Timeless Chess Lesson by Capablanca

[@christianhennessey1191]

I love these pre-engine classics. Just brain v brain.

[@michaelwright8896]

Engines don't think for chess players. They only help with opening prep after that the post-engine players are on their own.

[@kenadams9725]

True with engines chess is becoming boring

[@shigshug8581]

🤯🤓🧐

[@harmannatsingh3933]

I remember learning about this game from a book called "The most instructive games of chess ever played" by Irving Chernev. This game is a true masterpiece and incorporates instructive moments in the opening, middlegame, and especially the endgame with that rook lift. It shows us the true importance of getting the rook on the 7th rank, and how to use that rook to it's full potential. Thanks for the content, agadmator, like always.

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

Yooo me too! That book is honestly a beautiful work of art, it was the first chess book I ever looked at.

[@austinwheeler3665]

Oh wow I suggested this game like a year ago for the same reason!

[@koi9830]

Oof😅😅😅 9oooo

[@docwillis1443]

Practical Chess Endings by Irving Chernev is also a wealth of chess knowledge.

[@williamgoss4691]

These old masters like Capablanca had such knowledge and style that its almost dream-like to watch their games unfold. Like a Venus Fly-trap plant which moves with such slow grace that the fly is often completely unaware that it’s fate was sealed as soon as it had alighted on the plant’s leaf. Excellent analysis, as always; every game I watch on your channel I feel expands my understanding of this oh-so beautiful & complex game, thanks Agadmator.

[@01Thal]

Thank you Agadmator, that made my day, Capablanca once again!

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Today is Mr Capablanca deathday, (March 08, 1942) we should not be sad, but , remember Him with Great Respect and Admiration. As I do. Bravo and Well-done for our GM señor J.R.Capablanca !

[@joseperez8774]

I really love your words... Im cuban and for me is truly an honor talks about JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA.. for me the best natural talent ever ( my opinion)*... Thank u

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

@@joseperez8774 Indeed !

[@Tech-vn1jv]

I love chess, Im Cuban, learned chess as a boy. I have to say, Capablanca is my favorite Cuban, we very proud of him, everyone that speaks Spanish should be too, the only Spanish speaking world champion. How do you know you were great? The Queen Gambit Netflix series mentioned his name, the movie Searching for Bobby Fisher, in the movie, they mentioned his name, one of the greatest minds ever. Thanks for your words, Capa will always be alive in the hearts of those of us who love chess. Adios

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Hello, I am glad to read such recognition about Him. Bravo ! @@Tech-vn1jv

[@SquinkyThreepwood]

"It's not much but at least we'll play something." Way too relatable.

[@poetry8888]

This was such a good game that learning it's possibilities makes me feel like I levelled up as a player. Thank you Agad for the game and the analysis and salute to Capa and Tartakower for this game

[@johnprice362]

One of my favorite chess books is "From the Opening Into the Endgame" by Edmar Mednis. It shows openings that lead quickly to endgames. It can make your endgame study pay off.

[@ramachandra776]

Ah the original endgame artist , possibly the greatest and definitely the most naturally gifted of them all . Happy to see agadmator our internet chess historian keeping the memory of the legends alive .

[@alleysh3367]

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[@obitouchiha8410]

Yess, the og endgame god. It's always a treat for us to watch capablanca play.

[@Tech-vn1jv]

Proud that Capa was born in my birth city, Havana, Cuba.

[@tuddgrimley8532]

The moves Kxf5 and g7+ by Capablanca were so savage. They illuminate the reality of the position, that Tartakower was completely tied down and about to lose the game. I imagine he was still making moves because he was just trying to make sense of how it got to that point. Like when boxers sometimes keep swinging aimlessly after they get smashed on the chin, their knees buckling and totally dazed as the referee calls the match. I could imagine the arbiter seeing Tartakower play Rc1, Rc2, Rc1 and stepping in at that point to stop the fight

[@Puschit1]

Well, it makes sense in this way: Endgames don't have that many pieces to calculate. Sure, the ones you have will have more space and possible squares but with each piece leaving the field it'll become easier. More importantly: You have a clear goal (to checkmate) and you will either reach that goal or fail - either way you have direct feedback and a 100% clear outcome every single time. Whereas when you you study the openings or midgame your goals will always be just concepts like controlling the centre or disruption pawn structures or gaining material or keeping the bishop pair or developing with tempo - whatever it is, you can't see WHY this is good because they game isn't finished yet. Also, once you understood how endgames work you'll know where the journey is going and what to achieve during midgame. And once you know the midgame you'll automatically do the right choices early game. When Agad talked about this he said something very important: "you know that you don't start with a4 - a5 ... or, if you do that and that's your style, it's cool, *but you need to know why* " And that's the essence I think. Personally I am very bad at learning things by heart without understanding the subject. As a consequence I have a hard time remembering things like telephone numbers because there is no inherent logic (I can't even memorize my own number!). But if I understand something, then I can remember it, even if the subject is complex. Chess is like this and even though I consider myself an intermediate player now I still can't associate all these opening names like sicilian, french and so on with the correct moves, even after 2 years of watching Agadmator, Eric Rosen, Hikaru, Finegold and others.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@fabianhauser708]

Well said 👍

[@Yashuop]

Your consistency and quality of content never disappoints!

[@lakinther7183]

the camera wasnt very consistent or high quality compared to other videos

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@comic4relief]

I saw it in The Immortal Games of Capablanca, by Fred Reinfeld. Nice old book.

[@hardpatel4421]

13:35 just look at the position...5 vs 3 pawns and still winning the game so easily....#legend

[@MrMAiel]

Wow! you just made my day Agad ... this is the game I recommended like a week ago! When I saw the endgame I knew this is the kind of super cool and interesting endgame Agad would like and he would have to show it. Also I found the pause the video moves so that's nice hehe

[@johnduncan5117]

The most insane mental note made to myself ever : be sure to start looking into the openings when I get to 2300 🤣🤣🤣

[@ChessJourneyman]

That whole concept is silly if taken as an axiom. Some people find it easier to start with early or mid game. Just because Capa preferred endgames but lacked the foresight for the above doesn't mean we should all blindly do what suited him the most. Had a guy at a local chess club ramble how only the endgames matter and openings are easy, you just have to avoid the blunders - fast forward to him getting crushed in under 20moves...gl using your endgame wisdom in horrible positions 😂😂😂 All 3 stages matter. Likewise, your opinion could be completely different and still true. Capa was too blind in his perception of the game and how it should be learned & played. Like a true wise man once said, absorb what is useful, discard what is not, add what is uniquely your own ;)

[@Tech-vn1jv]

@@ChessJourneyman Well, not saying it cause I'm Cuban, the bottom line, according to millions,Capa was perhaps the most gifted player that ever lived. Lasker said, have met many great players but only one genius, Jose Raul Capablanca y Graupera.

[@simonsays6026]

​@@ChessJourneymanWhen one of the greatest masters of chess history says something about the game perhaps you should listen

[@diegoelmudesi1820]

Im a simple man, I see Capablanca, I instantly watch like and comment.

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@bigalthecrusher]

My friends at the bar and library told me Mr. Capablanca did not know any opening theory

[@joseperez8774]

Its simple : Mr JOSE RAUL CAPABLANCA is the best natural talented player ever to play the game... ( my respect to other GMasters)*... Thank u Capablanca

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

second best, to be precise...:-)

[@joseperez8774]

@@dr.bluesfield3629 who's #1???

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

@@joseperez8774 well, it's obviously the guy who was never taught chess, picked it up by just watching his father and uncle play and surprised them at the age of 6 by showing them winning lines they had missed, when they weren't even aware that he could play, they guy who never once in his life opened a book of chess theory, and furthermore, didn't even consider chess a serious profession but a mere Sunday afternoon leisure time occupation and, in spite of all of this, traveled the world to beat the crap out of the very best of his contemporaries in the most flamboyant style imaginable, to such an extent, that his games are still among the most memorable of all times and he is still today considered as one of the most precise players and a towering symbol of the triumph of the spirit over matter.... Talk about some natural talent there.... that's hard to beat even for the chess machine Capablanca ;-)

[@simonsays6026]

​@@dr.bluesfield3629Name please

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

Sheesh, tartakower can never catch a break

[@diostrueno8575]

I am a simple man, i see Capablanca I click like

[@josuke21]

The nostalgia of watching Capablanca's games is insane. I watched his games on Agadmator's channel 4.5 years ago. Feels good to see his games being covered again. 9th March 2022, 6:33 P.M.

[@PawpiChoolo]

Nice stamp :) I do that too.

[@josuke21]

@@PawpiChoolo Thanks, I started doing it last year, and have also created a playlist 'comments' where I save them. If I still have this account in 2030 or something , it will remind me of the old days.

[@R-L-I]

This game is held up as the gold standard for how endgames should be handled and for good reason! Every grandmaster KNOWS this game, very instructive.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@messiakash]

The last few moves with the king and pawns are very reminiscent of Magnus's win against Nakamura in sinquefield cup 2018 . Especially the moment when he played rg7+

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

13:49 Kg8 is not played to "try something": if the king does not move, Rh8++ is mate, and if Ke8 (the only other option) then g7 Rg4 (forced) Rh8+ and black is finished.

[@tejasmarathe2k]

You may have not learned the endgame but i'm sure you have learnt to appreciate it - Elegant words by Agad.

[@TomJones-tx7pb]

Whilst I am really good at endgames I could never play like Capablanca. I would love to see a really strong engine that emulates his play against the super GMs.

[@johnsmith1474]

"I've never studied the openings much, but I have studied the end games." I perceive, though I know nothing about chess, that knowing the end game is the best for narrating chess matches. This of course because that's where they are usually decided!

[@alleysh3367]

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[@johnpender358]

Capablanca was my favorite player. He just knew the best move to make. Amazing.

[@Ennar]

17:03 "There you have it, how simple the endgame is when you are Capablanca" :D

[@الفاروق-عمر-الخطاب]

Feel so special and talented after finding all the moves

[@StacyInLove1]

Of the old masters, I always enjoy seeing Capablanca and seeing Tal. So beautiful.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@Vmac1394]

Have you shown the Orangutan game from this tournament? I remember reading that Tartakower saw an orangutan at the Bronx Zoo and thought the ape was telling him to open with 1. b4 and then the absolute madman did it. Also, I love how the two photos you have of Capablanca have him evolve from pretty boy to mob boss.

[@John-jt4dj]

I had all of Capablanca's chess books. I learned the most from the games of Capablanca.

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

Interesting that Bobby Fischer said he was dismayed at the advancements in opening book theory, as it allowed anyone to memorize openings and not have to rely on skill or imagination. Yet Cap said openings were the least important phase of the game. And Cap and Morphy were Fischer's favorite players.

[@Tech-vn1jv]

Don't believe anything Fisher said. Anyone with common sense would realize the importance of endgames, the end of the journey in chess. We can maneuver a lot at the begining of game, not at the end, when we trying to checkmate, etc.

[@MrMAiel]

#suggestion Keres vs Smyslov Candidates '53, amazing attacking game and amazing defending game, and also Grischuk mentions this game in one of those thug life videos, he remembered white had two rooks in the h file and took on h7 but lost

[@nedmerrill5705]

Yeah, this is one of my favorite Capablanca games. When I first played this game over his 39. Kf6 came as a surprise; using the enemy pawn as a shield was so instructive for me.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@ex59neo53]

Tartakower's book on his chess career made me addict to the game :)

[@alleysh3367]

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[@rickharold7884]

Love the classics.

[@malawi3803]

Best channel

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@joshuawood362]

did you know capablanca didnt study opening theory

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@squealer42]

@15:56, I couldn't resist adding my own gulping sounds. It was very satisfying.

[@rogerstone3068]

#suggestion - David Howell against Nils Grandelius, in the England-Sweden Challenge today - Italian opening, goes absolutely wild in second half. Howell is down to 15 minutes with 26 moves to the time control, and then uses 8 minutes on one move...

[@intellq]

I am seeing things, a Capablanca game?? Thought I'd never seen him here again! Yay :D

[@keenleannuanonas643]

Dvoretsky Endgame and Reuben Fine's (Basic Chess Endings) books are both good places to start

[@muhammadsair3598]

There is a new addiction now which is watching agad chess analysis

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥🔥

[@arunbeckham8384]

Thanks for showing capas game yet again.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@solomahoneboy4090]

I got the Kg3 move, which makes me a master of the endgame.

[@John-jt4dj]

Capablanca was a Chess Machine.

[@ericsbuds]

there is always time for a Capablanca game! thanks! "but its way cooler to play h5 first" i love your sense of humor xD

[@Rexmorganelli]

Love this game.

[@bainmack]

Good stuff

[@sebastianrex6697]

Such instructive game

[@alleysh3367]

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[@dpv99]

that was an amazing game - thanks.

[@rodneytopor1846]

When you say of an old game that "this position has never been reached again", it would be interesting and instructive if you could tell us *why* this position has never been reached again. What was wrong with the players' last moves?

[@Majidame]

At any given position in a game, a unique position can happen. There is billions of probabilities

[@mercilpb]

Because somebody lost! If you are a super GM and you know that, for example tartakower lost this particular position, you would never go into that position again voluntarily unless you found an improving move somewhere that gave you a better chance

[@dark_rit]

It's not that someone lost. In this game the position that was never reached again was because of a move made by a white piece with white winning the game. There could be some improvement made by the black pieces that exploits the move white made potentially in some deep engine line or something, but this game transposed into the dutch defense, which isn't really popular among super GMs these days because the dutch defense isn't held in high esteem like the berlin or sicilian.

[@jwdatfallaha2857]

in the International Women's Day ... show us top five sacrifices of queen 😁😁😊

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@stevenwisdom5059]

Ur sick

[@williamvesty284]

What was so wrong with pawn to g6 13:20

[@chefdinarvadal5111]

Agad you’re just awesome 😎

[@alleysh3367]

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[@BREAKocean]

CAP & TART MY KIND OF EVENING

[@gugo92kikboks]

#suggestion Kamil Dragun vs Sam Savian crazy complicated combinations after move 23.)..., g5

[@freshmarex3538]

#suggestion If possible, more games by Tartakower might be nice.

[@papai039]

I like your content. It took me some time to comment, sorry for that, u r tony stark

[@patrickschneider2662]

That's the good stuff

[@maddyyv3191]

4:10 whites strong move is "BxRf8" and only then "bxNc3"

[@homaunbakhshi5272]

After the BxRf8 the blacks first take the Queen on e2 with check and easily winning the game.

[@WillemJanWollants]

Great endgame!

[@trafyknits9222]

It was rumored that Capablanca owned a Capybara.

[@shivak9060]

Hi Can you please do ANAND vs SOKOLOV 1992 please?

[@askthepizzaguy]

It's kind of like.... study tactics and learn how to win endgames or hold a draw in a drawn endgame, and do that until you're nearly a GM. Then study openings.

[@lonnie195]

Certainly enjoy Agadmator's coverage of the current tournaments and top guns, but especially enjoy his reviews of past masters. Another treat. Enjoy this channel very much. Bonus points for Medo (yup, dog lover).

[@alleysh3367]

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[@jozefserf2024]

How simple the endgame is? When you're Capablanca, maybe!

[@danrangel5169]

“There will be a goatmentator coming to KZbin in 90 something years and he will talk about my games” -Jose Raúl Capablanca

[@mugbhary]

But how do we go about studying endgames ? Any blueprint True endgames make me scream internally

[@marcosmacedo4956]

The goat

[@alleysh3367]

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[@davew4304]

Cap was sensational

[@panda4247]

4:00 "... or maybe he wanted to surprise Capablanca..." But it didn't work, because Capablanca still didn't know any opening theory and jist played good moves.

[@ernestomartinez4930]

It' impossible to understand the world of chess if you dont look at it with Capablanca's eyes...Mikhail Botvinnik

[@TheDataArchitect]

Era of no machines, human intelligence.

[@JoltFlyer]

At the very end, you can stalemate white, or white would have to give up two pawns

[@Someonesburner404]

love them G-Eazy games

[@alleysh3367]

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[@KAMIGAR_RACING]

every video we have a "completely new game" moment, how about moments when game goes back to known position?

[@nashwinder]

wonder if there is a top level game that begins with h4 h5

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@amritawasthi7030]

#suggestion Alekhine's worst defeat, Alekhine vs Perez Perez

[@CubanCubeFan]

¡A lo Cubano!

[@spidyduzit]

I'm Ready

[@juanortiz9445]

7:44 very suspicious!

[@gustavobourguignon4995]

How simple the endgame is when you are Capablanca...

[@alleysh3367]

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[@andreaz.5313]

Hi Antonio, i dont watch anymore ur new videos.. i already saw capablanca fischer and tal saga.. even morphy.. i started rewatching fisher saga.. i think that Is ur best content.. why dont u start a new saga? Its sad but gotham recaps are more enjoyable, but i think that ur Channel should be a chess history pedia with interesting things for our vast knowledge.. please!!

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

Excellent idea... that would be a perfect split.... for Antonio to focus on historic games! I fully second it.

[@fernandovargasmejia8512]

Capablanca's name is so enyojable to pronounce.

[@Cryptography-p5y]

I found all pause the video moves for the first time. May be I am a Chess genius 😂

[@ChessJourneyman]

Tartakower played scared like a 1700 trading everything to avoid blundering a tactic 😂

[@abdallahme01]

This is why i consider Capablanca as the greatest chess player of all time. He makes it look simple

[@niagra898]

He’s not even top 5

[@abdallahme01]

@@niagra898 i bet you are

[@Atlargein]

Chessmetrics has him within the top 5 from 1 to 15 year peaks!

[@malawi3803]

Greetings from Malawi

[@alleysh3367]

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[@bloodqueenalice]

How are you @agadmator ?

[@luigisaintil413]

Call him simple and that he understands chess. “The ancient revered the best fighter not by the flamboyant ways he takes down his opponent , but by the ease with which he wins his battles.” To calculate more than you would have done to much it’s like a Pyrrhic victory. How much did you have to lose to win this one battle when the war just started.😂

[@mateusvasconcelosarruda5734]

O capablanca é o Peter park do 1° spiderman

[@ellisj98]

It would be great if you could link the chess . com analysis for games like this or any games you show on the channel so we can see the accuracy! Would be extra interesting on these older games too.

[@alleysh3367]

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[@georgewilliams4333]

End Game book by Cap

[@askill8695]

Elon musk must have seen capablanca play and thought to himself chess is simple. I don't blame the guy

[@alleysh3367]

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[@fluffybear46]

Hello agadmator. I know there’s a high chance you wouldn’t notice this comment, but I just want to ask why you stopped putting the opening played by the featured players in the descriptions of you videos. I know this can be often redundant, due to you already telling in the video itself the opening, but there are times where you do not tell the opening, in which case putting the opening in the description would be helpful (especially to me who might want to further study an opening shown in any of your videos).

[@heisenbergcollins8153]

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[@FatherPun]

Just load up stockfish and play the moves! It'll tell you what opening you're playing.

[@fluffybear46]

@@FatherPun Oh. I guess that was very dumb of me for not thinking of this. Appreciate the help.