"It Takes Very Little Trouble to Beat This Fellow" || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858) Game 1

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  • @silastofte413
    @silastofte413 3 роки тому +695

    3 things are certain in life:
    Death
    Taxes
    And Löwenthal saying Morphy's moves are inaccurate

  • @billbillson3129
    @billbillson3129 3 роки тому +337

    Harrwitz: "It takes very little trouble to beat this fellow."
    Morphy: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

  • @arturslunga3415
    @arturslunga3415 3 роки тому +325

    Agadmator: "That's the definition of a bad bishop."
    Me: "There is another."

  • @テイラーサム
    @テイラーサム 3 роки тому +183

    That 1850s trash talk in the quote tho

  • @babySeal2575
    @babySeal2575 3 роки тому +271

    "It takes very little trouble to beat this fellow"
    - famous words before Morphy obliterated him later on in the next following games..

    • @12jswilson
      @12jswilson 3 роки тому +11

      Is 5.5-0.5 obliterated? I'd say so.

    • @babySeal2575
      @babySeal2575 3 роки тому +2

      @@12jswilson That's kinda obliteration to me👍.

    • @babySeal2575
      @babySeal2575 3 роки тому +16

      @@12jswilson he got 2 wins though.. so not bad👏 for a trashtalker of Morphy at that time lmao

    • @klevialushi571
      @klevialushi571 3 роки тому +1

      ahaaaaahahahhaha yeah

    • @LavenderSunrise
      @LavenderSunrise 3 роки тому +6

      The first two matches were just downloads for the reads in the next 5 games

  • @diegoelmudesi1820
    @diegoelmudesi1820 3 роки тому +102

    This is the 3rd time im watching the first game of their match

    • @seanohara5754
      @seanohara5754 3 роки тому +5

      Just wait until tomorrow's video!

    • @PrinceChauhan010
      @PrinceChauhan010 3 роки тому

      i thought this is wrong title.. wrong video :)

  • @GrabiBoi13
    @GrabiBoi13 3 роки тому +155

    Last time I was this early, Antonio the Wise Old “Bastard” was still making rad rap music

    • @Neonator08
      @Neonator08 3 роки тому

      great reference to the Agadmator storyline!

    • @SamuelPearlman
      @SamuelPearlman 3 роки тому

      yay, you watched his video

  • @retinet2634
    @retinet2634 3 роки тому +385

    Agadmator blunders the game

  • @ericelfner
    @ericelfner 3 роки тому +52

    I can't wait until tomorrow when we get the "Real First Game!"

  • @Uriakatos
    @Uriakatos 3 роки тому +86

    I love how confident Morphy is. Truly the pride and sorrow of chess.

  • @carsonllorente481
    @carsonllorente481 3 роки тому +127

    I know you like Morphy, but you have to find the best move, I’m sorry- Agadmator

    • @richardfredlund3802
      @richardfredlund3802 3 роки тому +2

      first time i've seen Agadmator so strict :)

    • @nickrees4706
      @nickrees4706 3 роки тому +7

      Makes me think Agadmator would make a good Bond villain :-). He’s got the accent, he’s got the devoted pet always in shot, he’s always in control and he’s got the quips

    • @a.m.armstrong8354
      @a.m.armstrong8354 3 роки тому +1

      @@nickrees4706 Bond villains never say "Sorry about that.."

    • @a.m.armstrong8354
      @a.m.armstrong8354 3 роки тому

      Kind of making it clear who the bad guy is..

    • @NightDweller
      @NightDweller 3 роки тому

      Immeasurable Pain

  • @Shockprowl
    @Shockprowl 3 роки тому +8

    The work you do for CHESS is unapproachable, Agadmator. Thank you.

  • @BinaryRex18
    @BinaryRex18 3 роки тому +115

    Morphy actually stayed up till four in the morning walking around Paris every night before each of the first 2 games. Which partly explains why he's doing so badly so far.

    • @philipstrange60
      @philipstrange60 3 роки тому +16

      Who wouldn't do that? :-)

    • @jimmyfuckthechainofcommand4332
      @jimmyfuckthechainofcommand4332 3 роки тому +12

      Harrwitz style probably just was new to Morphy and he was also a good player in his own right. Not every one Morphy can figure out in Game 1. Just feel like he needed more time than usual to understand Harrwitz's play. Harrwitz didn't play nearly as crazy as everyone in that era, so it makes sense. But as the results show, once Morphy got comfortable, it was lights out.

    • @finndegraaf2707
      @finndegraaf2707 3 роки тому +8

      @Pagan I can certainly appreciate Harrwitz, I can't not remove by bias for Morphy though :)

    • @finndegraaf2707
      @finndegraaf2707 3 роки тому +15

      @Pagan He was the greatest of his time by far. He couldn't beat players from today, but that is because we are like 150 years of theory further.

    • @Foxtrottangoabc
      @Foxtrottangoabc 3 роки тому +13

      @Pagan he beat all who challenged him , the rest avoided playing him. He played his first game at 6 yrs old. Was only allowed to play for few hours Sunday evening and read his first chess book when he was about 18 , played part time and self taught . Then quit by like 22yrs old or something as no one wanted to challenge him. So he was definitely good !

  • @camreese
    @camreese 2 роки тому +1

    I love the balls of loewenthal dude just thinks it and says it and hes courageous especially in the tube so to speak

  • @locolarry8982
    @locolarry8982 3 роки тому +14

    This is the first chess hustle ever recorded.

  • @andrewptob
    @andrewptob 3 роки тому +113

    Two Morphy games in one day? We are blessed. 😊

    • @elaadt
      @elaadt 3 роки тому +6

      And both of them being the first game

    • @a.m.armstrong8354
      @a.m.armstrong8354 3 роки тому +1

      @@elaadt Top response..

  • @Jakerscrub
    @Jakerscrub 3 роки тому +20

    Ah, of course. The agadmator variant of the Harrwitz-Morphy opening. My favorite!

  • @TheHawk007
    @TheHawk007 3 роки тому +14

    The pulse remained same: Morphy is actually an engine.👍

  • @140TrillionSuns
    @140TrillionSuns 3 роки тому +1

    harrwits is like my friend no matter how many times he wins we always will call him weak

  • @Goshaughnessy
    @Goshaughnessy 3 роки тому +2

    The Paul Morphy Saga is one of the great contributions to the online world. It’s a work of art history and it’s just got serious. Riveting stuff Agadmator
    Looking forward to Morphy repaying his insults

  • @jackrushinsky8294
    @jackrushinsky8294 3 роки тому +127

    Don’t worry the order of the games does not agadmator

    • @dead_cobra
      @dead_cobra 3 роки тому +3

      Good one 😅😅

    • @blenderstuff7861
      @blenderstuff7861 3 роки тому

      @@dead_cobra no, it's silly one

    • @psaini1999
      @psaini1999 3 роки тому +1

      I would add a like but currently there's 69 likes

    • @rekreator9481
      @rekreator9481 3 роки тому

      @@psaini1999 you can, now its 71

    • @psaini1999
      @psaini1999 3 роки тому +1

      @@rekreator9481 uncultured people

  • @Yusuf_K7
    @Yusuf_K7 3 роки тому +9

    This man won’t win a single game after this. Most polite trash talk ever 🤣😂

  • @akshaynaik8306
    @akshaynaik8306 3 роки тому +9

    Me who actually skipped the second game video: my blunder cancelled out your blunder

  • @cagrulucyildirimoglu771
    @cagrulucyildirimoglu771 3 роки тому +1

    After this quote from harrwitz, I cannot wait for the rest of the match...

  • @akhileshms7814
    @akhileshms7814 3 роки тому +4

    Can we all appreciate Tony for his honesty.

  • @guachingman
    @guachingman 3 роки тому +7

    Harrwitz won and went trolling to twitter "doesn´t even have a pulse lol" he tweeted

  • @brianleabickerton3918
    @brianleabickerton3918 3 роки тому +1

    I listen to your channel for the history as much as the chess. Context gives color to the chess match and players.

  • @aqikaxar9995
    @aqikaxar9995 3 роки тому +7

    Lowenthal is the earliest of backseat chess back in the day

  • @davidanderson_surrey_bc
    @davidanderson_surrey_bc 3 роки тому +1

    This is how Americans win championships -- they spot their opponent the first two games. Don't believe me? Check this brief history...
    1858 - Morphy "loses" the first two games to Harrwitz, and then...
    1941 - The U.S. gives Germany and Japan a two-year head start in their bid for world domination, and then...
    1972 - Bobby Fischer "loses" the first two games to Boris Spassky, and then...
    2011 - The Vancouver Canucks take the first two games against the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final, and then... (note: I live in Vancouver, and that one really hurt!)

  • @BluePiman
    @BluePiman 3 роки тому +1

    Never forget when Löwenthal blew a 9-1 lead against Harrwitz

  • @sebastianrex6697
    @sebastianrex6697 3 роки тому +1

    "Harrwitz will not win another game"
    _MORPHY
    Now that's the morphy I know

  • @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser
    @GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser 3 роки тому +11

    "And I took that personally" glowing red eyed Morphy probably

  • @algeriapower7242
    @algeriapower7242 3 роки тому +13

    i almost dont want this morphy saga to ever end , lets see how Harrwitz does after he opened his big mouth and triggered morphy

  • @ericb252
    @ericb252 3 роки тому +37

    What the hell? This looks like a modern game. HOW??? JUST INCREDIBLE

    • @tavferry3301
      @tavferry3301 3 роки тому +9

      Past humans were smart too lol and without past good chess players, this generation and slightly less new generations (not to mention AI) wouldn't have nearly as much game knowledge. It is more impressive though because they didn't study computer engines. They just read a lot and played a shit ton.

    • @Zawnpuia1640
      @Zawnpuia1640 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah

    • @BinaryRex18
      @BinaryRex18 3 роки тому +12

      Morphy is actually one of the most computer accurate players of all time (I believe there are only like 13 guys ahead of him in the history of chess). And harrsitz was about the #3 of the time.

    • @richardfredlund3802
      @richardfredlund3802 3 роки тому +2

      Eric B I thought that as well, especially Horrwitz play

    • @giriiyer3968
      @giriiyer3968 3 роки тому +7

      That's what I've been telling all along. Every one says Steinitz ushered modern era. But I've watched quite a bit of harwitz apart from Morphy-harwitz eight games. He really plays the modern defensive positional game. The reason probably Morphy lost the first three games. Then Morphy adjusted his style and beat him at his own game. Of course it's only my opinion and I'm no connoisseur of chess. But this is what I feel.

  • @mehdimarashi1736
    @mehdimarashi1736 3 роки тому +2

    Wow, Murphy was bating Harrwitz into bringing money into the match!

  • @gabrielwanjiru1888
    @gabrielwanjiru1888 3 роки тому +15

    It's good harrwitz won,
    It would be a nightmare if morphy crushed him while he was first introducing the harrwitz attack

    • @waz1077
      @waz1077 3 роки тому +2

      Feels bad for marshall

  • @seyedsinanaghibiirvani5161
    @seyedsinanaghibiirvani5161 3 роки тому +11

    Anyone Else Looking for the notification sound and where it came from only to find out that it was Agadmators notification caught on the video? 😂

  • @rameshsutliya
    @rameshsutliya 3 роки тому +1

    I was hoping for the second videos for the day...
    And finally, it's here :)...

  • @abdulmuzaffaraladinbahaman7896
    @abdulmuzaffaraladinbahaman7896 3 роки тому +10

    Am i the only one here who is not even an average player but still going with the flow

    • @masemax99
      @masemax99 3 роки тому +2

      No, you're not :D

  • @robertphillips2769
    @robertphillips2769 3 роки тому +1

    I find that after watching a few of these videos, Morphy, Fischer-Spassky, Carlsen-Whomever, that my online play suddenly becomes a notch or two more insightful, for a while at least.

  • @GlorifiedTruth
    @GlorifiedTruth 3 роки тому +2

    Morphy: OK, now I'm ready to kick it into gear.
    Harrwitz: Stevedore transpiring ribald pancake makeup applied to extraneous solutions from quadratic outpourings of similtudinous grandiloquencervescebtaneousolotive grabbernatz.

  • @ravenlord4
    @ravenlord4 3 роки тому +8

    So far in order we've seen games 2, 0, and 1. Looking forward to seeing game 5 tomorrow :)

  • @mishakmanuel1115
    @mishakmanuel1115 3 роки тому +2

    What a Bold claim by Morphy! Can't wait for the continuation

  • @dipakbhatt16
    @dipakbhatt16 3 роки тому

    Your Morphy sagas are amazing. Keep itup

  • @addoorrnnoo
    @addoorrnnoo 3 роки тому +4

    3:24 "The rooks can now be developed to c1, d1, e1, and so1."

  • @jamesdelb6885
    @jamesdelb6885 3 роки тому +1

    Agadmator is the best chess storyteller. Brings the history of the games and their personalities to life.

  • @anthonyfalzone6945
    @anthonyfalzone6945 3 роки тому +1

    If you know your opponent is in control of their pulse when facing you in whatever realm it happens to be , you should be very cautious... it means they are not worried in the least, and you are not necessarily winning. "If you wish to control others, you must first control yourself"...

  • @michaelmassaro4375
    @michaelmassaro4375 11 днів тому

    Great game Paul Morphy definitely a player to idolize great game from Harrwitz very well played instructive endgame Thanks Agadmator

  • @damikem
    @damikem 3 роки тому +5

    Finally! The first game of the match! After two games!
    But is it really the first one? Wait for next week...

  • @rggndfw
    @rggndfw 3 роки тому +2

    Hard to believe that Morphy let himself get checked by that pawn.

    • @TheDeatheater3
      @TheDeatheater3 3 роки тому

      This was a drawable end-game even for the normal players. But it is much easier to say that when you are watching. When you are playing there are many factors (fatigue etc.)

  • @sathishkumar5742
    @sathishkumar5742 3 роки тому +1

    This is what I was waiting for..

  • @andymizen9834
    @andymizen9834 3 роки тому +1

    This was amazing, its the 1800s, and both players get an accuracy of over 91%. DH with 94%, and PM with 91%! Morphy's problems started when he went 19. Rad8 instead of Kg7

  • @saikatkarmakar6633
    @saikatkarmakar6633 3 роки тому +1

    Agadmator roasting lowenthal😂🔥

  • @sharanadvaith7998
    @sharanadvaith7998 3 роки тому +2

    Theres no bad rooklift
    Each one is indeed a very good rooklift

  • @444sabu
    @444sabu 3 роки тому +1

    New phrase 😀"you have to Respect the bishop pair" 👍👍

  • @RT-hh3vl
    @RT-hh3vl 3 роки тому +1

    great stuff, amazing chess + classic story / rivalry

  • @mavenofmacau6391
    @mavenofmacau6391 3 роки тому +10

    Was Morphy losing intentionally just so Harrwitz would put up large stakes?

  • @Posthumus2323
    @Posthumus2323 3 роки тому

    Quote on top of the board...
    *Famous last words*

  • @carlomartinez3840
    @carlomartinez3840 3 роки тому

    I love to see more morphy games! I finished all his saga already im glad you uploaded more 🔥🔥

  • @mohammadaminsarabi6207
    @mohammadaminsarabi6207 3 роки тому +4

    Now we are ready to see morphy in alpha zero mode!

  • @jaslol6754
    @jaslol6754 3 роки тому +4

    “So this was basically the first game of the match, next is the second game” 🤔

  • @GeraldM_inNC
    @GeraldM_inNC 3 роки тому +1

    Harrwitz played a workmanlike game -- no brilliant moves, but always the appropriate move without errors. Morphy didn't play an error-prone game, but he permitted himself to fall into a bad defensive position that a competent player could pick apart. He wasn't accustomed to playing anyone strong enough for his own mistakes to be exploited. No, I don't think he threw the game, he just assumed he could get by with a slovenly defensive structure and his opponent wouldn't be strong enough to exploit it.

  • @elaadt
    @elaadt 3 роки тому +1

    This is the first game between Morphy and Harrwitz. There was a game before the match, so actually THIS is their first game. But I blundered the order, so now we will see the first game.
    The order doesn't really matter.

  • @furryferret8514
    @furryferret8514 3 роки тому +3

    Hehehehe, I knew Morphy was just playing with his food

  • @limbusanam4466
    @limbusanam4466 3 роки тому +1

    "But, a bad bishop is a bad bishop."
    -Agadmator, 2021

  • @floretion
    @floretion 3 роки тому

    "Harrwitz raises Morphy's hand and proclaims his pulse beats no faster than if he had won." There you have it- the world's first backhanded compliment.

  • @monochrome3828
    @monochrome3828 3 роки тому

    @agadmator there is a very interesting match between Harrwitz and Staunton btw. I think Harrwitz lost something like 9.5 to 11.5 BUT in 7 games Staunton got to premove Harrwitz's pawn and first figure, in the second 7 games he got to premove a pawn and two figures and only in the last 7 games Harrwitz was free to play what he wanted. He won all 7 of those and Lord, he absolutely degraded Staunton in those games, maybe we can get to see at least one of those?
    Also for anyone still doubting Harrwitz, regarding historical elo, he was the world's rank 1 player for 3 years. He also got paid by the owner of the Cafe de la regencia to play there full time.
    And I don't know if it was said in the comments to the first video, the historical Cafe de la regencia does not exist anymore, the building does, but there is no trace left of the Cafe. Instead there is a morrocan tourism bureau now.

  • @naturalmystic67
    @naturalmystic67 3 роки тому

    Blunders, blunders... makes me feel right at home.

  • @SK-hv1bf
    @SK-hv1bf 3 роки тому +2

    I m loving This uploads ♥️ agadmator✌🏻

  • @lukecash3500
    @lukecash3500 3 роки тому +1

    Players generally weren't very sporting back then were they? "Yeah sure you can travel across the Atlantic I just won't play you until it's been approximately forever." "Yeah I'll play you but you literally have to play the moves I want you to play." I mean what does this game prove? It's a joke anyone would be ridiculed nowadays for such poor sportsmanship.

  • @Imfromjamaicaman
    @Imfromjamaicaman 3 роки тому +4

    Morphy the original hustler

  • @TheBrawlBox
    @TheBrawlBox 3 роки тому +5

    Morphy is up to something- he's far too pedestrian in this game!

  • @MrAmazn
    @MrAmazn 3 роки тому

    The 3rd First game of their match. Can't wait till tomorrow to watch the 4th Game of the first Match

  • @ahmd9239
    @ahmd9239 3 роки тому +1

    It’s funny how agad always has an excuse ready for Morphy when he looses

  • @01mattdavenport
    @01mattdavenport 3 місяці тому

    Awesome stuff

  • @nadszzify
    @nadszzify 3 роки тому +1

    For the first time, I guessed the correct move. I didn't even have to pause the video!! Yay! 😁

  • @mohamadhijazi9797
    @mohamadhijazi9797 3 роки тому +2

    And it was in this position agadmator uploaded another video

  • @KofiKrules
    @KofiKrules 3 роки тому +1

    How did I guess another Morphy saga today? Thank you for expanding my vast knowledge!

  • @morelhunter3966
    @morelhunter3966 Рік тому

    "Harrwitz will not win another game..." WHAT A GANGSTER!

  • @hamdamjonganijonov8825
    @hamdamjonganijonov8825 3 роки тому +5

    Your Telegram channel got deactivated for some reason. I would love to have it back with a little discussion group that we can call "bar and the library"

  • @panda4247
    @panda4247 3 роки тому +1

    This Harrwitz guy is pretty good. Can we see some of his games againt Löwenthal?

  • @solomonidokoko2135
    @solomonidokoko2135 3 роки тому

    Only Agadmator can make chess this interesting... We love and celebrate you man...#smiles

  • @a.m.armstrong8354
    @a.m.armstrong8354 3 роки тому

    "Take 7 M-Cs,
    Stand them 'em in a line,
    Add 7 more,
    Who think they can rhyme,
    Take another 7,
    Before I go for mine,
    That's 21 M-Cs,
    At the same time.."
    From Eric'-B&Rakim,'My Melody'
    Morphy does old school Chess Gangsta GM..

  • @tomhammond3495
    @tomhammond3495 3 роки тому

    2:38 and it was in this position that the A file decided to move to another dimension.

  • @anujyouthoob
    @anujyouthoob 3 роки тому

    Harrwitz : 15:05
    Morphy : So you have chosen death.

  • @LeventK
    @LeventK 3 роки тому +3

    I should have studied but I have all the time in the world for Antonio.

    • @klevialushi571
      @klevialushi571 3 роки тому

      Same here tbh I prefer watching agad's videos rather than studying lol

  • @TheHeavyassaulter
    @TheHeavyassaulter 3 роки тому +2

    never remove the couple of seconds sequence :P

  • @davea1771
    @davea1771 3 роки тому

    And it was in this position that a match has never since occurred with an unkown number of first games.

  • @chizzelfingers
    @chizzelfingers 3 роки тому +1

    stonemason from ohio and i love ur channel . congrats on 1million sir

  • @Tsalikiss
    @Tsalikiss 3 роки тому +2

    #suggestion Hello Antonio! Could you cover the Morphy vs Schulten game (1857 New York)? Would appreciate it!

  • @souradeepbanerjee3937
    @souradeepbanerjee3937 3 роки тому +5

    One dislike from Harrwitz's family...🤣🤣🤣

  • @chancerobinson5112
    @chancerobinson5112 3 роки тому

    Thank you!

  • @lonelyhumanbeing99
    @lonelyhumanbeing99 3 роки тому +2

    Its sad to see morphy losing 💔

  • @MiscTo3
    @MiscTo3 3 роки тому +3

    so morphys down 2 games to none? morphy gonna give himself the morphy head for game 3 i bet! cant wait to see how this match plays out

    • @solomonidokoko2135
      @solomonidokoko2135 3 роки тому

      Yea, he is sure gonna receive the Morphy's head in the next games

  • @williamgoss4691
    @williamgoss4691 3 роки тому

    Excellent game. Morphy is warming up ?

  • @georgekanavos703
    @georgekanavos703 3 роки тому

    Agad is doing some Star Wars sh*t with the order of the games

  • @balbinat
    @balbinat 3 роки тому +1

    3:25: C-1, D-1, E-1 & SO-1 😅👏🏻

  • @FionnKirwan
    @FionnKirwan 3 роки тому

    I think Morphy (so hard not to say Murphy as an Irish man) is the best player to encourage players to play. I'll always consider him as one of the greatest of all time. If you grew up in his time, with the same information and standards. How good would you be and if he grew up playing in this time, would magnus have his hands full.

  • @Enry-9624
    @Enry-9624 3 роки тому +1

    11:17, Isn't e6 a blunder? RE5+ and then the rook pick up the pawn

  • @VoltageCowboy
    @VoltageCowboy 3 роки тому +1

    I came here to see Paul Morphy take Daniel to the Matrix. The psychological warfare begins.