A Turning Point or... || Löwenthal vs Morphy (1858)

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This is the story of the birth of modern chess - when the possibilities of chess as an art, a science and a sport all converged.
The point of convergence was a young boy from Louisiana named Paul Morphy. At a time when America was seen as a backwoods nation with little cultural history and even less intellectual impetus, at a time when chess was considered the exclusive property of a few European countries, at a time when the game was played successfully by a handful of men wizened by years, Paul Morphy, in the brief span of 19 months and with seemingly little effort, defeated conclusively every player he met.
While today few non chess players even know his name, he was one of the most famous celebrities of his time and within the hallowed halls of the chess playing community he is considered by some as the greatest chess player of all time.
But this diminutive, unassuming boy rose to fame almost out of nowhere and once he secured his place in history, he retired back into that hazy unknown, shunning the public eye, never again to play serious chess. Not only was he one of great practitioners of the game, but also one of it's greatest enigmas. He's been given the sobriquet, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess.
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Johann Jacob Loewenthal vs Paul Morphy
Morphy - Loewenthal (1858), London ENG, rd 5, Jul-26
Russian Game: Classical Attack. Jaenisch Variation (C42)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ne5 d6 4. Nf3 Ne4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 Be6 9. cd5 Bd5 10. Be3 O-O 11. Nc3 f5 12. Nd5 Qd5 13. Bc2 Kh8 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bd4 Bf6 17. Re1 Rad8 18. Bf6 Nf6 19. Ng5 Ng4 20. g3 Qc5 21. Qe2 Nb3 22. ab3 Rde8 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Qh5 h6 25. Rad1 Qc2 26. Ne6 Ng4 27. Rf1 Qb2 28. Nf8 Rf8 29. h3 Nf6 30. Qf5 Qb3 31. d6 cd6 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. Rd2 a6 34. Re1 b5 35. Qc5 Re8 36. Rde2 Re2 37. Re2 Qb3 38. Qf8 Ng8 39. Re7 Qd1 40. Kh2 Qd4 41. Re8 Qc4 42. Ra8 b4 43. Ra7 Qd4 44. Ra6 b3 45. Ra8 Qd5 46. Ra7 Qd4 47. Rb7 Qc3 48. Qf7 Kh7 49. Rb3 Qe5 50. Rb7 h5 51. Rd7 Nh6 52. Qd5 Qf6 53. Qd3 Kh8 54. Rd8 Ng8 55. Qd4 Qf3 56. Kg1 Kh7 57. Qd5 Qd5 58. Rd5 Nf6 59. Re5 Kg6 60. f4 Kf7 61. Kg2 Kg6 62. Kf3 Kf7 63. Ra5 Kg6 64. Ra6 Kf7 65. f5 Nd5 66. g4 hg4 67. hg4 Ne7 68. Kf4 Nd5 69. Ke5 Nf6 70. Ra7
Materials used in research:
Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson
The Genius Of Paul Morphy by Chris Ward
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[@BorbaFerreira]

"The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move unless you are in Zugzwang"

[@BorbaFerreira]

@Nicola D'Amico Or is it?

[@aqikaxar9995]

- sun tzu

[@abhishekshrestha8705]

Epic

[@BorbaFerreira]

@@aqikaxar9995 and in this position Sun Tzu resigned the game

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Nimzowitch wants to know your location

[@subhombaruah3361]

Agadmator: You can pause the video and find the best move... Me: Pauses (After 5 mins Me): Yes, got it, Black should play... Agadmator: For those who want to just enjoy, White plays... Me: Oh! It was White's turn 🤔

[@LeventK]

Same happened me when i was 500 but i'm 1400 now ;)

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@@LeventK I'm 1525 now ( ͝° ͜ʖ͡°)ᕤ I'd- tacticalmonster14058

[@LeventK]

@@thanosa.k.abaldi914 i win %90 of my matches so i'm probably underrated now

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@@thanosa.k.abaldi914 flex

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@@LeventK chess rivalry incoming

[@tuddgrimley8532]

Let me just take this opportunity to say that these videos are so reliably digestible, the perfect length of time for my breaks or for when I have down time in general. It's nice to have this when others are putting up 3 hour streams without all the good stuff

[@OttawaRocks]

Well said.

[@chizzyvictor]

5:17 Only Morphy can defend his opponent's pawn 🔥🔥

[@LeventK]

No i made it several times lol

[@subhammishra8214]

last time I was this early...barnes was attacking like a madman

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:02 16:27 The Good Stuff 0:04 Morphy saga 0:41 16:34 FIDE announcement on Candidates Tournament 2:09 Never been reached again (agadmator rap) 2:36 Deadly threat 2:54 4:43 4:46 5:48 6:23 13:39 14:39 Captures captures 3:02 Sorry about that 6:58 Give you a couple of seconds 7:12 Enjoy the show 13:34 Double attack 14:54 It was in this position 15:42 15:48 16:11 So yeah

[@LioraSunny]

What a pro

[@douglasquaid7550]

You should put SPOILERS as a warning

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@douglasquaid7550 what exactly does he spoil?

[@leadnitrate2194]

For your next video : Agadmator rap at 10:26

[@douglasquaid7550]

@@leadnitrate2194 the irony is strong in me

[@ninadchavan1204]

13:47 who else thought that a miracle would happen

[@leadnitrate2194]

Nah, if you are good enough to get a rook vs knight endgame against Morphy, you're good enough to convert it.

[@saulsavelis575]

@@leadnitrate2194 his mistake was to block with a knight

[@MrTVx99]

@@leadnitrate2194 I don't doubt his skill, I just thought he would blunder a fork somewhere

[@linearstickz3645]

"Welcome back to the good stuff" Lol

[@mistermonologue2442]

New to the channel? If so glad you joined us! This opener was funny when it got going and a setting maker now that it's old:)

[@BigbootyKazuya]

@@ryanflanagan9624 can you stop? it's a chess game, stop bringing religion in it

[@mistermonologue2442]

@@ryanflanagan9624 You and people like you are annoying. You showcase your religion by comming on to an unrelated video and commenting on a random post some bs scripture that you had copy and pasted and ready to go, for what exactly? Do you think "oh I'm doing the lord's work, maybe I'll post this and that random person will need to hear one of these today a hur hur hur" Keep your superstitions to yourself. If you need to feel closer to god go to church. If you want to feel like you're doing something for the poor cases in the world I'll see you in the soup kitchen tomorrow morning. Otherwise shut the hell up and stop trying to jam this crap down people's throats.

[@blinkingintensifies8212]

Have you heard the word of our good lord of development, Paul Morphy?

[@HigherDarkness]

@@blinkingintensifies8212 nice profile pic how'd you get it?

[@maximepesenti7302]

David Bronstein: "The most powerful weapon in Chess is to have the next move" Me: plays as white and still loses Me: impossible

[@ankitkumarbajpai6364]

Lol

[@thecubersahil6827]

14:53 1 move away from awesomeness

[@licoricesaffron]

the morphy saga would be easy to follow if you numbered your entries. 8 years waiting. 50 fool me twice. 51 a turning point. 52

[@rickelmonoggin]

I thought this too and posted a comment about it a while back but Antonio replied saying he didn't think it was a good idea.

[@GeraldM_inNC]

I think Morphy was counting on Lowenthal eventually blundering (based on the previous games) and so he didn't take enough thought to defense. But Lowenthal played flawlessly -- nothing brilliant but always the move avoiding traps. Bravo, I didn't think Lowenthal had it in him (and obviously neither did Morphy).

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

And it was on this day that Lowenthal changed his name to Highenthal.

[@silentoccasion4359]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc 😂

[@hansnase364]

3:01 That was probably the quickest "Sorry about that" ever.

[@thegorn]

And he didn't even tie his shoelaces

[@YidSlayer]

Great game. I really like lowenthal's queen and rook placement in this game.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

You are absolutely correct. Lowenthal could see that both Black's first and second ranks could be pressurized.

[@fosterdawson7339]

13:35 Agadmator out here drawing a Team Plasma battle logo

[@silentoccasion4359]

🤣

[@nirmalkumardas6793]

Good stuff, beautiful stuff, amazing stuff... Agadmator any stuff left???

[@LeventK]

Nasty stuff

[@lehmcn]

I-

[@karnezar1404]

Wonderful stuff

[@JohnnyWalkerYT]

Is chess crack to you😂

[@yevgenydodzin9849]

Dirty engine line stuff

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

At 13:25 Lowenthal could have forced a queen trade with Qd3+, but it works out the same anyway. It isn't always a good idea to trade down when up material, but this is one of the usual cases when it is indeed advantageous to do so.

[@gmpillo604]

“Paul Morphy... expressed the conviction that he had played poorly, rashly; that none of his opponents should have done so well as they did against him.”

[@reaganabroad4952]

Lowenthal played that endgame quite well. So far, some of my favorite games in this series are when Morphy loses. I love Morphy, but he's always described as unstoppable. It's very interesting and instructive when he loses.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

This easily makes the list of Morphy's worst games. Lowenthal's "see saw" pressure of the black king on the 7th and 8th ranks could have been continued a little longer before capturing the running pawn. Morphy's troubles begin with 18...Nxf6. This retreat capture is very un-Morphy where 18...Qxf6, looks obvious and natural. The only thing that makes sense for this choice is that Morphy wanted to keep that once removed attack on the pawn after white's king bishop was captured. All in all, opening theory of the day contributed to Morphy's defeat here. 8... Be6 is not followed up properly. Nb4 has to be played before castling or else white siezes strength along the a2-g8 diagonal. As we saw in the game.

[@adamleckius2253]

Thanks for the additional analysis, was thinking about that!

[@Enigmaprince]

Even the beginning was terrible he didnt develop many pieces right away but kept playing the same pawn again and again :)

[@menemme]

Morphy seldom employed the Petroff. This shows why.

[@davidprice9450]

I always enjoy the good stuff mannn.

[@thatsawrap5235]

What a beautiful game. I especially loved the attacking/defending positional play.

[@saarike]

Excellent game! Thank you.

[@aadhitya.c1354]

Wow absolutely superb video

[@MrMultiJer]

Löwenthal really studied the endgame. So skillfully played!

[@brettpoole7888]

You know Lowenthal was just banging on his chest after that game.

[@Papa.y0gi]

He got his redemption. 😂

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

It has to be a mixed blessing when you can say that you finally beat the kid.

[@KofiKrules]

Thank you, Agadmator!!!

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Great Saga - still so exciting today.

[@rkrmtest]

Super game..and as always equally good analysis by our agadmator!

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I hope this good stuff never ends ❤️

[@MP39]

I really want to hear Agad say "EA SPORTS ITS IN THE GAME" 0:58

[@subhodeeeep]

lol same😂

[@egreaperv4794]

Yoooo true

[@Dante20321]

😂

[@ianwhitchurch864]

Last time I was this early, Ruy Lopez had a day job.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

And you, sir, win the award for best comment on this video.

[@navZ888]

agadmator: if this the first game u r checking of Morphy don't think low of him, go check the saga from beginning. Me: who r those unfortunate ppl. ... meanwhile Morphy to agad: Thanks for defending me

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Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. 7 If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. john 14:6-7 love God with all heart soul and mind and love your neighbor as yourself, believe in The One God has sent Jesus Christ for this is The Work of God in Jesus Name we pray amen That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. For there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him. For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. romans 10:9-13 only God Jesus The Holy Spirit are perfect and when we come to Jesus we can be saved for by His blood our sins are forgiven and when we believe we are saved, i encourage you to read your Bible for it alone is God's Word for us and invite The Holy Spirit into your life for it is God's Word and Spirit that give light and life to all for Jesus is The Living Word and all who believe in Jesus are saved and have passed over from death to life. they re no longer separated from God for eternity but have life and peace with God and Jesus forevermore, instead of being condemned to the lake of fire we have life in the new heaven the new earth and the new jerusalem where there is no more death or mourning or sorrow or crying or pain or sin for Jesus bore them all on the cross taking them away forevermore and when we truly believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior we are saved in Jesus Name we pray amen come into The Kingdom of Light accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior today amen amen For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son john 3:16-18 come to know Jesus today He died on the cross for our sins and rose again, so we can live with Him forever because He loves us, by His blood He has victory over sin, death and hell amen. God Jesus The Holy Spirit love you amen God bless amen :)

[@eggocompo]

@@ryanflanagan9624 why

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

There is this tribe in the rainforest. Very unfortunate ppl. However they do make great chesspieces bcoz they have access to wood that is off limits to the rest of the world.

[@individuotipo]

"this move is a bit more resilient" = "he was already losing, but now he is losing faster"

[@reasonablerob6220]

That was a top tier "Hello Everyone!"

[@sohamnaiya2414]

Oh good game and good commentry

[@spiny4858]

very instructional endgame!

[@danwinters3397]

The candidate tournament was soooo good I can’t wait for conclusion

[@cristoharijan7618]

Who else was hoping Morphy would play the Stafford gambit...

[@thegorn]

I always want the Stafford after the Petrov. Apparently Howard Stanton was the first to play the Stafford, but Stafford owned it.

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

14:55 Shock in my spine

[@frozenmoon998]

Ah, good to be back to the good stuff.

[@justanothermartian7455]

That intro was a rude awakening as i was watching this in bed in the morning

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Well, I'll bet Morphy didn't take this one lying down. :D

[@idodavidov3638]

4:55 you capture the pawn since the rook guarding d8 checkmate

[@Owenroberts0]

Was anyone else hoping for a Stafford's gambit lol

[@cerealguy4497]

Ah yes I was hoping for this opening gambit as well because IM Eric Rosen has been known to dunk on people with that opening and I was hoping to see Paul Charles Morphy dunk on a fool

[@Owenroberts0]

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@@Owenroberts0 only if your a cool guy and play chess and dnd and have epic discord statuses

[@Owenroberts0]

Michael Cleversley I certainly do my friend. I also love Obama

[@menemme]

Notice that usually when morphy loses a game is in above 60 moves. Rarely in 20. He seldom blundered while the others made mistakes or impreciosions way more often, even when they emerged from the opening in better positions. His defense here although impossible was always persistent and very obstinate. Hence 70+ moves.

[@LordFred69]

Lowenthal was relentless that day

[@michalbotor]

fantastic game.

[@machineFa8]

Great saga..

[@babybeast7965]

Just watched PH and now I'm here

[@AdhamCA]

Welcome back to the good stuff Makes my day

[@Paulsinke]

I love that Morphy doesn't respect him enough to resign until he is literally about to get checkmated

[@plywoodcarjohnson5412]

Thx!

[@williamales8752]

thanks for the paul morphy content, I look up to him so much!!

[@yashghardale3599]

Need a 100 more morphy games on this channep

[@sebastianrex6697]

What a great saga...

[@InnovativeInvestmentIdeas]

If a time machine is ever invented, Morphy vs Carlsen should be the first chess showdown on the cards

[@Raghuveer2798]

Lowenthal finally accomplished his life's mission.

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[@betidontget30subsuntilnewy39]

If Rc8 you can still capture the pawn cuz if Rxc7 there's Rd8 mate

[@Scriabinfan593]

Lowenthal probably went home celebrating after that game

[@dakotawallace3449]

You haven't been putting many videos out the last week or so mate.. Missing my chess analysis fix lol

[@primmus1]

4:55 you cant defend the pawn with the rook since if kxc7, rxc7 than rook to d8 is check mate . . . or am i missing anything

[@askthepizzaguy]

Suggestion: where it says "Start the Morphy Saga here", have that link to the entire playlist, not just the first video in the saga. Which, of course, is this link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4eQk4Z3Zbd7fas

[@bishalmallick3486]

Good stuff = best stuff

[@rob4419]

Lowenthal must've been so hurt when kiddo Morphy tossed him

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I’m a simple man, i see agadmator I click

[@mohammadel-ebiary1364]

Can you show the game played between GM Bassem Amin - GM Sahdwani played in the grand swiss tour 2019?

[@ublade82]

Can you do Fischer Spassky game 13 people say it's good but I don't get it without your sage presentation

[@chuckeysalvatore]

Please show us some Alekhin's games ^ ty for everything , greetings from Serbia !!

[@sohamnaiya2414]

I am your big fan of chess agadamator

[@thomasjermy4816]

#suggestion Komono vs scarpio bullet game

[@tyewarren5712]

You are going to cover the Morphy-Anderssen match, right?

[@arkajitganguly9992]

4:54 here you can even play Nxc7

[@ashwinidixit9243]

Wow!! And it was in this position that agadmator won the match😂😂

[@UDsinha]

6:00 Wouldn't it result in a checkmate (or at least a free rook) if the queen would have just taken the rook on E8

[@jonnyhirse5949]

Yes, it would result in checkmate, but for the wrong side

[@lukasg4807]

Black would just ignore it, Qxf2, then Qxh2 checkmate

[@KumarK12345678]

Insane game ooooooo

[@Korovox]

funny moment: 15:19 the pawn is coming :)

[@krsnasolutions1232]

Please do kasparov saga

[@Uttrediay]

Seems to me a pretty fatal mistake to leave that d5 pawn alone for so long.

[@jasper5016]

Its painful to hear that Morphy is resigned.

[@abdellatifdz8748]

I like paul morphy games 🤩

[@user-fr3xl]

Only Morphy can let his opponent up the pawn and the exchange by sacrificing rook for his Knight. Legend🙏

[@gamalong3966]

Lowenthal loses 3 match The video has 3 dislikes Coincidence? I think not!

[@yameenhemani7676]

If you can show petrosian Vs botvinnik world championship matches 1963 and petrosian Vs spassky 1966 and 1969 then it would be great 😁

[@Kings_Quest]

At 5:40, why not just Queen captures, then took captures and rook captures, Black has Back rank issues

[@respectablename]

If white moves the queen away from defending the pawn on f2, black plays Qf2 check and then Qh2 checkmate

[@n20games52]

A point for Löwenthal!

[@Dev-to6mb]

I think that morphy should had played without his f 7 pawn....

[@aabishegaabi6047]

g7*

[@tashikrtv6878]

4:54 if Rc8 then lowenthal goes 1.Nxc7 Rxc7 2.Rd8# So the c7 pawn still hangs even if Rc8 right?

[@robkirchhof133]

gotta give him the Morphy head for that one....

[@asserzahran6916]

Love ya

[@chizzyvictor]

When you say this position has never been reached or we have a completely new game, do you consider the move order or just the position?

[@LeventK]

Move order. For example 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O a6 is very rare with this order but it's actually Ruy Lopez main line after 5.Ba4, which is a mistake.

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@LeventK Ba4 is mistake? Isn't that what most GMs play?

[@LeventK]

@@leadnitrate2194 Check with stockfish.

[@johnaustin704]

@Levent K******** & @Lead Nitrate, I beg to differ. I think the answer to Chizzy Victor's question is the other alternative--it's the position, regardless of the move order because there are a LOT of openings that can transpose into one another and it would be silly to say, for example that the character or evaluation of a position reached by 2 different move orders was really any different.

[@LeventK]

@@johnaustin704 Check with stockfish.

[@corsewonder4761]

Kudos to lowental. A first good night sleep after 8 years.

[@140TrillionSuns]

also Lowenthal knows king is important in end game lol

[@mountainknife]

Seems like morphy was totally outplayed here. Also seems like he’s been getting out played until someone makes a mistake and is able to capitalize on that mistakes instead of totally being dominant.

[@crebegea]

Looks like that, when he continued with knight against rook and a pawn less, definitely waiting for a blunder.

[@apurbakoley2201]

6.01 what if white just capture the rook with the queen???? Guess its a mate in 3 then

[@beaconite4249]

I looked at that too but black doesn’t cooperate by taking the queen. He just plays Qf2+ followed by Qh2#

[@apurbakoley2201]

Oh yeah

[@mdoliner526]

I think rook X knight is the best move after the pause

[@pranshuajmera]

Waiting for the Hikaru Blunder Head 😝

[@n.c.pfister6485]

Hey Lowenthal, not sure if you remember, but you lost a match to Morphy back in 1850.

[@raikonein]

#suggestion can you change to hello everyone to hi all to annoy some people ?