Notice what Agad's saying at EXACTLY 19:37, one of the most remarkable coincidences I've ever encountered

@fabianhauser708

Жыл бұрын

It's also remarkable that you noticed that - respect! :-)

@ParanoidAandroid

Жыл бұрын

Wow, cool. Must be on purpose

@agadmator

Жыл бұрын

That is just sick

@joet.94

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if the universe would implode if Agad would analyze The Wizard of Oz while playing Dark Side of the Moon.

@THE.Mr.Potato

Жыл бұрын

WAO!

Fun fact: Erich Eliskases is the Grandfather of my Doctor, Andreas Eliskases, in Austrian Alps small Town of Jenbach. Thank You for this video, Andreas will love to see this.

@wertyks508

Жыл бұрын

Small world

@blaze1148

Жыл бұрын

@@wertyks508 Its larger than you think....

@tonysoprano856

Жыл бұрын

​@@blaze1148 quiet

@hp7639

Жыл бұрын

@@blaze1148 Size has nothing to do with the expression.

@eoghaininfacundodiarmuid

Жыл бұрын

Nice

Honestly this may be one of agad’s best videos. What an incredible performance by Eliskases

@victoroliva5347

Жыл бұрын

Indeed!. Amazing two end games by Eliskases against two of the best in chess history!

@lormerod1

8 ай бұрын

I say, bring on the longer videos!

Agadmator throwing a curveball to the creator of agadmator-library by showing two games in one video

@agadmator

Жыл бұрын

It's how I roll

@Valnjes

Жыл бұрын

@@agadmator The way of the Croats!

@andretirta9801

Жыл бұрын

it actually show that there are two games, but not the years, interesting

@daddy8190

Жыл бұрын

@@agadmator You never disappoints ! ;)

I met Eliskases in 1978. He was showing the macht Karpov-Kortchnoi in Córdoba, Argentina. He was a wise man. I have enjoyed his comments very much. Thank you for the video.

@xjjin--6923

Жыл бұрын

Do u perhaps remember his comments?

@miguelgalvan5886

Жыл бұрын

@@xjjin--6923 Yes, in those days moves arrived by telex. So, in the meantime, he explained the games of match Labourdannais-Mc Donnell. He was a wonderful commentator.

If you have beaten both Capablanca and Fischer you are already a chess immortal yourself.

@blaze1148

Жыл бұрын

If he defeated both, Capablanca must of been in his twilight years and his Chess much diminished....his best play was in the 1920's.

@Steveross2851

Жыл бұрын

@@blaze1148Capablanca in 1937 while clearly past his prime was still an elite player capable of world class play at least sometimes.

@miliardercrypto2098

Жыл бұрын

CARLSEN BE LIKE : 👋🏻

@davebogle1165

Жыл бұрын

@@blaze1148 Maybe not at his height - but look at the crosstable 33 minutes into the video. He was still a very formidable opponent

@keithbate9405

10 ай бұрын

@@blaze1148 Are you serious ? Capa won at Nottingham in 1936 (jointly with Botvonnik) ahead of Alekhine, Lasker, Fine, Euwe (The World Champion at the time !)

It is important to know these players. They always contribute to classical chess.

@SAM_UL

Жыл бұрын

The real OGs

@Anacronian

Жыл бұрын

@@SAM_UL there is nothing like a chess player at the hight of his/her ability.

@jx14aby

Жыл бұрын

Watching Antonio's videos has vastly increased my vast knowledge of chess.

@SAM_UL

Жыл бұрын

@@jx14aby me too. Our friends at the bar and the library appreciate it as well.

This is the first time I did not get bored while watching a 30+ minute video. . Thank You for increasing our knowledge, Agad.

@betaneptune

Жыл бұрын

_vast_ knowledge

@AaryeshPatil

Жыл бұрын

🤣

Wow, Paul Keres had 6 wins in such tough tournament. Absolute monster.

@MrSupernova111

Жыл бұрын

"The Prince of Chess!"

The subtle humor is truly delightful. Well done as usual, Agadmator.

Very good reviews, outstanding even. The knight move at the very end was educational. Spotting the potential fork and back tracking is a mighty fine lesson for all end game players.

The final between Fischer and Eliskases is a real gem, an absolute beauty. Thanks for sharing and best to you.

There is a very interesting anecdote about Eliskases; When the Fischer-Petrosian match was played in Buenos Aires (1970) Eliskases commented and analyzed the games in a room of the San Martín Theater for fans. At one point, regarding the Najdorf variant, someone asked Eliskases (a contemporary of Najdorf and close to him since they both stayed in Argentina after the 1939 Olympiad) about the fierce rivalry that existed in the fifties between this and Reshevsky about who was better, if Najdorf or Reshevsky (it should be noted that both were very complicated and difficult people) Eliskases answered that question: better Reshevsky ... because he lives much further away. Eliskases published an exhaustive and very interesting work about the 1936 Moscow tournament “How Capablanca won in Moscow 1936”. It has pages and pages of analysis for each game and I think it is the best that has been published about this tournament.

Erich just absolutely manned-up big-time in that endgame against Jose. No engines nor tablebases to bolster one's competencies. It really is a thing of beauty. Still breathtaking today.

that colourised board in the thumbnail enticed me to click before i was even ready to watch a game of chess. Excellent thumbnailing!

wow what a player, Erich once again remind us that the endgame is the true phase of chess

Agadmator is the best host on YT for presenting and showing the best and most interesting games, great analysis and added information. A true joy which I've watched for several years.

Brilliant endgame victories against two of the best players in history 🔥

This is one of the best videos ever on this channnel tributing the old masters who are unknown atleast for me. Great work Antonio

Brilliant. Thank you for showing us Erich! It is remarkable, as you say, that he did defeat Capablanca and Fischer! Yes, the war had so many casualties... some more subtle than others.

I love your work Antonio. You are truly a magician of presentation and communication ❤️.Keep growing and hoping that you are doing well 🙏.

@Name-ru1kt

Жыл бұрын

He is the number 1 for chess analysis. However levy is better if you just want to have a good time. But like as levy said if you watch him your rating goes down. No other chess channel comes even close if you want to improve. I seen hikaru and plenty of others and they just aren’t the same

@niagra898

Жыл бұрын

@@Name-ru1ktLevy is an embarrassment

Those were two of the best games I have seen for a long time Antonio. Thank you very much.

This Video was such a treat to me....Thanks Agadmator for showing these legendary games.

Damn, i didn't know that guy, but, he is no joke... The way he was in control of the board during the whole game, how he managed to start the end game (around/before 8:43) with good enough advantage and the nerves he had during that battle being up a pawn with bishop against bishop...and all of that against a legend like Capablanca... really impressive.

@dodekaedius

Жыл бұрын

Have you seen game 2?

@antar7475

Жыл бұрын

Yes. Less impressive imo, because less sweat. He just finds the a4 trick and the little king walk, and then he was winning.

A legend who beat 2 legends. OMG that game vs Fischer was so excruciating. He found the only moves that won. Respect to Erich.

Agadmator also covered Capablanca in Moscow 1936 a few years ago, where Capa won, so he wasn’t in too bad of form by 1937 (age 49). Plus he won the title by defeating a 53 year old (Lasker), so it’s give and take

Sounds awesome, 12am in London..coffee time.. ill be back..cool, ok play! Wow..headache now watching those endgames, nightmares of b8...great video.

I found that Nh5 move at the last possible moment, as you said, some knight move was the only thing that made any sense, but it's still incredibly difficult to see even with several hints and pausing. What an amazing pair of games, thank you for sharing this.

My favorite chessman is "The Magician of Latvia!" As he watches all the games from the upper right corner of your screen 👑 Brilliant player! He's like take my bishop now take my knight. All of his opponents must know that it's always some kind of trap sacrificing important pieces. 👑👑🎇🎆🤟🏼

I enjoyed this longer format very much! I'd love to see more videos with multiple games from lesser known players!

Such a strong player Eliskasses, please show more of his games----

"He represented Austria, Germany, and Argentina throughout his lifetime" Sounds nice, then you realize what times this dude lived in

@lordesca4364

Жыл бұрын

What this statement means?

@gruvilleprod

Жыл бұрын

@@lordesca4364 history of WW2, many nazi's went to argentina after the end of the war.

never apologize about long videos Antonio we love them!!

30:46: I was feeling so proud that I had found essentially the same idea by moving N-e4, instead of the correct N-h5, which totally loses because you can control the c1 square by two different options when your N is on f4, but only one option if your N is on f2 -- which the black king will intercept. Chess, you subtle, magnificent beast!

@davidschneide5422

Жыл бұрын

Even better, I found Kd4. c2-Nd5(check). Kb3 Ne2, covering queening square. Of course I, too, overlooked the subtle detail of how the knight moves.

@BREAKocean

Жыл бұрын

​@@davidschneide5422 lol! That was funny

This channel deserves big compliments: not only one can find here the best games of the more recent tournaments, Antonio dedicates time also to an important player of the past like Eliskases, presenting two very interesting and instructive endgames!

@bhough410

Жыл бұрын

Last few months it seems less of the "best" tourney games and more Magnus pawn up positional end games. Really glad to see a return to the classics!

Amazing games. Very sharp games, we don't see games like this much anymore.

Incredible endgame prowess demonstrated by Erich!

From the bottom of my heart thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻 I love your videos In a difficult time they are a beacon of light for some reason

Thank you, agadmator. Until today I didn't know anything about Eliskases. To me he was just a name that often appeared in the crosstables of old tournaments. Excellent video, and one that's introduced me to a great player of the past. By the way, has anyone else beaten two (adult) players who became World Champions 50 years apart from each other?

I thought you were going to say Samuel Reshevsky, who beat Capablanca in 1935 and Fischer more than once. I had the honor of meeting him in 1984 at the New York Open. Fortunately, it was only to get an autograph, not to play.

@escapedlunatic27

Жыл бұрын

Paul Keres beat not only Capablanca and Fischer, but also every other World Champion in between them (Alekhine, Euwe, Botvinnik, Smyslov, Petrosian, Tal and Spassky). His sequence ended there as he only played two games against Karpov and drew both.

@jasonsdodd

Жыл бұрын

I think the idea here is someone who is lesser known beat them both.

@andrew_owens7680

Жыл бұрын

@@escapedlunatic27 Thanks for the addition. I mentioned Reshevsky below and imagine that he had winning games against other champs as well.

@talphazero1036

Жыл бұрын

@@jasonsdodd Exactly. Keres and Reshevsky are Chess legends, how many of us can honestly say we knew of Erich Eliskases before today?

@gooddognigel9992

Жыл бұрын

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think Eliskases contributed theory to a chess opening.

These games are so instructive! Thank you.

Wow! It's my first time that I've come across Eliskases's games. Such an amazing endgame player.

I love this double feature thing! Two games for the price of one!

Staright goes to my fav chess games playlist !! Monstrous Endgame !! I have never seen anyone playing a game like this. Firstly I thought how strong erich could be to beat Capablance and Fischer, but now I get it. Beautiful.

@amoldivo

Жыл бұрын

The match vs Capablanca was insane!!! I've never seen someone plays endgame as good as Capablanca or Eliskases! I don't think Magnus can hold them if they played like this!! Never expected endgame can be this interesting to watch!!

@srdjanstrkic6458

Жыл бұрын

Endgame Magnus will always be regarded as the greatest players of all time( especially 2013-2017 MC ) . But these endgames were some of the best ones i have evert seen ( Maybe comparable to that Akiba Rubenstein vs Capa)

@amoldivo

Жыл бұрын

@@srdjanstrkic6458 I haven't seen peak Magnus (was said about 5~6 years ago), but I've never seen him played endgames as good as these two gents!

One of your best video Agadmator, difficult to find a better lesson about how to play endgames ;-)

Thank you so much for reminding us of the German GM Erich Eliskases with two absolutely fine wins in light piece endgames against two of the greatest chess players in history! The game against Capablanca is tempting because of the very precise maneuvers in a K+B vs. K+B endgame. He really outplayed Capablanca who was still one of the top 3 players in the world at that time. And the game against Bobby Fischer - I remember Magnus' favorite game of Fisher was one where he won a K+N vs. K+B endgame. That's exactly what Eliskases did here against Fischer. Eliskases' patience and his precision in both games is just admirable!

@vivajuno

Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but he wasn't German at all. He was an Austrian-Argentine player.

@amisoka2000

8 ай бұрын

Eliskases is born in Tirol, that is not Germany

stunning games...beautiful play from Eliskases! Thanks also for putting up the moves of both games...much appreciated!!

I swear without you, I wouldn't know of any great chess players besides the usual suspects like Carlsen, Fischer, Kasparov, Karpov, Hikaru, Morphy. Thanks!

Wow, what a discovery for me! As a Cuban American chess enthusiast (and seen and studied both world Champs) didn't know about this feat. Sure that I recognized the name and knew about his exile in Argentina.

It's always amazing to me how complex even simple-looking end games can be. I figured out the pause-the-video move in Game 1 pretty handily, but I wasn't even close to figuring out all the lines you need to find to win after that move.

at 10:30 , who of us wouldn't snag the pawn on the edge of the board in an endgame like that ? The fore-sight on that is amazing to me :)

@hp7639

Жыл бұрын

the question is what would stock fish do there? snagging the pawn perhaps might of still been winning but his king moved up was probably worth a point as well in that position.

You got it all! Excellent place to learn some interesting chess history, to replay historical chess games and encounters, and to analyze new chess theoretical developments! Bravo for the good work you do, and thank you for sharing!

Wow what an amazing video with great endgame analysis - keep it up Antonio :)

Great end game....I could never manipulate a Bishop like that! Great video. Thank you for your commentary.

Amazing games and great coverage as always. Thanks Antonio.

Agad! Again well done. Thank you for your vast knowledge!

that was 2 master pieces beautiful thanks for that agadmator

Longer videos are just fine! Thanks for showing them to us.

#suggestion levon vs nodirbek its a brilliant game....but idk if you even read these suggestions 😅

Thanks Agad, great games, great commentary!

Thank you very much agadmator Sir for making this video !!! I like your videos👍👍👍

Your content is excellent as always.

Nh5 WOW!! So beautiful! I couldn't see it, even knowing the knight had to be the move, and so few choices.

This video might be "Agadmator's Immortal"

one of the best bishop dance ever seen in an endgame with a legendary player! absolute class!

I understand you my friend . Please keep them coming

28:05 Another move you could have mentioned: I was actually wondering about 42.Na7 trying to reroute the white knight back into the game while they can since once ...b5 is played, the black bishop on c5 would dominate the knight and disable it from moving. My thinking was that 42.Na7 would also prevent 42...b5 since the knight can simply take it, white can potentially play 43.Nb5 and blockade the black pawns on the b,c-files from getting connected while also controlling the c3 square. It took me a while to notice the issue with it, much to my dismay because in hindsight, it is a relatively simple tactic, which is... the reply to 42.Na7 would be 42...Bxa3! (only winning move for black) which I completely failed to notice at first. White cannot play 43.bxa3 since black can then push the c-pawn to promotion and white is not in time to stop it. Also, white has no way to defend the b2 pawn as well, so black will win it as well.

I missed that feeling of my knowledge becoming vast. Thank you Agad!

Nice to see a return to something other than Magnus a pawn up going into a long positional end game!

Best chess channel in the world!

Excellent video title. I couldn’t resist!

This is an example of someone bridging ancient historical figures to recent times, but since chess players can start VERY young and some play into grand old age - can we take this to an extreme? How many matches does it take to get from someone who played the young Magnus, back to someone who played... Philidor, perhaps? Who do we regard as being the earliest player of known games at a standard we recognise today? Eliskases will probably help us along the way.

@amoldivo

Жыл бұрын

People's favourite, Ivanchuk is still playing!! 🤧

That’s a lot of Bishop running 🏃‍♀️ I wouldn’t be able to figure all those specifics out myself in a game without some luck Good Game Nice Call Thanks Much

I've never heard of this guy Eliskases and he was such a great player!

Erich kinda looks like a fifa icon in the thumbnail lol, great game and great video btw👍

Thank you for another excellent chess video!

I hate the end game, but because it's where games are won and lost, I started to begrudgingly like the end game and see how it's organised. . It's all fun in any sport until it's professional, then it's all pain, well maybe for the average person. Thanks, loved watched these two games. Amazing to see these two giants of chess being outplayed, as they did so many times to so many others.

Austria, Germany and Argentina? Was he perhaps a big fan of a man who looked a lot like Charlie Chaplin?

Sir,I have already watched and shared as well what I remember is excellent knight moves to win against Fistcher.

When you see 35 min agadmator video in subscriptions you know life is good

21:52 For those who are blind and only listen to the moves, he meant Queen to e7, not Bishop. Oh sorry-you can't see this either.

One if not of the best chess channel❤

EE's precision actually makes me appreciate Fischer more... every single move a game-ending threat. thx

In the second game, against Fisher, after Nh5 c2 Nf4 black promotes the knight eventually ( c1N ) preventing Nd3+ fork, but it doesn't help anyway, white just plays h5 and one of his pawns is going to promote, out of reach of newly promoted black knight

Beautiful games! Thanks!

I have heard of this guy, now I know more. Nice accomplishment Eliskases

I liked it my friend.agadmator..it's nice to analyze in my board...

paused to analyse, already had about 6 beers, realised the beers make no difference because I can't see it anyway, and decided to just enjoy the show!

watching ur vids since some years.... i like ur "working room" but i miss something on the couch 😭

Awesome explanation Sir

From the thumbnail, I thought you were finally going to change your chess board and pieces..

This was really enjoyable.

I loved the double-feature :)

Wow amazing play, against Fischer it was a very intense battle

One of my favorite movies!

You deserve more views ❤️

That Knight calculation at the end game with Bobby was just cold blooded and disgusting.

Don’t be sorry, I’m thankful for your video…especially this one

Very nice. Did not hear of him before.

This guys asking if I don’t got time, I’m watching till the end 😂