This is The Strongest Chess Player You Never Heard Of

[@UheReasin]

"Eh I lost not like anyone is going to care about this." -Lasker "So look at this fool." -Agadmator

[@coreyfaller2500]

Lasker saga on the horizon?

[@jadonloomis]

lol, poor Lasker was resting peacefully thinking nobody would ever talk about this game and how he's rolling over in his grave.

[@Dragonoid269]

​@@konstantinmeyer8662 As far as I can tell, crypto currency seems more like a pyramid scheme that wastes the same amount of electricity as an entire country. It truly is funny how it hasn't plummeted yet and no-one has done anything about this idea that is nothing more than an absolute waste of resources. Aside from that I'll also report you for unwonted commercial spam as your attempt at trying to sell e-currency is in no way related to a video about chess.

[@aggressivelyamicable5987]

@@Dragonoid269 Regardless of your view on cryptocurrency, the technology behind it (blockchain) is indeed the future and has already been implemented by many major corporations.

[@zivi3938]

5:00 „However, this position is now completely lost for Lasker, so feel free to pause the video and win this game for Lasker“ - Agadmator, 2020

[@Spidy400]

Omg i just realised he said that after i read your comment XD

[@thinboxdictator6720]

and then he forgot to show solution!

[@zoran.grubic]

Every move I make is a win for Lasker, even when it's completely lost for Lasker.

[@jolly_roger2]

That's gotta be the toughest 'pause the video' challenge we've ever done

[@NiteMeir]

Easy. Play Rb1 or some other silly move so Lasker can win

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:59 7:04 8:58 Link in the description 1:09 A few words 7:01 A few more words 1:36 Let's check out this game 1:50 That's not a knight 1:51 Sorry about that 2:44 Never been reached again 2:52 Double attack 3:05 Strikes in the centre 5:02 Completely lost 5:08 Give you a couple of seconds 5:15 (Enjoy the show) 8:19 Slow motion replay 8:34 So yeah 9:16 Morphy saga

[@TheRamblingBooth]

I love this meme of timestamping his responses

[@StructuralReality]

There is no captures captures :(

[@lopezmt5]

Hahahahaha! That pretty much sums it up 😁

[@MrNico4787]

"The position is completely lost for Lasker so feel free to pause the video and win this game for Lasker" 😂😂😂

[@ShinYamiZakura]

Don't underestimate my blunder potential

[@karanram2561]

Agadmator will be Sorry about that

[@descendency]

So Agad has seen me play black.

[@christopherparsons3224]

I caught that too

[@CoachWenchell]

pawn to f5.... wasn't that difficult :D :D

[@destux]

Day 3 of telling agad his daily uploads are much appreciated

[@agadmator]

Thanks man! Really appreciate it!

[@destux]

@@agadmator uwu

[@eyalitmanager]

@@agadmator agadmator !!! Rock on! 😆

[@davewestner]

I like this trend. Keep it up (the daily comment as well as the uploads)

[@nobodyspecial2835]

Haha. 3rd day of seeing this wonderful comment. Great job!

[@Habackuk24]

"When you see a good move, look for a better one." I've lost many games that way.

[@mf1110]

I’ve found it to be a great way to get flagged in a winning position.

[@0xf7c8]

I once tried this, but flagged in moved three. It ended up being that I already found the best move but I was looking for a better one. Instructions unclear.

[@RodneyLim03]

Nothing can be better than ke2

[@CleavingRay]

@@RodneyLim03 Gotta play that bong cloud

[@soakedbearrd]

lol

[@SoySoy-up5dp]

Me: Hey, I know this guy! Agadmator: Sorry about that.

[@peperoni5227]

I'm wonderin if agadmator will ever show a game where Lasker has won xD

[@0xf7c8]

Lasker never won. Everybody knows that

[@marcjohn9404]

He showed one where he absolutely obliterated Capa after Capa made one pretty damn small mistake, but yeah I guess he does lose a lot of the games that Agadmator shows. Probably because when someone beats him it's so notable and those have been the games that Agad covers.

[@BinaryRex18]

Yeah Lasker deserves more love.

[@yuristremel]

Lasker deserves his own saga. The guy completely dominated the chess world for 27 years. And even after Capablanca took the title, the 50 yo Lasker would often finish ahead of him on tournaments. Absolute madman

[@heli0s101]

Same goes for Levon Aronian. One of the strongest players in the world, yet he's never won a game it seems.

[@physics-guy3164]

I find it beautiful how Agad over here revives the lost chess players from history, bringing their names into the light of attention once more.

[@leadnitrate2194]

Small correction: Lasker was not the second official FIDE world champion, as it was founded in 1924, after he became world champion.

[@andrewb3455]

I can see where the idea came from as fide wasn’t founded until as you said 1924. However he is considered the second world chess champion after Wilhelm Steinitz. 1886 is considered to be the first official world chess championship, it is not when fide was formed. Also fide didn’t actually run the world chess championship until 1946.

[@konstantinmeyer8662]

Funny how bearly 8 months back leading crypto currency traded for about $7000, it's currently trading above $20,000 , I've always told those who have cared to listen that crypto currency in general is here to stay , it's our present and our future in the market , the BTC chart would obviously reveal immerse gains recorded by holders within this period , but that's just earning in bit compared to what crypto traders earn weekly , been coping the signal trades of renouned trading expert Daniel Wright to near perfection , made over 11btc within two months of trading , for strictly trading related troubles , Daniel may be reached on what’sap + 1 (78 65 27) 2947 and tale.gram @ Danielwrightfx. The world is waking up to digital currency, let’s move with it

[@leadnitrate2194]

@Rueflu 0:10

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@konstantinmeyer8662 agreed

[@bobthompson3739]

This is without doubt one of the most intelligent and clever mating pattern I have ever witnessed, quite beautiful; a severe lesson in never underestimating your opponent

[@jameskingston4075]

You should cover a lot more of Lasker's games as he is more relatable to the average player than many GMs and his habit of not always playing the strongest move is also very interesting.

[@christopherparsons3224]

Especially for a non titled player, Lasker games are instructive. I think even the titled players might get something from them, seeing ways to improve the positions. Also, I especially enjoy the way Lasker would complicate positions. He wasn't as wild as Tal, but still quite intriguing.

[@sergeytitov8444]

I also have a habit of not playing the strongest move. I always see the strongest move, it is just this bad habit of not playing them is preventing me from becoming world champion :)

[@christopherparsons3224]

@@sergeytitov8444 , sometimes the best moves are dumb. They make the game more complicated and turn it from a clear path to victory to positions where you have to keep trying to figure out what is best.

[@MrSpeedyAce]

5:01 “The position is now completely lost for Lasker. So feel free to pause the video and win this game for Lasker” Agadmator just watched Tenet.

[@orlock20]

Agadmator didn't tell us about the switch sides card that Lasker won at the morning raffle.

[@MrSpeedyAce]

@@orlock20 That lucky son-of-a-gun Lasker....

[@filipadakovic]

one of the best games and surely the best mate ever covered on this channel.

[@cmfox3]

Wow. Thank you, sir for analyzing this game. I do not think I have ever before seen a game where there were three, "mate in three" possibilities. I was patting myself on the back for having found the first one, but with the second one a variation of the first, I thought the third smothered mate was the most elegant. Thanks again!

[@inspekvijay6564]

when you see mate in one, find for a better one aman hambleton

[@nicolashrv]

"When you see mate in one.....try to draw the game" Amish Girl

[@PaperGrape]

@@nicolashrv why is it so funny that you said Amish and not Anish 😂😂

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

He wrote Amish girl

[@PaperGrape]

@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@alekhyadas2187]

#Suggestion. Lasker vs Baeur (The Double Bishop Sacrifice) Please agadmator cover this game....

[@ckmishn3664]

Who would have guessed Tommy Chong would turn out to be such an excellent chess player? Or that Agadmator wouldn't know who he is?

[@aesaehttr]

Lmao. Tommy Chong!!!

[@darrenspokane]

Priceless!

[@charlespanache7047]

Who did you think taught Hikaru the bong cloud opening?

[@yungdevi]

Cheech was on celebrity jeopardy and killed it tho

[@coosoorlog]

I see it.

[@ENZ2103]

Me: clicks link to learn about Polner The link: А.Кентлер. ПО СЕРДЦУ ИДЕТ ПАРОХОД

[@puncherinokripperino2500]

и в чём проблема?

[@tayyab1]

There is a thing called Google Translation,

[@puncherinokripperino2500]

or just learn great mighty russian language =)

[@tayyab1]

@@puncherinokripperino2500 Respect

[@sitting_nut]

so what's the problem? its chess.

[@davidwhite2949]

Great game and fascinating character. I read the article. Very sad. He was scapegoated He was brilliant. Not only was he one of the strongest chess players in the world, but evidently also a doctor, lawyer, financier and mathematician.

[@jeremywong6149]

Thank you agadmator for these videos👍

[@ariannnna8964]

You’re definitely my favorite youtuber now. Thank you agad!

[@PaperGrape]

#suggestion Lasker saga next ... It would be chronologically fitting considering what you've covered so far imho

[@METAmeta_x264]

Thank You for your videos, agadmator. Im not a chess master, just a big chess fan, but your videos give me a lot of information and ideas for playing :)

[@TheJesterElectronic]

The fact that the bishop and the rook are both under attack and yet checkmate is still delivered is really beautiful.

[@guachingman]

its like he is rubbing it in

[@kookokoe]

Living on the edge

[@patrickhutchison5343]

Agadmator. One of the very few bright spots of 2020.

[@vrebds2484]

*Usually, I won't sacrifice the Queen, if I do then I will do TWICE* 😍😍

[@andrewmays3988]

Another beautiful chess game with brilliant commentary. THANK YOU!😇

[@81OH4Z4RD]

grats on 900k sir and thanks for all the good stuff

[@defineflv]

Thank you so much for your such frequent uploads, Antonio, they are a most wonderful haven for me an enclave of soul soothing listening and watching, all the more when I skip a day or two and they gather up to a couple hours of material. Thank you 🙏

[@AncientExplorationCanada]

Thank you for the information on this wonderful man, Sergey Polner. It brings a brilliant light to this match

[@jolly_roger2]

I found the mate starting with Ng4+ but I can't deny Qxh3+ line is much more beautiful!

[@medexamtoolscom]

Title: Strongest player you never heard of destroys lasker Picture: A scary looking dude who appears to possibly be part man part bear Damn right he looks strong, he probably could have destoyed lasker just by looking at him and shooting laser beams from his eyeballs or something

[@TheMegadomino]

that’s actually what happened, the game is just a cover up

[@danijelkruselj1855]

Best quality chess channel..... congrats

[@Southeast_Asian_Devil]

Great video. It is in this position I didn't skip the ads. 2 ads in one video back to back

[@cygnustsp]

"Position never reached again" is almost as enticing as "brand new position",,, chess is awesome

[@BryanLChess]

I think the fact that this was in a simul, kind of takes away some of the magic since it wasn't truly a one-on-one game as Lasker was playing several people at once.

[@dj1rst]

There are two Cities named Oranienbaum, one is located in Sachsen-Anhalt in Germany and the other is near St. Petersburg in Russia. It´s name by today is Lomonossow and is probably the birth town of Sergey Ivanovich Polner.

[@ishu5434]

Lasker looks so different in this photo!!

[@paragwho]

Congratulations for 900k chess fam😍🔥

[@adamshelby100]

this quote reminds me of a similar nugget of wisdom from the esteemed Grandmaster Aman Hambleton “if you see checkmate, look for better”

[@andrew_owens7680]

Damn, first you hit me with Nezhmetdinov, now Polner. Good work!

[@Riskninjaz]

Beautiful game and study. Thanks!

[@Loudini514]

Can't wait for agadmator to reach 1 million subs!

[@mynulislam7865]

Love the way you say everytimes,"Hello everyone"!

[@GoranSlika]

"It has to be a double-check" at the end made me understand the position at an even deeper level

[@sergeytitov8444]

It does not have to be a double check. As long as knight is on h3, the check by the bishop is not important.

[@JustinOhio]

Isn't it amazing that these players had absolutely no idea that well over a hundred years later, hundreds of thousands of people would be viewing and analyzing their game, in a technological way that they could never comprehend.

[@kilimanjarno]

wow. just wow, for this to happen to Lasker. He definitely went home after this and committed to become one of the best chess players ever.

[@ollieols3418]

I love that checkmate pattern. I found the first one, but I completely missed the double queen sacrifice line

[@lp4969]

900k subs!! In no time you'll be the first million subs in the chess community

[@argandzero0]

Thank you Agad, this was truly the good stuff.

[@Evilanious]

5:04 Winning moves are Kg4, Kh1, Qxh3, Bxh3, Rh2# Really nice.

[@anirudhyanamandra8065]

Congrats on 900K!

[@roblandau6766]

Agadmator in Crocodile Dundee “That’s not a knight. This is a knight”

[@derkateramabend]

Lovely video, thank you Agadmator ❤️

[@gardnert1]

You said "pause the video and win this game for Laskar" and I spent a good 5 minutes trying to do that before giving up and continuing with the video.

[@Oneiric_Benevolence]

"There are 2 checkmates in 3" Me:finds checkmate in 8

[@resarfekim]

Why does Agadmator always reach down and say "sorry about that" in beginning of every video?

[@Champs-ek7lh]

On his end, the noise the pieces make when they are “clicked” down onto the table is, by default, too loud. He is adjusting his own volume. But when the video gets uploaded, it all gets balanced out so we don’t really experience the difference.

[@farfaraway2006]

When the title of the video is outrageous but not a clickbait

[@ender3932]

Looking at the moves and I be like : okay okay reasonable While when I start playing I find it really hard to make decisions I demand more educational content Antonio, learning chess is no fun without you

[@johnwamsley1896]

Play those games over and see if that doesn't increase your vast knowledge. Maybe you will discover more moves.

[@alexplody9754]

That s were a really beautifull check mate Thank you, i enjoyed my friday

[@ivanpetrov815]

Im geting so addicted to your videos,man

[@FloydMaxwell]

Beautiful finish to the game. Thank you!

[@SuperChogan]

I thank Queen’s Gambit for A) Getting me back into chess B) Introducing me to Agadmator

[@ItDoesntTakeaGenius777]

Same

[@stevenxu5747]

@Agadmator You neglected to mention that Lasker himself was world-renowned mathematician (he worked in abstract algebra). So this was a chess game between two mathematicians!!

[@OM-yn8pt]

7:00 agad sounds like he's reading out sergey's eulogy

[@kaewonf8]

Always enjoy your vids. Great coup de grace but it was a simul after all

[@caotuanvo8480]

Congrats Agadmator for reaching 900k subs! 1 mil coming soon!

[@republikadugave420]

Almost million subs!! Congrats..

[@KimeraLord]

Last time i was this early a hoddie guy defeated a GM

[@Tristan-zt8tw]

The first checkmate option was really cool.

[@SenorQuichotte]

Lasker getting crushed... Doesn't happen much.

[@itsmeashteroid2705]

YOU CONTENTS HELPED ME GROW IN CHESS

[@chosen_ones777]

There's a big lesson to be learned from this game. Never play against the guy/girl on the other side of the board. Play against his/her pieces. Then you'll never underestimate your opponent. And you'll never be scared no matter who's your opponent.

[@GnosisEnglish]

Truth, I think chess teaches a lot of things about life, I sometimes blunder after winning a piece for going overconfident or just for underestimating a lower rated player. We must never do that, both in chess as in life.

[@chosen_ones777]

@@GnosisEnglish Absolutely true. As far as I remember it was Bent Larsen, or maybe another Dane (not me 😉 ), who said that you should allways believe your opponent is smarter than yourself and therefore concluded that if you've found a really really good move, look for a better.

[@nmagko]

Beautiful game. Thanks for sharing.

[@petergregory7199]

I had an excellent rest of my day because I just watched this.

[@manojbhetwal4408]

"Sorry about that" sounds so natural, how do you do this everytime flawlessly?

[@davidwhite2949]

By the way, what’s he doing when he says this?

[@suhail_69]

@@davidwhite2949 saying sorry to his legs 😅

[@killerdoc1077]

Agadmator is goat , love your vids man

[@SeldomFollower]

I have been watching your videos for a very long time. Love your content. I hope to play you some day :) love from Canada!

[@tusharsurankar5958]

Mr. Agadmator Please make a video on lasker vs tarrasch 🙂 I come to know about their rivalry and I hope you would have something to share about them ...

[@JamesThatcher_jtnwdc]

#Suggestion

[@pelimies1818]

That felt GOOD!

[@faridessalhi7538]

Chess and historic references : the perfect cocktail . Agad you rock

[@mikeog2617]

Or you rook lol

[@sozibrahman8504]

Hello agadmator, we would love to see more old classic. Rudolf Spielmann vs Oldrich duras. The hell battery. Thanks #suggestion

[@GiulianoBBianc]

I think you should put hashtag suggestion

[@thelibrarian3006]

#suggestion

[@sozibrahman8504]

@@GiulianoBBianc thanks mate. But I'm have been trying to get agadmators attention for years. Used hashtag many times before. This time I hadn't. But at least you noticed

[@vrebds2484]

Really a very good game 👌 The endgame was extremely good... When the opening I think it's gonna be Vienna Gambit ...

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

there's no endgame here, it's a typical midgame checkmate. And the opening is not a gambit, just a regular Vienna game.

[@vrebds2484]

@@dr.bluesfield3629 yes, I just thought it would be a Gambit game... Sorry about that!

[@cheeseman430]

“So uh feel free to pause the video and win the game for Lasker”

[@Infamous_V.I.P]

10th Agad video in a row I've seen where his yellow dress is hanging in the backround.

[@damagelethal7171]

Proud to say I was a follower since he had 10k 🤗

[@arnejoppien]

In this game Lasker played like a beginner whereas Polner played like the simultaneous playing master. In this early period of his career, Lasker didn't yet play as professionally as later in his career, when he became World champion in his 1894 match against Steinitz.

[@ezy_accounts]

a game played in 1889 and that too a simultaneous one. which subscriber or regular viewer would have thought Agad would be covering so extensively? Agad could ask us to send video wishes, he chooses what he finds interesting, cuts or keeps the relevant video part, uploads it as a short video and allow us to comment - "hey me in at so and so time!!" :)

[@thedaoistwayoftai-chi9559]

Beautiful mate position with not one but two options! the second one was expecially nice thx for this game!

[@johnhickman930]

Lasker looks like a straight-up gangster from the early 1900's in the photo

[@MrBenjaminCole]

Prison mugshot sufficed for Polner.

[@ishaq24722]

Beautiful game! I of course saw the knight check. Lasker must have collapsed.

[@danielhall6888]

Cr1tikal traveled back in time to face Lasker.

[@tkrpiano]

You know it’s a good game if he says ‘really’ two times to describe how W I L D it is

[@adventuresofdavid]

Tony oil your door hinges ...I hear Jelena hahaha!! Merry Christmas

[@jx14aby]

He came. He saw. He kicked his ass.

[@davidhodgson1385]

Great video, thank you ! Great to see some games of lesser known players. Can you please cover a game by sultan Khan

[@ryszardkilinski1238]

Man, this brother looks like saint Alessandro Pirlo from at the age of 88!

[@alexanderkoroluk7113]

Man you are doing an amazing job, and as your ,,hello everyone,, is your signature that ,,sorry for that,, is the same :)) love it

[@medexamtoolscom]

5:00 "However, the position is now completely lost for Lasker, so feel free to pause this video and win this game for Lasker."