He Played Like A Machine! || Praggnanandhaa vs Firouzja || FTX Crypto Cup (2022)

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Praggnanandhaa (2751) - Firouzja, Alireza (2793) 1-0
FTX Crypto Cup (chess24.com) [1] 2022.08.15
C67 Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bf1 Nxe5 8.Rxe5 O-O 9.Nc3 Ne8 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Re1 c6 12.Ne3 Be7 13.Nf5 Bg5 14.d3 d5 15.Bxg5 Qxg5 16.Ne7+ Kh8 17.Nxc8 Rxc8 18.c4 Nf6 19.Qb3 Qf4 20.g3 Qc7 21.Qa3 c5 22.cxd5 Nxd5 23.Rac1 Qb6 24.Re5 Nb4 25.d4 Nc6 26.Rexc5 Rcd8 27.d5 Ne5 28.Qc3 Rfe8 29.h3 Qd6 30.Bg2 h5 31.Rc7 Rb8 32.Qa3 Qb6 33.d6 Qd4 34.Qc5 Qxb2 35.f4 Ng6 36.Qxh5+ Kg8 37.Bd5 Rf8 38.Kh1 Qf6 39.d7 Qd6 40.Be4 Rbd8 41.Qf5 Qa3 42.Kh2 Qxa2+ 43.R1c2 Qa4 44.h4
00:00 Hello Everyone!
01:20 Game Starts!
02:41 Completely New Game!
06:00 Pause the video!!!
11:15 It Was In This Position
12:25 Contributions
The 2022 FTX Crypto Cup sees Magnus Carlsen, Alireza Firouzja, Levon Aronian, Anish Giri, Jan-Krzysztof Duda, Liem Le, Hans Niemann and Praggnanandhaa gather in the Eden Roc Miami Beach Hotel in Miami, Florida for the 2nd Major on the $1.6 million Meltwater Champions Chess Tour. $210,000 and a $100,000 Bitcoin bonus is at stake in the 7-round all-play-all tournament. Each match consists of 4 rapid games on the chess24 Playzone, with the winner earning $7,500 (3 points). If the match is tied there's a blitz tiebreak, with 2 blitz games followed, if needed, by a single Armageddon game. The winner earns $5,000 (2 points) and the loser $2,500 (1).
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[@kedarbedge]

It's very heartening how Agadmator cares for correct pronunciation of names 😊

[@damejamal4530]

Yeah he's shows Alot of respect for not just the game but the players as well. 💯

[@thinkrational1348]

That shows how diligent and good hearted person he is

[@leonardocontreras9690]

Imagine if some African with a Xhosa name became an elite chess player lol

[@TheDendra7]

Common sense but yeah, many lack it.

[@zambot264]

Agad is the best of the best. Always classy

[@akashroy-gq4vy]

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine" - Rudolf Spielmann

[@fsf471]

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a machine and there's no need for an endgame" - Praggu

[@BlazeSLK]

“Play the opening like a novice, the middle game like an idiot, and blunder your queen before the endgame” -me

[@da96103]

Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a basement torture chamber." -Magnus Carlsen

[@UrGoneConcept]

Play 2. Ke2, if opponent doesn't play ke7, kill him with a double barrel - wise person on internet

[@aqikaxar9995]

Antonio never forgets, he just testing our vast knowledge

[@adityah2290]

Hats off to Antonio for making the effort to pronounce names correctly

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Some Men Just want to Watch the world Burn

[@rajk1623]

Also it is perfect!

[@realderek]

Love that you're displaying the ratings now. As the years go by, this will especially be helpful in providing context to each game.

[@gangambikakm4952]

Pragg rating wrong

[@kirenn1000]

@@gangambikakm4952 Its their CCT ratings, not fide ratings

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

@@kirenn1000 what's cct rating?

[@karthikkrishnamoorthy8975]

@@redwanurrahaman8644 Champions Chess Tour ?

[@redwanurrahaman8644]

@@karthikkrishnamoorthy8975 got it.thanks

[@nischalhanock4528]

The way u pronounced his name... Wow.. Even a tamilian ( state from where praggu hails) will pat u on ur back... Just flawless!!

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil names are tongue twisters. Great humility 👍

[@abhaypatel4292]

As someone from gujrat..he did really great..i have tamilan freinds their full names are hella tongue twister

[@venikody]

Very very true ….

[@sashvitha5326]

No ya. Still its wrong. Letter ஞா pronunciation can't be translated in English letters rightly that's the confusion

[@doctorarvindram]

The crypto cup is still going on as i type this prag is on the second game .....🤣🤣🤣🤣...the speed with which these videos are coming .... legend for a reason

[@unknown-vt8cf]

It was in this position you can't simply tell who will be the future wc firouza? Pragg ? gukesh? Abdusattorov? Will be interesting to see them fight for wc. Still magnus is definitely unbeatable in wcc

[@rivershark3027]

Cuz he's not playing, so yes unbeatable indeed.

[@swarnavabanerjee4112]

@Karl with a K off course prag is younger

[@ytodysm]

@@swarnavabanerjee4112 age doesn't matter, magnus defeated karpov and drew kasparov at 13 years old

[@thefighterinhades]

@@ytodysm they are talking about a fist fight lol

[@ayushmaurya8144]

@@ytodysm it matters 16 year old firouza was not as good as 19 year firouzja

[@ChessShaastra]

Respect to Agadmator for correctly pronouncing his name ❤️🙏🏻

[@peterpapushi]

That was a punishing game by prag and worse still it's against alireza, a player thought to he his inspiration. You expect alireza to play the way that prag played but it wasn't to be. Nice game 👍 prag

[@thinker1680]

I am from the same place as Praggnanandhaa and this pronunciation is correct. :) One of the very few chess people in the Chess world to actually pronounce it correctly. I hope that there would be a time in future where Nepo and Pragg meet for the world championship. It would be fun to see how many errors are made by journalists spelling and pronouncing their names.

[@sashvitha5326]

No he couldnt spell rightly the letter ஞா

[@gauravkhandelwal3612]

The effort to pronounce the name right itself deserves a lot of respect...Sir.

[@jestice75]

Nonsensical waste of time.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

Those engine-lines keep making chess more and more difficult. The quote will soon be "Play the opening like a machine, the middle-game like a machine and the end-game like an even better machine."

[@AhsimNreiziev]

Nah, the opening will always be played like a book. One because there is no inherent advantage to any one opening, which is evidenced by people still having to tell machines which opening to play, and this will likely always be the case. Two, because all the openings are well-documented, and arguably the whole definition of an "opening" in Chess is that part of the game which is played by the book, meaning that engines don't really have anything to add to it. And three the choice of opening very much depends on not just the player playing it, but arguably even more so on their opponent, and determining the two players' strengths and weaknesses is something computers will likely never be able to help with.

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

@@AhsimNreiziev It was a joke.

[@AhsimNreiziev]

@@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 Obviously. But there is nothing wrong with responding seriously to jokes.

[@idisplaypace2411]

Prag will definitely become World Champion in the future

[@juancarlospadron9597]

At least he'll become one of the strongest contenders

[@Tideman11]

Definitely is perhaps a little bold, but it is very much likely.

[@sskgrs]

Blitz for sure. Classical - I doubt it.

[@juancarlospadron9597]

In time we'll see...🙂

[@mfsdmer9665]

@@Tideman11 How is this much likely? Gukesh is much better & younger than Pragg, and you don't even know what new players gonna come in the near future.

[@juani.2223]

''Play the machine like a middle game, the opening like an endgame, and the book like a magician'' - Mikhail Nezhmetdinov, probably.

[@animesloversunited9069]

Adolf hitler

[@striker44]

Wow, so incredible of you to attempt to pronounce Praggnanandhaa the right way. 👏 Huge respect to you.

[@keithpatterson3094]

Agadmator - you are simply a brilliant communicator, lively and concise. Thank you

[@pradeepspecful]

It's endearing that you care about pronouncing the names correctly. I assure you that this updated version is the accurate way to say his name. I'm from Pragg's town and this is exactly how we will say his name. So, thank you.

[@varadarajcuram2238]

Agadmator ji really respect you for your great attitude.🙏

[@PargusAuriga]

Amazingly well played, ‘like a machine’ as Antonio said

[@cutl00senc]

As I’ve said in the past, agadmator speaks English, and cares about doing it right, as well or often better than those who only know it as their own.

[@thequalitones171]

The challenge and mastery of language is a small factor compared to the event of presentation.

[@cutl00senc]

@@thequalitones171 one process results from the other.

[@BirdDawg1]

Great saying about the opening, middle, end!

[@nikhilramteke142]

"That's the Story of this Game." Agad should use it more often. #suggestion 😀

[@NAVNEET549]

Always enjoy your covering of games. Addicted...

[@risaalshaan]

And that’s it! Pragg is such a legend.

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Incredible stuff 👏 🙌

[@zhu05107]

Such a nice ending position in general, Pieces working so harmoniously

[@jakubsebek]

"There was no endgame" - love it

[@higherbeingX]

Pragg is becoming an absolute beast..He is just 16!

[@SantoshkumarPandeySKCP]

17 now. He celebrated his birthday 5 days ago.

[@merlinthecat4152]

#suggestion (quote) : "The older I grow, the more I value pawns." ~ Paul Keres

[@esther1994]

Always love hearing Agad prnouncing names. Such vividity and authenticness.

[@schroederluck7984]

Love it when our good friend, the light square bishop, comes alive out of nowhere to deliver a nice tactical shot

[@maicolc7216]

Great video!

[@arvindhmani06]

Regarding the pronunciation - it's a bit of both actually. The first part of the name is a Sanskrit root "प्रज्ञ" (represented in IAST as "Prajña") meaning "the highest form of intelligence". The thing is, the English language does not have a word for the 'j' (or 'ज्ञ'). As you can see, it has instead been represented as "jña" which should be taken together to represent the equivalent Sanskrit letter 'ज्ञ'. So it's a bit like the 'ñ' in the Spanish name "Nuñez" or "niño". And the j is actually more like a g. The Latin script is really limited and does a frankly poor job of representing syllable sounds of many, many languages.

[@jevitigre]

Thanks for that, my mother tongue is Spanish, ñ letter only exist in the Spanish language

[@OMFGWTFROFLMFAO1]

In Croatian we have a letter Nj (or nj in lowercase) for the ñ sound. And yes its two different letters combined making a third letter. 😅

[@ashyles0110]

Do you have a "gn" sound? The latin alphabet is perfect for the languages that adopted it

[@StarPlanet56789]

Tamil names are tongue twisters. A prodigy from a humble family

[@mahatmagandhi2434]

@@StarPlanet56789 bro please stop with this tamil nationalism nonsense , its annoying

[@hampannashampanna33]

What a game praggu... Superb.... ✌

[@rayronnyd4659]

It is insane how quick and sudden the game became so one-sided.

[@emailstorbalar4100]

I am from Tamilnadu/India. The current pronunciation of the player 'Praggnanandhaa' is the correct one. I have to admit that the name is little difficult to pronounce even for a Tamil person but the simplest one (current) is the correct one here 😉.

[@speedtest8166]

Appadiya

[@sashvitha5326]

It's wrong still

[@immanuelsitwala1324]

And just like that the world chess community learns and switches to the right pronunciation or Praggnanandhaa

[@adershgr]

Glad my email helped, you are pronouncing it perfectly

[@mustafizurrahman5699]

Cannot believe it. Pragu outsmarts Firuja

[@StarPlanet56789]

The commentator is so humble in responding and making the effort to the full name pronouncement. But in short Pragg would have been OK. The names of south indian Tamil's from the state of Tamil Nadu can be a tongue twisters. I heard Pragg saying in a video interview that people calling him.,Pragg was just fine

[@kaashyapmithra7430]

Sometimes when you play the opening like a book, and middle game like a machine, there would be no endgame since your opponent resigns!

[@noelpagan4657]

Bobby Fischer is back

[@atulborkar3504]

Todays pronunciation is perfect . Appreciate the effort 👍

[@ravivaradhan4956]

The word "Prajna" means wisdom. "Ananda" means supreme bliss. One who delights in wisdom.

[@xethnyrrow]

Prag just smothered Alireza. it's hard to even spot a bad move from Alireza he was just defeated without a chance.

[@ashesofhopesinabonfireofdr6341]

The respect you show by trying your level best to pronounce names correctly is admirable.

[@2010sunshine]

Like a true professional, Agadmator cares about pronunciation of proper names. Great. Your present pronunciation is correct as per the spelling used by Pragg himself. Keep rocking. Excellent video

[@coreyburton8]

R. Spielmann - 'Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine.'

[@brendanking2402]

The opening like a book and the middlegame like a machine. No magic needed.

[@josephasghar]

That’s amazing chess, for a rapid. Like a machine indeed.

[@anandvartak1481]

But I still like it when je calls him Prggu!!! Very warm still respectful !!!

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

Once black's pawn got weak Prag just leaned on it till it fell. Then he created a passed pawn threat and a mate threat simultaneously. Very hard to defend that or draw it, but Alireza tried at least.

[@avinaashashastry3910]

100% love and respect for pronouncing Indian names exuberantly. 🔥

[@kirkstable]

that's the good stuff started happening for me around 3:50

[@troytheriot8679]

Everyone makes mistakes and at least you will admit them where some others will not

[@agastyakumarsingh2358]

The quote "play the opening like a book the middle game like a magician and the endgame like a machine was said by Robert spielmann

[@universalspirit5831]

Awesome win for Pragg 👏👏

[@ronjohnson9690]

A very clean game. Thanks Agadmator.

[@thequalitones171]

The game seemed kind of dirty to me... according to my calculations (as an accomplished Geometrist) White's chances of playing all these 'top engine moves' is like 1 in 20,000 amongst 2800 players. The reasons WHY it would be like that is because this set is available MUCH quicker than if you went for a pattern like 'the 3rd best move to the 1st to the 4th etc...' Top 3rd in many cases would be enough to beat someone like this 2800 player doing the black pieces (pardon my 'un-chess' expressions, I'm not a player, I'm a scientist and I study the interplay of technology and culture. Rough business I can tell you). Anyway, this was a fast paced game and so you couldn't have a creative use of top 4 moves - this is VERY suspicious. That fellow Danil Dubov pointed out a similar line of thinking.... but what can you do, it turns out he's Russian, so it gets tossed in the mix.

[@AndersonNeo12]

Capablanca: "blacks position was never really unassailable" ps.: the famous opening, middle, endgame quote was also shown in a earlier video of Agad, by Rudolf Spielmann

[@akshaykamthe7290]

PRONOUNCIATION IS ON POINT NOW 👍

[@idyt98]

Magnus : I will play the world championship only if its against Firouzja Pragg : Firouzja who? 🤣

[@wynoglia]

Absolute machine I love Pragg

[@Nightcrawler333]

Kudos to alligator for putting effort on pronouncing the names correctly 👍👍

[@preshwrites6370]

Smooth play

[@paulguapo5808]

Another great game and another great performance by the dog.

[@darshanpandit8756]

Praggnanandhaa played the opening by the book, middle game like a machine and there was no end game...

[@adarsh5870]

"Play Opening LIke a Machine, Middle Game like a Machine, Endgame like Machine" -- Praggnandha 2022

[@StarPlanet56789]

LOL

[@kunjupulla]

Your pronounciation of Pragnanandha is correct in this video

[@theazrael4423]

The young prodigy has developed a devious mind

[@jsanon1634]

Wow Pragg is so brilliant. Great game.

[@seethabrahma6064]

Agadmator, luv your pronunciation perfection

[@srs7109]

Awesome Game i laughed after few moves until the end.

[@padmakumarke2063]

Precision in pronunciation matches the precise moves of Praggnanandhaa.

[@MohammedSameer-om3dv]

He took every chance he got to pronounce praggos name 🤣

[@thequalitones171]

Yes!!! Thank you for bringing this up.. I'm always thinking.. these poor people - every one is playing checkers and Agad plays chess uncannily like every time!

[@sujaykherdekar7541]

The quote you mentioned in the end was said by Capablanca,if I can recall it correctly.

[@ayushshrivastava4236]

"Play the opening like a book, the middle game like a magician, and the endgame like a machine" - Rudolf Spielmann (Austrian chess player , 5 May 1883)

[@varmmanelangkovan3206]

Yes, you pronounced it correctly !😃.

[@biplabjena6427]

That was some crushing chess

[@sanezio9756]

beautiful game by prag

[@rickdas7228]

Pure demolition 😲

[@scottfoster3643]

Pragg is a beast and will soon be a dominant champion

[@sampathn4429]

seen this live , i dont want couple of seconds!

[@exs1803]

What a machine lol Super powerful and destructive.

[@zambot264]

Jeez. What a game. Prag a monster

[@mikev324]

Was max time for this game 10 minutes? Agad said it was rapid but not sure if that is always 10 minutes these days.

[@vishnusumanth1396]

Love that you’ve learnt a little Tamil, with the strong “nn”

[@mustbehypno]

good commentary agadmator !

[@AayamBhardwaj]

This pronunciation is spot on mate👍

[@akshaybawal007]

Finally the correct pronunciation, you sound Indian while you pronounce it and i love it

[@crypticstreak.1991]

The dog in background thinking what's going on

[@gowrisankar3398]

Perfect pronunciation 👌🏻

[@anthonybyrnes2561]

Got a feeling it’ll be ‘World Champion Praggnanadhaa’ in the future,

[@GoodKnightChess]

Pragg OP pro max🔥🔥

[@Sameer-er3wz]

Both pronunciations are correct in a way. That particular sound "ggna" is spelt and pronounced differently by different people. Pragya... is how it is said in the North of India. In the South it is Pragna.... or Prajna.... In the West some people spell and pronounce it as Pradnya.... All are acceptable, though probably Prag pronounces it as Pragna....

[@ramalingam7252]

In south , it is pragnyanandhaa

[@Sameer-er3wz]

@@ramalingam7252 Yes and that is exactly how it is pronounced. Actually, Prag is the only one who I have come across who spells it with a ggna.

[@nagumosdilemma8419]

South Indian pronunciation is more archaic, directly out of old Vedic sanskrit. Where as "Gya" is more of Classical sanskrit, born in Sursen region in North India. Hence north Indians call it Pragya

[@chesscheckmate6708]

amazing game indeed

[@Kamyarexplores]

Your pronunciation is perfect

[@ibraahimnuhaadh9834]

"No good move even bad move "😂😂😂

[@alphaandomegaministry2718]

My prediction for Pragg is happily materialising. When I saw a young boy in Tata Steel completely frustrate Nakamura - the writing was on the wall. World champion material.

[@forefatherofmankind3305]

Please do this match between them !

[@klausolekristiansen2960]

Is the Rio Gambit anywhere near the Rio Bravo?

[@coxscorner]

Nice game on the white side of a Ruy Lopez.