Free Rook? I Think Not! || Meek vs Morphy (1857)

[@mathieuleperson836]

First line would be something like "Morphy's style Guyana (some kind of meat?) pâté shaped like the arc de triomphe (landmark in Paris)" Then "Decorated with guirlandes made of pensée (small flower), en pastillage "(a kind of preparation where it would be like candies) And finally decoration "on top of it the goddess Caissa crowning Victory" Or as we call it, a fancy paté

[@olivierboissiere7086]

La traduction est réaliste mais laisse songeur par rapport à ce qu'il y a réellement à l'intérieur car même manger des pensées me semble étrange en soi.

[@michela5238]

I think that "pensées" is the flower plant. Google found a couple of recipes which use the flowers for a salad (*). It seems that the English name is "pansy", coming from the French language obviously. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy (*) For example: www.cuisineactuelle.fr/recettes/salade-fraicheur-aux-fleurs-de-pensees-197926

[@kirbyculp3449]

Finding the recipes would be damned spiffy. I wonder if that huge NYC research library has something in the archives.

[@Oxmustube]

Très fancy!

[@microsofttupapa]

@@kirbyculp3449 Perhaps the archives are incomplete

[@seabrush]

12:42 "Bunch or rich dudes, congratulating themselves on being awesome" :D

[@redringofdeathgamer]

:D

[@Beerfish777]

I laughed that comment.

[@BrainFoodCafe]

It is his way of sarcasm and it is out of the world.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Being rich and awesome... that's a tautology... and why the hell not celebrate... being old and rich back then was a real accomplishment.

[@tenacious645]

@@kirbyculp3449 not really. Being rich doesn't automatically make you awesome. I'd suggest if that line of thinking holds any truth it's also a tautology to say they were rich and cocksuckers.

[@an9em0n]

"He loses the rook, the knight, the game" So poetic... No wonder you're the best chess KZbinr

[@chandurivarshith9916]

came to comments section just to check if someone has comented regarding the same😅

[@LeoStaley]

I really like the "this position has never been reached again" for this series.

[@marcorc5167]

Yes. I don't know why but it makes me feel nostalgic about it ;(

[@Insignia-bv6gj]

yeah it's very hard to pinpoint the usual "completely new game" when it comes to ancient chess

[@angelodiavolo3915]

Morphy didn't go for the Morphy defence. Wow

[@atssasangzz8535]

Yes true. But just wait the Morphy defense will come any soon. Morphy will use his defense in the later part of the year

[@BrainFoodCafe]

he don't needed it. Opponent was *Too weak too slow*

[@schwebor]

@@BrainFoodCafe you mean to Meck to slow?

[@kledyrelacion8859]

PORCO DIO

[@angelodiavolo3915]

@@kledyrelacion8859 mi pare giusto

[@stateofdecay2210]

Magnus Carlsen played three player blindfold and won em all (Me playing chess) stares at board intensely for 120 seconds “Is it my turn or yours?”

[@manu-ox4fe]

Magnus played three...........I play using a telescope and still can't see the good plays.

[@stateofdecay2210]

@@manu-ox4fe I don't even see a good move with a giant laser telescope specially in bullets😅😅😅😅😂😂😂😂

[@nikhil0046]

That's some pretty intense calculation 😅

[@abitconfused]

This gave me a good laugh.... Kinda like my poor chess technique

[@dayoldeggplant]

What does this have to do with the video? Seems like you just want a popular comment

[@AJ-sb3eg]

I should really study. AGADMATOR: Hello everyone and sorry about that.

[@ahnafalislam7155]

Same situation

[@Seallussus]

Basically was a bunch of rich dudes congratulating themselves on being awesome and they sang songs about it. Love it

[@anosmianAcrimony]

5:43 Morphy: If you capture, I'm just gonna capture, and after captures, I'm just gonna capture.

[@chicoktc]

Hahahahaha

[@pauldacus4590]

*Triumphal arch in dough from guyana ala Morphy adorned with garlands of pansies in **_depastillage_** and surmounted by the goddess Caissa crowning the victory* "Pastillage" is a fast-hardening mixture of corn starch, powdered sugar and gelatin used to make decorative shapes usually on cakes and such.

[@petejuneaux7549]

I was thinking something like drywall plaster!! Hehehehe. Your explanation sounds way better for dinner than what I was thinking!! Thanks!!

[@gmcclary5878]

5:44 "Qd7, saying, 'if you capture, I'm gonna capture, and after captures, I'm just gonna capture your b5 pawn.'" The good stuff!

[@sofyanal-hajjohnston8484]

Well, "pâté de guyana" doesn't seem to be a definite thing so we might go about it with "Guyana pâté" (perhaps a pâté with a preparation that is typical of the cuisine of Guyana, or with ingredients from there), and otherwise it would be something like that : "Arch of Triumph (the monument in Paris) shaped Guyana pâté in the fashion of Morphy, ornamented with garlands of thoughts (as in, the thought that one puts in for a game of chess) in a lean paste, above which stands Goddess Caissa Crowning ( that would be the literal translation but also it could mean "to sum up" or "to put the last touch of panache/glory") the Victory".

[@youareelonmusk5517]

The other translation is much better. Pensées are small flowers.

[@sofyanal-hajjohnston8484]

@@youareelonmusk5517 Yeah sure, but refering to the game of chess it seemed like something they could be alluding to.

[@youareelonmusk5517]

@@sofyanal-hajjohnston8484 I agree!

[@bubbahottep8644]

A pate' made from Guyanese... If you think that's racist, I ask you which race, guyanese??

[@hybridwafer]

Goes well together with a fresh word salad.

[@Shooshawali]

On fire with these non-stop uploads, Agadmator! Thank you for your quality content.

[@akaryzoo2034]

Arc de Triomphe in pâté from Guyana à la Morphy, adorned with garlands of pastillage viola and mounted by the Goddess Caïssa Crowning Victory. If the translation seems bad don't worry, it sounds just as weird in French.

[@aureliencanet830]

The issue is not your translation, even for a french guy it is actually difficult to understand.

[@schwebor]

I just speak francais federale (suisse), but it sounded wierd to me

[@Mati-zc2ym]

You should have given him the Capablacka's head

[@guilhermearantes5877]

make way to the top!

[@ramimagdi7525]

that would have been awesome!

[@1badMucker]

Bro

[@AcaoRestauracionista]

Yeah

[@boxingjerapah]

Jesus: The Meek shall inherit the earth Morphy: Not so fast.

[@BrainFoodCafe]

Yea not yet.

[@isaackikkert6960]

Maybe Jesus can play Morphy at chess...

[@danbuchman7497]

Bullseye: it was a joke, lighten up. I’m sure even Jesus smiled now and then.

[@danbuchman7497]

Isaac Kikkert so you’re a god nazi too eh? I was responding to Mr. Self Righteous, not to original poster.

[@isaackikkert6960]

@@danbuchman7497 I'm sorry I think I may have hurt your feelings. I thought you were replying to me because I got a Notification. I had no Idea Bullseye was a name here. I have also deleted my comment from before.

[@lol101lol101lol10199]

"The Meek shall inherit the Earth, but not beat the Morphy at Chess"

[@somewhere6]

The new building at that hotel site is a grotesque post-modern monstrosity.

[@kirbyculp3449]

Looks like a bunch of cubist turds excreted by a Godzilla-sized Pablo Picasso.

[@EdmundTfy]

somewhere6 name of the hotel?

[@somewhere6]

@@EdmundTfy It was the St. Denis Hotel until about 1920 when it was "renovated" into an office building and lost most of the exterior styling and most of the very ornate interior. Thus before the recent demolition, it was not what it once was but the planned replacement is a nightmare.

[@EdmundTfy]

somewhere6 thx for the update!

[@bmjw18]

Thought it looked gorgeous to me...

[@tflo75]

Meek living up to his name with that effort.

[@kevinbyrne4538]

12:28 -- The Arc de Triumphe made from Guyanese pâté in the Morphy style, decorated with garlands of pansies made of pastillage [sugar-paste], and topped by the goddess Caissa [goddess of chess] crowning Victory.

[@briandefriez8870]

I loved "Pride and Sorrow of Chess," read it twice. These videos truly are the good stuff. Keep it coming!

[@faridessalhi7538]

Chess + history you are the best Antonio . Definitely the best you tube channel

[@alexanderharveyconrad2409]

Finally, new Morphy games. Much love Antonio.😊

[@shahrahul6843]

Agadmator: Hello EVERYONE!! Me: Alright! Study can wait...

[@xixo4798]

Morphy was a beast. He‘s grown on me.

[@thomy34086]

Arc de triomphe en pâté de guyana à la Moprhy ornées de guirlandes de pensées en pastillage, et surmonté de la déesse caïssa couronnant la victoire. Arc de triomphe ( is the famous french monument began by napoléon 1er) en pâté means made of dough "à la Morphy", it's written like Morphy is a cooking technique u see, ornées de guirlandes de pensées en pastillage, means your meal is decorated with tinsel of thoughts ( i don't get that one) all made with pastillage, it's like wire of candy used to decorate. Then, surmonté de la déesse caïssa means that above all of that there is the goddess Caïssa ( goddess of chess in mythologie) crowning the victory. Hello gad I'm french first time i comment, i'll try to help you my best but actually that meal's name doesn't mean anything concret xD, also as it's the first time i comment, just wanted to say i follow you since about 1 year, and i fell in love with morphy's chess, and i was so happy u made a saga about him, keep going on, i'm from those quiet spectators but still supporting you :D

[@matteogauthier7750]

Les pensées sont les fleurs je pense

[@thomy34086]

@@matteogauthier7750 Ah ouais ? Je comprends pas pourquoi

[@thomy34086]

@Donald Trump if Trump says it 💁🏻‍♂️

[@matteogauthier7750]

thomy34086 recherche « pensée fleur » sur Google :)

[@thomy34086]

@@matteogauthier7750 n'est ce pas, bien vu et merci 😂

[@ST-kp4qu]

Triumphal arch in guyana's dough in Morphy's "style", decorated with ginsels of pelletizing thoughts, and surmounted with the Caïssa goddess crowning the victory. here's your translation. It doesn't make any sense in french neither. I guess cooks were trying to be fancy ...

[@youareelonmusk5517]

The first translation is again much better. It's just a fancy paté!

[@matteogauthier7750]

Pensées = fleurs

[@ST-kp4qu]

@@youareelonmusk5517 idk what the first translation is, I gave you a litteral translation I didn't modify the used verbs in order to be more beautiful. I didn't improve it, I wrote it as it really is^^

[@theartisticactuary]

I remember the scenes in the reception area of that hotel. Chess nuts boasting in an open foyer. I'll get my coat.

[@juliatruchsess1019]

Well played, Sir!

[@MaxiBaby74]

Chess songs, food decorated in a chessly fashion. What a party!

[@serenitydream303]

Great registration of the game and I also like the history lesson at the end. It makes me empathize better with the time Morphy was playing. Thanks!

[@davidgoble8891]

I really enjoy your channel... Thanks for your time in this magnificent document series... I've learned so much..... Now I must teach my wife lol

[@adnan4688]

History behind this game was so much more interesting than the game itself! I was sad to see that the original building doesn't exist anymore. The new hotel looks cool,but we can never see where the game was actually played 😁

[@Mayhem_77100]

Hi man, I'm french and this is how i would translate the name of the meal, Arc de Triomphe is a famous monument in Paris build by the will of Napelon the first, pathé is a traditional meal made with meat and have no translation that is just the name of the meal, and Caïssa is the goddess of chess, so the translation would be something like : " Arc de Triomphe style pathé of Gyanna Morhphy's like Adorned with garlands of thoughts And be overcome with goddess Caïssa crowining the Victory" This is how is usually done to give some long et classy name in french gastronomic cooking

[@sekk157]

Came for the chess, stayed for the stories.

[@triggerfs]

It's not the Morphy Saga,but the Good Stuff Saga

[@Arnesfield]

Am I the only one who joins agad's outro and the voice in my head be like "... Thank you a lot, I really appreciate it. As usual, you can check two of my previous videos here. Thank you all for watching and I will see you soon..." And you prolly read that hearing his voice too lol

[@Joelk76]

Well again, the good stuff is the best stuff. Thank you

[@MsYann34]

In english: Triumphal arch in Guyana crust, Morphy style, with garland ornement thoughts chiped, surmounted with the Caïssa goddess crowning the Victory. I tried to make it as understandable as I could, but it's old poetic french :)

[@kev4241]

quelle haute cuisine

[@ahmedsayeed1330]

I used to think the inane descriptions in present day restaurant menus are a recent invention in sales puffery. But this sort of bilge seems to have quite a long history!

[@JesvaneSilva]

Your attention to details is amazing.

[@mendesnicolas06]

The name of the meal: "Arc de Triomphe (a French monument) in pâté de Guyana morphy style, decorated with tinsels of thoughts, and topped with the goddess Caïssa crowning the victory." Even in French it doesn't make much sense for me but that's the translation. I guess it's poetry.

[@chengzhou8711]

What was “The Berlin Defense” called back then?

[@TheRubsi]

"a bunch of rich dudes congratulazing each other on being awesome" I love it :D

[@bravenewworld28]

Hahaha... most of this game Agad says something like this: “Meek should [...], but.... He should have [...]”

[@indierockguitar6875]

Paul Morphy games are so much more intriguing to watch. Please continue to do more Morphy games.

[@bubbahottep8644]

"Chessly fashion:" I like that. I'm going to use that.

[@unicockboy1666]

9:24 what about Rbd1? If ...Qxf4, then Rxd4, defending the queen. If the rook takes rook you should be fine right? (1. ...Rxd1 2.Rxd1 Ne5 Qxe6+) and you can move your bishop next move

[@SarjanaBadminton]

Instead Ne5, black can play nd6, open up f file for rook and the queen still covering the e6 pawn. Nothing went well for white here.

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Another insane game from the 'goat' 🐐

[@CharizardFan_og]

8:12 - in my opinion a better defense for the knight would have been d4-d5, the best responce after that would probably be g7-g5, after that i'm stuck...

[@jx14aby]

Another day increasing my vast knowledge!

[@kunaldey1801]

Agadmator I love your work and am a huge fan You are an excellent teacher of chess

[@WilliamJonesChess]

Nice quote at the top: Openings teach u openings. Endgames teach u chess. Why is there a yellow bird/chicken next to Mikhail Tal? 12:42 "Just a bunch of rich dudes congratulating themselves on being awesome."

[@midomaged6239]

You know it really is good stuff when Antonio himself saves chess notes as "good stuff.txt"

[@sinbadddx]

8:11 is it possible for white to play rook to A1? Move the rook from the queens diagonal perhaps trading if black plays rook to C3 to keep that pressure then the second rook to C1? Haven’t at all calculated the possibilities but just wondering

[@drewwidney8153]

great video. love the history on the hotel and the images. keep it up sir

[@rickelmonoggin]

Many times I find myself in a position to capture my opponent's rook, but if I resist that and instead improve my position, I very often find it leads to decisive winning positions.

[@blazingblitzen]

That's one of the best quotes I've ever read.

[@preetdhillon2972]

12:43 " a bunch of rich dudes congratulating themselves on being awesome". Plus ca change, plus c'est la meme chose. :-)

[@pelimies1818]

I like this Poulsen character - hope there will be a lot of games from the master-from-the-past, in your excellent channel.

[@roryjharan]

'''all the food decorated in a chessly fashion''.. LOVE IT!!

[@kazitazweed8405]

Love the vids!

[@subhamsorav9812]

@Agadmator did you know In the same year 1857 india's first revolution against Britain for freedom begins...... Such a coincidence

[@Snowboundless]

Morphy plays the Berlin defense... Interesting that AlphaZero also liked the Berlin defense.

[@almirpreljevic717]

What is it with the croatian chess youtuber? They are at the top of chess lectures on youtube. Antonio and mato jelic, svaka vam cast🤩

[@ibrahimnuhaad4121]

Hy i love your channel and thank you so much for information too

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

It reads as though it was a form of pate. Something to the effect: Triumphal arch in guyana pâté à la Moprhy covered with garlands of pansies, and (adorned?) by the goddess caïssa in victory

[@jamespimentel1794]

I would like you to remind us how young Paul Morphy is at this chess Congress it will help us understand his greatness.

[@bekanav]

Only 1 hour, that must have felt great compared to games against Paulsen. In worst moments of them Morphy had tears in his eyes because he was so frustrated and tired of the slow pace.

[@smtparwatisahu2596]

3:30 "b5 attacks the queen and the knight,so probably you would move the queen and then you loose the rook and the knight and the **agadmator.exe has stopped working for a millisecond** and the game" XD

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

🙌🏼🙌🏼 the good stuff

[@neoatomium]

I can hardly imagine it's a real menu as it gives nearly no info except it's a pâté (at least nowadays they give you more clues with "on its clouds of [insert random unknown vegetable] accompanied by [insert another random unknown and probably very expensive vegetable]) Looks more like a big praise to Morphy: "Triumphal Arc [insert some paté here] "à la Morphy"/Morphy's style" ==> Seems like a praise to Morphy for his clean victory "ornated/decorated with garlands of pastillage thoughts" ==> pastillage = sweet used to decorate cakes (often those are sculpted like sugar roses, etc.) ==> it makes cakes way more fancy, probably like his victories "and topped by Caïssa Goddess Crowning Victory" ==> gg Morphy, that was a great win I guess he just received 15g of some fancy pâté and went outside to eat a hod dog afterwards

[@TheBassBaritone]

1:48 , me as an intrigued amateur who actually got interested in chess mostly because of your videos, I have to ask why we wouldn't see a move as B4? I don't get it , is it so bad move that can be game decisive?

[@Chanandler_bongg]

Agad: Welcome back to the good stuff. Me: you never showed bad stuff.😈

[@roywillemsen6193]

Arc de Triomph (French structure) made of paté (French/Belgium meatproduct with main ingredient liver) from the country Guiana in the style of Morphy. Decorated with pastillage (hardened sugar dough/paste) in the shape of a pansy (flower) garland, Garnished with the chessgoddes Caïssa being crowned after victory.

[@acts2211]

As a New Yorker I appreciate the history of the Saint Denis Hotel can't say that I remember it but again I appreciate the lesson

[@JeremyRobertWalker]

"I'M A PRETTY GOOD END-GAME PLAYER MY SELF."

[@sepehrjafari5223]

2:22 position is like evans gambit declined

[@peterday3253]

My french wife can't make any sense of the Morphy meal. Says it's gibberish. Maybe not even old french. And she has been a translator since the early eighties.

[@aboudasf4148]

Why are you moving the pieces with your mouse? Did something happen to application you've been using?

[@marshallfarrier4732]

Menu translation: Arc de Triomphe in Guyana (?) paté in Morphy style, adorned with garlands of compressed thoughts and topped with Goddess Caïssa crowning Victory.

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

Cool story at the end 👍

[@marcjohn9404]

Not only did I improve my vast chess knowledge, but I also improved my significantly less vast New York City hotel knowledge!

[@n20games52]

Morphy dominated the game. I really enjoyed the photo and historic anecdotes!

[@napoearth]

Holy crap! What an eyesore they replaced the Hotel St. Denis with.

[@bassfischer4273]

.. in a 'chessly fashion'. Love it =)

[@kryptal2]

"welcome back to the good stuff"

[@sanketpatil6711]

"The answer of a question is sometimes opposite than what you might have thought." -- Anonymous "But it's always true at chess"--Me.

[@ChesswithSuyashinMarathi]

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[@sanketpatil6711]

@@ChesswithSuyashinMarathi What's your rating bro..??

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[@eduardovenezian813]

Lmao

[@truthmoneyfreedom1584]

So with no time control we got faster games! I love old chess. We had unique openings too, lets burn all the chess books and kill stockfish lol

[@RobertHurleyJr]

This is one game I wish they had played out to checkmate.

[@thuram2636]

Triumph Arch over paté from Guyana, Morphy style, adorned with garlands of thought in chips, and topped by the Goddess Caïssa Crowning the Victrory. Idk what could they be referring to with Triumph Arch, it seems a salad from the rest; paté is a delicacy that is made from the liver of some animals, like goose or pig, there may be varieties from some other animals, it's soft like a paste and quite savory, ideal to add to several dishes for flavor; the part of chips is because it's literal translation would be something like "many pills"; Caïssa is a Thracian Triad portrayed as the Goddess of Chess. (She was first mentioned during the Renaissance by Italian poet Hieronymus Vida). Maybe it was just a Caesar's salad with paté, described very poetically and in a chess fashion, what do you all think ?

[@g10-gaming68]

Its nice to hear agadmators voice again

[@aaabbbccc1939]

6:38 why is queen e6 not viable?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

They partied like it was 1899!

[@philippfrogel9355]

Welcome to the 12th edition of -Would Paul Morphy be a good chess player born nowadays. Ready! Set!! Gooo!!!

[@paulwhite760]

the hotel owner turned himself into a saint LOL

[@Trassik]

I brought up Google maps and chose 11th and Broadway in New York and then used street view but didn't see that building but did see some construction fencing. Not sure how old the images are.

[@edwardlane1255]

ok, so to start off - yes it is french, but it's using specific culinary vocabulary - so it's not entirely clear, pastillage is a hard paste - and it looks like the arc du triomph garlanded with pansies made of that paste, with something like the goddess of victory's crown on top - I've no idea if it was actually edible - maybe something a bit like this www.google.com/search?q=pastillage+sculpture&rlz=1C1LDJZ_enGB498&tbm=isch&source=iu&ictx=1&fir=vcbHTZoUwdcgSM%253A%252CweKiEhoD47ubSM%252C_&vet=1&usg=AI4_-kTQzSDcl8ftHITDRtdL5VXzz9sXcQ&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwib5NLd1fvnAhUEoVwKHQeqB-AQ9QEwBXoECAkQLw#imgrc=vcbHTZoUwdcgSM:

[@80sandmore]

Just finished watchinjg Fischer series and noticed in this position that Agad has a new couch and this position would since be repeated.

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

" Chess songs and chessly fashions ! "

[@fadetounforgiven]

According to Street View, that place was under construction last june, so it seems quite unlikely it's been already built.

[@rananaeeem2228]

Very nice, I like it