Tal Considered This His *Best Game!

[@vatsan2483]

Hoodie Agad?? Where is yours to honor the gentleman??

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Or gentlewoman probably not a chick probably not as many female GMs back than

[@ТарланХудавердиев-ц8п]

@@michaelmassaro4375Sviridov is male’s surname

[@matrion15]

I think because we know who the opponent was. We have a name, we just don't have a picture.

[@MegaLegz]

@@michaelmassaro4375 Also Russian names are gendered and -ov is masculine.

[@LearnforPCSIAS]

Aa Nice 😂😂 & in time

[@antar7475]

Tal is just something else. He is in his own league. There is nothing more pleasant in the chess world than watching a Tal game.

[@gooddognigel9992]

Fischer is the greatest genius to descend from the chessic heavens. - Mikhail Tal

[@winterheart1984]

​@@gooddognigel9992 i love watching mikhail tal games, he is an exciting player no one play like he does

[@user-uc7qb1su4e]

2 Tal games in a row? Now we need some Nezhmetdinov games with your better analysis

[@ignacioaraya5467]

Yeeeeeeesss

[@Sigma01350]

Yeah he is literally the Batman of chess and a true competiter of Tal

[@sunburn74]

He is spoiling us.

[@robertkarlsson1960]

YES

[@chesstictactics]

Very nice suggestion

[@wot_hog]

Agadmator's little green robot letter codes: C = Classical (long time formats) CA = Classical followed by Armaggedon R = Rapid (medium time formats) B = Blitz (short time formats) b = bullet (very short time formats) A = Armaggedon (extremely short: Black wins if draw) E = Exhibition game (not *E*ngines) sE = Simultaneous Exhibition T = Training game P = Puzzle X = Unknown

[@strikerrxdd]

I saw one with L on it what does that mean

[@P.sherman45]

@@strikerrxdd b is for bar and L is for library

[@davidschneide5422]

"What is your name, you who are so wise in the ways of the 'mator?!"

[@trowftd]

Lesson ​@@strikerrxdd

[@cactus_szn6341]

😂😂​@@davidschneide5422

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Mikhail is forever undermining his opponents giving major pieces and letting his minor pieces win the game he’s a prodigy and an enigma

[@mariuszpudzianowski8400]

Always sac the exchange, sometimes sac the queen. It's the law.

[@exbricadlo]

​@@mariuszpudzianowski8400more of a ritual

[@saliljoshee1957]

The Tal structure is one of the best minor piece synchronisation I have seen on the board

[@quirkasaurussaurus2896]

"one of"?

[@Axiomatic75]

Wow, two Tal games in one day is an unexpected treat. Amazing game!

[@drauch]

Says something from where you're from :-D agadmator's time zone says: 2 separate days

[@Axiomatic75]

@@drauch Indeed, I'm 4 or 5 hours ahead

[@sandinmujakic3774]

I can't believe how excited I get seeing that Agad released a Tal game, given that I only got into chess like a year ago. All because of Agad

[@avonacolyte]

It's the end of an era. Agadmator no longer honours Mr Hoodie Guy.

[@rashadbeybutov7201]

Sviridov is "he", because in Russian surnames for woman you should use "Sviridova". And somewhere in the depths of internet his name mentioned as Valery Sviridov.

[@rikxdragneel5290]

Yeah we know. As woman can't play chess

[@God_emperor_Doom]

Truly this is one if the most GOATED games 😊. Tal was out of this world. Truly a genius

[@patrickghazarian8703]

The Structure looks like a hunting bow. "Tal's Bow"

[@qutaibahal-hasan4604]

Tal's bow.. awesome name 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@federicovelazco4669]

Yes!!!

[@NeoTheG]

I do not no what to say, TWO TAL games in ONE DAY? I'm over the moon Thank you Agad

[@MaritimeSunset]

2 Tal games in a row? You are spoiling us Antonio!

[@quAsargg]

Thank you Agad for serving 2 delicacies on the same day

[@jelanitarik8452]

4:41 - Black was SO preoccupied with their own plans they minimized the danger of f6! They saw the chessboard as they wanted it to be and not as it really was - Tal punished them for that.

[@q-tuber7034]

“… and also, the threat comes with checkmate”

[@tarsem3258]

Loved this one, brilliant commentating as well!

[@zach1912XD]

You may skip honoring the hoodie guy, but I certainly won't. I will continue to embrace tradition.

[@vibhorbisht4122]

Tal pieces are in perfect harmony.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Pawn on g7 could not ask for a better square to promote to

[@rspade827]

"And also the threat comes with checkmate, so that's a pretty big deal."

[@cheddar53021]

Mikhal Tal never loses a game , he just sacrifices his king sometimes.

[@istiakislamSEO]

5 Wei Yi games and then 2 Tal game! Man, I can never love you enough. Mad respect. ❤❤❤

[@greghuth9580]

The Tal Structure. Brilliant!

[@BLooDCoMPleX]

We're getting spoiled with this Tal revival, not only 2 excellent Tal games, but also in 60 fps HD!

[@JohnOwenBanks]

A grand game! I'm still partial to Tal's 1st game vs Botvinnik for the world title. More pressure brought out the best in Tal. Great post!

[@Pouncingpuma7]

Back to back Tal videos! Its like its 2017 again.

[@DarkKnightIndia]

When Antonio said that black's light squared bishop is gonna play a crucial role in the game I knew some kind of mockery is waiting to be unveiled

[@jayeshyadav8891]

I can never get enough of agad covering tal games

[@jozefserf2024]

Tal's immortal game against Smyslov will always remain brilliant.

[@dimifisher]

That was insanity, great game, thanx for sharing!

[@kaldrazadrim]

This game is masterful. I kept staring at the "Tal structure", wondering what the Queen could do, but no- she is helpless. Incredible. I don't even think an engine would find these sacrifices.

[@MrSupernova111]

Hilarious defensive set up by Tal! Never seen anything like it.

[@ferassoliman4441]

تال هو اكثر من ( مجرد ) اسطورة

[@genewickersham4593]

Tal is brilliant. My favorite, however is Petrosian, the defensive master.

[@rickharold7884]

I love Tal games. Could watch over and over. And over. And over.

[@sgazzz]

Man, we forget how good Tal games are when we don't see them in a while...

[@goblin-night]

The Dragon is the second most popular alternative to Najdorf from there? I would have been sure it is Scheveningen or Classical and guessed one of those.

[@tomasz9429]

You sac all your major pieces and the opponent resigns. Who wouldn't call it his favorite game...

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Tal showing off making it look easy the rest of you chess players do what you can to save your major pieces Queen Rook whatever I’ll just win with my pawns and Bishops

[@camilohiche4475]

Tal checkmates faster than the speed of sound, we couldn't even hear the board sounds.

[@ghjklgh]

I am from Stuggart Germany. I'll be visiting my family this summer. but where would one look for that info. Microfilm of some old newspapers??

[@Headhunter_212]

Tal invents The Bishops’ Stable.

[@sobanabukhifas2061]

Everyday from now on, I would be expecting a tal game when I open youtube. Looks like 2 games were enough to spoil me.

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

What a snoozefest... ...it must be to watch *other* chess channels when this one keeps us wide awake with excitement and joy.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Funny Dave Agadmator the Best Ok with the Rest

[@wernerclarssen2939]

Lets call the 2 bishops-knights manover Tals double-twins ;))

[@thomasthulievre286]

By far the most entertaining player to watch.

[@Vikinginvietnam]

Coming up with two Tal games in one night😲

[@Ishbikes]

Tal was amazing at sacrificing pieces to push pawns to promotion. I’ve seen him do that multiple games now. I wish he could have explained

[@CNCTEMATIC]

when you are excited about a game, its always good

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

You know that opponent knew they messed up when Tal let his second rook get captured.

[@randhirmungra390]

I wanted to find it but couldn't, focussing too much on left hand side. .. The master Tal magnificently shows us the power of a pawn in this game.👏 Thanks for this

[@pannypant3759]

#suggestion Nezhmetdinov vs Timofeev 1973 . Spectacular game

[@ramprasadnigudkar2072]

Extremely excited game. First time watched on matojelic's channel

[@irsanwu2057]

Babe wake up, agadmator just dropped the 2nd video of Tal's game in a row

[@camilohiche4475]

What Babe?

[@alexst.k8853]

I love Tal

[@bobomber]

The more Tal the merrier

[@pathutchison7688]

Damn, I remember the original upload of this game. Spiral stairs in the background and lower quality camera and mike.

[@vaibhavmoon6958]

Hoodie guy wasnt honoured with a hoodie Agad

[@neno539]

The video is so sharpened I can see Tal's brain

[@telemann721]

No hoodie?

[@josequintero8615]

I wanna see Tal's games with black pieces, too. I'm trying to find some, but here in KZbin, I can barery see any

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Agadmator probably has many in his back log I do come across Tal on other ‘programs’ from time to time

[@xethnyrrow]

#suggestion Bring Medo to, "help" record a video for you so we can see him again. Not all videos but we miss the old dude.

[@jasongoodacre]

That's one of the best traps I've ever seen. Unstoppable promotion.

[@fuadalalam]

Where's your hoodie, man?

[@mr.wholeworld2606]

Vladimir Sviridov (Soviet chess player)

[@d4slaimless]

Stress on 2nd "i" in Sviridov.

[@fanjin]

In the final position, black can play Qxd1+ first and then move the bishop, and in the end white is up only one piece not two.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

As soon as that passed pawn promotes to Queen game is over

[@kaushikvedpathak5277]

U r right at 5:32 queen takes knight check. Bishop takes queen. Then pawn promtion. He will be up by only 1 piece

[@zevneumark-gaudet4390]

Which is still completely winning and Black does well to resign

[@tanaygaming1250]

But then why will he give the queen for the rook

[@dwijuni4707]

Well in that case, after pawn promotes to queen and king moves, tal simply move away the queen instead of taking the rook and he will have a queen and 3 pieces against a rook, a bishop, and a knight

[@praiseshishi2189]

Aaah. , The Tal Structure , nice ring to it

[@quirkasaurussaurus2896]

seriously, that 2 knights + 2 bishop structure was so cool! has anyone ever seen a position like that - where 4 or more pieces are protecting each other in a "circle"?! I've seen a B+R+N structure, but never 4!

[@ulanabdrakhmanov720]

I like two Tal on the screen😊

[@alexandruilea6471]

We instantly miss the noise the pieces make as you move them. We can only hear the mouse click. Great game though!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

I didn’t even think of it but you’re not the only one that mentioned it just the positions of the pieces and the pawn on g7 Spoke for itself

[@machineFa8]

I need to learn some tactics to sack pieces like Tal in my games

[@luigisaintil413]

Just wanted to point out that you are not wearing a hoodie in honor of the hoodie guy or girl. Is it a Tal thing as I know Tal is your best chess player.😂😂 This just poetic the knights are in a symbiotic relationship with the bishops.😊

[@markocicak4004]

The opening line reminds me of the Yugoslav attack

[@grawl69]

Fantastic game, thank you Agad.

[@jaybingham3711]

Can we call it a Tal Structure wherever it might exist and regardless of orientation? This brings to mind a question I had after getting a R, R, Q position on a rank rather than a file. The question of course is does this warrant/qualify being called an Alekhine Gun? Or maybe it should be referred to as a Rank Gun or vR Gun?

[@salmanhabibazizi]

I give up a rook, give up a second rook with check, give up a queen and get check mated

[@jonrwert]

Such a brutal winning combination. I wonder if the opponent thought they were winning on move 15 or 16 before realizing they had completely fallen into the trap a few moves earlier.

[@Sushantasharma.]

I see tal I watch ❣️

[@nimatal6623]

#suggestion Amin Tabatabaei vs V Pranav in Sharjah masters 24 is Amin’s true masterpiece !!!

[@turtle752436]

After the pause the video moment you do mention what black should have played and that even then black was dead lost. Perhaps that's why Tal liked this game in particular, because of what black played, eventhough he had the other options covered. Question is why was black dead lost anyway, how would you have continued it if black played differently (still losing) if u were Tal. 4:26

[@itsjustadot4438]

At first i thought black bishop would play a crucial role in winning the game but guess what😅

[@xenofonkarykis8417]

Trying sharp lines against Tal. Top marks for confidence no marks for common sense 😂

[@JRibs]

The quote is extremely close to Khabib Nurmagamedov. “I take people into deep waters and make them discover themselves.”

[@vigneshTAI]

Don't know who to fear... Tal down with pieces or Tal up with pieces??.. Or the name Tal itself😮

[@jaybingham3711]

This position is pretty common in a London v KID. Very much looking forward to my next encounter.

[@ignacioaraya5467]

I saw Tal, I CLICK.

[@mridulkumar7371]

Milner vs Tal in Chicago is still one of the best 🫡

[@KnightToRemember]

I don’t believe he considered this his best game. This is just one findable combination where as he played much more insane and convoluted sacrifices. Here there was only one line to calculate

[@akibavar]

Love the Tal games! Can we get the moves as you used to do?

[@antongschn]

It's probably "he" as for example if the opponent was soviet, it would be "Sviridova"

[@Chess_venomenon]

Hi Agad, i am from Stuttgart, do you know where they played this simul? I can look if i will find some Information.

[@federalisticnewyorkians4470]

5:56 what about pawn to E6? Doesn't that stop checkmate?

[@MarkWiseTechno]

2:50 Always play Kb1! The Finegold Rules prevail once more.

[@TheDreamer94]

i miss the piece sound effect

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Click click take take

[@TerryCristopher]

I luv watching as someone who knows no theory, I would’ve gone knight to h5 like you said, and I wouldn’t have taken the rook, and for sure get rid of the pawn but I trust you that it was still a bad position

[@juanjan__]

Great game, thanks for it! Now two opinions: there's no sound when you move the pieces. Did you change that forever or is it just a thing for this video. Personally, I prefer with sound. And I also preferred your previous camera. This one is a bit too dark in this video (could be the lighting in your room for it, of course) but I also think it king of has the "contrast" a bit too high in the other videos you used it for. Just that, my two cents, hope that's not a problem 🙂

[@heyfrej7618]

Suggestion. Long time ago there used to a "Brilliancy Prize". I am not sure if you done them all, but if you have not , please can you show them. I wished they still had that prize.

[@RoshanHassamal]

And the hoodie bro? you started it... im wearing my hoodie right now!

[@CMAAvinash]

Agad. there are so many beautiful games you already covered 5-6 years ago. could u pls re-upload with new style? we will really love to watch them again..

[@rogerstone3068]

g5! I got it I got it I got it! I play like Tal! (In my dreams, anyway.) LATER, having watched the rest - well, if I'd foreseen what follows, casually sacrificing all three of your strongest pieces, then the excitement would be justified. This is a jewel amongst chess games. Thank you, Antonio.

[@yez_20]

The board sounds are turned off for this video, or is it like this for all the videos ?