Champion's Mindset | Rubinstein vs Capablanca | St. Petersburg (1914)

[@VarunKumar-lu5jt]

"You want to eliminate the defender of this defender of this defender" -Agadmator

[@panda4247]

"Because if it's just you alone you're not as much of a threat." -- Luna Lovegood

[@juandiaz3651]

I read somewhere that this one time Capablanca was waiting for a train with his chessboard under his arm and this guy approached him and asked whether he’d like to play a game. Of course Capablanca said yes and after he set up the board he removed his own queen. The guy angrily asked Capa why he had done so and said Capablanca couldn’t possibly know he was going to beat him. Capablanca smiled and said: “Sir, if you could beat me I would know who you are”

[@juandiaz3651]

I don’t really know for sure whether this story is true or not though Great game and great analysis/commentary Thanks for doing what you do man. Keep up the good work. Road to the 1M !!!

[@07aniketdeysarkar26]

Oh.... what a dialogue....

[@faznaz7455]

Who did Capablanca regard as better than himself?

[@manu-ox4fe]

Stories like yours had made Capablanca a Legend. We don't know whether or not it's true. Now aday great player are on the public eyes all the time. We know "their life and miracles". No mysteries They won't be legends. Everything it's on the Net.

[@FloydMaxwell]

@QC - regarding "road to 1M" -- I was telling someone at work about Agadmator's channel and just yesterday said I thought he would get to 1M subscribers. We'll carry him there on our backs...

[@imperator1804]

10:00 "White... would not be able to push this for anything more than a win" - Agadmator 2019

[@johngrey5806]

What, he couldn't push for an outright trashing? Or at least a good spanking?

[@rezashahmizad9585]

man, ur channel made me fall in love with chess again after 27 years... my doctor asked my mom to stop me from playing chess cause it was so hard on my brain, so he thought. they didn't let me go the last day of a tournament the day after that doctor appointment and I was declared 4th, I was 7 years old. that made me hate chess and ur hard work has paid off here and I am back man, playing it every day and loving it. tnx for all the hard work man... good luck

[@faznaz7455]

12:02 "Easy peasy yeah" xDDDD😂

[@shantodas8184]

"you want to eliminate the defender of this defender of this defender" -Agadmator 2019

[@mackindle12345]

UPDATE! Leela, playing as white, just DESTROYED Stockfish in the French defense - won in just 41 moves!!! And then proceeded to hold the same position as black to a draw... Leela back up to a 2 point lead: 33-31 mid-way through game 65...!!

[@ratiabuashvili9389]

Why would u ruin that before agad made a great video about it.

[@Swagtorian]

@@ratiabuashvili9389 well he didnt ruin he just hyped us more i think

[@agadmator]

Alright

[@DanielHesslow]

Looks like she might win this one too. Very promising position. +3 or +2 currently

[@HargroveNation-100]

@@ratiabuashvili9389 rigggghhhhhhttttttt

[@SethuKmech]

My day is complete only after watching game from your channel!!

[@neiloppa2620]

Instead of "champion mindset", I would name this video "once a pawn a time" : )

[@Farashbandi]

This is you best Saga yet. Thank you for doing this. You make every episode as exciting as a good movie.

[@14thsomebodyelse]

This game says how capablanca plays the game i think. He just goes straight into the endgame up or down a pawn. İf his opponents makes a mistake he wins. İf he doesn’t its a draw..

[@14thsomebodyelse]

İts a lot like modern chess imo.

[@georgikorovski9054]

@@14thsomebodyelse Modern chess is much more positional than this.

[@gniewomircioek6845]

If Rubinstein made mistake it was draw

[@hellboy92ification]

My day starts with a coffe and one of your video.

[@HeartlandTuber]

Ah, up before dawn, ham and eggs and toast done, and now for dessert, a new Agadmator video. The day has started well here in the American Heartland.

[@jx14aby]

Shredded wheat and grapefruit juice. Cheers from Los Angeles.

[@Mohamedafan0000]

what a great player capablanca is....

[@guddavelli4532]

These Capablanca games blow my mind everytime. Great vid

[@danielkovacs4864]

This champion mindset explanation is funny from Keres as he has been always second.

[@joepoppy3264]

thank you Antonio for this Capablanca series I am getting a new respect and admiration for the first and original chess "machine"

[@tome57a]

Rubinstein's quote at the top of this video is telling. A pretty good formula for success, I'd say. I wonder what Capablanca's yearly numbers for work/play/rest would be.

[@evgiz0r]

Great stories! following Sagas through the history is amazing.. And Capa played for so long :| Your positive attitude is great, keep up!

[@saeedzafar7041]

#Suggestion: Where can I find out the whereabouts of Paul Morphy's grave? Thanks.

[@mrbigchancer8228]

these videos are so interesting.

[@mu99ins]

Off topic - dat buzz cut on Rubinstein. Is there a story behind that haircut? I don't remember buzz cuts in the old black and white photographs I've seen over the years. Hair was important back then, with intense social pressure to conform. Currently, the social pressure for hair is no longer conformist, but expressionist. if that's the right term. Today, it's common to have a unique or comic book haircut, which I highly approve. Back then, if you're hair wasn't right, there was shunning and double-takes, if not harrumphs at folks not able to conform to the trend in men's hair fashion. They had hair ointments, pomades, and waxes to keep the hair plastered in place. It was a sign of incompetence, and moment of disappointment, if your hair was mussed. People would take you aside and explain about your hair. If you let your hair grow, it was a freak show, and it would inspire fear because you would appear savage or insane. My guess is that this buzz cut of Rubinstein is from either the military or the health food movement from a hundred years ago.

[@sarthaktharaney5125]

These moments differentiate amazing players from champions,but,hints future magicians like Tal, Nezhmetdinov

[@kennethlovering1454]

A passed pawn increases in strength as the number of pieces on the board diminishes. - Capablanca

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great Game Great players Tks Agad

[@ayaipeeoiiu8151]

I was waiting for a video yesterday

[@johngrey5806]

Thank you for this video.

[@GuerillaGardenerz]

At 12:38 hypothetically pawn to H7 would win the game, right?

[@bezzlebedeviled4756]

10:25 -- I don't understand the Rubenstein-trashing at this point, as the engine doesn't indicate that c4 is any less of a draw than xb4. For example.... 11:07 -- Would Capablanca really prefer b3 over Kh7? His queen is sidelined and overloaded with responsibilities, and I doubt he would think he is in an advantageous position at this point. 11:13 -- If Capablanca does choose the weaker b3, and is met with g6, then he should do Qa8 right away rather than capturing. This leads (slowly) to a drawn game as well after a3, Qf8, Qb6, Kf1, Kf8, Ke1, fxg6 (only now, with the queen by king's side, would the engine have Black exchange these pawns), hxg6, Qc8. White's queen is now stuck guarding the g6 pawn, Black's queen the c5 pawn, and nobody can make headway. After Qc8, the engine will very briefly depict that White is +2.5, but then rapidly draw down the position to 0.00 by depth 25.

[@nishantrao5600]

11:50 is brilliant

[@6teezkid]

I feel I understand Capablanca’s chess style. He didn’t feel opening theory was wildly necessary for him because he knew how to meander and ad lib cuz his goal was immediate eradication (trading pieces) of pieces off the board because he knew his end game skills were his strength. He’d either win or draw.

[@jacobcunningham1394]

At 10:33 after c4 could black play b3 would that still be playable for black?

[@awsfareh3558]

on 9:40 of the video white played Q f5 check while it was lining with the black queen yet he didnt capture. was that a blunder ?

[@MrZukokku]

Aws Fareh nigga what

[@oliverangermuller9827]

"Without serious compensation. - But there is always compensation." :-) A close safe by Capablanca. His pawn sacrifice could have backfired. Rubinstein would have had deserved a shot for the World Title.

[@yentl8509]

HeLLo EvErYoNe !

[@vincentsartain3061]

Sometimes, when Agadmator says "Sorry about that" I miss whatever his error was and I think to myself, "Maybe he broke wind." Yeah, yeah, I know -- I'm one crude SOB! 🤣

[@luv2stack]

So what was the idea behind h4 by Rubinstein at 6:38. Isn't that a free pawn for Capablanca?

[@vasudevapulapalli3069]

If black captures on h4 with queen then, Qd7 and the Black's bishop is trapped

[@Miomirrr]

The quote is quite strong.

[@yogurt2057]

Did mister Capablanca know any opening theory?

[@vikassajanani6710]

any suggestions for opening theory books

[@konstantinosl6992]

8:08 why not just black Queen b1 ?

[@chronostasis9510]

Kd2

[@kako_mpimpiki]

Please analyze us the game 65 between leela and stockfish. All engines evaluations were showing sure win for leela and it ended up draw!

[@HargroveNation-100]

Where the hoodie guy Merch??

[@adventuresofdavid]

Easy peazy! !! Agadmator rules....

[@BlackBlade999]

6:44 why cant you capture that pawn?

[@Larry_Kabberga]

Because the Queen is protecting the Bishop, it can't move

[@AMW1able]

please do Valentina Gunina v Alexandra Kosteniuk 2019 Cairns Cup Final

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

AMW1able #suggestion Gunina vs Sebag from the Cairns Cup. Game of the Tournament per Maurice, “shower Gunina with gold coins!”

[@billmietelski]

Easy Peasy! lol ... I see another t-shirt in the future :)

[@rupeshpawar8029]

#suggestions Can you please upload the best game with 'castlemate' which you cherish most?

[@TheDiceMatrix]

This is the 2nd or 3rd video in this series where Capablanca was ill during a tournament. I wonder if he had a sensitive stomach for foreign cuisine?

[@Larry_Kabberga]

#suggestion - Number the videos of the saga, so it would be easier to follow

[@rupamsharma7457]

That of that of that... Wow

[@jzim5426]

The great Revenge!

[@yassersalamaa]

What revenge ! He didnot beat him yet

[@austinhenry1927]

Wow.. When I figured out why 25....Qxh4 looses, I was quite amazed at myself

[@anthonyikem4197]

What a game.

[@addfistyt6563]

1914 that’s a long time ago

[@ultrainstinctshaggy669]

Opening theory knowledge max level

[@bagadeshkumarr9502]

what is the chess interface that you use?

[@djsync-sinsakapric5968]

Bagadeshkumar R my brain .

[@bagadeshkumarr9502]

@@djsync-sinsakapric5968 if so then how is it looking good??

[@alexandruepuran]

Me, me, I am an excellent Queen winner! And an excellent subscriber. OMG, I could get married! Oh, but I am married... Thanks Antonio for another great game. But did Capablanca say anything about this game?

[@andrewepiscopo4579]

I finally solved the chess puzzle! Only Took me a year of watching videos.

[@emadkhayat7158]

Easy peasy peace of cake

[@sebastianrex6697]

Please post a video where capa wins against Ruby...

[@leonardobaracchi7040]

So they guys of your quote meant Rubinstein is not a champion?!?

[@manu-ox4fe]

"Moments like this" , Carlsen and Caruana didn't risk anything when they had a better position in the last championship . So are we going to define them for that reason. I don't thing so. It's just respect.

[@tan116A]

I see you've moved your desk. Nothing important but it's the first thing I noticed anyway.

[@223KiMi]

Leela just blundered the win against Stockfish, what a tragedy

[@george474747]

One cool thing about the Capablanca saga is that, being so strong, JRC really allows you to see what his opponents are all about. I've particularly enjoyed getting a feel for Rubinstein's game.

[@JohnSmith-vh1sq]

I cannot phantom the idea of two computers duking it out? A computer vs. human is ok for me. But not between two computers.

[@johngrey5806]

Dude, it's fathom not phantom. LOL

[@gabrieldavis2795]

Akiba!!!

[@sortehuse]

Was Rubinstein the strongest player that never became world champion, or do you think it was someone else?

[@Remi-B-Goode]

I read somewhere that Marshall was better than Capa and then Capa said "Sir, Marshall can beat me easily!" !!! So It must be true

[@aryanyekrangi7093]

Early video???? yaaay!

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

🌻❤💚💛

[@3dmaster205]

3:38 Agadmator 2019: "Rubenstein says, "Alright, I'll take that pawn, sir."" I didn't know Akiba Rubenstein mistakes knights for pawns. He clearly needed new glasses. Learn something new from Agadmator every day!

[@anirbanghosh1217]

Akiba opens with d4 sorry about that 😂

[@brennonstevens467]

1:58 google activation

[@jctrevi89]

What was the move that changed the game? B4 Truth is truth, Agad

[@bala9489]

We love capablanca

[@ramirorodriguez18717]

300 days he plays chess nice.. Like 300 spartansss

[@vikrantrawat1722]

I am too

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

If capa has the white, you would see a masacre...

[@therealpaulmorphy]

I also visited morphy's house and grave too, i dont recommend going there tho

[@MattiAkaYazz]

"ez pz" :D

[@fahmifarizi7242]

i wanna kiss you agad:Alright

[@mylifematters858]

This isn’t all standard stuff today if it’s alpha zero

[@abusyedmohammadnaser7551]

Hi. Im here

[@NotElusivePanda]

Easy peasy yeah?

[@dark_magician_sdy]

I love you

[@santanubanerjee490]

What does he do in leap years?😂😂

[@jx14aby]

Easy peasy is right.

[@binayjha1678]

Hi

[@mylifematters858]

Nobody says Rubenstein with swag like this guy

[@arpitsharma9542]

Your eyes look like of Capablanca's. XD

[@mrrobot790]

I'm here

[@Raven28Pisces]

Easy pizzy ya?😂

[@SurlyPenny]

8:08 Can't black just go qb1? Doesn't this win a queen? What am i not seeing here? Haha

[@Larry_Kabberga]

Kd2....

[@SurlyPenny]

Oooooh i knew i missed something, thanks a lot!

[@ramshaar2597]

Nice way to go for a draw lmao

[@tearlaments-merli]

I won that queen easy peasy.

[@Iarverse]

No

[@fikrinikon4481]

1

[@shahrullizam2054]

Capablanca not win this tournament and lose the game to lasker

[@ishankumar6473]

"again" ?

[@shahrullizam2054]

Sorry my mistake