The Dutch Immortal! || Van Foreest vs Giri || Tata Steel (2022)

[@stevansham2385]

_Sometimes, the beauty of the game isn't in the moves that were played, but rather in the ones that weren't._ - Agadmator, the chess poet

[@permatafaris7272]

Deal

[@NIKOLAP7]

That quote by Agadmator makes a lot of sense though

[@stevansham2385]

@@NIKOLAP7 sure, it objectively does

[@lukemarks9193]

It’s not his quote

[@NIKOLAP7]

@@lukemarks9193 The bottom line is, it's objectively true. I'll try to dig up who actually said it.

[@a.m.armstrong8354]

"We are not engines, we will not be able to take advantage of an +0.5 in the opening.." Strong admonition from Agadmator!

[@marcox.4555]

"Not a pawn to brag about" Hilarious as usual! Keep up the good work :)

[@permatafaris7272]

Must be the title of this videos

[@RhysticStudies]

I love watching grandmasters defend their weak pawns...meanwhile I just let them go....like, sorry buddy....

[@philippereeves9241]

Hey Sam, glad to see you here. I'm really happy we share Agadmator's channel, as well as Jacob Geller's. KZbin is such a small world.

[@arightscepter]

If you love your pawn let it go. If it doesn't return it was never really yours? Try to use cliché to soothe your feelings about the loss. :)

[@tonyb9735]

... exactly ... it was weak anyway .... and probably sour

[@Lacaille_-]

"I'm sorry little one..."

[@VestigialHead]

Haha yep this has been confusing me as well. But I think it explains why I am not that good a player. I am stuck in this oh this piece is worth more than that piece no matter where it is. Even though I know that is not how tot play I struggle to get past it. Old habits.

[@____GoMeZ____]

Agads story telling thru chess often gives me chills. Fantastic finish to this game

[@thementalist3519]

it's called chessgasm

[@adelhashim9942]

Very nice game and thanks from iraq

[@Duke_de_Plata]

BatChest Chills

[@ElfBosque]

@@Duke_de_Plata batman's chest gachiAPPROVE

[@Megan-ii4gf]

Jorden is always looking to make artwork on the board, that's what I love about him. He's definitely a modern version of one of the early greats.

[@warp_skip]

It's funny Jorden's knight never actually came to f5 after all, just the threat alone was what won him the game.

[@tonyb9735]

.... Sometimes, the beauty of the game isn't in the moves that were played, but rather in the ones that weren't....

[@SamuelPearlman]

Jorden van "You must take your opponent into a deep dark" Foreest!

[@pradyumnamundhe8643]

Underrated comment

[@maaifoediedelarey4335]

One of the most enjoyable games I've seen in a long time. AI is useful, but chess is played between humans, based on skill, not memorised AI lines. Great game.

[@davidcopson5800]

That comment made my day.

[@Josh_Fredman]

What a beautiful game! The way Anish's unrelenting pieces all suddenly became completely irrelevant was just truly a sight to behold.

[@unclsam6798]

Anish's worst loss... Not easy to forget... Great play by Jordan

[@anilbista7445]

Jordan absolutely destroyed giri

[@AlbertWeijers]

It's JordEn, not Jordan, although has his magic moments!

[@SamuelPearlman]

@@AlbertWeijers Magic was a different star ;D

[@TheHawk007]

yep😐

[@sriramaprakhya4667]

OMG watching agad is kind of a daily thing now for me

[@bharathmv5078]

Wellcome to the club

[@knubbedeh]

@@bharathmv5078 wellcome to somalia

[@davidbakker1170]

Same here. Put the kids to bed, then allow yourself a treat :-)

[@prateek2849]

Yesterday prag stopped vidit from chasing the top place and today Jorden stopped Anish. It's like a civil war going on between the players lol

[@pineapplesareyummy6352]

They are doing the viewers a favour by stopping anyone from running away with the tournament. Someone needs to beat Magnus next (he has a 'free' win against Dubov).

[@jaimecaballero8267]

@@pineapplesareyummy6352 very unlikely to happen but ok

[@davidbakker1170]

As a Dutchman, I can only appreciate this kind of civil war! Fantastic moment where Jorden takes the knight and suddenly Giri's position is in tatters. I would never be able to find such moves myself.

[@12jswilson]

@@pineapplesareyummy6352 Only Rapport, Shakh, and Giri can catch him, and they all need to win their next 2 games to tie (Rapport can draw one unless Magnus draws tomorrow).

[@drbrightrules8397]

@@davidbakker1170 Always sac the exchange!

[@Noelito40]

That pawn on c4 is like that old trick of throwing a stone somewhere else to get the bad guy to look in the wrong direction and then we escape. 😁

[@pranaychawla3343]

I was hopelessly waiting for Anish to spectacularly come back into the game, because come on, the game is titled the Dutch immortal...only to realize Jordan is Dutch too. It was in this position that I realized I'm not only a bad chess player but an unimpressive decoder of video titles too :)

[@darrenspokane]

Beautifully played, thanks Agad for your excellent commentary.

[@oyoakwa7266]

This is the most beautiful game I have seen in a long long while. First the turning defence into a sharp attack from that exchange sacrifice was just a beautiful thing to see. I think this game was fire works from that point on.

[@vishalvenkat6074]

"Nights on the rim are dim"- Hikaru. Anish: Hol up let me put my queen and bishop as well on the rim!!

[@noesuarez4186]

Agadmator, you are a blessing to this world.

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

Couldn't agree more!

[@williamgoss4691]

Not often you see Anish sucker punched by his opponent !! Excellent game play by Forrest. Thanks Agad; a great guide as usual.

[@MrBlaDiBla68]

Indeed a spectacular game! Congrats, Jordan! @Agad, being Dutch: Jordans last name has 2 e's in the end, making them sound like an English 'a'. Phonetically pronounced, more like 'Forayst', in English, i.s.o. 'forest'.

[@liljackypaper]

I've quickly become a big fan of Jordan.. What a beautiful game

[@aseq2]

Same! I never really saw many of his games outside of last year's Tata Steel...but this is beautiful

[@kamitebyani5309]

You can make at least three chess puzzles from this game!! What a beauty! Thanks Agadmator for covering this game.

[@pfsloan2597]

Simply brilliant! Reminds me of Fischer playing "dubious lines" such as Ruy Lopez exchange variation, which was "drawish" only because Fischer wasn't the opponent. (Bobby Fischer's record with the Ruy Lopez Exchange Variation 12 games: 9 wins, 3 draws, and 0 loses!) Van Foreest proved Nimzo-a3 can win against opponents who memorize supercomputer moves but don't consider an engine's reject-lines can win against mere mortals.

[@elyas4637]

The way Foreest put his pieces on the kingside is beautiful

[@singular9]

I play A3 all the time and at least at the 1700 level it works wonders, that huge center pawn structure becomes unstoppable.

[@KazeKage_B]

Wow !!! Been watching this channel for about 3 years and I've always enjoyed watching the contents but this one so far has been my fav along with the first marshal attack .

[@jamesdelb6885]

Always great analysis here. Simple, direct and very informative. Agad has the best formula for a chess game channel.

[@jeremywilliams5107]

So not only did the c4 pawn *not* fall, the knight *never* got to f5!

[@pauji1416]

Merely the threat of Nf5 was enough to win 😂

[@jefflane4264]

Amazing coverage of this game. One of may favorites so far.

[@vivekmohan7785]

When Open attacking the whole Minor Piece come alive. Van forest Knight was an example 🤩🤘

[@aronuchukwuezugo615]

Shocking fact! Jordan's knight never landed on the f5 square

[@asifswapnil6574]

every time agad says "crushing" ,it's very pleasing to hear.

[@SeanKroner]

The beauty of the position is in the moves not played. That’s quite an insight Agadmator! :)

[@khayman9574]

Take a bow, Jorden. Nice one!

[@ifishcatfish]

I knew that one day Anish will play a beautiful game, and here it is!

[@wbotti]

another great vid - thank you Agad and God Bless

[@DerMig590]

Levy dropped the ball on this one. Thanks for explaining the end game 👍

[@AwkwardTurtle311]

“Art is a science done imperfectly”. A quote I’ve thought of and fits dis game

[@mugbhary]

Thank u agad .. well everytime I watch ur video I get motivated n try playing a brilliancy but I blunder .. chess is indeed art n so r the masters artists ..

[@rkrmtest]

Whenever Agad explains the defensive moves even in a losing cause, it gives me so much of hope and pleasure of sustainability!

[@dawidos0095]

The best game of the tournament so far.

[@achmadardiansyah4223]

agree

[@dangelvette2519]

Fantastic tremendous analysis thank you!

[@mauricemeijers7956]

Wow, what a game! Many thanks for the analysis!

[@manuelchandra9764]

thank you agad... because your videos is so much helping me in upgrading my chess skills

[@PJJ196]

This level of chess is beyond.. normally I can see a lot of the lines.. but these were so dense, truly an immortal

[@nedmerrill5705]

The attack on the c4 White pawn in this line of the Nimzo is hackneyed. Jordan's rejoinder, the Exchange sac, was beautiful.

[@SamuelPearlman]

Jorden

[@FlorisV82]

Thanks! At 11:00, would Be7 have been an option for white?

[@lord_sama253]

It is beautiful to see how art is turned into reality, this game is just a prime example of that thank you agad for such a spectacular game.

[@Nickunparalleled]

Clearly this game was so beautiful, Antonio needed to go walk in a field take some deep breaths before going back to the recording studio... I empathize :)

[@kellamyoshikage286]

11:05 In my position I would consider Rf3 for the tactical threat of either winning the queen or delivering checkmate. Rf7 is the only decent defense against this threat, and for that matter Qg5 was important to prevent Bf5 as a defense after Rf7.

[@kjerros]

Very grateful to Agadmator for his elegant and eloquent recap. An upset of the magnitude of Serbian no. 2 Filip Krajinović beating Novak Djokovic!

[@saptashwapaul5583]

THIS has to be the game of this tournament.

[@ITSMON4RCH]

I was just watching the final armageddon game between these two in tata steel chess 2021,and now in 2022, perfect timing!!

[@andreamazzero295]

Anish after “winning” with Dubov: 🥳 Anish after drawing with Mamedyarov: 😝 Anish after loosing with Van Foreest: 😔 Anish after Dubov withdraws TSC: 😤

[@yanni2852]

Magnus defeated Amish…

[@andreamazzero295]

@@yanni2852 I meant Mamedyarov sorry, I edit

[@CallOn84]

@@yanni2852 Anish the Amish lamo

[@yanni2852]

@@CallOn84 I wrote Anish but the autocorrect change it to Amish...lol

[@donramanayake1505]

Thanks for the analysis.

[@sillychinas]

This line is a sneaky transformation into some f3 nimzo lines. It's not 100% but it has a lot of the same ideas, doubled c pawns, rook sac on f6 and strong kingside ideas.

[@bikifaf1832]

Glad to say my own chess game improved, thenks agad!!

[@supermiimi]

I always think about Chefs being such a beautiful and brutal game because there will be situations where you get checkmated by this move or that move. Nothing but pure entertainment.

[@joelewi6622]

So many GM and all doing great stuffs, wow what a game

[@mishakmanuel1115]

Absolutely spectacular!

[@julianlaywine7453]

Losing last year’s final in armageddon, now this. Anish has probably had about enough of facing JvF at Tata Steel.

[@preparedsurvivalist2245]

The initial position was stacked to threaten a pawn that was never taken. Then it was shifted to position a knight on a square it never went to. The result, a beautiful checkmate that never happened. This is chess in 2022.

[@ryczardpetroo2458]

Just realized at the end of video that I already watched it, even though I'm 1275+ player. Rather than watching 2 videos I watched 1 twice :)

[@mr.yhulling418]

He played like Dubov on his best days!

[@daviddurbin3249]

Absolutely amazing

[@JSheridanEntilZha]

These guys are incredibly patient. The quality sac seems attractive but I could not calculate it so far. On the board I would have ruined it without a doubt

[@CapJackSparrow98]

Actually after the position in 14:07 it's a back rank checkmate the pawn covers the kings escape square

[@ethanchen3998]

What a beauty of a game of to watch!

[@jasmint6703]

"Most of the time the beauty of the game is not within the moves played but rather in the moves not played." -- commentary at the end

[@07aniketdeysarkar26]

THIS IS AWESOME 🔥🔥🔥

[@seasideman]

It's nice to see that famous Duchamp comment above the game.

[@sanjazzster]

What a beautiful game 😊😉😊

[@sammadinah]

captures captures - Agadmator, the chess poet

[@Chessym]

Early comment to highlight how much amazing your KZbin content is

[@nicovanderwilt7502]

And he allready has the whole game covered😂🤣🤯

[@kerstgerard]

they're fellow dutchman those two they come from holland and i live in the netherlands too we eat chess for breakfast or tulpbols or just pieces of a mix

[@crazypomp927]

I knew Anish was going to lose the moment I saw all those pieces all the way over on the a-file just trying to win a pawn. It reminded of the famous game Fischer vs Myagmarsuren. Black put all their pieces on the a-file so Fischer went and crushed them on the kingside. Jorden did the same thing here. Learning from the greats!!

[@mannangupta3643]

#suggestion Daniel Dardha vs Marc Andria Maurizzi Tata Steel Chess 2022 Round 11

[@davidwhite2949]

Sort of a masterpiece for Van Forest

[@syauqiachmad]

not a hidden attack gm style but rather a straight rook sacrifice to tear giri's defensive structure.... love the game because i can understand it :)

[@raunakkbanerjee9016]

Immortal is a word that cannot be used lightly to describe a chess game.. this game must be good

[@howkn2]

At 10:55, why not Be7 for white?

[@rengrag4868]

Real tactics impressive

[@usuallinkinultimate]

10:51 why is picking up that pawn better than Be7? Kick the Queen to c7 or b8

[@sampathn4429]

10:21 how can pawn capture bishop? Its check via rook

[@rickharold7884]

Wow. That’s was beautiful

[@erichoffmann8515]

Great to see counter attacking chess!!!!

[@thomasaskew1985]

A very good game. Kudos to Forrest.

[@TrumanBurbonk]

Wow, a brilliant victory by Van Foreest!

[@giovannicorno1247]

If there is a brilliancy prize this game seems to be the one that deserves it, at the moment! Strange that Anish missed the exchange sacrifice.

[@andreichiriac7823]

Insane preparation from van Foreest

[@Wouter197110]

Absolutely spectacular game.

[@lmhr9]

Lovely game. Thanks for sharing

[@SamuelPearlman]

Hey Agadmator - the V is lowercase v in "van" Foreest :D

[@surfraptor]

Indeed. :-)

[@spconcodoc]

So, basically that early a3 in the nimzo indian game was a click bait to lure Anish to go for that c4 weakness, and bang an exchange sacrifice by Foreest at f6. Beautiful game, worthy of the "Dutch Immortal" title ❤

[@plumpistrumpi]

Masterpiece by Jorden.

[@euniYT]

Jorden doing the dirty work Magnus 😎

[@desebcarrillo]

Maybe engines made chess even more fun after all, top chess players always knows the strongest lines but what if you mix it up? ...well ... this happend, just beautiful

[@tomcruise9317]

Wow...marvelous