Tal Treats Petrosian to A Night at the Opera

[@sahiljain6618]

The quote written above is quite ironic and funny😂

[@sahiljain6618]

Do a video on just puzzle solving. Its very nice and helps improve our calculations and tactics

[@pulusukaushikreddy6998]

#suggestion

[@aksharnerkar7094]

And agadmator analyses blitz games anyway 😂😂

[@gonzalo4658]

Nice observation Nancy!

[@sungod9797]

That’s the joke

[@iweirjkdkfmk]

This game is exactly what makes Tal to declare "you must take your opponent into a deep dark forest where 2+2=5, and the path leading out is only wide enough for one". His knight move was unsafe but even the greatest defensive player of all couldn't held the pressure against Tals twisted mind

[@thebmc101ify]

well said,. so romantic

[@johnnypastrana6727]

Bravo and well stated...Tal would smile if he were to read it. 👑

[@marlironya7162]

What if pawn is pushed

[@erwinjoseph1600]

😂😁😂

[@erwinjoseph1600]

@@johnnypastrana6727 so true

[@rileyvonbevern4652]

I love how Tal went from being an attractive young man to a crazy looking chess master

[@MrAAMNNITAllahabad]

No one could have said it better.

[@hctkko]

Norway Championship 2019, Magnus Carlsen vs agadmator. Move 39, both players low on time. Carlsen blunders. agadmator: "This is mate in 12, I will give you a couple of seconds to find it." Carlsen: "I congratulate you, you are an excellent player." At this moment phone rings because agadmator did not silence it before the game. Magnus Carlsen wins. Later that day a man was seen running around the city shouting "Hello everyone".

[@Grylluslit]

Very Nice

[@TheHigherSpace]

this is golden hhhh

[@jhadesdev9576]

😂😂😂 LOL awesome 👍

[@funkykenan]

So yeah

[@JohnSmith-vh1sq]

Is this agadmator’s dream sequence? Or is this daydreaming?

[@pauldraper1736]

"You might be wondering why Tal made that move because it seems to lose material. "He did it to lose material."

[@uday7639]

Samuel Rashevsky In 1920, at age 8, giving a simultaneous exhibition in France

[@sircurtisseretse3297]

Yes. It's definitely Reshevsky. He's holding a cigarette.

[@cae9838]

@@sircurtisseretse3297 he's referring to the photo challenge 0:24 or are you just joking idk lol

[@sircurtisseretse3297]

+Caesar Davomson. I thought everybody knew that Reshevsky was a chain smoker; and if he was playing, the tournament hall would look like a turkish bath.

[@cae9838]

@@sircurtisseretse3297 the picture is 8 years old Reshevsky, or are you making a joke at some point? Well what's the idea here

[@johnathant6735]

cae He led you like a dog on a leash.

[@adityas3259]

Nezhmetdinov: Analysing blitz is stupid. Agadmator: *analyses blitz anyway* Nezhmetdinov: Am I a joke to you??

[@vik24oct1991]

Nezhmetdinov: its proves my intuition that you are an idiot.

[@petercraig6990]

I am not a chess player but these videos are pure entertainment, specially with all the possible scenarios shown and the great build up. I will send you a contribution and hope you will continue the good work. Greetings from Sweden

[@squealer42]

You're right. That photo was great for setting the mood. Butterfly collars. Grainy. Classic display board technology. CCCP. Two titans squaring off. Hard to beat that.

[@dotmashrc]

who was it?

[@josiahfresnel]

@@dotmashrc Im with this guy, who?

[@letsgetreal2501]

The photo being referred to was the one Agad showed of Tal and Petrosian playing each other, not the photo challenge.

[@fernandovargasmejia740]

To "get in the mood" Women: light scented candles and put rose petals on the bed Men: watch a photo of two GM playing chess over the board

[@chuckjohnston8690]

The legendary Mikhail Tal! I love your stories about him and the consequences if his opponent makes mistakes. U know that when Tal plays a "Tal move", he's putting his opponent in some kind of strange trap. Brilliant!!

[@siddharthjain8526]

No more smiling photo of Tigran petrosian

[@siddharthjain8526]

Shobhit Tewari bro. Actually I am not talking of photo challenge. You won't understand.. Only old subscribers will do..

[@shantoreywilkins651]

Siddharth Jain 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍🎤🎤🎤 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍😍🎤🎤 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍🎤😍😍 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍🎤🎤🎤 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍🎤🎤🎤 🎤🎤🎤🎤😍🎤🎤🎤 🎤😍😍😍😍🎤🎤🎤 😍😍😍😍😍🎤🎤🎤 😍😍😍😍😍🎤🎤🎤 🎤😍😍😍🎤🎤🎤🎤

[@Lazy.y]

Siddharth Jain I got you bro

[@fox2569]

Agad used to use a pic of Petrosian smiling for his pic on the side where he shows the players.

[@adriatorras8077]

Hahahahahha

[@cslbu1950]

Tal truly was the magician of Riga. Easily one of the best attackers to do THIS to arguably the greatest defensive player Iron Tigran Petrosian.

[@gheffz]

"and if you see a move like C4, well you're probably thinking wow that truly is a mad man's move!" ... couldn't sum up Tal any better! -- Thank you, another great video showing Tal's genius!

[@lashedayaty6161]

Love the videos and the integrating pauses which makes me as subscriber think twice about the best moves, truly the best chess channel and I just love it when a new video shows up! Keep up the great work!

[@adarsh5870]

After watching about 40+ videos I am able to find the winning move quite often now, thanks CM Antonio

[@evanlove9687]

I love this channel ! Finally something quality to watch

[@lovisharora7604]

Yes i find the tal's move. It makes me extremely proud😄

[@matthewfairchild3846]

Agad: It's not the greatest quality Me: That's an understatement I can't even read anything...(squints harder) Me:...Oh that's another language

[@wafflewagon347]

Agadmator I love your videos! I don’t even play chess, but your commentary and presentation is very addicting! Keep up the good work!

[@starmie1005]

It is amazing how this channel developped wihtin the last year. Keep up the good work. I always enjoy your videos

[@adamleckius]

Have never seen agadmator in such a cheery mood. Nice

[@martinhopaour5744]

just found this channel, loving it so far

[@jackharrison2986]

Great video as always!

[@mainchar_tv]

Been your sub for quite a while and this is the first time i solved the puzzle (without a doubt this time) thank you for the amazing content Antonio

[@dhonantarogundul1737]

8:25 , "and simply Petrosian resigned the game" 😂

[@douglasfilipack1747]

Petrosian and Tal, always a great game, love watch this ones

[@Nayel9950]

i love agadmator"s humor and the citation over the board

[@sourajitchakraborty9288]

True man of the Opera😊

[@zeusdereus]

your improving in preventing the "dubble sound problem" agadmator ;)

[@justinnanu4338]

I wonder if Tal saw that Bc5 move but bet that Petrosian wouldn't find it or if he also missed it. Always something I'm curious about in these situations.

[@janosberta450]

I assume Petrosian was so obsessed with c8 to defend that Bc5 was simply not taken into account. Bc5 is a very strong move as prevents Rc8 and attacks Q

[@jaidevtyagi1033]

It was a blitz game.

[@RP-kr2mg]

Tal probably gambled a piece for the win here. That's the difference between Tal and a technical player like Kasparov maybe. Tal is hardly considered as sound as Fischer, but is definitely the best Chess artist of all time.. Creating one miniature after the other.

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

@@RP-kr2mg Tal is the McEnroe of chess

[@JSamad]

When he'a in the mood, Tal is too much to handle in a blitz game. He even flagged Kasparov 1 month before his death in a blitz game due to how much he complicates the game.

[@madhav_coc]

Qa4+...found it...you are a real man of the opera house🔥

[@gonzalo4658]

Tal’s the type to NEVER MOVE his three pawns in front of his king

[@raghavdhabe7359]

That just gives me anxietyhonestly

[@raghavdhabe7359]

Like y allow some tactics

[@richardfeynman5560]

A great game, the greatest attacker against the greatest defender, but unfortunately this time the greatest defender made a mistake...

[@JustForComments666]

I'm slowly starting to find the moves when I pause the video. Thanks for your help in improving my chess skills! Awesome videos

[@chrisdonegan428]

When Tal plays a 'Tal' move,his opponent must think they're in the twilight zone. Amazing.😂😂😂

[@antasena1219]

I love that rashid nezmetdinov quote😍😍😍

[@NazmulHasan-xd8bu]

Thanks for this great match of Mikhail Tal

[@alifinance7800]

Wonderfully played . Thnx as always.

[@rajrathore2861]

Samuel Reshevsky BTW great job on the Gelfand thumbnail photoshop😁

[@ericsbuds]

I don't know the picture, but I was just thinking how I haven't seen a Petrosian game in a while. Even better it is against Tal! thanks for the awesome content.

[@vishalchavda3663]

Whenever I saw the name TAL.. I liked before watching game...

[@gunduzosmanli1685]

It is unbelieveble. I just had an braingasm. Oh my gott. That was amazing. Thank youu Agadmator. You are absolutely a great nice analyzer and chessknower besides being intelligent-humour-man

[@dr.parthasarathiroy1989]

Tal was a real genius... I watch every video of Mr. Tal's game repeatedly (nicely represented and analysed by you) and learn something new every time I see those. Thanks. BTW, have you covered up all Fisher-Spassky championship tournament? I didn't find all.

[@Blitzkreig261]

First time I actually was able to see the puzzle from your video lol

[@worldcesar]

Mikhail Tal had an ultra vision of the game. Incredible!

[@electrowizard9279]

Tal really plays with fire and I love it

[@Vahe345]

Love the quote on the top!!!

[@a.k8083]

I'm a very novice chess player, and I usually fail to find the right move when you challenge us (or if I guess I don't see exactly why the move works). I think today's may have been simpler but it felt very satisfying to finally see the correct move and why it worked! Thank you agadmator for all your videos -- you have single handedly gotten me into chess over the last year or so! p.s. also I'm not ashamed to admit that I thought the picture of the young boy was bobby fischer (i think maybe there's a similar photo of a simultaneous exhibition by young bobby?)

[@مرتضىالدراجي-خ2غ]

#suggestion shirov vs polgar 1994 polgar's immortal

[@مرتضىالدراجي-خ2غ]

Shaun Underwood thanks for support

[@N_B_123]

Qa4+...got it!!! Tal is a legend, an artist

[@jandom9008]

The funniest comment by agadmator.. petrosian is always up for a king walk lol

[@paultnt1]

Beautiful game by Tal and it takes a top engine to see bc5

[@michamichalski8633]

Great game and commentary :) Tal games are the best. Next is alpha zero. Imagine how awesome it would be if google trained Alpha to play Tal style.

[@robertokelly1334]

You couldn’t because the engines hate Tal Moves lol 😂

[@Abhishek-150]

@@robertokelly1334 : Modern deep positional engines like LC0 taken most of the ideas from intuitional geniuses like Morphy, Tal, Alkhine etc. They kinda enjoy playing these deep positional sacrifices where overall calculation and position isn't that clear. Even engines can't think that deep into position but still play these because they studied games of alkhine, Morphy , Tal and many intuitional geniuses very seriously..

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

WOW. Just WOW. Nothing more can be said.

[@oscaro.172]

Never fear the c4 move... except when your queen is on e2 and you trap your own bishop

[@morallygray6527]

One of the best attackers vs the best defender. Clash of titans

[@SandSeven]

Nothing better than a new Tal game!

[@mlgbblade5221]

The guy who fell for the bobby Fischer trap with playing Na5 instead d6 in sicilian dragon and lost his queen in the opening

[@tkell31]

Skip the last 90 seconds if you dont want to spoil the illusion Tal cant be stopped. He is an artist those. Those mating set ups are amazing.

[@christianhumphreys1049]

I Like the quote in the headline :-) And I liked the explanation that white doesnt have to fear the c4vmove

[@kl9669]

I love your commentary.

[@alisterzarkar7163]

The players' pictures tells the story of this game. It is as if Petrossian is saying "what are you doing to me?" and Tal is saying "I bet you will not find the only move that can save you."

[@vladavasiljev]

What combinations in blitz chess, definitely worth of analysing. Btw, Tal won blitz world championship in 1988, if I remember correctly.

[@milosmaric6412]

I love tal.Best player ever!

[@rossgeller422]

finally tal game

[@sameetkhadka8438]

Ross Geller love your profile picture

[@مرتضىالدراجي-خ2غ]

Sameet Khadka me too

[@rossgeller422]

Sameet Khadka thank you

[@leeroyjenkins6061]

Legend has it that after Petrosian resigned, he stood up and said: "I need to take a shit".

[@philidor9657]

I love that pic of reshevsky because that one dude on the right looks totally shocked he’s being thrown around by a kid.

[@jessicafischerqueen]

Sammy Reshevsky

[@agadmator]

Greetings Jessica, lovely to see you here! :)

[@jessicafischerqueen]

Yes grand to be here! What an interesting game with Tal's improbably move choices. On that "King walk" variation where you say Tigran should be ok, I have my doubts about that. Did you put that variation up to when you stopped talking about it into your engine?

[@guitarsri]

Are you related to Bobby somehow?

[@jandom9008]

@@guitarsri bobby is related to every chess player

[@krithinjay9377]

Jan Dom Yes

[@TheKrauser13]

My 7-year-old son, Rafael, solved it again. Your channel is really making my son smarter in chess!

[@frontend.made.eazzzy]

You have come a long way.. Very nice channel for chess!.. Really appreciate your work 😍.. I had started your video seeing only when 60k subscriber and now it's 190k...wow

[@richardfeynman5560]

I already knew this photo, it shows Samuel Reshevsky at a simultaneous exhibition in Paris on May 17th, 1920. He was only 8 years old at that time.

[@Smith_Jnr]

Amazing. Thanks

[@myhandleisnttaken]

Great video👍🏾

[@RFmath_]

beautiful game, one to take note of for sure

[@oberon79]

you know you are screwed when Tal makes a "crazy" move.

[@christospappas7233]

So you post a photo quiz with Paul Morphy so we go rewatch your opera house video and then you post this. Pure genius.

[@MoeZarella]

first time i solved the puzzle! thanks for the weekend-improving game :3

[@kojiattwood]

What a beautiful deflection

[@arrowghost]

Wow, a very nice tribute to Paul Morphy's Opera ending. :)

[@pranavkhetan6692]

My respect for Tal has increased incredibly

[@tomdelorenzo2539]

Seems like attackers like Tal and Alekhine always found the way to punish opponents who decided not to castle.

[@CounterDevil90]

Thank you for the great game and comentary. By the way I really like Boris Spassky as a persona and a chess player. I would really enjoy to see you review more of his games. Have a nice day!

[@allabovethehumanity]

Lots of respect for Mr TAL.

[@jasper5016]

"There are some moves which only Tal can see" - Avi

[@sohansubrat4669]

I like when you say" here comes a tal move".

[@mamtapuri6197]

you're the best agad

[@jdfromparis6230]

It had been too long without a Tal game!

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Best quote ever.

[@herrovoro1994]

Great video

[@dr.alikhudhair9414]

Wonderful

[@kingsgambit]

for the first time I instantly found the puzzle move! yay :D

[@rlyehslament9064]

#suggestion maybe show more chess puzzles as well as great games? There are some really amazing puzzles out there that everyone would love to see

[@shreyasrajapurkar3816]

#Suggestion You and Suren(or Mato?) Should cover an analysis together, one with black pieces other with white. How cool would that be?!

[@bhgtree]

The vid would start: 'hello Everyone' 'Hello Chesslovers'.

[@HalfDeaddz]

@@bhgtree it's incorrect, the better move would be "Hello Chesslobers"

[@MatthewTheUntitled]

Found 2 tal moves instinctively, im so proud of myself as tal is my favourite player

[@akramansari885]

Tal is my favourite too

[@rlyehslament9064]

How awesome is it that there are thousands of great chess games to watch and that agadmator will post a new awesome game every day. Im really interested, what is agadmators country and rank and how did he learn all of his knowledge about chess?

[@HartfordHD125]

Sammy Reshevsky. You are right to say this is a reasonably famous photograph.

[@uv_firefly]

Tal is love

[@manishbarwal5857]

Love from India brother. :)

[@Rasec77771]

Okay, so everybody sees Reshevsky playing in France, but did they spot the wild time traveling Boris Gelfand being his sexy self in the background?