No Reverse Gear Elizabeth! || Harmon vs Beltik || Netflix's Queen's Gambit

[@Figgy20000]

Show spoilers: What happened in the bathroom: She pulled out her stockfish engine that was hidden in her lipstick container and proceeded to win the game like that.

[@dinkleberg794]

LOL 😂

[@cristopherantonioarmijomon642]

Sounds like the show needs a Ben Finegold character to say "No talking."

[@nazhaz6479]

This meme is actually too close to the truth XD

[@panzer6629]

@@nazhaz6479 She did the fried liver attack.

[@weendylry5598]

Omg 😂😂😅😂😂😔

[@stevendaly4640]

"Who delivers checkmate? Our good friend the Bishop." Antonio, always making me smile.

[@suryamgupta4467]

It made me smile too!

[@suryamgupta4467]

@WAN NURATIQAH SAFIYA BINTI WAN AZLAN Moe Dude if you are talking about the position at 19:15, it is clearly a checkmate, look properly, the bishop just gave a check and the two white rooks cover all the squares.

[@sherrieslaugh6128]

My theory on why Harmon was talking during the game is because she has no idea how to behave in an official tournament. It is her first official tournament after all :D

[@grandmastoes4535]

@@sherrieslaugh6128 ???

[@HTJFilms]

Lol

[@ViceroyoftheDiptera]

Holy sh*t DUDLEY, that's where I recognised his face from.

[@tiotito31]

Sweet jesus

[@alekshatz6325]

he also plays a quadreplegic poet in that new western ballad movie, with liam neeson too.

[@jomamma4294]

Clerks

[@prakhyatpandey5341]

You got dat just now?

[@ryanphillips2456]

@@prakhyatpandey5341 went over my head too until Gotham said something. Im going to blame the excellent immersion this show has.

[@amberco21]

I think when Beth said “I don’t have to use the Queen” she was referring to the queen sacrifice. She didn’t need the queen to deliver the checkmate itself. That explains why she said “do you see it now?” referring to what she said earlier.

[@honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126]

But there wasn't a forced mate yet.

[@amberco21]

@@honourabledoctoredwinmoria3126 There wasn’t, but there was really no way for Beltik to stop the attack.

[@izs6946]

@@amberco21 as agad pointed out (15:50) Rd3 is the best chance that Beltik missed and Beth might've also missed that's why she said it (but i get what u r trying to say)

[@xocrow1120]

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[@rosshewage6893]

As I recall, this game was not "shown" in the series - am I wrong? Do I need to revisit the KY state tournament episode? I get that it was included in the novel, but it seems like film is the perfect medium to thru which to show it...

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:52 Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter 1:06 Dive straight into it 1:26 Striking in the centre 2:46 Aourrghhh 3:03 Never been reached again 5:03 5:42 10:13 Captures captures 12:52 (..with check!) 11:54 (..and captures!) 5:27 7:43 19:56 Bust open the position 5:40 Double attack 7:11 Double up rooks on the f file 7:33 Completely lost 9:10 Little clip from the show 11:58 17:04 Of course completely winning 12:42 Sorry about that 13:52 17:15 Give you a couple of seconds 14:01 19:55 No reverse gear philosophy 14:03 17:31 Enjoy the show 17:27 Queen's Gambit Netflix series series 18:18 It was in this position 18:21 Nothing more to be done 19:10 Our good friend, the bishop 20:28 22:23 So yeah 20:42 Special assignment/very short clip 23:08 Morphy saga

[@RitvikOhri10]

Aourrghhh xDD

[@raghavdhabe7359]

Finally, u r back.

[@vrup]

4:16 Kf6

[@0_xqpx_0is70]

a true HERO

[@AbdulKalam-be5xg]

they connect rooks?

[@jomariamago9366]

My theory on why Harmon was talking during the game is because she has no idea how to behave in an official tournament. It is her first official tournament after all :D

[@GustavoGplay]

Agreed. She only does it during the early games and stops when she really becomes a pro

[@sov4956]

Yeah. It was showed thay she never even know how clock works or even the basic system so yeah.

[@xocrow1120]

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[@Beachdude67]

That's interesting, because I was taught that it's OK to talk to your opponent, but if you initiate a discussion, it should be on your time, not your opponent's.

[@TheSpacecraftX]

Other experienced players also talk though.

[@spetsnatzlegion3366]

This show singlehandedly brought chess to my school

[@sghasas]

Hope.... That is the smell i feel

[@starstuffs39]

i wish i can back to high school again and follow chess club T_T

[@foreverbooked2964]

I wish people around me took chess seriously. I am tired of playing online chess, i literally have no one to play with on board.

[@drewwachter4405]

@@foreverbooked2964 I feel the same way online just doesn't have the same feel to it

[@PDS12]

@@foreverbooked2964 I would recommend finding a local chess club but 2020...

[@nomibe2911]

One of ths best shows that makes Chess exciting.

[@baidikbanerjee8471]

Really? Wasn't it exciting enough already?

[@nomibe2911]

@@baidikbanerjee8471 I should've wrote that better, I didn't mean to imply that Chess wasn't exciting but to say that whenever a movie or TV show is centered around Chess they tend to make Chess seem boring.

[@richardle9154]

@@nomibe2911 I accept your revision.

[@bacevb]

I think its not even worth watching. It's full of mistakes and so pathetic...

[@evanli8813]

@@bacevb Such as?

[@leonardcharlesnew1591]

“..at this point Beth goes to the bathroom” .. where she happens to meets Kramnik who is taking another break during his match with Topolov.. 🤔

[@sozibrahman8504]

😅😅

[@baihuifulltiltfishing]

burnnnnn. P.s. I am from Bulgaria

[@rotarygomasters452]

😂 comment of the century

[@neonlight1214]

"after she went to the bathroom, weird things happened, ehh idk just watch it"

[@arindammishra8544]

She went to her first menstrual cycle. There

[@neon1899]

"She gets easily annoyed" Excellent summary of the whole series by Antonio

[@vedanirvana111]

She does!

[@sparkygtynes]

“Maybe if you had gotten here on time” Beth Harmon

[@sk818factory5]

But she took time out of the game to go pop pills and yell at herself in the mirror.

[@jonahbardwell551]

@@sk818factory5 Not in this game. This game was (spoilers) when she was in the middle of her first period.

[@ounobaga1829]

@@jonahbardwell551 no the period part was after her game with Townes. This is the game (vs Beltik) where he went to the bathroom to take a pill and yell "ugly" at the mirror.

[@jonahbardwell551]

@@ounobaga1829 That sounds pretty specific and like it might be right so I'll assume it is

[@rehte_4]

@@sk818factory5 that could've take 5 - 10 minutes... He could've been more than 20 minutes late. Plus Elizabeth is portrayed as a fast and intuive player... So she probably had more time on the clock.

[@MabookaMabooka]

Why going to a bathroom if Stockfish was right on the ceiling all the time?

[@aburriiiiiiiiiiido]

Typical Hikaru meme right here.

[@lamb555v]

@Vladislav Kudelin You have to turn it on first :)

[@bobbytaraantino]

She need the pills so she can activate stockfish.

[@chaitanyabidkar3196]

Period

[@Satyamm3]

She preferred leela.. 😛😛

[@benz.]

Such a good show, I'd massively recommend it to anyone who hasn't yet watched it. Be careful not to start too late in the day though because this is one you will watch all the way through, even if it means staying up until 5am!

[@joelvaz7155]

How many episodes n how long is the entire series?

[@benz.]

@@joelvaz7155 7 in total if I recall correctly, probably around 50-60min episodes.

[@joelvaz7155]

@@benz. will start now

[@squadnft5176]

@@joelvaz7155 ikrkzbin.info/www/bejne/faa7iXRnpL55qc0

👍👍🍺 So true. Very hard not to watch the whole series in one go.

[@JuanRodriguez-im6ul]

You should have been the official commentator on every game of “The Queen’s Gambit”. It would have been a great opportunity to bring people to chess, and to bring chess enthusiast to the show. You could say it was in this position that Netflix missed a winning idea

[@owencrawford5984]

that might alienate non-chess viewers however, I think the show was fine as it was. It got a lot of people interested in the game but it's a TV show and if people want to see an analysis of each game they could get one without netflix including them.

[@JuanRodriguez-im6ul]

@@owencrawford5984 I thought maybe Netflix could have had a special called “The chess behind The Queen’s Gambit” or something like that, and have our good old friend Agad, doing what he does best on a streaming service.

[@owencrawford5984]

@@JuanRodriguez-im6ul I mean garry kasparov was on the production team I'd much rather hear his analyses of the show

[@JuanRodriguez-im6ul]

@@owencrawford5984 You prefer Kasparov to Agadmator? Ok, there's no accounting for bad taste

[@owencrawford5984]

@@JuanRodriguez-im6ul kasparov is one of the best players of all time, agadmator's insight is less than 5% of what any top player could offer to the games.

[@jonsubong1558]

What's wrong with the Caro-Kann? It's all pawns and no hope -Benny Watts #quote

[@arrowghost]

It's not easy to master Caro-Kann & the French Defense, it needs more practice than those of E4-E5 variations and the Sicilian.

[@leadnitrate2194]

That was in the last game.

[@dukepande]

He's already used this quote

[@HelloWorld-hy9xq]

@@arrowghost e5 and and the sicilian are much more theoretical, but that's not to say that the caro-kann and french don't have their own deep theory.

[@Ausnapify]

@mxstoe ill destroy you in chess I'm rated 1149

[@nosystem1098]

I wish they had done a "making of" doc for this show. Watching some of the coaching the actors went through would have been cool.

[@chriss790]

I like that they don't personally. Especially for shows including lots of references. Much more fun to discover on your own.

[@stevenlarson3316]

Probably not exactly what you're looking for but, kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpfTd3iLZrqabZY

[@skippruitt2391]

I agree, it would have been nice to see the experts coaching the actors.

[@nosystem1098]

@@stevenlarson3316 No, not what I was hoping for, but interesting nonetheless. Thanks for the heads up.

[@zapatoshigs5792]

yah the body language during the games is great !

[@georgesealy4706]

I enjoyed "Queen's Gambit" very much. Netflix did a good job with the production, and it's an interesting, different kind of story. Thanks for providing more background on the movie and analyzing this game.

[@xocrow1120]

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[@mislavjelic1208]

“I am not gonna spoil anything from the show, just show the game”. Few moments later… “In her final game against Vasily Borgov”

[@rikupv]

c'mon if you don't want to be spoiled about a chess show why would you watch a game analysed that appears in the show

[@HayashiManabu]

Spoiler alert: I like how in the show, although Bobby Fischer didn’t seem to exist in that fictional world, they still sort of gave him a mention when Beth’s adoptive mother was trying to refer to Benny but incorrectly remembers him as ‘Bobby’. (Edit: that Agadmator yawn was epic)

[@danielgeraldhoseano9427]

Yep, exactly

[@grantdillon3420]

As far as I understand it it's supposed to be like an alternate chess universe thing where she is essentially Bobby Fischer

[@eduardobreda1279]

Thank you for the spoiler alert, brother!

[@styot]

@@grantdillon3420 Yes I noticed how similar the story was to Bobby Fischer's story.

[@Richy1995]

@@eduardobreda1279 meh, its not a spoiler at all

[@PaulDeCamp]

"That move is not possible!" Or ... "I resign." Are things that can be said during a game. Also one can say ... "Adjust" (as pointed out), "Check", and "Checkmate" Though the last two are almost never said unless of course "that move is not possible" applies.

[@eighteenin78]

I was not aware that "check" and "checkmate" are almost never spoken in serious chess... I grew up saying it and it is hard to break the habit.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

When I was in my teens I played in the community club. During one tournament against a tougher (but younger) opponent, he made a good move which caused me to blurt out "Avast!" in dismay. It was completely involuntary, but after the game (which I eventually lost) this little scrub and his slightly older buddy made endless fun of me. The fact that I'd lost the game was of no consequence to them; what mattered was the sailor talk. They thought it was hilarious and ribbed me endlessly. That was some 45 years ago. The nice thing is, I think they both gave up chess a few years later. I, on the other hand, am enjoying the game more than ever 60 years after learning it from my mom (RIP). So, in my view, "Avast!" is a perfectly valid expression to use during a game. but only when your opponent makes a very smart move that gives him an advantage.

[@PaulDeCamp]

When playing against beginners, it is a common courtesy for the stronger player to announce "queen check!" whenever you are threatening the queen.

[@morgiewthelord8648]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc that is a nice story

[@Trucmuch]

He said "J'adoube" not "Adjust" but that just means the same thing.

[@zayncharania9182]

I’m so glad you are going over games from this series! I binged it I’m under a day. I am not healthy

[@JannesDragon]

Same, its just such a great show

[@MrX-hz2hn]

@@JannesDragon Those are rookie numbers. I have watched it 3 times so far (in two days). STILL have not identified all the games.

[@simgingergirl]

My mom made fun of me for watching the Croatia GCT last year and then binged this show without me.

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

Sounds like the show needs a Ben Finegold character to say "No talking."

[@leadnitrate2194]

Beltik yawned, and Harmon said "No talking". The truth hurts

[@thegorn]

And “raaarrr!”

[@yesd2024]

F6

[@matekurucz2]

This is really funny, thank you very much for your comment! Genius!

[@hoola_amigos]

hahaha

[@1rkofans]

I think I fall in love with chess during this pandemic. Online chess, agadmator, watched chess tournament and now netflix series about chess. Wow

[@morgiewthelord8648]

Me too

[@MrHassan2526]

Haha me too

[@trandinhduong5889]

Me three xD

[@gggess1]

When I saw the series, I immedialety thought "this is gonna be on youtube in five minutes", or something. But this is really quality. I never expected the commentary to be as entertaining as the series itself! Thankyou very much.

[@xocrow1120]

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[@ColinUdoh]

I started watching "Queen's Gambit" as soon as it started streaming and finished it in one go. All the while hoping Agadmator would analyse the games. This is why you are such an excellent analyser of everything

[@jonsubong1558]

You're too sharp for me, Beth -Harry Beltik #quote

[@tebogomohanoe5443]

lol

[@AVDICHIAN]

Lmao

[@fitstar8871]

But not to hot lol

[@timpyrules]

Never was into chess but this show really makes it entertaining and exciting, furthermore the dedication and eye for detail in the chess setups really elevates the show to a hight it otherwise wouldnt have gotten

[@ayaipeeoiiu8151]

Knight goes back Me : IVANCHUK

[@kevinleeds979]

i am trying to hear the narrator's favorite player of all time but it sounds like rachidio botvyich nyecht medino, not ivanchuk ?

[@kevinleeds979]

never mind i found it! in the text Rashid Gibiatovich Nezhmetdinov vs Genrikh Kasparian

[@fryl6082]

The most hard move to find is a knight back!

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@kevinleeds979 his favourite player is Tal and the Fischer, I believe. But he also loves both Nezhmetdinov's and Ivanchuk's styles of play

[@waschkarte3989]

@@fryl6082 I'm a 2000 player and in one of my two wins against a GM it was completelly strategic, and he moved his knight back in order to go to a certain square. Didn't expect that at all, but I thought "how could I myself get my knight to support that important square?" - and I moved my knight back. :D He exchanged it, moved his other knight back to reach that square once again, and I went back with my knight, too. :D Was able to win it in the endgame, and ever since I'm friends with that GM. Funny memory that came up with your comment.. :)

[@alangrant1841]

*I follow your chess videos and I only started playing chess seriously three years ago at 77 years of age! At first I was pathetic but I can beat Stockfish at level 4 and sometime at level 5! Who says that you cannot teach an old dog new tricks!* *I have subscribed keep on keeping on teaching people this wonderful game!*

[@jonathanesmalla]

I love that you're reviewing the chess games in the mini-series ❤️

[@xocrow1120]

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[@pugseatpotatoes4998]

This man just called a state chess champion Dudley from Harry Potter (-‘: NO ONE IS SAFE FROM AGADMATOR

[@Skoolin]

I loved that too XD

[@peyro51]

it's the same actor.

[@michaelz6555]

Umm, that *was* Dudley from Harry Potter.

[@tonylove4800]

A show about two of the passions of my life: chess and mind-altering substances (not necessarily in that order). I think the back-and-forth comments in the crucial game in the second episode were off the mark. I have played all over the world and that doesn't happen. The closest is that I once called an opponent a dickhead but I was only 15 and he claimed I had lost on time (playing too quickly to record moves) and I hadn't. And I was 15.

[@HamiltonSurrey]

lol great story

[@sirwhimsicalvan]

It is not that off the mark. Did you forget that Beth is noob and does not know the rules?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Well... I'm sure if you were 30 when that happened you'd have had a much saltier vocabulary to draw upon.

[@tonylove4800]

It was more what he said.

[@MattrickBT]

The filmmaking in The Queen's Gambit is amazing. The photography is simply the best I've ever seen in a series, limited or otherwise. It's like watching a 7 hour long prestige film. I mean, those tracking shots. The fact it takes Chess very seriously and earnestly and Anya Taylor-Joy is wonderful is icing on the cake of this incredible achievement in filmmaking. This will be something I watch again and again and again.

[@MattrickBT]

@Full of Mischief it's extremely well beyond par for the course. The photography is absolutely sublime. Excellent camerawork and editing, not too to even mention the terrific production and sound design.

[@genericusername4206]

@@MattrickBT you just repeated your comment and didnt add anything

[@MattrickBT]

@@genericusername4206 Wrong. I didn't talk about the quality of the production design, or the quality of the camerawork or the editing in my original comment. It's like I added to my original comment or something.

[@robertrogers8067]

What was the advantage of playing C4 instead of H5?

[@Therworldtube]

Morphy's opera house game (variation) Also, #suggestion Steinitz vs Chigorin, game at 1892, "Black King is on e5" Edit: the game does look a bit like Nezhmetdinov vs Kasparian. And since the title infers to a legendary attacker, then this is my 2nd guess.

[@LeventK]

Second one is the real kings gambit!

[@leadnitrate2194]

It's Nezhmetdinov vs Kasparian. The title too gives it away.

[@squadnft5176]

@@leadnitrate2194 better watch kombatroll kzbin.info/www/bejne/faa7iXRnpL55qc0

[@anilbista7445]

Dude be asking for video in every video Awsome suggestion Just email him he's gonna show it Have a good day

[@stademeister15]

You mean refers. Infer is not the right word to use here

[@thechessnerd]

More of Beth Harmon games analysis on my channel ! :)

[@chiragparsoya3754]

Answer is Rashid Nezhmetdinov was the player who is playing from white.

[@SingerSage]

Bathroom ceiling calculation scene seemed like reference to Veselin Topalov vs Kramnik, where Topalov lost - then filed a case againt Kramnik, claiming that: “He went to the bathroom too much and cheated.” It was also further claimed that: -Bathroom is the only room without camera. -There is a cable connected to the ceiling. -Kramnik forfeited the next game after not being allowed to use the bathroom.

[@davidiii9870]

Yeah. That guy is from Harry potter. I was still wondering where do i saw this guy.

[@fathah6225]

Dudley 😱

[@TommiPuuska]

No spell to save from deadly Harmon.

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@TommiPuuska he's a muggle anyway, so

[@andpeggy6048]

Is the person doing the video Dudley?

[@dariusduesentrieb]

The first thing I look for in puzzles like these is "can I sacrifice my queen?"

[@jukaprazina7561]

Thank you Antonio for recommending this awesome series.. it really motivated me to start playing and study chess for real.. hopefully soon buying my 1st book "Modern Chess Openings" 😁

[@gardenvariety9957]

Good Luck!!

[@ahitler5592]

You need to be 5 years old to begin with. All "master" started at 5. Example: Martial arts, downhill biking, boxing, chess, etch. Time sacrifice

[@jukaprazina7561]

@@gardenvariety9957 thanks man 😊

[@jukaprazina7561]

@@ahitler5592 bruh i dont need to be master i just wanna improve as much as posible.. reach my limit and i will be happy

[@ahitler5592]

@@jukaprazina7561 okay bro

[@LucianDevine]

Thanks a ton for covering these games! I thoroughly enjoyed the show, and love being able to come here and see all the moves with a full and proper view of the board. Whenever I watch a movie that has a chess game played in it, I always like to look over the board to see if a position that is called checkmate is actually checkmate.

[@Jack.2001]

The answer to this assignment is Morphy's opera house :)

[@thinboxdictator6720]

it almost looked like Richard Reti vs Savielly Tartakower (I love that one) www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250654

[@jx14aby]

I only got half credit.

[@chandlerbing2820]

Spoiler alert. Wtffff. And it isn't

[@SuperMaanas]

It’s not, this isn’t Phillidor’s defense

[@thadkayne]

I know the night at the opera game. this is not that game

[@yourn4m3h3re]

You got me there, Adgamator : until the very end I had Ivantchuk and Morphy in mind. Thanks for giving me (and all other french people watching this show) an excellent re-confinement day! :)

[@moosehead4497]

she is like a combination of nezhmetdinov, morphy, and fischer

[@jamesmathews4726]

I feel like it must be at least partially Judit Polgar as well (not just because she is a woman - she is a super fierce attacker like Harmon)

[@bumpadump-5490]

@@jamesmathews4726 I’m pretty sure this is based of a book written in 1983. When polgar was 9

[@vinay5807]

I think there's even some alekhine in her game as Harry suggests it in the show as well. But you know the lifestyle and craziness translating on the board is all morphy xD

[@irelandwalks3376]

I cried a lot during this series. I am adopted and did live in an Romanian orphanage until I was 5 (which was old then). Really connected to this series because I made a friend who is 68 his name is Tito he lives 4 doors next door. I am now 26 and was moved by this film. Also I am currently playing a guy at chess online from the Czech Republic :)

[@c.rob2323]

As a romaian I'm sorry to hear that, I know that the conditions were rough in orphanages in the 90's..

[@irelandwalks3376]

@@c.rob2323 Thank you for understanding, I live in Ireland now and I am very happy :)

[@yungyosef]

Thank you for the story.

[@c.rob2323]

@@irelandwalks3376 That's lovely, I wish you well! :)

[@davidwhite2949]

That’s a beautiful post. I think we all connect with the show in various ways, but your connection is really deep. Chess can be a lifesaver.

[@LL-ws8do]

#suggestion Beth Harmon Vs Benny Watts, the one where she loses to him.

[@daser245]

Spoiler! D:

[@LL-ws8do]

@@daser245 woops, I said it like that because there are multiple matches.

[@davidwhite2949]

I didn’t think I’d like the show at first, but I absolutely love it. And games in it have serious depth

[@pj.addangna]

antonio: we will not be going to spoil about the movie also antonio: spoils about elizabeth's opening with her fight with borgov

[@tomashaddad]

thanks for the warning :)

[@Wauly]

I only remember him saying the first piece move. I don't think that's really much of a spoiler.

[@briantung5224]

@@Wauly Right. Also, I think his intention was mostly not to spoil the plot. Obviously, this whole video is about spoiling what happens over the board!

[@RomeoArenzana]

Great analysis, Agadmator. Much appreciated. BTW, that Dudley actor was also in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, a film by the Coen brothers. I believe it's still on Netflix. Highly recommended.

[@ibulleti7948]

I can't believe I would have missed this series if I didn't check your channel intermittently. Can't remember the last time I binged a whole series in a day...

[@xocrow1120]

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[@VivaLaDnDLogs]

Thank you for the analysis! This was the game that made me want to understand chess better. I had to know how Beltik was playing, his behavior made me wonder if he was really focused or just trying to throw Beth off her game (which he certainly seemed to be doing). Beltik's skill was real, and he was the first one to push Beth into a corner. Skill against skill. Thank you so much for the whole story!

[@c.l.visions2581]

SPOILER Anyone really get hit in the feels when she went back to the basement and Mr Sheibel had kept a collage of all of her achievements like a proud dad :( made me so sad that she never got to see him again

[@MrRyanxdavey]

Thanks for the spoiler dude, really awesome of you

[@allofscrubs]

spoiler :(

[@drewlop]

Remove this comment or mark as a spoiler

[@rft1509]

that scene really broke my heart and made me cry and I haven't cried over a show since I was a kid that scene gives you a hell complex of emotions

[@alquinn8576]

gonna add another spoiler but she never even payed the guy back the $10 she owed him

[@joeldick6871]

What makes this game so great is how quickly the action switches between the two sides of the board (King-side/Queen-side). Maybe that's supposed to parallel how quickly the dynamic between Beth and Beltik switches, or how quickly Beth's mood switches from her "Queen's side" defensiveness to her "King's side" attacking style.

[@drmorcoch9338]

just wanna mention the facial skin of the lady that played beth harmon is flawless it glows. she's a real beaut

[@jgjgjgjg9654]

Thanks so much for doing this. Loving the series, Im not much of a chess player, but could just about follow along to appreciate this. Which I really did!

[@aayanansari700]

Of course it's Nyezhy!! You even have a video titled 'No reverse-gear Rashid'!!

[@alexpournaras1431]

This channel keeps me company.. Im happy it exists

[@UnbearableYT]

"I won't spoil the series" *Spoils the series*

[@vohbovohborian28]

This is my main complaint about this video series yes. First off, it should have been in chronologic order, and second he should not have spoken about anything other than the game at all. Rather unhappy with that, hence my first dislike on this channel

[@chantehr5748]

Then go watch the series and stop whining

[@vohbovohborian28]

I had already seen the series, but telling people there are no spoilers and then giving spoilers is not done.

[@DMBombat]

Welcome back! Glad you're feeling better, Antonio!

[@gabethedog4043]

2:42 Him: "it was here in this position...." Me: "Resigned already?!".... "oh."

[@christianortizsignorelli6959]

I can only say...thank you. I really enjoy watching how you explain some of the best games ever played. Greetings from Chile

[@phantolus4161]

The clip in the end shows the opera house game, right? That beautiful game by Morphy...

[@stevenrix7024]

Well, almost! Morphy certainly castled queenside in that game, but never wasted time on Kb1. His king stayed on c1 until the end. (Makes no difference to the finish, of course!)

[@inemanja]

10:50 Too many people got wrong about what happened in the bathroom: No drugs didn't enhance her chess playing - It just removed her withdrawal symptoms - so she could concentrate on the game. Unfortunately, I know this for a fact.. :-/

[@rostharan]

He would've have found that way out, if he "got there on time." He had time pressure.

[@youcapturemeicaptureback1895]

Being a member of this community has really been a blessing for me, never before could i have even thought about remembering a whole game from just a single position( 2 move in this case), but i am very happy to announce that the 2 move game shown at the end was the famous 'night at the opera game', played between Paul Morphy and some gentleman ;)

[@Mukki.Berlin]

"for those of you who just wanna enjoy the show" took on a whole new meaning this time...

[@AlexWyattDrums]

I caught the Opera Game in that little moment of the show! The only game I recognized in the whole series. Thanks for the videos on this, they really don’t show many of the moves of the tournament games in the show.

[@Mrbeahz1]

"Here she faces Dudly Duursley" - That's all I need!

[@lorddrake2418]

Thank you for putting this game up, I was trying to work out the move - but you have done it. Huge thank you.

[@ezy_accounts]

Agad: if some of you don't believe me!! We: we are enjoying every bit of your commentary and fully believe you.

[@pz3286]

"Dudley Dursley from Harry Potter"... Agad, apart from your amazing presentation style, I love your vast breadth and depth of "important trivia" knowledge. Keep up the good stuff! (You just forced a quiet subscriber to leave his first comment :))

[@sinelizwiqiqa3636]

Firstly I knew that the game was based on Rashid Nezhm... (from hint: No reverse gear) Then I immediately recognized the clip when the Rook delivered checkmate, it's a Night at the Opera by Paul Morphy

[@ex59neo53]

A Night at the Opera is by Queen too :p

[@sbxftr]

@@ex59neo53 what queen?

[@ahitler5592]

@@sbxftr the band who sung Bohemian Rhapsody

[@ex59neo53]

@@ahitler5592 Song from the album "A Night at the Opera" ;)

[@robertthompson5592]

Been playing all my life since my Dad who was a brilliant chess player, taught me at an early age. I have enjoyed your amazing coverage of classic games of the past. Keep up the good work!

[@noone-qu5ec]

I actually experienced playing with kids aged 12 to 15 who are higher rated than me back in college who yawns a lot. I believe it's their strategy, to annoy or to show confidence that you are nothing to them.

[@anonymousanonymous602]

No. The main purpose is to distract them and break their focus.

[@argandzero0]

Your reaction to the queen sacrifice, just made me realise how much this game means to you. I really hope you excel, because you truly deserve it. Thank you once again.

[@VonSpud]

Wife and I really liked Queens Gambit. Made Chess a little more interesting for her.

[@chesswithjokes]

I'm not going to tell you what happened in the show, but I'll describe exactly what happened. I love it. Amazed you recreated the game, it's a blur in the show. Great job as always

[@gaganjyotsingh5262]

That's Paul Morphy's game where he sacrificed his queen to divert the knight and be able to deliver checkmate with his rook!

[@abdullahimran4624]

didnt he say himself at the end that its Rashid nezmedinov

[@gaganjyotsingh5262]

@@abdullahimran4624 Hey sorry my bad for being unclear. I was talking about the clip from the show Agad showed in the end. The one with them playing speed chess.

[@gaganjyotsingh5262]

@Peter Mortensen I think it's on Agad's channel itself. It's called the opera game if I'm not wrong.

[@Sabith01]

@@gaganjyotsingh5262 Looks like the right one, surprised how far I had to go into the comments to find it. Thanks.

[@denios36]

Love the detailed analysis of all possibilities, thank you!

[@srijayasankarkrishnamoorth8185]

#suggestion: Mikhaïl Tal vs Alexander Koblentz (Riga 1961)

[@rushunnhfernandes]

Wrong spelling.. He won't see... Edit it

[@srijayasankarkrishnamoorth8185]

@@rushunnhfernandes already edited

[@rushunnhfernandes]

@@srijayasankarkrishnamoorth8185 ok.. I was early so i didn't notice

[@thesteve4235]

I knew it was Tal, but not the other.

[@srijayasankarkrishnamoorth8185]

@@rushunnhfernandes Ok no probs.

[@foxstarproductions]

"Do you see it now? Or should we play it out on the board?" - Top ten best kill lines ever

[@matthewaustin5292]

Don't know anything about chess but I enjoyed the story. Was great.

[@francisarmitage8142]

I read the book many years ago...err...many, many years ago. I was very impresses at how the Netflix show remained more or less true to the original story, at least according to my memory! I would recommend both the book and the show, in any order. I'm not sure if the book is as faithful to the chess games as the show seems to be. As a retired Mathematics teacher in sunny South Africa I'm afraid I'm too poor to offer any financial help to your channel, but I watch it often; I thoroughly enjoy your commentary and I'm sure that you are inspiring lots of young players. (I'm too old to be inspired, and I was never that good at chess anyway!)

[@aryan4880]

8:13 We believe you Agad!!

[@zsolovyev]

Re-watched this game in the show. So much more interesting with the knowledge of the actual game. Thank you Antonio! ;)

[@thegorn]

21:12. Morphy’s Opera game, is what I’m thinking.

[@jamesvarrone7062]

I agree!

[@Darthtanos]

yep, it is. as agad said, probably the most famous game of all time. i remember something i saw on it saying it shows just how simple a checkmate can be, and that's always stuck with me.

[@cryphysh]

Hi agadmator! I have played chess as a young boy growing up up until high school, but once I got into college I had stopped playing. I found your channel a little while ago and subscribed and you made me fall back in love with this this. My friendships and relationships have gotten closer over chess recently, and I wanted to express my sincerest thanks to you for highlighting the history and modernization of chess. Have you ever considered doing some videos about opening theory or going over endgame strategy? I would love to see you do a video series some of the basics for newer players. Cheers to you on all the work you have done for chess, and always excited to see you post your daily videos!

[@Sele1908]

One of the cringiest moments in the series was the fact they were using draw offers as bait. The guy was totally dead on the board and yet he would still ask for a draw, as there was any possibility to have it accepted and when he got obviously denied he would resign exhaling as in "dang my bluff was called".

[@robertphillips93]

There's a whole spectrum of behaviors that invite disbelief -- one of the hardest for the uninitiated to pick up is apparently the dexterity lacking in all but one of the supposedly expert players. Even Beth.

[@Figgy20000]

I've offered draws in completely lost positions online when my opponents were sub 2 minutes on time regularly in rapid games online and my opponents often accept in fear of losing on time in positions that could still last 30+ moves to finish the game, so sometimes the bluff works. I've also had some people not accept the draw and get flagged, sad day for them.

[@0xf7c8]

In my opinion the guy offered a draw as a sign of disrespect for being a beginner and a woman.

[@Sele1908]

​@@0xf7c8 Not really, a draw was offered as a gimmick in the first match she watched (not played) in her first tournament. Between experienced male players.

[@0xf7c8]

@@Sele1908 Forgot about that one. Then yes, it's weird.

[@ch0c0fl4v0r3]

I love how Agadmator says he’ll only talk about the game and says its okay if you haven’t watched it, but he proceeds to talk about the show and spoils some minor key points. Oh man, Antonio! Hahaha! 😂😂😂😂 You’re the best! Thanks for reviewing the games!

[@peppercorn8451]

Wow didn’t know that was Dudley! He was great as Beltik

[@thewolf4846]

Just came here after episode 2 and I saw the game. Always awesome agad. The one and only. Also, Elizabeth hid an engine in her lip balm.

[@rabotoko]

When Beth met Benny, he said Beltik could have won. I still don’t see how Beth not playing c4 opened the chance for Beltik to win! If you can, please analyse the position so that Beltik wins. Is it because of the chances you mentioned later where the rook check allows black to get the white queen?

[@henrymoors6524]

I DON'T see it either. Probably because it's not There!

[@petershanks7607]

He didnt say he could have one. Just that C4 would have been better.

[@hosiahjones]

Benny didn't say Beltik could have won, he said Beth could have "lost her advantage" meaning drawing changes for Beltik.

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

I cant believe I immediately guessed that the last game shown was a Game of Paul Morphy . I'm like a struggling 1500 player ... But I somehow remembered this mate from Morphy. Must of been the knight going back to capture that triggered my memory. Very nice agadmator. I also enjoy the QG tv series. Thanks for presenting it. The green pill or the brown pill .The choice is your Benoni boy. Benoni`s Cave . Wake up Benoni

[@anturanggatantra2137]

I am still in eps 3. And this series is nothing short than amazing. Some of my friends who doesn't even understand chess, watched this series, and suddenly they turned into a chess expert. Talking about Sicilian Defense and whatnot

[@porkychannel8621]

I don't think that's possible

[@ahitler5592]

Yeah they suddenly knew "Sicilian Defense" opening term. The world is full of mystery and magic.

[@leadnitrate2194]

Ask them if they believe in dragons.

[@pauldamelio4694]

I really appreciate your commentary. Thank you for sharing your historical insight!

[@0-Kirby-0]

For the first time ever, I was actually able to find the move. No reverse gear!

[@DaviSPinheiro]

Of course a Queen sacrifice. It is like poker in movies, they always win with a straight flush.

[@kazakage7th]

Idk why but when he said dudley from Harry Potter I died laughing.

[@chrisf5828]

On the one hand players don't talk to each other during tournement games. On the other hand, that entire exchange was one if the best character moments in the show, showing an empowered flash of almost cruelty right on the heels of her "becoming a woman" in a crude biological sense. The character changed in a way that was exciting but also a but scary. Made my hair stand up a little. On balance, well worth the inaccuracy.

[@meredithrogers308]

Thank you for showing this! Loved this series!!!