"Rubinstein's Immortal Game" || When Sacrificing the QUEEN isn't Enough!

[@vrishankpandey8537]

The fact that Rubenstein's immortal game with a queen sacrifice as well as a rook sacrifice just indicates how famous this victory should be cause look at that bishop pair slicing like scissors and with a modern approach this game should be considered a minature!

[@brawnstein]

The most sinister laugh by Agad at 11:05

[@LisEverywereWhaching]

my neighbours woke up

[@simonmultiverse6349]

Medo is probably thinking, "Why does Agadmator talk to himself all the time? I know that we dogs do that a lot, but not ALL THE TIME!!! I'll never understand these humans."

[@d1nonly155]

„Hello everyone!“ Just makes my day better.. keep up them frequently uploads 👑

[@nishaadrao7584]

So many parallels here with Anand's immortal against Aronian with the knight coming to g4 and the queen to h4, and the snipers just waiting in the other corner! The bishop pair is truly from hell, and fully operational.

[@karthikravichandran4]

They do often compare those two games!!

[@brendanquerey7162]

Had that same thought!

[@dstreetz91]

Yeah watching this it's so similar to Anand's immortal indeed, but this features a queen sacrifice as the biggest difference. Bishop's are so strong when the board opens up for them it's nice to see.

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Perfect games: the best moves (accuracy) Immortal games: best aesthetically pleasing move among the best moves (accuracy + beauty)

[@rohangeorge712]

alpha0 has perfect games probably. idk tho chess is complicated so many combinations we cant be 100% if thats the perfect move optimally.

[@stephencolwill148]

Not only the Bishop pair from Hell, but the Rook pair too. If that wasn't enough you also have the Queen plus Knight combination from Hell as well.

[@littlegalois]

In fact those pieces were directed by an artist from hell

[@mayankmakadiya2532]

someone will be from heaven too

[@emmahird2795]

Very much in Rubinstein's positional style. His attacks didn't come from nowhere - he put the pieces there so he could get a crushing win.

[@byrdis1a1]

Ha you're funny

[@abhirammsd3728]

In all of chess, there is nothing more beautiful than a bishop pair cornering the King.

[@mandeepbarman1894]

You're awesome dude. A great Teacher!!! I'm following the channel for more than 5 years. YAY!

[@omprakashbaruah9425]

তুমি বাংলা?

[@mandeepbarman1894]

I'm Assamese bruh.

[@P.sherman45]

I dont even know when did i started watching agadmator. I think i have seen all his videos in the past 4 years

[@mandeepbarman1894]

I'm pretty sure that i have watched all the videos as well.

[@P.sherman45]

@@mandeepbarman1894 antonio is a great guy, he deserevs it all

[@rvns24]

it’s always nice to see agadmator covering old games

[@joneichelberg6432]

Anyone subscribed to the channel for 5 years deserves kudos! But if you remember he covered this game five years ago, you deserve SUPER KUDOS!

[@vaibhavdpunjabi0152]

I will watch this every morning while I travel to work for one full month !

[@mihaelfitz]

The type of game that makes you fall in love with chess. Majestic.

[@JaredLebowitz]

Vishy's immortal reminds me of this. Monster bishop pair impacting the game from long distance, multiple pieces hanging at once, adding complications and threats with every move. A masterpiece!

[@fancytoxicsoda]

Hey Agad, I would like to see more Rubinstien games if you have them.

[@1Mayoii]

Me too, would love too see more of his games

[@10leonz]

#suggestion

[@sarcastaball]

I would like to see less of your comments. Thanks! :)

[@johannes417]

There are a lots of great games from Rubinstein

[@sarcastaball]

@@johannes417 no there aren't

[@abhishekjain3148]

5:12 the position is symmetrical here except for the white rook still tucked with the king. White squandered his first-to-move advantage and is now even a move behind in development, making black 2 moves ahead.

[@pjoazure]

Applause for this masterpiece.

[@randomd_dued_45690]

Ah a return to the classics after a looooong time! Refreshing.

[@LionHGH]

Thank you for making this video on my birthday! It's been a tough day as it's the first without my mother. She took her own life a few months ago. But this definitely brightened my day!

[@kennystimpson2775]

Hey happy birthday dude, i hope you and your family are doing okay.

[@LionHGH]

@@kennystimpson2775 Thank you sir. I appreciate the sentiment!

[@nicktomato7]

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[@LionHGH]

@@nicktomato7 thank you for taking the time to write this. I really appreciate it. I will absolutely check that musician out. Have a wonderful day. You just made mine

[@LionHGH]

@@nicktomato7 I love it. I wonder if it's called October sky because her mom died in October. My mom died October 3rd. 🥺

[@fuadalalam]

Waited so long for the remake of this masterpiece.... finally inner peace😊

[@seanferguson5460]

Lovely finish. Keres has been lauded as the greatest chess player who never made world champion but I think Rubenstein would be another candidate for that title. In fact, if you haven't already, I'd enjoy a series from you about such players.

[@NathanHarrison7]

Probably the most beautiful series up to mate I have ever seen. And these guys did all of their calculus without chess engines assisting them. Incredible. I wonder how the top GM of that time would match up against a modern GM? Guess is NO contest. Favor modern GM.

[@agadmator]

Give Morphy 6 months to train and it's anyone's guess 😁

[@MrWuster]

Rubinstein has been a lifetime favorite player of mine. This remarkable game is high chess art. A masterpiece.

[@KofiKrules]

It must have been electric to play a game like this over the board. I could not imagine that feeling.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

One thing to like about chess history is that it all remains current. Basic rule changes to the game happened in the very distant past, so we can examine positions just the same as any era. The only rules chess has moved ahead from olden days with are the introduction of clocks, three-fold repetition, the 50 move rule, and other minor regulatory facets not directly in conflict with the game's classic structure.

[@augustedupin9576]

Yes, and it is just amazing to see how our understanding of the game deepened over the years through the insights of the earlier masters. Modern engines have kind of killed that process. But hey, if you are not a professional and just an enthusiast like me, what's better than enjoying classics like this one.

[@misternewoutlook5437]

@@augustedupin9576 Yeah. Engines have put finality on everything. But for a couple of obscure puzzles, they have solved chess in the everyday sense. This does take away our own deductions and mocks the commentaries from the masters and authors in the old chess books. Sure, it's fun to explore those errors with the engines, but again, that finality puts any further arguments to rest.

[@krisss42]

Definitely one of my favorite chess classics. I remembered suggesting it a while ago for this game's remake. Never failed to deliver the good stuff!

[@divyankbatham9173]

Mondays usually aren't usually great but this game made my monday great. Thanks Agad

[@lifeonastring]

The archetype of the Bishop pair from hell! The greatest chess game, just my call

[@robw9986]

Akiba Rubinstein! One of my favorite masters of the past.

[@davidgoble8891]

Rubinstein was just as good if not better than .... Lasker Alekhine and cappablanca... He should have been the world champion but was never given a fair shot.... It is some pretty sad stuff if you research it

[@Nicks721]

Agadmator: shows and also reads the table with the standings that says very clearly that Rubinstein was second in this tournament. Also agadmator five seconds later: Rubinstein managed to win not only this wonderful game but also the whole tournament.. That's why we love him!!!!

[@jayyy5270]

We should be grateful. If he didn't have that trait, he'd be a GM and not making chess videos.

[@agadmator]

The standings are of a different tournament, not the one in which the game was played. Game is 1907 and the standings are of 1911 Karlsbad tournament

[@Nicks721]

@@agadmator ohh sorry then,my fault, I didn't understand correctly. But you must also admit that you are quite a suspect for that kind of errors 😉😉😉

[@davidcopson5800]

@@agadmator I understood that clearly. I don't know why others didn't.

[@e4e6mate96]

Hello.. this is probably my favorite game of all time. Thx for everything you do.

[@coxscorner]

Definitely in my top 10 greatest games of all time.

[@dwaynekeenum1916]

Who are 1-9

[@vvkentertainment435]

Thank you Agad. May you be blessed with abundance, prosperity, great health, immense wealth and happiness

[@lukemarks3281]

Nobody comes here for the picture resolution, but when you've already done it all and are the best, I guess there's nothing left to improve but that.

[@p75517]

'Sorry about that, against the white pieces.' - Akiba Rubinstein

[@ex59neo53]

115 yo game and still giving us a great lesson in chess :)

[@nalgene247]

And only two draws, at that! A man of true chess culture.

[@MrK623]

The problem with the Morphy game even though his opponents consulted on the moves and he didn't have sight of the board as he was watching the opera, is the fact that Morphy was the strongest player in the world at that time, a GM (which the title did not exist yet). These 2 opponents were not even mediocre club players at today's level. Of course Morphy was able to toy with them. Great games have more appeal when the opponents are also strong players.

[@andreitiberiovicgazdovici]

One of my fav players, i also play his variation in the french defence

[@penta4568]

I found the Rxc3! But the queen sac was unintentional😭

[@michaeljanapin9528]

This calls for a Rubenstein Saga!

[@KingColllll]

Really shows the power of the Bishop pair! Absolute monsters this game

[@grawl69]

At 5:11, after 15 moves, the position is completely symmetric (!) apart from the black developed rook and the black having the next move, which means white lost two tempos up to the moment.

[@humbertojesusguillenymoral6550]

Funny thing. In the 1958 Soviet Chess Championship, In the game Geller vs Krogius, the position reached up to 18 e5 was the same as In the game Rotlewi vs Rubinstein, but with reversed colors!. Geller instead of 19 Rac1 played e4 and won In the ending.

[@philipr1567]

Rubinstein played b4. No wonder Agad enjoyed this game.

[@1on1z3d]

I sacrifice my Queen the exact same way in half my games.

[@shouldersofgiants4649]

Aronian vs Anand Wijk 2013 is essentially a repeat of this game!

[@tamirkatz1584]

Love your channel and this game One funny moment in this video was when you mentioned that this game was played on Dec 26 making it a Christmas miracle. However both players were Jewish :)

[@MichaelCecil]

Agad: Maybe people are less interested in this, but you mentioned that the Rotlewi-Rubinstien game was, according to Botvinnik "the first famous modern attacking game." Would you be willing to show any "pre-modern" famous games? I'd be very interested (and hopefully others are too) to see what much older games in the pre-modern fashion look like. Just a thought. Keep up the great work. p.s. If anyone is able to do a "History of Chess" series it is you.

[@dannyrus1979]

He already did an entire saga on Paul Morphy, you should check that out.

[@MichaelCecil]

@@dannyrus1979 True and good point. I watched the Morphy saga but I was thinking even before those days...

[@tomciozarzinho436]

@@MichaelCecil Is this one old enough? ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/m5WVhapqntF7bdE Also this one should be interesting for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJPaeKFnmbWKj6M

[@sanelprtenjaca9147]

We want new historical Saga! Rubinstein or Lasker, my choise.

[@johnsmith1474]

I've been here a couple years, I very much appreciate these redos. That said, some kind of upload numbering convention would be nice.

[@ramachandra776]

The move Rh3 by Rubinstein seems to equal Marshall's Qg3 which was showered with gold coins . Rubinstein should have contended with Lasker for the world championship title but he did not have financial backers . Curiously , both the players of this game suffered from mental illness in their final years . Or , in Rubinstein case , he hid in a sanatarium faking illness to escape the Nazis .

[@felixcortez7604]

Rubinstein was certainly mentally ill. In fact in WWII he had been put in a sanatorium by his wife. One time a nazi came to see him and asked him if he would like to go to a concentrationcamp.He replied with: Yes i'd like that very much. The guy concluded then that he really was crazy. He had a difficult time in that sanatorium and was desperate to get out. Rubinstein was very lucky then

[@anthonyberard3507]

I read he was bothered by an imaginary fly for some time. Others plainly saw his illness for some time. It wasn't faked.

[@stevebuhrt3504]

No he was legitimately ill, he suffered what was thought to be a schizophrenic episode that led to him suffering from psychosis for the rest of his life. The Nazis can to the sanitarium and asked if he wanted to join the war effort and he said “I’d love to!” and they knew then he wasn’t all there

[@feedraccoon7184]

agadmator jesi gledao kod Lexa u podcastu nedavno da te Michael Saylor (jedan od najvecih btc bullova a i najjacih investitora svih vremena) hvali !! :D koliko sam izriko pozitivno ...!svaka cast !i ja volim da pogledam tvoje analize i komentare na sah, pored coffechessa omiljen yt kanal za sah.Vise ga gledam nego stignem igrati u zadnje vrijeme x) Svako dobro care!

[@agadmator]

Jesam, odličan je Lex. Hvala!

[@isaki4869]

Ah, finally see another bishop pair from hell again after some time

[@Khneefer]

0:54 - City in which the game was played is Łódź and u can read it as "Woodzh"

[@Drac0710]

Keep showing such videos with storytelling. We love it.

[@janchristensen356]

Pride and sorrow indeed...the good stuff! Game 6!

[@theashpilez]

I find your videos most satisfying.. Live Long and Prosper....

[@nosystem1098]

There are players out there who could die very happy if they never did anything but play just one game like this.

[@avinashnayak7398]

*Anand's immortal* and *Rubinstein's immortal* games covered in 60 fps Mission accomplished

[@Nnnmmmkkk]

I cannot believe that such a great game was played in my hometown:)

[@vivekjoshi5207]

"It takes two to make a master piece of a game..!"

[@ardytanaleon9163]

Hey man… really love the channel.. More power..!

[@MPthewho]

I just returned from the future, where it is the year 2032. Agadmator just published a remaster in 120 FPS and I just came to check this rubish 60 FPS version. Anyway.. I am going to skip the 24 FPS version and jump for another 100+ years too check this game in person.. then I will go further back in the past and become a butler for Paul Charles Morphy. Life is great!

[@agastyakumarsingh2358]

this game reminded me of the title that agadmator put for morphy which was: "sac a rook to sac a queen" even though it was reversed in this game

[@puranjaysaha1536]

The moves f4,e4,e5 by white made the black bishops ... Bishop pair from hell ! That's how wonderful chess can be ...

[@souradeeplm10]

The Vishy version of the game is also one the bests ever played.

[@AthosRac]

Amazing game. Powerful bishops.

[@cygnustsp]

Yep I remember your 2017 videos

[@stevebuhrt3504]

Every time I see a Rubenstein game I feel sad, he was a brilliant player and he could’ve been right there with Lasker and Capa if he didn’t have a mental health crisis

[@edwardcolle8606]

In my opinion Akiba Rubinstein was the real world chess champion between 1905 and 1920

[@michaelprigmore5251]

#suggestion ***PLEASE COVER THIS GAME **** Carlsen vs. Li Chao, Qatar Masters (2015), Neo-Grünfeld Defence: Goglidze Attack, 1-0.[games 6] Playing against one of the leading Chinese GMs, Carlsen finds a winning attack by sacrificing his queen in a sharp position.

[@nicbentulan]

I encounter the name Akiba Rubinstein when studying rook endgames!

[@cammysmith227]

Hey Agad! Thanks again for your amazing content. I would like to take this opportunity to expand our collective knowledge with the information that Łódź (the town in Poland) is correctly pronounced somewhat more like 'Woodj'. The various diacritics on the Polish letters give this away. You are usually very good with pronunciations in so many different languages but of course no one knows them all and I mean only to attempt to share some knowledge with this slight correction!

[@anhucpham1099]

This might be the first time I saw all variations that he mention after I solved guess the move. Crazy

[@drzlecuti]

Wonderful. (The added bonus: When you said that Rotlewi was sometimes referred to as George but that Gersh was most appropriate, I thought of the popular US composer George Gershwin, who was born as Gershowitz -- son of Gersh. Thus...Gersh Gershwin?)

[@azero79]

ah yes, 60fps chess gameplay, what else do we need

[@siddhantx]

The mating patterns and lines in this game are very similar to that of Aronian-Anand Wijk aan Zee

[@uwusome6419]

5:00 if you notice, in this position, despite being black, Rubinstein position was as if he played 2 extra moves. And that's probably why the other masters disliked that Qd2 move so much

[@davidcopson5800]

I have known of this game for over forty years; it is one of my favorites. I always felt there was a similarity in the way Kasparov used his rooks in his immortal game against Topalov.

[@AwkwardTurtle311]

Akiba was truly brilliant at chess

[@alecmisra4964]

How on earth did these guys hold so many deep lines in their heads?

[@jerryshunk7152]

Absolutely gorgeous, Akiba !!!

[@tylerackroyd6843]

Surely seems to be one of my favorite games that I've watched. What an amazing attack he found. Such a feeling it is. I've pulled off some cool things as well. But I'm sure not anywhere near the consistency

[@JoeDidIt]

pretty amazing that i havent seen this one yet

[@exs1803]

Awesome game. The attack was so powerful to force a checkmate......

[@P.sherman45]

This video was special and great. Keep it up

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

Thats a bishop pair from the eternal fires of Hell with a capital H! You could sit there and sac queens, rooks...whatever, and you only need the slightest compensation for it because your Bishops will still be there completely crippling the opponent with constant pins, threats, and stiffling pressure.

[@Mamby9Pamby]

#suggestion Antonio, you mentioned this is a first modern game. Can you cover a pre-modern game, that would be radically different from what we normally see?

[@ChessMess]

This is great, my favourite games are the old ones!

[@marko311098]

Łódź is more like Would, but with "gie" sound at the end :)

[@gicacraiovean2235]

I agree is a masterpiece,very nice the precisión of Rubinstein

[@siddhantagarwal7956]

Great mustache

[@rajkalkani6379]

This game reminded me of Anand's immortal against aronian

[@jonathanlechman]

Wow! Great game! Thanks Agadmator!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I can easily see how it would be Rubenstein’s Immortal game but even though modern engines feel Qd2 is okay to play I felt putting the light squared Bishop on d3 was a terrible move because it would be obvious Rubenstein would play Rd8 and after fianchettoing his Own light squared Bishop on b7 targeting Georz knight on f3 it just seemed the Bishop might’ve been better placed on e2 for defensive purposes of course players do want their Bishops targeting their opponents king’s area Georz Bishop and Queen seemed out of place Awesome attack from Rubenstein and great tactics with the sacrifices Thanks Agadmator

[@GeraldM_inNC]

I wish he had explained exactly what is so "modern" about it.

[@dangabriel-catalin1894]

What if after rock to C3, white takes the juicer on B7?

[@preetraipursingh8343]

Beautifull game!! Its surprizing that a single move can lead to helllll!!!.

[@RobFlaxMusic]

Absolutely beautiful game.