Wei Yi's Immortal Game! || One Of The Greatest Games of 21st Century

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Wei Yi vs Lazaro Bruzon Batista
"Prepare Yi the Wei" (game of the day Feb-13-2016)
Hainan Danzhou GM (2015), Danzhou CHN, rd 2, Jul-03
Sicilian Defense: French Variation (B40)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be2 Nc6 5. d4 cd4 6. Nd4 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nd4 12. Bd4 b5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Rae1 Rd7 16. Bd3 Qd8 17. Qh3 g6 18. f5 e5 19. Be3 Re8 20. fg6 hg6 21. Nd5 Nd5 22. Rf7 Kf7 23. Qh7 Ke6 24. ed5 Kd5 25. Be4 Ke4 26. Qf7 Bf6 27. Bd2 Kd4 28. Be3 Ke4 29. Qb3 Kf5 30. Rf1 Kg4 31. Qd3 Bg2 32. Kg2 Qa8 33. Kg1 Bg5 34. Qe2 Kh4 35. Bf2 Kh3 36. Be1
Timestamps:
0:00 Hello Everyone
01:31 Game Starts!
05:20 Completely New Game
10:20 Pause The Video
19:00 It Was in This Position!
20:10 Contributions
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[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

No Wei Out

[@memyselfandi3727]

🤣 Great!!!

[@reamartin6458]

Lolz 😂

[@Appacolypse]

lololol

[@yaseenhassan6050]

This game made me feel that I know nothing about chess

[@luizfelipevenosa8876]

lol me too. Every move was so complicated that I need to pause the video and start thinking why don't grab the rook etc... I'm such a nb XD

[@ChessTitansApp]

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[@lesterchua2677]

You know nothing, Jon Snow.

[@MusaGiandra]

Exactly

[@karimmoorad4128]

I know nothing about chess, so this game made me feel normal😂😂

[@robertjones1730]

You break into the enemy's castle, tie up all his staff and force the king to dance around naked in front of them before you slay him

[@spiritchaser8394]

gosh thats such an accurate way of portraying it. an immortal game is truly immortal when one rook crashing into the pawn rank sets up a chain of events which cannot be stopped even if black plays to perfection. even the top engines never saw such a move despite being able to calculate 20 moves deep, thats how we say chess can never be a "solved" game.

[@ClarkPotter]

​@spiritchaser8394 Never? It might be weakly solved in our lifetime with conventional computing, or further with quantum computing when you can try all possibilities in parallel simultaneously. We might even be close already to finding forced sequences from the static start position that either player cannot do better than.

[@thriquinox]

​@@ClarkPotter the thing is, even if we are able to calculate all of the position, it would still be hard to judge correctly whether the position is winning or losing.

[@amba8664]

Mate in nine???? I often miss mate in one.

[@simonboyane1140]

Lol. Agad asking a lot from us😅

[@Khigha87]

What do you mean!? He generously gave us a couple of seconds to figure it out 😂🤣

[@MohamedHassan-zq8rr]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@piotrpicheta2934]

I miss 9 mates in one before I mate

[@BlackSpock135]

Wouldn't this be more Timanov' s nightmare rather.than , scheveningen 's ? Just saying

[@Heisl.]

This game feels absolutely surreal

[@dannyosolo2752]

8:02 The Black King is absolutely in a "TOMB OF BLACK PIECES "😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@DanBurgaud]

Agad's "Immortal Comment of the Century"...

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

At 10:34 I would have moved white Bishop to b6 and take the black Queen on the next move.

[@tmsHG]

Absolutely astounding, great content and analysis!

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

At 10:34 I would have moved white Bishop to b6 and take the black Queen on the next move.

[@mukmin01]

6:20 "The game continues but nothing serious here" Well, the game was originally nothing serious too until Wei Yi sacrificed his first rook. Wei Yi just made everything serious out of nothing he is a modern Tal.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He does have similarities to Tal and Alireza

[@cygnustsp]

15:50 down two rooks and still winning, amazing

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He did keep a Rook at the end if I remember correctly Agadmator showed how the rook would’ve been used on f3 to Block the Check from the Queen on b7 if the game had continued which it didn’t Black had resigned beforehand

[@abdulrahmanalenezi8879]

I was up queen and a rook and still got checkmated

[@EGarrett01]

My favorite thing about this game, Houdini 1.5a looking 20 moves deep doesn't see the win after Rxf7. Only after way more thought does it figure out that it's crushing. IIRC some other more powerful engines also missed some of Yi's moves in this.

[@Figgy20000]

Same with Kasparovs immortal. Takes the engine several minutes to realize the sacrifice is unstoppable. That's part of what makes them immortal games imo

[@omkargokhale1509]

So many checkmate threats with so many sacrifices. Black king looked like seeking space outside the board to be safe.

[@dewaard3301]

Try to find a forced checkmate in 9, while I give you ... a couple of seconds. Thanks, Agadmator, for the confidence.

[@jeffjones6951]

Outstanding analysis. Thanks, Agad!

[@cmandamn7382]

"The rook cannot move because it's pinned by both of the Queens" I'd really enjoy this position...

[@smdanny1]

haha a very adult position

[@bjsk]

i would too

[@tb4076]

This position isn't in the kama sutra

[@physics223]

#suggestion Since we're talking about tombs, Harper vs Zuk (1971), please. It was such an immortal zugzwang.

[@davidanderson2357]

This one was covered by the legendary Mato some 11 years ago. Bob Zuk was a local chess hero in my part of the world, who lived and played in Surrey (like me). I found Mato's review and thoroughly enjoyed watching the tomb being built.

[@oneofthemones5242]

agadmator, please do Harper vs. Zuk!!!

[@minenhlemngadi1791]

Thank you for honouring my request, highly appreciated.

[@stateofdecay2210]

Thank you for making the remaster version ❤️

[@AntifaPunksNotDead]

Wei Yi plays like I would imagine myself playing, if I was a machine.

[@ClarkPotter]

A (non-NN) machine prefers to know it's winning, and not play off a hunch like Wei did here, tho.

[@drzlecuti]

Great game and analysis. It was interesting to see how Wei Yi considered both offense and defense in that closing sequence.

[@rhyka101]

Beautiful. Creative. Daring. Brave. Sacrificial!

[@raultorres3427]

This is the most beautiful game ive ever seen

[@hkvamshi8754]

Now-a-days Wei Yi is playing like an engine.🔥

[@jamesknapp64]

This truly is an immortal game. Much like Anderssons two games or Morphys Opera house or Fisher vs Byrd or Tal vs Botvninck game 6 or Rashid vs Pulgyevsky. This game ranks up there with those.

[@beauf4]

This is an immortal game … NO! THIS IS AN IMMORTAL GAME YOU HAVE NO WAY OUT!THERE IS NEVER A WAY OUT ! 💎💎 !

[@bussyhaver]

oooo my word, what a combination!! fantastic coverage as always! ❤

[@ivanlugonja6561]

I woke up full of energy, watched this video with a pleasure, lived through every pause the video moment, and now I can just go back to bed, tired :)) wow, what a mating sequence

[@anthonyricci5380]

"There was never a Wei out" ~Agad

[@emranahmed5711]

This guy looks to be naturally talented.

[@yassersidiki8483]

Nice to finally see Wei Yi get his roses, the guy is one of the most underrated players ever. Truly beautiful and inspiring, and yes this is an IMMORTAL!

[@fransjansijtsma]

Great video! Well highlighted how masterfully Wei is playing! Impressive indeed! I'm not an expert but isn't playing an immortal game something that is realized by two players? Should there not also be a shout out for Lazaro for keeping the tension and requiring Wei to play the sharpest of the sharpest?

[@DarkKnightIndia]

My head was spinning, that's all I can say Antonio.

[@chriswright3179]

Awesome. A level of calculation a million miles beyond mine.

[@robertkarlsson1960]

I pitty people who dont know the rules of chess becose they will never see this artpiece like they see a Van Googe. But we can see it and its amazing.

[@jackwish420]

remember you covering this like 7 years ago lmao, youve gotten much better at commentating but still a gem to watch❤

[@TheGuyCalledX]

So much better. I avoided his videos for years because his understanding seemed very surface level compared to other commentators back then. Saw another video within the past year and am pleasantly surprised how much better he's gotten

[@kendo1988]

Holy moly! That's a disgusting game. Can't say I've seen anything like it. Thanks for covering.

[@davidanderson2357]

And by "disgusting", I assume you mean from Black's perspective.

[@nazarenoalmiron526]

@@davidanderson2357 disgusting can mean the same as 'sick', like 'awesome'. "disgusting so impressive or overwhelmingly awesome that its not just 'sick' anymore its disgusting."

[@helmutalexanderrubiowilson6835]

what a masterpice i hope Mr. Yi dedicate his time completely to chess and then we can enjoy more gems like this in the future.

[@ocheokoh3942]

I found both pawn to c4, and queen to d3 moves. For the pawn to c4 move, I didn't know why it would work, but I just knew that the king had to be prevented from getting to d5. It's a nice feeling being right. Made my morning.

[@indianfan1029]

Why is Wei Yi not considered among the top players. Same thing happened in the recent Tata Steel event. Such a great field of players. No one talked about Wei Yi, even during the event he wasnt leading. Nobody talking about him, and suddenly he won the event.

[@aaronaaron5861]

He used to be considered one of the best prospects of chess, at one point he was the youngest ever GM and still now the youngest ever to reach 2600 and 2700. He was studying for a bachelor degree and stayed away from high level chess for 4-5 years.

[@FloydMaxwell]

Great coverage of an amazing, immortal game.

[@TheBarcaFUN]

Agad, I've been following you for the past 6 years, you are one of my primary inspirations for playing chess. This game, while I have seen 100s of them here, is among my top 5

[@24mahrama]

Swear to god no weird shit when I have trouble sleeping I play agad videos because his voice makes me fall asleep. Him explaining chess is pure fucking tranquility

[@CesarMartinez-nu3if]

This is called an obsession bro, take advantage of it and think profound of chess, see what you discover

[@user-hq9yl1gc2q]

Super Combinations!! Many Thanks Sir! Great. Chess!🎈

[@NicoViergever]

What a game! Like a collection of puzzles by (could we call him?) the Chinese Kasparov. If Wei Yi goes back to playing professional chess, a 2800 rating seems likely.

[@ghost79ish]

Amazing! I've seen this before, but that was when it was really fresh, nice to see it again almost a decade later. Ps. I love that quote above the video.

[@OmarVedlity]

Love your videos so much my friend and nice new haircut

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

I don’t always find the pause the video moves but I’m proud to say I found this one

[@abirahmad6872]

Hey agad! Big fan! U covered most of the immortal games many many years ago. I think it would be a great delight if u recreate a the immortal series with depth and fun lines for us to enjoy 😊

[@MrSupernova111]

Beautiful game! I love that the sacrifice was too complicated to calculate over the board and Yi relied on instinct. Tal was right: take the opponent to a dark forest... That's the way to play chess against booked up opponents hell bent in playing safe lines. Thanks for the game! Cheers!

[@shubhamvalanju1315]

After a hectic day, this game is literally what i needed. Absolutely amazing masterpiece immortal by wei yi. Love and support from Mumbai, India agadmator. Do visit Mumbai one day sir

[@spirejfk7879]

Thanks Antonio!!

[@josiahmacfarlane4344]

Wow, incredible. I wish they finished the checkmate over the board.

[@teambellavsteamalice]

I recently saw this on Chess Vibes, but still didn't mind seeing it again!

[@shashishekhar----]

Great presentation

[@LevusPelus]

Very excellent pronunciation of Scheveningen!

[@eadunkley]

Great game! Very instructive!

[@artemkanailov7941]

Thank you for the nice review of the game! It's quite funny how the human brain can calculate such positions. I managed to find c4 in like 10 seconds - with the clear idea that it cuts off the king, but obviously it was a cool coincidence as I didn't calculate for more than 3 moves deep. When you play rapid chess (but not blitz), this is your main flow of thoughts: follow patterns or tricks, and hope for the best! One thing that was not mentioned - kudos to Lazaro for such a fierce defence, he played it to the end, trying to pose one problem after another.

[@ramkumariyer8282]

i think more than calculating checkmates and sacrifices ,calculating where to move the king when sacrifices and checks are given is mote difficult and lazaro was impressive :)

[@nikhilramteke142]

This deserves to be in What Sorcery is this series of agad

[@dhiaeddinefadhlawi]

My head is spinning after this game

[@TheMarksT]

Incredible!

[@bobkreme2175]

Wow that sequence after RxF7 is incredible how can someone calculate all of that? Stockfish must be proud of this one!

[@acharyajoydeep]

Rook is pinned by both of the kings ! Sensational stuff !!!

[@MarcusAlfonz]

there's no wei to continue i absolutely love this game .

[@myworlddream]

There is two way of win i glad he chose 2 line absolute beautiful

[@kiansengkoh386]

When the King fled, it's a good game as there is a high chance of checkmate inside your territory.

[@eternalbattle1438]

That was absolutely a wild game

[@jonasniederson5172]

Uhhh... okay... ohhh... I would have likely sacrified the rook but the precison moves - that is just brutal quality, thanks for that great game and the great video about it 🙂

[@trashl0rd]

Great game, and great review.

[@juancarlosavila1853]

Beautiful!!!

[@jonrwert]

That last bishop move is incredible. Moving back with the bishop, I find, is often a hard thing to see, especially as an opponent. Being able to see the possibility of their bishop moving back, you have to make an effort to scan for that.

[@JaiShriiiiRam]

Just Crazyyyyyy Stuff ..... Loved it!!!!!

[@tr1bes]

@07:50 i got myself check on many occasions playing xiangxi. It's my pieces that I got my king got defeated.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Is that Chinese chess ?

[@tr1bes]

@@michaelmassaro4375 yrs. It's more difficult than western chess. Wei yi is using Chinese techniques on Western Chess the way i see it.

[@tr1bes]

@@michaelmassaro4375 yes. It's more difficult than Western Chess.

[@davidchang9228]

It’s called xiangqi （象棋，literally elephant chess) in Chinese

[@JZChessVivaForever]

Amazing game - the tactics are INSANE!

[@amirroohollahi1511]

In this game for every move and line my face was like O_o then turned to o_O then back to O_o and....

[@michielneervoort3690]

The way you pronounce "scheveningen" almost sounds like you were born in Holland!

[@NicoViergever]

Being Dutch and living close to Scheveningen, I can confirm 👍@Agadmator

[@Mendelim]

Amazing!

[@arightscepter]

That was amazing. It crazy to say something is the best game I have ever seen, but this one seems less risky that one was better than this, than most candidates for that personal ranking. I was telling a friend today that chess is so great that I feel sorry for people who don't know about it. Another example of why that might make sense.

[@jaybingham3711]

Ouch. Sticking my tongue in a live light socket is less painful than successfully navigating all these moves. I'd frankly be thrilled finding a perpetual halfway through that thicket.

[@ronin7645]

Incredible analysis. You're really good at it. Better hop on that and consider making a career out of it. You'd do very well 😊

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He’s the Best

[@jeffreyvaldes7783]

After Rxf7, Nf6 defends h7 and avoids opening the g6 diagonal for the B, but now comes Qe6 which seems interesting.

[@xx765]

The game lasted 36 moves. From move 22(the rook sack) onwards, Wei Yi had 8 !s to go with his two brilliancies. Talking about walking on a thin edge

[@user-hq7yc8vd4n]

Yeah calculating a line that many moves ahead would make my brain explode

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great Game it’s a Great feeling for a Chess player when they have calculated what it will take to get that Checkmate very satisfying at that point it’s why people love Chess so much the accomplishment of playing with skill to outplay your opponent Thanks for the Game Suggestion # Agadmator vs Lichess opponent ? If you feel up to it Enjoy your day

[@dragosantrach6283]

In the side variation after c4 move by white, bxc4 is not the only move. Why not defend g6 with Rg8? I see only Bb6+ picking up the Q but after RxB black hengs on. What am I missing? Amazing game.

[@thetunefulquire]

After Rg8 and Bb6+, when the king moves you don’t go after the queen. This game was never about material. Rather continue with Rf1+. If the king moves to the g-file it’s an easy checkmate and if it goes back then sacrifice the other bishop with Qh3. Qxb6 cannot stop a mate against the queenside pawns on c4 after a few moves

[@ashoksafaya5397]

Queen for minor piece no temptation when mate is too close, certainly a high quality game, thanks.

[@vahesargsyan166]

Antonio you said to feel free to pause the video after every move black makes but you didn't give a second to pause before reviling the next move 😊❤

[@alhfgsp]

Tal would be proud, very proud.

[@chikarasir]

Great !!!

[@raphaelkyembe4407]

Imagine the pain of seeing your king wonder the whole board with no help coming

[@erickgonzalez3726]

Probably one of the best games I’ve ever seen

[@freddelomais3312]

Sensational Game ! Awesome !! Gg

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Never has there been a more static trio of spectators than Black's queen and two rooks..

[@MrThor34]

At 10:45, why did the Bishop on e3 not just move to b6, thereby attacking the Queen while the rook delivers check for the black king? Fantastic game and analysis

[@ganapathyshankar4420]

At 11:50 why not king captures rook.. Am i missing something? Can someone throw light please 🤔

[@piyushjha757]

Qd3+ will lead to mate

[@ganapathyshankar4420]

Thanks 🤗​@@piyushjha757

[@hernanjugar695]

Kxd1 Qd3+ Ke1 Qd2+ Kf1 Qf2#

[@stewste4316]

such a lovely game

[@daviddelaney363]

Will bookmark this one.

[@JasonMendoza-hd3ce]

qxg6 is also forced mate i'm pretty sure, qd3, qc3, rd1, qb3, rf1, qf7, mate in 5. Seems like a better line, king is checked every move until checkmate no matter which escape he tries to take.

[@worsethanjoerogan8061]

Imagine him playing a move and giving you that look from the thumbnail. "Just resign bro" 😅

[@mohamedbenhsine840]

At the pause the video moment, isn't the move bishop B6 winning?

[@ResidualOaklore]

That's what I thought, I'd just go for the queen and ignore the checkmate sequence but that's probably why I'm sitting at 900

[@lagaleriaco3294]

I always thought that the Sicilian variation 6 Be2 is as good and agressive as 6 Bc4 or 6 Bg5. Karpov used to play 6 Be2 a lot in his youth.