Magnus: I will only play if Alireza wins the candidates. Nepo & Fabi: Enjoy your vacation bro.

@jevitigre

Жыл бұрын

Do you believe in Magnus words?:))

@papitaalhilomc1155

Жыл бұрын

@@jevitigre no

@konsolebox

Жыл бұрын

Sayonara championship title.

@victordeluca7360

Жыл бұрын

@@jevitigre Yes :)

@IAmDavid91

4 ай бұрын

​@@papitaalhilomc1155and now do you believe?

7:20 ‘But Alireza says maybe just rook captures on d7 as this is the position agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video’ lol 😂

@RRRR-xg8to

Жыл бұрын

😝😝

@abhilash2382

Жыл бұрын

Best one🤣

What was crazy about this game was Alireza was down to 11 minutes on just move 21. He had 19 more moves to time control.

@panda4247

Жыл бұрын

Which is even more weird, given the fact he was the one choosing the line

I love how adventurous Alireza is moving. Shows how much experience he's trying to gain. Fab showing class and experience as usual.

@nicbentulan

Жыл бұрын

Reminds me of the last us chess championship. in an interview Wesley said how h opponent could've easily drawn against h but played for a win for the experience even though Wesley was very likely to win .

@kad9947

Жыл бұрын

Is he seeking for an adventure/experience, or he just simply wrongly analyze the position?

@stikki8493

Жыл бұрын

@@kad9947 I think he's defininetly sharpening positions with dubious moves to push for a win. In my opinion I feel like he understands he isn't experienced enough to have a good chance at winning so maybe he's not too worried about the result, at least for this Candidates tournament. But in a few years he could be the next World Champion.

@P.sherman45

Жыл бұрын

@@kad9947 you tell me, are you a 2800 player who broke the youngest ever player to reach 2800 rating ?

@ndnd7614

Жыл бұрын

@@kad9947 pretty sure he is letting the pressure get to him. He has been struggling against top super GMs in his recent classical games

Important to note: Alireza was in time trouble well before move 30. His poor time management this tournament is costing him games. Also, Fabi is playing super well of course.

@AnkitCogn

Жыл бұрын

but time management is also a part of the game. you dont have to be absolutely accurate, you need to be as accurate as possible in that given time.

@maciejhelminiak6300

Жыл бұрын

Time management is derivative how well you play. He did not begin this tournament well, but who knows what's gonna happen later

I almost feel like Magnus jinxed Alireza…congrats to Fabi though, love to see him in form again.

@Draconisrex1

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, like it just put another layer of pressure on the whole thing and he's not handling it well.

@maleksalih5237

Жыл бұрын

I feel like Magnus just underestimated other candidates. Alireza's preparations are more than great, but the other players are extremely strong.

@one-to-one-ratio

Жыл бұрын

Well he's only 18 or 19 as well so I'm sure he just needs more time to get acustom to playing very very high level OTB chess tourneys

@ndnd7614

Жыл бұрын

Well Alireza has been playing poorly against top Super GMs, not just in this tournament

@salahsaadsalah7509

Жыл бұрын

@@maleksalih5237 I think magnus was hoping alireza was gonna be a challenger, cause he knows he can beat the other candidates and has been doing so for 10+ years

Speaking of Boris Gelfand, Agadmator's coverage of the 2013 Candidate's tournament is must-watch.

@jamesknapp64

Жыл бұрын

I was sad a nice picture of Gelfond wasnt accompanying the mention in honor of 2013 canidates video

@immortalchess1817

Жыл бұрын

give us the link to watch it

@jeconiahjoelmichaelsiregar7917

Жыл бұрын

@@immortalchess1817 kzread.info/head/PLDnx7w_xuguE7YMY2NL4QTkItKopIH5J8

@jaironunez7196

Жыл бұрын

That was an AWESOME tournament

@a.m.armstrong8354

Жыл бұрын

I'll check it. Thank you.

Super recaps of this great tournament. Fabi and Nepo showing the quality that made them WC challengers. Thanks for all the hard work!

My mind is about to blow just by watching these crazy games these days its rly amazing how a humans can be such genius on carved pieces (hats off for agadmator for such commentary 👏 🙌 👌)

@ryanflanagan9624

Жыл бұрын

great videos of encouragement and hope God bless kzread.info/dash/bejne/p46Y2I-NpMyzm8o.html www.youtube.com/watch?vBdHogVWU9p0 kzread.info/dash/bejne/hpuupsGyfsfHk6Q.html

Fabi is playing on point this tournament 👌 👏 let's go fabi!

@sgc3594

Жыл бұрын

yay, someone else besides me rooting for fabi

@deadpool8580

Жыл бұрын

@@sgc3594 Hey you're not alone. I'm rooting for Fabi and Duda.

@bernardobila4336

Жыл бұрын

Fabi needs a rematch against Carlsen

hi agadmator, enlargement of Firouzja is due ti improper use of a wide angle lens. i thinks this should have been 18-35 mm lens and razor was close to the end of the frame while Fabby was close to the centre.

@jasonuerkvitz3756

Жыл бұрын

Caruana isn't a large man to be fair. And didn't Alireza hit a growth spurt recently? When they were touring the play room, Hikaru walked in--not the tallest man either-- looked around, followed moments later by Alireza. When he walked in, head just beneath the door frame, he dwarfed everyone. lol

Hey Agad! Love the videos, suggestion: I really like when you say in the first recap how many games you'll be covering today. I don't check the standings until after I watch your recaps for spoiler reasons, so it's great to know when I'm in the clear for sure! Keep up the great work

@Ravill

Жыл бұрын

Thats a good point will

@radovansvetlik4185

Жыл бұрын

Hey Agad! i love your dog.. :-)

People talk about how the reason Fabi was a member of the 2800 club was because he was always very prepared. The fact that he beat Hikaru in that very tricky game, and Alireza in a game Alireza himself prepared shows you how much of a beast you have to be to get that far ahead in rating.

@qazzaqstan

Жыл бұрын

Interestingly though in both cases it was him just completely outplaying his opponent in the middle game. His game against Nepo was a nasty piece of prep (yeah Nepo was able to complicate and Fabi felt forced to bail but he was definitely the one with chances), but Fabi really has not gotten the crushing opening advantages he is known for.

@sid3645

Жыл бұрын

@@qazzaqstan fabi bailed because he didn't think he'd make time control and he couldn't figure out the win, I think he was aware he agreed to a draw in a winning position

@qazzaqstan

Жыл бұрын

@@sid3645 I agree that he almost certainly felt he was better but couldn’t calculate everything given clock. Still I think if he knew for sure the position was -1 he goes for the exchange sacrifice and figures it out from there. Though maybe not if white’s play is easier from there (which I honestly can’t imagine to be the case but I don’t understand the types of things that make sense to super GMs versus what is more complicated).

@anilbista7445

Жыл бұрын

Fabi is also known for very very accurate calculations almost like a engine

Alireza is 6'2 (1.88)... Fabi is 5'6 (1.68). It's not a photoshop, it's just that Fabi is tiny and Reza is a big man. It's like Chris Hemsworth standing next to Tom Cruise

Thanks for this, couldn't wait for your upload!

Feels like Alireza has been playing too aggressive, playing too many weird moves to try to confuse his opponents but they end up defending perfectly against him and put him in a bad position. To be fair, it's this aggression that the old players like Nepo is missing, which makes Magnus hesitant to want to face them again. But Alireza does not seem to have the skill to justify his aggression just yet.

@a.m.armstrong8354

Жыл бұрын

His time will come.

Little hard to follow along on the tournament with where players are, I think more updates in terms of standings would be very helpful to those that watch your videos but do not have time to follow the overall standings

@drewbrown1947

Жыл бұрын

You can watch a 16 minute video but don’t have time to Google the standings?

@patrik_conjar8394

Жыл бұрын

Could've googled the standings instead of writing this comment

@santiagorodriguez2940

Жыл бұрын

Whether or not he had time to google the standings is irrelevant, he's just suggesting that they be added here... it's really not that hard to understand

@santiagorodriguez2940

Жыл бұрын

@@boots1801 Then maybe try not taking the expression so literally

@alwaysup22

Жыл бұрын

It's funny having a simple suggestion, and people go crazy in the comments like total morons. People like this that literally have very to live for in their life, but fun to see them argue 😂

Fabi casually demolishing the Chosen One (2022, colourized and in 60 fps!)

@thechosenone1192

Жыл бұрын

no i m fine

@talphazero1036

Жыл бұрын

@@thechosenone1192 Man's was waiting for his moment. Really living up to your name🤣!

He is only 19. Tough tournament for him, but it will help him gain some exp.

@theuncalledduo8600

Жыл бұрын

Ikr but what pisses me off is the fact that people started saying that he's gonna beat Magnus when he broke the 2.8k barrier like didn't this thought occurred to them then that he's only 19?? He's struggling in the Candidates itself and these dumb mfs thought he could challenge the final Norwegian boss?

@99sasanka

Жыл бұрын

agreed

@michaelworkspace

Жыл бұрын

For how many years already have y’all been using his age as an excuse? Pretty soon he’ll be 21, then 24, and you’ll still be saying the same thing 🙃

@ndnd7614

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelworkspace agreed. He is playing poorly against the top GMs not just in classical

@JSamad

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelworkspace Bruh check how Fischer did in his first candidates. No one won a chess world championship as a teen for a reason. Take it easy on the boy.

Also: love the photos! That was one of the perks that lured me in way back when!

Fabi: Here's to your young generation, we still here and we old folks got pursing blood too

@risaalshaan

Жыл бұрын

I really hope he wins.

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

@@JM-tj5qm even Carlsen is 30 only. Regardless compares to a teen like Alireza they are definitely an older generation.

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

@@JM-tj5qm 11 years gap is same generation ? How old r u....

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

@@JM-tj5qm oh even like that, I will consider Fabi in same generation as say Magnus Hikaru, 2 & 6 years age gap than Firo. By the time Firo reaches his peak Fabiano will be past 30. Anyway this is just a matter of opinion. I atleast feel that Firo is younger generation right now. Maybe by next candidates it won't feel like that.

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

@@JM-tj5qm not anymore. Carlsen, Nepo, Hikaru, karjakin, Fabiano, all of them reached peak at near 25. By 30 most of them fell quite a bit. Kasparov is from pre engine era. Chess changes faster today. Hundreds of engine line get analysed every year, and it's very hard to keep up for most players as they grow older. Most of the top 30 players are in 20-30 range which is a big evidence of this fact. At most early 30s. Late 30s we only have a couple of active players.

Fabi's precise calculation is absolutely stunning.

Thanks man I love your content ❤️

Very nice first photo, great and interesting candidates we are living. Thank you! (By the way the English subtitles on Spanish region is hilarious) Gelfand is girlfriend , Nepo is Janine pognishi.... is so funny!

Loving the Elden Ring titles!

Thank you for the analisys, great video

You forgot to update the description. Keep up the great work though, love the videos!

I think that Fabi is more consistent than Nepo. Nepo is psychologically les stable: either he wins 5 games in a row or he loses 5 games in a row badly. Fabi plays good games even when he loses. It will be an interesting second part.

Sekiro, Elden Ring and Firouzja vs Fabi..... keep the best games coming m8!!!! Love this channel

What a game -- with a legendary improvement here! And btw I might have attributed that quote above by mistake to Tal in a previous post. My apologies, but no is perfect and it was probably Tal -- most of all, anyway -- that Bobby was referring to. Thanks and what a tournament!

Firouzja’s exchange sac brings to mind a comment made by Kasparov when faced with an unexpected sac... if your opponent sacs but you have played soundly up until then, then (no matter how tricky the tactics) there must be a refutation in the position... your job is to find it. That’s exactly what Fabi did with the seemingly illogical f5! tallowing white to slip out of the skewer by offer a Queen trade, which rescues the rook no matter what Firouzja replies. Fabi’s counterattack is equally sublime. Bravo! Firouzja’s prep tho sharp seems to have holes in it; why else would he, a well-known speed demon, be burning thru so much time in his chosen opening???

I appreciate and fully agree with the idea, that photos shown in your videos should be at least a little bit weird. Otherwise they don't really add much. Well, but that's just my personal opinion ;)

I love that the photos are back!

Can you by chance show the Boris Gelfand game? I'm trying to find it and having no luck. Love your work!!

I would really like to see handshake analysis photos ;) #suggestion

Agadmator quoting "Elden Ring", doesn't get better than that guys! Pozdrav majstore! :D

Alireza had minutes on the clock when he sacked the rook for the bishop, looking for simplifications after bh3 winning the rook back as the black queen and rook are on the same diagonal. Problem is he missed f5. If bxf5 black plays qe8 and the queen on h5 is hanging so white has to play qxe8 but black just plays Rcxe8 and Alireza is just down the exchange with minutes on the clock…

I like the photos. Thank you.

Normally I don't keep up with the wins-losses so who wins is always a surprise to me. But for the candidate's tournament I do so it's strange watching a video where I know who wins.

All respect to Firouzja for trying all these cool ideas, but damn Fabi is looking strong this tournament. If Nepo slips up even slightly, Fabi is gonna take it all.

@michaelbauers8800

Жыл бұрын

Lot of chess to come, but Fabi is doing well. He not only already played for WC, he played the dominating Magnus to a tie, until the tiebreak. I know what the FIDE ratings say, but am I supposed to believe Fabi doesn't have some claim to being the second best, classical time control player, in top events? I am sure there's reasons to claim otherwise of course, but he seems well prepared for this.

@hfcriske

Жыл бұрын

@@michaelbauers8800 If Fabi plays his absolute best, I agree he is second only to Magnus. I personally hope for a challenger Magnus hasn't faced yet the most, but I really hope he tries to defend the crown regardless of who makes it out on top.

7:20 It was in this position, agadmator referred to himself in the third person.

@milklover2830

Жыл бұрын

This is was the first time I heard him say his name lol

Appreciating intresting ideas from Firoza ❤️

That was crazy Thanks!

Against a player like fabi, any small inaccuracies or weaknesses in the backline can be so ruthless exploited

Regarding the pictures: How come they chose a beautiful setting and ended up hiding everything making it look like any other studio, any other tournament?!

@dahchessmaster4616

Жыл бұрын

Ikr, it's absolutely ridiculous...lol.

Though Alireza is obv bringing the ideas he's getting into tough positions by other top level professionals! Once the opening is over things look inevitable...shows that creativity is required, the rook sac was good but not enough...hoping Alireza fulfils his obv potential! And wp by the opponent too (Caruana)!

Please show standings at the end of the video. Thank you ❤️

Waiting for agadmator to upload his videos in 4k!! When will you update your video quality??

Fabi also would have felt horror at Nepo's performance and seriously regretting not pushing Nepo in their individual encounter 😁 .

It's nice to see Caruana in fighting form, and Nepo finding his groove. It seems no matter who wins the candidates we the viewers get to see some world class chess and many people don't want to simply draw

It's over for Alireza halfway through the tournament. He's not catching up the leaders, even if he won half of the next games I don't see the leaders missing enough points. Let's be real, it's between Nepo and Fabi, the others are bystanders. Alireza and Ding huge disappointments.

@andredias4303

Жыл бұрын

I don't see Alireza as a disappointment. Although he has huge potential, still needs more experience, better strategies to manage his time and so on. Now, I agree that Ding is a disappointment. Seems like losing the first game with the white pieces stroke him hard.

@nemlas85

Жыл бұрын

nepo is such a wildcard, he can win AND lose anytime, even though he is far ahead. fabi is more stable, but unless someone fires some rockets he won't be caught either. hikaru and ricsi have slight chance to catch them, at least they both play a chess that can bring surprise points. alireza and ding are disappointments for sure, even though ding came out of form, barely qualifying instead of karjakin, and alireza already went beyond expectations at age 19 by qualifying (and ofc by joining the 2800 club too).

@camilohiche4475

Жыл бұрын

@@andredias4303 Alireza is disappointing because he won't win that means Magnus won't play the world championship match... 👀

@pocophonef1379

Жыл бұрын

Ding playing bad i can understand, cuz he couldn't actually play anything significant in almost 2 years nd wasn't prepared for this candidates tournament as well. But, Alireza has been disappointing. He'll definitely learn tho, and improve

@strategicsage7694

Жыл бұрын

Too early to call that. Let's say Nepo lost one game. Even at the current stage, that would put four players within one point of the top spot. 1.5 down with over half the games to be played is still very much in striking range for Nakamura and Rapport.

I love how Firouzja exploring ideas by sacrificing materials. In almost every game he played he sacrificed a piece and played an entertaining chess. Fabi plays solid and wins. Shout out to both amazing chess players.

@derekbeaumont973

Жыл бұрын

He didn’t mean to sacrifice. He thought he was getting the exchange back and missed f5. Time pressure mistake

These are definitely ER titles and I am all for it. Watching these guys play is like Malenia Vs Radahn

Thanks Agadmator for the continued content!

Loving the Elden Ring quotes in the latest videos!

regarding the photo, perhaps the relative confidence of the two players can be seen in the fact that alireza does not remove his suit jacket. Fabi looks like he is about to get to work and alireza looks more like a schoolboy still. understandably, as he is basically still a schoolboy

Excellent game for Fabi. Thanks for sharing.

I'm kind of disappointed by Alireza in this tournament. I hope he bounces back and shows what he's actually made of.

@srihariravva

Жыл бұрын

I think he should stop playing aggressively. Play not to lose, if there is opportunity, then go for claiming victory 🙌

It's a shame that they have to play in front of this drab corporate backdrop when in fact they're in a spectacularly beautiful room in a palace.

Few months ago Agad be like- You used to be some Fabi Agad at the moment- you will witness true horror

@ManhattanProject9

Жыл бұрын

I thought that title was super disrespectful as well. Glad Fabiano is shining and Agad has to do square that.

@salahsaadsalah7509

Жыл бұрын

@@ManhattanProject9 it's just a fun title because he lost to magnus, it's not that deep and everyone knows how good fabi is/can be

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

@@ManhattanProject9 Fabi got back in form at just the right time as usual. Hope Ding could get some of that ability.

@ghorarmangsho871

Жыл бұрын

@@ManhattanProject9 The title is an Elden Ring reference. The previous one as well.

@phenix2403

Жыл бұрын

@@ghorarmangsho871 elden ring had not released yet in January, which is the video from tata steel that he is talking about where magnus beat fabi. It seemed to be a song reference: "somebody that I used to know"

I am just loving the elden references in the couple last videos lol

I think Magnus doesn't want to face Alireza for the championship anymore. Hence he prized Alireza like " If alireza doesn't won the candidates tournament then I wouldn't play for the title " These words gave Alireza something too much that reflects in his preparations.

These Elden ring quotes for video titles is magnificent.

My friends at the bar and the library are going to LOVE this game. I certainly do.

Loving the Elden Ring references!

i watch agad to sleep holy sh*t man i need this pill, thank you..

"Your strenght... extraordinary"

How do you find the time management of the french ?

Fabi is like ENGINE in classical...

Why is the PGN for the Nepo-Duda game attached, Antonio?

Absolute one of my fave quotes....... and "I have never known defeat"...............

Some smaller GMs might have fallen for Alireza's threats. Fabi having none of the nonsense.

Hi agad, can you please show the captured pieces beside the board. It would be easy for viewers to compare the material of both sides. A small #suggestion for improving the watching pleasure of games. Thank you very much for the videos. Keep up the good work. 👍

@a.m.armstrong8354

Жыл бұрын

Material is misleading at GM level.

@rldb

Жыл бұрын

@@a.m.armstrong8354 I was talking about our level 😀😀

Fabi placed himself along with Morphy, fisher, resheshki (i don't know how to write or spell this) etc goats when asked about his dream American team of all time

@kunalsingh4418

Жыл бұрын

Well he is good enough. If there was no Carlsen, Fabi would probably be the one dominating the stage. He has been consistently performing great at candidates, and we all saw the 2019 wc. His peak rating of 2844 is also just behind Kasparov, way above everybody else.

I was surprised by the apparent difference in size in the picture, and looked them both up - both are 5' 6" so it must be some trick of the camera angle or how they are sitting. Incidentally, they both became GM at 14 years of age - people tend to forget Caruana was a pridugy as well.

I saw this live - Fabi is too good. I feel sorry for Alireza.

Caruana is finding his form at the right time. I recall how "poorly" he was playing earlier this year in the Tata Steel.

I quite enjoy the photos

Rapport’s shirt made all the difference for me today. Reminded me of Aronian. Let’s see his game as well and we’ll have to spend more time talking about his look. :)

@davidcopson5800

Жыл бұрын

We should always see a report on Rapport.

Cheers to Fabi 🥂

Fabi's games never excite me, but I swear they are computer crisp! He just doesn't make mistakes.

I hope Fabi gets another crack at beating Magnus. He did so well in his last try, just fell against Magnus' rapid prowess. Go USA players!

@a.m.armstrong8354

Жыл бұрын

I agree, however I believe there ought not be any format change, but sudden death beyond the fixed games. If there's no result after a further six games, the title should be declared open, and both contestants entered into the next candidates tournament.

Just curious, I probably dont see IT; agadmator sais on 13:06, what to do for Ali? What if he would play knight to g6, doesn't he have mate in 2? Or can fabi checkmate?

@netherdrift3009

Жыл бұрын

Rf2+. If Kg4, you get mated. If Ke4, Qc2 will force a queen trade if you don't want to lose material

Fabi dragged him across the board 😬🔥

Qxa2 and Rxh2 from Fabi are mercilessly cold. Qe8 from Ali is desperation. There's a noticeable difference between the strengths of these two monsters.

As this is the position that Agadmator put in the thumbnail of the video, that's what we will play. -Agadmator, 2022

Fascinating, that Firouzja plays a rare move with white, and loses to an out of book Caruana. Fabiano continues to impress.

That pawn to f5 was just wow.

#suggestion Could you please show some games where Black is at the bottom and White is at the top. I think it will help us think better when we are playing with the Black pieces.

There’s something strangely intimidating about Fabi’s hunch and complete focus on the board

I’m liking these subtle elden ring captions

I'm on the photography part of the video and the "someone has artificially enlarged Aliareza" already won you my like. Now lets look at the game

Alireza can bounce back...will be interesting to see what happens then . He will learn a lot from this tournament and win in the future..

Fabiano is unbelievable

Is ding there in the tournament?

The photo reminded me of Morphy - Anderssen (1858). Small man beats the big man.

Please show the standing at the beginning/end of each video

You are da best analyzer of games, Agadmator.

I'm loving the Elden Ring quote titles

Great analysis as always. Re the photo, Caruana is just reet petite. No optical illusions here.