I Create Something Out of Nothing!

[@brent-abrahams]

Love everything you do but these rapid games are my current favourite.

[@Jaxn_the_barabian]

Me too!

[@palacinka7523]

Yes it amazing to see you think and make desicions

[@ikukoshinta9792]

Same, really enjoying these

[@CheckmateSurvivor]

Only God creates out of nothing.

[@sujayr4502]

Yeah , agree u take a lot of interesing risks and play fun chess

[@timothybohdan7415]

The mailman. I've missed him. Bring back the pizza guy, too.

[@507RiverRock]

Those were the good old days - mailman, pizza guy and of course Medo

[@bigalthecrusher]

It was in this position the mailman showed up and the video is complete, there is nothing more to be done here

[@jayvaibhawverma]

Hahaha, such a good comment

[@Brent2498]

I’ve been following for years but your games are my favourite. This might be the most crushing of them all. So informative for players of my level i really don’t think there’s anything out there like it. Please don’t stop these.

[@90sanoop]

I miss seeing your dog sleeping on the couch

[@anilbista7445]

Yea he is old now so he struggles climbing the stairs to get to the recording room

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

The mailman triggers the long time subs to think about Meadow on the couch in the background.

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

First he left his knight hanging. Then he left all of us hanging 😂

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

I know that since Antonio is a higher rated player the traps and strats he deployed in these games are fairly ordinary, but to me they seem like magic! Even the way he finishes is masterful. Once he's winning he looks for mate right away. Doesn't even bother wearing the opponent down into an easy endgame. He just keeps the pressure on and hits him with another crippling blow with no mercy whatsoever.

[@anilbista7445]

Aagad playing like tal in both the games 😂

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Agadmator’s theory ‘if you see a good move look for a better one’

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

He talks like he just doing the best he can guess to do but he’s secretly 3100 rated. Lol

[@specialkalberta]

@@LukeLongboneOfficial I haven't seen him lose any of these rapid games although I've only watched probably fewer than 10. But they've all been very good games with good attacking style by Agad.

[@pignonefisso]

“Rook to b-fork”…the move that won this game for the mailman!

[@daviddurbin7682]

First game was absolutely crushing

[@michaelmassaro4375]

He finished the second guy off with some crushing moves as well 😅

[@turtle752436]

Woooot? No analysis after?! Gross negligence, an affront and hubris to Hestia the goddess of hearth and (home) improvement

[@exbricadlo]

4:03 wallpaper

[@am_i_shashank]

from which game is it?

[@unholycrusader69]

​@@am_i_shashank some FF game I think

[@Bourne3343]

@@am_i_shashankit’s from Final Fantasy 7:Rebirth, possibly a screenshot he took himself. The game has a lot of side quests revolving around taking screenshots

[@rj8575]

what a legend

[@christofferore6285]

@@unholycrusader69 agad ff7 fan

[@Gaspa79]

The taking the rook vs sacrificing the queen was my "pause the video moment". I think you could've captured the rook, and when Kxf8 then bh6+ and he has to go back to e8, and then you proceed to take the free knight cause his bishop is pinned. But maybe I'm confused =) Great content as always

[@faznaz7455]

Yep that is crushing, definitely the best continuation

[@Philopantheon82]

Very educative games and a couple of smooth victory. Have to say you are so calm playing and at the same time analyzing, no sugar coating or stereotypical reaction, plus its fun to watch you playing an actual game of chess. Would love to see more of this episodes.

[@Steven_Williams_]

The scariest thumbnail I've ever seen. Needless to say, I clicked immediately.

[@catac83]

3:40 I think you made the right choice. Capturing the rook -then he takes with king and your queen is still atacked by his bishop so you lose tempo. Instead a free knight and a bishop is better because tempo is on your side

[@clivethereddevil3178]

gxf8= Q+ Kxf8 then Bh6+ Ke8 ; Qxf6 is crushing.

[@dant1556]

Rook to G fork... Agad is happy with his joke lol

[@StephenBrennanGuitar]

Man, Agad, wow! as a lowly 1000-1200 rated player this gives me inspiration - love watching you work! beautiful stuff

[@kauri8981]

9:06 stoked to say at this point I saw h5 as a future threat! I checked the same line that was played (most forcing, trade down material) and saw the mate threat on h7. While it's flashy, practically speaking it's probably smart to have avoided this line; h6 defending is very tough to see in advance and a lucky resource to have. Funnily, it's not so simple to find a line that doesn't have threats on h7 - but other lines are slower for white. A practical choice might have been ...Bxf3 hitting the rook. If the rook wants to stay on the h-file with Rh2, ...Bh5 threatening Nf3+ picking up the rook, practically forcing Bg7. You will still need to play carefully with your knight out of the game for a while but white's pieces are also tied up and doesn't have a clear plan.

[@zoranvucenovic3824]

This part made me laugh a bit :) 01:28 "No need to rush...let's play c3." ...d5! OO' Bishop is immediately under threat...

[@Samrathossen0]

He is playing With the man who pauses the video and finds the best move

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

Perhaps nearly a decade of making chess analysis videos has made him OP?

[@Samrathossen0]

@@LukeLongboneOfficial yaap

[@ardianharsoyo2857]

2 good game in a row.. nice one!

[@etreimage]

Great really appreciate you going through your moves and thought process, thanks 😊

[@douglasvanbenthuysen442]

Nice to see Cloud Strife making a cameo!

[@kabatovec007]

I enjoy these videos a lot, seeing you play always makes me happy, I remember watching your older videos from the tournament at your chess club.. Good times :) Looking forward to see more games from you, this format is great I think. Hvala puna

[@reivanen]

very nice games, and great commentary too about how you think about the game. Watching you has certainly boosted my ELO, in this particular case i even started wondering what are you calculating, the checkmate is just right there!

[@josepherhardt164]

The f5 move is the Rousseau gambit. Taking the gambit pawn usually leads to a poor game for white. Your approach to refuting the gambit is something I'll have to look at! :)

[@HusseinEyadKazim]

14:38 Agadmator summoned the soul of hikaru

[@guilhermemateus5263]

Love your games! Please continue with this series!

[@SketchbookSessions]

everyone's a gangsta until "Rook to Gfork" happens

[@79SharQue]

Thanks Antonio for listening & sharing these types of videos also. 👍🏼❤

[@shadyel-kashlan8897]

Very nice 2nd game... you calculated the last 3 moves professionally, so congratulations & hope to see more of these rapid games... have a pleasant day...

[@maczks]

Love your rapid games. Keep them coming.

[@sdct27]

The mailman was clearly delivering Agad a nice clean checkmate.

[@adadaasamouh7519]

12:32 bxf4 is a brilliant by agadmator

[@Nikko_no_Tabi]

Damn, these games were scarily aggressive, especially the decision to have two pawns for the knight, and so quickly. I would never think of it

[@faznaz7455]

It’s dubious but perhaps his best choice. The decision to take on f5 out of the opening is wrong, you are supposed to play d4.

[@bruhmeowduse]

​@@faznaz7455 yup

[@yashkhatri_1810]

Thank god you made a video here or else i had to hear levy yapping stead coz he also just uploaded

[@camilohiche4475]

Unsubscribe from him

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I watch Levy too sometimes he has good stuff actually

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

No hate. But nobody does this like Antonio. Crazy thing is he’s just being himself.

[@dw96969]

​@@michaelmassaro4375some hardcore Fans sometimes get jealous of the more successful competition sometimes be it chess or chess commentry, they feel the need to justify., usually their argument goes, quality over quantity;)

[@MislavIvkovic-sx8vd]

2 game was maybe best game of Antonio i ever see😂

[@worshaka]

I play the Rousseau Gambit as black and it is most definitely not the best response to take on f5, you want to counter attack with d4.

[@agadmator]

Yeah d3 and d4 much stronger, serves me right :)

[@frankbommarito4908]

Or take on f5 and then when black pushes to e4 white has the counter Gambit Nf3-d4. If black captures the knight then Qd1-h5+ and black is in trouble

[@worshaka]

@@agadmator I mean it hardly went bad for you but that is somewhat of a poisoned pawn. You can also play Nd4 in that position due to Qh5+

[@frankbommarito4908]

You beat me to the punch 😊

[@sk818factory5]

​@@worshakahe handled it well by giving up the knight. And he didn't know the line that's strong intuition

[@rajpanda5065]

Great game , both of those were awesome attacking play.

[@Rui42069]

15:23 - the long anticipated return of the mailman

[@jayvaibhawverma]

After the loss of his dog, at least there is still someone we can anticipate for. RIP doggo

[@sacuW9ep]

The mailman waits for no one.

[@Iksvomid]

And it was at this moment 4:03 we could see a very cute picture of Branka.

[@LukeLongboneOfficial]

This episode has it all: chess, humor, and the mailman. Okay, so we missed seeing Meadow but nobody’s perfect.

[@douglasfoley2060]

Yeah…..not gonna lie, I love watching you play. Love the other content to, but this seems to be my favorite.

[@spytrig6560]

Antonio, at 14:55 what if white goes King h3? Any move back to 1st row is losing as it allows multiple checks and loss of Rook on h4. But if King to h3, isn't there a chance of a draw via some repetition of some kind? Plus if black fails to deliver continuous checks then white has Qg7+ mate. His only chance is to go towards black side

[@ELKCreativist]

He didn't seem to think about it (much at least), but after Kh3 there is a crushing move with ...Rh2+! followed by ...Nf3+! too, eventually losing the queen or getting destroyed (Edit: it's a forced mate in like 12 moves or something to add). All is engine-analyzed, not mine.

[@vitzal3691]

Im by no means an expert (currently 1200) but I think if: 1. Kh3 Qxh4+ 2. Kxh4 Nf3+ 3. Kh5 (since if king goes g file, then Rg2 picks up the queen and you're up a rook + knight) Rh2+ 4. Kg4 Rg2 (picking up queen) Now you're up a rook + knight. Please let me know if there's a better option, i just came up with this while in bed 😅

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Agadmator is Ruthless Great calculations Good focus today thinking a move ahead

[@DarkKnightIndia]

The move is d4 after f5, it's called The Rousseau Gambit, but you just sacrificed a Knight and it's straight out losing for white, I mean my hands were just shaking in awe after seeing that disgusting move(1st game)

[@kimcostantino1051]

Brilliant games agad!❤

[@manmanman2000]

11:28 I wonder what was your plan after h7 here?

[@BenAlternate-zf9nr]

Rxf4, allow hxg8+, recaptue with the King, and the white Queen is still skewered.

[@manmanman2000]

@@BenAlternate-zf9nr but then, after BxR you're just down a full rook or am I wrong?

[@KarwowskiChessSchool]

3:40 Yes there is!

[@cygnustsp]

Great stuff my friend

[@THECMON6969]

4:03 youra final fantasy fan i see you

[@marthadunkley6758]

Hahaha sorry to be pedantic yet again, but if he takes the pawn @ 13m 20s it's a (rook) fork, if he does not it's a pin. A skewer would be if the king was in front of the queen and you could go check with the rook and take the queen behind.

[@Paul-hs5if]

FFVII desktop background. so much respect

[@johnidewryjoy5637]

You played beautifully/brilliantly men..

[@TheMarksT]

The impedance! Lol. Ggs though, to have caused that! Chess can be painful. Thanks to all that play for us to watch!

[@joshuamphande2272]

Excellent play in the second game❤❤

[@clivethereddevil3178]

3:41 gxf8= Q+ Kxf8 then Bh6+ Ke8 ; Qxf6 is crushing.

[@ahmed00616]

i would have loved to watch the analysis of the first game

[@yuriyprokhnenko7399]

I heard rumors of the people who are still waiting for the analysis and cursing that poor mailman ;)

[@oraz.]

Agad is too damn good

[@xethnyrrow]

And it was in this position, upon the arrival of the mailman, that agadmator resigned the video even though there was analysis to be done. This is like he was blind sided, "let us not forget about our good friend, the bishop/mailman".

[@matiasg1234]

Interested about that Kramnik jpg file I saw there lol

[@Diademic111]

second game was a beauty

[@suzymiller1898]

just love these games just amazing 👍

[@watchmanknowledge4345]

Nice desktop background. Do you still play FF games?

[@agadmator]

Pre-ordered FF7 Rebirth but still haven't got around to it :)

[@honestcommenter8424]

Where is the review of these two games :(

[@Alan-fx3wr]

Both games had some nice "pause the video" moments.

[@cloudforest4087]

Good finds.

[@nathansweetman5101]

Hello Agad, I was wondering if you could show us a video of your ``immortal game``, the game you played that you are most proud of. That would be cool

[@emmanuelnwachukwu6071]

after 3.f5 best reply is just d3 or Nc3

[@gormiksoc]

I play this line as black. It always leads to exciting games.

[@martindamasseno5164]

Will we ever Get to meet the mailman? At this point he is a side character, might even be worth a spinoff.

[@ShashankPrasad-l9o]

Hey Agad, are you watching European Championship?

[@agadmator]

Pretty much every game!

[@dlmc1]

Lol that first game was an absolute GOAT performance 🐐

[@Zeeshanzeee]

Rook to g- fork 😂

[@BorisGamingChannel]

Those were beatiful games

[@fancytoxicsoda]

Great games agad. I've created lichess account to start playing from watching your games. May we meet on the board some day.

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Good games Antonio - you destroyed 2 strong players. You should be an international master.

[@Joseph1NJ]

_More Li chess please!_

[@davidschneide5422]

I never rage quit, I simply accept the fact that I need an immediate coffee & weed break before continuing, or else I will regret breaking something I can't afford to replace.

[@am_i_shashank]

14:59 what if king goes to h3?

[@IwanFuryo]

Check again with Rf6

[@scottekoontz]

1:12 Why would Qe2 not be a better move? I'm certain I'm missing something.

[@faznaz7455]

Well there’s Qe7 but i have no idea with the inclusion of Qe2 Qe7, whom it favours. D5 is also another option but somehow i dislike this because this allows Bb5 and the knight gets to jump around. Maybe it is nothing but from a practical point of view, i prefer not to allow this. Edit: I think Qe2 Qe7 favours black after more thought because the knight is forced to retreat to g1 and now Nd4 becomes much stronger which would force the queen back to d1 anyway, so you gain 2 tempi. Note that c3 ideas are too slow to stop Nd4 because it creates a huge weakness on d3, so black can plant the knight on e5 then d3. Black gains the pawn back with d5 break threatening Bxf5 with full central control. Tldr; You lose at least a tempo for putting Queen on e2 if not more, it belongs on d1 to cover c2 from knight.

[@catac83]

Ofc Qe2 is a better move. He doesn t know how to play openings, but his middle game is very high lvl

[@KerollosMelad-pg2qs]

My favorites videos ♥️♥️♥️

[@yggdrasil9039]

Lichess need to sort out the situation of opponents leaving the game running from unwinnable positions without playing or resigning. I don't know why they do this - is it because they lose less points? It's why I never play longer games on Lichess.

[@Cwra1smith]

I wish I was as good as Antonio!

[@mathieudupuis2848]

Wtf was this knight sac ? This was one of the most insane decision ive seen on move like 5 lol

[@mtaur4113]

Old news title, we already know you're a father. Also, you didn't do it by yourself... Oh wait, this is about chess?

[@KevinMcKenny]

I stopped watching the Fischer/Stein game when I saw this. I’ll watch that next.

[@brettunger2578]

Great game First Thing......✌

[@TheRealRussell]

There's no way taking is the best move after f5. The correct way to play these positions has to be d4 and d3 has to be okay.

[@marthadunkley6758]

Could we have a picture of Medo somewhere in the background please? Venerable chess dog that he is 🐶

[@marthadunkley6758]

Found his Instagram! Lovely family pics.. Wow he is 17 I think, that's a lot of dog years.

[@MilanMandic-sl5tj]

Antonio Tal

[@hassankhousheish4629]

Am i the only one who paused the video at the desktop slip and is dying from the file namings? 🤣 Whats ding ligd, arjunito and meka peka? 😅

[@agadmator]

When you've made as many files as I have creating videos, I'm lucky there are letters left to use 😅😅

[@olebogengtshenolomosepele1171]

Same bro I had to pause it there too.😂😂😂

[@todorkaragutoff3628]

I paused , because at first i didnt realise that agad is probably a final fantasy fan :D .

[@sgtlaugh]

The opponent used the mailman gambit, and almost managed to flag agadmator :)

[@robotkarel]

Nice games

[@mahirkidstvshow3905]

You took engine help in this game

[@rajsharma2023]

I wonder why agad always keep revolving around 2100😂😂

[@nebulousname3320]

I'm sorry but I visibly recoiled when you took on f5! d4!!!!!!!!

[@billysutanto9473]

sacrifice knight then queen, you deserve morphy head