Story about Paul Morphy He was playing a match with Adolf Anderson. The game started early in the morning. There were no clocks back then Anderson plays e4 Morphy plays e5 Time creeps by. The shadows move across the wall Anderson sits there deep in thought Morphy being super duper polite sits quietly Finally he can contain himself no longer "Are you going to move? He asks Anderson jerks awake and looks "What is it my move?" Clocks were added to chess soon after.
#suggestion one of my games. I can already hear the commentary:"And it is at move nine that white resigned the game. Why did he resign? Well, there's not much to be done here: the Queen is trapped, the knight is forking the two rooks and the king, the bishop is pinned, you are down four pawns and two pieces."
You probably got in to some kind of time warp. Maybe about 20 years from now you will board a star ship and fly into the black holes at the center of the galaxy and then return to find Capablanca studying. Then maybe you will take a second round trip and return to 2020.
"It's one of the games where Morphy had the black pieces, obviously." No, not necessarily! It's a little known fact that in the 19th century there was no rule requiring that White moved first. Half the time the player with the black pieces would move first. Those games in which Morphy had the black pieces but moved first are now presented as if Morphy had had the white pieces.
@@Mokshitk I'm not sure if you're joking. Technically, you're right. But surely it was assumed that Morphy "had the black pieces" in the time-honoured sense of moving second, and I was simply pointing out that this assumption is not necessarily correct.
for those who played rpg video games: Lowenthal is basically the player who's mid way through the game and leveled up enough to beat the entire game under normal circumstances but has run into the Secret Super Boss far before reaching the end game and grinding to Lvl 99
It's nice to see a Morphy game which goes to the endgame, not just checkmates under 20 moves. Although, with Morphy, you could never go wrong. Ziv bio Antonio.😊
Agadmator really deserves more subscribers for the work his doing I mean literally. I'm getting soo much of knowledge about chess from his videos. Hats off agadmetor 🙌
I love that at 5:00 all of the pieces in both sides' back ranks are on opposite colors of the opposing bishop, except for black's king, which has to be on white to block the white pawn at g7. Small little touch, but it's one of those details that strong players will do without thinking much about it.
Great videos as always. Would you ever do a series on all the openings? why each piece moves, why certain ones don’t, famous games that used that opening and how they turned out. some info and history behind each one. Would be fascinating
Good Game I’ve played similar openings to the one Morphy had in this one with good results as well Morphy just had the edge the whole game tempo seemed in his favor his opponents moves just reactions to what Morphy was doing was no serious counterplay just the better player winning Thanks for the game
You should show a bunch of Morphy games against guys like John William Schulten, George Webb Medley, and especially Charles Maurian next as those games are all very beautiful and feature heavy sacrifices and strong attacks. Of course Morphy played a lot of weaker players but the games themselves are amazing to watch :).
Agreed, but I think the true value in Morphy's games is in showing weak players how to creatively take advantage of weak play. Morphy's opponents aren't defensive monsters; they neglect development, leave the king in the center, ignore weak color complexes, etc., just like weak club players do now. A thorough study of Morphy's games goes far to help struggling players find ways to beat inferior defenses.
This reminds me of my grandfather teaching me how to play chess, he used to play with me with queen's odd, me being the prodigy I was brutally beaten again and again until I learn how to play. Then I came to know my uncle is also quite a player, me being the prodigy was again brutally beaten but against all odds my father was also a casual chess player, you can only imagine the beating I was getting at this point and then the SAGA continues.
So, what was the reason that Morphy had White in two consecutive games? Or was the game whose moves were not saved the second game, and this was Game 3?
The second game (Lowenthal's only white) was decided by a horrible blunder by Lowenthal leading to the loss of his queen. The game was of such poor quality that while Morphy showed the game to several people over the years, he wouldn't publish a game with such a gross blunder. There is a distinct possibly that Morphy even offered Lowenthal a take-back over the move during the game. The two whites by Morphy were games 1 and 3, though I'm convinced that this is game 1, not game 3.
thank you for your work, I think your channel is the best chess-related channel on youtube, I really love your style of narration and also love your dog! what's her/his name?
Wow as you said it is a new game, I realized my month old game. So it has been played in tournament halls since Morphy's game. But I am raited only about 1800 so you won't find it in databases
Once I get my hands on a time machine, I am going to get Morphy through it, and watch what he does against a chess machine that has an ELO ranking reasonably similar to his chess ability. What would he do to take advantage of chess engine weaknesses? I would really want to hear what he thinks of the concept of a chess computer, and his commentary to the AlphaZero beatdown of Stockfish!
For some reason I couldn’t help but think today, some players like Magnus for instance can watch Agadmator’s videos without looking at em, but just listening, and whenever Agad says “feel free to pause the video”, Magnus would say the move, even without looking at the screen. (I mean I know he played blind chess and won against several opponents), but that thing I’m wondering is kinda cool to me, isn’t it😊 The lights are turned off, it’s the midnight, you’re in bed, and you dive into the game laying on your back with your eyes closed just listening to Agad’s voice. Pretty awesome experience if you ask me.
1:00 bruh that nose tho he definitely smells what the Rock is cookin before he was born. He doesn’t see 3 moves in advance he smells them. When Toucan Sam said “follow your nose,” this man had no choice. I knew the penguin from Batman looked like a chess player, but I didn’t know he was one. Man that nose!
You have to like the way Morphy goes for the throat but when necessary quickly converts that to a material advantage or a positional bind and plays the rest of the game from that angle.
Me: okay finally I can sleep..
Agadmator: sorry about that
:DDDDDDDDDDDDD
best comment ever!
ay, i have 3.15am
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i came to the comments section for this
Story about Paul Morphy
He was playing a match with Adolf Anderson. The game started early in the morning. There were no clocks back then
Anderson plays e4 Morphy plays e5
Time creeps by. The shadows move across the wall
Anderson sits there deep in thought
Morphy being super duper polite sits quietly
Finally he can contain himself no longer "Are you going to move? He asks
Anderson jerks awake and looks "What is it my move?"
Clocks were added to chess soon after.
I might get whoosed for this, but I think it was Paulsen instead of Anderssen.
This why he left the game, he got tired of 10+ hours games
@@andrewhall7930 I get inpatient in games that last 10 minutes for each player 🤣
Finally, a hoodie guy quote.
#suggestion one of my games. I can already hear the commentary:"And it is at move nine that white resigned the game. Why did he resign? Well, there's not much to be done here: the Queen is trapped, the knight is forking the two rooks and the king, the bishop is pinned, you are down four pawns and two pieces."
Mood
“Feel free to pause the video here and try to find the most embarrassing blunder white could ever possibly play in this position.”
Link please to your game i want to see it
Honestly, if @agadmator did a few subscriber games that would be seriously awesome!
@@dg-cg5gi yeah that would be great and intersting
2:07 You know when Agad says "this position has never been repeated again" that somebody bout to be slaughtered.
Omg i play exactly like that in bullet(first 5 moves).Actually this position seems very good for me.But i often lose after 10-20 moves.
Abdullah Almosalami I get in this exact position a lot of times in my online games by pure accident haha
@@sieger358 Lmao, then maybe that position is not as good as it seems :D
@@sedygrizly yeap(:Or maybe i can not make good moves after these moves(
0:57
Morphy looks very young for being 100+ years old
He played Vs. death and won, Bergman made a film about it, true story.
Lol
@@Anacronian morphy is related to the seventh seal?
@@lukahj Two things! 1. Norwegian?! Ingmar Bergman was Swedish! 2. I'm sure he just played along with the joke.
@@lukahj Haha all right! :) I hope I didn't sound like too much of a jerk, I worry it's easy to come off that way.
0:57 I‘m sure if Morphy lived in 1958 chess would be even greater today :)
And the pictures would be a lot crisper, although probably still in black and white.
I would go crazy, too, if i woke up one day a 100 years in the future 🤔😜
without a doubt, imagine Morphy had the chance to be trained like a todays GMs...
morphy vs fisher, who would YOU root for?
@@markhains7625 Fischer actually said that Morphy was one of his favorite players because of how tactically precise he was.
The last time I was this early Capablanca was still studying opening theory
You probably got in to some kind of time warp. Maybe about 20 years from now you will board a star ship and fly into the black holes at the center of the galaxy and then return to find Capablanca studying. Then maybe you will take a second round trip and return to 2020.
If you tryna insult him do better lol
Morphy made the engine's top recommendation? Very suspicious. I hope he wasn't using computer assistance.
Aimbotting easy report
Morphy was a computer
You're so stupid! There was no computers back then!
@@ChocolateMilk.. It’s a joke.
@@veschyoleg It's not a joke that there was no computers back then. That's a fact! Not a joke!
13:22 and it was first time in history when someone won 3½ : 0
That's how strong Morphy was
@@uzard3860 Morphy was the Ling Ling of chess. He played 40 hours per day. (see Twosetviolin for context)
Bullwinkle 🤦🏻♂️
Yep morphy was a genious
Idk why morphy's game just gives me a strange feeling of perfection
SAME! I thought it is just me
As of move 6, we have a completely old game.
"The knight is a tricky piece, and there is also the rook" --agadmator, 2020
That is some top level anslysis quote :)
Man paul morphy will always be my favorite player of all time. I wish i could of met him he seems like such a genius and gentleman.
He's my idol in life.
1:44 the daily dose of "sorry about that"
Nasser Owainat I read your comment at the moment he said it 😂
after what feels like 2 years, I haven't yet figured out what he's apologizing for
Ha!😊👍
"It's one of the games where Morphy had the black pieces, obviously."
No, not necessarily! It's a little known fact that in the 19th century there was no rule requiring that White moved first. Half the time the player with the black pieces would move first. Those games in which Morphy had the black pieces but moved first are now presented as if Morphy had had the white pieces.
Seems legit.
Regardless of which pieces moved first, he still had the black pieces. Agad never said he moved first, he just said he had the black pieces.
@@Mokshitk I'm not sure if you're joking. Technically, you're right. But surely it was assumed that Morphy "had the black pieces" in the time-honoured sense of moving second, and I was simply pointing out that this assumption is not necessarily correct.
for those who played rpg video games: Lowenthal is basically the player who's mid way through the game and leveled up enough to beat the entire game under normal circumstances but has run into the Secret Super Boss far before reaching the end game and grinding to Lvl 99
9:22
"This bishop is immortal for the rest of the game..."
Nice
Actually.... it was not
That Rook ended that bishop's career
C6- me: omg a Lowenthal Sicilian with the man himself
Morphy: not happening bro
I would like a “sorry bout that,” shirt.
It’s tradition to adjust the volume.
But only after agad. explains why he is sry
It's nice to see a Morphy game which goes to the endgame, not just checkmates under 20 moves. Although, with Morphy, you could never go wrong.
Ziv bio Antonio.😊
I dont know why, but Morphy's games are most enjoyable to watch
I love these slow kills..
And a newcomer against a master; makes it ever-sweeter!
Morphy won the match 3 1/2 to 0 ... my thoughts, damned he was a genious, scoring 3 1/2 points in 3 games
Agadmator really deserves more subscribers for the work his doing I mean literally. I'm getting soo much of knowledge about chess from his videos. Hats off agadmetor 🙌
I'm dying for agad to start a video with " and after sitting down and seeing Morphy the player resigned as there is nothing else to be done"
I am really enjoying this Morphy saga. Thanks agadmator!
I love that at 5:00 all of the pieces in both sides' back ranks are on opposite colors of the opposing bishop, except for black's king, which has to be on white to block the white pawn at g7. Small little touch, but it's one of those details that strong players will do without thinking much about it.
When I got the notification that you published this amazing video I went to take a cup of coffee and a biscuit :) thank you!
We love you agadmator.
14:33 when my opponent sacrifises his queen :D
Javidan Ahmadli 😂😂😂😂😂
Lmao *heavy breathing*
I really enjoy this Morphy series, it makes much more sense to me instead of memorized 2700+ GM engine lines
Because of your Morphy saga I bought the book "Paul Morphy The Pride and Sorrow of Chess" by David Lawson.
I can't wait to read it.
Wait, so "Philidor came with those ideas of sorry about that". Now it makes sense why you say it almost every video.
I missed that 🤣 but if the father of modern chess said it
Great videos as always. Would you ever do a series on all the openings? why each piece moves, why certain ones don’t, famous games that used that opening and how they turned out. some info and history behind each one. Would be fascinating
#suggestion
Good Game I’ve played similar openings to the one Morphy had in this one with good results as well Morphy just had the edge the whole game tempo seemed in his favor his opponents moves just reactions to what Morphy was doing was no serious counterplay just the better player winning Thanks for the game
But you've cleaned Lowenthal's honor by making people know Morphy's strenght now!
0:59 Morphy looks like Kevin Spacey in that photo.
Adam Grise that’s explains the shoe fetish 👠
Loving this saga a ton!
You should show a bunch of Morphy games against guys like John William Schulten, George Webb Medley, and especially Charles Maurian next as those games are all very beautiful and feature heavy sacrifices and strong attacks. Of course Morphy played a lot of weaker players but the games themselves are amazing to watch :).
Agreed, but I think the true value in Morphy's games is in showing weak players how to creatively take advantage of weak play. Morphy's opponents aren't defensive monsters; they neglect development, leave the king in the center, ignore weak color complexes, etc., just like weak club players do now. A thorough study of Morphy's games goes far to help struggling players find ways to beat inferior defenses.
Agadmator, at 14:45 the word "anticipate" is more accurate than "expect". Great video. I'm highly "anticipating" the next one. ♖♜
I must say, in most in of the games when I could make my adversary to sacrifice the queen I was very satisfied afterwards.
14:33 When you see your girlfriend with someone else
I finally accepted I'm a dullard and set your videos to play at .75 speed and it's so much easier for me to keep up now, haha.
How do you have a quote by Mr. Hoody guy?
Such a great series. Morphy's games are so instructive and fun to watch!
Thank you so much. Great video
This reminds me of my grandfather teaching me how to play chess, he used to play with me with queen's odd, me being the prodigy I was brutally beaten again and again until I learn how to play. Then I came to know my uncle is also quite a player, me being the prodigy was again brutally beaten but against all odds my father was also a casual chess player, you can only imagine the beating I was getting at this point and then the SAGA continues.
I am loving this saga
First thing to see after Uni, greetings from Mexico!
Yay morphy saga!
awesome. I did very much enjoy this!
0:54
Woah... is that a real life Morphy head!? That guy must have been REALLY good at chess.
So, what was the reason that Morphy had White in two consecutive games? Or was the game whose moves were not saved the second game, and this was Game 3?
Or mybe löwenthal said, im the master your just a child, ill take black in all 3 games
schwebor yes maybe. I just posted my comment because early in we were told we would hear more about the reason later, and I don’t think we did
The second game (Lowenthal's only white) was decided by a horrible blunder by Lowenthal leading to the loss of his queen. The game was of such poor quality that while Morphy showed the game to several people over the years, he wouldn't publish a game with such a gross blunder. There is a distinct possibly that Morphy even offered Lowenthal a take-back over the move during the game. The two whites by Morphy were games 1 and 3, though I'm convinced that this is game 1, not game 3.
Finally! :) I check everyday for another Morphy upload
thank you! just waited for it
Need part 4 of this series great job antonio keep it up
thank you for your work, I think your channel is the best chess-related channel on youtube, I really love your style of narration and also love your dog! what's her/his name?
Wow as you said it is a new game, I realized my month old game. So it has been played in tournament halls since Morphy's game. But I am raited only about 1800 so you won't find it in databases
Maybe you are Morphy incarnated
@@pigeonnnn em I played it as black so I'm not sure
My rating is around 800 so my game of it won’t be in any databases either :(
@@janmachacek4866 you are probably Jesus then
@@japiocni0km277 maybe it will be featured in the next Toy Story. You must have some pull with the writers
Once I get my hands on a time machine, I am going to get Morphy through it, and watch what he does against a chess machine that has an ELO ranking reasonably similar to his chess ability. What would he do to take advantage of chess engine weaknesses? I would really want to hear what he thinks of the concept of a chess computer, and his commentary to the AlphaZero beatdown of Stockfish!
Love that photo. Great those exist of the greatest talent in chess
Look at Morphy's haircut in that photo...that is one heck of a mullet.
Bringin us back
I feel like I’m visiting a chess museum when I watch this channel.
Who doesn't love a mystery-saga!!
and he had no one to learn from...just amazing
Hey Agad, in the video you mentioned 1950, wrong title I guess😊😊😊✌️✌️✌️✌️
I love how agadmator one shoted his videos, no cuts, hes just doing it with all the mistakes. Its like playing chess.
@@larswiederify yes ✌️
@@larswiederify True but maybe he needs a day off, or half a day off, or something.
Modphy died in 1884
I love your channel so much. Thank you for your dedication and passion for chess! I enjoy chess more and more by every video you post! 😍
mr hoodie guy with deep wisdom as always
Verry well explaind,all those plays, normale you see it from 1 side black/white,now you see it from top whole difrent view
The good stuff😍
Close one !!! Thats applaudable for a man to get that far with such a Master of the Game,,, 😁🖒
For some reason I couldn’t help but think today, some players like Magnus for instance can watch Agadmator’s videos without looking at em, but just listening, and whenever Agad says “feel free to pause the video”, Magnus would say the move, even without looking at the screen. (I mean I know he played blind chess and won against several opponents), but that thing I’m wondering is kinda cool to me, isn’t it😊
The lights are turned off, it’s the midnight, you’re in bed, and you dive into the game laying on your back with your eyes closed just listening to Agad’s voice. Pretty awesome experience if you ask me.
hi agad can you cover the game of morozevich and caruana ruy lopez tal memorial 2012 round one it is insane game
I heard that Lowenthal’s eyebrows shot up in surprise every time Morphy made a move. He greatly underestimated Morphy’s gameplay.
#suggestion caruana vs narodiskty in the pro league where caruana wins with 3 monstrous pawns vs 2 rooks lmao
agreed
@Dik Tracy you should, it's a ridiculously cool game
@Dik Tracy ua-cam.com/video/h5qdtJmIqYM/v-deo.html around the 3hr 47mins but you can check out the full game pgn on chess.com
Agreed
Great sepia photo of both of them (it was the size of a pixel at first!). Also the chess pieces look really grand.
1:00 bruh that nose tho he definitely smells what the Rock is cookin before he was born. He doesn’t see 3 moves in advance he smells them. When Toucan Sam said “follow your nose,” this man had no choice. I knew the penguin from Batman looked like a chess player, but I didn’t know he was one. Man that nose!
Lowenthal lookin like a smug gentleman in the sitting photo...haha
#suggestion
Vladimir Kramnik vs Boris Gelfand, game 2
No-Castling Chess Tournament (Chennai)
It must've been terrifying for Lowenthal after 9-10 moves into each game when he realized what he was up against.
You can see in the photo that Paul had a VERY early beta edition of the Civil War chess set from the Franklin Mint. Those folks were visionaries.
Yessss. Morphy games!
Someone: Lowenthal played an immortal.
Me: what?
Him: A bishop.
Me: Oh you mean the immortal Bishop which died?
The Pride and Sorrow of chess
hey agadmator, how long will the saga be? Cuz i love paul morphy and his games r awesome
This saga is already so interesting. I know very little about Morphy's career in chess.
0:58 “1958” i didn’t know Paul could travel in the future
I love the morphy saga
Brilliant
You have to like the way Morphy goes for the throat but when necessary quickly converts that to a material advantage or a positional bind and plays the rest of the game from that angle.
Perfect evening program
Love the game
IF you continue to follow the Morphy Saga... OF COURSE!!!! Love it and wouldn't miss it !!
This Morphy gentleman looks clean in the photo.
Great content.
Always enjoy your videos.
Could you please cover the Alireza Firouzja vs. Mila Zarkovic game? Sharjah Masters 2019
Kind regards.
The 'Immortal Bishop' needs its own saga!
I just got an agadamtor ad on UA-cam. It was learn his anti-London system. He was dressed as a super hero. lol
"A player surprised is half beaten"
- Mr. Hoody Guy
Who is Hoody guy? Is he anonymous or something?
yep
The phrase "Sorry about that." was added to the English language lexicon by Maxwell Smart.