The Future of Chess Was Foretold Early || Karpov vs Hort || Alekhine Memorial (1971)

[@ashmaterial]

Me trying go to sleep. Agadmator: sorry about that

[@hrdgh6916]

Lol

[@Vahe345]

I'm in the same boat 1 Am got to wake up at 4:30

[@bogdanp.6956]

For me it's the other way around: Agadmator: sorry about that Me: time to fall asleep on the nice voice

[@kevinhammond2361]

Insomnia: "...with a nice idea..."

[@alon3304]

yeah

[@furratbahadori9103]

Me: Studying in peace Agadmator: Studying was never an option

[@marcjohn9404]

What do you do here?

[@Oscar7468]

Thank you so much, agadmator, for this video and for all the others too, of course; I'm a Frenchman and my english is bad, the more, fan of chess yes, but just a low level, and no more practising; but still admiring the beauty of chess, especially really played games, rather than studies. I watch most of your videos, and the ones of your brother in law too. About this Alekhine Memorial 1971: unfortunately for him, Spassky was not in shape during this tournament; but, as I like dreams, I just imagine he could win his game against Stein like he had the opportunity, creating a immortal gem of beauty by the so lovely tactical finish he did not see. And then, Karpov would have been at the same time the ONLY winner of this memorable competition! Of course, Stein too was a great player, and it's just sad he died few years later already... Best regards.

[@ricardoguimaraes544]

I guess he is showing a remarkable game from each of the pole's participant, so everyone can vote based in which style one's prefer to watch. Anyway, no amount of games is high enough, keep up the good work, cheers from Brazil!

[@ozzyozbourne4121]

I thought this was the start of the saga :(

[@zebra3stripes]

It was. It's the one and only video in the Hort saga.

[@blunttrauma5300]

Paul morphy bitch

[@LukeEganLyrics]

Me too!

[@james64ibm]

*KARPOV SAGA COMFIRMED*

[@aleragon1]

Karpov Saga 🎉🎉

[@snelleplanga3894]

Fun Fact: During the Second World War, members of the Dutch resistance asked how to pronounce Scheveningen before disclosing any information in order to weed out the foreign spies!

[@saeedanasir]

no way. nice. so how is it pronounced??

[@nozack5612]

And if they replied 'Alekhine', all hell broke lose.

[@panda4247]

And the correct answer was "e6"

[@calebmauer1751]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4jQfquwibCfmdk. That's a clip from a movie demonstrating that fact.

[@willywonka7812]

Shibboleth

[@Shockprowl]

Wow. People forget just how strong Karpov was, probably because he's seen as not as glamorous or as exciting as your Kasparovs, Fischers, and Spasskys. But he really is one of the All Time Greats, producing attacking masterpieces as well as strategic masterpieces.

[@Qhsjahajw]

It's just newbies

[@Cuorion]

I love how you managed to keep a straight face when uttering the words "Bobby Fisher action figure". Keep it up man, you deserve every single one of these excellent subscribers and a ton more on top of it. #onwardstothemillion

[@neoatomium]

Congratulation, you pronounced "Scheveningen" correctly, you are an excellent Dutch man now!

[@maciejstepnik4270]

Well, a Dutch person would pronounce it a bit mor hhhhharsh, but still he did it pretty well :)

[@riviouveur]

The legend is that in WW2 if the Dutch resistance caught someone who they thought was a German infiltrator, they made him say "Scheveningen" to prove he was Dutch.

[@davebogdon]

@@riviouveur Yeah. They do this In the movie "Soldier of Orange."

[@fellowjelte]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/q4jQfquwibCfmdk

[@cygnustsp]

Jesus, amazing what vast knowledge one can obtain on this channel. Much thanks!

[@himantasaikia8724]

Just now I read a KZbin comment from other video of a person talking about it was a treat to see Karpov in his early days, young with dark oily hair n something like that.. n was wondering how he might have looked back then..n then here it is I get to see a young Karpov.. just brilliant coincidence.. thanks Agadmator.

[@marcjohn9404]

Karpov was just the best at restricting his opponent from doing what they wanted to do, I love his style. It's not flashy at all, but he cuts you off from your plan and eventually you just suffocate in the position because he controls more space and you can't make any moves.

[@marcjohn9404]

@aDBo'Ch 1 Indeed he did allow a lot to Polgar, but that's just Judit Polgar. He allowed a lot to Kasparov too, basically because those two are so good that you can't just always restrict them. It's hard to take the initiative away from someone who is that good. I suspect he would have had issues with restricting Fischer as well, but we'll never know for sure.

[@andrewromeo4317]

If you know the rating of each of the players at the time of their game you should include it next to their photos. It adds a lot of value in recognizing the level of play of each player. The appreciation of watching a lower rated player either overtaking the skill level of a higher rated player or at least being more prepared to play that higher rated person.

[@docsteely2388]

Great choice of game for this video: that is the style with which Karpov conquered the world and remained for such a long time at the top.

[@richardfeynman5560]

A great game by Karpov in his typical positional style! Karpov is, in my humble opinion, without a doubt one of the greatest but also one of the most misunderstood players in the history of ches I Think people sometimes tend to underestimate him, despite the fact that he was World Champion for ten years and won lots of tournaments, remember for example his impressive performance in Linares 1994. And there still remains the question why Fischer didn't play against Karpov in 1975? Could it be that Fischer was afraid of Karpov? It wouldn't have been so easy for Fischer to beat Karpov as it was against Taimanov, Larsen, Petrosian and even Spasski. So there was some chance that Fischer could have lost his title in 1975. I think Fischer would have played against a weaker challenger, but Karpov would maybe have been the toughest opponent Fischer had ever faced in his career? Has anybody some thoughts about this?

[@themanwithnoname3145]

Fischer wasn't scared to face karpov, the fide didn't agree with him on the terms he wanted the match to be, and he could have won by a vote and if he did, he would have played karpov for the rules whoever wins 10 games, wins the match, but the Soviets didn't want this so they worked hard against fischer and eventually he lost and he didn't want to play, but karpov couldn't even touch fischer, fischer was an engine, in his later match with Boris spassky I think 1992, he would play literally perfectly and he was just a super strong player even after retiring chess, he also claimed that karpov and kasparov were faking games and he had written alot of books exposing them but claimed that all his books were stolen by the Jews. But I genuinely doubt fischer was scared of karpov, the same thought was said that fischer was scared to face Boris spassky, but he just wanted high demands and after all said and done, he really won the match easily.

[@pbswapno4623]

Fischer beated world champions like Tal, Petrosian and Spassky. He was never afraid to face Karpov. And I'm pretty sure he could have won if he played the next championship with proper preparation.

[@remigiuszwrobel2841]

chess is magic. my mind tries to capture the logic behind the moves and the game's 'narration', how it develops from one state to another... and suddenly, it turns out it's all over for one of the players; the beauty is overwhelming. yeah, chess is magic...

[@andrewptob]

Whenever I see Karpov, I always think of Spassky making fun of his voice.

[@sayan64]

Any videos on KZbin showing this

[@andrewptob]

@@sayan64 Check this out: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g53baGVum5x8q7M

[@LeBartoshe]

@@andrewptob LOL... 😂 Thanks for sharing this!

[@LeBartoshe]

#suggestion This comment should be PINNED. Still can't stop laughing... 😂

[@lecobra418]

Oh shit my sides x)

[@robinkok8006]

My favorite game of all time, actually. Sheer elegance..

[@AkumaAPN]

Lol, this is election tampering! Giving us a Karpov game while we vote on the new saga! Lol, jk!

[@osazenomwan]

AkumaAPN 😂 The best election tampering ever

[@anthonydavtyan1989]

AkumaAPN Relax, Hilary. :)

[@jasonc0065]

Alpha0 for President, lol

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

@Oissev Onos hmm.... Nice theory

[@protoword10]

To me, it doesn’t matter witch saga about what player going to be, because, I hope this channel will last for long time and we are going to see many of these famous players in chess history...

[@hutchmusician]

What a monster field! So many legends in one tournament, amazing result for Karpov.

[@rickelmonoggin]

My brother is a native English speaker but learnt to speak Dutch, and I asked him about the difficulty in pronouncing "Scheveningen", and he looked at me like I was an idiot.

[@n20games52]

So interesting to see an early Karpov game. He really played his own unique kind of chess. I do need a Bobby Fischer action figure, come to think o fit.

[@rolfmenk3750]

Karpovs games and comments are really great and most instructive. I would enjoy a Karpov saga. I used to confound Scheveningen with Schneverdingen, the german Check-de-dutch-spy-town :-) And again: Since 500k you should do a live commentary show somewhere in middle europe, with 500001 beers opened and giving us a nice "CheersSantéSaludProstCincinetc."...

[@takatotakasui8307]

If we do get a Karpov Saga, I’d love to hear Antonio’s thoughts on a Karpov vs. Fischer match. Kasparov favored Karpov, for example.

[@archismanadhikary1548]

Spassky once said in an interview, Bobby used to call them Karpy, Kaspy and Korchi. Lol.

[@theoneaboveall6751]

Takato Takasui Fischer would have beaten Karpov, he was just better.

[@tamalidey3262]

@@theoneaboveall6751 yup He was the best King's Indian,Ruy Lopez,Njdorf and also QGD player in the world

[@Qhsjahajw]

@@tamalidey3262 someone got u in the head?? Karpov is by a distant the better ruy lopez and QG player. Fischer hardly ever played the qgd

[@paki6277]

When did kasparov say he favored karpov? I would like to see that. Ive heard Kasparov favoring Fischer as a goat contending to himself and Magnus, but not karpov. If they faced in 1975 then I think Fischer would be just to strong. Fischer is the player who was the strongest between him and his peers. Official chess record with rating gap between him and the n2, 60 points more than Magnus was to Caruana for an example. Also Fischer had higher accuracy of moves recommended by the engine than any1 in history according to a study with the engine rybka made in 2008, and this is amazing since this was in late 60s, early 70s and still higher than Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik with more developed theory etc. Fischer is probably the best player in his prime of all time, but the greatest career goes to Kasparov.

[@furiousangel8960]

great to see positional master in action.

[@Alientcp]

skevingen , roughly the pronounciation. Roman Dzindzichashvili has a video called "slaying the dragon" which features a similar attack like in this game, but its reached over the sicilian dragon. Great video, it has given me a lot of free wins.

[@MPresheva]

What kind of a chess software do you use for this videos? It's impressive. Also, talking 20 minutes without cuts and with a clear and rich indepth is amazing. In a non-native language also. Congrats, really, really exellent job.

[@Ardistan667]

Seriously caught myself searching for Bobby Fischer action figure on amazon rn

[@Rid-iculo-us]

did you find any?

[@kevinleemanaa8153]

well did you??

[@borismanev2353]

hi dude, as always awesome video. You said it properly at 1:47 Scheveningen, (as a dutch word, should be pronounced /Shevəniŋən/ like u did) #Suggestion Karpov vs Kasparov 1984 game 4 "the light square symphony" brilliant masterpiece.

[@Vahe345]

I love that Karpov hairdue with his voice. That would intimidate any chess player.

[@williamgoss4691]

Amazing Karpov

[@ngwanamama1572]

Everytime Agadmator makes a video of old games he always says it was "one of the strongest tournaments at that point", but who am I not to believe him😂🤷‍♂️?

[@piotrek3650]

There is no point on showing weak tournaments

[@krishnasykam7930]

Point is in those there were very few yearly tournaments. Any tournaments used to invite the best players at that era,

[@positrontv6418]

Karpov = Legend

[@krushgroovin7513]

I didn’t get this notification, but I was happy to see the vid. Thanks Aggy Cheers 🍻

[@ziongetscreative3304]

Am i the only one who enjoy the way he calls the grandmasters names!! ##

[@abdulazizhawsah9884]

"In the pre-engine era no one was this brave" Damn!

[@giorgio9971]

Thank you for showing a game where Karpov won! #KarpovSaga

[@Ronbo710]

Alekhine should have just chilled in the U.S. for W.W.2 and then gone back. He came over in the 30's and toured the country more than once.

[@thephilosopherofculture4559]

(3:50) Knight to e5 for white is not for development but was forced for otherwise black has Bishop to c4.

[@oibruvdeeerste2531]

1:46 you said it right (for a non dutch speaker) i come from the netherlands and ‘ch’ you speak like a ‘g’ but than with a dutch accept. but for a non dutch speaker you said it great actually.

[@partynhouse]

No worries no one except some dutch people can pronounce that correctly

[@vvv6517]

It was used by dutch resistance as a code word in WOII as germans were unable to pronounce it properly

[@partynhouse]

@@vvv6517 I know my brother in law is dutch, he told me about it

[@cygnustsp]

Quite a different game, very much enjoyable and appreciated

[@superman5742]

One of the best quotes 👌

[@JohnSmith5555]

14:46 Hort could've gone Kf8 because the bishop on e5 guards the queening square and is protected by the pawn on d6. If white plays Rd5 the bishop can go to d7 and will be protected by the king.

[@cve7o]

Are you suggesting us that we should vote for Karpov saga 🤔

[@Fip91]

I can't wait for a Karpov saga!

[@waiyanoo1102]

Finally you got it right with Scheveningen... it's the right way to say haha

[@ΣτέφανοςΔημησιάνος]

I have miss this kind of person in you!

[@LukeEganLyrics]

This video makes me really hope that the next saga is the Karpov one!

[@srikanths7873]

THANQ AGADMATOR - KARPOV IS THE BEST, *AND YOU HAVE SHOWN AN EXCELLENT GAME*

[@arrowghost]

#suggestion If the Paul Morphy saga wins, The Night of the Opera could use a revisit, provided if there are more moves to be explored, like what if Morphy took the rook like a butcher would. Not just 60fps.

[@playerunknown3234]

14:25 there is also a way to use the light bishop and queen to threaten mate , while simultaneously trap the black queen for a rook

[@Swagtorian]

This rook was like a yoyo in game so effective

your second pronounciation of "scheveningen" is the best ,and .100% right..it is scheveningen- sch ,the sound s s followed by the extreme gutteral g or ch of the greek chora=country-side]..-like fanatically clearing your throat.....next time we"ll do the pronounciation of "cruijff"= which became cruyff later..but this is probably really a mission impossible .... once I had a yugoslavian comrad -bocca from sarajewo- ,I tried to teach him the right way to pronounce cruyff while he did his best to teach me the vlj and blj-sound in servo-croatian .........ljubljana.....nazdravlje....

[@cygnustsp]

My goodness i love your channel. Also, this is your best hair style.

[@divyamverma6320]

16:20 "Wanted to show karpov from younger ages, he was just a monster." Whattt monster in the closet?!

[@nimabaradaran3471]

for a sec I tought The Karpov saga has started & I get extremely excited,then I realized its not:(

[@torbaggermaxpiper]

Yes! Love this!

[@GoldsnipeRify]

You pronounced schevingen correctly. I never heard anyone say it correctly. (who isn't from the Netherlands ) greetings from the Netherlands!

[@ngwanamama1572]

Karpov with yet another zugzwang🔥

[@Ardistan667]

“Scheveningen” as you said it is correct, I actually live in a town close by. The “ch” is pronounced with a kind of guttural “kh”-sound, like in “KazaKHstan”, so maybe harden your “ch” a bit. But otherwise, you came prepared!

[@riptide1889]

In Anatoly Karpov's Best Games, it says "In this desperate position Hort lost on time". His flag unfortunately fell before he was able to reach out his hand.

[@noone-qu5ec]

Those rook moves are amazing! I wish I can do that in my games. It's like annoying your opponent.

[@simichatterjeemishra1624]

I have a test today morning. It's 12:07am rn; and "Hello Everyone!".....

[@mega2codnoob]

Would be fun if you analyzed some of the games from the tournament as if it was played by pros with classical time format!

[@andywanfunglee5282]

Watching half way through, I did pause the video, but for commenting here. “Imagine Agad pauses the video :DD”

[@sharmaji_ka_ladka_gamer]

Genuine question. Why does the letters on the bird's forehead keep changing in every other video? Any excellent hidden quest there?

[@Melanie12047]

The game mode is displayed there C is for Classical B is for Blitz and R is for Rapid

[@seasideman]

I thought that was a fish!

[@jonyboyjoy2188]

I didn't guess correctly the karpovian move there, but I get a lot of information on this video. Thanks. :)

[@srikanths7873]

*Please show a game by Sokolsky* The Sokolsky Opening (also known as the Orangutan or Polish) is an uncommon chess opening that begins with the move: 1. b4. Synonym(s) Orangutan Opening Polish Opening Hunt Opening *His games are just way too awesome*

[@imachsi4860]

Finally seeing a romanian chess player in some standings!!

[@kavyanshagrawal5279]

The time when Karpov used to be a attacking player who played e4 first

[@selectnull4459]

So many mates possible in the variations but finally no mate has happened

[@takatotakasui8307]

This is how true masters play, walking the treacherous path to an advantage in the end game.

[@blakewolf6168]

I still hope to watch an Alekhine's saga: after all, it would be the best continuation after Capa's 💪

[@qtube8950]

*Literally i thougt lets watch a chess video and your notification comes* Are you a mind reader man

[@msizimanqele2811]

😂😂😂😂

[@msizimanqele2811]

😂😂😂😂

[@mohammedelsaidothman6802]

#suggestion every worled champion saga in row ,it'll be massive project to document some of great chess history for people

[@sainder5248]

At 5:53 what happens if white captures pawn at a6 with the bishop?

[@docfrayon]

I will be the next Karpov ! My saga soon on this channel :D (but don't hold your breath)

[@hughmongusfeline3452]

At 9:19 why not Qxh6?

[@egregiousarts6088]

Wassup Agad? Thanks for all the great content!

[@egregiousarts6088]

Just saw it is Karpov, just watched him and Unzicker two minutes before you uploaded...

[@ngwanamama1572]

@@egregiousarts6088 the Unzicker game made me love Karpov💯

[@xxAutoFlowxx]

Alekhine saga.

[@mothecat776]

Agadmator: can not vote at the provided link, do you have another link outside of youtube? Thanks.

[@baltasargracian3429]

It's (Sg-)Hey! veningen like in that famous Beatles song... Hey Jude

[@anthonysellers6455]

I think a modern history saga would be better than anything right now really… mid 80’s- 2000’s

[@TSgitaar]

You pronounced Scheveningen perfectly!

[@mayurabhisheki]

Where will the stream take place?

[@amgadibrahim6122]

Agad, How can I pronounce the scheveningen variation in the comments below?

[@panda4247]

Using the IPA notation of course [ˈsxeːvənɪŋə(n)] So it seems, he got it about right, as far as we can trust wiki as a sourcem

[@ivmanitas3786]

#suggestion Aleksander Indjic vs Tal Baron Chess Olympiad 2016 I think it's a cool game!

[@MohamedZashim.R]

karpov is the coolest chess player of all time. his moves are very cool and calm and brilliant. he is exactly opposite of tal in the style."style ? i have no style"-anatoly karpov. well ...i find his style that is "cool".

[@Haroon4Cesc]

Karpov was such a beast.

[@abcdefghijlkmn1794]

Cheeky, he will make 1 video of every saga and see which one does the best

[@takatotakasui8307]

Two Karpov games in a row? I wonder what Saga we’re doing next... maybe Alekhine? Personally, I think the Karpov Saga makes the most sense right now. Looking forward to your decision, Agad.

[@Rid-iculo-us]

Where can you get this Bobby Fisher Action Figure? Who else do they have?

[@johnbevan4684]

Hmmm ... looking at "agadmator" - "agad" in Filipino means "immediately". "Mator" sounds like "someone who mates" (as in "mater"). So "agadmator" could mean "someone who will mate you immediately".

[@cullenmilne8648]

That's something I've never seen

[@FK-pu8hg]

That’s something I’ve never heard

[@albert4]

That's something I've never thought

[@Matthew567Gospel]

That's something I've never thought of thinking about

[@divyamverma6320]

John Bevan looolll

[@nicksince90]

18 minutes? Something's cooking

[@TheS37an]

"sorry about that" Agadmator

[@Swagtorian]

C4 then Rh1+ is good isnt it?

[@julianmaurer9509]

You pronounced scheveningen correctly, it is a place in the Netherlands and you pronounced it the dutch way!

[@SpidermanGodzillaPants]

Nice to see young Karpov here

[@pahularora9642]

2 Karpov games......I don't know why but I had an intuition that its going to Karpov saga's turn.......Lets see if I was right(Suspense will be relieved within a day or two)......

[@pahularora9642]

@Oissev Onos Well, he started the alekhine saga with alekhine losing.....

[@pahularora9642]

Sorry, i was mistaken..... But he did start fischer saga with a draw and capablanca saga with him losing to juan corzo......

[@Evilanious]

1:54 Your second pronunciation is much closer to the way the Dutch pronounce it. Just stick with that and you'll be good.

[@roelwieers4566]

Maybe that second pronunciation is much closer to the way the duchess of York would pronounce it. Congratulations you are excellent spreader of utter nonsense