Original Tal vs Yugoslav Tal || Dragoljub Velimirović Faces the Magician

[@BOTzerker]

"Velimirovic only has to bring this rook into the game, hide the king, develop this bishop, and get the other rook into the game. And then he can really enjoy his extra piece." LOL

[@allemon93]

I like his sense of humor xD pretty ironic :P

[@sparkplug1018]

As soon as he said that my immediate thought was, Oh, is that all?

[@oberon79]

"Velumirovic only has to invade Russia in winter and then can star enjoying some advantage against Tal"

[@teemusa5846]

sparkplug1018 well Draga probably thought that too

[@Adam-zb5kk]

Only four short/free moves away from glory

[@SamuelPearlman]

Tal: "Here, have a piece!" Drago: "Thanks ... ?" Tal: "Now ... RUN!!!"

[@Jehag2]

"He gives you so many options to make a wrong move" Yes! :) That is the best definition of Tal's play I ever heard.

[@marwanedalal3510]

Aga :"Tal simply gives you so many chances to make a wrong move ".

[@nicolotoscano8311]

"You have a king on e6 against Tal. If you wanna call that an advantage, well, that's your call" I fell down from the chair.

[@dudewheresmycube]

Nicolò Toscano Same.

[@Chen-fp6xf]

Poopy diaper change

[@Chen-fp6xf]

You like to poop and so does poopy pants yeah!

[@CerebralAssassin]

only Stockfish would call that an advantage 😂

[@jaywolfenstien]

I also like how 2 moves after that Antonio matter of factly says, "Velimirovic ONLY has to bring his rook out, tuck his king away, and bring his bishop into the game …" … with his King on D6 against the greatest attacking grand master of all time. He ONLY needs a miracle. Those happen all the time.

[@gerardgaray828]

The mind of Tal is deserving of an in depth psycho-analysis, as it is far advanced beyond our own comprehension

[@Bulettenmann]

"G5 is a nice square for the knight but what do you do when it gets attacked? Well you could remaneuver it to h3..." Be honest, you didn't believe even for a single second Tal would back up there. You knew the sac was coming, even i knew the sac was coming!

[@agadmator]

Of course :D

[@Shipdacheese]

Actually going to h3 is impossible because Qxh3 ;) From the moment the knight goes to g5 it's a sac!

[@LSpiro]

"I really like games by Dragonmuldibvederovmulvoich." Oh, that guy.

[@fienddube]

L. Spiro yeah I hear “Draga” and “vich”....everything in between sounds like an auction.

[@jandom9008]

L. Spiro I'd like to challenge you.. and show you magic on the board Lol.. can i try?

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[@loki_mischief1338]

I pissed my pants reading you comment lol

[@oberon79]

One of the greatest moments in the life of a chess player is when he resigns a game against Tal, so the nightmare is finally over.

[@fariborz607]

spot on,perfect,absolutely true.

[@puremercury]

It is sad to see pics of later Tal in which he looks like a crazy 70-year-old man, then you remember he was like 49 or something and just seriously unhealthy.

[@JS-tm1gq]

Michael DiSciullo tals mad scientist look is boss as hell. The perfect look for a fuckin lunatic like him

[@5p00kh4rdc0r3]

he was a heavy drinker, I think that takes a much bigger toll.

[@vvkhari1]

Serious alcoholism and extreme cigarettes did it's best to spoil his health and looks..

[@howardsmith9342]

He had bad kidneys and had been sickly most of his life. Smoking and drinking certainly didn't help.

[@puremercury]

@@JS-tm1gq He was fine just looking like the intense young master he was when he won the title.

[@argandzero0]

I finally understand why Tal is always down a piece. So that his opponent can simply admit that he lost because Tal is simply a chess beast.

[@exs1803]

I have seen so many of Tal's games here yet I never ceased to be amazed how he destroy his opponents via combination moves that I can never ever think of. He is the ultimate Chess Master of all time......

[@CCheukKa]

I still have no idea how he manages to pronounce every single name with ease

[@mpetkovic26]

He is Croat, language is phonetic. Also Serbian and Croatian are similar

[@aligindahouse7777]

Only Eastern European names he pronounces easily

[@k23-o9f]

maybe because it is similar to his mother tongue lol

[@redplanet2720]

@@aligindahouse7777 Not true, Indians in the comments are always impressed with his pronunciation of Indian names.

[@filipbasic1336]

Slavic Blood ,same language ☺️

[@TheTlcarvalho]

Tal's game is very rare, unpredictable... I love all his matches!! And even better with Agadmator's comments!! The best and funniest ever!

[@lifeson90]

been playing chess all my life but literally had no idea how to really play until discovered Tal on your channel, what a player, your great analysis helped too though

[@AbdulKalam-be5xg]

tal : sacrifices a piece opponent: it was in this position i resigned the game

[@Noelito40]

"Without even trying to save the drowning hippo"... don't wish to sound patronising, but agadmator, your grasp of English is magnificent!

[@IamTravOfficial]

Tal just looks like a savage chess player. Watching his play is fascinating, it’s nonchalant aggression, finesse. I love this channel for real!

[@DShady45]

4:14 "so without even trying to save the drowning hippo..." Tal never saves the hippo :(

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

Wow! Just wow. This game together with your amazing analysis really made me see for the first time how powerful this man is.

[@MoroccanNeteroo]

I want to thank u for the way u organized the playlists, by opening , by tournament, by player... And for the quality of your videos, I really love this channel ❤

[@Brusselpicker]

What does one say about Tal? I honestly believe if anyone says they understand a Tal sacrificial game they are either delusional or lying. Tal played because he saw the patterns without thought, to try to understand that would be able to play exactly like him which will never happen. That is his magic, his ability to see while others calculate.

[@taranjeetkaur1429]

That's why he is called "the magician from riga"...

[@josias9281]

As Kasparov once said "we calculate but Tal doesnt. He sees."

[@WRARRior]

This is one of my favorite Tal games. Thanks for helping me develop a passion of mine with these awesome games and your insightful and entertaining commentary!

[@frodejohnsen8559]

Beautifull sacrifices, beautifull game and beautifull commentating !

[@tkell31]

Another beautiful game accentuated with some amazing commentary. The lines noted by Bo7 and Nicolo being particularly hilarious yet insightful at the same time.

[@saivenkatesh1906]

When Tal gives you a piece, never take it..

[@sleepy4x]

Starts like a quiet English Opening and leaves a mess like a romantic King's Gambit.

[@alejandrozunigaavila2398]

He never was a piece down, the bishop and the rock wasnt playing at all.

[@taranjeetkaur1429]

I like this one...

[@abiral_neupane4045]

i never saw the rock

[@GabrielTavaresAtento-ao-Vento]

I really like how tal was able to see "Simple" checkmates and make a amusing path to that. By "simple" I mean, Rook + Queen/Bishop

[@LSpiro]

While watching I try to test my "strategy" (long-term plans) and positional intuition. After Tal did Rac1 (7:27), I immediately looked at Rc8 as a counter and then decided it would not end well since White's Rook and Queen would both be eyeing it if the C file ever did clear up. My preferred move there was Rd8, or possibly Re8, and in the end it turned out those would have been much better moves. One of many reasons I enjoy the channel is because I can challenge myself with many positions, as they appear, to see if I can guess the best moves, and it is more fun since I am able to see a lot of progress.

[@ravenr4898]

I see agadmator i click

[@MadaxeMunkeee]

aslan tehawcho I see you are a simple man

[@allemon93]

A man of culture as well

[@vencedore1000]

Hello there, fellow starcraft player

[@trebevich1]

Dragoslav Velimirovic was the main author and instigator of the famous Yugoslav attack in the Sicilian dragon

[@markangus3252]

Yes, it's thematically rather like the ferocious Samisch Attack in the King's Indian. At my level (club level), both are extremely effective.

[@ganeshmhatre2322]

Must admit it... Its was jus awesome game from Mikhail Tal... We can say its a masterpiece... Thank you @agadmator for showing this art.... Love from India...😀❤

[@mauschelminder]

Agadmator you made me loving chess! Thanks for that!! Go on like you do it, its really good...

[@mi3137]

"When this rook moves, all hell will break loose" LOLLLL

[@lekanidowu4237]

Watching Tal Is dangerous. Gives my mortal mind crazy ideas in a game that makes me get stuck in an attack.

[@jamesholmen6644]

I love binge watching these videos!

[@humbertojesusguillenymoral6550]

Another brilliancy from Tal's magical year of 1979. Thanks, Agad.

[@drikussteyn243]

Great game! Thanks! Always enjoy Tal's games.

[@gonzalo4658]

6:14 quote of the day

[@RAJMAN181]

Man, this Tal plays chess beating all conventions, its absolutely a pleasure watching his games.

[@peterjongsma2779]

Great. Last 3 games I watched were all draws. Tal is brilliant. Well explained.

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

Wow. Just wow. When Tal is on, he is magnificent.

[@kilimanjarno]

Exciting game, great commentary.

[@Philopantheon82]

This is divine chess game!! Truly one of the most complicated attacking game of Tal

[@michaelmendillo4614]

The best Tal game I seen to date !!! I am fairly new to watching matches, but this game really shows the type of player Tal was I think,,,, deadly ! Lol,, TY 😁✌

[@adamsleath]

really nice to keep these older games alive. i do enjoy the reviews.

[@neilhartley5372]

Tal had so many interesting ideas

[@ishansheikh3058]

So basically the strategy is dont let Tal develop a position in which he can sacrifice any piece.

[@dandecastro51]

Drago was a great player, I've studied his games long ago. Via Sicilians etc. But wow, Tal made him look like an amateur in this game :)

[@TheTheplayer303]

He played almost perfect defense. Far from amateur. It takes Tal only 1 unavoided pinned piece to win.

[@TheTheplayer303]

He played almost perfect defense. Far from amateur. It takes Tal only 1 unavoided pinned piece to win.

[@viski-]

11:00 and it was in this position, that Tal resigned the game, well, why did he resign, lets have a look at the position...

[@manigopal92]

Haven't yet watched the video but my money is on Tal, the magician from Riga not the other one :D Edit: now that I watched it, as usual, Tal wins by creating magic on the board. Man i wish Tal was alive in this era, maybe alpha zero will get it's circuits fried 😎

[@dragenfire78]

Dr. MG M alphazero played like tal, making sacrifices to gain attacking advantages. It would be one hell of a game to watch between tal and our computer overlords, I must say.

[@krzysztofq7420]

no no, I am sure that Tal (as well as any other chess player) wouldn't get the sligtest chance to win against this chess engine, it's too powerful.

[@dragenfire78]

Krzysztof Q not saying he would win. He'd get crushed. Regardless, it would definitely be an interesting miniature.

[@arsenalfanrichi]

The entire hype around Alpha Zero is a bit much. Yes it plays wonderful Chess. But it was playing against a severely restricted Stockfish, ruinning on 1 GB RAM. Most smartphones have more than that. Meanwhile Alpha Zero was running on Google's most powerful hardware.

[@ramking7869]

@@arsenalfanrichi stockfish is a software not hardware, no matter how much ram stockfish only calculates 800,000 positions per second so changing ram doesnt really matter.

[@DonSolaris]

Nice game, but were's dogo?

[@peterrabbit2965]

I never realised Danny Devito could play chess

[@jackoneil1000]

Literally a wizards' duel

[@sparkplug1018]

Right before you said it I was thinking "I wonder if thats a drowning hippo knight". That just made my day.

[@spiralabyss9989]

tal resigned the game

[@KidTempered]

That must be the craziest game of chess I've seen. Apart my own blunders saga , of coffee.

[@AM-sp6je]

The velimirovich attack is one of the most fierce attacks ever imagined in history.

[@bryanpinto4051]

beautifully intelligent chess. thanks for mentally improving my game.

[@I_EAF_19882]

My God I've never seen a picture of old Tal, it's like hes a completely different person.

[@timmcdonald9266]

Another brilliant game by Tal. I am so weak in the late to end game it is embarrassing. With Tall it goes from slight worry to crisis mode in one unforeseen move.

[@emigresanakritis9231]

Incredible!!

[@ggnoise]

HI agadmator, I subscribed today, I should have done it a lot earlier, I love your videos! Tal is my favourite and I'm really looking forward to the 1960 championship match with Botvirnnik videos. Good luck with your games this weekend!

[@TioRubens1]

how can you say Dragoljub Velimirovic so fast?

[@d-.-b3412]

Xadrez E Café he is Chroatian

[@blyzer7373]

He is used to pronnounciation since i assume he is from an ex Yugoslavian country, judging by his accent.

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

Croatian

[@JS-tm1gq]

Drag-a-lube velly-mirror-vitch

[@Sk8Fam]

@@JS-tm1gq thank u lmao. i was struggling. still struggling. but much less

[@manigopal92]

Agadmator - AGAD means "as good as dead. It can be used interchangeably with a more common phrase, GG(good game)" MATOR means Regional, Archaic, of a person, Old, Elderly. Although i always thought MATOR has got something to do with checkmating someone or mate (self explanatory). Tried my best to find the meaning of agadmator. Now you guys try to attach the pieces of the puzzle. 😉

[@TheStephCurry]

11:21 actually there is also rook Fd5

[@abhishekkhetan]

Tal can win piece down against GMs. That is beyond scary.

[@trevorinthailand]

Tal and Fischer are the greatest chess players of all time

[@captvashu8142]

I am really enjoying these videos

[@Rozq]

Great game, thanks Antonio!!

[@izaccsgansit3507]

Sacrifices a piece to keep the bishop and rook from joining the fray. That's a heck of a bargain.

[@ajaychouhan3593]

8:19 the best move for black was pawn c5 to c4 and if white goes for Be5+ then black can play Bd6

[@Viernes13punto5]

at 11:32 queen captures on e4, rook to e5 this come with check you can't block check, yes you can block check with the pawn on f6 and we would had had a very different end game, black would be winning I think.

[@hekarus7270]

If pawn blocks then again rook captures queen and pawn can't capture the rook because of the pin.

[@hekarus7270]

Pawn on f5 would be pinned by the queen against the king.

[@SsParabellum]

Best chess chanel, keep makeing videos 😎

[@faoiltiarn2279]

#suggestion David Navara vs Radosław Wojtaszek 2015 preparation almost like cheating. And Wojtaszek vs Carlsen even world champion can blunder a piece.

[@jacobmasson7835]

You look like Russel Crowe. I cannot unsee this.

[@karimmoorad4128]

"Never accept candy from strangers and a queen from Tal"

[@mariustrica9047]

Great commentary!

[@owaisahmad18]

#suggestion : Volkov, Sergey vs daghli, Arash : 16th khazar cup round 3 - March 1 ,2018. Everything is hanging

[@fariborz607]

back in the days when I was teaching Tal how to make sacrifices,he was SHOCKED the magic he was witnessing.

[@Levelstomymaddness]

There were at least 3 killer tactics by Tal in this game! Whoa!!

[@bigskia]

11:39 -- why not move the f6 pawn forward? It blocks check, and Tal can't take it with his queen. Take it with rook and then Drago can move his queen/king to protect?

[@75w26__]

Tal will simply capture black queen since the pawn is pinned to the king

[@happy_thinking]

@ agadmator's Chess Channel At 11:40 why can't you block the check with the pawn and then either trade Queens or continue the game if the pawn is captured with a rook?

[@richardfeynman5560]

I wish you good luck for your tournament games!

[@jonnysatterly374]

i've recently taken up chess as something that i am interested in. although your videos are a great way to see world class chess, i still fail to recognise the best moves on most occasions. does anybody have any advice as to how a novice can improve their game? thanks :)

[@amigakmushak9553]

U are the best!!

[@richray4893]

At 7:57, White plays 23. Rf5, then Black plays ...Qg4 I looked at 23 ...Nd7 for a long time and could not carry on White's attack. Any suggestions??

[@Aso.K95]

//:Suggestion : fischer vs tal 1962 Curacao Cand

[@ishant_615]

4:14 Agagdamator OP😂😂😂

[@gunjanshellar1987]

All the magic is in the magicians hand..!!!

[@pushkarrathod874]

Could you make a video on Anand vs kamsky? I am intrigued about that game ever since magnus told it was one of his favourites.👍

[@wadysawsoik6088]

Pushkar Rathod add #suggestion :)

[@kostastrikala7727]

I play online-blitz chess at about a 1900-level ( chess.com) and i also like to sacrifice intuitively like Tal but in a lower level of course. Nevertheless i am almost certainly sure that most of my opponents whould play c4 immediately ( 08:56) since it prevents the chech from the queen Qd3+. How come Velimirovic missed such a move in a classical game?

[@rickharold7884]

Beautiful

[@georgewbushcenterforintell147]

Can u imagine if vaping had been invented in tals day?

[@lawrencetaylormachine4405]

#suggestion nezhmetdinov vs tal 4

[@gauravgupta125]

I am big fan of your chanel

[@fienddube]

Good lord, every time you say Drago’s name I feel like my brain just froze. Slavic names....damn.

[@rohanp]

Beautiful game. How easy it is to find mistakes in someone else's game.

[@fhamadani]

@5:34/13:53 of the video, Tal moves the queen to h5. Why isn't black knight f6 takes white queen an option?

[@fhamadani]

Just figured it out. Rook at f1 takes king. Clear.