Most Stunning Queen Sac of the 2020 FIDE Online Chess Olympiad | Gazprom Brilliancy Prize

[@Musicrafter12]

Yeah the Shirov game is gonna win the brilliancy prize, literally every single commentator so far has picked it as their top choice

[@scottmaclean1416]

Between you and agadmator you guys are really pushing chess into the public eye and giving it a new identity. Keep it up my friend as it is very appreciated by all of the chess nerds out there.

[@manfrom20xx13]

I really love this game, I will show this to my friends in the bars and libraries when it's back open

[@mariovanderwal1695]

I'm actually amazed at how much chess has taken off. My e-sports association is organising chess tournaments at the same level as csgo or league. That honestly blows my mind.

[@McLovin63-j5n]

@@mariovanderwal1695 Who are you a part of? Would love to check you guys out then!

[@shashanksingh2702]

If you think so then you haven't checked samay raina stream yet i guess🇮🇳❤️

[@scottmaclean1416]

@@shashanksingh2702 I've been a sub for agadmator for a few years now but eric started popping up on my youtube suggestions recently and he seems to be doing quite well so I subbed. I will have to check out samay raina, cant have enough chess so the more the merrier.

[@FluffyPlush]

5:55 "black not only wins connect four but also opens the B file" I CAN''T

[@ChavvyChannel]

I don’t understand how Eric uploads more content than hours in the day. Am I meant to be watching these on 2x speed? Because I’ll do whatever it takes

[@DRDR3ADSA]

Watch everything on 2x. Most videos are too slow

[@dominiks5068]

@@DRDR3ADSA 1.25 speed is the best imho

[@quadziorr]

He speaks very fast, and then he slows it down in post-production

[@imjoshellis]

I watch on 2.5x 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@panklovatina3329]

I watch on 0.5 two times in a row.

[@mongoosemadness8986]

Just wanted to say that this was edited perfectly, left all the important parts in, trimmed out streaming parts, excellent commentary, thank you as always😌

[@IvanWongHongKong]

5:57 wins connect 4 - ah yes the goal of the game

[@DarkSideChess]

style points

[@zacharypines4751]

Wow, what a move. Could you imagine being able to find it even without any form of time constraints?? Amazing

[@sebastianschumacher9772]

No way I'd find it. If somehow I stumbled into it I wouldn't be able to calculate that knight AND took extra sacrifices, and I'd think Id just be losing and discard it. Hell even Rosen while seeing it couldn't calculate it, took stock fish 4 seconds for a damn forced mate. Insane stuff!!!

[@ArturoSubutex]

I could definitely find the first few moves (only to blunder checkmate in two at the end of the line and lose miserably)

[@evanbelcher]

I found it only because I knew to be on the lookout for a queen sacrifice. I might have seen it in a real game but would have never had the balls to play it in a game that mattered, and no way would I have been able to find the knight moves to seal the deal.

[@ethananderson6444]

Both players seeing that mate in 12 is crazy..

[@Asdayasman]

I wonder if they both did, or if black did, and white respected it without finding it.

[@ethananderson6444]

@@Asdayasman possible, maybe he only sees it's bad for him, but not taking a free queen, he had to know it was really bad

[@Asdayasman]

@@ethananderson6444 It'd make sense to me - if someone that highly rated in a serious setting offers a material advantage of a full queen, I'd be sus af

[@samicheikhelchabab9120]

Exactly my thought..

[@kys9611]

Shirov probably spent long time on the move and his opponent was probably like "eh I'll just trust your calculation" and played anything but taking the queen.

[@vulgaraszleandrosz4105]

Imagine forgetting about a pin and then realizing you are the most brilliant chess player in the world

[@12jswilson]

Legal's mate. Same energy

[@melle7505]

‘Regretfulsomethingsomething’ nice save Eric 6:53

[@Tvde1]

He never falls for it

[@hawaiiblue2596]

6:00 black wins connect four :D

[@Some_Awe]

im like 1000 rated and this is mindboggingly beautiful to watch haha

[@oxey_]

for real, it will probably take us another 1500 rating to truly understand this position haha

[@Memo33OO]

Eric is just so good at avoiding saying questionable nicknames. Look at how easily he sidesteps it at 6:50 .

[@mab7489]

Beautiful game! Eric and I both shouted "what" on 28... Nc5, what a move

[@GaryTheGray]

I especially loved the photos from Latvia and your telling of your experience there with Shirov and Sveshnikov. My daughter went to school in Riga for a year and enjoyed a unique cultural experience. I hope you got to enjoy the country while you were there.

[@CarterMuller]

19:51 pretty sure the official language of Latvia is Latvian.

[@noceur4441]

Lmao

[@UVjoint]

2:08 - "Likes to have extra 'y's in the name." So you're saying he's a very 'y's guy?

[@thevidguy11]

The best queen sac I've seen in recent memory. The winning idea was so subtle, brilliant calculation by both players.

[@rikkkardodavid7137]

Love your vids man. Specially at night it takes away my stress and i fall asleep on them long videos haha .

[@110ninjas]

This is a beautiful mate, to think that nc5 was already calculated by black when playing ne4 sacking the Queen is just mind blowing. Thanks Eric for sharing!

[@CerebralOverload]

Love eric!

[@Eskiii]

If you just started how has it been a year

[@pzr2681]

@@Eskiii he said just started for a year

[@aquacuber505]

U were hearted ripppp

[@Eskiii]

@@aquacuber505 he edited the comment

[@virajgohil8314]

Acc. To Vishy it was a big smile😂

[@DMBombat]

Agadmator tells a great story, but watching you puzzle out the lines and work with the engine is super educational!

[@djbj1993]

what time control was this game? I think this is crucial information to judge the move, but even for a 5h game, this move is incredible

[@notagamer32]

This was sooo goooodddd. We want videos like this as well Eric !

[@emilio_vl]

Great video. Really appreciated the sponteaneity of the analysis!

[@diabl2master]

So beautiful! That is really really impressive to have calculated that line...

[@DragisaBoca]

Now I wanna study checkmate patterns for the rest of the day.

[@snirkyd]

Great analysis Eric. I hope you keep uploading content like this.

[@olsidema5875]

Damn Eric, you’re a monster at linguistics, soft expressions, and word selections. Kudos

[@disconnectxd7344]

what

[@dylanpemberton1871]

Hey loving your content at the moment Eric you’re part of the reason I’m getting more into chess

[@giovannispinotti]

So Eric showed up in a small tournament in Latvia and he basically faced every name of every possible Sicilian variation. That's so impressive. And he beat a couple of them too.

[@controversialtalks]

His voice is so soothing and soft

[@aaronstevers5015]

i have to say man i love your content, ya got me back into chess regardless of how bad i am, your videos help a lot, hope this finds ya well, glhf.

[@dBradbury]

What a stunning game. Almost certainly going to be an example for future students of chess to study!

[@star-iv]

Thanks for uploading! What a beautiful game! I wasn't able to finish watching the stream

[@BugOn]

You are amazing Eric

[@pdchess244]

What a sac!

[@Belinera]

So Shirov has now played two of the most impressive moves in the history of chess. A worthy descendant of Bh3.

[@grannywalter]

Nice to see Shirov's still got it. What a legend!

[@youknowme3311]

That was such a good analysis.

[@srinidhipadmanabhan]

7:36 This is what you were looking for

[@jahkra9259]

Can we see some more amazing games analysed? High-level analysis is such amazing content, cause it unlocks beautiful games like this for people (by which I mean literally everyone) who wouldn't have understood otherwise.

[@silversurfer493]

What a beautiful game. No more to say here ... Shirov is a genius

[@TheMythsmith]

Got a laugh within the first 30 seconds. It’s a thumbs up from me 😂.

[@SapioAtheist]

Great game! Thanks for showing it

[@Mati-zc2ym]

Shout out to Eric, the great guy that revealed the line that agadmator did not even think about

[@TymexComputing]

Wow - Sveshnikov :) - glad he didn't play Sveshnikov against you :). On the other hand a draw with Igors Rausis was left without a comment. Drawing is a usual thing when you are training many games against computer :)

[@illusion6559]

Eric! You should increase the CPU amount and memory usage for Stockfish to get better analysis. Stockfish sees the mate almost instantly at higher CPU amount.

[@johnbell3920]

Not to downplay you or make fun of you buut im sure at the level eric is at he knows how engines work

[@illusion6559]

@@johnbell3920 Yes but he says "Stockfish takes 4 seconds to see it" when in reality he is using extremely low settings for Stockfish lol

[@johnbell3920]

@@illusion6559 lol maybe he doesnt have a strong computer or something. many reasons it could be xD

[@stuartmiddleton9320]

Hi Eric, can we have more game analysis like this please? Really enjoyed the video

[@midnigh7x]

14:59 "Apparently white saw all of that, because he didn't take the queen" And here I am thinking those were the actual moves the entire time

[@stefannijenhuis6688]

What an awesome game! Edit: and analysis ofcourse 😉

[@kingswayguitar]

this blows my mind. thank you for the explanation

[@ibmicroapple9142]

Good to see the Botez Gambit used in professional chess games

[@g73hc3gsv3i]

One of the best games I've seen this year!

[@samicheikhelchabab9120]

My god high level chess is over worldly.... Seeing so so far ahead.. Brilliant

[@hunarjain4867]

Happy Birthday Eric and Happy Teacher’s day thank for everything!🥳🙌🏻🔥🔥

[@Orion-zq8jf]

trying to kill me with that mona lisa pic! halfway through a grinder (eating) lol

[@rasaffa3751]

This was an awesome match man

[@hmangaihtea9984]

And now Eric needs a new haircut 😁

[@ASHISHKUMARDPSG]

He's looking too pretty

[@strings1984]

That was a bloody brilliant game.

[@roryluukas2703]

I couldnt stop comparing Eric's face to the Mona lisa the ENTIRE video.

[@richtaylor4780]

Hi Eric, Thanks for all the great content. could you please show some variations of what to do after you win the dark bishop when playing with black against the London with the dirty H5 trap? i have won that bishop twice but due to the mess it makes of the king side i actually ended up losing both those games LOL

[@DeBert]

Very nice game indeed, thanks for the analysis!

[@enriquevecerra4651]

Excelente partida!.gracias.

[@martinmartin6300]

This is so stunning

[@josiahstearman3844]

Omg when I saw Rcc4 and found Qd1, I immediately found Nc5 and was stunned at the idea

[@sebolatanakinlosotu702]

This is just sheer tactical monstrosity, only way to describe it..🤯

[@ASHISHKUMARDPSG]

It's nothing against my game with AlphaZero. It was able to draw it unfortunately

[@heyimurk]

Eric looks like Sid from ice age

[@thesilentmajority2765]

oh no, my queen!

[@arturssilgals1759]

Wanted to correct you, Latvia's main language is - Latvian. Just so you know ;) I'm from Latvia, that's why I know. A lot of people are speaking Russian, usually the older generations but not that many. And great videos you have on the channel. Keep it up! Hope you read the comment ;)

[@dhamo6725]

Chess is where unbelievable real magics are happening.

[@yggdrasil9039]

That is amazing. Tal-style.

[@sliderulelover]

What a magnificent mate!

[@cerilkaalin7364]

At 15:43 I was thinking you should attack all four squares with the Queen, Both Rooks and Bishop, then steal a Rook since they'll most likely protect their queen.

[@JG0RDON24]

The clicks are so satisfying

[@toutingthomas]

The best analysis!

[@hansnase364]

Can't wait to see this on Agadmator's channel later this week. :D

[@hansnase364]

Huh, he already posted it.

[@Maniacodm]

He's just a chill guy

[@kokkelikissa]

In the queen sacrifice position you could bring the bishop back to beside the king and it would stop mate?

[@xandokay]

beautiful mate

[@joaquinplacides2]

what tea do you drink? WE NEED A TEA REVIEW VIDEO ERIC

[@apollyon1]

masterpiece. absolutely beautiful.

[@patriot1303]

Great analysis and extremely interesting and this is why I don’t try to play against my computer

[@seanhunter111]

Absolutely incredible

[@abhijeetgore310]

Masterpiece Analysis ✌️✌️✌️

[@gillywibble]

Absolutely incredible.

[@user-kk5ew7hd2g]

@16:16 can white play bishop takes knight e4 and almost equalize?

[@joshuahunter2825]

@0:15 who is smiling more? You Eric, you are smiling the most

[@kenhaley4]

Eric: The "something something" in REGRETFULCHLAMYDIA is chlamydia, a relatively mild STD. Hope the user doesn't have it, but if so, we can understand "regretful".

[@RulezAPower]

Knights are piece from hell, I say.. knights are pieces from hell

[@paulcn7693]

If shirov really saw all the lines and Nc5 , respect for him

[@marceorigoni6614]

7:51 I saw the move :v but I did not think about it because I did not know about bishop takes knight, I mean I dont see anything specially good in that line for black

[@dogzed1325]

5:56 love playing connect 4:chess edition

[@DanielH212MC]

Who is this impersonator of agadmator??? I came here for Eric Rosen and I find this??? 😂😂😂

[@raygreen2134]

Hi Eric. Just subscribed. Thank you for your free content!

[@surrender9001]

Your birthday stream was amazing, Eric. I got to catch the whole thing, and loved that you reviewed so many amazing games with us. It was like chess porn. Thanks for giving us such a great present for your birthday!

[@Trizzer89]

f4 was the losing move according to Stockfish. It also looks strange to me. you only slightly increase your chance of trapping the queen

[@Orion-zq8jf]

Amazing game.. just leaves that rook there forever for exchange sac and on top of that, offers queen sac, twice! lol I can only imagine how the other guy felt lol

[@calebaites4114]

Ne2 Qg4 white plays b3....(not Nc1)?

[@mariovanderwal1695]

Can't white play Bxe4 when the first queen sacrifice is offered. That knight is crucial in all lines so taking it forces white to trade queens. Sure, black is still better and possibly even winning but at least I don't see a forced win for black.

[@ConcordMass]

Yeah I think Bxe4 was best. White is still collapsing after Nf6-d5 and Rc2 and Bd8. I mean there is no forced win after Be2 either...