Very fitting quote by Fischer. Firouzja keeps gambling. He plays positions that will have him winning if the opponent doesn't play the absolute best moves, but he's playing against the best players in the world, so they do find the best moves, and Alireza gambles away his games.

@HsenagNarawseramap

Жыл бұрын

But that’s how Tal played.

@hp7639

Жыл бұрын

@@HsenagNarawseramap That may explain why he was never world champ or partly his health. Tal was brilliant but I'm sure Carlsen and many in the top can play like that but see the refutation and don't want to risk it and just try to improve the position. It's better to win than look like a genius.

@earthwormsim8068

Жыл бұрын

I think this will be his youth showing. Good to see a youngster providing fighting chess

@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd

6 ай бұрын

This is like Fisher vs Petrosian best atacker vs best defender

God bless you agadmator. You make each game seem like an epic battle

@arfsnmdgn9271

Жыл бұрын

Tiki kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Wem9GwctjdlLQ.html

@IAmDavid91

Жыл бұрын

@@arfsnmdgn9271 kzread.info/head/PL2hrNWvB6273gdRa0G3PJWJCMgrce8izk

@slink66

Жыл бұрын

BECAUSE IT IS !

@romano149

Жыл бұрын

Could be more complex explanation

@tim90003

Жыл бұрын

That's his skill!

Always remember to thank your good friend the bishop for helping you secure draws in losing positions 👍

Amazing. No one has beaten Nepo. If he goes on with being unbeaten then I think he deserves a rematch with Magnus.

@dariuszkopec2567

Жыл бұрын

Yes he show us again his blunder power with Magnus.

@nouretaoufik

Жыл бұрын

I think it s the effect of good prep of the match last year. Alireza and hikaru playing blitz or bullet games during candidates is just not professional and leads to poor play in the serious game!.

@apolicum

Жыл бұрын

Magnus won't play against Nepo again. Nepo will play the runner-up.

@monayemhossain1514

Жыл бұрын

@@apolicum Why?

@mathiasfreytag6835

Жыл бұрын

Exactly the same that happened last year, Nepo absolutely destroyed everyone at candidates and got destroyed by Magnus

"Even more trickier" is exactly how I would describe this game.

@arfsnmdgn9271

Жыл бұрын

Golum kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Wem9GwctjdlLQ.html

Alireza played more g5 moves in these candidates than they were ever played in the history of this tournament

@decreasing_entropy3003

Жыл бұрын

Insightful observation!

Thank you for the video!

Young Krzysztof Duda

@FireJES

Жыл бұрын

This is what it sounds like when agad days Ian

Am probably missing something but could the bishop eyeing g8 not have been the extra piece that won by checkmate before and after queen trade?

My man Antonio back at it again with the quality content!

@arfsnmdgn9271

Жыл бұрын

Virrik kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Wem9GwctjdlLQ.html

Great human game 💕

You made my day better Antonio. Many thanks!😊😊👍

antonio, show us the evaluation bar!

Nice battle draw ok here as they tried to find a way.

Kada ćeš do rijeke prijatelju?

Did you think about merchandising "Elo everyone" instead of "Hello everyone" Antonio ? ("There's nothing more to be done" would be a nice one too)

At 4:38 after bishop to D4 why move the king and not capture with the rook?

Nepo was not a favorite before the tournament but he's unstoppable

Young mister Duda again. How can his name be Young mister? Sounds weird. Anyway nice video. I like your dog

I think the Candidates blows away the WCC by a wide margin, this is my first time following it after following the last 2 WCC and all the different personalities and playing styles is so damn fun

@alpha007org

Жыл бұрын

I agree. WCC format is, in my humble opinion, not true to chess itself. It should be something like Candidates, but 10 best players including the champion, and after the tournament 1 week free time, and then 1st and 2nd hash it out. Last WCC, players behind that glass seemed so unnatural and strange.

@rhwing5095

Жыл бұрын

​@@alpha007org I agree that the tournament setup would be more fun/unpredictable, but by the same token, it would have a higher degree of randomness. It might be "fun" for the fans, but it doesn't help us to determine more accurately who is "best" and crown them champion. Even if we look at the current system, just the choice of candidate to challenge for the WC is not totally robust. A bit of luck or hot streak can make a big difference, and the tournament could be easily won by a tiebreak rule (based on a small number of sample games). For example, I could offer as an alternative that the highest Elo player would become the de-facto challenger for the WC in every cycle. Elo is very robust system in which it is difficult to "get lucky" or even cheat in any way, and it is based on the largest possible sample size. On the downside, it would amount to a chase of standings points similar to something like Formula 1 racing. Generally, I think we can all agree that the highest rated Elo player at any given moment is best by definition, and this has been historically true for as long as we have kept track of it. Only in the case of a "rising star" might you have a different situation, but in that scenario the rising star would reach the fair Elo in a matter of time anyway.

@alpha007org

Жыл бұрын

@@rhwing5095 This is all true. Every system has it's downsides. I'm wondering if the "World Chess Champion" should even exist.

@dstreetz91

Жыл бұрын

A champion should exist, to not have a champion is to undermine the sport when it's a 1v1 affair over the board. Having a tournament where a champion is crowned based on standings at the end does sound exciting in theory, but has a bit of a problem because one player can be really strong against another, but weak against another player among super GMs. That's not to say the current system is perfect when the WCC is all classical games with only tiebreaks going into rapid and such, which is a way more interesting format in the age of engines.

@cniedbala87

Жыл бұрын

@@dstreetz91 I agree, I really enjoyed watching Duda win the world cup last year but thought it wouldn't be right to have a tournament like that to crown a champion

Antonio what u mean when u said "the position is much better for us"

Livin’ la vida loca….as you said as Ricky Martin!

Alireza is on ooga booga mode now . He better start streaming like Hikaru

4:37 what happen if rook capture bishop?

@dhananjayann5787

Жыл бұрын

if Rxd4 qb6 will pin the rook if king moves rook can be captured if queen tries to defend the rook we can bring rook f8 to d8 and win the rook if another rook is brought to defend the rook we can move the pawn to b1 and win the rook

I'm only an acquaintance of the bishop.

strange that black chose G5 on move 22 to break out to a new game. White wants to play f4 anyway. Glad that Magnus does not get to play favourites, if he declines to play Nepo again. It seems that Magnus prepared a lot more than Nepo did the last time they met, or that Magnus had to fight harder to beat Nepo, who still was disappointing. Maybe we get to see a much better game from Nepo this time round.

Agad, at 4:39, black cannot play Bd4+. Rxd4.

In 9:13 Bishop can just capture on g3 hope you did not forget that......

Aah our good friend the Bishop on a2 which i always forget about

An unbelievably awful game from both players. It was like neither of them knew that play on the light squares would win for white. The variation given by Agad should have been screaming to white to take over the light squares but instead he put his pieces on dark squares.

Hello Antonio, would you like to cover 2016 WCC between Magnus And Sergey after this candidates over? I think it's would be fun to see how Sergey able to beat Magnus in classical while other challenger after him fail. #suggestion

@77seven77

Жыл бұрын

And also the 2014 WCC

really don't understand why black willingly gives up the exchange with Qe7, just looks like a blunder to me

I have a question though , why wouldn't Magnus defend his title against Nepo ?Is he afraid or he think he isn't worth it ?

@MultiFirefox23

Жыл бұрын

Magnus is just tired of it probably. There is no reason for him to fear Nepo given the crushing match win he had in December.

agadmator's channel: the only place where the Queen's Gambit is more really really awesome than in the Netflix series.

Great game btw

7:42 wouldn’t white exchange the rook for two whole pieces rather than capturing the pawn?

@iliketurtles5180

Жыл бұрын

Qc1+ wins a rook for black

Firoujza's will to lose this game could only be matched by Duda's will to not win it.

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

*lose

@Yusuf_K7

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcopson5800 uh

@eclipseeffigy

Жыл бұрын

Ha, perfect description of this game.

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

@@Yusuf_K7 He edited his comment, which initially said, 'Firouzja's will to loose ......'

@Yusuf_K7

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcopson5800 Ah

I think Duda wanted to comfort Alireza.

4:38 Why not Rxd4? I can't find it..

@abhishekranjan348

Жыл бұрын

i think qb6 because if we try to save the rook then the b pawn will queen

@krauser_

Жыл бұрын

@@abhishekranjan348 and what of it? We will just move the rook back and take the queen once it appears on the board for free. This doesn't work at all

@abhishekranjan348

Жыл бұрын

@@krauser_ rook at d4 cannot move as it is pinned

Have you got my emails?

Why is Nepo got some green flag instead of mother Russia flag?

Yep it’s clearly my good friend Alieza will not be playing title. Well my next friend is Duda and Hikaru, leaning more towards Hikaru since I’ve been watching KZread channel. Ok nvm, Duda also seems out of it for the title. So just Hikaru for me now.

4:37 Don't you capture the Bishop? What am I missing?

@victordeluca7360

Жыл бұрын

A question for the ages

@h.g.762

Жыл бұрын

Me = Idiot

@Wineballs

Жыл бұрын

After pinning the rook you can pile up on it. White cannot defend it without losing control of the B1 square allowing black to promote the pawn.

@sonu1998-hf4eq

Жыл бұрын

Actually its a best move for black ..

@dmitripogosian5084

Жыл бұрын

sure, you do. Analysis got carried away a bit at this point

Given Magnus's disrespect to fellow players, I hope his accompanying arrogance leads him to relinquish the World Championship title..

5:32 why notRxg3 for black? winning harry with a check...

At 4:45, wouldn't the more immediate threat be White playing Rxd4? Black cannot take the rook, as then Bxf7+ wins the Black queen (a recurring theme here).

@tatsuyasigh1906

Жыл бұрын

Rxd4 cxd4 Bxf7+ then Qxf7 or Rxf7 both works for black imo

@puremercury

Жыл бұрын

Oh, right. The Black queen is now on the seventh rank.

9:00 black bishop takes rook

@carrotjuice4344

Жыл бұрын

Qxg3 would lead to a winning attack

@2:48 Okay, so Alireza plays Qe7, and ends up losing the exchange, when Duda skewers the queen, and forces Alireza to relocate the queen Qc7. So WHY NOT JUST play Qc7 straight away (@2:48) , and NOT lose an exchange??????

@Skorezore

Жыл бұрын

after Qc7 f4 Bd6 there is e5

after 1. ...Rg8+ 2. Kh1 you say white is better because black has no attack. But doesn't 2...Rg3 attacking the queen and the undefended king's rook pawn just crush white??

I think Alireza plays like-"fuckit,I can't win the candidate,I can at least just have some fun"

A ramp must be built for the dog to get on the sofa!

@cniedbala87

Жыл бұрын

I thought this was some sort of metaphor then it clicked you meant Medo 😅

@dragosh3212

Жыл бұрын

@@cniedbala87 haha same

AlgorithmFood!

In the crucial variation with Firouzja's Nh5 and Duda's Kh1 I think Firouzja has Ng2+ at least forcing the regain of the exchange with a P up. What am I missing?

@roberttrotner6045

Жыл бұрын

That would be the theoretical position at 6:08 of the video

@muhammadmoaazbinsajjad2029

Жыл бұрын

We take the knight with our other rook. If bishop recaptures, we pin it by Rg1. If queen tries to defend, we reattack bishop with our queen and ultimately, win 2 pieces for our rook.

The game is between people who aren't going to win and ends with bishops of opposite colour endgame. I liked the video, but is this still worth watching?

Candidates have figured out that the best way to dislodge carlsen is to simply let nepo win

@rachidmammeri5829

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha 🤣

03:58 at move 22 we have a completely new game.

4:37 Bd4 is not possible because of Rxd4

@yasinasraar1164

Жыл бұрын

Yeah ..... I was expecting " sorry about that " but he completely missed it

@abhishekranjan348

Жыл бұрын

i think after rxd4 qb6 is either a draw or a win for black

@jro3213

Жыл бұрын

Queen to b6 will defend the queening pawn on b2 and win a rook

@onurkneezb

Жыл бұрын

@jacob tennyson I was about to pose this question, so it looks like I wasn't missing anything then. Thanks

@tim90003

Жыл бұрын

Well spotted!

Are you going to do Nepo-Hikaru game?

@ryoung527

Жыл бұрын

He already did, it was so short he covered it at the start of the video for the Ding-Radjabov game

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

No point in doing that.

at 4:35 if Bd4 then Rxd4 no?

@RadheRadhe-ln6sw

Жыл бұрын

Yes same Q. Bishop will be got captured.

@heroricspiritfreinen38

Жыл бұрын

Qb6

@RadheRadhe-ln6sw

Жыл бұрын

@@heroricspiritfreinen38 yeah now analysed. We can then pile up on rook. And if white try to defend the rook, then it's difficult to stop pawn promotion on b2

@krauser_

Жыл бұрын

@@RadheRadhe-ln6sw this promotion will not do anything. It can easily be captured even if the black stacks on the b file

@krauser_

Жыл бұрын

@@heroricspiritfreinen38 doesn't give anything, once the rook moves back, whatever the pawn is promoted to can be easily captured for free

If Magnus doea not play, the winner should play against Vishy for the title ;)

@strategicsage7694

Жыл бұрын

Why? What standing does he have to claim a place in the match?

@panda4247

Жыл бұрын

@@strategicsage7694 he is a legend. and he is still crushing other GMs left and right and if you missed the ";)" at the end of my previous post, then it was there to denote a joke....

I am really sad about the performance of Ali Reza since I am a big fan of him … worst tournament for him unfortunately … 😢

@Amer1kop

Жыл бұрын

He will become much stronger because of this

@alessbritish228

Жыл бұрын

@@Amer1kop Or maybe he will retire of chess.

After Duda played f4 you said AF could play Bd4+ why can't Duda play RxB? The pawn is still on c6. I can't see any tactics or strategy aside from giving the bishop for free?? Am I missing something?

@ssaoujang

Жыл бұрын

That’s what I thought so too… I can’t understand why he said that and it seems total blunder to me

@TomJones-tx7pb

Жыл бұрын

No.

@mayurbannai3102

Жыл бұрын

Yup, its a free bishop.

@nicktomato7

Жыл бұрын

i just tried it out with stockfish, doing Bd4+ and then Rxb4 -black plays Qb6, which pins the rook to the king on the diagonal *and* protects the b pawn -white plays Qf2, defending the rook and unpinning -black promotes the b pawn, b1=Q -Rxb1 white takes it with rook -Qxb1+ black takes with queen + check originally at Bd4+ the engine gives white a +2.2 advantage, and Rxd4 drops it evenly to 0. Black is gonna win back a rook in a roundabout way and white loses their advantage

@victordeluca7360

Жыл бұрын

@@nicktomato7 That's the thing with Agadmator, sometimes he presents disgusting engine lines without realizing they are actually engine lines, and just glosses over them.

It'd be nice to make the actual WCC play in the candidate's tournament. That'd be a way to prove he's indeed the best.

Observations from the photo - I admit it is hard to maintain composure after my observations were ignored by all commentators and yet supported by the commentator himself. We have all heard the message in 'Rudolf the Red-nose Reindeer' yet ignore that lesson here. What can be said?

نقص الجاهزية لاغلب النجوم المشاركين

Dxc4 does not cause loss of tempo, since pawn moves twice.

@matsdevink2858

Жыл бұрын

It does cause a loss of tempo, it also lost a tempo itself that is correct

@agadmator Čini mi se da voliš ispravno izgovarati imena i prezimena igrača, pa evo video u kojem Alirezin brat kaže kako se izgovara njihovo prezime - Firuzđa kzread.info/dash/bejne/q6R-17Ohg9W9j6Q.html

@LavrencicUrban

Жыл бұрын

HVALA ZA LINK! PA I JA MISLIM, DA NA CIJELOM YOUTBU NEMA NIKOGA KOJI BE SE MOGAO USPOREDZIVATI SA ANTONIOM KADA GOVORIMO O IZOGORJAVI!

@oldieSplit

Жыл бұрын

napiši #suggestion pa će vidjeti

Thank you agadmator for providing the good life

Guess the next video's title here

@blackmetalspecialist6756

Жыл бұрын

My forest is darker than your alley at night🤣

@zander9486

Жыл бұрын

Could work i guess🤣🤣

"Alireza played ......, it is now we've a new game" literally the one creating new games and playing rare moves from his past few games. He has been losing but gaining a new experience imo

@arfsnmdgn9271

Жыл бұрын

Tiki kzread.info/dash/bejne/k2Wem9GwctjdlLQ.html

@slink66

Жыл бұрын

Maybe that's why he lost so many times, though..

@victordeluca7360

Жыл бұрын

@@slink66 But that should help him do better in the next candidates if he doesn't let the losses get to his head

At least these two made a fight out of it. In the other game Hikaru appeared to have actually agreed a draw before the game

Queens gambit, currently playing it every time i get white to learn it, so tricky to play.

What would it say about the rest of the world, when Magnus destroys Nepo again...

@Yusuf_K7

Жыл бұрын

“Only Sith deal in absolutes.”

Noice

4:38 rook capture bishop ???

@patmaschena9651

Жыл бұрын

Qb6Rfd1 2.Rfd8

@mengekyosyaringanKamui

Жыл бұрын

@@patmaschena9651 3. Qc2b3

@patmaschena9651

Жыл бұрын

@@mengekyosyaringanKamui RxR

@mengekyosyaringanKamui

Жыл бұрын

@@patmaschena9651 Qb3xQb6 (white 1 queen 1 bishop & black 1 rook 1 knight)

@patmaschena9651

Жыл бұрын

@@mengekyosyaringanKamui RxR+ and pawn promotes

White is always better 😂

@6:14 when you suggested the move King to H1 for white - saying "it's where Duda dropped the ball" by instead playing rook to F2 - Unless I'm missing something, by playing King to H1 you run into a fork by blacks Knight on H5 --> G3 winning the exchange...Which is why I would assume Duda did not play it. I'm not even close to an expert on chess though, maybe I'm missing something obvious.

@yedishhoarder4763

Жыл бұрын

Just rxg3 nxg3 rg1 pins the bishop, once queen defends white queen can also attack bishop and win it

Dont know if Magnus wants to play Nepo again.

good draw. timmy is happy. 🤠 i keep forgetting my friend LSB tucked down there hidden

7:37 Why not Rook captures on f4 ? If Queen to c1 check then Rook back to f1. If Queen captures the bishop, then White is still up the exchange w 2 Rooks. If instead, Black plays Rook to g8 then simply Queen captures on g8 & we have a forced mate in 4.

@Oh_So_Based

Жыл бұрын

#Suggestions

Allireza will be remembered as “the great promise” …or “the New Mecking”

@Yusuf_K7

Жыл бұрын

Alireza’s still got time to improve. I hope he does better in future. The older players are just baring their fangs at the cubs right now, telling them to wait for their own era. Also, Alireza has already established himself as a member of the 2800 club, so not Mecking, who peaked at 2635, as opposed to Fischer’s 2785, whom he was compared to. Just so you know, I’m not particularly a fan boy of Alireza.

@luckyarabr

Жыл бұрын

@@Yusuf_K7 Allireza never , never will be a world champion

@Yusuf_K7

Жыл бұрын

@@luckyarabr I refuse to deal in impossibilities and inevitabilities. The most you could say is that he’s highly unlikely to achieve that title.

@luckyarabr

Жыл бұрын

@@Yusuf_K7 …only time will tell

@bisket81

Жыл бұрын

Nah.. it was only his first try at 19.. Once Magnus is out, winning the championship will become a realistic goal for all of these guys

8:59 , the bishop will just take the Rook.

Agadmator leaving pieces hanging in this analysis..

@richardfredlund3802

Жыл бұрын

yeah that RxB line should probably have been mentioned...it's Qb6 after pinning the R, and computer has Kh2 as better than taking the piece.

Alireza is in last place…

@TMeyer-cc9cw

Жыл бұрын

lol your sad empty weird little life

First!

Third

I love being here 1st

@quazzydiscman

Жыл бұрын

You love being here *3rd

@azandamsimang989

Жыл бұрын

Shush

Hi Antonio. I appreciate your efforts.but your commentatory has something deferent compare to watching for example Jan Gustafsson.he point it out clearly that for example after g5 it's lost position.he See it as a practical game,not what stockfish says.I ask you to put that perspective on your commentatory too.btw I as always love you content and wish your the best brother.

@icsg7287

Жыл бұрын

#suggestion

@mustbehypno

Жыл бұрын

@@icsg7287 #dare

First to comment

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

What comment?

First

@100_Dollar_Bill

Жыл бұрын

Dude thought he was first but types too slow 🐌

MOST BORING CANDIDATES ,,,,THIS YEAR

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

it's better than last time.

@dzllz

Жыл бұрын

Why shout?

@AADIBAWA

Жыл бұрын

@@davidcopson5800 with same winner

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

@@AADIBAWA He hasn't won yet!

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

@@dzllz Indeed. There is such a thing as lower case.

nepo easy win

Alireza was supposed to be the chosen one but that's what happens when you represent France instead of your home country 😂

@Farhadino1

Жыл бұрын

The Mullah's monarchy has shown no respect to the Iranian athletes. It is not only Alireza, but many of them have left disrespectful radical religious monarchy for having a better life and future.

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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Жыл бұрын

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@garciamiller5823

Жыл бұрын

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How about Kh1 Ng3 takes takes and Alireza is up a ♟