Morphy vs Anderssen!!! Match Of the Century Announcement

[@TheWoeJoe1]

"Mr. agadmator is the strongest player to have ever made videos on youtube about the game" -Adolf Anderson

[@echolovesmusic8829]

"Quotes on internet from random people cannot be verified as genuine" - A. Lincoln

[@wmw0702]

Who's Adolf Anderson?

[@painiscupcake5433]

"Quotes from Abraham Lincoln should not be trusted" - Genghis Khan @@echolovesmusic8829

[@erikadasilva507]

Anna Rudolf (IM), Jan Gustafsson (GM), Hikaru Nakamura (U.S. Champion) and Magnus Carsen (World Champion) have made videos about chess for youtube...

[@vgamerul4617]

@Jackal nope.

[@Nimaheshmati]

"Morphy was a pretty strong player", I would say that's quite an understatement

[@agadmator]

+Nick I meant it as a joke :)

[@xa-1274]

I bet morphy wouldn’t be able to even play a single move against me right now. And you call him a strong player? /s

[@Kokki535]

@@xa-1274 indeed haha

[@zarrow50]

@@agadmator you will deliver jokes better a few years down the line like around 2021

[@patrickdi.6440]

He was treated with Lichess

[@MrDannyg77]

By a nurse named Leela. Funny comment. 😂

[@JTST1234]

@@MrDannyg77 He became ill after eating a stockfish

[@chessbruh272]

@@JTST1234 he was affected with alpha zero virus

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

Wow! German mastery 🖤 Morphy: Hey! I'm the great Chessmaster from America, I defeated Henry Bird, I defeated this guy, I defeated that guy. Adolf Anderssen: I'm the German master Adolf of the Immortal Game. Hold my beer, I'll show you who the real master is. ~Morphy resigned

[@preciousamaechi689]

I remember studying Mr Morphy’s games and life, I think I studied 500 of them a decade ago, he always chose the sharpest of lines and his tactical acumen was way way ahead of his time!

[@RayVitoles]

man he probably calculated from the move Nxg4 that he wins the queen,engines agree with his every move after that...man Morphy's accurate play is really scary..And not only that,he chose the sharpest variations,never played boring chess..truly the master of the game..

[@giriiyer3968]

He usually calculates from move four onwards and decides how to force CM his opponent taking into account all the variations permutations and combinations Morphy is a monster among chess players he is diabolical to say the least

[@colinstewart1432]

Before computers were even invented. Wow. What a dude

[@jarvis1508]

Hi, Antonio. Thank you so much for not just supplying great chess games/narration, but the way you tell us about the history of the games and what was happening at the time is fantastic.

[@agadmator]

+Jarvis Morris Thanks Jarvis. This is what interests me, so I share :)

[@AnastasisGrammenos]

then skip to the game

[@nielsliljedahlchristensen4924]

+Piano Land You also have pgnmentor if you just wanna search the internet for chess games and all other crap. Right?

[@amritpalsingh2715]

@@agadmator what you think of my latest comment

[@StephenDoty84]

I like what Fischer said about Morphy's play in general, when asked. He said, "He saw the whole board." That is a high compliment in chess, I think. If Fischer saw my games, he might say, "He only saw part of the board." ;)

[@NghiaTuanLe]

He say you saw a conner of the board :D

[@rickelmonoggin]

That's an interesting quote. I always tell myself to 'look up the board' from time to time as I find that I tend to focus in on a small part of the board and don't notice that there's a bishop lurking in the corner waiting to pounce!

[@12jswilson]

"Stephen saw the board, one square at a time."

[@nobodyspecial2835]

He'd ask me who ties my shoes...

[@manuellafond1365]

Anderssen was known for saying "stronget" all the time, this is not a typo.

[@gonzalo4658]

lmao i didnt even notice that

[@nobodyspecial2835]

Hahaha. Nerd

[@TCPUDPATM]

Weird! Wonder why.

[@toompie69]

05:35 King can't go to c1 it's on check by bishop anyway.

[@historysoup4777]

Yep

[@shantanudhiman8194]

Exactly what I was gonna say 😝

[@yeetyeet-wo4rd]

god you’re so smart. thank you

[@yeetyeet-wo4rd]

PullupM8 Yes

[@en8042]

yeah, he cannot afford Kc1 because it's illegal :D

[@-_Nuke_-]

Stockfish says that the position at 4:30 is actually +0,7 for white, so perfectly equal. Morphy was really good at outprepearing his opponents, something that later GMs learned to master as well as being good chess players. Morphy was definitely paying a lot of time on his own against himself and a chess board to be able to prepare so many crazy lines! Just brilliant chess by the young guy!

[@-_Nuke_-]

Also the Bg5 line is also equal after Kc3. Yes you can afford your king on c3 momentarily being a Queen up, Stockfish again thinks this is perfectly equal. Actually the game is equal from all sides with zero blunders until move 19 where Andersen played Bf6 (instead of Be7 which keeps the game still equal) this is the blunder of the game, Morphy made zero blunders in this crazy game no matter how amazing that sounds, Stockfish shows the entire game is equal all through Andersen's blunder. Morphy simply playing the top Stockfish move EVERY SINGLE TIME this is outrageous. So no, I disagree and the engine disagrees as well, there is no theoretical advantage for black in this game, if Morphy plays the best move every time (which he did every single move) this is just equal but very sharp and Andersen couldn't hold this.

[@bencebarat]

I have also found some problems with Kc1 (at 5:37) other than Re1# :D

[@agadmator]

+Bence Barat My bad :)

[@timangar9771]

Even without the rook it's mate as it is black's move...

[@alexg111]

Bxc1 is a pretty good follow up to Kc1, but white still has some winning chances. White has sacrificed the exchange, giving up the king for a bishop, but now at least the dark squares can be controlled by the white queen. Also, without the bishop in the way, whites g pawn start to be pushed and be very deadly if the white queen gobbles up the black h pawn. I'd say after Bxc1 the position is equal.

[@dannygjk]

lol

[@nabin6976]

Alex G Yeah and also prevents black from attacking the king in the future. So white can go for some counterplay like pushing g4 after Q×h7.

[@JustForComments666]

So that's why Morphy was so good. He got treated with Lichess.

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

This game has been my favorite game of chess purely for the first 13 moves lol, pure art on Morphy's part!

[@NAJABATKHEL]

5:46 Only move is bishop to e2. Bishop takes bishop with check. King is forced to e1. Bishop retreats to h5 with a discovered check from the rook, also aiming for the queen at f7. After king is forced to f1, bishop takes queen.

[@derekwitt9751]

I love the kings gambit. Always get such excited play!!!

[@morphyox6453]

The 1958 match?? Damn, I would have loved to see Botwinnik vs Morphy going down :)))

[@JohanJascha]

1858

[@brettpoole7888]

Or Morphy vs Tal

[@nicolashrv]

5:35 "Morphy can't play C1 because this will be check mate"........indeed, if the bishop is still attacking the king.

[@randomstranger8705]

I love the every opening line: "Hello Everyone"

[@calendar9136]

the fact that he saw he was winning that queen....fucking god of chess

[@nevinkuser9892]

That was the fastest action I've ever seen in a game.

[@tommonk7651]

Morphy was a beast! Staunton ran away from him. Morphy was a genius with initiative.

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

Wow! German mastery 🖤 Morphy: Hey! I'm the great Chessmaster from America, I defeated Henry Bird, I defeated this guy, I defeated that guy. Adolf Anderssen: I'm the German master Adolf of the Immortal Game. Hold my beer, I'll show you who the real master is. ~Morphy resigned

[@tommonk7651]

@@AsadAli-jc5tg Mastery? In one game? Who won the match going away?

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

@@tommonk7651 Who played Pawn a3?

[@tommonk7651]

@@AsadAli-jc5tg Who won the match? How many times did Anderssen beat Morphy? See the 1st part of this video.... kzbin.info/www/bejne/faG5mnusaN6Iha8&ab_channel=GMBenjaminFinegold

[@tonyli9321]

This might be my favorite game of all time to watch. Not only does Morphy not give a * as Anderssen waltzes in and takes his rook, he actually had a shot at an early checkmate.

[@TheSereneWanderer87]

When Anderssen was asked by his friends why he didn't play as brilliantly with Morphy as he does with others, Anderssen simply replied with a smile, "Morphy wouldn't let me!" After this game, while leaving the table, Anderssen jokingly said to Frederick Edge in his ears, "I win my games in 70 moves but Mr. Morphy wins his in 17. But that is only natural."

[@Rabai66]

i watch your videos every single day man they help me relax

[@misternewoutlook5437]

We are currently in the 2020 version of the Morphy Saga. I just had to take a sneak peek at what we might be revisiting. Morphy's reputation preceded his meeting with Anderssen. So there's no doubt Anderssen would have been ready for anything. What we see here in this casual prelude is something very strange. Morphy exposed flaws in Anderssen's methodology. Which was the method of the time - attack. Morphy, the same, but attacked far differently than his contemporaries.

[@deridivisstar884]

I play the kings Gambit every now and then, and this is a fascinating variation morphy played.

[@dannygjk]

I get the errors by Anderssen after all it was a casual game so most likely they were both playing quickly and Morphy's strength vs other strong players was even more apparent in a quick game.

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

Wow! German mastery 🖤 Morphy: Hey! I'm the great Chessmaster from America, I defeated Henry Bird, I defeated this guy, I defeated that guy. Adolf Anderssen: I'm the German master Adolf of the Immortal Game. Hold my beer, I'll show you who the real master is. ~Morphy resigned

[@gillrowley]

Little known fact - at that time Adolph Anderssen was the World Checkers champion as well as playing brilliant chess.

[@mitchellhouston80]

Little know fact as well... Morphy said, "checkers is for tramps" Lol

[@anvb5a1]

@Jack OFC yes, he said it on "reddit"!

[@Bushwakbill]

Chess master 2000 for the ps2 has a database of over 800 games from throughout history , from year 1610 .

[@stockfootage2371]

Agad stronget chess youtuber of all time ;)

[@fortifor5410]

I am not sur they got it

[@cygnustsp]

Here on January 26 2020, catching up on very old agadmator videos i somehow missed over 2 years

[@matthewwroblewski8752]

Sweet hoodie bro. And as always, thank you so much for the killer vid!

[@rickelmonoggin]

Thanks for the contribution from the hoody guy!

[@JarlKonrad]

I'm addicted to these videos. I watch you every night before i sleep

[@direwolf285]

Your videos are awesome. Thanks.

[@DeineMatnr2]

#suggest #suggestion i would love to see some games of Rudolf Charousek, for example his game against Jakob Wollner in 1893: "Char Broiler", its a great miniature as always great video, keep it going

[@andreiperez3079]

I want to suggest a game by Morozevich vs Anand in 1995 at Moscow. #suggest

[@aghilvs8330]

Found out the head to head. Couldn't wait.. anyway waiting for tomorrow 😊

[@bahaaaddintaleb401]

man i wish we still have games like this in today's top level games.

[@nightshade3756]

At 3:57 it's probably better to do bishop takes on c7 follow up by knight to f6 checkmate

[@philipduffy6581]

If Anderson moves his D or F pawn then his king will have available squares I think. After the Knight check, Bishop G6 looked good to me.

[@philipduffy6581]

I mean Bishop G5

[@manusane7145]

this was interesting. I love a little bit of history and player bio. thanks. :) great game.

[@mynameis_____________]

Ben Finegold approves. Been waiting on you to do more Morphy matches. Keep up the great work, been subbed to you since 4k subscribers, crazy to see how much you've grown in 6 months.

[@Nimaheshmati]

Yes I knew. By the way I enjoy your games. You do great job.

[@mikelynch-zeroviewz2507]

Beautiful set up for the royal fork

[@elaadt]

2.5 years after this video was made, something doesn't feel right. Antonio didn't start by saying "Hello everyone, welcome to the good stuff!" Awesome game, btw.

[@williamscamacho9352]

thank excellent video.

[@sandercoven2554]

Are you planning on doing any of the TTEC games? They might be a good addition to your already excellent channel.

[@ratikanchaveli1822]

Hi agadmator. I was wondering if you would like to and try to find some game by Nona Gavfindashvili. I am sure it would ve interesting. Thanks.

[@Infarlock]

5:35 king can't go to C1 D:

[@motivmotto]

Your simlply the best!!! I know u all agree

[@PlayerMathinson]

Yup he is SIMLPLY the best!!!

[@MrSupernova111]

You a Tina Turner fan?

[@REDRAGON12345]

You're*

[@LJLMETAL]

Great game! I enjoyed watching this video. @5:36; the King can't move to C1, because it will still be in Check with the Bishop.

[@freebee8221]

That queen capture was genius. Im definelty gonna try to use that

[@dannygjk]

Howard Staunton was telling the truth. He looked at Morphy's games and was so amazed he became ill because he knew Morphy would destroy him in a match. I decided to look at some of Staunton's games-there was no way he would survive a match vs Morphy. Morphy's grasp of chess was far beyond Staunton's. People often say, "Morphy made lots of mistakes", but if you look only at his serious games then you realize that not only was he the strongest of his time also his understanding of chess was way ahead of the rest.

[@agadmator]

+Dan Kelly Staunton considered England to be the world, that's why he claimed to be the best in the world probably. Well, history will remember him more for dodging the match than for losing it horribly :) Well played by Staunton

[@morphyox6453]

Staunton may have played Morphy, had he known he would have been remembered as the ultimate chess chicken in history for running away :)

[@Multi-Talented]

At 5:39 how can white king go to c1 ...there already the bishope check and u said after that move balck will mate as Re1#

[@budibudi6782]

wow that's really a nice chess game

[@KeimpeJ]

i love the history you tell me

[@nilsjespers2898]

Hi agadmator, i have a few questions, i’m playing chess for a few weeks now and i am at rating 1100 and still climbing on a 11 games winstreak, the problem is i only know basic openingprinciples but i never understand all these tactics behind the openings in the games you show, are there any videos where you explain openingtactics? You’re the only chesschannel i love so it would be easier to learn from you! “Play the opening like a book, the midgame like magician and the endgame like a machine” So far i’m winning a lot only because of my midgame magic haha

[@ShubhashishGuptamaestroashu]

By mistake you said 1958 at 00:12

[@nidalabed5685]

Hello buddy, I really enjoy your videos and find them very enriching. You are doing a great job. If you just tune down your "HHHHello" in the beginning. Because it sounds like declaring a war! :)

[@agadmator]

+Nidal Abed The mic needs the first word to set the volume :)

[@PaterTenebrarum1]

I'm genuinely surprised Anderssen apparently didn't consider Bg5+ (I am assuming if he had considered it, he would have played it).

[@intrepidintrepid6802]

hahahah so I'm very late, but was re-watching this...@5:50, the first line you suggest..White can't play kc2 because it would be an illegal move XD

[@TonBil1]

1:50 "He was treated with lichess"... Yes, that's what the doctor recommended.

[@simoneors]

bel video ..... mi garba......6 un grande!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@luigirusso6108]

simoneors ciao simone

[@simoneors]

CIAO CARO AMICO ... IL PIACERE E' TUTTO MIO .

[@zarifshoeb]

Someone - do you like biology? Me - 1:42 😂😂😂

[@gsafi3729]

Agadmator have you heard about the chess engine tournament?

[@REDRAGON12345]

At 4:30, I don't see at all how black is favored. White still had the queen, is further developed and can still castle, is up against a useless knight, etc. At best it seems like a tie for black, not that he's ahead

[@RobertHurleyJr]

Wish the chessmasters didn't resign so much. Robs us of seeing top level end games.

[@jedidiahtjc]

He had a minor piece and a rook for the Queen .. surely it was playable?

[@jedidiahtjc]

At the end, White had Queen, Rook, Bishop, Black had two Rooks, Bishop, Knight .. ie Black had a Rook and Knight for the Queen?

[@longball756]

jedidiahtjc but a very active queen.. with better play black could have kept an advantage

[@jamesfleming1155]

Ernesto Carrillo Yeah but black still looks playable. Then again I'm horrible so who knows.

[@joeb4142]

Not against Morphy. Besides it was a casual game, Andersen probably had to pee.

[@preussenuberalles1682]

Actually, it was a lethal blunder from Anderssen to lose the King's Bishop.

[@Nicholas5c]

Could you make an argument that his knowledge of the game and intuition in 1850 without cpus and famous book theories could make him the most naturally gifted player ever?

[@jimskea224]

When Anderssen resigns, he's not that far down on material: he has rook and knight for the queen. Both players have an equal number of pawns, and the same number of isolated pawns. I guess he didn't like his position much, particularly the inactive rook on a8.

[@vivekahuja4157]

agadmator leaving us in suspense with a cliffhanger at 1:00 am xD

[@hockyjocky4]

You gotta love the 1800's, where the "self-proclaimed" entitled ones often were considered to be so by the media

[@Jack-td7sp]

Can you show us a morphy loss? :)

[@agadmator]

+Shadow Warmonger Check out his game against Mr. Barnes on my channel :)

[@levitating108]

U have a typo in the Quote from Anderssen "stronget"

[@hellaclownin]

It seems like Morphy just played this game in a way to test Anderssen.

[@Tisalutobyebye]

1:49 he was treated with Lichess

[@merdishakki]

How could king go to c1 while there is a bishop guarding the black squares?

[@peimanenato]

I don't see too much material down but seems equal may 1 pawn down after check.

[@edwardshowden5511]

he was down too much material. he has rook and knight for a queen plus pawn next as you mentioned. thats too much

[@hairosdfsdf4669]

0:09 Morphy beat Anderson at 120+ years old!

[@guyharel5087]

He could’ve continued the game being a piece and a rook for a queen, that’s not that much meterial

[@12jswilson]

Yes but in addition to being down materially his position was just bad as well. Developing the Queen's side would be difficult, his pawns were weak, Morphy's pieces were pretty well placed and Anderssen only had a good rook. It's a much bigger advantage than +1

[@gonzalo4658]

5:32 bishop still controls that diagonal he would be in check still

[@fortifor5410]

5:32 Kc1 really???

[@dannygjk]

I looked at that position where it is surprising, even to a patzer like me, that Anderssen did not play 18...Bg5+. You were also surprised to see a player of Anderssen's strength not play it. I thought maybe the players saw a lot more than we did. After all both of them were among the strongest players in the world at that time and those two were probably the strongest in an open game. So I decided to let an engine look at it and the engine doesn't think 18...Bg5+ is the best. It prefers 18...Ng3. This made me curious to see why so I had the engine play on after 18...Bg5+. It was a fast time control but white soon achieved a won game.

[@agadmator]

+Dan Kelly Interesting, Anderssen evaluated that Morphy would win even after his kjng goes to c3. Anderssen, in all his mighty calculation, probably overlooked the simple truth that he loses the bishop on a3 after Qh4 and Qa4+.

[@jak2049]

After 18.-Bh4-g5+ 19.Kd2-c1 may not be played according to chess rules :)

[@amritpalsingh2715]

Found a better move here 5:05 Queen to f6 forking king and bishop After king moves, take the bishop and trap the knight.😎 Thus winning two pieces for no loss

[@RakibulHasan-zp6oj]

agadmators face golden section in frame

[@AsadAli-jc5tg]

Wow! German mastery 🖤 Morphy: Hey! I'm the great Chessmaster from America, I defeated Henry Bird, I defeated this guy, I defeated that guy. Adolf Anderssen: I'm the German master Adolf of the Immortal Game. Hold my beer, I'll show you who the real master is. ~Morphy resigned

[@kaalamantv5338]

Hey! Bro can you showcase games of GM Eugene Torre the Filipino Grandmaster

[@NenadStefanovicbach]

Tih, koja komplikacija :))

[@tarico4436]

1:50. Had a run-in with leeches, and lost a lot of blood. Imagine that.

[@wilhelmtaylor9863]

Wouldn't it be nice if the games were annotated as in th original? p-k4.....

[@Hallands.]

What? Kc1 with the bishop on g5?!

[@chrissmith197]

@5:35 K to C1 is still check

[@nicholas205]

agadmator, what do you prefer to play? Black or White?

[@deridivisstar884]

White always has the advantage.

[@yaminoo245]

I can’t understand why he says that there’s too much of a material gap. They are 1 point difference

[@agadmator]

+Yaminoo The value of the pieces is relative :)

[@Great_Rising_Sun]

7:18 IF i counted correctly i can see that he is down only 1 PAWN

[@Michael-uk3pj]

"Morphyus is fighting Neo"

[@TCPUDPATM]

Reminds me a bit of Tal! :)

[@hiddenagenda4603]

5:32 King to c1 ??? Really

[@amyalindaily3781]

Thanks