Greatest Queen Sacrifice Repeated in 2019... Again!!! || Meet Indian Tal

[@Andrew_Erickson]

Mikheil looks like the the evil headmaster of your boarding school. Kantholi looks like your cool uncle that helped get beer for your 16th birthday party.

[@ekrotte8714]

It really keeps surprising me... German law allows beer and wine with 16.

[@rajatstudio]

Kantholi, the cool math teacher. Mikheil, the grumpy chemistry assistant.

[@akshsinghal2011]

Andrew Erickson lol

[@yusufahmed2233]

Man well said 🤣🤣🤣

[@hamzamaster9549]

Kantholi looks like a father who would beat his kid in front of his class

[@AkshayBharate]

You are only KZbinr that pronounces Indian names very correctly. Love from India

[@pronemanoldbutyoung5548]

Akshay Bharate Not even Indian youtubers pronounces Indian names correctly?

[@theoneaboveall6751]

@@pronemanoldbutyoung5548 you must be dumb.

[@Overlordsen]

@@theoneaboveall6751 Since he was obviously just joking, maybe you are the one who is dumb?! (and also not very polite)

[@doodoopeepee1856]

Overlordsen maybe he wasn’t joking? Hmmmm....🤫🤫🤫🌚🌚🌚😜😜😜🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@groussac]

Does Google Translate do okay with the pronunciation of Indian names, or should we look elsewhere?

[@walterm.robertsiiiphd2157]

" . . .He wants to punish his opponent's insolent play." LOVE IT!

[@stevebuhrt3504]

Pablo Escobar really knows his chess tactics😂

[@armandr1613]

The Eastern Escobar

[@ivansoul619]

As a colombian I really hate how Escobar has become so famous 😩

[@spiderstrings2615]

Nailed it😂

[@milos1997]

hahaha

[@mimin67]

lol

[@yolkolai]

"I always sacrifice my queen, sometimes intentionally." -Ben Finegold

[@hermanpops]

"I always sacrifice my queen, and lose miserably." -Me

[@RodneyLim03]

he wanted to win the game so he made the losing move -Ben Finegold

[@lordx4641]

Lol

[@johnwamsley1896]

Maybe try the opposite. Try to lose your queen. What did George say? If you know your thinking is bad, don't listen.

[@kingStribor]

The beauty of the chess is that if something doesn't work, there's probably good reason that it doesn't work.

[@riam-313-diyaq]

Sometimes I do queen sacrifice...... But for Resignation

[@richakuckreja3269]

Haha nc

[@tongis3579]

You made ne laugh. Hahaha

[@Irshhhhhhh]

:D

[@joesimon2018]

I know, right? To hell with that bitch.

[@volodyanarchist]

I was about to say the same thing.

[@kirbymarchbarcena]

Someone:God save the Queen! kantholi: I don't need one.

[@panda4247]

it's funny you mention it, the British grandmasters are forbidden to sacrifice the queen. India, as a member of commonwealth, does not have such a strict rule, but you are frown upon if you sac the queen and don't win a brilliant game afterwards.

[@mr.kurtasak5741]

That's so interesting.

[@TheKritter91]

@@johnrubensaragi4125 surely he us joking?

[@chrisding1976]

panda4247 I searched it up, and absolutely nothing came up, so it’s obviously a joke

[@kenisonline]

@@panda4247 such creative BS lol

[@ravivarma239]

Really proud of Mr. Ratnakaran ,keralite from Calicut,Indian Railway staff member,International Master from India

[@pattabiramans]

Its not just patriotism but also being grateful to identify yourself by only the country you belong to.

[@hamhahami165]

Did you teach him?

[@username78657]

Mm keraleeyan anu alle

[@gokulkpeethu6642]

Aha. Malayali aayrnno

[@username78657]

@@gokulkpeethu6642 aney

[@gluonpa6878]

I am the swiss Tal, but most of the time, I end up sacrificing my king.

[@varunk.t8235]

🤣🤣🤣

[@thebatman5741]

Lmao plus comment of the day.

[@satheeshsadan7219]

😂😂😂

[@kannankrishnamoorthy1847]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@livinggamer_grs6066]

Well i guess im not that bad then😂😂

[@jmejia003]

“Every move is like a slap in the face” LMAO

[@umeyrmuhammad]

-Quote of the day 10:20 “ Lemme just have a nice sip of my water “ - Agadmator 2019

[@i8rm_]

Really no one will do a queen sacrifice against a player who is better than him : Indian im: hold my chicken biryani

[@sapandeepsharma]

Lol 🤣

[@anandskanth6326]

Lol

[@saleemullah4991]

😂😂😂😂

[@sircosm]

In case of Ratnakaran, it's more like "Hold my Bisibele Anna"

[@ahnafpa]

@@sircosm kantholi is from kerala meanwhile Bisibele anna is a karnataka dish. I think Malabari Chicken Biriyani is more apt.

[@nicolasphung6343]

"You have gained title: Indian Tal" Ability: when queen gets sacked you win the game

[@richardlobo88]

his games are actually crazy. It's a pity he is not a gm.

[@rohangeorge712]

😂thats a pretty damn good ability. man i need ability that says when my king gets mated, i win the game. man i would win all games then 😂

[@gnzlbr6173]

If you blunder a piece in the opening you can say it is a Gambit ;)

[@shaykh5555]

we already have some naming for them, such as "Botez gambit" :)

[@GilgameshApproves]

@@shaykh5555 Hahahaha, the Botez gambit

[@davidhuang2895]

"You can always call your blunders sacrifices" - Aman Hambleton

[@superflink]

@David Huang You just have to win the game.

[@Erikali26]

😂🤣

[@duchi882]

*I showed this to my family* They looked at me in silence _they don't play Chess lol_

[@mr.gangex]

Hahhahahah damn, this is funny

[@Soulboost40]

this made me laugh so hard LOL

[@kunwar4799]

😂😂😂

[@arnabnath6601]

Ahahaha 😂😂😂😂

[@cane9965]

@@Larsykfz303 I think that's just huge amounts of sarcasm and hyperbole. Lol

[@AnanthNat]

Kantholi is not exactly his family name but his native place, as is the custom in Kerala, South India where he is from. So it is more apt to call him Ratnakaran, or Ratna for short. Which agadmator does so well.

[@RickyJohnson81]

I’d show my family but they’d be too scared of the Tal quote.

[@nishantintouch]

Tal is smoking his Cuban cigar up above whilst watching this 😎😎

[@booradely6423]

Not really. He ded

[@booradely6423]

@Oissev Onos there you go. I almost lost faith in KZbin.

[@Axiomatic75]

This is one of the most amazing games I've ever seen. He deserves the title "Indian Tal" for this game alone.

[@maulerXX]

The computer analysis of the queen sacrifice is really interesting. The engine recommends not sacrificing the queen and instead capturing the pawn with the queen, but if you make this move, the engine immediately evaluates white as much better. But if you go against the engine's recommendation and sacrifice the queen as Ratnakaran did, the engine suddenly evaluates an improvement for black.

[@rohangeorge712]

that legit doesnt make sense on the engine's part, thats some bad evaluations then lol. its like dont make the move, but if u make it, u get an advantage

[@aliensconfirmed3498]

@@rohangeorge712 That's because engines don't consider all the lines. They only consider those that look decent. So a queen sacrifice without immediate advantage is probably not considered by engine. But when you play the move and engine goes deep into that line, that's when it realises that it's a good move.

[@aliensconfirmed3498]

Just checked lichess analysis of this game. It shows +1.3 after c×d5 and recommends Q×d5 after which evaluation is +1.4. After playing N×d5 the evaluation goes to 2.5. With B×Q it drops to 0.4 and with Knight capture it drops to 0. The most interesting part of the analysis to me was that at 4:54 engine suggests the same move that he played instead of capturing the bishop. At this moment engine says take the c7 pawn and it's still a draw but after the move in the game it's -1.1.

[@iancrawford4977]

This man continues to slay the name pronunciation game 👏👏 I applaud you

[@michaeljanapin9528]

That knight capture in slowmo @60fps is sooo awesome. 😀

[@m4y4nk]

specially the part when pawn bleeds and its all red drops in the air and camera shifts slowly from side to side.

[@AJ-et6rx]

Important thing was he gave up Queen for 1 knight. That was the bizarre part.

[@manoojkumaarbalasubramania3878]

But the fact is he didn't capture that right away...

[@Artemis_simetrA]

@@manoojkumaarbalasubramania3878 thats what high-level players do. See the whole game out before acting.

[@addagudurianand4506]

"Activity above all !", this was against the idea of balance of power, just beautiful....

[@MrOTcomputer]

I second that! _(The greatest moves are done during the most active games at the highest risk.)_

[@maxnullifidian]

When Antonio says "this game is a must see," I pay attention! What a delightful game that was!

[@user-uj2cq6rd8n]

Nezhmetdinov & Tal would be proud :) and also all of his tactical predecessors as well.. Alekhine, Spielmann, and of course the legendary Morphy...

[@Badrone87]

WOW, that´s one of the most exciting chess games i´ve ever seen!

[@yashastheborg6395]

Such games are very rare because Queen sacrifices are very dangerous and not many players take such risks against titled players, but also because of the fact that their is usually some drawback or way that the enemy can pounce back. These games are truly out of this world and should be enjoyed to the fullest because of the great thought and effort put into them. Great production agadmator and marvelously played Kantholi Ratnakaran (got to give him respect for a move that maybe players like Anand, and Carlsen wouldn't have played.)

[@viktorwillyam]

Jeez, what a beast. calling him tal is so fitting.

[@chrispeacock1637]

I've been watching your videos and they have really helped me improve my game I went from 1400 to 1700 since I started watching. Also my grandma taught me how to play. I dont live near her, so we dont really get to play. But every birthday of hers I go over and play. I beat her for the first time in a first to 5. She cried with happiness. I've never seen her smile so much. Thank you x

[@joshepjohnson2761]

Chris Peacock gj man, u’ve made the lady proud. Have u referred her to agad’s channel? 🤣

[@chrispeacock1637]

@@joshepjohnson2761 I have we have watched 15 videos together. Even though i had already seen them

[@Uddaybhaikabaap]

"Queens are temporary Pride is forever" - Kantholi

[@sandipraj100]

I feel this unbelievable. I was privileged to play against ratnakaran during my school and college days.

[@littlefoot3935]

This is a very interesting game. Most of the time when you see a queen sacrifice, it is based on an impending checkmate. Here, black gives up the queen early in the game, yet completely dominates, and there really isn't much white can do. It really shows you just how powerful a superior position, and piece development is.

[@eccentrichorse11]

6:10 since when did discoveries start being nice instead of nasty?

[@dayanandsahu6683]

Greatest Queen sacrifice but no water sacrifice by agadmator

[@fewoxx848]

15:43 if you hear that sound, congratulations. You are an excellent hearer of subtle fart noises and if you just wanna enjoy the show take a deep breath.

[@iMP05T3R]

A year later, how does this not have more likes😂😂😂

[@rockybangalore3830]

@@iMP05T3R because it probably wasn't a fart

[@merdanrejepov9644]

It's distortion in audio so. It happened twice in the video

[@nikhilarora2526]

It's because the king couldn't move to e2 as it was guarded by the bishop on b5

[@VarunGupta3009]

I heard that and I thought he mouthed it to represent a lost game or bad move.

[@MrOTcomputer]

I've watched this match more times than any other chess match. It's brilliant and a master piece.

[@vladavasiljev]

Insane game. Tal would be proud.

[@ogorangeduck]

Damn Ratnakaran's mustache is so solid it almost looks drawn on

[@rojbalc77]

There's no way anyone can comment on all those options and moves so quickly. My theory is he has a really deep voice and it's played at double speed.

[@bbccrawling6831]

That's why i love indian grand-masters.. they always come up with interesting yet, unknown openings that will make yourself want to play against him.

[@TonyStark786]

What amazes me is your ability to pronounce Indian names so accurately! And there is no doubt that you try and know the pronunciation before you make the video. Kudos to that!

[@manigopal92]

Indian Tal. IT. Suits perfectly for us Indians 😂

[@gagandeepsinghbindra]

Dr. MG M sahi khel gya bhai!

[@mariomanojlovic3407]

also a theme of sacrificing(or something else) woman (in this case queen) describes modern indians as well

[@manigopal92]

@@mariomanojlovic3407 was thinking more like Serbian B*****s 😂

[@xCorvus7x]

@@mariomanojlovic3407 It does? Could you elaborate on that?

[@cantankerouspatriarch4981]

@@xCorvus7x, he is referring to the largely outdated practice of sati or suttee.

[@himanshusharma-wx6cp]

Once, I calculated how I will win the game in 10 moves after sacrificing my queen..... But Then I realized I didn't have Queen

[@opaolol]

*have

[@doodoopeepee1856]

*HavE

[@abhishek4771]

Good one boss👌😂

[@tampoco_es_fácil]

@Pichkalu Pappita bruh it's have, take it from a native speaker.

[@superflink]

No, “didn’t “ is always used with the present form of the main verb.

[@mayattv4986]

Who are Indians here?! Do you know how much we respect you as chess players? 💕

[@dark6937]

🙏🙏🙏

[@aarfeenanees9147]

I Appreciate it, but loving all chess players irrespective of nationality would be better IMO. We are all humans who have a mutual interest in chess and are here to have fun!

[@dhruva8538]

@@aarfeenanees9147 maybe he means he thanks India for inventing Chess

[@AdarshRaj-er3wb]

Every country has good chess players.

[@lordpochinki2112]

If u see me play you will have doubts.

[@SaikanthDacha]

You can't have ANiceSipOfMyWater® without asking us to pause the video and find the move that Black played. Not fair buddy

[@Mysteryman03010]

He sacrifices his Queen and plays so perfectly without it, every move is Just perfect without mistakes im amazed what an player this man is

[@realeyesrealisereallies97]

Truly incredible, I wonder how far he planned it

[@arvindhmani06]

Slightly off-topic here, but just wanted to say that your name pronunciations are so on-point, & not a moment of hesitation before saying both names. You got the Indian one absolutely perfect. I wish everybody associated equal importance towards getting people's names right!

[@bobbobson3908]

For queen sacrifices, please cover Kotov Averbakh 1953. PLEASE

[@batuhan4109]

#suggestion

[@facundorodriguez9559]

Lol, i was reading a book yesterday and it talked about that one game/sacrifice.

[@joseenriquemunar8901]

Time really flies! I subscribed last time you only have lesser 15k or 20k subs then now ALMOST HALF A MILLION. Just wow lol

[@GilgameshApproves]

As a newbie with 29 years and no training, I went from 900 to ~1600 in aprox 7 months at 1-min bullet at Lichess. I've even beated a 1,8k as a 1,4 once - something I could never hope for, lal. Got to thank Agad, Suren, Daniel Leite, Anna Rudolph and the other YTs for making me interested on this fascinating game! Keep it up with the good job, Antonio! Cheers from Bra-fucking-sil =D

[@aleksandarseguljev]

Matori, tek na ovom klipu sam čuo da si komšija; iz nekog razloga sam mislio da si Rus; ne znam zašto... Svaka čast za klipove, gledam ih već neko vreme, iako nisam neki šahista; prosto je zanimljivo. Inače sam profesor engleskog, pa svaka čast i za tečno pričanje jezika. Velik pozdrav iz Novog Sada.

[@dhruvit2408]

I checked in stockfish. Nxd5 (giving up the queen) was an accurate move. In the 1st half of the match, he played like an engine.

[@skaarphy5797]

Great quote by Tal. Describes his playstyle perfectly.

[@-7-man]

The difference between Tals Queen sac and others Queen sac.. Others queen sac: Hmm Let's see what I can do now😅 Tal after a sac: See what I can do now😈

[@kaistoffel92]

“Let me just have a nice sip of my water...” I don’t know why I had to laugh out loud

[@bakermantop]

one dislike so far from Mchedlishvili. I showed this to my family, the experts, and they said " Of course that black wins- his pieces are on top of the board and easier for them to go down on whites pieces". me: whaaat...

[@SyncGrave]

bakerman12 Yeah dude, Isaac Newton invented gravity

[@lobsangphuntsok3205]

🤣🤣

[@kunalsandilya6034]

Underrated comment

[@kalechintamani]

😆😆😆

[@manoahkarara5289]

😭😭he sacrificed his queen early on and still won

[@peterhelpme]

I sacrifice pieces often. It mostly works for the opponent.

[@kosmosyche]

I usually end up sacrificing my king. I guess I don't like monarchy.

[@stewiegriffin6503]

Look above at the Mikhail Tal's quote about the dark forest !!!!! In my country it is very unusual, because only time two man sit alone in a car, is to travel to edge of dark forest and make bang bang bang in anoos

[@adityaagrawal3914]

Beautiful game. I saw it live but your coverage is amazing. Well done. Keep it up

[@groussac]

I keep coming back to this game. Yes, if you're Indian, you can take pride in it and that's okay, but the beautiful thing about chess is than anyone can take joy in a game well-played. It comes down to 2 guys, 2 sets of pieces, and a chessboard. It's not about nationality, but about making good moves. To sac a queen so early in the game in such a fluid position and come out on top--what can I say but 'wow!'

[@moedeswag8414]

Can chess be sexy ?! YES

[@ashutoshbichare]

Yaa cause in chess and sex there is one common factor and that is . . . . . . . Position 😁😄😃😀

[@zarifshoeb]

Even without a queen 🤣🤣

[@perficete1000]

Yes, Tal was famous for his sacrifices 👍🏻very beautiful and brave power play, bravo Kantholi! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@saoudlootah8390]

keep it up man, love ur content 👍 🌹

[@truthseeker5993]

Proud to be his compatriot. A big salute to both Ratnakaran and Antonio, from God's own country Kerala, India.

[@ДелијеВрбас]

Please put both players in thumbnail, so it won't spoil stuff :D

[@sahilbaori9052]

What???

[@cd1168]

One of the more complex forward thinking game. Brilliant man

[@facundorodriguez9559]

I do not know why I find the sacrifices as something comfortable at the moment of playing chess, but it makes everyone think "that boy is coool af he gave his queen for that pawn 🤣"

[@ddp8511]

Wow, now i know why Indians are called as most talented creatures 😃👍😇👏

[@paulcervenka]

I wwould love to see more Ratnakaran!

[@Raskasjaskaraz]

What a great video of a great game. The slow-mo replay was pure awesomeness. Thank you!

[@whatsmyname9742]

games of International master's are more interesting than Grand masters.

[@arshiaparsheh1568]

Also less accurate

[@kingofchase2539]

Big if true.

[@krishnasykam7930]

Actually true, more interesting play

[@knoblauchdittrich7412]

agreed

[@mariusbancila]

I like how you setup the room including the vacuum cleaner in the back. Makes everything look warmer and more familiar.

[@anandkumar-qy4gl]

But for me no need to sacrifice queen, opponent will take without my permission , wtf

[@hiddenwoodsmen4406]

Man,no kidding,"The Indian Tal" Very very impressive outside the box thinking indeed!

[@alessandrogambardella]

Agadmator started a new trend in chess with his video about queen sacrifice 😂😂 i would like to know how many of it failed in the last period 😂

[@markobaric8948]

The only chess channel where I can watch Chess and be entertained as if im watching Netlix...Samo naprijed Antonio!

[@gonzalo4658]

This is one of the weirdest games I’ve ever seen.

[@rohanp]

Wooowww.. Awesome.. Agad... India loves you

[@prakashwalde]

Clicked as soon as the notification popped up

[@scurtualexandru489]

I never thought about chess in slow motion...but damn that agadmotor voice in the background with a nice slow moving knight makes it awesome!

[@ashwin3233]

I hope I will be able to sacrifice my queen and win the match one day, One day.........

[@czechthisout]

Truly masterful play by black. I have been exploring the English opening for a few weeks now and was wondering about this "Reverse Sicilian" and if it was real. Great video!

[@darshan4353]

After seeing thumbnail pic I thought Pablo Escobar playing chess.

[@rockybhagat]

First Murali Karthikeyan, now Ratnakaran.... World beware of the Indian Juggernaut!

[@tiggerwoods8829]

Ah the famed Scottish Georgian Grandmaster Mikheil McHedishvili

[@SandipRayChaudhury]

Best part of Antonio is his pronunciation is crystal clear. Be it The chess language or Indian names. May you become GM at the earliest 🙏.Take the best care of your family and self.

[@MCD4dd3]

The thirst gambit declined!

[@gigiaea2540]

Hey Antonio - Georgian name Mchedlishvili "CH" is pronounced like one would pronounce "C" with a hyphen in the name Coric in Croatia. You could also sub the "CH" for "J" and say Mjedlishvili. The Georgian letter that the English alphabet substitutes with two letters to provide a similar sound doesn't exist in the English alphabet. Georgian last names aren't the easiest to pronounce since they tend to have more consonants than vowels. Thank you for making the effort though. Big fan of your channel!

[@MrMilosv]

This is chess! great game, thanks for finding it and showing it !

[@petes4620]

keep up the good work...im not much of a player but i really enjoy watching these videos. Amazing ... Im really enjoying the background facts and history, that is really adding a lot to your videos!!!! So thanks !!

[@jacekgatkowski8869]

If I saw those people from photos in the street, I would run away xD

[@batuhan4109]

yeah. how the why they are playing this game LOL

[@leitrim612]

I love Kantholi’s mustache tbh

[@Inedits]

Im picturing him actually trying to show this game: "Honey!! You have to see this game!!" "Shut up!! Stop it with this chess thing!! I dont care!!!"

[@amitkerurkar8685]

It's just craaazzyyy how Agadmator can pronounce every name so precisely be it Indian or Russian.

[@07aniketdeysarkar26]

Who wants another Tal game ? The Latvian Tal , I'm talking about.

[@07aniketdeysarkar26]

@Oissev Onos Tal games are shown often here ? They are shown only if the channel reaches a milestone , for ex 400k subscribers... And every game is important. And yes you are somewhat right , all types of games are necessary for learning.

[@07aniketdeysarkar26]

@Oissev Onos Listen boy , what I want to see I've written it to Agadmator. I haven't asked you to show me any games. Mind your own business please. Have a great day you too.

[@-_Nuke_-]

That's why chess is great! 2 Queen sacrifices in a row, these guys are up to something!

[@tiggerwoods8829]

I showed this game to a hot girl in a bar. She said "What's the idea, here? That isn't the main line. You are not a most excellent developer of pick-up plans"

[@pranavpurohit3279]

hahahahaah

[@joshepjohnson2761]

Successful night? 😉

[@SimBol1216]

cringe

[@ranganathparankusam991]

Simply awesome.. Normally I don't use this adjective (awesome). But today I am using it . A brilliant game to say the least. What a game! Thanks .