"It Takes Very Little Trouble to Beat This Fellow" || Harrwitz vs Morphy (1858) Game 1

[@silastofte413]

3 things are certain in life: Death Taxes And Löwenthal saying Morphy's moves are inaccurate

[@klevialushi571]

ahahahahhahaha true

[@algeriapower7242]

lol right

[@TorresinhoLFC]

and Liverpool losing a PL game at anfield (from a LFC fan)

[@dennisdzeko3916]

Löwenthal was left butthurt in a lifespan by Morphy.

[@KeviPegoraro]

Taxes is thefih

[@billbillson3129]

Harrwitz: "It takes very little trouble to beat this fellow." Morphy: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

[@TheBeanis8]

😐

[@Zawnpuia1640]

😂😂

[@テイラーサム]

That 1850s trash talk in the quote tho

[@joeymurdazalotmore6355]

@ no we say gee gees... Gg. Thats it.

[@diegoelmudesi1820]

This is the 3rd time im watching the first game of their match

[@seanohara5754]

Just wait until tomorrow's video!

[@PrinceChauhan010]

i thought this is wrong title.. wrong video :)

[@arturslunga3415]

Agadmator: "That's the definition of a bad bishop." Me: "There is another."

[@vbucksroblox7368]

Next gen rickroll

[@vbucksroblox7368]

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[@divyamverma2476]

Lol

[@LevEakins1]

The baby-eating Bishop of Bath and Wells?

[@DarkSideChess]

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[@GrabiBoi13]

Last time I was this early, Antonio the Wise Old “Bastard” was still making rad rap music

[@Neonator08]

great reference to the Agadmator storyline!

[@SamuelPearlman]

yay, you watched his video

[@vbucksroblox7368]

@@SamuelPearlman lolkzbin.info/www/bejne/imHRZ2x7hJZprsU

[@retinet2634]

Agadmator blunders the game

[@nelutumohan2833]

The video* :))

[@meowmix8127]

underrated comment

[@gabrielguerrero6803]

lmao

[@oshinoshinbu5612]

Lol thought so

[@babySeal2575]

"It takes very little trouble to beat this fellow" - famous words before Morphy obliterated him later on in the next following games..

[@12jswilson]

Is 5.5-0.5 obliterated? I'd say so.

[@babySeal2575]

@@12jswilson That's kinda obliteration to me👍.

[@babySeal2575]

@@12jswilson he got 2 wins though.. so not bad👏 for a trashtalker of Morphy at that time lmao

[@klevialushi571]

ahaaaaahahahhaha yeah

[@LavenderSunrise]

The first two matches were just downloads for the reads in the next 5 games

[@ericelfner]

I can't wait until tomorrow when we get the "Real First Game!"

[@samratsur8074]

Yes. Exactly!

[@Uriakatos]

I love how confident Morphy is. Truly the pride and sorrow of chess.

[@reneshgamer9916]

No u

[@Shockprowl]

The work you do for CHESS is unapproachable, Agadmator. Thank you.

[@andrewptob]

Two Morphy games in one day? We are blessed. 😊

[@elaadt]

And both of them being the first game

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

@@elaadt Top response..

[@Jakerscrub]

Ah, of course. The agadmator variant of the Harrwitz-Morphy opening. My favorite!

[@carsonllorente481]

I know you like Morphy, but you have to find the best move, I’m sorry- Agadmator

[@richardfredlund3802]

first time i've seen Agadmator so strict :)

[@nickrees4706]

Makes me think Agadmator would make a good Bond villain :-). He’s got the accent, he’s got the devoted pet always in shot, he’s always in control and he’s got the quips

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

@@nickrees4706 Bond villains never say "Sorry about that.."

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Kind of making it clear who the bad guy is..

[@NightDweller]

Immeasurable Pain

[@BinaryRex18]

Morphy actually stayed up till four in the morning walking around Paris every night before each of the first 2 games. Which partly explains why he's doing so badly so far.

[@philipstrange60]

Who wouldn't do that? :-)

[@jimmyfuckthechainofcommand4332]

Harrwitz style probably just was new to Morphy and he was also a good player in his own right. Not every one Morphy can figure out in Game 1. Just feel like he needed more time than usual to understand Harrwitz's play. Harrwitz didn't play nearly as crazy as everyone in that era, so it makes sense. But as the results show, once Morphy got comfortable, it was lights out.

[@finndegraaf2707]

@Pagan I can certainly appreciate Harrwitz, I can't not remove by bias for Morphy though :)

[@finndegraaf2707]

@Pagan He was the greatest of his time by far. He couldn't beat players from today, but that is because we are like 150 years of theory further.

[@Foxtrottangoabc]

@Pagan he beat all who challenged him , the rest avoided playing him. He played his first game at 6 yrs old. Was only allowed to play for few hours Sunday evening and read his first chess book when he was about 18 , played part time and self taught . Then quit by like 22yrs old or something as no one wanted to challenge him. So he was definitely good !

[@locolarry8982]

This is the first chess hustle ever recorded.

[@TheHawk007]

The pulse remained same: Morphy is actually an engine.👍

[@jackrushinsky8294]

Don’t worry the order of the games does not agadmator

[@dead_cobra]

Good one 😅😅

[@blenderstuff7861]

@@dead_cobra no, it's silly one

[@psaini1999]

I would add a like but currently there's 69 likes

[@rekreator9481]

@@psaini1999 you can, now its 71

[@psaini1999]

@@rekreator9481 uncultured people

[@akhileshms7814]

Can we all appreciate Tony for his honesty.

[@ericb252]

What the hell? This looks like a modern game. HOW??? JUST INCREDIBLE

[@tavferry3301]

Past humans were smart too lol and without past good chess players, this generation and slightly less new generations (not to mention AI) wouldn't have nearly as much game knowledge. It is more impressive though because they didn't study computer engines. They just read a lot and played a shit ton.

[@Zawnpuia1640]

Yeah

[@BinaryRex18]

Morphy is actually one of the most computer accurate players of all time (I believe there are only like 13 guys ahead of him in the history of chess). And harrsitz was about the #3 of the time.

[@richardfredlund3802]

Eric B I thought that as well, especially Horrwitz play

[@giriiyer3968]

That's what I've been telling all along. Every one says Steinitz ushered modern era. But I've watched quite a bit of harwitz apart from Morphy-harwitz eight games. He really plays the modern defensive positional game. The reason probably Morphy lost the first three games. Then Morphy adjusted his style and beat him at his own game. Of course it's only my opinion and I'm no connoisseur of chess. But this is what I feel.

[@Goshaughnessy]

The Paul Morphy Saga is one of the great contributions to the online world. It’s a work of art history and it’s just got serious. Riveting stuff Agadmator Looking forward to Morphy repaying his insults

[@ravenlord4]

So far in order we've seen games 2, 0, and 1. Looking forward to seeing game 5 tomorrow :)

[@Yusuf_K7]

This man won’t win a single game after this. Most polite trash talk ever 🤣😂

[@aqikaxar9995]

Lowenthal is the earliest of backseat chess back in the day

[@akshaynaik8306]

Me who actually skipped the second game video: my blunder cancelled out your blunder

[@brianleabickerton3918]

I listen to your channel for the history as much as the chess. Context gives color to the chess match and players.

[@rameshsutliya]

I was hoping for the second videos for the day... And finally, it's here :)...

[@gabrielwanjiru1888]

It's good harrwitz won, It would be a nightmare if morphy crushed him while he was first introducing the harrwitz attack

[@waz1077]

Feels bad for marshall

[@damikem]

Finally! The first game of the match! After two games! But is it really the first one? Wait for next week...

[@GrandMoffTarkinsTeaDispenser]

"And I took that personally" glowing red eyed Morphy probably

[@masterjax2449]

anime moment ey

[@carlomartinez3840]

I love to see more morphy games! I finished all his saga already im glad you uploaded more 🔥🔥

[@guachingman]

Harrwitz won and went trolling to twitter "doesn´t even have a pulse lol" he tweeted

[@seyedsinanaghibiirvani5161]

Anyone Else Looking for the notification sound and where it came from only to find out that it was Agadmators notification caught on the video? 😂

[@seyedsinanaghibiirvani5161]

@Peter Mortensen 💯😂

[@camreese]

I love the balls of loewenthal dude just thinks it and says it and hes courageous especially in the tube so to speak

[@algeriapower7242]

i almost dont want this morphy saga to ever end , lets see how Harrwitz does after he opened his big mouth and triggered morphy

[@dipakbhatt16]

Your Morphy sagas are amazing. Keep itup

[@addoorrnnoo]

3:24 "The rooks can now be developed to c1, d1, e1, and so1."

[@panda4247]

Wesley?

[@anthonyfalzone6945]

If you know your opponent is in control of their pulse when facing you in whatever realm it happens to be , you should be very cautious... it means they are not worried in the least, and you are not necessarily winning. "If you wish to control others, you must first control yourself"...

[@abdulmuzaffaraladinbahaman7896]

Am i the only one here who is not even an average player but still going with the flow

[@masemax99]

No, you're not :D

[@444sabu]

New phrase 😀"you have to Respect the bishop pair" 👍👍

[@mishakmanuel1115]

What a Bold claim by Morphy! Can't wait for the continuation

[@saikatkarmakar6633]

Agadmator roasting lowenthal😂🔥

[@naturalmystic67]

Blunders, blunders... makes me feel right at home.

[@GlorifiedTruth]

Morphy: OK, now I'm ready to kick it into gear. Harrwitz: Stevedore transpiring ribald pancake makeup applied to extraneous solutions from quadratic outpourings of similtudinous grandiloquencervescebtaneousolotive grabbernatz.

[@andymizen9834]

This was amazing, its the 1800s, and both players get an accuracy of over 91%. DH with 94%, and PM with 91%! Morphy's problems started when he went 19. Rad8 instead of Kg7

[@RT-hh3vl]

great stuff, amazing chess + classic story / rivalry

[@01mattdavenport]

Awesome stuff

[@robertphillips2769]

I find that after watching a few of these videos, Morphy, Fischer-Spassky, Carlsen-Whomever, that my online play suddenly becomes a notch or two more insightful, for a while at least.

[@monochrome3828]

@agadmator there is a very interesting match between Harrwitz and Staunton btw. I think Harrwitz lost something like 9.5 to 11.5 BUT in 7 games Staunton got to premove Harrwitz's pawn and first figure, in the second 7 games he got to premove a pawn and two figures and only in the last 7 games Harrwitz was free to play what he wanted. He won all 7 of those and Lord, he absolutely degraded Staunton in those games, maybe we can get to see at least one of those? Also for anyone still doubting Harrwitz, regarding historical elo, he was the world's rank 1 player for 3 years. He also got paid by the owner of the Cafe de la regencia to play there full time. And I don't know if it was said in the comments to the first video, the historical Cafe de la regencia does not exist anymore, the building does, but there is no trace left of the Cafe. Instead there is a morrocan tourism bureau now.

[@sathishkumar5742]

This is what I was waiting for..

[@mohamadhijazi9797]

And it was in this position agadmator uploaded another video

[@hamdamjonganijonov8825]

Your Telegram channel got deactivated for some reason. I would love to have it back with a little discussion group that we can call "bar and the library"

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Harrwitz played a workmanlike game -- no brilliant moves, but always the appropriate move without errors. Morphy didn't play an error-prone game, but he permitted himself to fall into a bad defensive position that a competent player could pick apart. He wasn't accustomed to playing anyone strong enough for his own mistakes to be exploited. No, I don't think he threw the game, he just assumed he could get by with a slovenly defensive structure and his opponent wouldn't be strong enough to exploit it.

[@SK-hv1bf]

I m loving This uploads ♥️ agadmator✌🏻

[@MrAmazn]

The 3rd First game of their match. Can't wait till tomorrow to watch the 4th Game of the first Match

[@mehdimarashi1736]

Wow, Murphy was bating Harrwitz into bringing money into the match!

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Now we are ready to see morphy in alpha zero mode!

[@f-l-o-r-i9341]

😁😁

[@Posthumus2323]

Quote on top of the board... *Famous last words*

[@KofiKrules]

How did I guess another Morphy saga today? Thank you for expanding my vast knowledge!

[@Imfromjamaicaman]

Morphy the original hustler

[@jamesdelb6885]

Agadmator is the best chess storyteller. Brings the history of the games and their personalities to life.

[@TheBrawlBox]

Morphy is up to something- he's far too pedestrian in this game!

[@nadszzify]

For the first time, I guessed the correct move. I didn't even have to pause the video!! Yay! 😁

[@sharanadvaith7998]

Theres no bad rooklift Each one is indeed a very good rooklift

[@Tsalikiss]

#suggestion Hello Antonio! Could you cover the Morphy vs Schulten game (1857 New York)? Would appreciate it!

[@rggndfw]

Hard to believe that Morphy let himself get checked by that pawn.

[@TheDeatheater3]

This was a drawable end-game even for the normal players. But it is much easier to say that when you are watching. When you are playing there are many factors (fatigue etc.)

[@solomonidokoko2135]

Only Agadmator can make chess this interesting... We love and celebrate you man...#smiles

[@LeventK]

I should have studied but I have all the time in the world for Antonio.

[@klevialushi571]

Same here tbh I prefer watching agad's videos rather than studying lol

[@furryferret8514]

Hehehehe, I knew Morphy was just playing with his food

[@lukecash3500]

Players generally weren't very sporting back then were they? "Yeah sure you can travel across the Atlantic I just won't play you until it's been approximately forever." "Yeah I'll play you but you literally have to play the moves I want you to play." I mean what does this game prove? It's a joke anyone would be ridiculed nowadays for such poor sportsmanship.

[@williamgoss4691]

Excellent game. Morphy is warming up ?

[@elaadt]

This is the first game between Morphy and Harrwitz. There was a game before the match, so actually THIS is their first game. But I blundered the order, so now we will see the first game. The order doesn't really matter.

[@jaslol6754]

“So this was basically the first game of the match, next is the second game” 🤔

[@limbusanam4466]

"But, a bad bishop is a bad bishop." -Agadmator, 2021

[@chancerobinson5112]

Thank you!

[@mavenofmacau6391]

Was Morphy losing intentionally just so Harrwitz would put up large stakes?

[@SS-ud6nt]

Hahah

[@140TrillionSuns]

harrwits is like my friend no matter how many times he wins we always will call him weak

[@cagrulucyildirimoglu771]

After this quote from harrwitz, I cannot wait for the rest of the match...

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

"Take 7 M-Cs, Stand them 'em in a line, Add 7 more, Who think they can rhyme, Take another 7, Before I go for mine, That's 21 M-Cs, At the same time.." From Eric'-B&Rakim,'My Melody' Morphy does old school Chess Gangsta GM..

[@mamihappy206]

Go Morphy were all cheer for you ..

[@chizzelfingers]

stonemason from ohio and i love ur channel . congrats on 1million sir

[@morelhunter3966]

"Harrwitz will not win another game..." WHAT A GANGSTER!

[@thabomathebula8754]

in total how many games are they playing?

[@georgekanavos703]

Agad is doing some Star Wars sh*t with the order of the games

[@souradeepbanerjee3937]

One dislike from Harrwitz's family...🤣🤣🤣

[@balbinat]

3:25: C-1, D-1, E-1 & SO-1 😅👏🏻

[@abablalec]

3rd time's the charm :) finally we have the real deal first game of the match, or don't we?

[@FionnKirwan]

I think Morphy (so hard not to say Murphy as an Irish man) is the best player to encourage players to play. I'll always consider him as one of the greatest of all time. If you grew up in his time, with the same information and standards. How good would you be and if he grew up playing in this time, would magnus have his hands full.

[@tomhammond3495]

2:38 and it was in this position that the A file decided to move to another dimension.

[@ahmd9239]

It’s funny how agad always has an excuse ready for Morphy when he looses

[@overlord6843]

Let's hope for a Morphy's comeback ;)

[@prayagbhatt5759]

Agad...how do you come to know that after this move this is a completely new game...

[@Jayhawk92]

He enters it in to a chess data base. He only compares it to official top level games, so it's possible other people have played some of these, but no masters have

[@floretion]

"Harrwitz raises Morphy's hand and proclaims his pulse beats no faster than if he had won." There you have it- the world's first backhanded compliment.

[@chessboy00]

Harrwitz reminds me of Barnaby from March of the Wooden Soldiers

[@panda4247]

This Harrwitz guy is pretty good. Can we see some of his games againt Löwenthal?

[@davea1771]

And it was in this position that a match has never since occurred with an unkown number of first games.

[@anujyouthoob]

Harrwitz : 15:05 Morphy : So you have chosen death.

[@onbored9627]

13:33 Why is it a draw if the h file is doubled up?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

This is how Americans win championships -- they spot their opponent the first two games. Don't believe me? Check this brief history... 1858 - Morphy "loses" the first two games to Harrwitz, and then... 1941 - The U.S. gives Germany and Japan a two-year head start in their bid for world domination, and then... 1972 - Bobby Fischer "loses" the first two games to Boris Spassky, and then... 2011 - The Vancouver Canucks take the first two games against the Boston Bruins in the Stanley Cup Final, and then... (note: I live in Vancouver, and that one really hurt!)

[@argandzero0]

Have an excellent rest of your day!