Spassky vs Tal || First Game They Ever Played!

[@deridivisstar884]

Agadmator: "Find Tal's next move." Me: Trying to make a Queen sac work for 5-10 minutes without seeing the continuation, but still confident it's a Queen sac. Agadmator: "Its a pawn push." Me: What alternate reality am I in?

[@deridivisstar884]

@@hughmoore6970 i swear it was working for like 5 moves, but then the black queen got involved 😂 . Funniest thing about the whole thing was the b4 pawn push was the very first idea I had.

[@kwastimus]

everyone familiar with agadmator lore knows b4 is the greatest move... he gave us a hint there

[@william7yifans]

me: why wouldnt you just push the pawn? but agad said its the most brilliant move... agad: of course the most brilliant move is always pawn b4 fk he got us again

[@gener1cname]

it’s also an evans gambit joke lol

[@dipakbhamare3614]

Same here😂

[@taufiqal-kahfi8605]

i don't know if it's just me, but antonio seems to be more excited and explained alot more when he covers older games, especially Tal ones. i love antonio's videos but i miss videos like this when he will tell you intricate stories whether it's about when was the first time the players play eachother, or how they met each other or what the player was thinking when he plays this weird moves that aren't recomended by the engine, or what the player's favourite food, literally every single detail that makes a single chess game seems like a journey. that's just what makes him different, and much more enjoyable than most ches youtubers out there.

[@wael5449]

AbdulPls 🙏🙏🙏

[@filipdahlberg4420]

Because Tal

[@Noelito40]

In his defence, I'd say he has had more time to prepare and read up about the older games, plus he has the benefit of hindsight....With Antonio now knocking out games the same day they're played (an effect of his fantastic channel), he has very little time to go into the backstory or other lines on games.

[@Noelito40]

That's his skill, he has a wonderful way of "storyifing" the games. That's why I like his channel, the game is the story, not him. I tried watching some other chess channels, but there's too much ego in the presenters. It is Antonio's relative weakness at chess that makes his delivery and channel so good, he doesn't make it about him, he doesn't criticise the moves or say what he would have done in the situation.

[@wael5449]

@@Noelito40 I am town hall 7 on clash of clans

[@ereboi122]

I see Mikhail Tal, I drop everything and click the video!

[@Prachan7]

Why didn't you drop your phone

[@AlanIanke]

Me too.

[@محمدطالب-ظ8ط]

@@Prachan7 interesting

[@ereboi122]

@@Prachan7 Because it was already on my desk

[@pratikparmar8709]

*drops the baby

[@j.m.srivaths1906]

Fun fact: Boris Spassky is the oldest living world chess champion.

[@abhigyanjain8484]

Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream

[@ImprovePath]

I didn't know this. I googled the current pic of spassky and i was shocked ! Spassky got so so old. It is very strange to see him old because i have seen him young in videos and suddenly i get to know that he is old now. It is very strange feeling.

[@jimmalachowsky4052]

@@ImprovePath 84 years will do that to a person!

[@FruitOfTheSpirit]

He’s actually the second oldest person to ever live

[@yoeymusic]

For now

[@abelchess8430]

Spassky is so underrated in terms of learning source. May god bless him with good health.

[@LeventK]

Poor Spassky had to lose to Fischer

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🎯

[@fahad5593]

spassky is still alive???

[@bentknee5924]

@@fahad5593 He is. He had a stroke a few years ago, and was partially paralyzed, which is why we don't see much of him.

[@TheMarksT]

Looks like our Quasar already has!

[@ramachandra776]

"If you miss the opportunity to play b4 in this opening or any other opening , you may miss your opportunity to win the game" - Agadmator 2021 .

[@josipgavran]

Interesting how he manages to throw it in there right? :D

[@jx14aby]

Like my brother always says, "When you snooze, you lose." Or "He who hesitates, masturbates."

[@davevaebutuoy]

I think I'll just start all of my games with b4 then! Followed by the bongcloud of course.

[@russelllomando8460]

Years ago, I played them both in two separate simuls in NY. I of course lost both games. Spassky was a total comedian throughout all his games. He politely had fun, & let you have fun, while crushing you. Tal was more like a machine, also destroying everyone. I remember the line....When Tal sacrifices a piece, stick around. He'll soon sacrifice another one. When Spassky sacrifices a piece, Resign!

[@JohnSmith-un9jm]

This makes sense if your a 1200 rated player.

[@russelllomando8460]

@@JohnSmith-un9jm I was about 1800 at that time.

[@JohnSmith-un9jm]

@@russelllomando8460 An 1800 player back in the old days is now a 1200 player, because of the advent of computer chess.

[@russelllomando8460]

@@JohnSmith-un9jm Yep...I'm sliding down that slippery slope.

[@JohnSmith-un9jm]

@@qaghzz The truth hurts from another 1200 rated player as you yourself are.

[@yoavm92]

I recently found out that a family member of mine was a judge in the chess Olympic in Russia in 1980’, which Tal participated

[@agadmator]

nice!

[@OswinOsgood]

@@agadmator nice!

[@syedtauheednabi2357]

@@OswinOsgood nice!

[@oussamaelbaz5932]

@@OswinOsgood nice!

[@saikatkarmakar6633]

@@oussamaelbaz5932 nice!

[@tanatduong4992]

#suggestion Tylkowski vs Antoni Wojciechowski "The Pearl of Poznan" (1931) An immortal endgame. Two pieces couldn't prevent doubled pawns from reaching the last rank.

[@abhigyanjain8484]

Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream

[@tdurran]

"... The greatest move you can ever play..." immediately I looked for a Knight to move backwards.

[@bennyboy6367]

Ha, ha. So did I!

[@JasonHagedorn]

B4 in the endgame. Or as I call it: The Hyper-Delayed Evan's Gambit

[@TheHigherSpace]

Reminds me of the good old days when there were so many Tal games still to cover in the channel

[@zaidibnalhaqq4837]

Lol there's still a ton left.

[@argandzero0]

(Tal, Morphy) + Agad = Heaven.

[@traumdatum806]

static_assert(decltype(std::declval().value_or(Morphy{}).operator+(Agad{}))::value == Heaven::value);

[@leadnitrate2194]

@@traumdatum806 amazing reply

[@averyinterestingpineapple6038]

@@pritamrakshit4524 get good kid

[@stevansham2385]

@@pritamrakshit4524 you don't have to problematize everything too

[@pritamrakshit4524]

@@stevansham2385 😅😅i thought it would be funny...but it turned wrong😬😅but didnt intend to problematize

[@baselkhadem3441]

i think Tal was inviting Spassky to play B-C6 and fork the queen and rook, after exchanging the white queen for the Bishop, then exchange the rooks at f6, Tal can advance the pawn to queening, then Spassky has to sacrifice the black queen and we end in Rook vs Bishop game. but Spassky moved his queen to e5 and didn't fall for Tal's trap

[@wunknownbeatbox7980]

I came to a similar conclusion, but what you said doesn't work I believe because black doesn't have to sac back the queen. The bishop on f6 covers the queening square. If Bc6 you can play Rxf7 and blacks queen is overworked and can't defend the bishop after recapturing the rook

[@richardangeles8920]

you can take the black rook with your rook, its check and the king wont be able to take, if the white queen takes it then the bishop is undefended.

[@fancytoxicsoda]

I agree.

[@baselkhadem3441]

Correct

[@baselkhadem3441]

correct

[@canoli72]

Once again a beautifully lyrical duet that centers on the b pawn. The people at the bar and the library are still talking about Spassky v Tal as if it happened yesterday!

[@muhammadumarkhan4076]

"The greatest move you can ever play is pawn to b4" Agatmator-2021

[@suryanarayan2032]

Funny you should say that. I played a game yesterday where my opponent blundered by playing b4

[@NosMaxim]

Agadmator is the only channel I have notifications on.. Best chess channel on KZbin. Keep it up my guy.

[@TheMarksT]

Awesome game between 2 of the best attackers in it -- with interesting history as well as present condition of Boris too! Great coverage as well! Thanks.

[@raajsavaj]

My manifestation: I requested tal game in previous video & here it is!! Thanks

[@rishabhshah3316]

Tal parents knew what kind of genius their son was that's why they put hail in his name

[@abhigyanjain8484]

Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream

[@atharvahude]

The Saviour of this great channel is back

[@leonardcharlesnew1591]

“Shall I play the move now, after, or before?” “Always b4” 😄

[@christoszoupounidis6301]

Please show Samsonov vs Nezhmetdinov 1929! I haven'r seen a checkmate quite like this in a while! Thanks! It's a quick one :) #suggestion

[@ashelolliap]

#suggestion

[@syedtauheednabi2357]

#suggestion

[@Ashish-yo8ci]

1959?

[@christoszoupounidis6301]

@@Ashish-yo8ci 1929 :) the earliest played game by Nezh I could find!

[@Nicks721]

Ρε αρχιδακο, που το ξέρεις εσύ αυτό το παιχνίδι;; Μιλάμε είναι όντως φοβερό

[@ramaduguakshaychess708]

Funny thing is " everyone is came only for Mikhail tal and for agadmator " 😂❤️

[@konuralpyldzkan1495]

I came for just Spassky

[@farhadtorshabi4550]

Thanks agad for this video. It was really awesome. A game between legends.

[@adityaprasannakumar1448]

#suggestion Maybe you could add the ratings of the players (where available or applicable) for just a bit more info. Cheers :))

[@marshacampbell1467]

I have been watching many of your older videos as well as some of the more recent ones and really enjoy them all.

[@mkl0073]

When 2 great powers collide this is what you get WHAT A GAME!!! 😍😍😍

[@rayanaouad6550]

I just wanted to say that agadmator's chess chanel made me love and play chess again. Thank you soo much. I really admire your work🙏🙏

[@koot3418]

lmao, when antonio said greatest move you can play i immediately knew it's b4 xd

[@niklaseriksson2820]

Agad, please more of this old games of old grandmasters like Fischer, Tal, Spassky, Petrosian.

[@mycommentpwnz]

Tal moved his C7 Rook to B7 to make room for OTHER ROOK (D1) on C7. That way, both rooks are on 7th rank, and both rooks are DEFENDED. The pawn on B3 is preventing Rook (on D1) from acquiring a DEFENDED position on the 7th.

[@ajayprem4415]

You mistakenly said that Tal was 18 and Spassky was 19 at the time of this game but Tal was born in November 1936 whereas Spassky was born in January 1937.

[@krisss42]

I'm a simple man. I saw agadmator's new video, I clicked. I saw Mikhail Tal on thumbnail, I clicked much faster.

[@NosMaxim]

A man of true class.

[@prateekkumar1554]

At 9:51 Agadmator - this greatest move you can ever play Me - calculating Qxf7 and Rxd7 lines Agadmator - the move is non other then b4 Me - ....WTF .!

[@wunknownbeatbox7980]

12:30 Maybe when Tal played Rb7 he was trying to bait Bc6 forking the queen and rook and then you play Rxf7+ and now if queen captures you pick up the bishop? (Seems way too simple though but you never know maybe they were low on time)

[@NakAnderso]

"When I play Chess, I don't just beat you, I crush your will to live"

[@keshavchoudhary2767]

It won't result in flow then

[@abhigyanjain8484]

Do watch this video - the dark horse chess live stream

[@NeelotpalamTiwari]

That's the difference chess has been through. Now playing something that your opponent is good at means, you've spent months analysing best possible engine moves in every position. Back then it meant messing with your opponent's head and trying to show who's boss.

[@williamgoss4691]

Excellent see-saw game between two masters ..... And excellent exposition, thks.

[@capoeirnesto]

you da man antonio. thank you for your good work.

[@gabrielungureanu751]

Agad thank you for this very nice video!Just a little thing,Boris Spassky was 17 as the game was played in August 1954 and he is born on 30 January 1937,and also Tal was 17 as he is(legends never die) born on 9 November 1936. These great titans of chess showed the world their talents from such a young age...,very impressive!

[@abhishekuniyal5045]

A Ritual: You like a tal video before watching the game.

[@JSamad]

True

[@MayankSharma-wv9yi]

Now that's getting back to the good stuff

[@ajaypatwal007]

a game featuring tal is always fun.. thanx for the suggestion man.

[@AcapellaUnfiltered]

The Gentleman vs. The Magician!

[@magicsoccer5607]

At 12:03 Rb7 is a trick to win black's light square bishop. If black were to play Bc6 with a double attack on the rook and the queen, white plays rook takes rook with check. Once the queen recaptures the rook on f7, white simply grabs the unguarded bishop on c6. Feel free to add further explanations or correct me if I'm wrong.

[@jacksprat7525]

Excellent analysis.

[@douglaseLamb]

Thx 🙏🏻 Antonio! Great presentation. ♾ d

[@abdulmuzaffaraladinbahaman7896]

This is what happens when you try to get into Tal's head.' Do share in the description ' 😂🙂

[@krashsystem9560]

@Agadmator...At 12:05 when Tal played 1.Rb7 , I think he might be considering Spassky will get tricked while looking for tactics with 1..Bc6 pinning queen and rook.Here Tal might've been looking for 2.Rxf7+ Qxf7 3.Qxc6 causing white to gain a winning advantage.

[@abdulsamadbalam6106]

The comment I have been searching for. Makes sense, good job spotting it.

[@nadem7079]

Tal wouldn’t play a move just in the hope that his opponent would blunder a simple tactic, he must have had some other reason for this move.

[@frederickdouglass9007]

Great 👍 Idea 💡 doing these First Games! Bravo 👏

[@esportslobby2440]

12:11 he asked "if any of u have any idea why tal played rb7". Did he really think we'll have any idea?

[@tlf_worldcorner2878]

0:01 this is me when i walk into tesco’s and there’s lots and lots of my friends there

[@RaggedyDan]

Feel like I've just been told off for writing in the description, apologies Agad! ahhaha

[@mohamadhijazi9797]

I see 2 legends so I cut my conversation and watch

[@rangansaharoy2003]

Please cover the matches between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky in 1992 .

[@sundaramoorthy6802]

#suggestion

[@andrewptob]

Spassky is still alive, but I don’t think his health is too great from some recent reports. But he’s still here!

[@slanigrad]

Djes ba Toni! Samo da napomenem, komsije te vjerno prate! Tuzla, BiH.

[@yuhoetang6959]

When you’re so early the agadmator notification hasn’t come out yet;)

[@Tesomanjarvi]

Amazing game :D thanks for this! There can never be enough games from these Soviet Gods :P

[@IlluminatiM06]

#suggestion. Tigran petrosian vs David Bronstein. Amsterdeam Candidates 1956 Round 2. Blunder of the century.

[@slimshady6242]

These legends produced best games , not just stick to theory but Play with passion , creatively and with love towards game unlike most of today's game where top players just follow books. That's why he have said 4:24

[@trapmango4110]

Isn't that the point...🤡

[@rvlglobe]

A really beautiful game. Thanks for sharing.

[@Justforwatching364]

Agad plz cover more spassky videos, he is so underated.

[@Justforwatching364]

@@hughmoore6970 nah! That's fine. He was a former world champion.

[@PUPPAXDD]

"You cannot write in the description, that is something only I can do" this is the reason why I love agadmator. 😂

[@afieshahamed1999]

Spassky Vs Tal that's enough to click this video

[@MrAAMNNITAllahabad]

"Tal's mind games were fully operational at the age of 18." - Agadmator, a legend.

[@luisiano92]

I am in late at work about this , Thanks Agad :)

[@rejeebush]

Thank you very much Agad!!!

[@JupiterRising67]

I love "the greatest move you can always play is b4"

[@dangledip1134]

agadmator is the goat of chess youtube!

[@VoltageCowboy]

The 1.1 Mill Club! Congrats

[@TransparentGlass1]

Wow, sacrificing the queen and promoting to a knight. What a beautiful game. Big respect for Spassky.

[@backwardsbus8188]

Finally, a Tal game! ❤️

[@AnkitKumar-lu5wl]

11:58 tal plays Rb7 to force spassky for blunder Bc6 forking Queen and Rook or black try to pin white rook By plying Qa8

[@eggyolk6735]

Finally! a Tal game in HD from agad!

[@skirk248]

The lesson of the day. B4 is a must play

[@aliobaidu5541]

A new fav character UNLOCKED Boris Spassky

[@Ashish-yo8ci]

The first game between Vishy and Tal is also their only recorded game!

[@MrStivi1981]

He covers historical chess so well! Bravo!

[@muubster]

12:35 in my opinion, Rb7 was probably protecting the b5 square in advance, since if the rook stayed on c7, the pawn cannot be pushed to b5 in the future since you just lose it to Bxb5, guarded by the queen, and the queen also guards the rook on f7 so Qxf7 with white would not work anymore. Rb7 also prevents black from playing Bb5, blocking the pawn if it was ever going to get pushed to b4.

[@ChesswithSuyashinMarathi]

12:43 Rb7 move was just to tempt Spassky to move bishop to C6.... so Tal could have captured rook on f7 with his rook.. so rb7 - bc6 rb7 x rf7 - qxf7 qxc6 and if king moves after white takes rook then Tal even had the option of pawn push, so even if bishop takes queen then pawn takes black queen and promotes to queen so rb7 - bc6 rb7 x rf7 - kh6/kh8 d7 and after d7 almost every variation is in white's favor

[@tomashulla4549]

12:40 I believe that Tal played Rb7 for 2 reasons: 1. He doesn't want Bd8 to come with a tempo on the rook 2. Qb8 would hit both of the passed pawns after the rook moves which is annoying That's why Spassky moved his bishop to f6, so that he could play Bd8 followed by Qb8. Sure, you could play Rb7 after Bd8, but if you're gonna have to play it, why not do it a move sooner so that it doesn't come with tempo?

[@DVal-bl7hm]

I was really confused when agadmator described b4 simply as a "brilliant move" at 9:04. When he asked us to find "the greatest move you could ever play," later, I understood. lol

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

I'm glad to see the first game between these two legends go to Spassky

[@mtreder4]

"You cannot write in the description; that's something only I can do." -agadmator

[@ShawnLuby]

Great game. Tal will always be my favorite player. Love his aggressive style

[@ritikanand1695]

2:11 Game begins

[@jacobmwangi7596]

🎉🎉🎉🎉I really love the videos.Always the best man. What about Loenid Stein games

[@kasajizo3136]

been a long time since you posted a tal video

[@vortexshift5146]

I think Tal played rook to b7 to trick Spassky into playing bishop to c6 thinking that the rook and queen are forked, but then rook takes on f7 immediately wins for white as the black king cannot take as white queen is guarding it, and if black queen takes, then white queen takes c6 and white is up the exchange. If the black king moves, then there are a few options that white has and I think Tal would be winning from there on out. Tal might have not wanted to deal with the bishop pair and tried to bait Spassky with a few tricks.

[@ryeettryeettus2057]

Never clicked so fast in my life

[@tiagosegabinazzi4063]

More videos of Spassky, beautiful games!

[@hasancoool]

This channel is addictive!

[@Cuthalion82]

Spassky is alive. Unfortunately, not in as good health as we could hope for. He has had 2 strokes in the last 12 years, with all the concequences for a 84 year old man.

[@ReachForTheSky]

Maybe Tal just didn't want to change the position of any other piece, and that was the only move that wouldn't weaken the other pieces.

[@mattroxursoul]

Have not seen you do a Tal game in forever, thought you might have fallen out of love.

[@andersonfuller]

Wow, what a beautiful game. Might be my second favourite after Ivanchuk spanking Kasparov in Linares 91.

[@araibhussain950]

at 17:32, couldnt white play King g1 to King f1? Wouldnt that help? (I know I might be asking a stupid question but I am curious as to what happens if that move is played)

[@pedropoza8834]

Bonita partida entre dos grandes jugadores de ataque, gracias 😊

[@Der_Gegenbebegte]

The moment, you want it, you better let your passed pawns go, this opportunity comes once in a chess game.