Be Careful when Grabbing A Pawn, Gligorić, it Might be Poisoned!

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator William Hartston vs Svetozar Gligoric
Hastings 6566 (1966), rd 7, Jan-05
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation. Poisoned Pawn Accepted (B97)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cd4 4. Nd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2 Qb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. f5 Nc6 11. fe6 fe6 12. Nc6 bc6 13. e5 de5 14. Bf6 gf6 15. Ne4 Be7 16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O Qa4 18. c4 f5 19. Rb3 c5 20. Qh6 Rf7 21. Rg3 Kh8 22. Bh5 Qe8 23. Rf5 ef5 24. Nd6 Bd6 25. Bf7
William Roland "Bill" Hartston (born London, 12 August 1947) is an English journalist who writes the Beachcomber column in the Daily Express and a chess player who played competitively from 1962 to 1987 with a highest Elo rating of 2485. He was awarded the title International Master in 1972, but is now best known as a chess author and presenter of the game on television.
Svetozar Gligorić (Serbian: Светозар Глигорић, 2 February 1923 - 14 August 2012) was a Serbian and Yugoslav chess grandmaster. He won the championship of Yugoslavia a record twelve times, and is considered the best player ever from Serbia. In 1958 he was declared the best athlete of Yugoslavia.
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[@BMessemer]

Another comment that I will make is that I totally agree with the quote by Tarrasch you put up above the board. "Chess, like love, like music, has the power to make (humans) happy." I am a musician and music teacher and besides teaching and conducting choirs, I teach music theory which involves analyzing and discovering relationships within chords, melodies, etc. Both music and chess have what might be called "invisible architecture." Particularly when composing or improvising in music, the composer/improvisor has many choices to go from one note or chord to the next, and these involve movements. Like in chess, there are stronger/weaker, smoother/angular, typical/atypical movement choices to be made. With regard to choosing movement and visualizing structures, I would assert that chess and music are deeply related.

[@marcusmiguel1850]

How do you write the chords on the staff for the indicated Roman Numeral?

[@BMessemer]

Well, the roman numeral indicates to play/realize the chord whose root (primary identifying note) is a scale degree identified by that (Roman) number. For example, let's say we are in F# Major. The F# Major scale has seven different notes, or "scale degrees" in it. These are: 1.F# 2.G# 3.A# 4. B 5. C# 6. D# 7. E#. So now let's say you see a roman numeral IV. This means to play the chord based on the 4th scale degree of the scale. In the key we're in, this means to play a B chord. It happens to be a B Major, as IV chords are automatically major if we are operating within a major key. A vi chord would automatically be minor, e.g. D#m or D sharp minor. And so on.

[@BMessemer]

Hello there. Well, if you are completely unfamiliar with music theory, there are many many intro to music theory texts that you can check out. This being KZbin, there are all sorts of interesting tutorials you can watch as well, which may be more engaging than a "standard" text. If I could make a single suggestion, it would be to watch this video (link at the bottom) by a wonderful musician KZbinr named Andrew Huang. I would also thoroughly recommend subscribing to his channel, as he tends to cover sophisticated music concepts but is totally beginning-musician friendly. In this video he essentially started composing a melody (and accompanying chords), left it half-finished, and welcomed his viewers to finish composing it. He received 147 submissions from people who finished his incomplete idea. What's really fascinating is that he then, in a very scientific way, did a statistical analysis of all the compositional choices all 147 people made, showing us percentages of people who made one choice vs. another choice, etc. Absolutely fascinating and it's quite demonstrative of the point I made above about making moves or "choosing lines" the way a chess player might think of it. I hope you enjoy the comparison, here's the link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/f2Oom2eApdaol9U

[@marcusmiguel1850]

I thought it was a lot more difficult than that. Yeah, I'm taking a Music Fundamental class and so I'm completely new but I have learned quite a lot. I'm doing it on the Finale Notepad 2012 software. THank you so much.

[@petefoden]

Thanks for showing a Will Hartston game , he was the presenter on the BBC's chess program during the 1980's , the only regular chess show broadcast on British t.v. that i'm aware of. Following that he enjoyed success as a journalist writing newspaper trivia articles and chess puzzles since the show ended.

[@zorrohere7393]

Wesley will be So offended by this.

[@EylonShlomo]

7:11 If he pushs the pawn, Qg8 it's checkmate as well..

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[@Shockprowl]

William Hartston! An English chess legend! I remember him on TV when I was a child. He's a great chess writer, Kings of Chess and the Guiness book of chess Grandmasters are brilliant reads. Great video, thank you Agadmator.

[@jacksonpope3955]

"He missed an instakill here."

[@stevenx2523]

I like how when you show a player lose a game or two, you try and make a point of finding some wins to show later.

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#suggestion can you make a video on a game that includes fried liver accepted

[@MrSupernova111]

With traxler counter attack! #suggestion You can play me. I'd gladly allow u to try it with me as black :)

[@dkn.205]

But Amateurs do

[@batfang5583]

I see another threat at the end after Gligoric resigned. After the black queen captures the bishop on f7 and queen captures bishop on d6, there is a threat of Qd8+; black has to play Qg8, then Qf6+. black has to block with Qg7 and QxQ is checkmate. Of course black can stop this by moving the bishop from c8 allowing the rook to cover the 8th rank, but then it falls back to Qxe5 pawn and continues as you describe. By the way I love this channel and am going to scrape up a few dollars to contribute very soon.

[@BMessemer]

First! Yay! I need to go to the dentist too...I sympathize with you sir. Feel better and thank you for posting despite your recovering from a trip to the dentist.

[@andrewschultz6608]

I remember discovering Hartston's "How to Cheat at Chess." It didn't help my game any, but it was very funyny. It even has a quiz at the end. The answer key is delightfully trolling.

[@MadderMel]

I second Shockprowl's comment ! Hartston also drew a hard fought game with the then World Champion , Karpov !

[@samuelbruyneel]

7:11 Queen to g8 is checkmate already...

[@Nullifidian]

7:42 - There is actually a defense here. Rg3+ is still a good move, but it doesn't immediately win the game because of the resource of Rg3+ Kh8, Qc3 Qd7!. It doesn't protect the threatened pawn, but it does ensure that when the pawn is captured with Qxe5+ and the bishop blocks on f6, the tempo used in capturing the bishop with the knight (because you're obviously not going to capture with the queen with an enemy rook on f8) will give Black the chance to play Qd4+. Now White doesn't have any better option than to accept the queen trade because the Black queen prevents checkmate being given along this diagonal. White will wind up a piece for a pawn, which should be winning, but Black will have some chances as well due to the connected passed pawns in the center (after cxd4, capturing White's queen and an eventual e5). With a player of Gligorić's caliber, that might be compensation indeed. Looking at how the game unfolded, I think Hartson made the better move in the position because it allowed Gligorić less counterplay. As you point out, after Bh5, there's no chance of moving the rook, so Black's moves are far more forced.

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Tigran Petrosian vs Svetozar Gligoric, Zagreb, 1970 thank you! :D

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+Patel Dhaval Thank you :)

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[@bubo1]

I used to watch William Hartson on TV, he had a chess show on the BBC in the UK in the early eighties

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[@Zaranathax]

It's true about him balancing the pieces on a rook. Other trivia about Hartston is that he occasionally appears on a British TV program called Gogglebox that has nothing to do with chess.

[@ubertoaster99]

Yup, him and his mate sit in front of a huge pair of tits (a painting). I'd been meaning to look up his chess career. Here's a page with a picture (and story about) the stacked pieces: streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/something-to-try-if-youre-bored-on-rest.html

[@Shockprowl]

WHAT?!!! William Hartston's on piggin' Googlebox?!?! What's he doing on there?!?!

[@AntiPeach]

Anyone else have any other good videos of times where a piece was poison? I love the use of that term and would like to see it used in a book

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[@pavitrakumar7890]

Brilliant! I wonder whether it was a right decision to retire from chess.

[@teresaborensztajn451]

I have seen, many many years ago Walter Browne doing what you said, i.e. mounting the entire set on a single rook.

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

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[@n43510]

At the time of this game Hartston was not a PhD student, he was studying for his bachelor degree (at Cambridge). He completed that degree and then became a PhD student, also at Cambridge. AFAIK he never completed the requirements for the PhD.

[@YotamPiano]

yay! a new vid on my b-day :) I have a #suggestion @agadmator please do a vid about a game where a pawn is promoted to a knight and not a queen, out of special circumstance or nessecity.

[@AM-sp6je]

He already did one

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gligoric vs nicolas cage

[@totoytotoy7388]

nice game

[@albertzaragoza9169]

Thank you for the knight move !

[@OriginalAimbot]

Comment no 22...Checkmate in 22

[@BMessemer]

BTW Mr. Antonio I'm one of those guys that discovered your channel barely a week ago and am now addicted to your channel! I played chess a bit in my youth but never seriously. Actually as an adult I was taught how to play Shogi from my Japanese Father-in-law. Shogi is VERY different from chess, but I love it. It may almost be viewed as the difference between sports such as football ("Soccer" in the USA) and American football - both played on a field etc but the moves and rules are totally different. Have you ever tried Shogi? It's quite interesting if you're looking for something esoteric.

[@matej0909]

Same here

[@leslassiter6378]

"...if it's a serious game, you might not want to play a3." Why not? Carlsen has played it in a serious game. I recently used it to win a beautiful game in correspondence style chess. #suggestion, could you please show the Carlsen game w/a3 in this line, if you can find it? Also, if you would like, I will share with you my game in this line. I know your viewers would enjoy it.

[@SuperVoidy]

2:45 "If it is a serious game, maybe not go for A3" Why?

[@chitramaridi]

Good question idk i would go for it

[@jangtheconqueror]

If it's seriously surely the opponent would realize if their queen would be captured in two moves. So they wouldnt go for it with their queen and you'd have pushed a pawn for no reason and potentially created a weakness.

[@aykutcakr5350]

suggestion : capablanca vs torre carlos(1929) nice miniature in 18 moves. Well, ım not sure whether you have done this or not but anyway.

[@Tyliss13]

Hahaha the first 20 seconds of this video are great

[@mikesummers-smith4091]

If you've never read Bill Hartston's "How to Cheat at Chess", I urge you to do so. It may be the funniest book about the game ever written. Did you know that the things which you should take a game played privately include a tomato sandwich, a miniature chess set, and a stuffed yak? Hartston explains why.

[@harryandruschak2843]

"Most gods throw dice, but Fate plays chess, and you don't find out til too late that he's been playing with two queens all along." Terry Pratchett Read more at: www.brainyquote.com/topics/chess

[@shubhendranathsingh9888]

We're gonna see more poisoned pawn next week.

[@S4RC45T1C]

Surely you can't stack 32 pieces on a rook? Especially 16 pawns...

[@mxyzptlk1616]

Suspicious game

[@pablovoto4814]

You can save checkmate after capturing the bishop with the queen you move your rook to a2 and after the exchange you end up with a rook and a bishop against a queen

[@dimitrisdimitriadis4934]

No, Qe5+, Qg7, Qe8+, Qg8,Qg8++

[@plavyn]

Why not Be6 at the end to block the queen and open up your rock? Where am I being stupid?

[@AndyThomas_mrblitz]

plavyn ...white queen to E5 and it's over then?

[@davidmalisimke]

will you still do a series on him?

[@ri10q44]

This dude did his PhD at 17? Jesus fuck

[@PianoForFun]

in the final position, why didnt he play Qg6?

[@janvarga7547]

video content is vibrating for me.. im using opera neon, idk if thats problem or in video itself

[@magnus8017]

Pls show the games gilgoric defeating Bobby by hunting his king #suggestion

[@Fluid-combo]

magnus 801 booby? I think you might mean Bobby*. I could be wrong though, sorry if I am.

[@valenneptune3251]

I wonder why is one of the photo monotone and one colored...

[@Bishnu347]

PhD student at 17, that's something !

[@wolfgangwilhelm9699]

Agadmator: when I was a child, my doctor said: "Wolfgang, say 'aaa' "; I answered "bbb" :)

[@francisf9413]

William had to see the rook move... maybe since he was losing so much in this tournament he wanted to sac a couple pieces while getting the W.. his chess ego kicked in and he wanted to create a master piece to redeem himself from losing all the matches... I'm just a wood pusher and I would have found the rook move that comes with check.

[@fitnesslk]

Doesent matter of he push the pawn agadmator! Still checkmate on g8 no need to play g6 ;)

[@Rosenkohl123]

Please make a game whit the norway defence

[@arturcabral6347]

Agad, do you have a min rating to enter the tournament ?

[@agadmator]

+Artur Cabral Nope :)

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[@josefmacichek99]

Yeah that crime and punishment was pretty good. Spassky's trainer at the time was a guy by the name of Razumihin and his publicist was a little sad fellow by the name of Raskolnikov.

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

As the famous chess player Donald J. Drumpf also said: "Be careful when grabbing a pawn. Always have some tic tacs first."

[@alephnull4044]

PhD student, but what did he study?

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hey agadmator show a game in which evgeny bareev won

[@agadmator]

+Kavitha Nadar I have :)

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[@renrenhamster1535]

This webpage has a picture of how to balance all the chess pieces on top of the rook and a letter from Hartston to his friend about the accomplishment: streathambrixtonchess.blogspot.sg/2010/08/something-to-try-if-youre-bored-on-rest.html

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[@crisfroesepics]

You look like you can't feel the right side. So I presume the video is mirrored :)

[@agadmator]

+cris Froese :D

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Can you make videos where you show a nice romantic game and then give a study and solve it right away for enjoyment.Thanks!

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Do you celebrate thanksgiving?

[@MrSupernova111]

Agad lives in Croatia. Why would he celebrate Thanksgiving?

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Second😜

[@manuelodabashian]

Harsh on was a BBC commentator. How was he a Ph.D. student at 17? You need a degree first

[@Plankeh]

Can you add to your videos the moment where the loser makes a game-costing mistake? Thanks.

[@beescottwilliams1518]

Talk too much with an accent