Just a Boring Game Between Petrosian and Smyslov... Or is it? (1080p)

#agadmator Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian vs Vasily Smyslov
Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates (1959), Bled, Zagreb & Belgrade YUG, rd 17, Oct-06
Queen's Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense. Alekhine System Smyslov Variation (D29)
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dc4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O c5 6. d4 a6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 Bb7 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bd6 11. e4 cd4 12. Nd4 Qb8 13. Nf3 b4 14. Nd5 ed5 15. e5 Ne5 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Nf3 Re8 18. Qd3 a5 19. Bg5 Ng4 20. g3 Bc5 21. Rd2 Qa7 22. Rf1 h6 23. Bf4 Ba6 24. Qf5 Bf1 25. Qg4 Bc4 26. Bh6 g6 27. Bc4 dc4 28. Rd7 Qa6 29. Rc7 Qd6 30. Bf4 Qd5 31. Rd7 Qe6 32. Qe6 Re6 33. Rc7 Bb6 34. Rb7 c3 35. bc3 bc3 36. Kf1 Rd8 37. Ng5 Rf6 38. Nf7 Rf7 39. Rb6 Rf4
The 1959 Candidates Tournament was hosted by three cities in Yugoslavia. The first 14 rounds were played in Bled, rounds 15-21 in Zagreb, and rounds 22-28 in Belgrade. This event would select the next challenger to world champion Mikhail Botvinnik, who had just recaptured his title in the Botvinnik - Smyslov World Championship Rematch (1958). Mikhail Tal, Svetozar Gligorić, Pal Benko, Tigran Petrosian, Friðrik Ólafsson and Bobby Fischer qualified from the Portoroz Interzonal (1958). Vasily Smyslov and Paul Keres were seeded directly into the candidates tournament on the strength of their 1-2 finish in the previous Amsterdam Candidates (1956). Harry Golombek was arbiter, and the seconds were Bent Larsen (Fischer), Yuri Averbakh, joined later by Alexander Koblents (Tal), Vladas Mikenas (Keres), Isaac Boleslavsky (Petrosian), Igor Bondarevsky (Smyslov) Aleksandar Matanovic (Gligorić), Klaus Viktor Darga and Ingi Randver Johannsson (Ólafsson), and Rudolf Maric (Benko)
The players would meet each other four times, twice in Bled and once in both Zagreb and Belgrade. In Bled, the players stayed at the Grand Hotel Toplice, the site of Alexander Alekhine's historic triumph in Bled (1931). 4 Mikhail Tal had just had his appendix removed less than two weeks earlier, but FIDE insisted he make it in time for the tournament. According to Tal, "I was not much troubled by the effects of the operation, apart from in a purely mechanical sense; during a game I did not feel inclined to stroll about ..."5 This information may have come as a surprise to Harry Golombek, who commented after Round 5 that "it is an impressive sight to see him (Tal) get up after he has made what he obviously thinks is a winning move and pace around the table like a man-eating tiger."6 It may also have surprised Bobby Fischer, who complained after his first game with Tal that whenever he "rose from the board ... he'd begin talking to the other Soviet players, and they enjoyed whispering about their or others' positions."7 Pal Benko later revealed that due to his "demanding" job in a US brokerage firm, he "didn't prepare at all" for the event, although he reckoned "I did reasonably well."8 He didn't. After the first cycle Tal, Paul Keres and Tigran Petrosian shared the lead.
During the second cycle, shortly after the beginning of Round 8, Golombek remarked to Fischer on how many Caro Kanns the Soviets had been playing. Bobby replied "they are all just chicken; they just don't want to face B-QB4 against the Sicilian."6 Tal emerged the hero of Round 8 with his spectacular win over Vasily Smyslov. He won the brilliancy prize by crushing the ex-world champion with a series of sacrifices he later described as "pure improvisation": Tal vs Smyslov, 1959 9 Such improvisation did not serve him as well in his Round 10 encounter with co-leader Keres, who "seemed to enjoy taking all the material Tal was offering": Tal vs Keres, 1959. According to Golombek, "most onlookers thought (Tal) might well have resigned ten moves earlier."10 Though Tal finished off the cycle with three straight wins, it was Keres who led by a half point when the players set off for Zagreb.
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[@Jack-td7sp]

If a guy walked up to me and asked me if I wanted to see a game between petrosian and smyslov I'd be like nah I'll just watch agadmator's amazing video on it.

[@agadmator]

Hello everyone. I had to re-upload this since KZbin decided to grant the original video only 360p quality, and a lot of you said the video wouldn't even play. Petrosian has the white pieces, even though in the beginning of the video I say Smyslov is white. And also, in the video (for some reason) I called Petrosian a former world champion, even though he will become champion in 1963. To much jumping between years I guess, and I had a lot of preparation for the stream. Don't hold it against me :)

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I will never forgive you for these grievous errors of judgment sir!

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Enjoy the comments complaining about the things you've covered in this comment due to them not reading it :)

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[lol] I agree w/Ninnifier! [grin]

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This is the one of the best videos you've ever recorded. From Philippines

[@Envengerx]

Lein Ampaya I also thought the same.

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Lein Ampaya yeah it's a really interesting game

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I agree.

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[@gheffz]

Excellent … thank you …. engine like moves by both, especially Smyslov!!!

[@sujoysengupta2734]

I wish people would just go through the description or the comment section before jumping up and down to say : 'Same video'.

[@oneshot8480]

You made smile on my face with this one. Thank you for all the work you put in :)

[@pbaylis1]

At 11:22, I'd be amazed if Smyslov actually calculated all those options before deciding on the best move. Are these guys really that good?

[@charlesq7866]

That was a fantastically deep analysis! Thank you Agadmator!

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Gracias Agadmator. Este partido fue muy emocionante. Un video excelente.

[@robertkamenski9248]

I must say what a brilliancy this game is! Probably the best chess game I've ever seen. Very Very instructing..

[@dragenfire78]

Ready for that QnA lol... Really love your content Antonio, keep up the wonderful work!

[@abhishekdeore7270]

Just a suggestion: you can create separate playlists of games based on the players' style & their way of thinking. Great video as always!

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You are probably one of the best chess you tubers because of the high quality, you explain everything and a lot more! Btw congrats fir the 100 subs? 😉

[@SeptimusKukumar]

How high was Petrosian when they took that picture of him?

[@peterpham2473]

Very high after eating spicy curry masala

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Curry masala is absolutely delicious

[@Sasha1234575]

Hmmm. Impressive, how Petrosian found moves to play in bad position. There were many traps. I think, not every GM nowadays would find Qa6. This is one of the best games you showed us. Thx.

[@rkrmtest]

Enjoyed the game! Superb tactics by both the masters!!

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lovely video and LOVED THE HD thank you

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notification squad

[@AnilBVenkatesh]

I have listened to the intro several times just for the laughs.

[@cygnustsp]

Totally going to say "sea of variations" all day at work today

[@agadmator]

:D

[@CyberAkram]

Entertaining commentary as usual. :)

[@algray6311]

0:51 ... a lil mistake 🧐 thank you for the video!

[@Lazy.y]

Thanq Agad ~

[@weeooh1]

Suggestion please... in some of your vids, you invite viewers to pause the vid and find the best move for a player. This is very entertaining as it puts viewers in the shoes of GMs with the opportunity to crush another GM :D. Please can you do this in all your vids? Chess puzzles are very entertaining and improves a players calculating abilities. Thanks!

[@sudhendrakambhamettu1092]

I can see the camera difference!...its grt!😀

[@kaalamantv5338]

Love from the heart of a Filipino🇵🇭. #suggestion can you plz show a game of Bobby Fischer in his visit in the Philippines, In where he played against the Philippine Masters...

[@PerfectPianoHD]

Anthony Jude Same

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

Put it under #suggestions.

[@leslassiter6378]

At 11:05, instead of Bxc4, shouldn't Bc2 be played? I'm not sure how that would ultimately end, but I see a possible perpetual check after a bishop sac on g6. #suggestion: Could you show more positional games with the strategies and positional principles explained? It seems that most of the games you show are very tactical.

[@squealer42]

"...it was so, so refreshing to see how Smyslov punishes him:"

[@rawwdawgg4801]

following "the g3 move" the punishment came "IMMEDIATELY!!".....🤣🤣🤣

[@evgenys177]

Fascinating game !

[@haricharanbalasundaram3124]

Very interesting...

[@sroush77]

Fixed. Goes all the way up to 1080p.

[@ankursuman6530]

First😍

[@fabien4436]

I liked the 360p more

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Now I can watch the game :)

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1080 P 💪✌👌

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Yay 😁

[@kasparov9]

Why didn't you cover the Naka-Carlsen 960 match?

[@anananas9871]

When are you doing the Q&A?

[@nihadhabibovic5864]

Can you tell something about 2001 Mister-x Bobby Fischer controversy

[@rodhak1]

If some random person came up to me in a bar and asked if i wanted to see a chess game i would buy them a beer

[@Blue-nt3uy]

yes the video never even played i was so sad until i found this

[@rawwdawgg4801]

I now must put some #Respeck on Smyslov's name, I could see him, following "the g3 move", just leaning back and rubbing his hands together like #Birdman. 🦅🦅🦅 BBRRRRRRR On Another Note: Petrosian turned over in his grave hating Antonio for this upload...🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@agadmator]

:D

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

I agree. Cool moniker btw.

[@yashrajpal3637]

did you reuploaded the same video again?

[@joltsofdeath]

i thing so

[@Shockprowl]

Two Giants.

[@ramprasadnigudkar2072]

And here in this position "FUTURE WORLD CHESS CHAMPION" Petrosian resigned the game...

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in the donation box, is that Jonathan Davis from Korn?

[@javieramato9946]

#question what was the major upset in chess history? Im talking about elo rating difference

[@NaveenChanduGanji]

Hey agad...can u make a chess 360 video #suggestion

[@agadmator]

:)

[@legace3485]

The colors asre reversed or not? Who's white and who's black?

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

I'm a fan of Smyslov! Have a drink on me after we've gone through the game at the library.

[@BoleeOfficial]

Isn't this the same video from the other day??

[@brijeshsahu3493]

I hv seen ths earlier perhaps yesterday

[@nakulbam5067]

brijesh sahu he reuploaded it because it didn't have options to change quality or playback speed

[@mohammaddarious4922]

me too :(

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You can make the chess personality quiz on chesspersonality.com in another video, just like a suggestion.:)

[@PerfectPianoHD]

So sad my username was flashed in a split of a second during raffle in your stream but I did not win.

[@standvm]

I think you confused names of players and who is playing with white or black...got confusing.

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I thought I saw Bill Gates in the thumbnail.....

[@shadigif8916]

smyslov variation

[@ajays1663]

I think this is the second time ur doing the same video

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Hello everyone!

[@Nygge1982]

my answer: fuck yes, but with or without clothes on?

[@vasudeomhadgut5524]

Why this again??

[@miroslavdimitrov4818]

#suggestion Veselin Aleksandrov Topalov vs Vladimir Kramnik, "A Knight's Tale", Corus (2008), Wijk aan Zee NED, rd 9, Jan-22 www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1482320

[@saikumarvenkata5754]

sir,why you posted a video twice (between smyslov and petrosian)

[@mohammaddarious4922]

this is an old video :((

[@rajarshichaudhuri7620]

Isn't this a duplicate one from yesterday?