Tal Treats Petrosian to A Night at the Opera

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Follow MprooV on Twitter / mproovapp #agadmator Mikhail Tal vs Tigran Vartanovich Petrosian
URS blitz (1975)
French Defense: Tarrasch Variation (C03)
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Ne7 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. ed5 Nd5 7. O-O cd4 8. Nb3 Nc5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bd7 Qd7 11. Qd4 Qa4 12. c4 Nb3 13. ab3 Qa1 14. cd5 Qa6 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Bf4 Rd5 17. Rc1 Kd8 18. Bg5 Ke8 19. Ne5 b6 20. Qa4
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[@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

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#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

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😂😂😂 LOL awesome 👍

[@funkykenan]

So yeah

[@JohnSmith-vh1sq]

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

[@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.

[@pauldraper1736]

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

[@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.

[@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..

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[@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

[@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

[@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?

[@josiahfresnel9217]

@@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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!!

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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!

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[@jackharrison2986]

Great video as always!

[@starmie1005]

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[@adarsh5870]

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

[@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!

[@martinhopaour5744]

just found this channel, loving it so far

[@dennisdzeko3916]

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

[@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

[@adamleckius2253]

Have never seen agadmator in such a cheery mood. Nice

[@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.

[@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!

[@dhonantarogundul1737]

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

[@vishalchavda3663]

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

[@Nayel9950]

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

[@douglasfilipack1747]

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

[@sourajitchakraborty9288]

True man of the Opera😊

[@richardfeynman5560]

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

[@rajrathore2861]

Samuel Reshevsky BTW great job on the Gelfand thumbnail photoshop😁

[@alifinance7800]

Wonderfully played . Thnx as always.

[@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

[@NazmulHasan-xd8bu]

Thanks for this great match of Mikhail Tal

[@madhav_coc]

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

[@chrisdonegan428]

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

[@zeusdereus]

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

[@antasena1219]

I love that rashid nezmetdinov quote😍😍😍

[@morallygray6527]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@christianhumphreys1049]

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

[@Vahe345]

Love the quote on the top!!!

[@MoeZarella]

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

[@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

[@paultnt1]

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

[@N_B_123]

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

[@user-ro3tv8ns6l]

#suggestion shirov vs polgar 1994 polgar's immortal

[@user-ro3tv8ns6l]

Shaun Underwood thanks for support

[@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?)

[@worldcesar]

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

[@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.

[@Blitzkreig261]

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

[@electrowizard9279]

Tal really plays with fire and I love it

[@vladavasiljev]

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

[@SandSeven]

Nothing better than a new Tal game!

[@arrowghost]

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

[@manishbarwal5857]

Love from India brother. :)

[@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

[@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..

[@oscaro.172]

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

[@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!

[@kojiattwood]

What a beautiful deflection

[@jdfromparis6230]

It had been too long without a Tal game!

[@isaiahburns5902]

Great video👍🏾

[@RFmath_]

beautiful game, one to take note of for sure

[@kl9669]

I love your commentary.

[@jandom9008]

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

[@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.

[@rossgeller422]

finally tal game

[@sameetkhadka8438]

Ross Geller love your profile picture

[@user-ro3tv8ns6l]

Sameet Khadka me too

[@rossgeller422]

Sameet Khadka thank you

[@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.

[@user-cx2bk6pm2f]

WOW. Just WOW. Nothing more can be said.

[@Smith_Jnr]

Amazing. Thanks

[@MatthewTheUntitled]

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

[@akramansari885]

Tal is my favourite too

[@mamtapuri6197]

you're the best agad

[@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.

[@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.

[@milosmaric6412]

I love tal.Best player ever!

[@oberon79]

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

[@bartomiejo.8303]

That kind of analysis I miss in new videos...

[@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?

[@spellingmitsake491]

Jessica Fischer Curious about this too. Intuition told me white must be equal or better.

[@guitarsri]

Are you related to Bobby somehow?

[@jandom9008]

@@guitarsri bobby is related to every chess player

[@AnastasisGrammenos]

What an amazing game. Also I instantly found the winning move, as I usualy am on the Petrosian's side on this kind of possitions and by removing the defence to the queen he kinda forced Tal to win this game!

[@allabovethehumanity]

Lots of respect for Mr TAL.

[@drawsgaming7094]

Qa4+ I KNEW IT! All the way from move 14 I was wondering when Tal would play Qa4+ and there it was! First time that I've guessed it!

[@The_Kirk_Lazarus]

Best quote ever.

[@dr.alikhudhair9414]

Wonderful

[@sohansubrat4669]

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

[@rossgeller422]

samuel reshvesky

[@blancogerald]

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

[@herrovoro1994]

Great video

[@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."

[@kingsgambit]

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

[@royavila7652]

Tighten up Agadmator.. Over 24 hours for a video upload? Lol.. I think i just really enjoy your channel.

[@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

[@jasper5016]

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

[@tomdelorenzo2539]

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

[@HartfordHD125]

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

[@pranavkhetan6692]

My respect for Tal has increased incredibly