pressed 'play' immediately.

@seligfykspert9387

4 жыл бұрын

There is a crucial difference between "analyzing a random position for evaluation purposes" and "solving a white-winning puzzle". That applies to humans and machines. I think that would one insert this position into a machine as a puzzle, it would probably get the solution quickly.

Tal, dammit, solving this without a board.

@Scientist93

4 жыл бұрын

It is uncanny... such amounts of brain power all but baffle me. It'd take me a really long time to get my visualisation to a similar level, making me question if it'd be worth it to begin with.

@alexandresilva3427

4 жыл бұрын

@@Scientist93 Depends if you want to play chess professionally or not.

@plumpistrumpi

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexandresilva3427 It is not a matter of will, it is a matter of natural disposition. You can train visualization a little bit, but there is no training that can compensate a lack of natural disposition when it comes to complex blindfold calculation. You were born with it.

@Unrevealingexistence

4 жыл бұрын

@@plumpistrumpi this is the dumbest thing ever. 'Natural Disposition"

@snmss5919

4 жыл бұрын

@@human7491 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYtk2aiMYLjSk7w.html

That puzzle was a work of art. Solved by another artist. I love that Tal solved it after going for a walk No engines, just inspiration

@scarbo2229

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, good to see a win for The Human. We need one.

Agadmator: "it's white to play and to win" Me: "Wait.. is the white going upwards or downwards???" 😅

@iljadendiesich816

3 жыл бұрын

Tip: watch were a1 is. A1 buttom left= white moving up, a1 upper right=white moving down

@renceilaya3562

3 жыл бұрын

@@iljadendiesich816 thanks! I'm just starting in chess, I'll keep that in mind 😊

@yewtubez

3 жыл бұрын

lol took me a minute to realise the A1 squares

@angelgodplace

3 жыл бұрын

You always see the board going up.

@leadnitrate2194

3 жыл бұрын

@@ronanthony5654 thankfully, we're not training to become world champions so we can enjoy this beautiful puzzle

There was a Queen Sac involved - Of course Tal would find the solution!

@nelmarroda8074

4 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@athilesh

4 жыл бұрын

@@nelmarroda8074 VERY TRUE

@DJHastingsFeverPitch

4 жыл бұрын

ROFL

@magnafire1

4 жыл бұрын

I know it's a joke but he did find the solution after walking away talking to himself. Lol. TAL: I know you want the queen sac self, but no matter how bad you want to get rid of her, the mate is going to have to be with the bishop if you want to crack it.

@magnafire1

4 жыл бұрын

Then he comes to his senses and comes back with a disturbed grin on his face and says, I'm going to let her live. I found the solution.

I feel dumb after I think that Tal saw all this in his mind.

"How many knights do you want? Black: Yes

@99sasanka

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@CristianML40

3 жыл бұрын

😂

I read this puzzle in 1991 in a chess magazine, I also read that Tal shouted "this is unbelievable!" when he saw the solution.

@sattkrit_pathak

8 ай бұрын

he did't saw the solution he solved it

The tragedy of a puzzle like this is that anyone good enough to solve it would never find themselves in such a position.

@whitneyrideout4553

3 жыл бұрын

Yes its cruel cruel world 😢

@user-zb8tq5pr4x

3 жыл бұрын

That's not the point of puzzles anyway

@thelostusername5013

3 жыл бұрын

Excuse my ignorance I'm not very good at chess but at 7:46. Could you not move the pawn to g4 and end the game sooner

@Soul-ex8gb

3 жыл бұрын

@@thelostusername5013 You'd make the king move to H4 as the pawn is no longer covering it

@thelostusername5013

3 жыл бұрын

@@Soul-ex8gb good point

I haven’t played chess other than a few games with my dad when I was a kid. Yet I must have watched at least a hundred of your videos. You are an excellent commentator and you really manage to make the game interesting even to someone who don’t know the game other than the rules. I just took the step to start playing chess. It’s 5% thanks to Magnus Carlsen and how fascinated I am of his skill, but it’s 95% thanks to you and your awesome videos. Keep it up!

@agadmator

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. Appreciate it

@busterlee8438

4 жыл бұрын

I can second that story. My dad taught me to play as a kid but I never heard of a chess club or knew "openings" and endgames. Years later I wanted to teach my son to play and looked to youtube for a refresher lesson. I found the St. Louis chess Club channel and this was in the recommendations. Ive been binge watching for over a year now. The AI chess is really great. Whats happening with Leela chess 0 and the google brain? I also really enjoy the history series. Gotta watch them all again. Thank You.

@nicholaschileshe4987

4 жыл бұрын

@@busterlee8438 Leela is currently playing TCEC season 17 and she is currently doing fine. Won a number of games with 0 loses and that's excellent performance.

@theazrael4423

4 жыл бұрын

Welcome brother, that's the beauty of the game, all you need to know to enjoy these videos are the rules and yes he is one of the best commentators, I am sure there are many great commentators out there but I watch mostly 3, Agadmator, Mato Jelic, and Kevin from the chess website. I was taught when I was 12 yrs old by a Jamaican candidate master David Nichols in 1980. He gave me J.R. Capablanca's book, The fundamentals of chess. I'm not much good at the game but like you, I love the videos.

@syddenna6437

4 жыл бұрын

Couldn't have said it better myself!😅

Who other than Tal to solve such a puzzle. Poetic justice

@oskain

Жыл бұрын

bro think he kendrick lamar 💀

@user-zk8gl4iw2v

8 ай бұрын

@chinmaykabi Gijs Van Breukelen entered the chat.

*grandmasters and engines couldn't solve this puzzle *tal : hold my bishop

8:37 ah yes the classical four knights open- I mean end game

@phil10p_

4 жыл бұрын

😂

I've been solving chess puzzles since 1969. This is the most amazing, intricate puzzle that I've ever seen. Thank you for showing this rare gem, Agad!

@pickledirick8338

3 жыл бұрын

Surely over the span of 50 years you’ve come across this puzzle before? I have multiple times just by searching for difficult chess puzzles online.

@silentoccasion4359

3 жыл бұрын

Pickled IRick he probably did. I think he had everyone else in mind when he said what he said

@priyanshgautam9971

3 жыл бұрын

I've been seeing Chess puzzles for about 6 months and already seen this puzzle several times

@priyanshgautam9971

3 жыл бұрын

@Luis Delgado Lol 🤦u are soo

@annaapple3249

3 жыл бұрын

@@priyanshgautam9971 You’re a dark brown Indian. Why are you using a blonde emoji?

This is a great puzzle. It looks like the engines fall victim to overzealous tree pruning.

@numbdigger9552

3 жыл бұрын

wonder what alphazero would think of this...

@severnkariuki9129

3 жыл бұрын

Engines probably overrate material for better chances in most games.

@phoenixshade3

3 жыл бұрын

@@severnkariuki9129 That they do, especially when there are no immediate tactics... but in this case, nearly every underpromotion involves or creates a tactical situation. That's why I'd tend to favor a tree-pruning explanation over a material one, in this case.

@severnkariuki9129

2 жыл бұрын

@@phoenixshade3 yes, they prune the tree but due to material. I think they ignore any continuation after knight and queen sac with checks(forcing move) and assume that variation leads nowhere. Little do they know the king, bishop and pawn is all that is necessary here. I believe they do not see how black is helpless with dim knights on almost the worst squares possible like Tal probably did. Alphazero might have seen this.

I love that Agadmator couldn’t keep a straight face when announcing the fourth knight. Great puzzle & video

Tal takes a walk, figures that the bishop needs also needs to take a walk xp

2:01 How is nobody talking about the guy just standing on the table?

@stickmedia5691

4 жыл бұрын

Bruhhhh. I didn't even notice

@75w26__

4 жыл бұрын

That's actually a ghost

@Cnut_the_grape

4 жыл бұрын

He just vibin'

@Lgg130

4 жыл бұрын

Clearly the puzzle creator

@spiraldj

3 жыл бұрын

Probably a camera man getting an ariel view of the game

Grandmasters and Engines couldn't solve this puzzle Me: *Immediately starts to try and solve it*

@woodfinchcrafts7267

3 жыл бұрын

You:looks at solution after several years

@CristianML40

3 жыл бұрын

😂

I’ve played about 30k games. I could have never solved this puzzle. It’s just a game, but It reminds me of what my teacher’s use to tell me after I stated “when would I use trigonometry in day to day life” and their response “it helps expand your mind”.

I wanna know what Tal was smoking.

@EGarrett01

4 жыл бұрын

Patzers.

@kievmoores3093

4 жыл бұрын

Everett01 lmao

@HexxuSz

4 жыл бұрын

You can not handle it

@oumarkk3572

4 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing😂

@niiadam4426

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂

It's crazy, I'm using Lichess Stockfish 11+ WASMX, depth 58 and still, the engine can't spot the move!

@duffin3503

3 жыл бұрын

How does this work? Doesn’t depth 58 mean that it has mapped out every possible move for the next 58 possible turns? How can it not spot the move?

3 жыл бұрын

@@duffin3503 no, no. Engines rely heavy in euristics to cut out most of the useless moves. But in some cases it endup cutting lines that shouldn't, because engine thinks it's a bad line and doesn't worth analysing it.

@OKMX5

3 жыл бұрын

@@duffin3503 due to exponential complexity it's completely impossible to calculate every possible move into such depth. If engines were calculating every possible line they could think only few moves ahead.

@DanielHatchman

3 жыл бұрын

That's crazy that a computee can't see it.

@turkiyett0928

3 жыл бұрын

Engine can solve this puzzle in 2 seconds (multi threat)

Till now I thought the only reason not to pick a queen when "queening" was to avoid a stalemate. Not so! What an incredible puzzle. Just increasing awe the whole way through. Well done! Thank you, agadmator! Wow.

I used the Stockfish engine on lichess and while watching the video and it was at 6:58 that when I played Bc2+ the level went up to +4.8 for white. This was the winning move that the engine could not spot that Tal could. Before I played this move, the level was at -5.2. Very interesting observation. Also, at 7:12, instead of playing Nf7+, the engine recommends to play Kg4 instead as it avoids the unstoppable mate in 11. I let the engine play itself and the game subsequently ends with white winning after exactly 30 moves after Kg4.

@pulguinha682

2 жыл бұрын

Only engine I could solve this with was Stockfish 14, but that's just overkill

@arnavagrawal895

2 жыл бұрын

Dude the engines have analysed this puzzle as it has been years .

@mrsommer84

Жыл бұрын

Best comment

0:00 Hello everyone 3:50 agadmator.exe has stopped working 9:46 Friends at the bar and the library

@adnan4688

4 жыл бұрын

So this is becoming a thing...

@guscox9651

4 жыл бұрын

instructions unclear, broke into the bar and library but no one there said "hello everyone" because they were in isolation.

@apaajaboleh104

4 жыл бұрын

The bar and the library are closed.

@weimergabriel

4 жыл бұрын

this is too good.

@kahwigulum

4 жыл бұрын

@@apaajaboleh104 Sorry about that.

Found the first two moves, however I never would have been able to solve it.

@happyhourstogether6060

4 жыл бұрын

Timmy Fay i found first 3 moves

@ActComplicated

4 жыл бұрын

Timmy Fay Yeah I found the solution the the first couple of lines shown. It’s the last line that is the point of the puzzle I believe.

@happyhourstogether6060

4 жыл бұрын

Act Complicated yeah dam that gansta bishop slicing everywhere

@dayanandsahu6683

4 жыл бұрын

I completed this puzzle on my CT-ART 6 on first try... I am 1600.... Am I the Magician? Of course NOT

@dakotatiger2009

4 жыл бұрын

@@dayanandsahu6683 Nah just a really bad liar.

love coming back to this video everytime it comes on my feed because I always forget the solution and I get just as mesmerized by it again! Also bring back that hair Antonio! I miss the hawk haha

One of the most incredibly beautiful things I have ever witnessed!!! Genial!

Chess world: This puzzle is impossible! Nobody can figure this out!! Black is winning! Stockfish: *Agrees* *Mikhail Tal has entered the chat*

@vignanmullapudi2950

3 жыл бұрын

Engines and GMs left.

@-zelda-

2 жыл бұрын

Chess world: This puzzle is impossible! Nobody can figure this out!! Black is winning! Stockfish 14: *Disagrees*

These are insane puzzle. One genius created them, another genius solved them. I'm not surprised it was Tal. Only he could see this tactical insanity in his head. Nobody else.

I guess this would be “four knights ending” lol

You're so authentic man. The fact that you do not post-edit makes your video look made for human beings.

It's now decided: Tal is officially my favourite chess player now!

@Meddimehell

3 жыл бұрын

Tal is EVERYONES favourite mate :) Together with Fischer, Carlsen and Anand, for my part though. Those four have just meant a lot for me in my time as a chess-enthusiast.

@Puschit1

3 жыл бұрын

@@Meddimehell My follow-ups would be Morphy, Capablanca and Petrosian, though.

@nausadulabedinrifat7498

3 жыл бұрын

Carlsen was my favourite.But after watching tal I realised the beauty of chess.No wonder why he was called the magician.

@JohnSmith-wl2pd

3 жыл бұрын

@@nausadulabedinrifat7498 same here. Mine was Kasparov, but after watching Tal, I couldn't see chess in the same way anymore. As you correctly said I realized the beauty of it. It's not about how strong a player is. It's about the magic. And there is only one magician. The one from Riga...

@thunderball11111

3 жыл бұрын

Ivanchuk, tal, Barnes and Anderson are mine so far. I just love the crazier plays and the positional attacks.

GMs and Engines: *my pfp* Tal: so anyway, I started solving

@anandasatria7734

3 жыл бұрын

Wtf lol

@doggojo7148

3 жыл бұрын

MY PAIN IS STILL FAR GREATER THAN YOUUURRRRRSSSS

@1988ryan1

3 жыл бұрын

Engines: move 4: black obviously goes king g4, not even suggesting knight f7 because it's literally the worst move on the board... Tal and GMs: so anyway, lets ignore that and pretend forking the queen/king is better so we get a checkmate in 13...

@mengekyosyaringanKamui

3 жыл бұрын

🤣😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Knights of the Square Table would be a good name for this puzzle..

@axemtitanium

3 жыл бұрын

Sadly that would be a hint for solving it.

@aquapony

3 жыл бұрын

@@axemtitanium Yeah, after I read this comment I solved it in 5 minutes

An engine cannot solve it... AlphaGo "challenge accepted"

@robinsuj

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think AlphaZero classifies as an engine

@jacknugent4324

3 жыл бұрын

did u say alpha go

@BlueEyes-WhiteDrag0n

2 жыл бұрын

AlphaGo?

Black: I have 4 knights! White: We have a Hulk (Bishop)

@Refinitey

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually black that has 4 knights

@timsvideosallsfw2570

4 жыл бұрын

Not a Hulk ... use The Blues Brothers line ... we're on a mission, a mission from God.

To those of you who came back in a month or two after solving this... I don't believe you❤

@guscox9651

4 жыл бұрын

i literally cant decide whether or not to stay and watch the solution or not

@organizationxiii2956

4 жыл бұрын

I found the first few moves on my own and later the engine found the mating sequence.

@snmss5919

4 жыл бұрын

@@organizationxiii2956 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYtk2aiMYLjSk7w.html

@meepogeomancer7552

4 жыл бұрын

I did solve this

@shezacuber6092

4 жыл бұрын

@@meepogeomancer7552 mee too but it took like 15 mins to find a way to force black's king into the position then it was easier to mate him.Maybe i way just lucky and spot it quickly

Interestingly, after the d8 promotion, the engine recommends king g4. It does now say that white is much better, but I think it prevents the checkmate combination.

@danielhoang289

Жыл бұрын

Right, what makes this puzzle great is that forking the King+Queen isn't the best move. However, since it is the human instinct move to play, it's still remarkable to see how it is beaten

This proves once again that Tal is the greatest player of all time.

5:16 "and for those of you who came back after you solved it, congrats" Did I mention lichess and chesscom can't solve it? Good luck!

@tylerghloe4803

3 жыл бұрын

solved!!!! :)

@ajinkyakulkarni8109

3 жыл бұрын

Solved

It would be interesting to see if AlphaZero can solve this. That Bishop just went all over the Board trying to preach word of God and the Four Knights be like: BEGONE! 😅

@arturolopez9289

4 жыл бұрын

Man of God vs Four Horseman might be called the solution 🤣

@soumyadeepdas3239

4 жыл бұрын

Leela chess zero on my machine solved it after taking some time.

@ghotrix

4 жыл бұрын

@@soumyadeepdas3239 it solved it for me almost instantly

@ghotrix

4 жыл бұрын

@Abhishek Shukla It's big misconception that Leela learns from every game you play with her, it's physically not possible. It learns only from games she plays with herself on contributors machines. More on that here: github.com/LeelaChessZero/lc0/wiki/Getting-Started

@SuperAWaC

4 жыл бұрын

lc0 also solved this instantly on my pc. i think having difficulty solving this is just a quirk of the way a/b engines search. but it is proof that a/b engines are not all powerful, they are faking it through brute force.

one can only wonder and gasp at tal's brainflow during that outdoor stroll...... just incredible !

I've been playing chess for more than 50 years. This is the most incredible puzzle I've ever seen!

@mdzaidshaikh1863

Жыл бұрын

what's your age

@wixom01

Жыл бұрын

@@mdzaidshaikh1863 63. /sigh

@Tuh_qh90

2 ай бұрын

​@@wixom01 you lived when the legends(actual) were alive

This is probably one of the best chess analyses/explanations I've ever watched. Well done!

If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off.

@anonym3967

4 жыл бұрын

I used to offer draws when up a pawn in the opening against higher rated players on lichess, because I did not want to risk my free rating with possible blunders in the future.. and still this is my main reason to offer draws, if a position seems complicated I don't want to risk blundering it, offering a draw despite knowing that you are losing seems kinda rude tbh.

@nirrrvana88

4 жыл бұрын

I was once offered a draw in a 3 days/move correspondence game. He was arguing that he has no time left to play the game as he has been sentenced to prison. I thought it funny,but in the end accepted the draw offer. I looked up better afterwards. Turns out he was losing a piece lmao.

@kallemaki-hokkonen4850

4 жыл бұрын

@@nirrrvana88 Why didnt he just engine the moves and win ez

@patstaysuckafreeboss8006

4 жыл бұрын

@@nirrrvana88 Prison? Yup, that guys probably better than you now. That's all they have in prison is chess lol

@TSgitaar

4 жыл бұрын

So if you want your opponent to accept your draw offer, make sure that you are slightly better. I find it lame to offer a draw when I am considerably worse.

This was such visceral fun. Thank you very much for posting this.

This is such a beautiful puzzle. Best chess moves I've seen

That feeling when you spend 5 minutes of the video trying to solve the puzzle and then you realise that you were looking at the board as if it was flipped ... I thought it was strange for the puzzle to start as white king is checked by the pawn. I may not be the best chess player material afterall Lol

@gerardopadua

3 жыл бұрын

Correct king checked by a pawn

@artfuldodger5698

3 жыл бұрын

I thought so but then i looked at the alphabets on the bottom and those numbers on the left and figured out.

@DoctorX149

3 жыл бұрын

white to play and win.. bruh lol

@tomarts774

3 жыл бұрын

@@DoctorX149 well yes ... he says that after 5 minutes of explaining the history behind the puzzle. Also as others have mentioned the board has numbers on it, which clearly indicate that I'm not the brightest.

The first time I've seen this puzzle was during a lecture by Czech grandmaster Vlastimil Hort. He accompanied it with a great story. He was in Riga in Tal's house and both of the gentlemen were waking up. They shared some drinks and Tal's wife brought them some sandwiches. It was a happy occasion since Tal's daughter (I believe) was allowed to a musical conservatory. And since it was time to celebrate, what better way to start your day there is than to show this masterpiece of a puzzle. And thanks to you, Antonio, it finally makes sense why it was Tal who was showing it. Chess flexing at its best :D

I enjoy your videos, great for chess lovers. keep up the great work.

I’ll never understand how a human can come up with puzzles like this lol absolutely insane

this is the most outstanding puzzle i ever saw... Thanks Adgamator, for explaining !

Man, that was a satisfying puzzle!

Thanks for sharing this puzzle - it is magnificent! I did play this puzzle as White against Stockfish level 30 though, and Stockfish did not capture the Queen and instead played King G4.

Solving this for Tal must've felt like going back to your seat after answering a math question in the board in your class

Thank you so much Agadmator!! After studying all the games from the world chess championship 1972 on your channel, i have defeated both my dad and my older brother which was not possible before. Although defeating them doesn't get me any certificate or title, it's still a big achievement for me and I'm proud of it.

@mutigaben2038

4 жыл бұрын

Good Job

@KnowThyself619

4 жыл бұрын

@@mutigaben2038 thank you!! It took me long but i finally did it haha.

@peanutandbutterdachshund6916

4 жыл бұрын

Well carlsen's initial goal was to defeat his sister, but ok

@OzymandiasSaysHi

4 жыл бұрын

You SHOULD be proud! Well done!

Oh Tal !!! There is Kasparov,karpov,booby, anand,magnus,..... But Mikhail Tal his attacking style.. his sacking pieces, oh is brilliant mind . There will never be another Tal

@vinayyadav1757

2 жыл бұрын

Booby 😂 good one

@shweta8269

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@zebrapaint640

Жыл бұрын

Yes bro tal is the only King

@scottrackley4457

Жыл бұрын

If you like Tal, and who doesn't, check out Ljubojević's games. He comes up with some devilish attacks.

I love this puzzle ! Thank you for sharing.

One hell of a study. Well done Mr van Breukelen...thanks for presenting it here.

Tal: while walking : just opened youtube from his mobile and went Agamator's channel to check whether Agamator posted the solution for the problem which he was gonna present. Bcs Tal calculated every move in the future so he might knew Agamator gonna post this video.. 😂

@nisarg411

4 жыл бұрын

Op

@God-zg6so

4 жыл бұрын

😂

@aradhyamn6950

4 жыл бұрын

Awesome 😅😅😅😅

6:47 -- The reason engines (at least those that are set to not examine more than five lines simultaneously) cannot solve the puzzle is because they will not consider the Bc2+ line after Kg6, because it results in White being down two pieces (after Kxh5), and subject to forfeiting any new queen. However, if Bc2+ is manually played, then the engine finds the solution at Depth25. It used to be possible to adjust the settings on Chess(dot)com to have the engine examine ten lines simultaneously, but this was reduced to five maximum some half a year ago, with three being current default. (Low-grade cheaters using default-setting online engines will almost never be given the best moves in "hard" positions in any reasonable amount of time, say, as for Blitz.)

@bezzlebedeviled4756

4 жыл бұрын

Furthermore, following d8=Q, after the engine finally discards Nf7+ (because it finds that this plus capturing the forked queen next turn results in White's king bottling up Black's with checkmate to follow), the engine will calculate endlessly without finding a forced mate for White even though it grants a rating of +8 fairly quickly. With Black refraining from the knight fork, he plays Kg4 instead, and will inevitably seize White's last pawn on g3, after which the material situation is White's queen versus Black's two knights and four pawns in an opposite-colored bishop game -- and Black is capable of lingering on for quite some time after that. With humans playing, it would be quite easy for White to blunder and lose tempo, enabling Black to queen a pawn and win.

@sin2Pi

4 жыл бұрын

I found that although initial evaluation by Stockfish (both versions 8, 11 installed on my laptop with 10 threads) went for Black, both versions checkmated black when played against each other (v11 against itself, v8 W vs v11 B). I haven't investigated the details yet, but thought that Agadmator should have proceeded w/ solving the puzzle w/ Stockfish regardless of initial eval. Chess evaluation can be a bit chaotic for some positions, I think this is just one of these instances.

@bezzlebedeviled4756

4 жыл бұрын

@@sin2Pi ...they'll only find checkmate if your engine has enough lines such that Bc2 can make the "cut" for consideration, or if you manually fork king and queen with the knight. The position is strongly winning for White with correct play after Black eschew knight-forking, but it is very difficult for White to run a queen against two knights and four extra pawns with bishops still the board; i.e., Black has a lot of "action economy". It's basically a Magnus-style grind to defeat Black, with the first misstep costing you your advantage, and a second enabling Black to queen and easily win with his material advantage -- as he'll quickly have a second queen.)

@iliillillilli2991

3 жыл бұрын

I tried it in leela and stpckfish they failed but i thought because the engine prunes these moves what if i use an engine that prunes less, or annolder engine so i got rybka which is pretty old and it actually found the move being +3.66 for white at depth 25, but found the move instantly. Im guessing it has something to do with rybka not pruning the moves as early so it found it.

So impressed by this channel! The dialog is perfect.

Sick tactics. You gotta have a hell of a mind to solve this

This is the puzzle that made me Fall in love with chess, back then about a year ago, when I saw this on Suren's channel😁

2:14 I replayed that at least 10 times.

@scottpowell4342

3 жыл бұрын

Did you notice that one of Kasparov's wins is missing?

@ujwalbharti3386

3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@priyanshuranjan5225

3 жыл бұрын

why you didn't just paused it ?

@ujwalbharti3386

3 жыл бұрын

@@priyanshuranjan5225 he's trying to understand the game bro I know he could have paused but it's his choice 😂

@priyanshuranjan5225

3 жыл бұрын

@@ujwalbharti3386 true lol

This video really does not disappoint. It is indeed one of the most elegant puzzles I've ever seen

My friends at the library are going to love this. Thanks Antonio!

I feel guilty for not even trying to solve the puzzle

@johnwamsley1896

4 жыл бұрын

4 chimps could learn to sing the Star Spangled Banner in 4 part harmony before I could find the solution

@memegazer

4 жыл бұрын

I did not try properly but I don't feel guilty because the show was so enjoyable.

@MrVvulf

4 жыл бұрын

"I am philosophical about my dumbness" - to paraphrase Patrice O'Neal. I just accept that I enjoy marveling at chess masters and that I'll never come close to being one. I'm fine with this. For me it's no different than watching NBA highlights - purely to enjoy what some humans can do. Sure, I can hit a layup or even a 3 pointer, but no matter how hard I practice, I'll never dunk from the free throw line.

@shayanpoordian5986

4 жыл бұрын

I felt guilty for trying it as if i can solve it in 2 mins

@mgm.al3mry

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrVvulf Mr. P 😭❤️

Incredible puzzle indeed, the solution is very complex yet very interesting, thank you so much for sharing..

Agad's hair after solving the puzzle: I'm mesmerized by the puzzle myself 😐🙉🙈🤣

When he was tabbing through the screens I thought he was gonna say "sorry about that" 😆🤣😂

After seeing this I looked up some of van Breukelen's puzzles - terrific.

Tal just went up another level in my books. What a genius.

Nice this was pretty in depth. Truly a master to crack this in his mind on a walk.

Going back and watching all Mikhail Tal Agadmator videos! Thanks Antonio!

Well. This puzzle should've been called "The Stable Puzzle" if you know what I mean!

@threethrushes

4 жыл бұрын

NaaaAAaaay.

@divy1962

4 жыл бұрын

"The crusade"

8:38 even Antonio cracked up at this 😂😂 this is beautiful

5:18 just saving to come back for solution

Many things are here in your channel that is great but this was amazing!!

It's at times like these I wonder ... "What would alpha zero do?"

@tonym2513

4 жыл бұрын

Paul Coe Leela would check mate in 3, hack a Jimmy Johns web page, and then stare at you smugly from behind the now delivered sandwich that she can’t even eat.

@sarainiaangelsong440

3 жыл бұрын

Thing with " Alpha Zero " is it's neither a Human, nor an Engine, it instead is a Neural Net, meaning there is chances in it's hidden layers that it recognizes complex patterns! It already crushes all Humans and Engines, so I would say without a doubt it likely would solve it! Simply due to most of it's moves to begin with no engine or human has been able to compete with it's final form and win! The better question would be if one day " Leela Chess Zero " a new neural network they are working on would be able to solve this, cuz Alpha Zero likely just would due to mass pattern recognitions and a Mate in 14 for a Neural net that has that to back it up is strongly likely to spot and realize the winning sequence of moves, hidden layers are simply biases/weights it shifts around, I'm certain it has experimented in all it's self plays turning a pawn into other pieces that are not just Queens and also prolly has tinkered with the idea to force an opponent to grab a Knight over a Queen, so I'm sure those games do exist, and besides the way it thinks would be closer to how humans would solve rather than brute force that engines do all the time, thus why engines are only able to get to a certain level of strength before they plateau, whereas a neural network with the correct amount of nodes to keep learning will develop super god human and super god engine tactics! :)

@iliillillilli2991

3 жыл бұрын

Funny thing is the old engine rybka immdeitally found it somehow, i guess it has something to do with less move pruning because stockfish ignores moves it thinks are bad to search faster. I even tried leela and they all failed but somehow the old engine rybka solved it

@sarainiaangelsong440

3 жыл бұрын

@@iliillillilli2991 Yeah interesting... maybe then what engines should do is split itself to run 2 runs of itself, hear me out on this so at exact same time can prune as one process and another makes on the spot clone of itself but doesn't prune so that way 2 processes at same time and then that might be just the trick huh? So in the case of old rybka and new not sure if new prunes but if it does, then same thing but no prune and run them side by side as 2 separate thingies so in Arena for example it would look like 2 engines analyzing at same time type of effect, I'm bad at explaining my thoughts at times but that my guess :)

Agadmator: This is the best puzzle that I have ever seen! Suren: DEJA VU.

That is an insane puzzle. Thanks for finding this for us!

I think there's a flaw in the forced checkmate: black is not obliged to make a royal fork on f7. So the position is better for white, but not forced mate.

@thatapollo7773

Жыл бұрын

Well if no royal fork is made white is easily winning When doing puzzles you only need to show the most testing line which would be to do the royal fork and white needs to find M10