Silent, Yet Deadly - Fear The Najdorf!

[@a.m.p.3545]

And here I am wondering why B6 knight is not jumping on C4 square to forks queen and rook after watching thumbnail lol.

[@unnaturalatrophy5377]

Wah Mudiji wah..

[@a.m.p.3545]

Thank you for pinning 🤗🤗

[@schoole7271]

Spoilers smh!

[@Zack-l6c]

Becz you are better than Alphazero bruh!🤣

[@acoustic_AB]

That's something only GM Abish can do.

[@finalspoon7881]

13:27 if anyone was wondering, if queen d1 then picks up the rook, the knight can fork and win queen

[@isharaa5429]

Just as I thought. Wow

[@goliathkiller5271]

@@isharaa5429 I was so confused! Thanks!!

[@Lens98052]

Using an engine to manufacture side variations misses out on all the real side variations that the engine does not show you because they are worse than the side variations it does show you, even though a human has to consider them. For example, near the end, black cannot capture the rook on g4 because of Nf6+ winning the queen. It is things like this that make it painfully obvious that an annotator is quoting an engine.

[@alvintan8098]

Thank you, sir. U answered my question of the day

[@arya6085]

@@Lens98052 would you rather he didn't use an engine and missed out on many more lines? He's not here to show off his chess, he's here to present chess from players so good we could never understand

[@stevethach3340]

"Is black a child?" Yes, and one of the best lol

[@doctor_who1]

i've been learning all the principles of chess and still lose all the time. it's because i've learnt all the wrong stuff

[@DieFlabbergast]

An 18-year-old is never referred to as a "child." Legally, a minor in some countries, and adult in many others. Colloquially, he's a teenager or a young man.

[@michaj.1972]

Rasism spotted

[@imranshorifshuvo3787]

9:56 Everything is nicely placed & he doesn't have a worry in the world aside from the fact that this move loses Tari the game! :p

[@Bleibensiebeisich]

That's why I love agadmator 😄

[@hrishikeshvenkatakrishnan4723]

Lol

[@egirlsareruiningmylife]

Antonio using the right plural for 'tempo' is cultural supremacy

[@DieFlabbergast]

If you read chess books, you use "tempi" without a second thought. In fact, even outside chess, such as in the field of music, I've never heard the word "*tempos."

[@egirlsareruiningmylife]

@@DieFlabbergast I've seen some shit you wouldn't believe

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

I have not seen a chess site better than this. The amount of information in this site is so huge. It is mind blowing. Many people from Croatia will be inspired to play chess because of you.

[@jackf3619]

I’ve seen every one of his vids serious 😂

[@srikanthtupurani6316]

@@jackf3619 I saw a video of kasparov vs polgar in which kasparov was cheating. On a bad day anyone can loose a game.we should not judge anyone based on one game. He is a great chess player. Being world number one for such a long time is not easy. But that one game in which he cheated is enough for people to dislike him. I am not sure if he had really cheated or it was accident. I am a fan of kasparov. I am unhappy after seeing that video.

[@awm8158]

"This is just a monstrosity of a bishop pair" ...what an accurate description of the position at 8:23 :D

[@SuperStarTidus18]

Agad. Never EVER apologize for long videos. Your videos are always welcomed and enjoyed. If anything, your videos are too short. 🥰

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

"Do not hold onto possessions you no longer need." - Miyamoto Musashi "...Or no longer can afford." - Me, without a car since 2007 and without a TV since 2013... and very very happy with both decisions

[@aakash539]

Congrats to alireza such accomplishment at such age

[@keorodriguez]

"...and you dont have the knight" Legendary 🙌

[@kawln12]

My gf(now my wife) said, who is this guy, every time I call you I heard his voice hello everyone! I told her Agadmator the chess broadcaster legend.

[@calliemaud1194]

His voice is very calming yet captivating. 🧘

[@lukemarks9193]

And sexy

[@peterrabbit2965]

@@lukemarks9193 Hahaha... um...

[@calliemaud1194]

@luke marks @Peter Rabbit 🙈🙊 ...or like a choir of Croatian angel boys! 👼👼👼🗣🎶

[@peterrabbit2965]

@@calliemaud1194 Or a man, with man breath and hairy toes... 🤮

[@TheEclecticity]

I’d rather face a nazgul than Alireza’s Najdorf

[@quentin580]

Tari on the receiving end of so many losses, poor guy.

[@Isthatthegrimreaper170]

This field is big tough The world champion, his challenger, a 2022 candidate, another top 5 caliber player, and the strongest youth in the world

[@shaunweston2310]

In all fairness to him he is playing against the baddest mf’s in the game in this tournament.

[@quentin580]

@John Napierwhy you taking the comment so seriously haha chill out pal

[@MrSupernova111]

@@shaunweston2310 . Well put! haha

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Tari wont play ever this tournament if he is not Norvegian

[@ayoubhemamou8362]

If the King was on G1 instead of H1, there would not be Rock to F1

[@Zack-l6c]

I would love the Armageddon and blitz between Ali reza and Magnus.

[@denzelurieta9206]

Same here! Although that means Rapport losing

[@mhamadarchviz98]

There will be not tie breaks as alireza lost his game against magnus

[@pouriaarab]

Thanks for your brilliant game analyses. I can't imagine a day without watching your videos. You are great.

[@greatmnn3868]

He is Top 10 now, yeah baby.. Way to go 😊😊😊😊🎂🎂🎉🎉

[@bnmartin54]

Oh my, the SBD attack! I experienced that when playing my son who unwittingly unleashed his attack ... and smiled and looked up when he did so. Realizing what was happening, I got up from the table and resigned in disgrace as there's no defense. None!

[@zariftahmidshoeb3487]

2:30 “ These knights are breaking every principle known to man “. I wonder how Ava’s didn’t laugh at all when saying these knights 😂😂😂

[@whycantiremainanonymous8091]

17:20: Well, technically, he did turn 18 a month or two ago, so black is no longer a child, but he's not very far into adulthood either 😃

[@kirbyculp3449]

For real? He looks older.

[@granolabar2732]

And it is already as of move 9 that we have a completely new game!

[@Mik1604]

I believe move 10 or 11 is the average, a fact that will never cease to amaze me.

[@Mik1604]

@@granolabar2732 well there’s this: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZ6TY2ebocmMZ6M

[@granolabar2732]

@@Mik1604 thanks, that was certainly interesting lol makes a lot of sense now

[@granolabar2732]

@@Mik1604 thanks, that was certainly interesting lol makes a lot of sense now

[@kaseyvance3759]

It's a monstrous or, even more appropriate, monster bishop pair. "Monstrosity" is typically used in a negative context toward something. A dictionary might say they are related, but connotation is also important to keep in mind. This is where a thesaurus would come in handy. You can use the word monster as an adjective as well as a noun. As always, brilliant content.

[@TheMarksT]

Good battle between 2 young but dangerous, super GMs!

[@bahasainggrisbersamamradi9308]

Aryan tari isnt a super GM

[@louaimamdouh7639]

*me losing the queen from a knight fork instead of capturing the knight* really glad agad didnt mention it and lemme realize on my own

[@julianfeldman1603]

if any one was wondering, engine says that also bc3 its winning, its a bit worst but its also winning :)

[@jennyhall3733]

Firouzia is the only player who can challenge Markus in the future. Why? Because he keeps improving and learning and only needs to catch up to Carlson’s endgame in order to take the crown. In the middle game he is already superior to Carlson.

[@YidSlayer]

Who is this Carlson?

[@ariawanrachmat7624]

Who is this Markus?

[@derivalz5062]

11:26 Queen captures b2bishop.. it definitely wins.. Qb2, Qf1, bg1, re1, qd4 ... game continues

[@pk10006]

"Is black a child?" Well technically - yes.

[@maverickstclare3756]

... looks at black player's profile photo ...

[@sohidaterao1774]

@@maverickstclare3756 ... has a seizure

[@DieFlabbergast]

Well, technically, no. Not any more.

[@purpleecodmyt6137]

Najdorf, my favourite variant of the Sicilian, just wow

[@maryamjalili533]

2 Iranians, but none of them play for Iran. Really sad story!

[@lp4969]

Indeed, they should represen Iran

[@nostalgicdouchebag1912]

Iran should try to be a better place for people, the government sucks dick

[@im4broke643]

Is chess reduced to speed? Personally I love speed chess, but I also like long thought out games. I taught chess basics to a lot of prison inmates....king and pawn against a king....how to checkmate using a bishop and knight. Playing speed chess is really fun if you can talk trash to your opponent. Otherwise it is not real chess to me, fun in lots of ways. but thought out no. I once played a 50+ move blindfold game against an inmate. I had white, he chose the Caro Kahn , ended in a rook and pawn game. Later we reconstructed that game and talked about it. He was very gifted, learned how to memorize games, play blind fold and think. He was operating a sowing machine while we played. He was not great at speed chess, but his acumen for tactics and end game strategies was better than me. And I taught him. I am so proud of this guy!

[@RaynmanPlays]

I like that little note about Kh1. I'd love to see more side notes so that we can learn from these professional games to apply to our own games.

[@themerovingian7154]

This guy literally beat Nepomniatchi and Karjakin in a row in *classical* What a beast. His only weakness is Magnus.

[@alon3304]

He beat nepo? With white or black?

[@414aliha]

He actually beat Magnus in the previous online blitz tornoument .. Magnus is the best in terms of persistence ... He was losing the game yesterday and he was down in clock but he turned it so well.. he is very strong mentally too

[@themerovingian7154]

@@alon3304 white

[@themerovingian7154]

@@414aliha yeah he and djokovic have the strongest mentality I've ever seen

[@cptnoremac]

Literally literally or figuratively literally?

[@fernandovargasmejia8512]

7:35 Do not hold on to positions you no longer need

[@AsdMP93]

Me: focusing on what would be the best move to win the game for black Antonio: 10:16 Look at my pawns, my pawns are amazing

[@trendlinetracker3147]

3:50 N-e3 ... Attacks Black Bishop and protects Pawn.

[@aesaphyr]

It's good to see Alireza go back to the Sicilian - he was playing e4 e5 lately as a new thing since Aimchess.

[@nbagamer5781]

علیرضا دمتگرم …. بابل پرچمش بالاست …… great job Ali

[@oet2633]

New game at move 9 in the Najdorf… Hate to say it, but you gotta love engines.

[@samkachar]

Gotta say I really love seeing Musashi quotes.

[@Alex-hp1ht]

Thank you for another great video

[@johnnyblaze1411]

@10:55 why can’t queen go to D4 to protect the bishop, sure you give up the queen but you take both rooks. You can still fight on a bit

[@learningoogauge3452]

At 11:41 rook to e1 is actually still winning since you moved the rook instead of capturing bishop. You still have to sack the Queen. If you take the bishop first then you must do rook to e2 not rook to e1

[@stevenruhlich4155]

Musashi.The legendary Samurai.Good stuff. From his book the five rings.xd

[@doug3691]

What fun! A quote from Musashi!

[@henrychipschannon1357]

Thanks for showing the two pawns. We like the child that is in you. It made me smile. #suggestion Such beautiful things are more than welcome Antonio.

[@shoebumbs]

11:03 Qb2 to d4 defends check mate

[@hsp6798]

9:56 I am almost sure Tari was thinking of course I see the back rank mate and Alireza will use his bishop to attack queen on c3 and I'll just move to e2 and all is fine but he missed bishop attack on rook. Seems like the king move to h1 wasn't all that great after all.

[@chil7081]

Such a big fan of ur channel! I have 2 suggestions. Can you include the national flags of the players next to their portrait? Also, would it be possible to include the notations of the moves in the videos? Its probably way more effort than i realise to include these things. But i think it would increase the quality of the vids even more. Keep up the great commentary and content! Much love

[@yashjhunjhunwala6381]

11:02 can someone please explain why can't we play qd4 instead of qf2

[@himanshsachdeva]

Because Rxg1 is checkmate?

[@Sahil-du9ec]

Even after that, he will just give take queen and Bishop for 2 rooks, and will be up a whole piece

[@sriharim7815]

no idea

[@yashjhunjhunwala6381]

@@Sahil-du9ec yes I know but Agad said that you can't trade the queen maybe he missed that

[@yashjhunjhunwala6381]

@@himanshsachdeva look again the queen covers that

[@groussac]

@ 9:55 'Everything is nicely placed, and he doesn't have a worry in the world, aside from the fact that this move loses Tari the game.'

[@MrSupernova111]

Great game by Alireza! Tari has been in the receiving end quite a bit. Hopefully, by next year he can give these guys better competition.

[@chrisgood9715]

I’ve been watching all these games trying to improve my chess game and every time Agadmator discusses lines I’m like, “oh ya that makes sense. It’s so obvious.” Then in my personal games I blunder 5 moves in lol.

[@ralph0149]

This whole tournament has so far been one big endgame clinic! As the late, great Lee Ermey used to say, "Outstanding!"

[@starliaghtsz8400]

im terrified of the najdorf... its been such a trauma i rarely play 1.e4 lol

[@KartikeyaDutta]

10:19 I like it bro

[@DAMFOREIGNER]

Would love to see the Carlson Firouzja match...

[@expertbits5636]

#suggestion I very much enjoy the presentations, even though it has been about 50 years since I played much chess. I do have a suggestion, not a suggestion for a specific game, but what about including in the regular display while analyzing the game a visual of the engine bar? That way we would see some indicator of how the engine is evaluating the position as the game progresses (and as various lines are tried out).

[@tazermaverik]

2:31 “deez Knights”

[@MohammedSameer-om3dv]

10:55 what about queen D4 defending the bishop twice by the queen and the king. Of course black will retain a better position and will be up the exchange, but white will survive the trap.

[@archiebellega956]

Rxg1+ Qxg1 Rxg1+ Kxg1 and now it's rook+knight vs queen+bishop. Much worse than the realized position that is Rook+knight+bishop vs Queen+bishop, since you're literally down a piece value wise in this scenario.

[@MohammedSameer-om3dv]

@@archiebellega956 I didn't like the game anyway because I was expecting more from Tari. I don't think Tari is ready for his current position among the top 10.

[@jestice75]

He ate a plate of beans before making that move.

[@SVisionary]

A game with potential to be a lot more fun and exciting than it turned out to be.

[@nirmalthombre7787]

your analysis is the best

[@radin390]

Nice analysis keep up the good work :)

[@Chesscat2022]

Enjoyable analysis!

[@paramdrall]

Gustav Giri Smiled.

[@mogheakshay4407]

Firuza is really strong for tari

[@ashwathraghavendra8155]

''Silent yet deadly '' my doggies fart exactly.

[@vladavasiljev]

As a intermediate player (1800), I'm quite surprised how Tari didn't see bishop move, because I saw it in a second...but me myself often found 2150 puzzle easier than 1900...

[@spirituallyjazzy]

"He doesn't have a worry in the world except for the fact that this move loses him the game"

[@mislavivkovic9996]

Psihopat pirate chess Firozija is just a crazy beautyfool player

[@alexandrosvettas9043]

at 10:35 pausing the video, why not Bc3??? threatening the Queen and still able to perform the 2 rooks attack on lane 1

[@JeanPierre7788]

I'm sure Aryan Tari would pull out my spine chess wise buuut most of the players in this tournament have won classical points off of him. Replace him with Levon or any other top 20 classical chess player and the standings for this tournament would be very very different. He's clearly a level below the rest of the field

[@ThatOneGuy-fv3pe]

It has certainly been a tough tournament for him. However, he is playing against some of the best players in the world. I do somewhat agree that Aronian would have better results though. Regardless of the standings though these have been some great games. Firouzja is quickly becoming a favorite of mine as well.

[@mohdsahfini]

great content

[@themind1401]

8:25 when agadmator very pleased of the Bishops !!

[@Gherkins54868]

#Suggestion A Nona Gaprindashvili game against a man.

[@jamie49868]

If A-6 and H-6 were considered bad moves back in the day, what were appropriate moves to continue? How is that different than today?

[@truthandlove0]

15:36 the first time I heard "Ian Nepomniachtchi in 4th place with a lemon" 🤣 (4th place and no chances to win = lemon)

[@bekzadbeknasirakhunov7787]

10:06 Why not Bishop to C3 in pause the video? Or there is no difference?

[@joseramirez-ss6uz]

It feels Tari was so close

[@adeebali3119]

12:33 is the rook to e8 a good move ?

[@thegorn]

I also like to drop some “silent and deadly” traps over the board, although it’s more of a “singed nostrils” attack

[@chessematics]

So we started a Miyamoto Musashi saga

[@TristanSune]

Magnus lost 0.2 in Classical ratings, going 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 loss. Insane elo hell.

[@Xad_U]

his teammates are holding him back

[@matthewpowers2735]

I don't understand why Bb2 was the move, isn't Bc3 the same idea but just better because you attack the queen as well?

[@manuelpando1467]

Alireza says “I will have none of that. I’m just gonna remove that knight from d5. You’ve spent a lot of moves getting it there, so let’s just eliminate it and now you’ve just spent a lot of moves and you don’t have the knight”

[@eltonmwangi8987]

Why is black rook going to e2 instead of e1? You didn't explain that part. You just said it would be a problem. Kindly elaborate. TIA

[@killer151489]

@2:31 "Deez knights"

[@hiyou8823]

10:41 what if white just sacrifices/trades the rook with the bishop, either rook ends up in a1, what then?

[@delmalunga714]

At 13:29 why couldn't he pick up the rook with the queen check??

[@bamdadmohimani8064]

Because of white knight fork

[@rkrmtest]

We are in for an awesome finals!!

[@tongpoo2483]

at 13:23, why did Black not play Qd3 and pick up White's rook? Seems better that letting White play h3 and trading the passed pawn for a bishop. Also Qd3 would put the bishop on defense as the only legal move from check.

[@madmonkurougeforpirateking870]

Congratulation, you find the only move that loses for black because of Nf6+ forking the king and the queen.

[@tongpoo2483]

@@madmonkurougeforpirateking870 haha oops

[@cedriqq]

13:30 why cant you pick up the rook ?

[@samihandhotre9760]

Nf6 check fork

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

Knight fork

[@cptnoremac]

Good point

[@ryuhwanfergus4521]

fork on f6

[@Dybbouk]

Tari blocked b5 but Alireza got in g5!!

[@MrFloyd-te1nh]

9:04 if you go rook to e3 you would be making a terrible blunder.

[@7uc4s]

1:31 _what is this, is Black a child?_ 😂😂

[@mhoadievdelapaz3703]

I don't fear the Najdorf, actually I relish the opportunity to play against it by using the Sozin(Lipnitzky)Attack

[@FloydMaxwell]

10:16 - Black bishop to c3, threatening/diverting the white queen. Does this not work out similarly?

[@johnwamsley1896]

No. If Bc3 white can reply with Qd1, getting the queen out of danger and defending the f1 rook.

[@asphyxiate2726]

@@johnwamsley1896 I thought the same thing as OP, Bc3 is sub-optimal but for a different reason: after Rxf7 Qxf7 white can block back rank check with Qf2, queen and bishop supporting each other and leaving black's bishop hanging with no real target or follow up move. Qd1 is a blunder after rooks are exchanged black wins the bishop on e3 and white has to give up their other rook for bishop or lose the queen next turn by Re1 (pin).

[@johnwamsley1896]

@@asphyxiate2726 Sure, that's pretty interesting