"The world of chess is better when Levon is playing good chess" Kasparov, Garry.

@wuuduu609

Жыл бұрын

and really really boring, when Magnus is playing

@michaelmassaro4375

Жыл бұрын

@@wuuduu609I guess I’m not the only one that feels that way he seems to play a very grind it out game yes he makes the great choices in moves and has an excellent end game but not the most exciting games it seems

@arsenalfanrichi

Жыл бұрын

Appreciation of Magnus comes with maturity, I think. He plays always for a win

@junkid3559

Жыл бұрын

​​@Wuuduu bruh Magnus literally squeezes water from stone. Just because you can't recognize a miracle when it happens in front of you doesn't mean his games are boring 😒

@sameerplaynicals8790

Жыл бұрын

@@junkid3559 i guess his style is objectively better but sacrifices just look better

Agad, I just have a feeling that somewhere in time this channel will be credited and respected as genuine chess history. Before your channel no one had done it in this fashion and it's amazing to see it. Thank you for sharing so much fun history in your videos and so much passion in your work. You don't have to be #1 on KZread, but you are by far the truest to the history of the game (and #1 in this chess heart 😁).

@VictorAlbaa

Жыл бұрын

Very well put

@guiladshmaya1

Жыл бұрын

There was Mato Jelic for some time, till he retired

@neoindian9662

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree 👍

@Gommerell

Жыл бұрын

​@@guiladshmaya1True. Mato was very good.

@Gommerell

Жыл бұрын

Agreed.

Please Antonio, cover the 1953 Zurich tournament for us. It'll be a great pleasure to know the tournament by heart by such a great commentator like "Mr Agadmator "

@agadmator

Жыл бұрын

Will do!

@emranahmed5711

Жыл бұрын

@@agadmator Thank you so much. You are truly an incredible personality sir. You are one of the main reasons why i love chess.💞

@nicbentulan

Жыл бұрын

@@agadmator Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.

@nicbentulan

Жыл бұрын

Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? #suggestion There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7 For some reason none of the Philippine channels even cover this game. LOL. But Janelle did cover the game where e drew against Nemo, so maybe Janelle will cover this game later on.

@dandecastro51

Жыл бұрын

One of the first books I ever bought, 1953 tourney book. Awesome stuff.

Practically all players are very happy with a draw against Magnus. Some even expect to loose the game, and are just happy to be done with it. But Aronian is one of extremely few chessplayers who thinks to themselves: "I can beat this guy." And he thinks so every time!

@michaelmassaro4375

11 ай бұрын

Hikaru gives it his all as well vs Magnus Fabiano Gukesh also

@justsomeguywithagoatee8337

8 ай бұрын

@@michaelmassaro4375 He gives it his all, but he literally admits he can get nervous and plays worse against Magnus. He psychs himself out and goes in with a "Magnus is better than me".

@shashishekhar----

8 ай бұрын

Aronian is a G

Levon belongs to the class of players such as Akiba Rubinstein, Paul Keres, and Viktor Korchnoi - great players who had a deep understanding of the game but did not become world champions.

Aronian and Mamedyarov, two master tacticians who on their day can destroy anyone, especially with white.

@bootyholelover5639

Жыл бұрын

Mamedyarov's most recent brilliancy where he sacrificed almost all his pieces to win was amazing.

@gabrielk2295

Жыл бұрын

And mvl !

@nicolausphillips3616

Жыл бұрын

Ironically an Armenian and Azerbaijani

@AgnaktoreX

Жыл бұрын

Especially with such amazing opening preparation

@bkbhavish

Жыл бұрын

Don't forget about Alexander Grischuk!

Chess is exciting to watch because of games like this. Thanks Agad for covering!

Magnus simply outplayed. Loved the tactics. Levon obviously was well prepped to play a3

@carlosgaspar8447

Жыл бұрын

@simone v. that's grammarly talking.

@kudoshinichi8551

Жыл бұрын

what are you talking about Magnus got owned lmao 💀💀

Levon Aronian is truly great 😃👍Thank you for sharing this game.

Levon is one of the most unluckiest chess players. Many people like Anand say that levon is a high class chess player. He was not lucky.

@Lucas-tb5wh

Жыл бұрын

why is he unlucky?

@NotoriousKhamid

Жыл бұрын

@@Lucas-tb5wh He is the 4th highest rated player in history. Yes, you heard this right. He was +2830. He's right after Magnus, Kasparov & Caruana. Yet, he never got to play a world championship match despite playing the world championship tournament 2007 and the candidates five times! Rating wise, he's the second strongest player in history never to to become a world champion and the strongest never to be a challenger. Above all, he's an absolute class!

@ycyean8235

Жыл бұрын

@@NotoriousKhamid not only that..... dude went through a hard time of his life losing his wife in a car accident

@GIGADEV690

Жыл бұрын

​@@NotoriousKhamid lol he is lucky and was going to be crushed by magnus anyway in the world championship.

@hankmoody666

Жыл бұрын

Chess is not based on luck though. Levon has just not lived up to his standards in the candidates

Thanks for all the great content over the years Antonio. You're the best Chess KZreadr by far!

@FuturePast2019

Жыл бұрын

Except the HELLO !!!

@delbertsaa6774

Жыл бұрын

Indeed ,Great KZreadr

Nice I like watching decisive games like this one when one player has the momentum throughout the game very enjoyable to watch Thanks for the Breakdown always a pleasure

What a game! ThX Agad for this awesome treat!

Now Levon has become my favorite 😍

Dang, this was a beautiful game!! Thanks for sharing, Antonio!!

What a marvel. Thank you Antonio!

Thanks for covering this is a masterpiece! 😍🇳🇴

Great vid, also lovely haircut cheers and thanks for covering this :)

I am admittedly a chess duffer/dope. Don't play much, and when I do, make all sortsa mistakes, hang pieces, don't see threats developing, etc. But one of my favorite aspects of your youtube channel, agadmator, is the opportunity to try to solve the riddle presented. Would I ever, in a million years, have the foresight to see these moves w/o a headsup? No. Clearly not. But when a pivotal position is flagged, and we are given the opportunity (and headsup) to search for it, it's actually quite enjoyable to find it. My success rate is easily less than half, even given forewarning to look, to give you an idea of how much of a noob at chess I am. But when I can find it, it's sorta thrilling. It's easily my favorite aspect of your channel, which I enjoy very much. Now, when it was introduced by you in this vid that you'd have to see 20 moves in advance, and that it was "next to impossible to spot," I sorta quailed at the prospect. No way was I gonna find the move. But: Will say I had no idea how the position would resolve itself, but I did find not just the next move, but the next *two* moves: i.e. Qe7, followed by Qh4+ (not even sure I got the notation right). If I were in this position in an actual, you know, game and was left to my own devices, there's no question in my mind I would not have found these moves w/o a headsup. (One of the ironies of your "pause the video" moments is it shows just how pernicious cheating at chess could be. (Not accusing anyone, not trying to relitigate past accusations, just remarking that if a clod like me can occasionally spot a good move w/a headsup, that shows you the power of knowing, w/foreknowledge -- cheating -- that something remarkable is possible w/in a given position at a critical moment. Think the only reason the two moves occurred to me is b/c the desire to get the queen off a square of jeopardy conjoined with a subsequent move that would keep the heat on (check the black king) were my guideposts. But, like I say: Where to go after that? Even if I had seen it in a real-game environment, I'da had no clue how to follow up. But will confess I whooped like a banshee and startled my buddy's dog when I got confirmation of not only the correct next move, but the followup second move. Thanks again for your channel, agadmator. Really appreciate what you do and what you bring to chess.

# WOW, I've been with you since you had 20,000 subscribers... Great stuff, thanks.

There are not many games in which Magnus gets outplayed like this crazy stuff from Levon. Levon's Immortal maybe?

@r.mcdonnell8614

Жыл бұрын

I would go so far as to say I can't remember ANY time when Magnus got outplayed like this in Classical. There's been games where Magnus just didn't play well...but I can't find a Classical game where he just got beat like this

@alfluna5

Жыл бұрын

There is a game where Levon sacrificed two exchanges vs Magnus, but yes, this one is more spectacular, moreover Magnus was at his peak, while he was a young promise in the other.

The strategic vision, the dynamics and sacrifices!

@9:45 what a formation by Mr. Levon 😆😆

You have actually shown this game two years ago. Time to search with the new tool

10:30 That was a very confident coffee sip, knowing that absolutely no one will spot the move..

@cybereye911

Жыл бұрын

He thinks we don't see it but we sees it

beautiful game, thank you for making it!

Thanks for this very beautiful game.

Love your channel aGOATmator

Their level of understanding is awesome.

Thank you sharing this game , I enjoyed it very much 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😊

Don't forgot to like guys ......agad never asks and it's the least we can do 👍👍👍

The a3 move is so quiet, but permits the rook lift! Beautiful!

I remember looking this live. It was amazing.

as Kasparov said the best thing for chess is levon in a Monster form This is exactly he meant

I'd love a series of KZread videos like "iconic games where top players have been destroyed by novel tactics." Those are probably famous in top level chess circles but it'd be amazing to have games like this and others archived and analyzed in a video series

It takes some massive nuts to sacrifice a rook for a bishop just for a chance to trap the queen. Or at the very least keep it very limited on the queenside. That move was sexy as hell.

Wow, this game did not disappoint!

Mnogo je dobro sto su rejtinzi prikazani u realnom vremenu (bilo sadasnje ili u trenucima kada je mec odigran)

Great video as usual. I think the PGN was from a different game though, hopefully that will be fixed :D

I like the quote at the top of the video, but in this case I would say the mistake was accepting the pawn on a3. Levon obviously had a trick up his sleeve and magnus played right into it. Great game, also love the Groot mug, Antonio!

@adib3011

Жыл бұрын

That's exactly like magnus. He always takes the challenge his opponent gives him

Hans played such good moves, he couldn’t explain them himself.

Excellent instructive game. Levon was in top form and outplayed Magnus..

I've never seen chess analysis spend more time in lines that didn't even happen than in the actual match. Having to skip minutes ahead just to get back to the game is crazy.

15:00 "up 5 pawns" one of those pawns is an imposter

It's so good to have breakfast when you got the right moves in the pause the video moment. That Qe7!! made my coffee even hotter.

I love it I like to see the middle game !

your banner line reminds me of the professor sweeping the street....✌️

Levon played like an absolute beast

Someone from Denmark had fun with the donations 😂

WONDERFUL GAME

Mr Agadmator, can you cover the game of Bobby Fischer vs Ulf Andersson? The 1971 game sponsored by a Swedish newspaper back then. Thank you and more power.

The Champ. Of 2017 👌

Very good game and indeed a tournament too for Levon! Congrats to him!

@stupidserver601

Жыл бұрын

shutup mark

@TheMarksT

Жыл бұрын

@stupidserver601 At least you live up to your name!

@kelemenaron

Жыл бұрын

@@stupidserver601 get rekt bozo 😂

@rbanerjee605

Жыл бұрын

@@stupidserver601 ratio

Hello Antonio, are you still planning to show Wilhelm Steinitz saga? I can't wait to watch it with your great commentary:)

@agadmator

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Hey agad, I was wondering if you can make a video on Alireza firouzja and one of his most recent games, I really liked the guy and wish he continues playing

Levon is too much common figure when you see titles like this. ♥

It was in this position That Agadmator completely blundered the Video information 😂😂😂😂

no wonder aronian is one of my all time favs'

epic thumbnail !!!

Correction: the greatest game played against Magnus was actually performed by Hans Niemann's engine,

I get real interested in my losses when I can't really understand where I lost. Anyway Levon is a freaking monster!

I'm a d4 player, all because of Levon

Amazing game. I was thinking how does Magnus lose this being a piece up only to see he's 4 pawns down. This is how my old electronic chess set from the 80s would beat me all the time and then force a winning end game.

Awesome!

I just calculated the mean elo rating value of this tournament. It's 2979.8 with 10 players. Absolutely incredible. Kramnik, Caruana, Wesley and Magnus all rated above 2800.

@hrridayagarwal381

Жыл бұрын

How can the mean be greater than the greatest

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659

Жыл бұрын

@@hrridayagarwal381 It isn't? Magnus's rating was way above 2800.

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659

Жыл бұрын

@@hrridayagarwal381 The mean is never greater than the greatest.

@dodekaedius

Жыл бұрын

2979.8 might be a typo, or is in deed smaller than 2800.

@livinglogically8180

Жыл бұрын

Typo... 2799.8 i guess

Two connected pawns on the seventh rank is worth more than a queen. So true. Potential outweighs everything.

Taking nothing from this game, the one Magnus was beaten 'Enpassent' 2023 wow that game ❤️

9:11 - 9:14 me whenever teacher asks me a question.

Nice mug 10:33

Levon ; Alpha Mode:On

Wow! What a game.)

Wow Levon again

I swear i found Qe7, and even Qh4 after that.

"I'll give u a couple of seconds to see 20 moves ahead"

Amazing game

"What Magnus *should* have done here" *stares incredulously*

@MrK623

Жыл бұрын

Well I assume this comes from "the engine" and not Agad.

The greatest game ever played against Magnus is that one with Supi! The move Qc6!! in the same game is the most beautiful move ever played agains Magnus!

Merci beaucoup 👍

Wow, what a game!

You've just kept giving too many scenarios that made me forget the actual one

#suggestion A preview on the #chess bundesliga with focus on the team #Baden-Baden. Thank you Antonio

I've spotted that E7 move but just by gut, I wasn't able to calculate anything beyond the immediate effect of course 😂 Great game and video!

@daemonsoadfan

Жыл бұрын

i spotted it too, i just wanted to move my pawn and E7 is the only logical square for the queen with these checks ideas xD I guess a simple reasoning leads to the same conclusion than a deep calculation, by luck

@Furin1521

Жыл бұрын

@@daemonsoadfan Yep, and I wanted to have the Queen ready to deliver check in the H file!

#suggestion I am once again asking for the queen sacrifice in the Bellón-Georgiev game of Terrassa, 1990.

This is Class.

#suggestion Gukesh vs Esipenko WR Chess Masters 2023.. please cover this game!

When is the Ian Nepo/ Ding Liren match?

Is there anything to be said for continuing to box in the black queen and trying to force the queen to be traded for a lesser piece, instead of commencing with white's attack on the black king (the bishop sacrifice)?

#suggestion WOW WOW WOW queen sacrifice in the Bellón-Georgiev game of Terrassa, 1990.

What makes this game unbelievable is that Magnus is up a whole piece and still lost

What an awesome game

Hi Agad, I was just wondering, do you ever get time to catch Ivanchuck's streams on Twitch ?

Not giving in to yelling chesstory telling😂😂😂

levon monster mode

Very late to this, but Qa7 by Levon could just have been played to be on the same file as the black Queen. Thus if white could ever push b5, black would need to recapture with the c pawn instead of the a pawn, gining white a close to promotion passed pawn. But thats only speculation

@agadmator did you notice that you are not in focus / sharp on your latest videos

i just realized that queens are also checkmatable

Please cover all the times players played an entire game of unoriginal moves

Levon's Immortal.

Surely the greatest game against Magnus is Botez v Carlson with time odds where Magnus flags?

so should the A3 pawn sacrifice be declined?