Of course I forgot to mention, but you guys know this anyway :) To enter the giveaway, write something about Tal and add #tal to your comment. Winners will be drawn on random during the stream on Saturday 23rd. Best of luck to everyone :)
This man is a liar, dont trust his *giveaways*. I have all the messages this liar sent to me, and i will gladly sent it to anyone that want to see what i m talking about. Now direct message to this liar: Its funny how you are talking about chess, and reading computer analysis everyday, but you are a terrible player and we can see that clearlz from all of yours chess games.
And if you had watched his previous uploads everytime he reached a milestone , he has proved that give away prizes were given. And I can prove that to you. Not only myself, anyone who has subscribed to this channel can prove that as well.
In light of Agadmator's 500k, I feel like this needs to be said: First, congratulations! Second, so many IMs and GMs criticize Agadmator and people who watch Agadmator because Antonio's FIDE rating is "low." They say he's an engine analyst. They say he isn't a good source from which to learn chess. They say his analysis misses lines that GM analysts recognize. They say a lot. THEY miss the point. This is a chess FAN channel. Many of us are not FIDE rated and never will be. We enjoy playing. We enjoy watching highlights of matches. We enjoy learning the history of the game. We're casual chess fans. I would have no clue who Mikhail Tal is without Agadmator (#tal). Sure, maybe if you aspire to become a titled FIDE player you're better off paying a professional coach than watching Agadmator. But as far as bringing chess to the mainstream, Agadmator has done more in a few years than most GMs and IMs will in their lifetimes combined. Antonio's passion for the game enthusiastically comes through in his analysis and it's contagious. Thanks to UA-camrs like Agadmator and chessnetwork, my 7 year old wants to join his elementary school chess club next year. Also, I can't help but think that all those titled players complaining about Agadmator are just jealous; they spend their entire lives studying and playing, studying and playing. And here's Antonio, who'll probably make more money from chess than nearly all of them outside the top 50 in the world! Yeah, I guess that would suck. 😉😉😉 Thanks for entertaining us and increasing our vast knowledge, Antonio. And congratulations on your success!
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Antonio made me love chess, at the very same date last year, I was rated 1100 on Lichess, now I am 1800. It's not about who's the best qualified to talk about chess, to know about chess, it's who, by their passion, transmits you the desire and love for the beautiful game. Antonio did that, at least to me, but I know to a lot of people. Thanks to Antonio, I watch games, know the players, go to see live games (I was in the Paris Rapid and Blitz some months ago) and spend time in parks talking and playing with chess enthusiasts. I'll never be a GM, I am 30 years old, I am not good, but I don't give a single shit, I love the game and Antonio is the very reason I fell in love for the game a year ago, no one else, no ''big shots'' that pretend to know better than others. And for that, I'll always respect and thank Antonio.
Very true 👍🏼 He's made chess accessible to the common man. He's brought us out of the chess clubs and theory heavy incomprehensible analayses to enjoy the beauty of the game
Tal was a gentleman's gentleman. When he was asked by an interviewer a few years later how he explained his wins over Fischer in the 1959 candidates, Tal answered "Tal was already Tal but Fischer was not yet Fischer". #tal
To me, tal's most impressive chess skill/ trait is not his ability to calculate but the guts he had to play the way he did. He's probably the most fearless world champion there is! #tal
Agad is a wise guy , he means it like when two men -kings- and are enjoying their lunch in a restaurant and two wives start staring at each other defending their man and checking the other lady's outfit from a safe distance. Classical stand off
"When I was too young I liked to sacrifice Queen, then a bit later I liked to exchange Queen, and now that I'm married, now I keep her" Mikhail Tal 1990 #tal
Agadmator, I’d like to just say..thank you. I cannot speak for everybody else, but I can speak for myself. Thank you for everything. About a year ago, I found your channel, and got majorly into chess. Because of you, I found out my love for this game, and I was able to beat my depression. Thank you, Agadmator. You’ve changed my life for the better. Congratulations on 500,000 subscribers, you absolutely deserve it. Thank you for everything.
Whisper You are not alone. Agadmator also helped me keep my spirits up as I recovered from a serious illness. People like him are a blessing to the human race. Hope you stay well 🙂
I also used this channel to help my depression.along with getting back into chess. It's so effective. Cures more than just the blues. We love you Agadmator, you are doing a public service as far as I'm concerned! Thank you
One of my favorite #tal quotes will have to be this one: "You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one." Good use of metaphor and explains his playing style pretty accurately!
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.” ~ Mikhail Tal Tal epitomizes ever so beautifully his love for the game here. He may not have always made the most precise sacrifice, but it was always the most beautiful. His name and legend continue to live on, and with great effort from you Antonio! Congrats on 500k and keep up the amazing work! In the spirit of Mikhail #Tal !
Mikhail Tal got mad when the opponent failed to make the strongest move recommended by the engine because it prevents him from executing his style. #Tal
I started playing chess about 2 years ago, when me and my friend were bored and found a chessboard. Being my cocky self, i assumed i world beat him. I knew how all the pieces moved( yet i had no idea about en passant) and i knew about the 4 move checkmate. I figured i was at an advantage. He crushed me so bad, i wanted a rematch. A few rematches later i still couldn't beat him. I was convinced on getting revenge and beating him at this game that i had no interest in. I searched chess on youtube, and the first channel i discovered was agadmator. I binged his videos a ton, and it amazed me how he analyzed chess games, showed theory and plans and of course some insane #tal sacrifices. He got me hooked. Since then, i have never looked back and branched out to other chess youtubers to keep improving. But i haven't strayed from my roots. I come back here as much as possible to watch agad who got me into this game to begin with. Im now 1800 on chess.com. The friend who beat me is about 900 on chess.com. I dont know where that would put me 2 years ago, maybe 700?
The Hair If you go by the United States Chess Federation algorithm (and FIDE is similar), constantly losing to a 900 player would rate you 500. Keep in mind, though, that chess websites use their own algorithms which tend to be a bit inflated from USCF ratings, maybe as much as 200-300 points. Having said that, such ratings are still quite valid within the website because everyone is evaluated the same. A jump from 500 to 1800 is quite an accomplishment! Well done!
@@MrEsMysteriesMagicks wow i didn't even think 500 was on the scale. To my relatively quick improvement: noobs have told me its easy, experienced players have said its impossible. They are both wrong. It is very hard but possible, but u will have to dedicate an insane amount of time to chess. Because it is something i learned to enjoy, i played it a ton. It was a tremendous struggle to hit 1200, but once i crossed that barrier, i slowly kept improving. I would go faster at some points and slower at others, but i never had a point where i simply couldn't improve. I put work in and saw results. Also: i spent $0 on chess. No coaches or anything. Tons of UA-cam and chess.com free limited analysis and a lot of games played. To break it down: I would say UA-cam is best for learning opening theory,(the chesswebsite UA-cam channel was a life saver) and postgame analysis(using free chess.com analysis) of ur games and just playing a lot of games is best way to improve ur chess skills. I started training tactics when i was around 1400, and it definitely helped me get better( im 2100 on tactics trainer). But i did not touch tactics early on, so i wouldn't necessarily recommend them for beginners
@@thehair9236 You're absolutely right about chess. One of the great things about chess websites and videos is that you no longer have to spend tons of money on books. Plus, the vids are often more comprehensive. For decades, I read that trying to hold onto the extra pawn as Black in the Queen's Gambit Accepted was a bad idea, but none of the books ever explained why or how to exploit it. Today, the are several YT vids that cover exactly that. Your response about a rating of 500 is reminiscent of Bobby Fischer. Once, after playing a simul, he asked his opponent's rating. When the answer was 1200, he said, "They go that low?" Theoretically, you could have a rating of 0 if you constantly lose to a 400 player, but in practical terms, around 800 or 900 is generally the floor.
1800 on chess.com is nice, I am sure many people would take longer. Its not just dedication however, i've noticed that it takes some talent too. Thats maybe why your friend is still on 900... I feel that I'm still improving after 4 years of playing, but its getting harder and harder to improve. I've recently beat a 1800 fide over the board, but it was just so incredibly difficult, like torture for 3,5 hours. I can't imagine what it would take to beat someone that is over 2000.
Congratulations Antonio! And you did it by simply putting out great content and not once asking for anyone to 'subscribe, hit the bell, the thumbs up' youtube schtick. Keep it coming for many years to come.
Tal is my favorite chess legend, I didn’t even knew who Tal is, (#tal)but when I watched your videos daily, I am inspired again to play chess. You are my inspiration of playing chess. Back then I have no interest of playing chess, but when I saw you in my recommendations, I watched your video and I had that feeling that I wanna play chess. Thank you Antonio for making chess great again! And also Congratulations on reaching 500k Subs. I hope that it will be more in the coming years. Always remember that I’m always here for you. Thank you and Congratulations Antonio Radić. #LoveFromThePhilippines
"“Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.” - Mikhail Tal #tal
Me:Have you heard about the great magician . Friend: who? Me: The magician from riga #tal Just search it on UA-cam That's how you make people like chess 😅 Congratulations agadmator , keep doing the good work
# Tal one the best magicians over the board we will ever see. Thanks Agadmator for sharing his beautiful games at such high quality and with such detailed explanations. Kudos
I've watched like a couple hundred of your videos, but don't think I've ever commented. I liked your statement at the beginning. I enjoyed chess as a kid, but didn't really know anything until I was about 30, nearly 7 years ago. I'd fall for a scholar's mate no doubt, I really knew nothing. Now I've coached a high school chess team (I'm still not that good), and have got my chess.com rating up to about 1550 and slowly climbing. I feel like my understanding just continues to grow and I love using your channel as a learning tool to study some master games. I really loved the Morphy series and now am starting on all the Tal videos. Keep up the good stuff.
"Playing in tournaments with Soviet players is like close contact with predators. The prizes are somewhat inadequate to the risks involved. -Mikhail tal(#tal)
Congrats on 500k agad! Thank you for promoting chess with great enthusiasm. and you helped me get back my passion for chess recently passed 1800 rating and im 15 years old. Looking forward to the stream and perhaps a million subscribers in the future! #Tal
It's a #tal order, that next half a million subscribers but I'm rooting for you. I took up chess this year after having played sparingly throughout life. I made steady progress out of the basement of skill but then reached a ceiling where my opponents just knew stuff I didn't. To the UA-cam machine! I was happy to find this channel with it's lighthearted but very thorough analysis of curated classic games, including engine (stockfish) v. alien (alphazero) matches. Watching some other content about common book openings and even using an engine to cheat my way through some games, I was soon beating some very good opponents with my own unique alpha-tal inspired ideosyncracies. I'm still not very good, but I challenged my brother recently who had a 19-1 winning record against me and was able to checkmate him in the mid game. At some point I was playing 30 games a day and having dreams about chess, and when I don't play much, I'm sure to watch a game on this channel as my suggested videos are loaded with agadmator content. If you make 1000 more videos I'll probably end up watching most of them in my life. Keep it up! Also, I think it would be fun to play against you until I had a good game (you'll probably beat me every time), and then have the game analysis appear on your channel. One of your alphazero videos features a position that was only reached once by two players rated in the low 1000s and you remarked something along the lines that, "you never know when a game between any two players is actually a masterpiece!" In the rich history of chess that's an exciting thought.
Congratulations agadmator. You really deserve it. Your humor and your unique way of showing and analysing games are the keys to your success. Keep up your great work💪💪🤙👊
"To take is a mistake." #tal and what an elegant example of it with the Queen's in this game! Absolutely amazing. Growing up I fell in love with chess and always loved when tal played, and even as an American I would secretly wish to see his magic win the day against Fisher. His unique resourcefulness and relentless attack was and is and will always be beautiful to behold. Thank you agamador for sharing this beautiful gem.
David Huynh It’s a joke about very bad players: We call them “wood pushers” and it means: You just push WOODEN pieces over board of chess without any clue how to play...
Congratulations! I've been watching these videos for over two years and it's amazing how much you've promoted chess in that time. You sir, are a true gentleman. Hopefully you get a kiss like #tal for showing us beauty on the board.
No one ever have this much admirations than Tal. I would exchange some times in my life to meet him in his older age, just to see how much the world change on his eyes since his young reckless days, hearing all stories from his life. Thank you for bringing games of him for us agad, thank you so much. #tal
Damn bro, to think I've been around for more than 2 years on this channel it's crazy and how quality turned into views. You helped pro chess become more accessible to some people like me, and helped me improved my game also, so happy that your channel grew so much. Greeting from Serbia #tal
First of all let me tell you that your videos are fantastic and very instructive. Thank you for all your hard work. I just now came across this older video and was so happy to see it as it is one of my favorite games of Tal. Jack Miller was a student of IM Cyrus Lakdawala. Cyrus examines this game in his book Winning Ugly in Chess. I quote from this book: "Did I mention that Jack never bothered to study opening theory? He was an anomaly of a student whose rating hovered around the high B-level. Yet he is the only B-player student I ever taught who beat a 2400 player and several masters. The trouble was his results were completely erratic, since he also lost to much weaker players. In every game he went crazy. He was essentially a mini-Tal". I think he and Tal produced an exciting game and am blown away that it was a simul!
Tal is the reason I started gaining interest in chess. I always liked chess but Tal’s games got me in love with the game of chess. His attacking game, his unique style, his personality, everything about him got me to where I am today, playing FIDE tournaments (currently rated 1384) but managed to win against 1700’s and 1800’s in open tournament. If I don’t get to win the giveaway i’ll be always thankful for winning my heart for the game of chess. #Tal
I will always enjoy a game by Tal. "In the spirit of mikhail tal" #tal. Congrats Agad for being an excellent and entertaining chess channel. I hope to see more tal videos from these milestones.
Congratulations Agad on reaching this milestone! I started watching chess and play a bit of chess only because I got interested in chess watching videos on Agadmator's Chess Channel! I am soo much thankful to you Agad for making me to take interest in such a lovely sport and expanding my vast knowledge! Love from India! #tal Obviously being a Agadmator's wonderful subscriber, who else can really be all time favourite attacker than Tal (who doesn't even need a Morphy Head!)
Of course I forgot to mention, but you guys know this anyway :)
To enter the giveaway, write something about Tal and add #tal to your comment.
Winners will be drawn on random during the stream on Saturday 23rd.
Best of luck to everyone :)
Congratz brother! Well deserved
tal vs nezhmetdinov #suggestion
@@AbhishekYadav-bc8ek it's already in the playlist bro
This man is a liar, dont trust his *giveaways*. I have all the messages this liar sent to me, and i will gladly sent it to anyone that want to see what i m talking about.
Now direct message to this liar: Its funny how you are talking about chess, and reading computer analysis everyday, but you are a terrible player and we can see that clearlz from all of yours chess games.
And if you had watched his previous uploads everytime he reached a milestone , he has proved that give away prizes were given. And I can prove that to you. Not only myself, anyone who has subscribed to this channel can prove that as well.
In light of Agadmator's 500k, I feel like this needs to be said:
First, congratulations!
Second, so many IMs and GMs criticize Agadmator and people who watch Agadmator because Antonio's FIDE rating is "low." They say he's an engine analyst. They say he isn't a good source from which to learn chess. They say his analysis misses lines that GM analysts recognize. They say a lot.
THEY miss the point.
This is a chess FAN channel. Many of us are not FIDE rated and never will be. We enjoy playing. We enjoy watching highlights of matches. We enjoy learning the history of the game. We're casual chess fans. I would have no clue who Mikhail Tal is without Agadmator (#tal). Sure, maybe if you aspire to become a titled FIDE player you're better off paying a professional coach than watching Agadmator.
But as far as bringing chess to the mainstream, Agadmator has done more in a few years than most GMs and IMs will in their lifetimes combined. Antonio's passion for the game enthusiastically comes through in his analysis and it's contagious.
Thanks to UA-camrs like Agadmator and chessnetwork, my 7 year old wants to join his elementary school chess club next year.
Also, I can't help but think that all those titled players complaining about Agadmator are just jealous; they spend their entire lives studying and playing, studying and playing. And here's Antonio, who'll probably make more money from chess than nearly all of them outside the top 50 in the world! Yeah, I guess that would suck. 😉😉😉
Thanks for entertaining us and increasing our vast knowledge, Antonio. And congratulations on your success!
I wholeheartedly agree with you. Antonio made me love chess, at the very same date last year, I was rated 1100 on Lichess, now I am 1800. It's not about who's the best qualified to talk about chess, to know about chess, it's who, by their passion, transmits you the desire and love for the beautiful game.
Antonio did that, at least to me, but I know to a lot of people. Thanks to Antonio, I watch games, know the players, go to see live games (I was in the Paris Rapid and Blitz some months ago) and spend time in parks talking and playing with chess enthusiasts.
I'll never be a GM, I am 30 years old, I am not good, but I don't give a single shit, I love the game and Antonio is the very reason I fell in love for the game a year ago, no one else, no ''big shots'' that pretend to know better than others. And for that, I'll always respect and thank Antonio.
I didn't read this, but i love it...
Very true 👍🏼
He's made chess accessible to the common man. He's brought us out of the chess clubs and theory heavy incomprehensible analayses to enjoy the beauty of the game
Chris Pfeiffer You definitely nailed it. Even among UA-camrs, Antonio “sounds better” and explains much better than them. 👍😊
I m glad someone said in. its a chess channel for fans not GM's and IM's
Tal was a gentleman's gentleman. When he was asked by an interviewer a few years later how he explained his wins over Fischer in the 1959 candidates, Tal answered "Tal was already Tal but Fischer was not yet Fischer". #tal
Oh, this is a nice story, thanks :)
Great answer. And speaks to the development of the chess player over the course of his career
Great quote. To refer to oneself in 3rd person, you're either an assshole or a BADASS lol 😆
This guy is a pure Person....
This Jack Miller plays some strong chess, for an unknown.
Yeah he gave tal a bit challenge
I'm Jack Miller.
"When I asked Fischer why he had not played a certain move in our game, he replied: 'Well, you laughed when I wrote it down!' " - Mikhail Tal #tal
To me, tal's most impressive chess skill/ trait is not his ability to calculate but the guts he had to play the way he did. He's probably the most fearless world champion there is! #tal
7:41 "It's a classical queen standoff" ah yes, the classical queen standoff, it happens basically every game
Andrea Cremoni 😂😂😂
Agad is a wise guy , he means it like when two men -kings- and are enjoying their lunch in a restaurant and two wives start staring at each other defending their man and checking the other lady's outfit from a safe distance. Classical stand off
lmao
@@gonzalo4658 love your username 😂😂
"When I was too young I liked to sacrifice Queen, then a bit later I liked to exchange Queen, and now that I'm married, now I keep her" Mikhail Tal 1990 #tal
😝😀
My condolences, lol
Agadmator, I’d like to just say..thank you. I cannot speak for everybody else, but I can speak for myself. Thank you for everything. About a year ago, I found your channel, and got majorly into chess. Because of you, I found out my love for this game, and I was able to beat my depression. Thank you, Agadmator. You’ve changed my life for the better. Congratulations on 500,000
subscribers, you absolutely deserve it. Thank you for everything.
Whisper You are not alone. Agadmator also helped me keep my spirits up as I recovered from a serious illness. People like him are a blessing to the human race. Hope you stay well 🙂
Gosborg I hope you stay well too. :)
Whisper Thanks.
I also used this channel to help my depression.along with getting back into chess. It's so effective. Cures more than just the blues. We love you Agadmator, you are doing a public service as far as I'm concerned! Thank you
@@whisper3856 To those who beat depression, congratulations you are an excellent subscriber !!
"I will not hide the fact that I love to hear the spectators react after a sacrifice of a piece or pawn." - Mikhail Tal #tal
“When I calculate a sacrifice, my brain works so hard it burns off my hair”, Mikhail Tal #tal
Lmao
"I don't care about your mate in two, I have mate in one"
Something only said in a #tal game
It is bolder when said by Tal's opponent!
Congrats on the 500k!!! Well-deserved
- someone who often just wants to enjoy the show
Andy Lui 😂😂😂😂
There are two types of people: those who fear facing Tal and those who don't know chess. #Tal
One of my favorite #tal quotes will have to be this one:
"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one."
Good use of metaphor and explains his playing style pretty accurately!
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.”
~ Mikhail Tal
Tal epitomizes ever so beautifully his love for the game here. He may not have always made the most precise sacrifice, but it was always the most beautiful. His name and legend continue to live on, and with great effort from you Antonio! Congrats on 500k and keep up the amazing work!
In the spirit of Mikhail #Tal !
Tap won not because his moves were the best but because they complicated and flummoxed his opponents into mistakes.
Or maybe it was Tal. But I guess Tap works too.
Pat Hutchison, lol
Mikhail Tal got mad when the opponent failed to make the strongest move recommended by the engine because it prevents him from executing his style. #Tal
Wtf, I haven’t been here in like a year, came back to see where you reached and you just hit 500k, coincidences freak me out but congrats man!!
"Half a million just sounds a way cooler" This man is gifted !!
The gods invented sacrifice, when Tal started abusing it, they switched to prayers. #tal
Hyelda Stephen LMo
Madlad
LMAOOOOO HAHAHAHAHA
and then tal sacrificed the praying ones.
"“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.” - Tal #tal
I started playing chess about 2 years ago, when me and my friend were bored and found a chessboard. Being my cocky self, i assumed i world beat him. I knew how all the pieces moved( yet i had no idea about en passant) and i knew about the 4 move checkmate. I figured i was at an advantage. He crushed me so bad, i wanted a rematch. A few rematches later i still couldn't beat him. I was convinced on getting revenge and beating him at this game that i had no interest in. I searched chess on youtube, and the first channel i discovered was agadmator. I binged his videos a ton, and it amazed me how he analyzed chess games, showed theory and plans and of course some insane #tal sacrifices. He got me hooked. Since then, i have never looked back and branched out to other chess youtubers to keep improving. But i haven't strayed from my roots. I come back here as much as possible to watch agad who got me into this game to begin with. Im now 1800 on chess.com. The friend who beat me is about 900 on chess.com. I dont know where that would put me 2 years ago, maybe 700?
The Hair If you go by the United States Chess Federation algorithm (and FIDE is similar), constantly losing to a 900 player would rate you 500. Keep in mind, though, that chess websites use their own algorithms which tend to be a bit inflated from USCF ratings, maybe as much as 200-300 points. Having said that, such ratings are still quite valid within the website because everyone is evaluated the same. A jump from 500 to 1800 is quite an accomplishment! Well done!
@@MrEsMysteriesMagicks wow i didn't even think 500 was on the scale. To my relatively quick improvement: noobs have told me its easy, experienced players have said its impossible. They are both wrong. It is very hard but possible, but u will have to dedicate an insane amount of time to chess. Because it is something i learned to enjoy, i played it a ton. It was a tremendous struggle to hit 1200, but once i crossed that barrier, i slowly kept improving. I would go faster at some points and slower at others, but i never had a point where i simply couldn't improve. I put work in and saw results.
Also: i spent $0 on chess. No coaches or anything. Tons of UA-cam and chess.com free limited analysis and a lot of games played.
To break it down: I would say UA-cam is best for learning opening theory,(the chesswebsite UA-cam channel was a life saver) and postgame analysis(using free chess.com analysis) of ur games and just playing a lot of games is best way to improve ur chess skills. I started training tactics when i was around 1400, and it definitely helped me get better( im 2100 on tactics trainer). But i did not touch tactics early on, so i wouldn't necessarily recommend them for beginners
@@thehair9236 You're absolutely right about chess. One of the great things about chess websites and videos is that you no longer have to spend tons of money on books. Plus, the vids are often more comprehensive. For decades, I read that trying to hold onto the extra pawn as Black in the Queen's Gambit Accepted was a bad idea, but none of the books ever explained why or how to exploit it. Today, the are several YT vids that cover exactly that.
Your response about a rating of 500 is reminiscent of Bobby Fischer. Once, after playing a simul, he asked his opponent's rating. When the answer was 1200, he said, "They go that low?" Theoretically, you could have a rating of 0 if you constantly lose to a 400 player, but in practical terms, around 800 or 900 is generally the floor.
I cried
1800 on chess.com is nice, I am sure many people would take longer. Its not just dedication however, i've noticed that it takes some talent too. Thats maybe why your friend is still on 900... I feel that I'm still improving after 4 years of playing, but its getting harder and harder to improve. I've recently beat a 1800 fide over the board, but it was just so incredibly difficult, like torture for 3,5 hours. I can't imagine what it would take to beat someone that is over 2000.
"Just as one's imagination is stirred by a girl's smile, so is one's imagination is stirred by possibilities of chess. "
-Mikhail Tal (#tal)
He first learnt to sacrifice his queen, then his rook, then minor pieces and finally pawns. #Tal
Arun Hari lmao
There are two things you can say when you drink, one is "cheers", and the other is "in the spirit of Mikhail #tal"
-Agadmator
“If Tal sacrifices a piece, take it. If Petrosian sacrifices a piece don’t take it.” Botvinnik quote. #Tal
Maksim Bondarenko lol
Congratulations Antonio! And you did it by simply putting out great content and not once asking for anyone to 'subscribe, hit the bell, the thumbs up' youtube schtick.
Keep it coming for many years to come.
Manuel Perez That’s true. Agadmator is pure class.
"Half a million sounds way cooler" indeed! Congratulations
Tal is my favorite chess legend, I didn’t even knew who Tal is, (#tal)but when I watched your videos daily, I am inspired again to play chess. You are my inspiration of playing chess. Back then I have no interest of playing chess, but when I saw you in my recommendations, I watched your video and I had that feeling that I wanna play chess. Thank you Antonio for making chess great again! And also Congratulations on reaching 500k Subs. I hope that it will be more in the coming years. Always remember that I’m always here for you.
Thank you and Congratulations Antonio Radić.
#LoveFromThePhilippines
"“Of course, errors are not good for a chess game, but errors are unavoidable and in any case, a game without errors, or as they say 'flawless game' is colorless.” - Mikhail Tal #tal
Moves the computers call errors, GM's like Tal call creating opportunitys.
“Young man, consider that the train has left, and all you can do is loudly slam the door in farewell.”
― Mikhail #Tal
Me:Have you heard about the great magician .
Friend: who?
Me: The magician from riga #tal
Just search it on UA-cam
That's how you make people like chess 😅
Congratulations agadmator , keep doing the good work
"I don't care about your mate in two, I have mate in one"
Something only said in a @ game
“But ok, Tal plays in a different style to everyone else” - Agad 2019
Of all the chess games I've watched, for me this is just the best one. Tal wasn't just a magician, he was a mind reader🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.”
A player after my own heart.
#Tal
Tal is one of the greatest players of all time, his games made me fall in love with chess. #tal
He was great but his strategy was also to intimidate bc of hia reputation. Engines today show weaknesses in his daring moves
"when I calculate a sacrifice, my brain works so hard it burns off my hair", Mikhail Tal #tal #fakequotes
I feel like, it is you who revived chess of many people, by explaining so precisely. #Tal
# Tal one the best magicians over the board we will ever see. Thanks Agadmator for sharing his beautiful games at such high quality and with such detailed explanations. Kudos
“If your opponent offers you a draw, try to work out why he thinks he’s worse off.” -Nigel Short#tal
Congratulations on 500 000 subscribers! A #tal game is the best way to celebrate the milestone!
I joined at around 25k. I’ve loved everything every since. You’re great!
I was 14001 subscriber)
@@phdcmd i remember 3k. He was doing mostly streams and called me an "amazing guy" during a livestream haha... So crazy to think about it.
80000 k :)
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.” #tal
Congratulations on reaching 5 million subs. And I can proudly say that Agadmator is the best chess channel on UA-cam ! #tal
Greatest chess commentator on UA-cam 👍🏻
In the spirit of Mikhail Tal, congratulations on 500k!
We should also give some credit to the hoodie guy for this brilliant game, he is the person who found a mate in 1 against #tal 's mate in 2.
We'll know you're a pretty good player when you can get a mate in 0 against Tal.
Congratulations Antonio! You’ve made me fall in love with the game again!
Panda Panda You are not alone in that, by any means.
agadmator is the reason I got into chess. Now becoming a chess grand master is on my bucket list.
You've come a long way! Congrats on half a million! #tal would be proud with how you spread the love of the game.
"You must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one" - Mikhail Tal #Tal
Loot Made me think of Alice going down the rabbit hole. He really did cast magic spells on the chess board.
#tal for the win. The best thing i love about tal is how his character comes alive over the board. His playing style matches the way he lived.
Grazie di esistere agad, un abbraccio dall’Italia continua così ❤️
8:58 queen h5 checkmate
Tal as a patron of this channel indeed helps it grow immensely, so happy for you, congrats! #tal
"Despite Jack Miller's prowess....he's still got problems, but no worries...Tal's got some magic to help him solve them."#tal
Congratulations on 500k, you are an excellent content creator!
Hooray!! Agadmator gets to tell us what half of his name means, now which one: Agad or Mator?😂 #tal
I've watched like a couple hundred of your videos, but don't think I've ever commented. I liked your statement at the beginning. I enjoyed chess as a kid, but didn't really know anything until I was about 30, nearly 7 years ago. I'd fall for a scholar's mate no doubt, I really knew nothing. Now I've coached a high school chess team (I'm still not that good), and have got my chess.com rating up to about 1550 and slowly climbing. I feel like my understanding just continues to grow and I love using your channel as a learning tool to study some master games. I really loved the Morphy series and now am starting on all the Tal videos. Keep up the good stuff.
"You must lead your opponent into a dark forest, where 2 + 2 = 5 and the path out is only broad enough for one of you" - Mikhail Tal.
#tal
Rishi Sanghvi funny how this shit got him a world champion title
"Playing in tournaments with Soviet players is like close contact with predators. The prizes are somewhat inadequate to the risks involved.
-Mikhail tal(#tal)
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine."
- Mikhail Tal
#tal
Congratulations!
#roadto1M
Also just wanted to say that you got me into chess so thanks
#tal
Congrats on 500k agad! Thank you for promoting chess with great enthusiasm. and you helped me get back my passion for chess recently passed 1800 rating and im 15 years old. Looking forward to the stream and perhaps a million subscribers in the future! #Tal
It's a #tal order, that next half a million subscribers but I'm rooting for you. I took up chess this year after having played sparingly throughout life. I made steady progress out of the basement of skill but then reached a ceiling where my opponents just knew stuff I didn't. To the UA-cam machine! I was happy to find this channel with it's lighthearted but very thorough analysis of curated classic games, including engine (stockfish) v. alien (alphazero) matches. Watching some other content about common book openings and even using an engine to cheat my way through some games, I was soon beating some very good opponents with my own unique alpha-tal inspired ideosyncracies. I'm still not very good, but I challenged my brother recently who had a 19-1 winning record against me and was able to checkmate him in the mid game. At some point I was playing 30 games a day and having dreams about chess, and when I don't play much, I'm sure to watch a game on this channel as my suggested videos are loaded with agadmator content. If you make 1000 more videos I'll probably end up watching most of them in my life. Keep it up! Also, I think it would be fun to play against you until I had a good game (you'll probably beat me every time), and then have the game analysis appear on your channel. One of your alphazero videos features a position that was only reached once by two players rated in the low 1000s and you remarked something along the lines that, "you never know when a game between any two players is actually a masterpiece!" In the rich history of chess that's an exciting thought.
"The side that stays within its fortifications is beaten" Napoleon Bonaparte. #tal
Congratulations agadmator. You really deserve it. Your humor and your unique way of showing and analysing games are the keys to your success. Keep up your great work💪💪🤙👊
E4, sorry about that
Mouadh Aloui Well put.
Mouadh Aloui it’s not easy to make chess fun, but Agad does, that’s why his channel continues to grow
Two hanging queens that cant capture one another can only be seen in a #tal game.
#Tal
"To take is a mistake." #tal and what an elegant example of it with the Queen's in this game! Absolutely amazing. Growing up I fell in love with chess and always loved when tal played, and even as an American I would secretly wish to see his magic win the day against Fisher. His unique resourcefulness and relentless attack was and is and will always be beautiful to behold. Thank you agamador for sharing this beautiful gem.
Holy crap, congrats on half a million subscribers Agad! I remember when you only had a couple thousand. You’ve earned it brother. Cheers!
"Losing to Rashid was the best day of my life" #Tal
congrats on half a million. here's to another excellent journey to 1 million subscribers!
3:28 the h pawn will be hanging if Rhf8.
Yeah that's true although taking that pawn seems dangerous in a blitz game because of giving the open h file
@@faznaz7455 agree
UNPREDICTABLE! Real chess player#tal
Miller played very well. I like the expression "Wood pusher" lol Thanks for the content and congrats on the 500,000 milestone. #Tal
"Jack Miller is no wood pusher" - agadmator #tal
English is not my 1rst langage but i've never heard that expression before...maybe something translated from his langage? Either way....very funny.
@@xCorvus7x Hooo ok so it was a chess expression. Thank you for having expanded my less small knowledge of chess!
@@philippejobin90 You're welcome.
The Urban Dictionary is generally commendable for words that are not (yet) in proper dictionaries.
Jack really put up a solid fight that’s for sure
David Huynh It’s a joke about very bad players: We call them “wood pushers” and it means: You just push WOODEN pieces over board of chess without any clue how to play...
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.” -Mikhail Tal #tal
Adel Yassin i Can say the same about myself
“Every game for him was as inimitable and invaluable as a poem" #tal
Congratulations! I've been watching these videos for over two years and it's amazing how much you've promoted chess in that time. You sir, are a true gentleman. Hopefully you get a kiss like #tal for showing us beauty on the board.
No one ever have this much admirations than Tal. I would exchange some times in my life to meet him in his older age, just to see how much the world change on his eyes since his young reckless days, hearing all stories from his life. Thank you for bringing games of him for us agad, thank you so much. #tal
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.”
― Mikhail #tal
Agadmator, thank you for getting me this far through med school keep it up
A living legend who deserves every moment of his success
Tal is the person who got me into chess, all his games are magical, engines will blow up trying to calculate #Tal
Damn bro, to think I've been around for more than 2 years on this channel it's crazy and how quality turned into views. You helped pro chess become more accessible to some people like me, and helped me improved my game also, so happy that your channel grew so much. Greeting from Serbia #tal
"There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine" #tal
"If you wait for luck to turn up, life becomes very boring." #tal
“There are two types of sacrifices: correct ones, and mine.” ... Mikhail Tal. #Tal
First of all let me tell you that your videos are fantastic and very instructive. Thank you for all your hard work. I just now came across this older video and was so happy to see it as it is one of my favorite games of Tal. Jack Miller was a student of IM Cyrus Lakdawala. Cyrus examines this game in his book Winning Ugly in Chess. I quote from this book: "Did I mention that Jack never bothered to study opening theory? He was an anomaly of a student whose rating hovered around the high B-level. Yet he is the only B-player student I ever taught who beat a 2400 player and several masters. The trouble was his results were completely erratic, since he also lost to much weaker players. In every game he went crazy. He was essentially a mini-Tal". I think he and Tal produced an exciting game and am blown away that it was a simul!
Tal is the reason I started gaining interest in chess. I always liked chess but Tal’s games got me in love with the game of chess. His attacking game, his unique style, his personality, everything about him got me to where I am today, playing FIDE tournaments (currently rated 1384) but managed to win against 1700’s and 1800’s in open tournament. If I don’t get to win the giveaway i’ll be always thankful for winning my heart for the game of chess. #Tal
“To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.” and i play by that!! #tal
CONGRATULATIONS AGADMATOR.
“To play for a draw, at any rate with white, is to some degree a crime against chess.”
Mikhail #tal
I will always enjoy a game by Tal. "In the spirit of mikhail tal" #tal. Congrats Agad for being an excellent and entertaining chess channel. I hope to see more tal videos from these milestones.
Congratulations for reaching 500,000 subscribers!
Love your content, keep going!
#tal #Tal
I really like tal, because the legend udit narayan said 'tal se tal mila" lolXD #tal
Haha..good one.!
Tal's brilliancies have been honoured beautifully by Agadmator.
#tal
ye Tal crushed Carlsen and fischer and a few others but got demolished by Botvinnik
I cant give this like twic ahhhh
"Playing for the draw when you have white is a real crime against chess!"
Personally i use this aphorism in all of my game! love Tal.
#tal
The most creative attacking player!!! #tal
Congratulations Agad on reaching this milestone! I started watching chess and play a bit of chess only because I got interested in chess watching videos on Agadmator's Chess Channel! I am soo much thankful to you Agad for making me to take interest in such a lovely sport and expanding my vast knowledge! Love from India! #tal Obviously being a Agadmator's wonderful subscriber, who else can really be all time favourite attacker than Tal (who doesn't even need a Morphy Head!)