Nimzos Just Getting Destroyed || Praggu vs Esipenko || Tata Steel (2022)

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Pragg is quickly becoming one of my favorites.

[@josuke21]

@Hunter Vonnegut absolutely.

[@jimeagle5509]

Me: “that’s a good move right there.” Agadmator: “but of course you do not want to do that as it will lead to checkmate in 17 moves.” Me: “oh yeah. Duh. Bad move.”

[@stephenponraj9523]

LMAO🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@abheet320]

Naroditsky: Prag will be here shortly for his interview. Agad: Hello everyone...

[@hsmoothie4477]

hes so frkn fast xD

[@WillemJanWollants]

haha yeah

[@ramachandra776]

"Just because something is considered a lesser move doesn't mean you cannot create great victories with it " 😁 - Agadmator 2022

[@ResonNL]

My first Agadmator video was like 3-5 years ago. It was a brilliant one with a young Pragga vs an older GM. Since that moment I've watched hundreds of hours of chess videos, I follow the big tournaments and I even started playing and (re)introduced alot of friends to chess. Thanks for everything Agadmator and Pragga! U two together inspired me big time!

[@harold7792]

That was my first video, too!

[@ankursaxena5895]

And it was in this tournament that Nimzo resigned from Chess openings.

[@amulyabaranwal756]

Same happened with Najdorf last year.

[@rajair235]

This tournament will be one where Praggu would have learned a lot. He will be one who would have gained the most by playing so many Greats…

[@jefflittle8913]

I think his classical rating is "top 200", which is still incredible for his age, but I assume if not now then very soon he will be "top 100" in rating. He does seem to be playing at that level now.

[@mr.rachetphilanthrophist601]

Itna jaldi nhi. Abhi kaafi saal lagenge praggu ko carlson, caruana wale jagah tak aate aate.

[@prabhavbhagat292]

@@mr.rachetphilanthrophist601 ten years down the line maybe ........

[@abhisen6745]

Nihal or Arjun pehle hai abhi bhi.. uske baad Baki

[@josuke21]

@@mr.rachetphilanthrophist601 do you understand English? He told pragg has gained a lot of experience, not magnus or fabi's level .

[@rahulvignesh2775]

Loved the commentary. Very instructive! Thank you, Agad

[@shreyashshreekant148]

Man this guy lost a couple of games but he fought in every single one. Now my favourite player Talking about praggu. Esipenko is cool too

[@Harryjay6]

Yeah he fought hard. What a tourney. I don't know who my favorite player is, honestly. I get a kick out of Finegold but I wish he'd play some classical.

[@joeldick6871]

Danil is now my favorite player as well. Hope he keeps fighting.

[@humansareweird2866]

Yes,Esipenko is great

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Uh, are you talking about Esipenko or Praggnanandhaa?

[@bukirwashanita2225]

What a performance from the young Indian talent

[@TransparentEclipse]

@Complexus yes he is, but praggu is 16.

[@madhurkankane3472]

@Complexus in 3 years he can be around 2750 -2800 and also esipenko turning 20 in march

[@TransparentEclipse]

@Complexus it is in chess. Those 3 years are the difference for most prodigies from being just a competent gm to a top gm in the world

[@TransparentEclipse]

@Complexus fair enough

[@madhurkankane3472]

@Complexus if alireza can do that so it's not impossible for pragg. And that's why I mentioned a range

[@alahiri22]

Great to see you cover a game between two fine young GMs

[@sunnycheong41]

Pragg is excellent in opening preparations but his technique to convert an advantage into a clear win as a game progresses to the middlegame and endgame is still suspect, due to his inexperience. The good thing is he himself realizes this shortcoming as he indicated in the post-game interview for this game. As such, he can only continue to improve and become better in the future. A player to watch.

[@giovannicorno1247]

I was looking the game live and for a long time I thought that quick win could come by sacrifing the Bishop in h5 to break in.

[@carlkligerman1981]

Medo looked a little bored about the Dubov test saga but resumed his usual posture for the recap of the game like the avid student of the game he is.

[@Mysticolaylar]

This kid has fought, has put much more effort than the minister of defense. Great.

[@TransparentEclipse]

Wow, looking up praggus age out of curiosity I discovered we share a birthday. Cool, now I like him even more

[@corbettmystic1769]

I'm a huge fan of Praguu 🖤

[@devynkumar1997]

I really love how Agad calls him Praggu it'll be nice to see him called Praggu even after he's like 26

[@gaBBarSlnGh]

Well, Anand is still called Vishy by many..

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Hey, Agad! Please cover some more games from the Challengers, too. Erigaisi's last win was great. #suggestion

[@kunal.burangi]

Agad calling "Pragu" is so cute... 🤣

[@jefflittle8913]

I think a lot of people call him that.

[@kanishkrana9426]

#suggestion Arjun's best game from this tournament. Lad deserves a playlist for this tournaments performance.

[@cattycats4]

Dubov: playing chess wearing a mask is impossible Praggu:.....

[@pk10006]

"Looks weird, but it works" Perfect description of my coding skills

[@trafyknits9222]

"Medo" (Croatian) is "Teddy Bear" in English.

[@eunada7351]

In portuguese " medo" means fear

[@hauntinghaze5161]

@@eunada7351 and Duda means doubt in Spanish

[@Ennar]

@@hauntinghaze5161 and Magnus means great in Latin.

[@hauntinghaze5161]

@@Ennar and Agadmator means captures captures in Elfish

[@Ennar]

@@hauntinghaze5161 and Haze means purple in Jimi Hendrix.

[@vidyabhushantiwari1855]

Hey agad! Please show us Arjun's game from this tournament. #suggestions

[@abelchess8430]

#suggestion

[@cskwillreturn2473]

#suggestion

[@calmingcrist4515]

The inventor of the PCR test supersedes any political bureaucrat. Kary Mullis, the inventor of the biotechnological process of PCR said the following: “Anyone can test positive for practically anything with a PCR test, if you run it long enough with PCR if you do it well, you can find almost anything in anybody. It doesn’t tell you that you’re sick.”

[@Tohuvvabohu]

i really dont understand how you can believe in the positive result but ignore the negative one. Does the test work or no!? ^^

[@perbremer9942]

Its exeactly true. This turnement was anfair for Dibov and others.

[@piyushpathak1186]

@14:20 medo's arrival 🙌🙌

[@shreeyamittal1771]

Thank you so much for the content and quality of your videos, Agad. Keep it up for the Grand Prix, we're counting on you!

[@indramaniarora7901]

11:28. Black queen is not trapped though. Black can play Bd5 attack the queen. Best white can do is Qxd5, black Nxd5, white Rxd8. White will be up a rook, but with two connected pawns on Queenside, black has something to play. Not as bad as losing a queen

[@plasmaastronaut]

Richard Rapport breakthru into the top 10 above Anand, Grishuk, Lagrave, Karjakin

[@ratnamani8228]

Pragg Crashed the Dreams of quite a Few Masters. 😁

[@cricketcsk03]

Last year, the Najdorf got absolutely steamrolled. This year, it is the Nimzo... It's funny how there are these trends in Chess. Some years, everyone plays the sicilian, some years, everyone avoids sicilian, or the grunfeld, etc.. And somehow, every year one opening gets absolutely smacked around. Even though all of these have existed for decades

[@sujitbhattacharyya3705]

Moral: when you can't find a good move just take squares from opponents pieces and make them immobilize, which waste their time.

[@josephcallahan1664]

Winning by 1.5 points with such a strong field is quite a feat!

[@ahmedkherfi5990]

Prag is one of the most solid young GMs If not the #1

[@thecurs3dcreator589]

"Captures, captures". Never gets old😅.

[@rauls4972]

Do Not Comply!

[@bistrovogna]

Carlsen at 2868 elo, +3.1 this tournament. Just 12 more tournaments like this in a row to go.

[@sahilkalsulkar3192]

Actually 11

[@bistrovogna]

@@davidhale8034 well, it's not that easy. I assume he would win vs Dubov, which for Carlsen's rating would mean +6.2 this tournament and a tpr of approximately 2900. Sorry, I didn't care to look up tables for tournament percentage score, p, so I used the simpler version to calculate which gives 2911 tpr. It would be close to 2900 with lookup from FIDE tables.

[@bistrovogna]

@@davidhale8034 You edited the post. But ok, you seemed to have a good laugh which is healthy. If Carlsen played this tournament's first 12 games with start rating of 2895 he would gain -1,1 ELO. With added hypothetical win vs Dubov he would be up 1,6 for a total of 2896,6 after tournament. 2900 will be incredibly hard to reach

[@Hellmuth4]

legend has it, agad cuts his own hair to save money for pillows and plushies

[@vsubhuti]

love your presentation mr agadmate .

[@kjerros]

Thanks Agadmator for yet another incredibly fast, informative and enjoyable recap. Praggu has really grown this tournament - does anyone know what his ELO will go to as a result? He can’t be low 2600 any more?

[@cricketcsk03]

2618.8 live rating, I believe

[@jayaram2u]

He gained 6

[@subuddhparekh]

New move on move 16. It is getting further and further away. At some point chess is going to devolve so that most games have no new moves. They just repeat patterns from previous games with the same result.

[@hsp6798]

we are going to see and as of move 35 we have a .... never mind they have both agreed to a draw.

[@vladavasiljev]

I bought 5 kovid tests today. Two times I was positive, two times negative, and I'm pregnant once.

[@arunbeckham8384]

Even here we have capas variation. So cool.

[@avijit3001]

Which maneuver did you make? Sofa or camera angle?

[@rileyvonbevern4652]

with todays environment and tech what about switching to online for those testing positive?

[@n.monish9120]

8:43 y not nf5 fork ?

Even if they give everyone +1 who played dubov, Magnus still wins the tournament with +1

[@tusharkchess]

01: 56 misha captured that pawn on C5

[@erichoffmann8515]

Nice to see players thinking outside the box (computer lines)!

[@dillon5285]

Magnus should have sat at the board and had dubov text him his moves then magus would move the piece for him. Even though it would not be official it would have been fun?

[@TopLobster11]

Can someone tell me what does SB stand for in Rating scale Antonio should?

[@georgeray649]

03:09 I just love Agad. And Rafa made my day even more happier.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Well played Pragg!

[@julianfeldman1603]

#suggestion it would be really cool if you check out some games from the womans vs mans tournament that Eric Rosen its playing

[@maddyyv3191]

havent you covered vidit va mamedyarov?

[@wowfmomf6126]

At 7:09 why not white plays knight E7 wins immediatly.

[@jayaram2u]

Time to change Pragg's photo, he's not a kid anymore...

[@dablex31391]

#question whatis the 3rd graph named SB, seems like the difference between 2nd and 3th Memedyarov and Raport is there ?

[@albanodirosa]

It's a tiebreak method called Sonneborn-Berger, basically consists in adding the points obtained by all the adversaries which the player has defeated and half the points of the ones that the player has made a draw

[@dablex31391]

@@albanodirosa thank you :))))))))))

[@imonoke7903]

Is D4 best open for white?

[@mohamedessanhaji797]

Esipenko is playing great only against Magnus ! But strangely he doesn't play at the same level against others !

[@reevil402]

Wrong. Yes it's his second loss in this tournament. But he could have also accepted the early draw offer from Anish, which would make this loss his only loss in this tournament. Also he was playing for a win with the black pieces, which is also a risky choice to make. Drawing against Caruana, Carlsen and Mamedyarov is everything but a bad result.

[@josephbloggss7286]

Everyone plays their best against Magnus. . Everyone wants to take down the champion. . It's tough getting to the top, but even tougher staying there

[@hsp6798]

@Re Emvil This can be said for anyone that lost twice this tournament. A bunch of what ifs. Everyone could have done a little better and Magnus had at least 3 other winning positions that ended up a draw but it is what it is.

[@summonedfist]

Can someone explain how Ne7 at 7:12 doesn't win the bishop on b7? Is the knight not sufficiently covered

[@janissaryJames]

if white plays ne7, black plays queen takes knight. if white then plays queen takes bishop, black plays queen takes bishop. if white takes the c7 night, then black takes whites rook with check.

[@summonedfist]

@@janissaryJames thank you it makes sense now! I'm clearly not very good LOL

[@johnnydoe3603]

The Kid got Resilience. He Refused to Succumb to the Repeated Defeats and Kept Fighting. Kudos to Pragg.

[@tabularasa9576]

Two kids playing at a high level so cute ❤️

[@otakurocklee]

I'm surprised you didn't mention the easy win for Pragg with 35. g4.

[@nicolaecradea1637]

I am an 1800 and I always play a3 against the Nimzo. I am shocked to find it was not the top move.

[@Prof.SchulzeSternberg]

Believe me, you’ll probably make a lot of moves that in the given position are not the top move ;-)

[@ayushmaurya1912]

@@Prof.SchulzeSternberg I am from 2200 and you are making so many moves that are not moves.

[@bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308]

@@ayushmaurya1912 Im from 2500 Retired pro chess player You cant see moves without seeing the moves yourself

[@Prof.SchulzeSternberg]

@@ayushmaurya1912 im slightly below 2450 and don’t understand what you’re trying to say…

[@ayushmaurya1912]

@@Prof.SchulzeSternberg your knowledge is out of date .

[@yash007new]

Are praggu legend hai😂😂

[@adershgr]

Prags profile pic looks weird with teeth and all, i can't unsee it now, please change it in next video

[@jeffreycarokann4890]

#suggestion, any game of Arjun Erigaisi in the challengers section

[@timothymorrell4023]

Agadmator do you think there will ever be a new starting line other than the known ones?

[@XoXo-jy7mi]

I love the way Agad says Praggu. It sounds very affectionate 😊

[@quantum_beeb]

Vadit really dropped the ball on this one

[@mohithrnair5711]

#suggestion Marc andria maurizzi vs arjun erigaisi | tata steel challengers 2022 Arjun played endgame like magnus

[@giovannicorno1247]

#suggestion Karjakin vs Vidit, very instructive final technique

[@theoneonly8472]

6:36, doesn’t Ra1 win u either the knight or bishop?

[@boloXtreme119]

Isnt bishop defended by knight on c7?

[@theoneonly8472]

@@boloXtreme119 ur right this is why I’m not a gm lol

[@tangohotellima1895]

Covid silliness-1, Chess-0. Sad day for chess...

[@reevil402]

#suggestion Andrey Esipenko - Jordan van Foreest (Round 10)

[@imashu5634]

Yay waiting for ya man !!!! 😍❤

[@namanmehta3096]

Hey, love your channel, although I am not a regular follower. Have you already covered Shakhriyar Mamedyarov vs Magnus Tata steel 2022 ?

[@sketchwarehelp]

The defence in this game was incredible.

[@crimson.ghost22222]

Pragg is inexperienced but i still root for him against these big names

[@smhollanshead]

Have the Dutch ever heard of a false positive test?

[@edbunkers4516]

But Covid so scary oh noes!

[@Tohuvvabohu]

@@edbunkers4516 many scare, such danger.

[@mdb831]

#suggestion 91 Linares Ivanchuck games in the new format. Please!

[@vinay5807]

The catjamming tho 😼😸

[@humansareweird2866]

Never liked the Nimzoindian. Giving up the bishop pair plus a massive center to white.Obviously it's playable but you have to know how to play it.

[@hsp6798]

you are right monkey man.

[@martinbelmont]

So if you test positive once and negative once. The positive wins? Riiiiiight.

[@hemant05]

07:12 white would play knight e7 check and win the bishop on b7

[@hemant05]

@@raccoon1160 yeah, but after that whites rook can also come on e7... Not sure how it will go, but both queen and rook on 7th rank is generally good

[@divyanshujain5809]

What was the prize money players got?

[@cesaresaladandthespicycrou4080]

Can we call this the conga line variant

[@MoosterMug]

#suggestion Vidit blunders against Mamedyarov, Tata Steel Round 12

[@jorgealbertorasconguevara5174]

Agad please show some of Rapport games

[@javonjohnson3878]

love to see another dubov vid

[@mika274]

Imagine dubov didn't have covid and they just messed up the first test.

[@sagarjha7456]

12:43 couldn't he take the pawn now🤔

[@sayonkundu7945]

Be8

[@williamgoss4691]

Excellent game, thanks

[@MrSupernova111]

Nice job to the youngster!

[@vasuimemyself]

Praggu is improving very well

[@davidsheff6280]

Wow. What a great game!

[@xGodInHeavenx]

the immortal zugzwang from praggu :)

[@mbongisenimagutshwa]

Can you please cover Arjun s game as well