The Beast Awakens || Owen vs Morphy (1858)

[@harshrajbasant]

'The problem now is that Morphy starts being Morphy' The level of badassery there😂

[@Me_549]

The real problem is...... Morphy always has the Morphy head.

[@JoBhavesh]

We should award him Barnes head sometime, that would be epic

[@rahulkurve4510]

Really awesome comment

[@cindyanggraini374]

😆😆yea man!!nice one😆😆😆

[@adrianrocha49]

Is that like the Odin force?

[@ОлександрПупченко-и9щ]

lol 😂

[@haskomeyer4924]

... and it is in this position that we have a completely new arrow.

[@DodgyDan4]

Took far too long for me to see an arrow comment 😂

[@Kwaj]

_(f7 Pawn opens up a royal sealed letter at home before the match)_ "As much as my Queen and I appreciate your loyalty to us and your dedication to the kingdom, we're asking that you refrain from showing up on your square for today's battle since we're feeling REALLY good about our chances right now. -The Black King" *F7 Pawn:* Hey, honey! I got the day off! Let's go to the village market and pick up some mutton chops and millet loaves.

[@xT..]

Your creativity is very much appreciated dear sir

[@mainchar_tv]

Now this is a wholesome comment sir!

[@justinvaughnsalvador1941]

Lmaaooo

[@justinvaughnsalvador1941]

Ohjust noticed, F7* my dude

[@Kwaj]

@@justinvaughnsalvador1941 Good save, man.

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:02 The Good Stuff 0:04 13:36 13:40 14:01 Morphy saga 1:12 Extremely rapid development 2:42 2:55 Triple attack 10:56 Double attack 2:44 Weird bishop arrow 3:44 Position from the thumbnail 4:41 5:56 6:07 6:29 Nasty discoveries 4:45 Goes in for the kill 6:15 Captures captures 11:10 (...captures captures!) 6:19 If captures then captures 6:55 Sneaky, tricky variation 9:33 Morphy starts being Morphy 9:58 Give you a couple of seconds 10:21 Friends at the bar and the library 10:23 Enjoy the show 11:04 Dead lost 11:15 Start gobbling up pawns 11:19 Of course completely winning 12:17 It was in this position 12:22 Nothing more to be done 12:54 Kept complicating, kept complicating, kept complicating 13:32 So yeah

[@embj1088]

where are you in captures imortal??????????

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

@@embj1088 When I saw how huge of a capturefest it was I fainted, only to wake up and post my comment several hours later

[@manav4239]

@@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414 where are you from

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

@@manav4239 the UK

[@ferdinandvonwrangell1951]

What a legend 👌

[@zakrs130]

"We won't be mentioning any openings as he is simply missing an f pawn" Literally no-one 2 seconds later "we sort of have the scotch if he wasn't missing the f pawn"

[@ОлександрПупченко-и9щ]

thats just legendary :D

[@ricksflicks-]

Haha, I immediately scrolled to look for this comment.

[@boxingjerapah]

That was like a Rocky movie. Morphy was getting pummelled the whole way and then BOOM! Down goes Owen.

[@asadbhatti4506]

"The problem is now morphy starts being morphy" this guy is john wick in the chess world.

[@eruwa1550]

Where is your profile pic from

[@asadbhatti4506]

@@eruwa1550 iori yagami king of fighters xi

[@zakir2815]

@Peter Mortensen 😂thanks

[@nischay4760]

Ikr, Morphy plays sloppily throughout the game and then finds the brillaint Bh3

[@droceretik]

Morphy, John Wick.

[@Ruperstinsky1]

This is pure madness ! Also I would add an introduction from Philip Sergeant book Morphy's games of chess : " Having by this time finished his match with Löwenthal, Morphy fixed up another short one with the Rev. J. Owen. It seems that he was dissatisfied at having lost an off-hand game (No. CCVIII) to Owen, and told some one at the St. George’s that he could give Owen Pawn and move. This came to the ears of Owen, who, being able to hold his own with Staunton at the odds, declared that he was sure Morphy could not, and that, if it was not for his cloth, he would willingly play the match for £1000. Alas for his confidence ! "

[@willowsticks]

Thanks for sharing, I think adding this to the intro would be perfect!

[@lp4969]

I wish the Morphy saga never ends

[@kaldrazadrim]

That’s why he is the Pride and “Sorrow” of chess.

[@reaganabroad4952]

Adagmator is probably going to stretch it into a year long saga while balancing it with modern games. So, there's that. I'm glad he's showing lots of games. No need to hurry. I actually really like the games where Morphy loses. It's interesting to see why he lost.

[@TheKrazyLobster]

Day: is bad Agadmator: HELLO EVERYONE! Day: is good

[@sinoyolokokwe9981]

Hello everyone let's watch how morphy wins this match

[@kaldrazadrim]

By attacking like Mr Barnes

[@gonzalo4658]

It was in this position that sinoyolo had 107 likes and kaldrazidrim had 7 likes on a reply he posted 7 hours ago

[@JC-dq6us]

It was in this position that Sinoyolo had 141 likes , kaldrazidrim has 10 likes and the homosexual has 4 likes.

[@FilipM1]

And it was in this position that Sinoyolo had 174 likes, kaldrazidrim had 12 likes, the homosexual 6 likes, the loser next door had 4 likes while the artsy chinese sign dude only had 1 thumbs up.

[@droceretik]

Morphy

[@redringofdeathgamer]

Ah! The good stuff!

[@abinashmandal6202]

The problem is Owen is a really really strong player. He is an incredibly strong player.

[@giriiyer3968]

The problem is he is also greedy does not want to give away his knight

[@stephenjiang12]

I wish I had that problem

[@iykigugu6798]

@@stephenjiang12 ikrkzbin.info/www/bejne/qZXSZqNpg8eJkK8

[@zZastik]

Yeah he's really strong. He's a really strong player.

[@umanggada8684]

Was*

[@mehluliwata3143]

Morphy deserves a 'Morphy head' for the Bh3 move

[@tornadosteve4454]

lol

[@kaldrazadrim]

No, a Mr Barnes head!!

[@kingniggaz7760]

@@kaldrazadrim okkzbin.info/www/bejne/bH7YYql_jNOigdE

[@aini9027]

i ran that position with stockfish and i was surprised this Bh3 move was the only move giving black a huge advantage and rest were in favor of white. really amazing that morphy was able to find these moves in 1850s. its sad that he didnt play chess for long otherwise the scene of chess would be totally different. he is indeed the pride and sorror of chess.

[@sakharamprabhu9660]

Understand that Morphy is engine of engines. I don't have better praise for Morphy than this

[@Tore5Chess]

0:45 "Our good friend, John Owen..."

[@FruitOfTheSpirit]

The Morphy Saga might be your best saga yet agad. Love the characters, the backstories, and (of course) the awesome chess play.

[@anmolnehru]

This is pure madness.i wish chess was like this instead of the painstakingly boring theoretical struggles we see these days 😁

[@mattmontag3922]

just play the kings indian defense if you like complications.

[@JT-xj1pg]

Play chess 960 and stop complaining

[@jeaglejj]

Fischer random chess is the way to go

[@BinaryRex18]

There are many good games nowadays that go beyond theory... like games where one player tries to squeeze a win out of an apparently drawn position. Those are pretty crazy in their own way...

[@pierQRzt180]

in every field where the competition is there for centuries slowly you have all the possible optimizations. There is no field that escapes (rightly so) aside from newly formed ones. Complaining about the preparation today is just an excuse because a lot of people know a little nonetheless.

[@mangrover4129]

"Morphy being Morphy" love it lol, live your videos. Keep it up agad!

[@malast657]

Morphy will leave you asking: what sorcery is this?🤣🤣🤣

[@josephbloggss7286]

After the first move, I think. . "What's the idea here?"

[@malast657]

@@josephbloggss7286 lol. It's a never a dull moment so long as Morphy is involved.

[@LordFred69]

John Owen was a ferocious player! I really like his style.

[@herojitsorokhaibam2928]

I really enjoyed the Paul Charles Morphy saga... Thanks agadmator for sharing such a game and for having a channel like this

[@pauldacus4590]

Seriously!?! Man, if Morphy was actually alive, he would be the Most Punched Person In Chess today.

[@gonzalo4658]

Punched?

[@tumurhuyagdavaajamts6891]

Im gay since Im responding to your comment but , I don’t think even Magnus Carlsen plays without piece missing

[@meowlmeowl-gi4925]

@@tumurhuyagdavaajamts6891 dude hikaru gives piece odds in his streams all the time

[@tumurhuyagdavaajamts6891]

meowl meowl-gi Yes that is true but against strong players he wouldn’t do it

[@meowlmeowl-gi4925]

@@tumurhuyagdavaajamts6891 kzbin.info/www/bejne/foTJgnhrr7tmhdE He did against an IM XD

[@siddhantbansode3275]

Morphy: Plays the strongest move instantly And there's me:hangs the queen every time

[@VatsalJain-]

same ;_;

[@giriiyer3968]

And I make the weakest move instantly.from one blunder to another.

[@BlackWhiteCloud]

Just call it a gambit. 😂 It seems to work for Botez.

[@arfsnmdgn9271]

@@BlackWhiteCloud ikrkzbin.info/www/bejne/qZXSZqNpg8eJkK8

[@siddhantbansode3275]

@@BlackWhiteCloud lol

[@TheChessGiant]

Morphy: "Who am I playing today?" Owen: "Me!" Morphy: "Oh Cool" Owen: "Give me your pawn though" Morphy: "Alright I'm going to head out"

[@TransparentEclipse]

Early, Morphy is a god

[@TheGuideOfDota]

This really opens your eyes to what a genius he was ... Literally too bored to play correctly against some of the best opponents available to him

[@sakharamprabhu9660]

The game shows why Morphy is Morphy!! I have gone through many of Morphy games but not this special. Many many thanks for posting this game with your brilliant analysis.

[@antokrnjic1146]

Your videos kept me company in the dark days while I struggled to cope up with the sudden demise of my beloved mother

[@Outsider885]

Thank you for these videos. You have been an excellent substitute for my friends at the bar and library during the pandemic :)

[@gregli9821]

2:40 is def going in the next agadmator best moments episode

[@puremercury]

Damn, he really had Morphy on the ropes.

[@shadebinder9969]

Well he was up a pawn from the beginning.

[@theawesomebrit3676]

3:31 "So here we have Bb6+, forcing Kh1. It's not forced, you could also defend with Be3, that probably would be even better."

[@gauravjha8938]

That discover check could have been game over for Morphy.. I don't think one could get that lucky to get that position against Morphy.

[@n20games52]

Morphy had an amazing knack for allowing his opponent to gain advantageous positions but all the while, I think he knew what was going to happen in the end - and it wasn't advantageous for his opponent.

[@tusharnath5828]

"kept complicating kept complicating kept complicating " we learnt a new phrase again Agadmator... Thanks BTW

[@giriiyer3968]

Giving away the fpawn is invitation to lynching and then a move advantage that is overkill.owen was very good but didn't want to sac his knight bcoz he was afraid of being piece down. But this was a terrific game by Morphy. like a cat among the pigeons he waited and waited (i thought he went to sleep) and then pounced on his opportunity and then it was over in just three moves.

[@giriiyer3968]

Morphys king is like the pied Piper drawing most of Owen's pieces away to the far corner from where there was no return.

[@ruelprakash7696]

Exactly. Nice observation.

[@vinayincyprus]

At 6:11, Rg8 runs into Ne5 double check, and is very quickly followed by mate - not the line agadmator suggested.

[@clayclayball]

Can't wait for my Captures Captures hoodie to get here

[@misternewoutlook5437]

It's the thought process that is so astonishing. And we're seeing a lot of these games where Morphy seems forced to withstand some pretty fierce attackers who actually gain an upper hand only to fail at closing the deal. In the American Chess Congress tournament, Morphy blithely steamrolls the opposition. In Europe, he is finding the level of mastery is well-ahead of them. Bh3 is so sublime. It's almost otherworldly.

[@giriiyer3968]

Well against Boden too he did nothing defended doggedly fended off a furious attack and didn't give a single check and yet won bcoz Boden resigned.there are quite a few games where Morphy plays like this.

[@giriiyer3968]

And of course bh3 was a bolt from the blue. I bet 9/10 would not have guessed that move even in hindsight if presented as a chess composition

[@elaadt]

This is one of those positions where it's okay to give up your f7 pawn.

[@TheAgentcnote]

you the best Agadmator! love the morphy saga! from here in Minnesota, USA

[@roberthansen5727]

Amazing how Owen's outplayed Morphy initially, but Morphy pounced the first chance he got. Owens makes me think of an unusually creative, aggressive club player.

[@droceretik]

Owen. Also not Owen's as a possessive noun.

[@ayandeb8112]

Truly the game back in those days used to be so organic in nature. Hardly we are able to find out these kind of wonderful games in modern chess. Modern Grand Masters are so mechanized in nature believe it or not they wont be able to provide you chess at an absolute peak in terms of entertainment.

[@jeffj2495]

Antonio said it before and again in this video. Morphy does not seem to respect his opponents. And I agree with that. The Morphy playing style - where he seems to treat his opponents as irritants. And his ability to give odds, like this match.

[@davitkolxi2632]

Amazing content bro. Thank you very much! Good luck!

[@richardmccandless2223]

Amazing! #suggestion games have been fantastic! Include as much story as you can too, please.

[@levicste]

Hi Agadmator and thank you for your channel for making chess interesting for many others! I was hoping if you could do a youtube series teaching/introducing us the various chess openings. I'm sure there must be more subscriber here that wants that! :D

[@Professor.H]

One question ... Why not Pawn capture on E5 on 4:32 ?? Please explain ...

[@vladavasiljev]

Good example of chess master and chess genius.

[@TheBigLeChowski]

He's still better here, the problem is that Morphy starts being Morphy

[@abraarmasud9194]

10 seconds, 7 likes. I feel like you should start a cult

[@vlindstrom]

Have you not heard?

[@VincesInHocSigno]

"Bonum commune communitatis... Bonum commune communitatis..."

[@iykigugu6798]

@@VincesInHocSigno ikkzbin.info/www/bejne/qZXSZqNpg8eJkK8

[@zakir2815]

Wow comment posted 5 hours ago and video uploaded 4 hours ago.

[@linggamusroji227]

Our cult like to capture capture

[@ShermanSitter]

I think Morphy lost one of the exhibition games to give Owen the confidence to take the match.

[@medhachoudhary1661]

Well here is one thing good for paul morphy and that is he can't play f6

[@scottchui9858]

Owen: DISCOVERED CHECKS & THREATENIG MATE! Morphy: No that's my line!

[@mkl0073]

Owen didn't needed the f7 pawn he needed Morphy head for the win.

[@tomconners8497]

Slight of hand and twist of fate it was..congrats Agad ☝️

[@kilimanjarno]

beautiful move. This is why people who love chess love it.

[@antoinevincent5797]

I follow you since you had 20k subs I just realized you now have 700k congratulations it's well deserved ! Also I was wonderingI what u play on the guitar behind ? and if the trophies are chess related ? Have a great day !

[@CloudVirtualizationEnthusiast]

The more I watch morphy's games, the more I am convinced that morphy was excellent, but his opponents actually did not play the best moves Morphy might be brilliant but, to quote Akiba Rubinstein, "a brilliancy can be achieved only if your opponent makes an error in calculation". Morphy's games are brilliant partly due to the fact that most of his opponents played much worse, not because Morphy was an extremely good positional or attacking player (like fischer, tal, karpov, kasparov, nezhmedtinov etc...)

[@Ayzev]

"Chess is a tale of 1,001 blunders"

[@BinaryRex18]

True, but the top ten players of Morphy's day were nearly always playing a pretty competent level of chess. Against the very best opponents like Anderssen and Harrwitz, we can see chess skill that is still admirable today, displayed on both sides.

[@droceretik]

Morphy's, Morphy. Names are capitalized both as a convention and out of respect.

[@CloudVirtualizationEnthusiast]

@@BinaryRex18 Morphy might be brilliant but, to quote Akiba Rubinstein, "a brilliancy can be achieved only if your opponent makes an error in calculation". Morphy's games are brilliant partly due to the fact that most of his opponents played much worse, not because Morphy was an extremely good positional or attacking player (like fischer, tal, karpov, kasparov, nezhmedtinov etc...)

[@BinaryRex18]

@@CloudVirtualizationEnthusiast I partly agree with this... indeed, chess is probably an equal game and so winning chances are only created when the opponent plays inaccurately, but I would disagree that Morphy's contemporaries were unworthy adversaries. I already mentioned Anderssen, who any modern chess player would recognise as very talented. The same goes for Boden, Harrwitz, and Loewenthal. Morphy's brilliance lies not really in comparison to Fischer or Capablanca, but rather to players like Steinitz and early Lasker who, almost half a century after Morphy took the chess world by storm, were putting together the theory that he intuitively understood. Therefore, I don't think Morphy's brilliance can be entirely discredited by the poor play of his peers, as chess skill can only be measured relative to the player's time period. As for Morphy's quality of play as seen today, his knowledge of position and accuracy in open games is not much less than Fischer or Tal, which is what makes him stand out from the other 19th century masters.

[@vinayincyprus]

At 12:36 h5 can be followed with Rg3, right. Rg4 again if h4 by black.

[@atulnarayan2138]

When you were sleeping and got notification from agadmator: The Beast awaken♥♥♥

[@jnerd3149]

"Mr. Morphy didn't think much of anyone." Bobby Fischer had contempt for those he played (maybe he had some respect for some away from the board, but he still considered other players beneath him). I wonder, if Morphy and Fischer had played, what would they have thought of each other? Fischer obviously held Morphy in the highest esteem, considering he went for rapid development in Morphy's style, but would they both have played as if the other was beneath him? 6:37 when your horse turns into a spider

[@manavrupani2460]

Morphy Kept complicating kept complicating kept complicating even though it mentions complicating so many times but agad makes it so simple love you bro

[@Wurschtbi3b]

On 6:10 black rook to g8 would be a forced checkmate for black because after rook g8 white plays Knight to e5, wich is double check from the knight and the queen. Black King has one legal move xd6 and white plays knight to c4 check. Again one legal move for black King to c5 and then white plays b4 check. From there on it is self explainatory i guess ;) even the engine (i Used droidfish) took a while to see it.

[@timothyphilson1037]

Love your show. Trying to get better at chess. What happens at 2:31 if bishop captures pawn threanting the rook?

[@JerricksSelvakumar]

Help your pieces so that it can help you. - Paul Morphy.

[@antoningavrel2808]

what about rook g3 rook back to g4 at 12:35?

[@jasonq7504]

11:38 If king just moves to g1 instead of capturing the bishop, the rook is safe because of checkmate for white. You assumed he’d capture with the king. No need.

[@stukas07]

hello. could someone please tell me why at 4:27John Owen did not capture Morphy's rook with his knight? F7-G8 and it attacks the black queen after capturing the rook. I must be missing something. thanks

[@Prashant-7]

10:51 why queen to defend rook can also help to defend other rook

[@peters972]

Owen probably muttered under his breath..”diabolical!”.

[@Karol___]

6:30 call an ambulance 9:35 but not for Morphy

[@nrspinelli]

very nice breakdown

[@dame3142]

That Mr Barnes mug is clean

[@oelschlegel]

morphy must have given owen's bishops some weird new movement abilities for that arrow to show up

[@manojkumardasari8261]

12:35 @agadmantor why can't rook be moved to g3?

[@manojkumardasari8261]

Anybody can reply,That would help

[@dr.bluesfield3629]

He could, but it wouldn't help, still gets mated in a few moves.

[@illiap3865]

This f3 to kick the bishop is just badass

[@sinbadddx]

A movie about morphy would be awesome, not a documentary but sometime being him from his time

[@Hubythereal]

what kind of super bishop is that 2:40

[@saudade1963]

After the hypothetical Qc6 (11.38) if bxg2 and Kg1 there is no follow up check for black and he would have to use his move to prevent Qxa7 mate. That would be b6 then Qa3 again threatening mate on a7, so either a5 Kxa5 threatening discoveries b6xK, Qxa5+ repetition (block with the knight loses the Queen. Or If Qd6 preventing mate on a7 then the king can take the bishop and walk to safety. What am I missing?

[@muhammadammar2631]

Can someone tell me why didnt knight took rook by owen? 4:26

[@akashroy-gq4vy]

Owen never won against Morphy again. The result is 6-1 in Morphy's favour.

[@giriiyer3968]

Against almost all new opponents Morphy usually lost the first game and the result in favour of his opponents usually stayed that way

[@archismanadhikary1548]

2:44 That Bishop had too much to drink, as GM Finegold is fond of saying... 😊

[@panda4247]

With the f7 pawn gone, you will not save yourself the trouble of deciding whether it is good to push f6

[@andreabronzi8430]

That bishop move is Alpha Zero stuff.

[@Intskints]

Hey Agadmator! Being an Estonian, I miss Keres games. Any chance you could share Keres vs Bogoljubov , Salzburg (1943), the birth of Keres attack?

[@danielhutchinson2133]

#suggestion

[@stormshadow5668]

Morphy was Alpha zero basic version in the 19th century.

[@ericsbuds]

great! thanks Agad.

[@VincesInHocSigno]

Beautiful!

[@samanparsi6187]

finally some good stuff

[@thelastdigitofpi3736]

11:33 If instead of Q to c4 what about Qa3 instead?

[@hideentity1518]

2 brilliant player's.

[@ahmadshokry5945]

I actually feel bad for Mr. Owen, I thought he would never lose this position. Except for the title that gave away the result

[@architsaraogi1827]

I chose the name (Agadmator) since it was already my nickname. I was told I should change it because no one can pronounce it or even remember it, but I thought that's a plus. If someone Googles it, I'm the first thing that pops up. -agad in an interview

[@rukmani6589]

We know agads secret

[@mehtabnehal4022]

Now there isnt any F6 move which Agad always fears

[@priyankaprabhari1549]

But now Morphy starting to become Morphy.... Very good line by Agad..

[@ThePaulpogi123]

That brillant move by Morphy deserves a Morphy Head. 😎