He Did It!!! - 16th Player Ever to Break the 2800 Barrier!

[@lfs1779]

Amazing that literally one minute ago I checked live ratings. When I saw that he crossed 2800 I searched for your channel and here's your video

[@thechessdungeon]

😅

[@PiyushSingh-214]

😂

[@mystery7629]

Players who have crossed 2800 ELO 1. Magnus Carlsen (NOR) - 2882 2. Garry Kasparov (RUS) - 2851 3. Fabiano Caruana (USA) - 2844 4. Levon Aronian (ARM) - 2830 5. Wesley So (USA) - 2822 6. Shakhriyar Mamedyarov (AZE) - 2820 7. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (FRA) - 2819 8. Viswanathan Anand (IND) - 2817 9. Vladimir Kramnik (RUS) - 2817 10. Veselin Topalov (BUL) - 2816 11. Hikaru Nakamura (USA) - 2816 12. Ding Liren (CHN) - 2816 13. Alexander Grischuk (RUS) - 2810 14. Alireza Firouzja (FRA) - 2804 15. Arjun Erigaisi (IND) - 2802.1 Dutch GM Anish Giri crossed 2800 in the live rating list but not in the official rating list.

[@fahmifarizi7242]

carlsen 2882? how could he lost so much rating? i do not understand...

[@zemm9003]

Alireza is from Iran.

[@HereCharlieRules]

​@@zemm9003but he represents France now.

[@revanth2628]

​@@fahmifarizi7242 And guess what his live peak rating was 2889.2 That 2882, is his published, which too is unbelievably high

[@Dev_712]

​@@zemm9003he plays for France now. He changed federation

[@sparkygtynes]

Imagine Magnus’s niece or nephew watching this and hearing “a move even your uncle would not play”

[@507RiverRock]

😂

[@saliljoseph9421]

😂

[@naishadhthakkar709]

Yeah very few people in the world have intelligent uncles..😂

[@internalmedicine9982]

😂

[@jx14aby]

My nephews and niece call me their "Drunkle."

[@dasseher1467]

I am honestly impressed with how Anand can be top 10 of the world currently... Incredible!

[@aries2764]

yes, i think people often forget how astounding a feat that is... i'd dare say no other player has stayed active at such a high level for as long as anand... what a legend

[@tanmaychandak8314]

He doesn't play as much as other players do. That's why. He is more of a mentor figure now than a player in top 10.

[@naveenkondeti4163]

That's not the point he is referring, the point is still to be on top without playing actively, that's what a legend he is​@@tanmaychandak8314

[@harshrajbasant9440]

​@@tanmaychandak8314Yes definitely. And it shows. He has become relatively rusty but the fact that even at his age and being in the business for 30+ years, he still is in the World top 10 every now and then, tells you about the beast he was in his prime. Unfortunately, he played in the era of two once in a lifetime greats and thats why sometimes it does not seem like he was this strong, but you can imagine, if it werent of Kasparov and Magnus, what total domination would he have exhibited(which he still did in the period where Kasparov retired and Magnus was still under works)

[@Dr.drunkenstein1]

Just watched your 3 last videos with my 5 year old son and he learned, or better said, tried to remember the moves of 3 different openings. The Najdorf, the French and the Caro kann. In 2 days he is playing his first tournament.

[@arightscepter]

Go child!

[@IndiaTides]

All the best to your child!

[@asheshgaur]

Being an Indian, I am really proud of how things are going for India in Chess :)

[@johnsalchichon3605]

Yall got bigger problems than chess trust me

[@walterprossnitz3471]

As an Indian, can you confirm that a lot of this is due to the leadership of V. Anand?

[@pandit7130]

@@johnsalchichon3605 yeah there are, but we will also conquer them just like chess.

[@rsr22.3]

Seriously all the comments in this reply thread 😅 just let the man be happy!

[@indcredible7839]

@@walterprossnitz3471 Yes, since almost all the top Indian players you know are from and around where he grew up, in Chennai.

[@saturo_nipon]

11:41 Anish Giri is in the news again

[@juanjan__]

The classical world champion not being in the top 21 is quite something

[@melh937]

He is also one of the 16 players in chess history to have a peak rating of 2,800+ A man’s lows do not reflect his highs-nor should they become the determinng factors of his legacy Of course, I can understand that this level of nuanced reasoning would escape the most intellectually challenged

[@melh937]

​@@juanjan__Your comment is unnecessary Question yourself before assessing the merit of my argument You have no metacognition and appear...mentally deficient

[@harjutapa]

@@melh937 what exactly was the point of your last sentence?

[@josezuniga3503]

​@@melh937Haha. The subtle irony in the last statement is just perfect😂

[@aeroslothy]

@@josezuniga3503 never seen so many complicated words be articulated into nothingness 😂😂😂

[@puneet2487]

13:49 Love it 😁

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

Congratulations to Arjun on reaching 2800. Agadmator mentioned World Champion vs 2800 club. They don't measure the same thing. Like in every sport, you can only be compared against your contemporaries. Even Arpad Elo said his ratings system is only a RELATIVE scale, and cannot be used to compare ABSOLUTE STRENGTH of players of different eras. The fundamental idea of Elo rating is that players have to exchange points by playing each other. As there is no way to make, say, Magnus Carlsen and Bobby Fischer play each other, they can't exchange points, so the Elo rating system does not work. Consider also a hypothetical scenario where every current player all study chess seriously but there are no new players. Everyone (except maybe those already at the top) will get stronger. But there are only so many Elo points to go around. We can expect the top players to lose points because those at the bottom are now stronger, but they haven't actually lost any playing strength. Elo is therefore only a RELATIVE measure. As for Arjun, what matters for him is he's now third-highest rated player in the world - the highest rated among "young" players (i.e., not counting Magnus, Fabi and Hikaru). The future World Championship may well be a contest between Erigaisi, Gukesh, Abdusattorov, Firouzja and Pragnanandhaa.

[@aaronquadd3019]

I believe the 15 players to break the 2800 club: Magnus Carlsen (2889.2)☆ Garry Kasparov (2856.7)☆ Fabiano Caruana (2851.3) Wesley So (2824.5) Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2819.3) Levon Aronian (2835.5) Vishwanathan Anand (2820.7)☆ Ding Liren (2816.9)☆ Hikaru Nakamura (2819) Vladimir Kramnik (2817.8)☆ Alireza Firouzja (2804) Anish Giri (2802.8) I can only say 12 with certainty. Possible picks would be: Sergey Karjakin, Ian Nepomniachtchi, Antonly Karpov☆, Topalov (2826.5)☆, and Wei Yi ☆ indicates that they held title of World Champion *Bobby Fischer hit 2795 while no one else was 2600 so he was so above his competition that his draws he would lose points and his wins he would hardly gain anything *Garry hit 2800 when only Karpov was the only other 2700 putting him in a similar vein as Fischer Edit: I was correct about Topalov. I forgot - Mamedyarov and Grischuk. *Ian hit 2799.8 and 2795 officially Edit2: added their ratings

[@fangiscool1]

Great list. But the gap between Fischer and second place was twice as many elo points as the gap between Kasparov and second place. Kasparov is absolutely not in a similar vein as Fischer.

[@georgeray649]

Thanks man

[@arightscepter]

great and entertaining comment ty

[@dizzymetrics]

Arjun reaching 2800 is just amazing Hope he keeps it for those remaining days!

[@psybranet]

Excellent work by the gentle genius. Bravo

[@vishaltripathy3620]

last move sequence is amazing. i did see some of it but moving the king to cutoff squares from rook is insane

[@shuvro40]

Its high time to arrange a Tournament with the 2800 players.

[@harshrajbasant]

@@shuvro40 Kramnik would just find ways to report everyone

[@Jiffy_Park]

crossing 2800 with a bishop sack on g6 is the definition of gigachad

[@SamIAm-p5r]

I've missed this channel. Was my introduction to chess commentary and is still my favorite

[@jasonsahm439]

I make so many "uncle moves" that I feel like Agad is talking to me when he mentions it. 🤣

[@electricboogaloo11]

If Fabi hadn't won his match against shankland earlier today, Arjun would've been world #2.

[@mayureshvaingankar4703]

My legend did it... Future World chess Champion❤ Ladies and Gentlemen welcome to Arjun Erigaisi era

[@xethnyrrow]

And it was in this position, upon my uncle resigning the game that Arjun joined the 2800 club, as there was nothing more to be done.

[@Harshh..294]

Dmitry is your uncle?

[@ns7379]

Was waiting for your video!

[@Biskawow]

Omg 3 videos today! Amazing! Ty

[@theodoremercutio1600]

agadmator my beloved i am such a big fan it makes me so happy to watch your videos sorry for bad english greetings from faroe islands

[@nicholashill8724]

Are the rating points zero sum? What does a new player get when joining this system? For every new entrant to the list, that presumably adds in rating points to the overall pool of rating points and then as new players win and draw matches against established players, they 'steal' points from other players that are higher rated than them?

[@leonard-l2y]

our uncles appreciate the sentiment Sir. God bless.

[@shibaditya0112]

No one better could have explained such a historic match❤

[@KarabauPlay]

bobby fischer 53 years ago was 2785 rating. 53 years!! let that sink in.. he will still beat top5 players nowadays.

[@gerardomalazdrewicz7514]

In the July 1972 ratings list the six highest players were Robert Fischer (2785), Boris Spassky (2660), Tigran Petrosian (2645), Lev Polugaevsky (2645), Viktor Korchnoi (2640), and Lajos Portisch (2640). Fischer had 125 more points than the second ranked.

[@AcePhotoSverige]

Impossible to know, he was a great player back then, without computer lines. We cant een be sure he would like the game as GM today, since its so different than 50+ years ago

[@nathanstuller4056]

@@AcePhotoSverige Especially since Fischer hated how Chess was becoming a competition of memorizing lines. My guess if Fischer lived today is that he would be the world champion in Chess 960 and he wouldn’t play classical.

[@alaincayer8999]

I started looking at Bobby Fischer's games in 1973. To me still today he was the best player ever. Why? Because he was playing against the russian team. When russian players were playing against the russian favorite, they were deliberately loosing to favorize the challenger. Bobby had to beat them all.

[@nikhildawani2913]

Magnus?No possible,other than him probably yes

[@cptnoremac]

5:30 Wary, not weary. A lot of native English speakers get this wrong too.

[@gauravjha8938]

Absolute Madman !!

[@bcd2233]

“Even your uncle would resign right here”😂😂

[@jeronimopereyra6222]

Antonio must be filming the Steinitz saga as he announced in one of the videos of the USA Chess Championship. That could be the reason why he hasn't been uploading

[@andress4780]

LETS GO MY MAN ARJUN 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@toonsmator2524]

Where is he? Icant eat without his videos

[@mohammadameen1857]

I really like how he says our world chess championship challenger Gukesh 12:28

[@dbfurrer]

That's a fine quote you got there

[@ahmadshahnawaj]

Please update the description of this video with this game's moves😢.

[@narujohn6984]

Congratulations Arjun !!

[@arunarvind7195]

Anatoly Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Veselyn Topalov, Vladimir Kramnik, Vishy Anand, Alexander Grischuk, Magnus Carlsen, Fabianno Caruana, Levon Aronian, Shakhriyar Mamedyarov, Wesley So, MVL, Hikaru Nakamura, Ding Liren, Alireza Firouzja, Arjun Erigaisi Soon: Gukesh, Abdusattorov Nodirbek, Pragg..

[@abhishekaparnathi]

Haha

[@nikhildawani2913]

Pragg 😂😂, he is No 21 lmao,no chance he even comes to top3 ever

[@abhishekaparnathi]

@@nikhildawani2913 good to have someone like you who knows and understands chess so well.

[@filipt.585]

man... when you showed the standings at the end of video, i was like where in the world is Ding :-( didn´t realize he lost so much rating by now. hopefuly he can bring some magic in november...

[@vibhanshugupta1729]

Arjun @2800, less go 🔥🔥

[@saturo_nipon]

never saw anyone reaching 2800 in the way Arjun did. Truly Incredible

[@saturo_nipon]

Gukesh missed it yesterday losing to Andrekin, thereby missing to play against Arjun for 2800, And Arjun got it today with the same opponent

[@christianveilleux6378]

What do you means exactly

[@aaronquadd3019]

A couple years ago Alireza had an insane run of chess in two tournaments to close out the year and hit 2800. He did it in such a fashion that Magnus said he'll only play the WCC if Alireza won

[@saturo_nipon]

@@christianveilleux6378 facing numerous known/unknown GMs in the open tournaments, considered as a risk by many top players, some even tried but suffered with their rating gains

[@jasonluo2756]

LFGGG!!!! MASSIVE CONGRATS

[@srikarsgs22]

At 10:11, can't Black go for a perpetual with his Rook blocking the White's Rook everytime ? And incase White tries to push his H pawn, Black can either counter by his Other Rook or push his own pawns. It could potentially have been a Draw for Black from a Losing Position right.

[@George-sv7qx]

Chess is the equalizer of race no one can brag for long

[@herearewe]

So Arjun has become a super GM now, nice 😊

[@raghavkapoor2713]

Super gm is at 2700 or 2730 he became a supergm couple years ago

[@lemarkexyz2931]

"Super duper gm" - Naroditsky

[@bjorn7355]

In 1972 the world championship challenger Fisher had a chess rating of 2785’ He was 1 rating point higher then Gukesh is today! (2784). The difference is then that the world champion then Boris Spasky - the second strongest man in the world was rated 2660 - which would be equal to being the 62 strongest player in the world today - just after Michael Adams! Ding is 2728 about 86 rating points lover them Gukesh! What is impressive about Fisher he would have been in the top five in the world today - only some 45 ratings point after Carlsen and that includes the inflation of Rating points. Increadible!

[@cactus_szn6341]

1.Magnus Carlsen 2.Garry Kasparov 3. Anand 4. Levon 5. Wesley So. 6. Mamedyarov 7.Grischuk 8.Kramnik 9. Veselin Topalov 10.Anish 11. MVL 12. Alireza 13. Fabiano 14. Hikaru 15.Ding 16. ARJUN!!

[@Notolerancetoterrrorism]

11:03 why didnt the opponent move to Rh5 checking the king and threatening the pawn.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Missing your daily games Agadmator hope everything is ok

[@jx14aby]

What happened to Tony? He just disappeared without notice?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@jx14abydoing whatever he has to of course we miss our daily dose of Agadmator he’s taking care of business hope everything is ok I’ve watched a bunch of old videos he made on the classics Casa Blanca Fischer etc in the meanwhile

[@thepathakarpit]

Mad man🔥💥

[@FatherBrown34]

There’s something about Andreikin… he looks like a villain

[@sharanv9182]

Maybe Gru from minions

[@FatherBrown34]

@@sharanv9182 I agree with your insight

[@patrickthubs]

He did it!

[@volatex]

way to go Arjun!!! welcome to the 2800 club…

[@SanjeevDDandekar]

Super proud moment for Indians and lovers of chess. ❤🎉

[@cliffordbrown2656]

The list of moves above the time stamps is from a previous video.

[@Labetalol_2]

I think there is something wrong in the description it has fabiano's game vs shankland

[@sameekshmshetty9737]

From Arihun to Arjun.... Agad has come a long way😂

[@davesand8575]

Wowbagger the Infinitely Prolonged comes to mind (any Hitchhikers's Guide fans out there)? :-)

[@superman5742]

Brilliant ❤

[@ram_draw_animate.]

Congratulations Arjun🎉🎉

[@reedsexton3973]

#suggestion the first game from Chess 9LX Ultimate Moves had a piece sacrifice and a complicated endgame today. And it is fun because of the teams

[@aumiorahman3740]

Is he alright? 5 days without any video, I fear for his health

[@shubhamrajput7523]

@agadmator , hope everything is fine at your end

[@romalmohamednazir8448]

Where is he? Nearly 5 days without any chess. Hopefully he is ok

[@adjejeux73]

He does that often

[@miguelcanoe6774]

It’s the strangest social phenomena. I’ve noticed it myself several times. I go to look at an agadmator video and if I haven’t seen him for two or three days, I actually start to worry. Almost as if he were my real friend and lived on the corner. I guess it’s human nature to worry. Nonetheless, it says something nice about Antonio that he has thousands and thousands of friends all over the world that have never met him and never will. That’s a nice thing.

[@adjejeux73]

@@miguelcanoe6774 spot on. Maybe this sounds weird but I need to see one of his videos before going to sleep. Helps me relax. Kind of ASMR chess 😆

[@suvannixb2472]

Kasparov Carlsen So Aronian Caruana Mamedyarov Liren Vachier-Lagrave Anand Firouzja Giri Nakamura Kramnik Topalov Grischuk Erigaisi

[@abhishekbilla1]

Giri was not official

[@XIAOBAIZHANG-ym8pn]

Why is the PGN chess book sent out in the introduction not the chess game played by the two players mentioned in the video?

[@ChessStudentChannel]

Great news for Indian chess! And of course many congratulations to Arjun

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

No sign of Ding Liren. The ramifications of his going into the defense of his championship defense while not being rated in the top 20 are huge. Anyone know what happened to Ding?

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

He has had personal issues to deal with. I heard he had a break up. Who knows whether he will play at his best again. For now, Wei Yi is China's strongest player.

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

@@pineapplesareyummy6352 This is terrible news. If the breakup affected him this badly then he should probably take time off to rest. Whatever the issue is it came at a bad time. It's going to cost him the championship and he might suffer embarrassment by being largely outplayed. If a person forfeits the Championship title does it affect his / her rating points? Would they still get the runner up prize?

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

​@@jeremiahlyleseditor437 That's what I was told by one of the Chinese viewers either on this channel or another one. Apparently, the breakup was before Ding became World Champion, and there was also a story about how Wei Yi wrote a personal letter to him that kept him going. He seemed to have fallen apart after last year. At this point, I think Ding is probably going to lose badly against Gukesh. Even he had admitted he's a big underdog. It's just what it is.

[@klefdnb]

PGN is from Caruana's game.

[@alaincayer8999]

Arjun was playing Stockfish 17 style, interesting!

[@magdajezusa7687]

God bless you ❤

[@noobchessplayer7367]

The true test is to beat guys in top 20...he beat mostly 2600s and below....andreikin probably tr highest rated he beat

[@JordanJ112o]

He beat Dominguez, Prag, Vidit, Andreikin, etc. all top players

[@serbanaurelian4151]

​@@JordanJ112o He did.But not the actual elite.Elite is MVL...Nepo...Carlsen...Nakamura...Caruana...Ding...when he played in a super tournamwnt...he lost to Duda and Carlsen for sure.And Gukesh.He did beat Pragnanandha twice ...but i don t consider the indians elite yet.Yes..and Vidit.So he s not quite yet.He s beating everyone else instead.But idk...doesn t seem too legit his 2800.There were other playera who would ve been more ...let s say...entitled to that club...like Karjakin...Nepomniatchi...Giri...Radjabov

[@JordanJ112o]

@@serbanaurelian4151 I mean at this point the only true “elite players” in my opinion are Magnus, Naka, Fabi. MVL, So, and to an extent Nepo do not show those kinds of results anymore (Nepo outside of candidate)

[@SudipChowdhury-st7kp]

​@@serbanaurelian4151how is MVL elite? He is 17 ranked player in the world, far far behind Pragg and Gukesh.

[@simonboyane1140]

​@@SudipChowdhury-st7kpdon't let that ranking of MVL fool you, nigga can beat anyone on a good day.

[@padmakumarke2063]

Greatest feet, Arjun you are pride of India. Hearty Congrats.

[@ankushmajumdar8893]

Congratulations 🎉 Arjun Bhai❤❤❤❤❤ love 💕 you

[@lancelot2900]

Congratulations arjun 🎉

[@soothingnature6311]

Our poor uncle are getting. Cooked

[@supercoolezio]

Arjun is the 15th I think (16th if you Count Giri). 1. Garry Kasparov 2. Vishy Anand 3. Levon Aronian 4. Magnus Carlsen 5. Fabiano Caruana 6. Alexander Grischuk 7. Vaselin Topalov 8. Hikaru Nakamura 9. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave 10. Vladimir Kramnik 11. Wesley So 12. Sakhriyar Mamedyarov 13. Ding Liren 14. Alireza Firouzja

[@odysseasv7138]

Found the pause -- checkmate --moment within seconds.. ok now I'm 2800.. good!

[@jx14aby]

Tony! Where are you? Are you okay?

[@AdamZac35]

5:30 Did I hear it correctly, It seems both have same time

[@michaelkidd1025]

No black has “thirteen” minutes *but it sounds like 30 in the video and Arjun has 29 minutes. It’s at the top right and bottom right of the board.

[@lessgogeezers]

Garry Kasparov Hikaru Nakamura Magnus Carlsen Maxime Vachier Lagrave Levon Aronian Vishwanathan Anand Alireza Firouzja Alexander Grischuk Fabiano Caruana Ding Liren These are all I could remeber..😢 maybe ill get partial points? Some guesses: Vasyl Ivunchuk, Kr@mnik? Wesley

[@RagnarChess-ndjiskf65]

Ooo name the other 15.. promise I’ve not looked in a while! Off by heart Carlsen, Kasparov, Caruana, Aronian, MVL, Firouzja, So, Nakamura, Mamedyarov, Kramnik for certain.. know Nepo got 2799 but I don’t think he ever made it so maybe Grischuk, Topalov, Giri… now I’m struggling. Ah Ding made it I think. Ah and Anand! There’s my 15, and of course Erigaisi makes 16! Gotta check if I’m right now!

[@RagnarChess-ndjiskf65]

Nice I was right, 2799.8 for nepo. Didn’t know Radja was only .4 off at 2799.6 in 2012.

[@ndamulelotshikwela881]

Amazing how Magnus has being 2800+ for almost the entire time

[@divyansh3697]

More than a decade now

[@areebansari1995]

Miss you Antonio!! Hope everything is alright.

[@arightscepter]

I know it not a big deal but I really liked the difference between Bxh7+ and Qxh7+. Beautiful little subtlety.

[@arightscepter]

And way to go Arjun, you're doing so well.

[@arightscepter]

And also what a gorgeous game

[@agrajmishra6128]

Indian chess depth is amazing...out of no where came praggnananda..and when world acknowledged him , came gukesh...he rose ,everyone saw him and then bam , came Arjun .with his 2800 rating ....🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@guntiganesh916]

Might be the world no.1 in some months , impeccable play 🙌

[@phoenixalpha3195]

I hope you are alright...

[@GoodManPT]

#suggestion Gusev vs. Auerbach 1946, "a sound queen sacrifice which was blind to chess engines for 74 years"

[@muiavictor2771]

agadmator my brother 😂😂😂 you forgot to say the rooks where promoted to pigs

[@rionvaletaala4666]

12:53 fischer was 2789 not 2798

[@ArabianKnight63]

Aaaaaaanddddd vishy is again back to top 10 😂😂😂😂

[@Mrfchy]

1)Magnus 2)Hikaru 3)Fabi 4)Arjun 5)Kasparov 6)Ding 7)Mvl 8)Levon 9)Firouja 10)Vishi 11)Kramnik 12)Ding 13) Giri Missed 3

[@cactus_szn6341]

Topalov, Mamedyarov and Grischuk

[@Ari-PekkaKaipiainen]

You missed four. Ding is twice there.

[@BharatXtreme]

congrats Arjun

[@VARMOT123]

2nd person born in this millennium and 3rd youngest in history to get to 2800 elo

[@rohan1864]

I think 2800 club is more prestigious than the classical world champions club in a way, because joining the latter is somewhat up to chance - you could be the second best player to have ever been born and never become world champion just because you live in the same era as the first one. ELO is a more objective measure of a player's strength. Kasparov's peak elo still being the 2nd highest ever achieved, or Fabi's and Levon's being 3rd and 4th, it tells so much more of a story than just counting who has and who hasn't won the world championship.

[@KennedyMister95]

Arjun proving to be the exceptional player that he is 🥵

[@air4767]

One of the most deserving players for 2800s, good job Arjun 🎉

[@teejayreyes9145]

It's hard to think how the world chess champion is not even in the top 20. I rooted for Ding but he's asleep for now.

[@aidentrindade239]

Isn't 30 minutes equal to half an hour ?? 5:31 bro had me wheezing with that one