gosh thats such an accurate way of portraying it. an immortal game is truly immortal when one rook crashing into the pawn rank sets up a chain of events which cannot be stopped even if black plays to perfection. even the top engines never saw such a move despite being able to calculate 20 moves deep, thats how we say chess can never be a "solved" game.
@spiritchaser8394 Never? It might be weakly solved in our lifetime with conventional computing, or further with quantum computing when you can try all possibilities in parallel simultaneously. We might even be close already to finding forced sequences from the static start position that either player cannot do better than.
@@ClarkPotter the thing is, even if we are able to calculate all of the position, it would still be hard to judge correctly whether the position is winning or losing.
He did keep a Rook at the end if I remember correctly Agadmator showed how the rook would’ve been used on f3 to Block the Check from the Queen on b7 if the game had continued which it didn’t Black had resigned beforehand
6:20 "The game continues but nothing serious here" Well, the game was originally nothing serious too until Wei Yi sacrificed his first rook. Wei Yi just made everything serious out of nothing he is a modern Tal.
My favorite thing about this game, Houdini 1.5a looking 20 moves deep doesn't see the win after Rxf7. Only after way more thought does it figure out that it's crushing. IIRC some other more powerful engines also missed some of Yi's moves in this.
Same with Kasparovs immortal. Takes the engine several minutes to realize the sacrifice is unstoppable. That's part of what makes them immortal games imo
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc disgusting can mean the same as 'sick', like 'awesome'. "disgusting so impressive or overwhelmingly awesome that its not just 'sick' anymore its disgusting."
Nice to finally see Wei Yi get his roses, the guy is one of the most underrated players ever. Truly beautiful and inspiring, and yes this is an IMMORTAL!
Wow... This is one probably the greatest game that you've ever covered and I've been watching your channel for some 7 years. Such inevitability and so many only moves just to blow our minds with this last queen move. Bravo
Agad, I've been following you for the past 6 years, you are one of my primary inspirations for playing chess. This game, while I have seen 100s of them here, is among my top 5
This truly is an immortal game. Much like Anderssons two games or Morphys Opera house or Fisher vs Byrd or Tal vs Botvninck game 6 or Rashid vs Pulgyevsky. This game ranks up there with those.
I found both pawn to c4, and queen to d3 moves. For the pawn to c4 move, I didn't know why it would work, but I just knew that the king had to be prevented from getting to d5. It's a nice feeling being right. Made my morning.
So much better. I avoided his videos for years because his understanding seemed very surface level compared to other commentators back then. Saw another video within the past year and am pleasantly surprised how much better he's gotten
I woke up full of energy, watched this video with a pleasure, lived through every pause the video moment, and now I can just go back to bed, tired :)) wow, what a mating sequence
You think you know the basics of chess... Then, agad brings you this and shows you that you don't even know your own name after watching this maddening sequence of inexplicable genius. Afterwards, i was left to ponder why i even bothered to wake up today.
This one was covered by the legendary Mato some 11 years ago. Bob Zuk was a local chess hero in my part of the world, who lived and played in Surrey (like me). I found Mato's review and thoroughly enjoyed watching the tomb being built.
Beautiful game! I love that the sacrifice was too complicated to calculate over the board and Yi relied on instinct. Tal was right: take the opponent to a dark forest... That's the way to play chess against booked up opponents hell bent in playing safe lines. Thanks for the game! Cheers!
That last bishop move is incredible. Moving back with the bishop, I find, is often a hard thing to see, especially as an opponent. Being able to see the possibility of their bishop moving back, you have to make an effort to scan for that.
Chess is such a genius game, but what makes it so mesmerizing is, for eg, at 7min mark when black king gets checked, any novice playing would literally just pick a square, and carry on, probably put such little thought behind, i mean what difference can it make right? But to these guys, it makes all the difference, if i move here, i'd lose, here: its a draw, here ok i can win. Truly astonishing and somewhat mind boggling. One square can make the such a difference. Just one example of how great this game is and the players who play it at this level.
Thank you for the nice review of the game! It's quite funny how the human brain can calculate such positions. I managed to find c4 in like 10 seconds - with the clear idea that it cuts off the king, but obviously it was a cool coincidence as I didn't calculate for more than 3 moves deep. When you play rapid chess (but not blitz), this is your main flow of thoughts: follow patterns or tricks, and hope for the best! One thing that was not mentioned - kudos to Lazaro for such a fierce defence, he played it to the end, trying to pose one problem after another.
Swear to god no weird shit when I have trouble sleeping I play agad videos because his voice makes me fall asleep. Him explaining chess is pure fucking tranquility
What a game! Like a collection of puzzles by (could we call him?) the Chinese Kasparov. If Wei Yi goes back to playing professional chess, a 2800 rating seems likely.
Uhhh... okay... ohhh... I would have likely sacrified the rook but the precison moves - that is just brutal quality, thanks for that great game and the great video about it 🙂
Great video! Well highlighted how masterfully Wei is playing! Impressive indeed! I'm not an expert but isn't playing an immortal game something that is realized by two players? Should there not also be a shout out for Lazaro for keeping the tension and requiring Wei to play the sharpest of the sharpest?
After a hectic day, this game is literally what i needed. Absolutely amazing masterpiece immortal by wei yi. Love and support from Mumbai, India agadmator. Do visit Mumbai one day sir
Why is Wei Yi not considered among the top players. Same thing happened in the recent Tata Steel event. Such a great field of players. No one talked about Wei Yi, even during the event he wasnt leading. Nobody talking about him, and suddenly he won the event.
He used to be considered one of the best prospects of chess, at one point he was the youngest ever GM and still now the youngest ever to reach 2600 and 2700. He was studying for a bachelor degree and stayed away from high level chess for 4-5 years.
Hey agad! Big fan! U covered most of the immortal games many many years ago. I think it would be a great delight if u recreate a the immortal series with depth and fun lines for us to enjoy 😊
Amazing! I've seen this before, but that was when it was really fresh, nice to see it again almost a decade later. Ps. I love that quote above the video.
That was amazing. It crazy to say something is the best game I have ever seen, but this one seems less risky that one was better than this, than most candidates for that personal ranking. I was telling a friend today that chess is so great that I feel sorry for people who don't know about it. Another example of why that might make sense.
Ouch. Sticking my tongue in a live light socket is less painful than successfully navigating all these moves. I'd frankly be thrilled finding a perpetual halfway through that thicket.
i think more than calculating checkmates and sacrifices ,calculating where to move the king when sacrifices and checks are given is mote difficult and lazaro was impressive :)
No Wei Out
🤣 Great!!!
Lolz 😂
lololol
😂😂😅😅
Good game coverage
This game made me feel that I know nothing about chess
lol me too. Every move was so complicated that I need to pause the video and start thinking why don't grab the rook etc... I'm such a nb XD
Lol, check out the Chess Titans game -- thats how you gain an advantage: ua-cam.com/video/xj7AlJnGvnY/v-deo.html
You know nothing, Jon Snow.
Exactly
I know nothing about chess, so this game made me feel normal😂😂
Try to find a forced checkmate in 9, while I give you ... a couple of seconds.
Thanks, Agadmator, for the confidence.
🤣
You break into the enemy's castle, tie up all his staff and force the king to dance around naked in front of them before you slay him
gosh thats such an accurate way of portraying it. an immortal game is truly immortal when one rook crashing into the pawn rank sets up a chain of events which cannot be stopped even if black plays to perfection. even the top engines never saw such a move despite being able to calculate 20 moves deep, thats how we say chess can never be a "solved" game.
@spiritchaser8394 Never? It might be weakly solved in our lifetime with conventional computing, or further with quantum computing when you can try all possibilities in parallel simultaneously.
We might even be close already to finding forced sequences from the static start position that either player cannot do better than.
@@ClarkPotter the thing is, even if we are able to calculate all of the position, it would still be hard to judge correctly whether the position is winning or losing.
@@ClarkPotter i doubt that
This game feels absolutely surreal
8:02 The Black King is absolutely in a "TOMB OF BLACK PIECES "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Agad's "Immortal Comment of the Century"...
At 10:34 I would have moved white Bishop to b6 and take the black Queen on the next move.
@@CheckmateSurvivor well, then you would have 1 queen and 1 rook against 2 rooks and 2 bishops. Not winning
Mate in nine???? I often miss mate in one.
Lol. Agad asking a lot from us😅
What do you mean!? He generously gave us a couple of seconds to figure it out 😂🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I miss 9 mates in one before I mate
Wouldn't this be more Timanov' s nightmare rather.than , scheveningen 's ? Just saying
So many checkmate threats with so many sacrifices. Black king looked like seeking space outside the board to be safe.
15:50 down two rooks and still winning, amazing
He did keep a Rook at the end if I remember correctly Agadmator showed how the rook would’ve been used on f3 to Block the Check from the Queen on b7 if the game had continued which it didn’t Black had resigned beforehand
I was up queen and a rook and still got checkmated
6:20 "The game continues but nothing serious here"
Well, the game was originally nothing serious too until Wei Yi sacrificed his first rook. Wei Yi just made everything serious out of nothing he is a modern Tal.
He does have similarities to Tal and Alireza
Absolutely astounding, great content and analysis!
At 10:34 I would have moved white Bishop to b6 and take the black Queen on the next move.
"The rook cannot move because it's pinned by both of the Queens" I'd really enjoy this position...
haha a very adult position
i would too
This position isn't in the kama sutra
My favorite thing about this game, Houdini 1.5a looking 20 moves deep doesn't see the win after Rxf7. Only after way more thought does it figure out that it's crushing. IIRC some other more powerful engines also missed some of Yi's moves in this.
Same with Kasparovs immortal. Takes the engine several minutes to realize the sacrifice is unstoppable. That's part of what makes them immortal games imo
"There was never a Wei out" ~Agad
Awesome. A level of calculation a million miles beyond mine.
I pitty people who dont know the rules of chess becose they will never see this artpiece like they see a Van Googe. But we can see it and its amazing.
This is the most beautiful game ive ever seen
Outstanding analysis.
Thanks, Agad!
Holy moly! That's a disgusting game. Can't say I've seen anything like it. Thanks for covering.
And by "disgusting", I assume you mean from Black's perspective.
@@davidanderson_surrey_bc disgusting can mean the same as 'sick', like 'awesome'.
"disgusting
so impressive or overwhelmingly awesome that its not just 'sick' anymore its disgusting."
Nice to finally see Wei Yi get his roses, the guy is one of the most underrated players ever. Truly beautiful and inspiring, and yes this is an IMMORTAL!
Wow... This is one probably the greatest game that you've ever covered and I've been watching your channel for some 7 years. Such inevitability and so many only moves just to blow our minds with this last queen move. Bravo
Agad, I've been following you for the past 6 years, you are one of my primary inspirations for playing chess. This game, while I have seen 100s of them here, is among my top 5
Great game and analysis. It was interesting to see how Wei Yi considered both offense and defense in that closing sequence.
This truly is an immortal game. Much like Anderssons two games or Morphys Opera house or Fisher vs Byrd or Tal vs Botvninck game 6 or Rashid vs Pulgyevsky. This game ranks up there with those.
Beautiful. Creative. Daring. Brave. Sacrificial!
Wei Yi plays like I would imagine myself playing, if I was a machine.
A (non-NN) machine prefers to know it's winning, and not play off a hunch like Wei did here, tho.
I found both pawn to c4, and queen to d3 moves. For the pawn to c4 move, I didn't know why it would work, but I just knew that the king had to be prevented from getting to d5. It's a nice feeling being right. Made my morning.
remember you covering this like 7 years ago lmao, youve gotten much better at commentating but still a gem to watch❤
So much better. I avoided his videos for years because his understanding seemed very surface level compared to other commentators back then. Saw another video within the past year and am pleasantly surprised how much better he's gotten
I woke up full of energy, watched this video with a pleasure, lived through every pause the video moment, and now I can just go back to bed, tired :)) wow, what a mating sequence
This is an immortal game …
NO! THIS IS AN IMMORTAL GAME
YOU HAVE NO WAY OUT!THERE IS NEVER A WAY OUT
! 💎💎 !
You think you know the basics of chess...
Then, agad brings you this and shows you that you don't even know your own name after watching this maddening sequence of inexplicable genius. Afterwards, i was left to ponder why i even bothered to wake up today.
#suggestion Since we're talking about tombs, Harper vs Zuk (1971), please. It was such an immortal zugzwang.
This one was covered by the legendary Mato some 11 years ago. Bob Zuk was a local chess hero in my part of the world, who lived and played in Surrey (like me). I found Mato's review and thoroughly enjoyed watching the tomb being built.
agadmator, please do Harper vs. Zuk!!!
Super Combinations!! Many Thanks Sir! Great. Chess!🎈
Thank you for honouring my request, highly appreciated.
Now-a-days Wei Yi is playing like an engine.🔥
My head was spinning, that's all I can say Antonio.
Beautiful game! I love that the sacrifice was too complicated to calculate over the board and Yi relied on instinct. Tal was right: take the opponent to a dark forest... That's the way to play chess against booked up opponents hell bent in playing safe lines. Thanks for the game! Cheers!
This guy looks to be naturally talented.
what a masterpice i hope Mr. Yi dedicate his time completely to chess and then we can enjoy more gems like this in the future.
"That is why the bishop is so strong on d2, it always has the possibility of going to e1" - CM Antonio Agadmator
Never has there been a more static trio of spectators than Black's queen and two rooks..
That last bishop move is incredible. Moving back with the bishop, I find, is often a hard thing to see, especially as an opponent. Being able to see the possibility of their bishop moving back, you have to make an effort to scan for that.
I often find myself coming back to this video
The game lasted 36 moves. From move 22(the rook sack) onwards, Wei Yi had 8 !s to go with his two brilliancies. Talking about walking on a thin edge
Chess is such a genius game, but what makes it so mesmerizing is, for eg, at 7min mark when black king gets checked, any novice playing would literally just pick a square, and carry on, probably put such little thought behind, i mean what difference can it make right? But to these guys, it makes all the difference, if i move here, i'd lose, here: its a draw, here ok i can win. Truly astonishing and somewhat mind boggling. One square can make the such a difference. Just one example of how great this game is and the players who play it at this level.
Thank you for the nice review of the game! It's quite funny how the human brain can calculate such positions. I managed to find c4 in like 10 seconds - with the clear idea that it cuts off the king, but obviously it was a cool coincidence as I didn't calculate for more than 3 moves deep. When you play rapid chess (but not blitz), this is your main flow of thoughts: follow patterns or tricks, and hope for the best! One thing that was not mentioned - kudos to Lazaro for such a fierce defence, he played it to the end, trying to pose one problem after another.
Swear to god no weird shit when I have trouble sleeping I play agad videos because his voice makes me fall asleep. Him explaining chess is pure fucking tranquility
This is called an obsession bro, take advantage of it and think profound of chess, see what you discover
What a game! Like a collection of puzzles by (could we call him?) the Chinese Kasparov.
If Wei Yi goes back to playing professional chess, a 2800 rating seems likely.
Rook is pinned by both of the kings ! Sensational stuff !!!
Best chess youtuber, agadamator,👌 and disclose all possible variation and visual platform is also good and his voice of presentation ❤
Thank you for making the remaster version ❤️
Very excellent pronunciation of Scheveningen!
Uhhh... okay... ohhh... I would have likely sacrified the rook but the precison moves - that is just brutal quality, thanks for that great game and the great video about it 🙂
Great video! Well highlighted how masterfully Wei is playing! Impressive indeed!
I'm not an expert but isn't playing an immortal game something that is realized by two players? Should there not also be a shout out for Lazaro for keeping the tension and requiring Wei to play the sharpest of the sharpest?
This deserves to be in What Sorcery is this series of agad
After a hectic day, this game is literally what i needed. Absolutely amazing masterpiece immortal by wei yi. Love and support from Mumbai, India agadmator. Do visit Mumbai one day sir
visit Mumbai? mumbai is a sh!thole
there's no wei to continue i absolutely love this game .
There’s never a way out, only a Wei Yi!
oooo my word, what a combination!! fantastic coverage as always! ❤
Great coverage of an amazing, immortal game.
I don’t always find the pause the video moves but I’m proud to say I found this one
Why is Wei Yi not considered among the top players. Same thing happened in the recent Tata Steel event. Such a great field of players. No one talked about Wei Yi, even during the event he wasnt leading. Nobody talking about him, and suddenly he won the event.
He used to be considered one of the best prospects of chess, at one point he was the youngest ever GM and still now the youngest ever to reach 2600 and 2700. He was studying for a bachelor degree and stayed away from high level chess for 4-5 years.
Probably one of the best games I’ve ever seen
One misstep and black is back, and maybe even winning. Super high level game and Batista was pulling out all the stops.
Wow that sequence after RxF7 is incredible how can someone calculate all of that? Stockfish must be proud of this one!
Imagine the pain of seeing your king wonder the whole board with no help coming
Hey agad! Big fan! U covered most of the immortal games many many years ago. I think it would be a great delight if u recreate a the immortal series with depth and fun lines for us to enjoy 😊
such a lovely game
There is two way of win i glad he chose 2 line absolute beautiful
Thanks Antonio!!
Tal would be proud, very proud.
Wow, incredible. I wish they finished the checkmate over the board.
My head is spinning after this game
what a game, one of the most creative position ever seen
Amazing! I've seen this before, but that was when it was really fresh, nice to see it again almost a decade later.
Ps. I love that quote above the video.
NO WEI OUT!!!!
What a game
Wow!!!! A great game by wei yi. Looked like Tals game with gr8 sacrifices
And he said"there is no Wei Yi your king can survive my attacks."
Love your videos so much my friend and nice new haircut
That was amazing. It crazy to say something is the best game I have ever seen, but this one seems less risky that one was better than this, than most candidates for that personal ranking. I was telling a friend today that chess is so great that I feel sorry for people who don't know about it. Another example of why that might make sense.
Amazing game - the tactics are INSANE!
@07:50 i got myself check on many occasions playing xiangxi. It's my pieces that I got my king got defeated.
Is that Chinese chess ?
@@michaelmassaro4375 yrs. It's more difficult than western chess. Wei yi is using Chinese techniques on Western Chess the way i see it.
@@michaelmassaro4375 yes. It's more difficult than Western Chess.
It’s called xiangqi （象棋，literally elephant chess) in Chinese
If there is something beyond immortal this game resides there.
I like this new c4 gambit! It's much more exciting than doing it right away in the Queen's Gambit.
WOW! what a king hunt! Greatest game ever!
Wei yi is the OG prodigy
People don't know him because he was inactive during corona due to college
this man is truly a monster that could overthrow Magnus of his title ( being the best chess player so far)
Ouch. Sticking my tongue in a live light socket is less painful than successfully navigating all these moves. I'd frankly be thrilled finding a perpetual halfway through that thicket.
Incredible!
When the King fled, it's a good game as there is a high chance of checkmate inside your territory.
Beautiful!!!
Incredible analysis. You're really good at it. Better hop on that and consider making a career out of it. You'd do very well 😊
He’s the Best
beautiful geometry
Just Crazyyyyyy Stuff ..... Loved it!!!!!
i think more than calculating checkmates and sacrifices ,calculating where to move the king when sacrifices and checks are given is mote difficult and lazaro was impressive :)
There was no Wei out.
Unreal What a king hunt
Super complicated, wei iy is amazing here!
Yeah calculating a line that many moves ahead would make my brain explode