Hint of the Future | Capablanca vs Alekhine | Savorin Cup (1913)

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Not in his videos but I certainly had one before the video started

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You can get one before the video, but not during the video. I'm against that

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I destroyed my grandma, too.

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[@freezatron]

"I destroyed my grandma, too." sounds incesting !! haha :D

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[@Entropy825]

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[@gosborg]

Very well said. I am sure you speak for many of us.

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[@skiperinoagadmaterino446]

Vast knowledge 0:00 First move 2:31 Find next move 5:50 / 15:05

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Excellent subscribers watch all of it.

[@pkundrat]

@@darkmatter6525 Yes - but it is always nice to have TOC-like links for people who are only interested in some of the parts - e.g. coming back just to solve the puzzle.

[@nicolascarcelen5173]

4:21 sure photo of the event. I don't think anybody would agree to pose with the back ground of your loosing position any other day except the day you lost the game.

[@youngpatrick29]

thank you all i care about is the game

[@jamilurrezachowdhury6586]

The picture of alekhine and capablanca are of this match...if you look at the board behind them its the position where alekhine resigned... Mind blowing Isn't it?🔥

[@highlyaggressiveperson672]

photo at the beginning is the position that alekhine resigned

[@michaelwalker1013]

syrox it’s also his player photo

[@michaelwalker1013]

syrox on the left above the picture of capablanca

[@avishekkumarjha4578]

yep exactly the same position

[@cramthelan]

No wonder he looks a bit annoyed in the photo

[@shirishsharma8372]

Capablanca says he didnt know openings but he is always smooth from opening to the end.

[@ojsojs6004]

When capa is still not part of the top players in the world, he relies on general opening principles. Capa told that he only give chess opening a more serious study when is he is already one of the top players in the world.

[@tome57a]

Smooth is exactly the word I'd use to describe Capa's style. Another word would be harmonious. Such natural talent, especially in endings.

[@fallingmasonry]

12:35 "It's a move, but it doesn't work" - every move I make

[@eduardorodriguez3110]

Man I was fascinated with the Bobby Fischer saga but Capablanca takes it to another level! Love his style of play!

[@thomasaskew1985]

Once again, a masterful job of annotating. Agadmator is the best. His analysis is thorough without being heavy-handed, fun without being flip. Keep up the good work.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

What do the previous sound problems and Agadmator’s glass of water have in common?? They were both out of synch/sink!

[@agadmator]

Nice :)

[@freezatron]

I might have to tap you for another joke ....... but before you do I'd like to plug my own :D I say I say I say, what's the best preparation move ? B4 ......

[@freezatron]

Ok terrible I know but hey :D so what's the fastest position on the chess board ? F1 .......... ..... I'll get my coat ..

[@doysgermian9287]

@@freezatron Haha you silly billy :)

[@panda4247]

@@freezatron what is the most dangerous square on chessboard to stand on? C4 Two robot play chess. What are their favourite moves? One plays R-to-D2 the other replies Bb8

[@beanieweenies2383]

Me: *gets one of the three moves right in the pause guess* “I am the greatest chess player of all time.”

[@robertdominguez7629]

Thank you for sharing your time with us. These are my two favorite players!

[@robbyroth18]

What a masterpiece of a game. Thank you for sharing this with us.

[@michaelrocke5721]

Wow!!!! Excellent coverage. Capablanca is really a stratigical genius. This definitely 👌should be hashtaged as an example of exploiting dark square weaknesses Thank you Antonio (aka Agadmator).

[@Gaba-oo4qb]

Hard to see alekhine being so weak as his later years he was such an amazing tactician and attacker....but then again capablanca here was at his best while alekhine is just starting his tournament years

[@sotospan8409]

Capablanca was amazing here but his best was 1918-1926….literally undefeated

[@eliacafasso5249]

Did Capablanca have any open... *IN* *THE* *SPIRIT* *OF* *MIKHAIL* *TAL*

[@denisa.3517]

To Misha

[@eztimeshorserides5268]

Lmao

[@superandresr]

To Misha

[@vinaypatil3889]

Agadmator. The picture you showed around 4.08 minutes in Video is exactly this game. Look at the display board behind the players and that was the last position on the board. I took different screen shots and compared.

[@billbillson3129]

Awesome! Solid video as always, thanks man I'm enjoying the Capablanca saga✌️

[@nerokota]

First time in an agadmator's video that I find more than one puzzles! Although the last mate did give me considerable time. At first, I thought something like Rf4 has the solution, but I couldn't find the mate. But after some time, I saw that all f file squares are forbidden for the black king even without the rook, which meant that the rook could actually move to the g file. After that, the solution became obvious. Nice video, I really enjoyed the game. Capablanca's games are always very pleasant to watch.

[@onrr2012]

Every single time i hear you voice, "in the spirit of Mikhail Tal" echoes in my head

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

👏👏👏👏 I love the way Cabablanca plays I want to watch all his games please

[@chesseveningswithabhi4782]

One of the most amazing channel I have come across.

[@tonyofhousestark1511]

Crushed Alekhine , Capablanca has.

[@aokereturns6054]

And in this position in the couch, I pushed play.

[@Anti-Chess24]

underrated comment hahhahaha

[@richardturietta9455]

As always, great video. I love those old games! Thanks, Tony...

[@superalkadias]

You are one of the main reasons I managed to develop my chess playing style. My thanks, for you have taught me alot Antonio.

[@hkhjg1734]

Alekhine is one of my favorite players. Coolest name, Coolest chess sequence named after him, most suave picture.

[@gmsleepless6530]

Wow what a great game , thank you Agadmator 😍

[@vincentyang8065]

Alekhines portrait is from the picture but it colorized. You can see the chessboard at the top right corner. 4:40

[@aseloss]

cant wait for the game that will make capablanca the world champion. I did not had any relation to capablanca before this saga, i didnt even know anything about him, outside of some highlight-games you showed before on this channel, but now i am really hyped for the continiuation.

[@Brandon-a-writer]

your russian pronunciation fills me with joy. every time i hear al-leh-kyne i die a little inside :P

[@searchalexander5991]

One day, during the Alekhine saga, we will remember this game!

[@alexanderstoyanov7464]

Yes please, the two greatest players (in my opinion) playing against each other

[@jockotaku5889]

Before I carry on with the video I just wanna say That Your anaylsis today is insane . I mean ur Analyses are always insane but today is just something else . I swear

[@numcrun]

Yeah I was gonna say something similar. That callback to the dark square weaknesses in explaining the mate was really good.

[@jockotaku5889]

@@numcrun for real that was insane

[@Mowgly2117]

Hello, the picture is from that game, if you see there’s is a board hanging and it’s showing a position, if you check this game at the end have the same pieces and same position of the hanging board has .

[@LogicA002]

I love how Agadmator lied that the picture he showed us isn't the game that Capablanca and Alekhine played. He didn't want to spoil the result and make this game very intense for the viewers.

[@ABCChessAnalysis]

The Russian school of chess has created many GMs. Alekhine was a great champion!

[@ebwholesaler]

- " We're gonna have pawns for supper, king for dessert... " (Capablanca)

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

"...and that king is a goner." my favorite quote 😂

[@trowftd]

this is the first video i ever was able to find the winning position on when you told us to pause it and look for it

[@dhanarputra555]

By the end of 2019, this channel will have at least 600k subs.

[@amitkrgupta094]

Damn my dude !!I was waiting for this upload moment and its 2:28 am here but I knew you'd upload and voila!!! Your videos are becoming night routine for me!

[@HD-pe8lv]

It's 1:20 AM here. night viewers LOL

[@amitkrgupta094]

@@HD-pe8lv Haha,yeah! :)

[@JC-qz8dn]

Can anyone recommend a good book on chess openings? Unlike Capablanca, I need to study opening theory 😉

[@JC-qz8dn]

@Surr3al no book specifically on chess openings but I’ve watched tons of videos and play a lot on lichess. I’m about a1650 - 1700 player now. Thx for asking. I like the London system and English opening and the French, Sicilian and grunfeld defense.

[@JC-qz8dn]

@Surr3al thx. check out the videos for “Six power moves of chess”. There’s also a book.

[@rchuso]

Your picture at 4:27 is the same picture as the icon you're showing of Alexander. Looks like somebody went to the trouble of adding the colour after the fact.

[@mathsmademanageable2565]

Truly a fantastic ambassador for chess. Awesome video once again

[@crazypomp927]

Not sure if you noticed but the photo you showed of Alekhine and Capablanca playing the game is actually the black and white version of the photo that your headshot of Alekhine is taken from.

[@davidc5191]

I just finished reading the novel Theory of Shadows by Paulo Maurensig about the last days of Alekhine's life in Portugal - I highly recommend to all chess players! Also the final position of the game you show is the same that's on the diagram board in the old photo at 4:00.

[@pj2105]

The diagram board is the same, but the pieces on the chess board on the table that they are playing don't seem to be from that game.

[@freezatron]

I'm really enjoying this series on Capablanca as he is one of the coolest chess players ever ! Next I would like to see a radical series on Antonio Radic ;)

[@maxnullifidian]

Wow, what a Radic-al suggestion! LOL

[@freezatron]

Appears he might not be keen on this idea ... I wonder what we can do to persuade him ? :)

[@droceretik]

@@freezatron He rarely reads comments unless you flag with #suggestion. You are basically talking to your self and perhaps a few people who bothered to read your comment, like me.

[@freezatron]

Perhaps but i was one of the first four to comment and he loved their comments but not mine, perhaps more comments had arrived by the time he got around to reading them, who knows but I reckon it would be an interesting series people would like :)

[@ankitchandr]

Beautiful game!! Now I am convinced why capablanca is considered arguably the best player in the world

[@kennethlovering1454]

The photo is a picture of this game! It's after Alekhine has put his king on h3 & Capa played Ng2, the last move of the game.

[@rileyvonbevern4652]

Capablanca really shows that creativity can be very logical, I love watching him!

[@nevanashad6654]

13:02 We have Nd7 fork right?

[@1955DHD]

Damn, agadmator! You have some serious skills as a teacher! Well done!

[@radrook4481]

Is he a master?

[@mustafaadam781]

agadmator always have good thing to share with us thank you

[@x0tek]

Alekhine's profile photo is a colorized version of the one at 4:08 =O

[@johnnyblaze1411]

I’m pretty sure the color photo of alekhine on the left is the same of the black and white that is shown in the video... trippy!

[@pratyushbhatt1712]

I love the way he pronounces the names

[@khover]

Cup of coffee and an Agadmator video, best way to start my start

[@richardfeynman5560]

A beautiful game with a wonderful checkmate in the end!

[@semperfidelis8493]

How can you play with so much wit and precision? Incredible. I can understand why Capablanca is one of your favorites in chess history. :)

[@puremercury]

I like that young Alekhine dressed like M. Bison.

[@defenestratedalien1448]

😂 Agadmator really captured Alekhine's hopelessness with his narration.

[@jamescrenshaw5097]

Wow, in 1913, Alekhine was Capablanca’s punching bag

[@unknown-unknown69]

Nah Alekhine outmached capa in total wining Alekhine >> capa All ppl love alekhine style more than boring capa style Also alekhine % ratio of wining >> of capa

[@jamescrenshaw5097]

@@unknown-unknown69 Ah ok, none of that disputed what I said....in 1913, they weren't that close, Capa was much superior. As for their entire careers, which you want to talk about, both players were brilliant and did of course have contrasting styles. I prefer the precision of Capa and don't care if most people prefer Alekhine or Capa.

[@Skwertydogs]

#suggestion please show the second game between Capablanca and Alekhine. I have heard Alekhine's name mentioned hundreds of times and there are so few games featuring Alekhine. Your analysis is excellent. When you are finished with the Capablanca series please help develop our vast knowledge of Alekhine.

[@leonidaspavlidis6051]

The photo is from next game or fun game (I think 2 Bishops already captured) and the board back has the last position when Alekhine resigns

[@azazel4134]

Hey agadmator can you please do the 1927 chess championship between josé raúl capablanca vs alexander alekhine

[@Netscorer]

This is 1913 and Capablanca plays inexperienced Alekhin. Just 12 years later Capablanca will again visit Russia and face off against 14 years old Misha Botvinnik. Guess who won that encounter?

[@choowde1521]

This is one of my favorite vids title is star wars youtuber is agadmator and its a game between my two favorites

[@Hummabubba]

I spent an hour trying to find that final mate in three because I figured it was check-check-checkmate and I just could not find anything like that. In every other mate in 3-5 scenario I've come across, it's always been forced checks, so this was a new learning experience for me that it can be check-zugzwang-checkmate. This was the first mate in x that I gave up on. Keep in mind that I only started to go beyond how the pieces move and the few games I've ever played just a couple weeks ago.

[@Lightzy1]

That alekhine quote makes me think he was studying the wisdom of Kabbalah, of which that quote is the main tenet

[@Dylan-yq8hv]

He said if you found the mate in 3 then you defeated Alexander but he didn’t actually make that move so yay

[@scarlett6761]

This video made me realize I've been mispronouncing Alekhine for years! :o

[@Justinsalehtv]

The position from the picture made it easy to find the forced checkmate

[@puremercury]

At 13:17, doesn't Kf6 by Black lose immediately to the fork of Nd7+? agad didn't mention that.

[@mehoimenoy]

Is it just me or does anyone else immense satisfaction from hear Agadmator pronounce the Russian players full names perfectly

[@Intrivo]

Never play f6! *In the spirit of Ben Finegold*

[@Nicks721]

It's Grandmaster Ben Finegold , Ben is the middle name.

[@htjjidr5rk]

c4 is explosive.

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

Lol

[@switchblad333]

Raawr never play c3

[@Intrivo]

Very suspicious

[@gosborg]

I love the way Agadmator pronounces “Capablanca saga”. Reminds me of Rowan Atkinson in Johnny English. 😊

[@chengzhou8711]

Okay, we’ve got Alexander Alekhine, who is quite a handsome young lad here.

[@princeoreo7652]

Idk why but your face cam quality is better than before

[@Zarbus93]

Agads Pronounciation game is too strong, its so smooth :D

[@martinkoch7958]

I really love the picture with alekhine and capablanca😍

[@martinmartin6300]

Alekhine has an epic outfit in this photo :D

[@ekinberkaygun]

I just read about Tim Krabbe's LONG CASTLE and this move was forbidden the year after he found a chess puzzle about that. Can you mention about it sometimes? I d like to hear your opinion :)

[@mattpetrella9000]

In the photo you showed, the board displays the position in which Alekhine resigned the game! So it must be from this very game.

[@tom7]

Very exciting game!

[@Trassik]

Thank you for finding and sharing the character of the world of chess sir.

[@omriefrat4877]

I wonder how there could be a color photo of both players from 1913?

[@HemanthKumar-qu6vu]

7:33 Agadmator: Now, Capablanca takes full control of C file 7:39 Agadmator after one move: The control on C file isn't that great :P

[@captainnautilus9578]

it would be great if you show the second game as well! what a clash of geniuses!

[@maxcosic4987]

Can we appreciate that agadmator just used grandmaster yoda's quote as a title

[@Enigmaprince]

Wow can we all appreciate the fact that Capablanca was on a whole nother level! Thank you Agadmator for wonderful explanation :) although u sounded abit different today :D were u at the doctor or something? :D

[@Alegost1]

@ 14:38 couldn´t black play Ke7 to prevent whites knight from going to f5?

[@andrewirish1]

the king is on the h-file right? so no?

[@Alegost1]

@@andrewirish1 not the king... the knight

[@andrewirish1]

@@Alegost1 Oh. I see. I think usually the notation uses n for knight to differentiate from king. It's confusing. It looks black could play ne7. but if ne7, then rxe7, and if black recaptures with rxe7, then nf5+ which forks the rook and will win the rook. the material advantage after that looks winning to me. I'm no chess expert, but I think that's why.

[@Alegost1]

@@andrewirish1 really they use a "n" for knight? huh.....well ok yeah you are down a knight.... but the move alekhine plays trades his rook for a knight

[@stupidpdj]

Still learning, but getting better, much better. I'm starting to see 'and what would white do in this position?" Let's continue to move forward and thank you!

[@hughtube5154]

Capablanca looks like Dustin Hoffman in that photo.

[@droceretik]

Capablanca owned his look first so it is Dustin Hoffman that looks like Capablanca.

[@droceretik]

@@jackschieferdecker4656 As above. Capablanca first.

[@freezatron]

Depends who you saw first doesn't it, I knew of Hoffman before I knew of Capablanca therefore Capablanca looks like Hoffman (or Pacino) ;)

[@pankajpitroda2070]

Interesting game ....two legends....thnx Agadmator

[@FloydMaxwell]

14:20 "you don't have a good way of preventing knight to F5 checkmate". What about black knight to E7? Then if the white knight moves to F5, it can be taken. The black knight is protected on E7, and even if you take with white rook, black rook retakes and you can't checkmate (and are down that exchange).

[@FloydMaxwell]

You're right. Still slightly better than what happened, no?

[@quickNir]

At 13:14, when discussing ..Kf6 as a potential move, you mention the strategic downsides, but I think you omit to mention that white simply has Nd7, immediately forking king and rook and winning the exchange.

[@gideonbistricer3391]

Is it just me, or is your voice higher than usual here? Not that it matters. I enjoy your videos so much!

[@eyalitmanager]

Keep the fine onnnn!!! Great work! :)