Never Go Aggressive against Rashid Nezhmetdinov

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

"Better to be a non-GM legend than a non-legend GM" -People about Nedzhmetdinov. Perfectly said ..

[@MinhTran-qs1jh]

very true

[@KEI-um1kc]

Agree

[@aniruddhamukherjee6146]

That's actually about Antonio

[@MrSupernova111]

I love Nezhmetdinov playing style. The guy had insane tactical skills. Please post more of his games!

[@Kai01716]

Yeah but i love mikhail tal the most just in my thought

[@shyamrrs]

@@Kai01716 I have rated both equal although Rashid won Tal many times. Both have great tactical skills and both has no reverse gear.

[@Kai01716]

@@shyamrrs absolutely correct but tal games have different vibe from any other chess player for me.......😊😊😊

[@shyamrrs]

@@Kai01716 see some more videos of Rashid and both will be your favourites 😀😀😀

[@Kai01716]

@@shyamrrs ok😆😆😆😆😆

[@uneducatedboy]

Thank you for putting out such regular quality content. I really appreciate your dedication and expertise.

[@hydra9267]

Mikenas looks like an Italian gangster from the 1920's on that picture.

[@batfang5583]

I like the quote at the top. It reminds me of something the composer Richard Strauss said. Someone had said his music was second rate, which I disagree with, and he replied with something to the effect that where he may not be a composer of first rate music, he was a first rate composer of second rate music.

[@antokrnjic1146]

"In September of 1923, on the stairs of the Second Palace of Soviets on Lenin St. in Kazan, I accidentally found a piece of paper with unintelligible figures and signs on it while I was in the middle of a game of hide-and-seek. I quickly picked it up and put it in my pocket. (They were already looking for me and I needed to find a place to hide.) That evening at home I remembered the mysterious paper. I did not know Russian well at that time and worked out its contents with difficulty. It turned out to be the chess column of the magazine Smena. In it, the rules of play and the moves of the pieces were explained. That was the "theory", but what about practice? A few days later, I arrived quite early for a meeting of the first Pioneer group of the Communist Club. I went into the reading room to look at the pictures on the wall and (if I was successful) the magazines on the tables. Here I noticed a group of adults bending over the tables. On the tables were the same "things" (as I called the pieces then) as on the piece of paper that I had carefully kept, and which I went over and studied almost every night. Going up carefully to the "uncles", I stood quietly to observe what they were doing. I rejoiced when I discovered that they moved the "things" exactly as was explained on my piece of paper. But I rejoiced even more when one of the "uncles" answered my shy question, "May I playa game with you?" with a smile: "Yes, you may." Great was the astonishment of the grownups when I won all my games with them (they were, of course, beginners). That evening I went home filled with joy. Now I had another important piece of paper. It was a note from Samsonov, the director of the club (who had arrived toward the end of play), to the City chess club: " He shows promise; please admit him to the club." "He shows promise"- I was proud of that description. But at the club they quickly put me in my place. There, they all won from me right up to 1927. With no notion of theory and, on top of that, too interested in "blitz" chess, I was slow to make progress. The turning point came in 1927. After a break of almost a year (when I took a complete vacation from chess), I achieved a Category III ranking, skipping over Category IV. That winter in the first city Pioneer championship I finished first, winning all 15 of my games. But suddenly my aptitude for checkers also revealed itself. After learning the rules of that game in January of 1928, I took second place in the Kazan championship in February. In July I became the RARO champion (Region of Autonomous Republics and Oblasts), and in October I achieved Category I rank at the RSFSR championship in Moscow. Chess also started to "soften up" a bit. I finished first in a minor tournament in the spring of 1929, finished first in the semifinals in the winter, and finally won the title of champion of Kazan in May of 1930. In checkers, to be sure, improvement came more quickly. By 193] I was close to master strength. The formation of my chess style took place from 1930 to 1936. I still paid little attention to theory, but sometimes played over games from the books of Alekhine and Capablanca. An important influence on my game was my contact with the leading players of Odessa in 1931-1933, when I lived and worked there. By the time I returned to Kazan in 1933, I had already learned to win regularly against average Category I players. In 1934-1935 I was mainly occupied by the study of checkers. Only in November and December of 1936 at Rostov-on-Don did I "cross swords" for the first time with the strongest first category chessplayers: Ufimtsev, Dubinin, Kopayev, Grechkin, Bastrikov, and others. They gave me a good trouncing. My ignorance of elementary theoretical principles told on me. It was necessary to undertake a serious study of chess." - Nezhmetdinov.

[@andynaka]

Rashid has no reverse gear, his games are outstanding to watch! Thanks for showing us such brilliancy

[@EternalWisdomHQ]

What a great chess player Rashid was. Your presentation nicely done as always, I truly enjoy this channel

[@veryblackcat]

Just another fun fact: Mikenas had beaten Alekhine himself with this defense, and he never spoke to him again! If you come to Paros one day, u can visit Alekhine's grave at the Montparnasse cemetary. There's a chess board upon his tombstone, and the chess amateurs who visit (like i do sometimes) often leave some pebbles on the g8 and f6 squares to give tribute for the champion. :)

[@pancakeystar]

Why g8 and f6 squares?

[@rassvet1612]

@@pancakeystar Mikenas started the match with Knight g8 to f6

[@pancakeystar]

oh thank you that was a nice information :)

[@SSmitar]

That quote is just fantastic. Going to stick it as my status on every social media.

[@gianpalacio5635]

Antonio's face always displays a smile he can't hold back when speaking about Rashid Nezhmetdinov

[@90blacknight]

Mikenas was the leading expert in the Alekhines defense at the time, and Rashid played right into his knight hunt variation, and crushed him in that variation twice.

[@ceseb23]

More games from Rashid Nezhmetdinov,please.

[@yesspazsmith9895]

Dude, you rock, but take a week off, man. Rest means rest. Chess will not die if you take a break. Hole up and rest for a week. We'll still be here when you finally beat the flu. Heal, man. Heal!

[@agadmator]

+Yesspaz Smith Thanks Yesspaz, but I enjoy it too much :D

[@user-ii9ig7vq1e]

agadmator's Chess Channel Your dedication and passion is unparalleled, bravo!

[@Ilovevidgames123]

Ya know, I'm not sure where I'm getting it from, agadmator, but I think this guy wanted you to take a rest. No idea where I got that impression from. Just a gut feeling.

[@Rohith_E]

Following your suggestion, I have watched the documentary on Nezhmetdinov by Jessica Fischer and I was amazed by his story. Please do more videos of his games.

[@agadmator]

+Eppepalli Rohith His story deserves a film :) I will do more, gladly :)

[@myquizzes7228]

Btw hindu people pray to jinn/satan..

[@TheDnaitsirc]

Your videos are good when explaining alternatives because you take the job of taking the branch and moving pieces instead of abstractly showing arrows here and there. Good work!

[@rigel9015]

Hi agadmator, I love your KZbin channel .I hope to see more Nezhmetdinov games . Keep up the good work!

[@syedthefunnyguy7570]

The guy just used his pawns to attack! I can't believe this really happened

[@deridivisstar884]

Rashid Nezhmetdinov made me realize that you don't have to be a grandmaster to be a legendary chess player.

[@mariwankamal7729]

Thank you all your posting on KZbin but we need more Game Rashid If you pleas

[@ruslansukurlu4692]

Thanks for Nezhmetdinov Gary Kasparov analiys

[@themogul5442]

i think youre the best chess chanel on youtube man

[@harshpatwardhan7624]

Rashid the great. Liked the quote.

[@esonsei]

Literally placed my phone down to go to sleep but this video popped up yay

[@jobsmine]

And yet the board didn't earn Rashid a GM title. smh 🤦‍♂️ how can they not see that this guy plays an amazing game.

[@veryblackcat]

Hey Antonio! Thank you for posting your state of sickness. I hope you'll get better very soon, it's been a while you've got this flu now. Take care of yourself

[@jnniel0]

Are we going to get a video on the Carlsen/Nakmura final? I know it is a boring game but would really like to get your thoughts on it both from a player perspective and tournament perspective. I am still a little surprised at result/way it went.

[@BMessemer]

Antonio, it's January 14th and you're in Germany - I'm doing my homework and watching old videos! Thanks for posting this game on my birthday! Upon your recommendation I watched that Nezhmetdinov documentary - what an incredible story and what a brilliant player. Thank you always for all the chess inspiration and knowledge.

[@cafe6am]

I would like to see a match between Nezhmetdinov and a modern engine. That would be really interesting.

[@alon3304]

The engine would crush him

[@terrak7609]

Such a funny game, thx !

[@vvkhari1]

Has Nezhmedinov lost any game in chess ever? I highly doubt...but if any match is there, i really would like to see the moves...coz this Nezhmedinov is like a human form of the best attacking chess engine..

[@arshadhussain8065]

rashid God gifted chess master and taal

[@paolopablo5292]

Thank you for fun play. how about make video related to the Alekhine defense: Canterbury Gambit.?

[@rswatzl3]

Great videos, dude!

[@voiceofchris9051]

That casual burn in the beginning

[@existenence]

If Tal was the best student in the class, Nez was the professor...

[@persha3544]

im early and i love ur vids

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

I have 2 books on Rashid. He played 5 different world champions and had a plus record of 6 wins 5 losses and 9 draws.

[@uneducatedboy]

Maybe I am missing something but white Re1+, Kf3, Re3+ would not be mate, assuming black plays Qd5 or Ba6. The rook on e3 is in the way of the dark bishop on that diagonal, allowing Kf4. Instead of Re3, if Qd3 were played, that would be mate. The only defense after white Qc4 is Ba6 by Mikenas. I obviously havent explored all of this but would you mind evaluating this?

[@ethenyim8567]

uneducatedboy he might have meant queen c3

[@kaushalkanakamedala6886]

#suggestion I just wanted to try a variation at move 13. Qc4 And if Be6 or kf8 then 14. Qf4 And for both way if followed by Ke7 then there can be 15 xe6 or Qg5

[@KancerKowboy]

This game is amazing

[@indianstallion]

Nice game!

[@miuaia1]

I love your videos :)

[@chessguru900]

On the quote at the top. It is a bit like: Better a witty fool than a foolish wit. Shakespear.

[@Noodles_321]

Whenever there is tht dog behind him - black wins.

[@SaurabhXDD]

Pinapley lol hahaha

[@TalsBadKidney]

#suggestion pulogaevsky - nezhmetdinov sochi 1958

[@ronaldallanbanares2440]

hi this is mato

[@MrSupernova111]

Not here! Haha

[@abisab9321]

King mato

[@harryarthur739]

no this is patrick

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

why Mato? This guy doesn't sound or look like that Mato we all got used to or is he?

[@MrSupernova111]

nazirdjon, its a joke dummy.

[@jessemecera7810]

Good stuff

[@kezedj33]

Is the dog actually waiting for the video to start to come on the couch and do funny stuff? :-) This is a recurrent theme !

[@windowslogo3577]

Wow. You wrote his name wrong, but pronounced it right. :D

[@tusharkchess]

Rashid is iron that becomes into so many types of shape

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥

[@AB-jm3iu]

Great nez

[@edmundlangley1433]

Can you show the games from Nezhmetdinov's book "Nezhmetdinov's Best Games of Chess " - As Nezhmetdinov was one of the few chess players who could out-duel Mikhail Tal in complex, tactical positions, and enjoyed a lopsided record against Tal. His explanations are lucid and he makes it easy to follow the main ideas of his play. Which is what makes this book easy to use. There are many incredibly complex positions in the games throughout this book, and it would be easy to throw in endless analysis and bloat the book to over a thousand pages. - You can in your videos deep dive into the side variations as much as you want, to your heart's content, if you are so inclined

[@1033141]

thank you sir

[@kartcass9660]

USSR hide the talent like rashid if they represent him in world championship he also become a legendary player of all time

[@sekiro_19]

He was a gm at checkers and an im at chess but he had a hard childhood and a hard life in general

[@fatihklc3506]

i wish we had capablanca vs mikhail tal that would be really interesting... so shame they lived in different times..

[@ult8274]

Could you do a video on Topolov - Kramnik :Wijk aan Zee 2008 ? Tnx

[@LJLMETAL]

Great game!

[@Jonathan-gf4ub]

More Tal please :)

[@jbmma001]

Get well!

[@asumelisadesteli5520]

magician from Kazan

[@isaacsamuel9520]

Never play aggressive agains Nezhmetdinov... The title says... AS IF HE IS ALIVE FOR ME TO EVEN PLAY WITH HIM!!!!

[@ericsbuds]

amazing.

[@briantorres2157]

How do you get the moves they made in the games? Do you make them up?

[@gebruikersnaamhuh]

there are massive databases that store games from high ranked tournaments and such. open for everyone.

[@sniffableandirresistble]

Rashid!!!

[@longball756]

Do the game between Nez and Tal! Agadmator

[@Diademic111]

what rating do you need to be determined a master?

[@ytmndman]

Around 2200

[@williamscamacho9352]

Excelen

[@lkhalid]

رشيد نجم الدين وف i like how you pronounce well his name

[@Chen-fp6xf]

Did you say larsen or carlsen?

[@Simeon-Lev]

New couch?

[@agadmator]

Nah, just no sheets :)

[@since1876]

Something you said was confusing to me. Maybe someone can explain. He had to play this guy to get his title but after winning, they called it a draw and didn't give him the title for two more years? I'm sure I misunderstood something, maybe someone can clarify things.

[@vez3834]

He won this game, but the match (multiple games) was a draw.

[@herzwatithink9289]

It seems like e4 is rarely a good square for a black king to find itself on :)

[@yacinechina4770]

great video .thank you .but why rachid nerer became GM?

[@-Muhammad_Ali-]

Many different reasons. You can watch a documentary on the man on Jessica Fischer's youtube page. I am inclined to believe that Rashid didn't get needed connections in the higher ups due to his background.

[@infinitysalinity7981]

He attacked too much

[@user-ts2co4ov5h]

Yacine China politics. He was a tartar. Soviets hated tartars throughout history. He had a plus record vs 5 different world champions by 1 game .

[@ahsanabbas1397]

He was an imaginative and attacking player but against good defenders like Tigran Petrosian and Victor Korchnoi, he used to spoil his positions. He was not a complete player.

[@abdulshakur3981]

Raashid was great GM

[@scottyjoe22]

Rashid Nez plays like me:)

[@PaperGrape]

ROTF, he said, "Now that that tournament is over, we can now get back to some REAL chess games"... Rotf

[@pthiago_s5075]

When u have to watch old games because mato have been busy

[@ericmol5698]

When you sacrifice your bishop taking the king bishop pawn that's called the fried liver attack.

[@tkz28]

What nationality are you? You pronounce Rashids name pretty naturally.

[@zakchb1435]

at 3:52 wouldn't capturing with queen e5 be the superior move? as you're still getting that knight but you take out a central pawn in the process?

[@andrewkoines6389]

It's white to move.

[@jurjenvanderhoek316]

5:38 Re3 is not checkmate, there is still Kf4

[@ymsalem3119]

4:43 why white peshob can't capture g4?

[@normanjones9163]

Agadmator are u grandmaster also? What’s your rating

[@KamodTripathi]

16. Kh5 could have saved black and the game must have given black a better position since g4+ would easily let Bxg4 Preventing any further tricks.

[@iicompany6376]

The Only difference between me and rashid is, he continues attack.i realized this after watching this game.

[@sarthaks3950]

he was not aggressive. infact his king was running for its life. wrong subtitle bro.

[@BMessemer]

Alternate Title: "Rashid Nezhmetdinov defeats Dick Tracy in chess"

[@spenzr6920]

Nah its just the black King who betrayed his people and joined the white pieces

[@Vahe345]

Hi Agadmator. Just a suggestion for a game for you to show us, it is one of the other games they played for the master title match up that involved the knight hunt variation. To me this is an interesting variation that i don't see too many videos on. Capturing the knight on c-3 is common instead of d-6 (1:50) and it would be nice to hear what you think about this variation. www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1451629

[@aocrecallfunc2694]

Rashid!!rashid rashid!!!!his calculation is great!! So after the****.just take a rest dud.

[@dickersonforever]

There's no more plans to do Nezhmetdinov videos.

[@nonchablunt]

rook e3 is not checkmate, king can now goto f4.

[@TheGopal11]

Qe2

[@jfield3311]

King can't go to f4, there is bishop

[@mikheilbasilaia2976]

Maybe to do some games of female chess players?

[@michaele.2583]

I n my oppinion Rashid was the aggressor!

[@abduldon6976]

Black king was like fuck staying at home.. 🤣

[@jyotik5541]

I found a mistake. Though they are good players, the person that's white has already moved his king and then out of nowhere he castled....

[@jfield3311]

Where?

[@PaperGrape]

Rainbow Rashid got me trippin...