"That is the only move that wins and that is the move that Magnus played" -- I swear I hear this line every single time.

@indianfan1029

24 күн бұрын

Its sometimes good but its sometimes very obvious.

@ataciroglu

24 күн бұрын

He cheats 😂

@Elamado97

24 күн бұрын

I think hikaru is more likely to cheat than magnus​@@ataciroglu

@LeafyPeach

24 күн бұрын

7:12

@ataciroglu

24 күн бұрын

@@Elamado97Let's leave it to Kramnik to decide

I'm sure Magnus can't wait to come back home to show his friends at the bar and the library this beautiful trophy!!!

@zainquadri1206

24 күн бұрын

Dr. Drunkenstein doesn't go to the bar... He has brought the bar home... Most of the time he's drunk as a skunk and the times he's not, he's drunk as a bishop in a cathedral on a Sunday...

"The hardest move to find is always with a magnificent demon steed back" - Ivanchuk, maybe

@SylarTheBest

22 күн бұрын

😂😂😂

"Look at this. Absolutely beautiful. It’s supposed to be a chess night, I believe, but it’s like some Dark Souls magnificent demon steed. Who would not want that in their cabinet? I’m pretty sure Magnus has a separate property just to keep all of his trophies, but this is the one you don’t want to miss out on because you wanted to beat Hikaru." -ACC

What a fun idea for a chess tournament. Hopefully they'll keep releasing the rest of the pieces in the same theme as trophies.

The excitment in Agad's voice when he said "dark soulslike demon steed" lmao

That trophy is a magnificent steed

"Magnus, you look like you're still drunk. Heavy night?" "Yeah, if you can put it down over there for me, that'd be great"

@LukeLongboneOfficial

24 күн бұрын

I saw a video once from a few years ago where Magnus said that he would have a drinks or two before playing in big games so he could loosen up.

why do i always think these 2 would only give their best in a friendly bar match with a couple of beers

@joykenn9772

24 күн бұрын

Hikaru nearly always loses to Magnus. It's a surprise when he draws and a Miracle when he wins😂

as someone form Casablanca m really proud that our city and country Morocco hosted such a magnificent and unprecedented event

@user-gr3tg2yk6o

24 күн бұрын

Its called caPablanca.... lDl0T

@mr.gangex

24 күн бұрын

Yeah Morocco 🦾

You build a separate room just to hold the trophy.

"The position is now objectively winning for Magnus." A statement repeated more than almost any other about MC games.

The trophy is hermetically sealed. If that bulletproof plexiglass ever breaks, the horse is going to find its three friends and start the Apocalypse.

I think if I got a trophy like that it would go on my coffee table. To make sure everyone sees it and talks about it.

@ikeapencil7680

24 күн бұрын

And someone accidentally drops it from the coffee table

Not sure if Magnus took the trophy, or the trophy took him.

Yes, I like the idea of playing from a starting position in an old game. It provides new information and analysis.

I were eagerly waiting for this recap by Agad, thank you sir

I knew the Mag would go for the black steed. Agad is frothing over it.

Thanks for the demonstration of not recapturing knight with bishop ❤.

This was a great tournament, albeit super exclusive with a small player pool. I really think that the chess world in general is going out of its way to really offer more and more variety (960 tour possibly coming up, etc.) to keep Magnus interested as they know there is probably no way he is going to play 4-6 classical chess tournaments a year anymore and with poor Ding hating being WC (from what I can tell) they really need Magnus to stay involved in chess overall. Seems like it has worked out pretty well imo as it has been a solid year of entertaining chess since the WC match.

loved the concept of this tourney

This trophy looks like an electrocuted horsy.

Magnus and Hikaru - great confrontations and fights!

Antonio, how could you miss calling that trophy a, "MONSTER KNIGHT?!"

30yrs from now I and my friend will be replaying this game

Trophy design should be spectacular.

Magnus gave the 2nd place to Hikaru

@seinundzeiten

24 күн бұрын

they seem to get along now

@The94Beanie

23 күн бұрын

Mc can't stand naka

@The94Beanie

23 күн бұрын

​@@seinundzeiten.

"Darksouls like demon stead" ❤

it was one of the most exciting chess events

Going to watch Casablanca tonight!

They should include more competitors in this event maybe six or eight total and invite the big name GMs Nordibek Wei Yi Pragg etc Magnus and Hikaru seemed to enjoy the event a lot Hikaru saying it’s been his favorite event in years I’m sure we will see more it

@markrobertson3054

23 күн бұрын

No. Because the event was continent fight. Africa - amin, 7 time african champion. Europe - magnus America ( south+north ) - hikaru 5 time us champ Asia - anand , 5 time world champ. Pragg or others dont have the criteria

In Magnus's defense, I too would force a draw against Hikaru, given the opportunity 😂😂

@anthonyschlott916

24 күн бұрын

Specially if the prize is a Trophy of a dark souls demon steed once ridden by Ornstein in his last stand against the black dragon.

I find this chess variant tournament a great idea. I like the very old games even more, so the Steinitz game in this tournament. Imagine a famous Morphy-Anderson game. Some of their games had enough rigour to start from, I think. Some of the most famous games ever (Evergreen, Immortal, the Opera game) are probably lost within the first few moves and therefore not suitable but Morphy-Anderson was probably not decided within the first few moves, even by today's standards.

The Rauzer was the variation I chose to get my feet wet in the Sicilian. I call this the "house" variation, because Black doesn't castle, but has a little house of pawns in the center, and all the "and this is what's played nowadays" are all shocks to me. Theory has moved a lot in twenty years I suppose.

Wonder if you could display the taken pieces as you explain the game on the side. Thanks :)

Thanks for your videos. Just please, the camera movement seems distracting to me (just raising it here in case if was distracting to others as well). So just a #suggestion whether you want to switch that off? :)

#suggestion Ediz Gurel vs Haik Martirosyan Round 8 Sharjah Masters was a pretty cool king hunt :)

This format was really enjoyable!

Thank u ❤

Thanks for the great trophy pic

very cool tropy❤

how come the webcam follows you?

@agadmator

24 күн бұрын

Still haven't figured out how to turn it off

@merdishakki

24 күн бұрын

it's his new gear and I asked about it, but wouldn't answer

@heikolindenthal6741

24 күн бұрын

@@agadmator feel free to figure out the camera settings, while i give you a couple of seconds

@SaFire-Safalya

24 күн бұрын

Probably some software trick like Apple's centre stage

@aleksapetrovic7088

24 күн бұрын

​@@heikolindenthal6741genius

I really like the concept of the Casablanca Tournament - revisiting great games of the past, with interesting starting positions very different from the stale standard openings that all serious chess players have memorised out to move X. All that is necessary is choose an interesting game from the past, at a point where the computer evaluation is about equal for both players. I note that this is in rapid time format. But as most of the games were from Classical tournaments, it might be even better if the time format was Classical.

@anthonyschlott916

24 күн бұрын

Agree to disagree. I think classical should be considered less and less personally.

Gg magnus the GOAT! Yet another tournament won.

#suggestion I'm thinking of trying to record videos but my camera is rather old. I see you've upgraded your camera recently mr. Agad. Could you kindly tell me (I beg) which is the make and manufacturer of your camera?

@agadmator

23 күн бұрын

ObsBot 2

That is one awesome trophy! I don't fault Mangus!

Nice

"the position is objectively winning for Magnus" as all positions are...

Amazing Magnus wons another trophy and waooo what a beautiful trophy this is

How many moves did they play after they got the position? they didn't have much to work with.

That is one cool trophy, indeed!

@agadmator would you like to cover Kasporov vs Karpov World chess championship match?

Silly question probably but why not block with bishop at the end instead of moving the king?

It IS beautiful indeedd!

Damn what a trophy

So how are the positions selected? And do the players get and time to think about the position before the game?

@safwansifat

24 күн бұрын

players get 2 mins time to think the position & then press the clock

Magnus got the last 2 trophies he didn't have & now he has every Chess Trophy there is.

A mighty steed, indeed.

Ay I made it on the board, love all the great work!

I would pay for an Agadmator play through of Dark Souls

your camera is trippy

The trophy looks like the dark horse ridden by one of the Nine

I would have loved to see the line with ba4. Doesn’t it win the rook after a fork?

Winning the tournament and drawing the game against Hikaru is a win for Magnus. I think we’ve all seen the interview where Magnus said Hikaru is his nemesis. This was a win.

Wicked steed, indeed! Thank goodness Chess is a game where both walk away alive, as brutal as chess can be! Gg as usual! Thanks.

Did you change the title about the trophy? Why? what happened?

@TW-iu9zy

20 күн бұрын

… yes, why? 🤔

They should do these with engines and see if they can refute some of Tal’s sacrifices

does the player's elo get affected by this tournament?

I assume they have to pick starting positions that the engine says are 0.0?

chess puzzle - the live action movie

bro the trophy is Ludwig the Accursed

@anthonyschlott916

24 күн бұрын

Omg I FORGOT ABOUT LUDWIG!!!! XD

We love back stories

exactly a dark souls demon speed knight trophy is badass to win haha

Morphy head for Agad.

Magnificent Demon Steeds are tricky bastards...

I too want a magnificent demon steed.

Who made the trophy?

That is not a trophy you take home, or to the bar or library. It goes straight to the Smithsonian.

This demon steed trophy idea of Agadmator is a conspiracy theory i can get behind!

12:57 So yeah, very nicely played by BAO-OUV them

If you think that steed is bad-ass, you should see the stagecoach it pulls.

After Rh8, why not ... Qc5 ?

Magnus rode his trophy home.

didn't knew that antonio played dark souls

What a great game. 😄😄😄😄

Magnus Sacrificed a Wins for his Trophy 🏆

Magnus and Hikaru are the best chess couple ever!

I wonder who designed and made that trophy

I would buy that trophy.

I think its a great tournament

At 13:55, who amongst us would not take this trophy? ME! Too dark and sinister in that formation.

I would have crushed Hikrau with that position, it would have made winning that trophy even at much more immaculate. If they are forced to play positions of the past, ofc I like it. So many positions to consider, from Tal's positions, Morphy's positions, to Fischer's positions. Of course we can even consider positions in the games between the engines, hahaha. Like Stockfish vs Alpha zero.

"You could easily make the mistake of playing Bishop captures on f6... oh, sorry, Bishop captures on f6." Good stuff

#suggestion Hey Antonio! I'd like to recommend Giri x Shankland, Round 11 of Tata Steel 2019, I believe you never brought this game to the channel but it definitely deserves it Keep up the great content

I am not one for trophies, but that is a really nice one. Now I just need to become a super GM and win it.

The trophy is clearly meant to represent Blucifer, the demon horse guardian of Denver International Airport

The trophy was donated by a 19th-century Ghost Rider.

Welcome in Morocco

If it were not for Firouzja, he now would have won 9 tournaments in a row, that's dominance

Magnus been winning every tournament since he was born LOL