Stop Horsing Around, Bobby! || Friðrik Ólafsson vs Bobby Fischer || 1959. Candidates

[@firerook]

Wow, this picture on my fridge will impress all the girls, this and my extensive knowledge of the 1959 Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates Tournament

[@BozanicJosip]

pair this with a picture of vasilly ivanchuk and you'll soon have a harem

[@zanetruesdale8336]

Save some pussy for the rest of us bro

[@christophermckay7082]

Good one!

[@Jk-ki7tr]

I came here for this comment KI wanna know who has this photo on their fridge XDD

[@mrkhoros]

I was sooooooooooo eagerly waiting to expand my knowledge on Candidates tournament 1959 , Thanks Bro

[@agadmator]

My pleasure :)

[@mrkhoros]

I bet he does

[@jayronyucker4272]

mm he probably was stupid head

[@samayrus6451]

seriously bro?!

[@GetterRay]

Even if he was sarcastic, there has to be some truth to it. If we aren't waiting to expand our knowledge of a 50 year old chess tournament, why are we even here?

[@davidborger7159]

If it wasnt for you, i wouldnt be able to tell my cousin in the early morning, while having breakfast, that Bobby Fischer got sixth place on the 1959 candidates tournament. Thank you agad for showing the standings one more time

[@ashmikharinkhede2618]

Still haven't recovered from Ivanchuk's game covered earlier today....

[@HartHunt]

I'm continously surprised by how easy to understand your analysis are. And the amount of concepts and ideas that you mention, with how smooth you present the game without really stopping, I can't even understand how you remember what to say, how to say it and and speak so fast. Kudos.

[@Arnthorg]

the pronounciation of "Friðrik Ólafsson" was spot on

[@ottarornbergmann6947]

Arnþór Gíslason jebb🇮🇸🇮🇸

[@jasonrawls6959]

3:52 The dog trying to scratch his back in the background cracks me up. 😂

[@therealmvp2434]

Can't wait for the next 1959 candidates chess tournament game!

[@michaelmendillo4614]

TY,,, This was the first game I seen of Fiscber losing,,,, and you did just the greatest narrating it !!! TY !!!

[@saifsagri599]

Love your channel agadmator.. Excellent post as always .Plzz keep showing us those rare photos of great players.It really makes me adore the players of that era.😍😍

[@groussac]

Thanks for the commentary and the photo. These guys look so young. In this game, you can sense how Fischer at this point in time lagged his Soviet competitors. Impressive that he made up so much ground so quickly. | Looking forward to more Keres games and trying to diagnose when the real Paul Keres was playing and when he wasn't.

[@QED_]

The International Society for the Preservation of 1959 (ISP-1959) . . . salutes you and your commendable efforts (!)

[@AlwaysAudacity]

Every time Agadmator shows the leader board, I look to see if Fischer won this time.

[@kaushiktechno]

"If someone called you at 3 A.M. & say hey who won the 2nd place in the 1959 candidates...." -------#EPIC :-D

[@andrewptob]

Happened to me last week

[@jatinbhende3205]

Agadmator really likes showing tournament standings as tal won the tournament :)

[@muhammedyaseen5438]

0:11 Me: let's goooo. Antonio: frereveveek olafson. Me:😶😶😶

[@johngrey5806]

1:46 "...after searching some dark corners of the internet I was able to find an even better photo." - I wonder what other kinds of photos Anthony found on the dark corners of the internet. :-)

[@allgonoemo4217]

Kevin Spraggett

[@Jonathan-ec9pp]

Thank you Antonio! Now that I have that photo, I can show off about my knowledge of the 1959 Candidates tournament. I'm definitely gonna be popular with the ladies....

[@dry5555]

I think Melo (the dog) was a bit anxious about that rook sacrifice. 3:47.

[@LeeOades]

dry5555 He's always anxious about rook sacrifices 😂 Btw: He's Medo.

[@conalfisher765]

Anyone else come from the best of Agadmator video to see what the photo was?

[@alexscott5996]

Love the Videos, personally I am really enjoying the indepth review of the 1959 Candidates.

[@johngrey5806]

I like the tradition of examining the standings of the 1959 Candidates Tournament, I have them burned into my brain. I will keep trying to impress someone with them, but last time they asked me about the 1960 Candidates Tournament and I had to shamefully admit that I have no idea who won that one. And 1961 - absolutely no clue.

[@hubertsang7418]

Do not worry, there was no 1960 and 1961 candidates. The world championship was a three year event. The next candidates cycle was 1962, won by Boris Spassky, and it was the individual match play implemented by FIDE after Fischer's famous letter complaining about the soviet domination of chess. And Spassky's road to the crown was a very impressive one, in his climb to the summit, in two candidate cycles and world championships, he played the toughest opposition possible; he won against: Tal, Keres, Geller ( twice), Larsen, Korchnoi, Petrossian. And lost to Petrossian once.

[@chessenjoyer9657]

i am watching Vikings show lol and I was happy when I searched bobby Fischer games on yt to get this beautiful game with someone of viking heritage. fredrik olafson is a beautiful name

[@ChessSocialism]

Antonio, 2 ideas; , I would love to see a video where you analyze a game from the podium winner(s?) of one/each of your milestone tournaments (20K,50k,100k 1M;). 2. Would love if you did a team tournament stream with another channel so it could be me playing on your team with 1000 other loyal fans against another streamers loyal fan base! Call it Chess: Civil WAR XD. Big fan, best of luck!

[@vivekjoshi5207]

If u wake me up at 3 in the morning and ask... Who was second in the candidates match of 1959..i will surely be able to answer... Mr paul keres.. #nice series it is...

[@luisvalencia9962]

3 am in le bed *stranger wakes me up* ay who won second place in the 1959 candidate's tournament? *me* uhhh Tal? *stranger* IT WAS PAUL KERES *throws water at me* *me* AHHHHH *stranger* AAHHHHHHHH

[@ninjanel1153]

Gem comment 😂😂

[@patryxsterv4523]

3:14 Why not e4 with the black knight

[@AM-sp6je]

I think you are making up few games and showing it to us. So many games from 1959 candidtes :))

[@kasparov9]

Incredible photo, some real talent in that one pic!!

[@globalmalfunction]

If I was in Star Fleet, expanding my knowledge of the 1959 candidates tournament would be my prime directive

[@jme9556]

I've been loving this tournament. Would you mind showing some more of Gligoric's games from the tournament?

[@mikjeuitbranant]

I printed that photo and put it on my fridge. It promoted to a time machine. I travelled to '59 and am now the 9th person on that picture.I gave Tal tips from Alpha Zero.Don't thank me. (P.S: now also an expert on the 1959 Candidates tournament. TY)

[@jeremyhulbert3343]

Tal didn't ask you anything along the lines of "What the f*** is an Alpha Zero?"

[@mikjeuitbranant]

No. Not aTal. I just told him I had very deep thoughts. ;)

[@jeremyhulbert3343]

impressive. Most impressive.

[@jatinbhende3205]

jeremy hulbert a chess player dont know about alpha zero!!

[@TheChessViking]

WOW! Your pronounciation of Friðrik's name was excellent for a foreigner! Most people butcher it! 1958 in Portoroz is one of the most famous accomplishment of an Icelandic chess player ever! Fridrik of course the legend of Icelandic chess having beaten Fischer, Tal and many of the strongest players of his era. Fridrik was kind of the reason I restarted posting videos on my channel. He had a lecture where I recorded a little footage and later posted his examination of his win against Tal. In that same lecture he talked about the student tournament in Varna which he played as a warm up tournament before Portoroz. That was the first time he met Bobby and he had a funny story about their first encounter as well as a great story about Tal. Friðrik was of course later president of FIDE and is very respected in Iceland and the chess world.

[@ArnorAndBjarki]

Íslenskur?

[@TheChessViking]

Arnór Ólafsson já. Kíktu á mitt channel ;-)

[@elegomeskin]

Ivanchuk's description/analysis of his game from memory is an astounding display of mental acumen.

[@Onnnit1]

Sat and thought about the quote for a minute... Honestly so true. #deep

[@ramprasadnigudkar2072]

i liked this title and gave thumps up before even seeing video.😊😊😁

[@wolfgangwilhelm9699]

Portorož has also a beautiful center. "Friðrik Ólafsson" - the nordic "Ð/ð" was the example for the Croatian "Đ/đ". It is always pronounced as a "th" (only in Faroese it's silent)

[@PK-po9lf]

I think your dog was having a seizure in the background

[@vivekjoshi5207]

Fantastic and very animated analysis of the game by mr chucky...

[@mohammadwafiq4993]

oh wow the standing of the 1959 didny expect that in any of agads vids

[@pavels8890]

Agad please do Capablanca - Keres games

[@reggiemilla8835]

Twice I've been awakened at 3 am and asked "who won 2nd place in the 1959 Candidates Tournament", now I have the answer,,,,,,, #KnowledgeIsPower

[@singingintherain4750]

A few days ago, my brother woke me at 3am and asked 'who won the 2nd place?' I just saw today who won :(. He stole my quilt because I didn't know.

[@Slymukk]

#suggestion Robert Wade, NZ v/s, Fridrik Olafsson, Iceland. Played in Hastings 1953. A 'volcanic' game by two players from volcanic countries.

[@KareemAboutabl]

6:45 so what is bobby gonna do if "the other one" played h3 rather than g5 or any other moves??!

[@Grandcapi]

Medo (the dog) is having fun on the couch...

[@pratyushbhatt1712]

Put the picture on the fridge. Lmao😂

[@muhamadreza8276]

Ah that quote was so touching :(

[@thebilstonian549]

Your channel is superb

[@drahmedisa6783]

I think this was greatest tournament ever

[@VigilanteTribe]

There's NOTHING more rewarding than learning more about the 1959 candidate's tournament.. Nothing..

[@jeremyhulbert3343]

The 1959 Candidates Tournament will be with you. Always.

[@mr.deadpool7688]

Hey there i'm a new subscriber and i'm looking to get serious in playing chess however I don't know any strategies whatsoever, is there any chess book you would recommend I start with in terms of learning at least the basic strategies in chess?

[@ahmedoussemasfayhi1818]

"Chess Fundamentals" by Capablanca, here's a link with algebraic notation: www.sources.com/SSR/Docs/Capablanca-ChessFundamentals.pdf You're welcome :)

[@ulrichschmidt5559]

There are 9 people in the picture, but only 8 participants in the tournament. So one of them must be an arbiter or local organizer? I think the following list must be about ok (from left to right): Petrosjan (unkown/arbiter?) Tal Gligoric Smyslov Benkö Fischer Ólafson Keres

[@Dan1elAndrade]

what if Fischer would have defended the position at 11:26 by just moving the bishop back and coming back to e6 and moving the king to h5 to protect the h pawn? I don't see how to win that. Any help?

[@thedotacliparchive]

doesnt work. You‘ll lose 2 pawns

[@Dan1elAndrade]

Yes! Stockfish even showed you can sacrifice the rook for the bishop and move the other pawn to victory

[@preetsanghavi8134]

At 14:42 why not pawn to g4?

[@visakh017]

@3:11 why not .... Nxe4 Nxe4 Bxe4 Black wins a pawn right?

[@jhnsnw]

5:40 - Bishop to g6 solves all the problem for black, doesn't it? I don't know why agadmator says white could punish? In that position even, black is winning. Am I wrong?

[@adamleckius2253]

A photo of the participants of the 1959 candidates tournament *the internet doesn't get much darker than this*

[@arturdifini]

Hi, I've been watching your videos and they are really nice, very entertaining. I would like to know what is the chess interface that you use, it is a beautiful one. Thanks!

[@markohorstmann9637]

Please show some more Chucky games! He is my favorite player!

[@hussammustafa477]

4:14 "it was in this position"... i thought somebody was resigning 🤣

[@lukeelliott5921]

You pronounce so many words better than I ever could, and your English is really impressive. I never know if it is annoying or appreciated to say something like I'm about to... so here goes: The word motif around 13:13 is pronounced more like "Moe-TEEF" and the way you said it sounded like "motive."

[@sachinkumarchalvaji7210]

can you make videos on chess openings and traps

[@crazydiamond6450]

Agadmator,could you review the match between Garry Kasparov and The Machine like your other chess review...

[@arshakmmm4752]

wow!!! even I immediately saw and was confident on f6! how Olafsson missed his golden chance, wow!!! wow!!! that was a free gift.

[@arshakmmm4752]

ok ok, at least he won

[@AM-sp6je]

What are the standings at the end again?

[@mislavivkovic9996]

I remember when i was a kid on ex Yugoslavia we was so strong Gligoric Matulovic Bonja Kovacevic cmon in the Best 20 players in the world with strong tournaments on Portoroz Belgrade Zagreb now we just have 1 strong player from Croatia and another from Serbia that is it

[@JAYP20256]

Nice EXPLAINATION

[@ΓιώργοςΝανούρης-β3σ]

fisher sould go for the karo kan (lol) ... amazing foto btw

[@AtomosNucleous]

3:51 and I lost my concentration, had to rewind :)

[@craigpointon8394]

This 1959 candidates is becoming a decent meme :)

[@johngrey5806]

Crap, I had to come back to this video because I forgot to click "like".

[@christophed1666]

When will you post your tournament game ?

[@pruusnhanna4422]

The nice thing is that I don't just hear what the Great Players played, but also what they *should* *have* played...

[@azarhaimsteboun3839]

What's wrong with Knight takes e4 at 3:05 ?

[@baboige5052]

knight on C3 is defending it

[@xyratious3334]

Ajit Pai there is a double attack on e4.

[@azarhaimsteboun3839]

Yes but then bishop on g7 takes on e4

[@AM-sp6je]

Nxe4 Nxe4 Bxe4 Ng3 gives white enough compensation

[@LavrencicUrban]

THE PRONUNCIATION OF PORTOROZ WAS SPOT ON AS WELL :)

[@augandoh]

I like ur videos greatly especially as u always have annotations as well. However, in other annotations u have 1-0 to show a win at the end or 0-1 to show a loss. Maybe u can adopt that in ur annotations. Viewers van straight away who won or lost.

[@singingintherain4750]

noo, that's less excitning

[@AM-sp6je]

I have found even better photos in the dark corners of the internet iykwim :P

[@AnastasisGrammenos]

dude... how old are you?

[@AM-sp6je]

Anast Gramm why do you ask?

[@NovaAtdosk]

#suggestion agadmator could you do a game with a bishop knight endgame? Was looking into endgames and saw that they're pretty rare, seems interesting. I'd actually like to see more finished endgames - most of your games are top-level players who resign before they really get into the endgame because they trust one another's abilities, but I'd bet most of your viewers (myself included) could stand to work on their endgames.

[@abtking91]

#suggestion add more details like head to head stats (W/L/D against each other) and also highest ELO achieved (and champion for this many years) besides the photo of the players :)

[@HabibAkbar-d9u]

16 year old Great Bobby Fischer .....Great

[@mckehra14]

6:14 that punch oof

[@marianmaecki4480]

I am asking You Agadmator to comment on the party between Keres and Tal at the tournament in Bled-Zagrebe-Belgrade (79 moves). In the tournament book, as I remember, master Ragozin wrote that for a filigree technique in this party Keres will receive a special prize.

[@Butcherscut]

My fridge is gonna like this picture, right next to the portrait of your beautiful face bro

[@sreepravan7846]

5:24 queen g4 forking bishop would have gave white a huge advantage

[@crazybutcher15]

Dangggg, can't wait to decorate my wall with some Chess champs

[@joesimkus68]

Some like chess but, we don't all obsess over it. So to say, "We all need a photo" is presumptuous.

[@robertharutyunyan4093]

Rae1-Re8 why not Re4 insted of Qh4?

[@alephnull4044]

Did Fischer do this a lot, resigning after playing a move? I thought that players generally resigned after the opponents makes a move.

[@infinitysalinity7981]

Some do it because they realize they just made a huge blunder. Others simply lose hope in an already lost position and give up.

[@singingintherain4750]

the queen did not capture anything :) I loved the game Agadmator, thanks. today I wanted to play with you, I tried for like half an hour, but I was unfortunate. I would love to play with you. Maybe as a birthday present? I just turned 18 :D The photo is indeed very dark

[@simjunxun2301]

May I request someone to point out whom is whom (from left to right)? Thank you very much.

[@yusufcline3756]

Can somebody explain to me why the 1959 tournament was so important?

[@zyrracle]

3:50 Dog doesn't like the rook sacrifice

[@MrAlivallo]

why didnt bobby take E4 @3.05 looks like a free pawn?

[@the5tigers]

I thought you always put the winner in the thumbnail?

[@dogukanvural6676]

Wow. Both sides just missed lots of things and its really interesting. Its Bobby in the end and he's known for his sight. Maybe not when he was at that age tho...

[@pthiago_s5075]

Would be great to watch a video in Croatian. It could be one of your own games, Toni

[@zray2937]

After all these videos, I hope you cover in deep the subsequent championship match.

[@karbingamer8118]

Isn't 6....b5 winning a pawn after (7.Bb3 b4 8.Ne2 Nxe4)???

[@luketolle7673]

//suggestion You should cover the game between Magnus Carsten and Pewdiepie. Magnus was white and the game resulted in a stalemate.

[@AM-sp6je]

I hope you know it was a joke

[@singingintherain4750]

pewdiepie is an idiot

[@power2084]

Agadmator, there are 9 people in the picture but there were only 8 players in the tournament. So who is the extra person in the picture ?