18-year-old Nurgyul Salimova Takes Down Nigel Short

[@NicoDavid]

the first agadmatos video I watched was nigel short vs Fischer (online) now short is featured again getting dunked on by an 18-years old. props to nigel for bringing out the best out of his opponents.

[@triflomastera4882]

That wasn't fischer btw, just some cheater. Nigel himself said that...

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

That video is what really inspired me to play chess again!

[@thenormalyears]

that one that was short vs Fischer was actually just short vs someone with a chess engine

[@cz19856]

@@triflomastera4882 really? What about that grandmaster name he said in the chat and Fischer answered "1960" right away?

[@triflomastera4882]

@@slimshady6242 You literally made that up. Otherwise, link said interview.

[@petarangelov2416]

She's been a wonderkid/chess prodigy since very young. Let's see how far she goes. Congrats. It's sad no one is even talking about her successes in Bg....

[@harukano9930]

Well sadly not many people care about chess here.

[@MStoev88]

Indeed it's just not as popular sport as others (yet) but it's growing popularity. As Bulgarian I am proud of her achievements! Hopefully much more to come :)

[@kraakelol]

Chess was not a thing in Norway before Carlsen - now it’s extremely popular and people not interested in Chess usually watch the world championship matches for hours every day. Maybe she can make it big for you guys!

[@kirilstoichkov1353]

@@kraakelol You surely know that Veselin Topalov was a world champion not that long ago and Antoaneta Stefanova was a women world champion around the same time. If those guys couldn't pull it, I doubt this young girl can.

​@@kraakelol So true, generally not many people care about chess. They respect it, but still don't care much about it. However the moment you have 1 successful guy everyone starts paying attention, call it fake attention or not, but that 1 guy opens up the door for other chess players which is a win

[@raiyanislam9628]

“And we are, you know, just…really enjoying life.” - Agadmator, 2022

[@toddwynn3397]

"We have two queens and we don't care anymore."

[@shmvon]

9:22

[@georgiyordanov6191]

Agad, you made my Sunday! Thanks a lot. As Bulgarian, I'm proud of this girl.

[@discosugar]

same

[@dr_d6594]

"We have two queens and we don't care anymore" - Agadmator (2022)

[@klaussteinberghaus8684]

also 9:18 "and now comes queen captures on e4 with check, now we are guarding the queening square and we are, you know, just... really enjoying life."

[@discosugar]

I know. So hilarious.

[@ohfreak]

T-shirt worthy, this.

[@jetaimemina]

Everyone, cluck for the queen!

[@SomanshSPJHPNU]

Just days after Nigel was saved by a buzzing phone, good redemption

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

Well this girl is an IM, she's certainly beaten GMs before, for the 1900 rated boy on the other hand it was a once in a lifetime chance :(

[@SomanshSPJHPNU]

@Fremen i swear wtf they've invaded KZbin too now

[@12jswilson]

@Fremen I've just started reporting all of them. Takes 5 seconds

[@mitho947]

Incredible stuff. Only 18 years old….. Unbelievable talent. She has a bright future.

[@sasomeden4270]

Salimova ended Vergani Cup on top with 7 points in 9 rounds. Playing against 6 GM, 3 wins, 2 draws, 1 loss. Performance rating 2636.

[@daniel96jg]

So if she makes 2500 then she has all three GM norms or not?

[@montetanktankkiller700]

She played engine moves---lets wait. Something went wrong here.

[@estoyboy]

@@montetanktankkiller700 what are we waiting for?

[@Ennar]

@@montetanktankkiller700 like what? Hiding engine in her lipstick?

[@daniel96jg]

@@montetanktankkiller700 yeah an 18 year old who is underrated due to the pandemic definitely cheated and isn't most likely just a strong player in the making. It was OTB dude. She made IM with 16. This is not unexpected.

[@generalfishcake]

Wow, Salimova and other Bulgarian players are continuing Topalov's tradition! Well done!

[@iqm4574]

Lmao

[@generalfishcake]

Lol.

[@GJAkuo]

I dont mean to be toxic but she’s not taking on Wenju anytime soon. 🤣

[@GJAkuo]

@John Cobblepot breh what ? 3rd in Place is King Ding guy. N im talking about women champions. Salimova still a ways before she takes on Wenjun.

[@goshu7009]

@@GJAkuo Topalov's tradition is to play beautiful chess.

[@brentconnock2513]

Well done Miss Salimova, how Mr Shorts' past comments must haunt him. She played to perfection, what a fitting win!

[@daverobertson623]

Haunt him ... how exactly? Please explain.

[@MatroidX]

@@daverobertson623 I believe he's pissed on female chess players in general. His losses against Judit Polgar have been mentioned before in response to his comments.

[@sophhhhh12]

@@MatroidX lol i was at a tournament and he was openly shitting on female chess players and saying that a male 2500 grandmaster is broke but a female 2500 grandmaster is rich from sponsorships 😂 im glad salimova won...

[@animesloversunited9069]

he was Right lmao

[@MrMastera]

Very proud of young Nurgyul! She has a bright future ahead of her!

[@jessejordache1869]

This is strategically kind of brilliant. I'm trying to imagine Nurgyul thinking about the position after all the swaps and being like "yeah, looks good." That's an incredibly unusual evaluation. Turned out to be correct though.

[@yourn4m3h3re]

Wow, what an amazing game by Salimova. I wish I could watch more games from her.

[@cef3717]

"He's English and he opens with the English opening...what else would he go for?" 😂😂😂

[@masterofnone8400]

The london

[@thelegendaryphoenix6860]

the english attack

[@RandomPerson-fg1jf]

The Short variation?

[@tsundoku5733]

Nigel Short is known for this type of jokes. I remember a game in which he played the Dutch because his opponent was Dutch - according to his own comment.

[@ilchevgeorgi3093]

She is from my country Bulgaria! 🇧🇬 Best of luck for this extremely talented girl!

[@anthonybillups5203]

The game was a true cliff hanger. That kept me at the edge of my seat! Thanks

[@jodymccullough5891]

It seems like the usual example of a GM trying too hard to beat someone he felt he "should" beat. I expect Carlsen would have grabbed the bishop pair on the first opportunity, happily accepting the two bishops plus a space advantage, and settled in for a long squeeze. Instead Nigel tried to keep the position unbalanced, probably hoping his less experienced opponent would make a mistake somewhere along the way. But she didn't.

[@GMNigel]

Less than a fortnight before the tournament began, I was in hospital, where I had been on oxygen for 5 days. When I came out, I could not even shower without becoming exhausted. I was, and am happy, to be alive, and to play chess. With due respect, your description bears no relation to how I actually felt during this game.

[@jodymccullough5891]

@@GMNigel I am honored to get a reply from someone who appears to actually be Nigel Short. I admit there was some speculation in there about what you may have been hoping for (feeling), and I hereby retract that speculation.

[@michaelbauers8800]

Wow, playing a tournament shortly after being treated for, perhaps Covid, that's amazing, and hope Nigel is doing well nine months later.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

YEEEAAAAHHH, Salmimovaaaa!!!!! You go, girl!! 🎉🎉🎉🌟🌟🌟 This makes me so happy to see her thinking tactically and strategically and finding the best moves to convert the position.

[@Rossen93bg]

Very happy for Nurgyul and proud of her!! 🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬

[@jesusthroughmary]

Salimova finished joint 1st on 7/9 with three GMs and earned her first GM norm

[@truthbringer1548]

I really enjoy these positions where you trade off a rook for a minor piece with pawn majority, etc. Us mortals are so used to play with exchanging equal amount of piece values (rooks for rooks, queen for queen, etc.). Us lower rated players have to engage into these kinds of imbalances and relatively equal material or dynamic positions. This was a brilliant game, reminds me of AlphaZero's playing style.

[@ramachandra776]

Nigel vs Nurgyul will be remembered for a long time . But Hans is also playing very well . Hope one of his games will be covered by agadmator .

[@MrLikon7]

and it was in this position that we learned Antonio knows Lex Fridman

[@coxscorner]

Nigel was actually one of my favorite players back in the day. I like his style. He once said, "All this talk of pawn structure. Mate ends the game!". He has some pretty good attacking games. Would like to see Antonio look at a couple of those. His King Walk came against Jan Timman is one of my top 10 favorite games of all time. 3 times British Champion. 3 time Commonwealth Champion. He beat a murderers row of candidates to earn a shot at the world title. He was destroyed by Kasparov, but who wasnt at that time? He beat Boris Gelfand, Jonathan Speelman, Anatoly Karpov and Timman. Ranked as high as # 4 in the world at one time. Not as strong as he once was and I'll tell you there has been a slew of these 17 and 18 year olds winning big games and titles now, its crazy.

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

Pawns are the soul of chess. That is what Philidor said, and he was right.

[@allanmountford21]

I thought Nigel was #3 at one point. Didn't he front a Carlsberg TV ad campaign as 'probably the best chess player in the world'?

[@scottybassman]

The king walk game is already on this channel

[@annamalayadevi]

Actually Qg3 also works giving check with rook guarding on d3 and picking up the h3 pawn and then the bishop

[@Paulounet]

Was wondering about that

[@evanandersen4895]

It does not, Qg3+ Kf1 Qxh3+ Ke2 and now the rook is hanging if the bishop is grabbed

[@nicolakoh7552]

@@evanandersen4895 ah thanks!

[@annamalayadevi]

@@evanandersen4895 how exactly is the rook hanging? Rook is on d3?

[@d8wzf8]

@@annamalayadevi maybe because the white king is on e2 (in his line)?

[@isaki4869]

another daily dose of nice chess game. now I can sleep

[@discosugar]

super truth

[@EsotericStarWarsRubbish]

Dah. I was so proud when I found the idea with the idea of promoting directly afterwards and then you said promoting would be the losing move. 🤦

[@Mathemagical55]

I found Rxd2+ easily enough but also saw that Bxd2 Qxe4+ and b1=Q lost. To see the 'creeping move' Qc2 in advance is just amazing.

[@JayJnr]

"He goes for the English opening as, well, what else would he go for" 😂

[@TheRawcotic]

Proud of you Lex, quoted in an agadmator video!

[@remussayed1007]

Whenever Mr.Short loses to a talented lady, it is guaranteed to be a beautiful game. Especially because of his numerous past utterances.

[@benjamin-mh3fw]

His past utterances which have been completely misrepresented.

[@briangerra5236]

@@benjamin-mh3fw And conpletely true

[@NoFutureForG0uda]

@@benjamin-mh3fw i've looked very hard into it and it didnt come off as a misunderstanding. What he said was kinda distorted in the sentencing arrangement but the thought was still that hes mysoginistic af. Also, being so oblivious to basic statistics (extremely talented individuals being a symptom of a larger sample) is kinda concerning.

[@Smoddo]

@@bifferos I think it's mainly his comments about male/female brain being completely different and that's why they are worse at chess Considering this isn't a established fact stating as such, it's hard to really say it isn't rooted in slight Misogyny

[@NoFutureForG0uda]

@@bifferos so yeah, basically, "ya i might be the vice-president of FIDE but honestly i dont even think there's a problem to start with so i'm definitely not gonna try to solve it"

[@ahmadsheikhi8946]

Stunning game. Thanks agadmator:)

[@kahwigulum]

Love that you used a Lex Fridman quote.

[@giovannicorno1247]

Beatiful victory, so young beating a veteran like Short! I think he undervalued his opponent, the line shown, keeping the Bishop pair was better in my opinion. Go ahead in showing women games, they have to be encouraged in playing chess!

[@adamleckius2253]

Yes for sure! It's a difficult challenge, for example I've yet to even see any women comment here or basically on any chess video xD (with female names that is) but hopefully with Antonio's reach some new girls might be interested, if he shows fantastic games like this one!!

[@Ennar]

@@adamleckius2253 I'm sure there are plenty of girls and women commenting, they just don't introduce themselves as such and for a good reason - they'll be spammed and annoyed by an army of edgy teenage boys.

[@TheMrBennito]

I don't think women need encouragement, they have their own , strong inner resources. The more girls find interest in playing chess, the more great players will emerge.

[@haniashkir1670]

What a beautiful game I am crying to watch again.

[@rickharold7884]

Very nice and nice struggle. Amazing u have to make perfect moves otherwise ur dead. Love it

[@josipivesic7258]

Love the Lex Friedman quote, pozz iz BiH

[@amun1040]

Always satisfying to see Nigel Short getting slammed by a WGM

[@discosugar]

it hits different

[@animesloversunited9069]

you mean old Nigel short

[@momchilandonov]

Поздрави от България! (Greetings from Bulgaria!)

[@dhrubaganguly7758]

Now she is killing at the world cup❤

[@greeneffectltd]

She does the good work and puts the name of Bulgaria back on the chess map

[@chamaraliyanage726]

They are great players ...It' s not easy to play like this ..Thanks Agadmator..

[@thepadawanchesschannel8323]

Damn Short must really be feeling the heat after barely winning against a 1900 and losing now

[@MrNbame]

Bulgaria is Proud !!!

[@MrSupernova111]

Nigel is the same guy who claimed women were inferior and couldn't play chess at the same level of men. Time for Nigel to step aside!!

[@Corteum]

She made him eat his words. He got a free meal. Lol

[@thewarlordscalling6537]

Nigel Short is on record for boldly declaring that women are not wired for playing chess

[@dhruvyadav7715]

what is wired 🥴

[@thewarlordscalling6537]

@@dhruvyadav7715 wiring is laying out electrical cables in order to deliver power to a gadget. a house has some wiring for the light bulbs, and for the sockets to which you connect the fridge, the stoves, the tv, etc. Nigel Short believes(or maybe believed) that women dont have the wiring necessary inorder to play chess "competitively''

[@renatoh.santosdasilva3080]

Great game! I'd like to see more woman chess players on the channel! What about some Alexandra Kosteniuk games from the Rapid & Blizt Championship 2021?

[@discosugar]

Super Yay!

[@klaasvanstrien989]

"Woman cannot play chess" - Nigal Shord - (You could also put that one above the board btw)

[@discosugar]

sweet

[@chessone3469]

You also listeing to Lex Fridman ))) Nice!

[@Resputin84]

I do the chess club at my school so please do more videos highlighting women in chess. We are trying to get more girls involved in chess!

[@amadeus.k331]

As soon as he started with the English opening, I knew he was done.

[@slamalamadingdangdongdiggy5268]

Love seeing Nigel Short lose to women after he said women are hardwired to be worse at chess than men. Here you are getting completely outplayed by a female IM, Nigel.

[@alastairp]

I think this has happened before too, last time he used the excuse that he wasn't at the top and talked about averages, which is true

[@R1pp3d]

@@aleks-wy6uf Are they going to university to study chess?

[@Anticommunism99]

What is his fide rating?

[@mothudimothudi2946]

She just reached the women fide world cup... A star on the rise

[@prabirmitra2520]

#suggestion Euwe vs Geller candidates tournament 1953. A beautiful counter attacking game

[@steppreptutoring]

Nigel Short in 2015: "It would be wonderful to see more girls playing chess, and at a higher level, but rather than fretting about inequality, perhaps we should just gracefully accept it as a fact." Nurgyul Salimova in 2022: "Excuse me?"

[@jestice75]

Eh, he's old and washed up. His point still stands. Nigel short is just no longer playing chess at a higher level. An 18 year old Nigel would have murdered her.

[@gxtmfa]

@@jestice75 Pointless speculation. That fact is he lost. An 18 year old Judit Polgar would have given him a run for his money

[@jestice75]

@@gxtmfa Not pointless, his quote holds true, he's just not playing at the highest level anymore. Yes, Polgar is the exception in the history of chess.

[@suhail_69]

@@gxtmfa Nigel's point still holds. I think what he was trying to say is it's a fact that women chess participation is less and that's why you don't see 2700 or 2800 rated women players.. At this point, women players are not as good as men. Again, nothing against women, I think it's got to do with participation and interest etc..

[@fkhan98]

@@jestice75 @gxtmfa Polgar did crush him.

[@discosugar]

so much super coolness in the universe 💯

[@TheMrBennito]

Good for you, Nigel. Talk less and respect more. Salimova , you're ruthless, love the attacking game. Keep it up, I am a (dutch) fan!

[@edwardp7725]

I love that chess is the only "sport" where men and women can play eachother in a level playing field.

[@arturscircenis2820]

Poker, checkers, any intellectual sport for that matter. When you take away physical differences, the playing field becomes much more even.

[@Abidos234]

At time 8:32 when agadmator set up a task for the viewers to find a winning move for Salimova (let's say it was move 41 - for notation purposes) --> 41. ... Qg3+ leads to very straightforward win w/o quite exiting combinations. For example: 42. Kf1 Q:h3+ 43. Kd1 Q:h6 44. Nc4 Qc1+ 45. Kd2 Q:c4! end of story! Or .... 44. Nb1 Qc1+ 45. Kd2 Qc2+ 46. Kd1 Q:c1! Very natural moves......

[@viktorlorev1818]

Браво на нашето момиче. Im so proud im a bulgarian

[@kingsideattackchess]

Fantastic commentator thanks Agadmator

[@andychristoph9836]

So basically the male GM who claimed to the world that men were 'hard wired' to be better at chess then women, just got crushed by a woman, an 18 year old one at that. Poetic. Vivé le femme

[@NoFutureForG0uda]

"and they {female chess players} should gracefully accept that fact" i mean cmon man that dude has got a medieval brain or smth

[@ivanmahefa5452]

vive la femme*

[@rahulasthana4607]

"He doesn't wanna trade off unnecessary material, or rather, unnecessarily trade off material" - agad self corrected but I don't think even stockfish would have caught that.

[@markpatterson766]

He is a master of grammar or grammar is something he has mastered.

[@jacksonpope3955]

It’s very funny how Nigel has talked down about women in chess and repeatedly gets embarrassed by them

[@Itachi3040]

He is far from his prime.i do not think he takes games seriously

[@r7diego]

8:31 I found the movement !! 9:31 ... and then i blunder my joy lasted a minute

[@dyer308]

Lex fridman quote, awesome!!

[@vitanpatel2061]

She is good, glad to see we are now actually seeing more games from female players, and not talking just here on this channel

[@t.jasonkittell2916]

Yeah, well females don't make games worth taking about as often. Go do something about it

[@3e1est89]

cry

[@tunahankaratay1523]

@blue Nah not really, statistically speaking.

[@t.jasonkittell2916]

@blue I couldn't agree more. Make women play in regular tournaments!

[@Losloth]

Lovely game. I'd love to see more games by female players.

[@clashcanada8845]

just watch games between IMs if you have a fetish for diminished quality

[@Losloth]

@@clashcanada8845 Dude. My rating is like 1200 on lichess, and so is lost peoples ratings. These are GM level games, but even if they weren't there would still be plenty of awesome chess in them far beyond what I can do. She is also stronger than both Gotham chess and agadmator, which I'm sure you have no trouble respecting.

[@lukedblair]

You the man Agad

[@sockington1]

do you mean 'you ARE the man' ?

[@ashishjoseph7373]

4:45 Medo knows an awesome game is incoming.

[@BoydXplorer]

Great play. Thanks for sharing.

[@CTJ2619]

Brilliant play by 18 year old

[@discosugar]

/agree

[@ryanlowe0]

Wouldnt queen to g3 work also in the paused position? Checking king, then taking the pawn (checking again), followed by the bishop. Then black is up a pawn and a rook to a knight even after losing the passing pawn (which would be white's obvious next move). I guess the game might take a little longer this way but seems like would be the same outcome.

[@AmateurChessUniversityACU]

Queen to g3 is good (then white K to F1)but after Q captures pawn at H2 giving check to King,the king may move to e2.Bishop cannot be captured though because the black rook at d3 will be hanging.

[@agusspp6551]

A draw in the best of cases.

[@ryanlowe0]

@@AmateurChessUniversityACU Ah yeah good call. I missed that king to e2 was possible..

[@sarathijv6333]

@ 5:43 why not Kf2 followed by Qe2, so that Queens can be exchanged, which is advantageous to White? and many moves can be saved by White

[@gregquinn7817]

Short has just recovered from covid and had it fairly bad (hospitalized, wasn't on a ventilator but was on supplemental oxygen). Covid seems to have negative cognitive effects on many people. He has played weakly in that entire tournament (being saves by a cell phone buzz DQ in a losing position against a player under 2000).

[@chessgamechannel6078]

Really amazing!

[@n20games52]

Great final queen move!

[@nyztan0]

Unusually strong " Hello everyone! " today.

[@agm2531]

Great quote by a great guy!

[@tdb517]

Why did Antonio chose this quote for this game? I don't see how it's related to chess or to this game

[@vivvpprof]

5:03 instead of Bf2, Bf6 is also possible with the intention of Qc3 attack on the knight and g7 (mate). Stockfish gives all these variations ~0.00

[@rkrmtest]

Nigel was the one who had downplayed women playing in chess and now this 🤣🤣

[@shakoberadze6812]

Who Von ?

[@stephensinclair3771]

Poetic justice ⚖

[@asenkochanov1877]

A promising young Bulgarian player crushes Nigel Short and agadmator review it. Life is good.

[@edwardebel1847]

"We have two queens and we don't care anymore..." Only in chess is this true! :-)

[@JohnPaulCauchi]

Is there anything more satisfying than Nigel Short getting handed an L by an 18 year old girl

[@Alan_Duval]

8:39 what's wrong with Q to G3? Whichever square the king goes to, Q takes the pawn with check, followed by taking the bishop, thereby killing the mate-threat as well as double-teaming the knight.

[@CharlesOffdensen]

Short has a bit a history with the Bulgarian team. Cheparinov refused to shake Short's hand at a tournament, because Short insulted him in an interview.

[@3PSQWERTY]

Any day Nigel loses is a good one, to a talented woman, doubly so

[@MatheusLB2009]

Undoubtedly

[@discosugar]

gotcha gotcha

[@montetanktankkiller700]

Engine moves by Salimova.

[@discosugar]

Yes!!

[@henvvg2403]

Lex Fridman!! Love that guy!

[@olafslartibartfast5248]

Nigel Short played this game without using his teeth, passive moves all over allowing his opponent to finish him eventually. A rather dull game in my opinion. PS: but you are doing very well, Antonio, love your channel 🙂

[@talphazero1036]

Nigel has dismantled some of the best chess players ever. Not his opponent's fault he curled up in a ball and allowed her to wreck him.

[@olafslartibartfast5248]

@@talphazero1036 I fully agree, she has done a good job punishing Nigel in this game.

[@Barry4B]

Nigel’s getting on a bit now and is having a few senior moments over the board .

[@MusicPlaylistsChannel]

She got a GM norm today i believe

[@yashmanuraj2]

Never knew Arya stark was so good at chess.

[@Studiestoday8521]

#Suggestion, Agadmator, Can you show the Petrov's Immortal Game. Alexander Petrov(Inventor of Petrov's Defence) Vs Alexander Hoffmann in 1844, It is famous for the Best Castling Move Ever in Chess History

[@raftlack4326]

That one seems intersting! I want to google it but im going to hope that he does this game instead so i can see it for the first time in oke of his videos!

[@rinatmark7969]

#suggestion Erwin Knopfler vs Ian Kirkwood from the 1953 Scottish Championship.

[@escapedlunatic27]

Given the views Short has previously expressed about women playing chess, it's always fun to see one of them beat him.

[@srinjoyghosh7273]

"What else will he go for..." 😁🇬🇧

[@TheDeatheater3]

I have played her when she was 12. She is really good.

[@silencionomus]

He should have gone for the Bulgarian opening.