Immortality Fever! || Aravindh vs Arjun || Chennai Grand Masters(2024)

[@wot_hog]

I seem to remember Sagar Shah mentioning several years ago that Chithambaram was an incredibly strong player who he felt could easily rise to be the best player in India, but Chithambaram left the game for a few years for reasons unknown, truncating his progress; he only recently took it up again, and here we see that Sagar wasn't kidding. Aravindh is indeed a force to be reckoned with.

[@gamma9141]

College to secure his livelihood since he was poor with no connections. Now the world will see his might.

[@kabeerlatane9963]

Wei yi 2.0

[@manurshankar1465]

Glad to see Aravindh getting some big wins, since he is not as well known as others outside India. Being a two time national champion and kind of "senior" generation to the youngsters, he deserves these opportunities to be competing with 2700 guys. Hope he gains more rating and more such chances to compete with super GMs.

[@lernmor2137]

I am Indian, and @agadmator pronounces Indian names better than me.

[@kaewonf8]

His pronunciation of all player names ranks !! notation

[@krisgray1957]

I have never seen any Hindi speakers pronounce South Indian names clearly ever.

[@DarkKnightIndia]

@@krisgray1957 absolutely well said

[@iamcharming9190]

His pronounciation of chithambaram was slightly wrong though

[@CHPH-bDL]

It's probably in nature of Croatian spoken language that Indian names are easy to learn. We mostly put accent on first syllables(sometimes second in longer words) plus we pronounce words, especially those with "R" a lot harder than Anglo-Saxons, but Agadmator worked a lot on his English pronunciations as well so you can't notice it. 👍

[@moaek3966]

Damn he constricted arjun like crazy , an absolute masterclass .

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@moaek3966 it was an Awesome game Arjun could not make any leeway Aravindh had all the bases covered

[@HarunYiniyan]

What a brilliant game by Aravindh!!! I really thought Arjun was going Turn it around when Aravindh got low on time but It was Aravindh's Day!!!

[@rickrolllinks109]

Good that for Arjun that he gets beaten occassionally ! It avoids him getting blinded by extreme success.

[@seya_2]

That was a smooth win by Arvind. Arvinds technique was top notch. Never gave any chance for counter play.

[@Vision.2026]

Aravind Chidambaram the hero killer

[@ramachandra776]

Aravindh has nerves of steel . he overcame Nordirbek resourcefulness in a previous tournament and here coolly refutes Arjun's attack .

[@AM_-wg1hj]

Once you get to the 2800 level you hit a wall, every player that reached 2800 (not named Magnus) dropped below it at some point

[@nirishkumar9085]

Aravindh defeated Arjun in Dubai open 2022

[@sashankreddy7047]

Arjun the madman proved once again even though he doesn't need a decisive win he plays for it and he haven't thought about his rating points and finally lost which is main characteristic of madman.

[@bhallaladeva5676]

He actually needs decisive games cos not a lot of players are 2800 or over 2800 so if he draws, he will lose rating unless its Magnus or Caruana or Hikaru

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@sashankreddy7047 Aravindh seemed to do everything right not much good attacking opportunities for Arjun

[@sashankreddy7047]

@@bhallaladeva5676 but draw is better than losing

[@gamelovergold]

Its nice to loose sometime so you know that you cant relax at any time

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@gamelovergold not really I doubt anyone ever feels good about losing I think the consolation was that he lost to his fellow Indian Aravindh who is not in the spotlight as much as other top Indian players im sure the Indian players have a lot of Comradery amongst themselves

[@red32_12]

ya , I lose a lot of times so I am more relaxed than anybody else..

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

Arjun wanted to win this match at any cost. He took lot of risk which was not needed. He is fighter. He will be back with a win in next match.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@jire9831 should be a good game MVL is a tough opponent I’ll take Arjun in that game though

[@gamma9141]

MVL not in his form, so that’s possible. but to downplay Aravindh’s amazing game says a lot about how much you don’t know about Indian chess. Aravindh is on par in strength with these youngsters, only reason he doesn’t get the hype is he took a break from chess due to his college. 🙂

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

@@gamma9141 I don't know much about aravind. I have not seen much news about him. If he plays in this way he will become popular in future. I am not downplaying his win. In chess top players sometimes loose. Anything can happen. On some days they play badly and players with lower rating play brilliantly.

[@smrithiparameshwaram6732]

Aravind is almost same level as arjun, pragg and gukesh, he is a boy from a humble background

[@joylife428]

Risk and rewards, if u play ambititious chess few losses can happen , but he wins more often than not . That's his strength . He will do anything to win a game of chess. Perfect candidates player in 2026 😂😂😂😂

[@anirudhgovada2753]

‘It was in this position on move ____ that Arjun Erigaisi resigned the game.’ When’s the last time we heard that? Losses are part of any tournament but Arjun has had very few losses this year, which just shows his beast level play.

[@akashpandey3400]

a month ago

[@beauf4]

That final Qf2 br💔ke my heart 😢 Arjun 💔

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@beauf4 I loved that move was like the cherry 🍒 on top of the cake 🍰 pretty cool !!

[@baumulrich]

excellent win, and given that Arjun will soon enough challenge Gukesh for his soon to be won world championship, and eventually he might even also win it, so definitely a win to frame

[@sugavanambalasubramanian8536]

Gukesh stuff by Aravind!

[@SohamShivoham]

Another Indian Prodigy... Aravind

[@rionvaletaala4666]

He is 25 yrs old not a prodigy anymore

[@SohamShivoham]

@rionvaletaala4666 Are you new to chess? He is Ramesh's favourite student. He is just late to the 2700 club

[@Sahith_Reddy-k2l]

Definitely an elite player

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@SohamShivoham always going to that one person try to downplay India’s great players great game from Aravindh

[@jire9831]

@@rionvaletaala4666if you’re GM under 20, you are pretty much a prodigy. Very few people become GMs and even fewer before 20. Even fewer reach 2700.

[@gauravjha8938]

That was phenomenal by Arvind. What a player…

[@ashwinoashwin]

That rook never left a8 :( But i am sure Arjun will put it away and come back stronger tomorrow! Great stuff by Aravindh!

[@tonytothe8544]

Your header quote sounds like something Tal would have said.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great game by Aravindh Arjun seemed to struggle to get any good coordination with his pieces Nice Queen sack at the end with the pawn about to promote interesting game Thanks Agadmator you are the Best on you tube by far I’m sure many agree with me on that Enjoy your day

[@ankur67678]

I've watched few games of Arvind recently and till then i didn't know anything about him. But I really liked his games. He deserves more appreciation.

[@loneranterism]

Aravindh deserves to be in the high 2700 club. I'm sure he'll get there, if given the correct opportunities

[@jramkumarpatnaik2877]

Risky chess as usual by arjun Will always have its risk - reward ratio.

[@jire9831]

Only one more round though. I think a draw with MVL will seal 2800 for Arjun?

[@awscci7294]

Amazing Commentary Sir

[@FloydMaxwell]

That queen sack at the end was spectacular

[@NMBrayanAmaya]

he did it with a TROMPOWSKY lets goooo 🍔🥶🥊

[@81freewilly]

If any one curious about Aravind's Alma mater? ... 'xavier school for the gifted'

[@subramanianrs318]

Aravind at long last proves his true mettle!👌👏

[@gamma9141]

The only reason people are hearing about Aravind was because he was busy with clearing his college degree, now the world will know how strong he is who is on par with other youngsters for who he laid path to.

[@whitewhirlwind7]

Another Tamil legend - Arvind Chidambaram . With a great coach and support from the Tamil Nadu government Arvind could well be the next world champion !

[@rameshmereddy]

only one more round to go😊

[@guptayush179]

good to have some humility knocked into him

[@daviddurbin7682]

Amazing

[@michaeljames8301]

Would you upload more of your personal games too please? I find them very interesting.

[@nedmerrill5705]

"The immortality fever" !!

[@swagger_z]

Please also cover the final day’s Aravind three match winning against Parham and Aronian 2-0

[@youveseennothing]

Wow I had no idea Aravindh was already over 2700. Damn. Indian chess is unstoppable.

[@tamatamt]

He is trying to win all. Draw could have been ok ✅

[@varadarajcuram2238]

2800 is like 99 th square on Snakes and Ladder board game ( Ludo)

[@escueladeartesemocionales]

three things: Amazing game Amazing quote Amazing analysis

[@nealtheNightmare]

Every lose is an opportunity to improve and the thought of Arjun improving is very very scary 😱

[@bozorovelyor2647]

#suggestion Grigory Yuryevich Serper va. Ioannis Nikolaidis

[@kennethwoods6525]

Everyone's back in the game. Well, maybe not everyone. Poor Vidit. The shade is real.

[@marcoabujamra6540]

Is the sound a little distorted on the video, or is just my impression?

[@coreyburton8]

immortality fever=- great name for a song

[@DineshSingh-ci1fz]

Waooo man! Agadmator you are so fast... One thing i have to ask... Sir can we have eval bar also sometimes especially at the crucial situations because we could know what was the position like... Just an open suggestion... Otherwise you have been ticking all the parameters... This is the only thing which i can querry a bit about... Cheers from 🇮🇳 ...

[@michaelmassaro4375]

If I remember correctly it was awhile back Antonio explained why he doesn’t use the eval bar and if I’m right he even asked his viewers for their opinion I believe most did not feel it was needed I think he probably uses the eval bar when preparing the video

[@DineshSingh-ci1fz]

@michaelmassaro4375 right I agree with you and I am also aware of the thing yu have mentioned... But sometimes I seriously miss the eval bar because I feel that will be a great reflection of the position in terms of the modern standards of chess lately... To not have an evaluation bar also has some merits but I think if not for the whole game then for some crucial positions we can have... Btw I must appreciate you for the efforts you take to write comments to everyone which very few people do these days... I have seen so many of your comments and I must also say you always back up your comments by some logics...

[@user-hj7be8rg4k]

​@@DineshSingh-ci1fzHe is simply a legend of this legendary channel

[@DineshSingh-ci1fz]

@@user-hj7be8rg4k yes right... Logical legend

[@naishadhthakkar709]

U r not spoiling anything but we are sure that it's not a draw either 😂 as it sud be an exciting one

[@felixfabio1473]

'first loss for arjun in this game' - agadmator

[@pinswela]

#suggestion Arjun vs MVL Chennai Masters

[@deepjitdey3667]

Arjun is a true madman. He never settles for anything less than a win and throws everything for a win, even when he doesn't have to win on demand. Yes, you lose some on the way. But, remaining true to your instinct is hard these days. Champion stuff. I'm sure he'll bounce back like nothing ever happened. I'm glad that the loss came against another Indian, who also deserves all the attention. He's late, but he's arriving as well. And we've barely scratched the surface. Loads of other Indian kids are also coming. Finally as an Indian chess enthusiast, I'm cherishing the global attention for India, after so many years of following the lone wolf Vishy! ( I still cant believe that he's still there, chilling in the top 10 xD )

[@randomthoughts4691]

I don't know why I watch Antonio's video at 1.5x

[@gladsonj2333]

No more checks, no more tricks and no more nothing....

[@apppaappaa8343]

if queen h3 then rook take bishop not possible?

[@JeremyEssen]

Farming 2700s back fired. Still, he's great.

[@laonepatricesegootsane9601]

#Suggestion: Blackburne vs nn 1875

[@mrmiller74]

Wasn't Hans supposed to be in this tournament but his invite was withdrawn? A real shame as I love the Indian star players and it would have been great to see him up against them. Has it been worked out with any certainty who complained and kept him out?

[@jyujohnson2360]

There’s only one round left

[@nsyln]

Nf8 by Arjun was where he lost me. e5 was crying to be played.

[@chiperisorin8788]

no video on Tal's birthday?

[@Psr-sp6so]

Arvind was the best student of Ramesh (also coach of Pragg), he thought aravind will get the most success but somehow he is 5 years late to cross 2700 but nevertheless Congrats

[@O2H3]

Now it looks like he is going to be one of the big four of indian player in new generation

[@Sahith_Reddy-k2l]

@@O2H3he should’ve been on the Olympiad team

[@anandjjj435]

Your coment looks like you watched sagar and saravanan commentary today

[@akashjavoor5355]

​@@anandjjj435I also thought so😅

[@user-nw8mp3ou7l]

He more focused on college

[@hasancoool]

good game

[@jiggarkumar]

Please start Sorcery series

[@deepakchouhan085]

You see Arjun losing I can see another Anand rising in aravind

[@NhlanhlaKhumalo-d5m]

😮

[@anbu2005]

@agadmator I think it is not correct to say Aravindh has not beaten Arjun ever, it happened on Dubai open, pls check

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Basically they don’t seem to have played a lot against each other it seems

[@agadmator]

that was a draw

[@nicbentulan]

​@@agadmatorWhy don't Fabi, Nepo & Hikaru buy out Liren with permission from FIDE for the 2024 WCC? Each of the 3 pays 416,666 USD, and then they have a playoff where winner faces Gukesh. Fabi & Nepo were about to bet 1m USD on 15+0 with Hans & Nodirbek, so surely 416,666 isn't a problem. I'll tell you a secret: For 2023 WCC, Liren bought out Magnus for zero USD. LOL. 2024Jul22 Update: Joe Biden dropped out and is being replaced by Kamala Harris. Donald Trump is like Gukesh. --- More info : - yirg14TiLt8 - Ha6uVGB-Mtw

[@nicbentulan]

​@@agadmator #suggestion 2023 USCC - Atousa almost beat Carissa Yip, the eventual winner! Carissa was losing most of the game. Atousa just blundered in the end. It's Hikaru's (rapid WFRCC) WIFE vs Wesley's (classical WFRCC) GIRLFRIEND. #960 #9LX #chess9LX #chess960 #fischerrandom #frchess #fischerrandomWC #freestyle #freestylechess #WesleySo #chessdrama #saynoto2900 #sayyesto2800 #GodBlessAmerica #uschess #uscc #uschesschamp #uschesschamps #womeninchess #queensgambit #thequeensgambit #bethharmon --- More info: - Ha6uVGB-Mtw

[@nicbentulan]

​@@agadmator#suggestion Carissa Yip, 2023 & 2-time women's USCC (and girlfriend of Wesley So, classical WFRCC and top Philippine-born player) Vs Janelle Frayna, top Philippine women's chess player, 1st and only Philippine WGM, 3-time (I think?) Philippine women's chess champion in the 2024 women's Olympiad - Wesley So's old country Vs New country #960 #9LX #chess9LX #chess960 #fischerrandom #frchess #fischerrandomWC #freestyle #freestylechess #WesleySo #chessdrama #saynoto2900 #sayyesto2800 #GodBlessAmerica #uschess #uscc #uschesschamp #uschesschamps #womeninchess #queensgambit #thequeensgambit #bethharmon --- More info: - Ha6uVGB-Mtw

[@TheDharmainiciative]

There are no more checks, no more tricks, no more nothing

[@yanni2852]

Arjun finally lost and he is down 8 elo points…it’s not so easy to pass Magnus…he is in #1 for over a decade…

[@leonardsmith9870]

As soon as Gukesh faces a 2700 he loses, what a surprise. He's totally not rating farming at all!

[@user-nw8mp3ou7l]

He's not Gukesh

[@prajwalbharambe343]

gukesh literally won the hardest competition ie candidates

[@spidy9883]

@@leonardsmith9870 he just defeated your favourite magnus 🤣🤣....and he's not gukesh .... He's Arjun.

[@sampathn4429]

#minumum

[@SugarCoatedPills]

Agadmator pronouces south names better than the north folks.

[@AtharvaAyurvedaClasses]

Why there is no magnus in cover photo of your channel?

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Unlike other you tubers like epic chess Agadmator covers all relevant games and many many players not just Magnus which is also one of the reasons Agadmator is the best in my opinion he doesn’t just focus on one player

[@chesstictactics]

He loves the magician of Riga that's why

[@mcronrn]

Why would there be?

[@aries2764]

so that magnus fanboys come and cry in the comment section

[@Catalyst-r]

Ayurveda tablets are needed by you Athatrva...for your irrelevant comment... instead of classes you need to undergo treatment...

[@twentyrothmans7308]

Queen sacrifice win. By Jove.

[@DineshSingh-ci1fz]

ArWINd

[@sjouanny]

Erigaisi's not-so-immortal! Unfathomable play really, weakening his king-side and giving away his stronger bishop away for nothing really.

[@teslaa108]

Gukesh and Arjun both are extremely good calculators, both of them love chaos on the board , may be arjun little more so people creating chaos on board are perfect fit for arjun and gukesh like dubov like prime shirov, basically tal like players

[@eevee8856]

I would like to disagree, it's the intuitive players who suffer against like of tal. Calculators dismantle his play with much less difficulty, also Arjun doesn't seem to be a hard calculator he relies on both but by default it's intuition which he uses

[@teslaa108]

@eevee8856 of course Arjun has a great intuition , but I think going for attack creating chaos he likes to initiates like this, let say magnus may be intuition wise, in the history of chess no one is better than him but with that intuition he likes to suffocate his opponent like karpov not bulldoze like Arjun, it's arjun's natural habit

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@teslaa108 Gukesh is a great calculator I agree although I don’t think he likes chaos but he can certainly handle it my favorite player by the way

[@teslaa108]

@michaelmassaro4375 yes that's why he's one of best now in classical

[@mamaBucketvfx]

Remember there is always an Asian better than you

[@bushanmehra9885]

Arjun didn't impress in his previous games in this tounament,

[@RayAja-m7b]

2800 now is just 2700 20 years ago, many can achieve it. Arjun is not a big talent like kasparov fischer or magnus

[@Maxfr8]

😁

[@sreedharasheshegowda5780]

Buddy tell me why u hate Arjun

[@Abid_Imran]

Spoiler blocking comment

[@JimJWalker]

The opening could be between two 1400s.

[@faizshaikh8681]

What is immortality fever...cannot be used for Magnus it seems...this guy is jealous of Indian players as I have see most of the times

[@RaunakSharma-kv6my]

biased yes.

[@utsavagrawal3876]

First 🎉🎉

[@hussainalharmoodi7665]

Finally the luckiest player in chess has lost …

[@Psr-sp6so]

whats lucky about him?

[@Op.cosette]

Below 800 elo saying 2800 a lucky player? Lmao

[@peterkoch3777]

Luck? Around 2800 is no luck😂🎉

[@hussainalharmoodi7665]

@@Psr-sp6so just keep watching his games. Not convincing winnings… I am not saying he is not good. But certainly not a 2800 Elo

[@hussainalharmoodi7665]

@@Op.cosette lol I am not 800. I am currently 2200. Yes he is lucky for a >2800

[@AmineAmine-xr2yu]

Free Palestine ❤

[@saravananram3740]

Sure bro

[@AmineAmine-xr2yu]

@saravananram3740 i respect you my friend

[@armoshady2110]

Arjun is NOT better than these super GMs -> Magnus, Fabi, Alireza and Hikaru ...

[@r_se]

alireza highly debatable in classical

[@deepjitdey3667]

Thing is, we're still yet to see Arjun's full potential. I would not bet against him surpassing a few of these names in the long run. Let's wait and see.

[@RaunakSharma-kv6my]

says a queen blunderer below 800 rated

[@armoshady2110]

@@RaunakSharma-kv6my You mad asf, I'm happy because I'm spitting fact in your face ...

[@armoshady2110]

@@deepjitdey3667 Agree

[@DineshSingh-ci1fz]

First viewer

[@skorch3590]

First viewer of your first viewer comment

[@zenandemboya2245]

First

[@AmitKumar-cp1oz]

please add the eval bar too.

[@amitraohuman]

@agadmator, there is only one more round to go, not two.

[@mohammadomarfaruk825]

Nice game