The Greatest Queen Sacrifice in Chess History | Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov (1962)

[@Sb-gc5jl]

This is the type of 3 am content I’m after

[@gonzalo4658]

Eheu yo equal

[@randomblueguy]

Eheu IT’S 3:17 AM AS I’M READING THIS LOL

[@TheMounten1]

@Mikey Schwartz i made it to 5am :P

[@Jinrohk19]

3AM here

[@EmanKhan09]

It’s fuckin 3:03am in India.

[@dalegreer3095]

Favorite line: "He's protecting this bishop like it's made of gold."

[@rainboweagle-o8b]

A bishop is made of gold if it is well positioned and you don't have a queen.

[@stuberosum1]

You see, Mr powers. I LOVE GOOOOOOLD

[@choipnugget]

Biggest takeaway for me. Point values are relative

[@PhoenixUGMusic]

Agreed

[@joelvergara1447]

Its platinum

[@KK-jb1fy]

The greatest queen sacrifice was by Henry VIII.

[@eb8945]

Lmao

[@gufransiddiqui1028]

@@eb8945 I didn't get the joke

[@herculet]

@@gufransiddiqui1028 Henry VIII executed his wives

[@fisikalectures597]

@@gufransiddiqui1028 he executed most of his wives

[@pokeronline3304]

I dont ussually laugh at this kind of comments, but this is the best ive read in a while hahahah

[@mindfullcaptain8512]

it always gives me the goosebumps when I hear a little boy yelling ''Mister Mister he sacrificed his queen'' and I could imagine Oleg running to the table to see what the hell is going on my favorite game by far

[@jebatevrana]

Essence.

[@observantmagic4156]

I would have loved to see the look on his face

[@bait5257]

@@observantmagic4156 Netflix series material

[@bennythejet5026]

the real grandmaster

[@garrettmanuel2413]

Mister, Mister!

[@billyleecw]

The play leading up to the King/queen fork is insane. Flawless even.

[@QMS9224]

Brandon Lee Yeah the queen sac was interesting, but those moves leading up to the queen fork literally made my jaw drop in awe

[@matthewdycus3394]

It's full of 2 and 3 point blunders if you run it through an engine. Pretty disappointing, a few years after the fact.

[@Orbert]

I saw it at the last second, when he pushed the rook. “Why’d he....whoooooa..”

[@Morgetiud]

@@matthewdycus3394 Engines tend to only think in methodical terms, they almost never think romantically. When a human makes romantic moves, its not uncommon for an engine to see it as a blunder because it will play the chess 101 move instead.

[@Meruem4]

@@Morgetiud Any decent chess-engine will crush romantic chess without any mercy though..

[@Shacogami]

Well I'll be damned I'm thanking YT for recommending this video for me.

[@franjotusek7500]

Same.

[@CyberTuxedo]

same

[@martinwhalley3286]

phanTomtilt Lira absolutely timeless

[@traum4rei959]

phanTomtilt Lira Same goes here, I found his videos interesting for me. 😂

[@SACrooksey]

Me too holy shit

[@Fenix-sf7tg]

So I did a computer analysis. Sacrificing the queen on F6 on Stockfish 10+ at Depth 37 is even. That is insane.

[@yndihalda]

Wow darn, that's amazing.

[@furymaster8062]

I didnt get what u saying!

[@bigstar66]

@FuryMaster 63 1 The computer looked 37 moves into possibilities for the game and with good play by both sides it would still be tied. You wouldn't expect this because a queen is worth much more than a bishop and knight combined.

[@melissagrenier2200]

@@bigstar66 you'd expect the difference to be less than 3 points though since it's a fianchetto bishop guarding a bunch of holes around the king. Still dead even is incredible.

[@tamasberenyi2910]

So at the end of the day Chernikov had been correct that the game is draw. :)

[@blu3ntv]

"he didn't want to drag out the game for too long" "so he thought about the next move for 40 minutes"

[@rohangeorge712]

lmao

[@LuffyL-ch1ku]

I have no idea why this was in my recommended 😂 but i agree

[@agadmator]

Maybe you like chess without knowing it :D

[@SciDiFuoco13]

same for me lol

[@LuffyL-ch1ku]

agadmator's Chess Channel haha i was an amateur chess player when i was 9-10yrs or so but i never searched something like this on google/KZbin

[@georgealexandru3282]

ian Van desteene the same here....

[@acmilanshevachels]

Same here

[@Samuel-dc2mq]

no idea why this was in my suggestions but really fascinating.

[@BlueBoy5ine]

Samuel ... same here. I jus dowloaded chess for my android next thing i kno this video is in Suggestions. Facebook/Google is giving out our fucking info thats why this keeps happening

[@jokuvaan5175]

BlueBoy5ine. It has happened to me and my brother(both have Honor phones) a couple of times that I was talking about something and then in less than a half hour a video of the spoken topic appears on my recommendations. For example one time my brother asked me if I had seen Forrest Gump. I said no and he told me a little bit about it. The next time I went to youtube with my phone there was a video about Forrest Gump in my recommendations. And I have never watched anything relating to it nor have I even searched it in google. Then the same thing happened to my brother after I told him that flat earthers exist. He said yes but wasn't really interested. Ten minutes later he checked his youtube recommendations and what do you know. A video recommendation about flat earthers.

[@jokuvaan5175]

Though, this time I don't know why this was recommended. I haven't played or talked about chess in over two years.

[@renfrifan1232]

Those two examples must be coincidences as KZbin does not hail permission to listen off app or without permission

[@jokuvaan5175]

Flynn Fedora Bros. I don't think it's just a coincidence although I hope it is. And it's not necessarily youtube app itself listening. I went to settings and prevented Google(which owns youtube) from using my phone's microphone and similiar thing hasn't happened since. At least not yet.

[@stewiegriffin6503]

this isn't the greatest queen sacrifice in history. The greatest queen sacrifice in history occurred in year 2007 in the match between me and my neighbour when I gave him the queen for free because I urgently had to go to the toilette.

[@suppncasper]

Stewie Griffin so did you play quagmire or joe?

[@InvoRL]

How do you have 500 subs with no videos while I have 7 videos with only 60 subs!??!?!! Illuminati Confirmed

[@stewiegriffin6503]

Here is the chess match: kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGimfmaXbrtgec0

[@anonymoushy7815]

lol

[@Wooooahhh6272]

I’d love to study that game

[@JW-bw8nj]

So, I've only recently gotten into chess as my daughter taught me how to play a week and a half ago. I've watched several of agadmator's videos and each time before I watch one I ask myself "Are you actually going to be able to watch a 10 minute video about a chess match?". Before I know it, 10 minutes fly by and I'm always left wanting more. Incredible analysis!

[@joeb4142]

“The game produced such an impression on the many participants of the championship team that none of them presented their games to the judges for the beauty prize - it was guaranteed in advance to Nezh.” Alex Pishkin

[@cleavicusmaximus845]

The feeling when youtube recommends actual good content instead of those generic "top 10" lists is amazing. I'm not even into chess but this was a joy to watch. I liked the play by play part so I could follow it. Have a like.

[@mars4ever]

It's a relief knowing that I'm not the only one who hates all of that pointless top 10 craps videos!

[@distrologic2925]

stop clicking top 10 videos and they will stop being recommended to you :D your recommendations are based on your history you know

[@whistleoutoftune4417]

You know I am not a chess player. Even not interested slightly. But I read about the legendary queen sacrifice and I really enjoyed last 8 minutes of my life. Great commentary. Thanks.

[@rishavmasih9450]

Last 8 mins of your life, wtf.........

[@MrTee-ls5lx]

Past 8minutes = Last 8min in this case

[@whistleoutoftune4417]

@@rishavmasih9450 Hi @rishav, I am writing on behalf of my close friend @whistle out of tune who gave me the account. No it was literally last 8 minutes of his life. Thank you for pointing out. They told him that he has just 24 hours to live. So at the breakfast, he ordered a huge bucket of chicken wings. Enjoyed every bit of it. And went out for a walk in the park and told me how beautiful the trees and flowers and bees. He spent some time writing his will and after that he had the last dinner with his family. And then checked his watch and sait "well, it is about time." So he googled "queen sacrifice Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov" and spent his last 8 minutes of his life in peace. He had barely enough time to write the comment above. Rest in peace @whistle out of tune. A man who appreciates good chess moves, although doesn't play chess.

[@azap12]

@@whistleoutoftune4417 Should I take your words seriously?

[@whistleoutoftune4417]

@@azap12 of course not

[@markangus3252]

I don't think even Tal would have thought of sacrificing his queen in that position which superficially seemed so quiet. It took an extraordinary mind, I think, to envisage its potential violence. Perhaps the most extraordinary queen sacrifice of all time.

[@andyn2196]

We out here playing chess, while my man is playing 7 dimensional tic tac toe

[@furratbahadori9103]

Tell me where I can get that

[@ralpht65]

N t Wright

[@ralpht65]

Paul biographer

[@aguy1618]

On my recommended eventhough this is my first time watching chess game on youtube.. No regret at all

[@jandom9008]

Yohanes Ben 😂😂😂😂 you dont even understand the worth of a queen in chess board

[@aguy1618]

Jan Dom I kinda know it's function, but man, never even searched chess on youtube before but got this on my recommendation. Interesting

[@jandom9008]

Dude you made my day.

[@jandom9008]

Its like getting into a new world.

[@aguy1618]

Jan Dom yeah

[@zfproductions2102]

Knight Capturing a Rook to fork the other rook, queen, and checking the king. Pretty amazing move to setup

[@3DHDcat]

ZF Productions init

[@KennyVo120]

I barely know the slightest thing about chess but that knight fork was beautiful. Certainly, Rashid felt like a total badass at that point.

[@rohangeorge712]

fr that was my favorite move. that knight was overpowered

[@rohangeorge712]

@@KennyVo120 fr

[@tellahsage6477]

And it even forks the pawn on d6, lol

[@Frost_Byte_Tech]

I have watched this game dozens of times but there is no doubt in my mind that I will still watch it dozens of times more.. Just beautiful

[@mixalisnaf1]

same here!

[@bareodin]

If the queen does not lead, how can she expect her subordinates to follow.

[@SolidusGabriel]

I believe that was just a play on words...

[@brackets_]

Nice reference.

[@dsodragon8152]

Code Geass reference.

[@jomaricantonjos1902]

Gabriel Fonseca

[@mercedesbenz989]

Is code geass or no game no life reference ? Still one of the best queen sacrifices I think there was a way for black to win if they didn't play Be2, who knows

[@fredbloggs8172]

*Excellent game - concise commentary - keep up the good work Agadmator :)*

[@agadmator]

Thanks a lot Fred, will do! :)

[@ButterySkater]

How are people this smart? I can only see 2 moves ahead of me. Not 10

[@MiguelMartinez-yj7yu]

I only see 1. I have crap for brains

[@BJ52091]

He said that White thought through the position for over 40 minutes.

[@hkphysics]

You see 2? I don't even realise what I am going to do next with my previous move.

[@wallpaper000]

I only see half a move ahead, since I usually only see half part of the board and forget about the other half....

[@faisal-kr2jy]

experience, I can do 6 tops but it took me years.

[@johnwayne4658]

Xqc vs Critical = the greatest king sacrifice by Xqc.

[@roderrickgaming9949]

Haha

[@awakenedgarou]

Lmaoo

[@juijani4445]

Do you know about the famous king sacrifice by Vidit Gujrathi to Hikaru Nakamura?

[@foiled9491]

This is the greatest chess game of all time

[@nikel-]

*THROBBING*

[@jonathanchacon1248]

I hardly ever comment on youtube video's, but I gotta say: This has to be one of the best channel's on KZbin... Passion and consistency, all coming from a deep well of insight and knowledge. My view and appreciation of the game has been deeply affected by thee Agadmator. Thank you!

[@agadmator]

Thank you

[@squdardt.9719]

Plot twist: he sacrificed his queen by accident.

[@malachisavior5955]

It was just blunder

[@shon5666]

Thought for 40 minutes to play it by accident? Ok

[@rileyblack4415]

It's only a blunder if you say "no wait, shit"

[@flanbenflen9069]

There are no accidents - master oogway

[@chiko4536]

If you blunder your queen and then win the game you didnt blunder your queen, you just did a hyper-extended long con queen sacrifice

[@hammadakram6530]

Mr! Mr! He sacrificed his queen! What a scene it would've been

[@viniketkolambkar4886]

The greatest sacrifice of the Queen was when I deployed her so that the Archers don't attack the Ballons

[@vikasmeghwal158]

Critical COC fan spotted😀

[@scruxy]

Super underrated comment

[@kevin-7091]

Clash of Clans 😍

[@myst3ry_g3n3ral]

The memories…

[@pryo2460]

Underrrrated

[@mindsharping]

So glad youtube recommended this! Thanks agadmator.

[@Lugo428]

Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and again. Thanks YT for recommending this.

[@AlexanderLeset]

I've never watched a chess related video in my life, but I'm glad I checked this out when it popped up in the recommended tab

[@railgum7392]

6:38 that move so goddamn good

[@Diademic111]

that's pretty classy of you to recommend your viewers to check out another channel..so few channels on youtube would actually do that

[@agadmator]

+Don Scott Well, I watched that video about Rashid like 5 times already, and I will probably watch it some more after some time, I wouldn't want anyone to miss out on it. It's simlpy that good :)

[@Diademic111]

you're right it is :)

[@EduPiloni]

Wondering what makes 27 ppl to give this thumbs down...

[@dn-anonymous]

edu, there are some real whackos out there, and we've caught 27 of them. These are somehow the best chess vids, although would have liked to see some more analysis of the key tactics, eg. after Be2, doesn't look like there's any Rh3 action happening after the Knight sac, because of Bh5 - surely more like Rxf7, but I would have liked to see the outcome.

[@Simonator1996]

Shouldnt he rather recommend them to CHESS out other channels?

[@ApostleMan222]

“He’s protecting this bishop like it’s made of gold” LOL

[@joeb4142]

I’ve watched this a few times and tbh the depth of tactical mastery still amazes me

[@the_bottomfragger]

Same here, maybe you can give me an answer to 6:33 though? Why did Black take the Rook H8 instead of King G7? Was it an oversight on his part or am I missing something? Surely he saw the fork coming. EDIT: Never mind just realized the stupidity of my comment lol

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

It must be almost traumatic to be in the middle of your stroll 'with the draw in the bag' only to have your thoughts interrupted by the news "excuse me sir, your opponent just sacked his Queen"... a big bucket of cold water on your head!

[@gerryportuguezjr.652]

". . . and then I made my move, bf6. I then see Nezhy go in a deep think. Thinking that he maybe contemplating whether he should accept the "drawn" game, I then left the table to take a short walk and check the other ongoing games. In the middle of my stroll, I felt someone tugging at my left sleeve. I turned to look around to see a little brown-haired boy with blue eyes, looking like a living bundle of energy. I asked, "What's the matter, young lad?" He then pointed at my and Rashid's table, saying "Mister, your opponent sac'ed his queen." Without me realizing, my pupils shrank instantaneously and proceeded to nearly dash to our table. Looking at the current state of the board, I see Rashid's queen has replaced my dark square bishop on f6. I continued to look at it in astonishment and disbelief before I was shaken out of my trance by Nezhy's stare, as if awaiting my reply to his move. I then took my seat to continue our chess match and break the abrupt awkward atmosphere. Little did I know what was bound to happen in the next few moments would be something I would both be troubled and awed to experience."

[@Booker8991]

I guess what makes the GMs different to the average person is that they don't immediately go for whatever would give them immediate material advantage but rather for what gives them tactical and strategic advantages.

[@ZiaurRahman-up2ii]

True. But Rashid was an IM. He never got a GM title...

[@incredulouschordate]

It is primarily the mental practice needed to imagine dozens or hundreds of potential board scenarios in your head at once. If you can do that you can defeat most players

[@incredulouschordate]

Notice that one player gets up and walks away but is still imagining the game in perfect detail. That's not IQ, that's practice

[@harshrajjadhav940]

Not really these are rare gems such games are rarely played at the absolute top level now which are long theoretical struggles

[@artemperesada3454]

In a sense, every chess game is a war that you have to win

[@patphanaryuwattana4371]

Been a year since i’ve subscribed but this is the video i keep coming back to

[@MrLiviooo]

from the amount of chess I play'd it is one of the most insane and beautiful games I've saw thank you for this!

[@chrispydesign585]

Watching this video made me realise how deep Chess is, and how many steps into the future professional Chess players have to think. Very enjoyable and informative video!

[@fritzvold9968]

Queen sacs between masters are the stuff of legend. In his chess autobiography, "My Fifty Years of Chess", Frank J. Marshall relates how his spectacular Queen move in front of the opponent's King's three pawn phalanx, resulting in announcing checkmate in three moves was applauded by the tournament spectators by showering the final board position with gold coins!

[@lorenpomeroy1777]

Levitzky - Marshall, Breslau 1912

[@ColinDaviesNZ]

That queen sac took a lot of guts.

[@agadmator]

+Colin Davies 40 minutes to be exact :)

[@yacinechina4770]

u r genius

[@Senecamarcus]

agadmator's Chess Channel what does stockfish think of the queen sa

[@davidcharles3871]

It did, because victory is not immediately apparent. These are always the most interesting sacrifices.

[@promik018]

Not guts, calculation.

[@chessrage494]

It's really amazing how he sacrificed a whole queen for such a solid endgame 20 moves in advance. Makes you wonder how much was calculated and how much was pure intuition and fun.

[@dark_rit]

He had to have calculated it quite a bit if he really took 40 minutes to make the queen sac like Agadmator said. Because if you can't even draw after sacking the queen in this manner it is the worst move.

[@JimBalter]

He didn't sac a whole queen.

[@ismailabdelirada9073]

Of course there was some calculation, but ultimately the move was mostly intuition backed by experience. Thematically it is not new, and comes up with some frequency in the King's Indian Defense.

[@SenorQuichotte]

Greatest queen sac was Marie Antoinette

[@novafal]

LMFAO

[@gb-yt9if]

most underrated comment iv read in a hot minute

[@staypositive4358]

Yikes!

[@blakblaklesy5139]

So this is what General Zodd has been doing in his free time lol

[@GetLostGames1]

You did something right because your video was in the recommended for thousands of people today. Newly subbed. Congrats on your success.

[@Wh00oo]

This is madness!! "The early" Queen sacrifice move.. Amazing!!

[@benjamin.zhimomi]

How many of you are back here after so many years to re-watch this?

[@Hurkmaniacs]

Thank you so much, I never knew the guy and i just saw the whole documentary. A true chess artist!

[@Death_Battalion]

And there are people like me felling as we lost everything once we lose the queen😂

[@happyphotostat8103]

so true,, normally i flip the board when i lose queen and earthquake takes the blame ;)

[@karthikeyans3583]

Believe me I do play my best chess when i loose queen early for a rook or bishop and Knight, dang it

[@thatoneguy9582]

It’s never too late you can always hope they blunder their queen back and/or blunder into mate in 1

[@sidarthur8706]

at least you don't take both their rooks then get cocky and end up losing like i recently embarrassed myself by doing

[@tellahsage6477]

Most of the time when my opponents lose their queen in my games they give up, lol. I know that feel tho. I've played through games after losing my queen before, and it isn't pretty. I did manage to win sometimes tho.

[@CrimeanHorseArcher]

How can he foresee that one position out of thousands of possible? I think we ordinary people just try to imagine but guys like Nedzmettinov just find a way to visualise it all. Amazing really.

[@shadowbrawl142]

So this is what General Zodd has been doing in his free time lol

[@remusgars5928]

U had me😆😂😂😂🤣

[@vijaytak62]

😂😂😂

[@lorrie14uwavila0nx9]

plot twist: rashid was drunk during the game and accidentally blundered his queen

[@duchi882]

*I remember the day this was uploaded* It only had a couple thousand views and you had less than a 100k subs Truly a time worth remembering same with the game.

[@MrSupernova111]

On move 29 at 6:33 you finally realize how deep was the analysis of Qxf6 on move 12! Unreal!

[@scorpsjunknstuff4015]

pfft... nerd...

[@TheDrSpicy]

ScorpsJunk Nstuff In what way was he a nerd by saying that?

[@scorpsjunknstuff4015]

Grapefruit [GD] pfft... nerd

[@TheDrSpicy]

ScorpsJunk Nstuff So people who ask questions and make remarks are nerds? Then you must be one.

[@scorpsjunknstuff4015]

Grapefruit [GD] pfft.... nerd....

[@sleepy4x]

This is an unbelievable beautiful game. Rashid gives his queen without getting a direct mating attack and later he gives his rook and refuses to take the black rook and his position is getting better and better. I love that.

[@hamidmazuji]

thank you for this amazing video agadmator. you are the greatest

[@basantachaulagain6104]

I now realize that this was the first chess game I ever watched. I had watched the videos by Jesica Fischer after he mentioned it in this video some two years ago, and I realized that when I was re-watching this video today. Thank you Agad for introducing me to the world of chess.

[@ReegusReever]

Beautiful admission of defeat from the opponent. Total respect shown towards the play/player.

[@nanaki1990blox]

Thank you for these, I am trying to learn more about Chess so that I can play against my friends who are very good at Chess.

[@bashbrannigan]

Never heard of Nezhmetdinov before. Thanks making me aware of this great player.

[@pennywisethedog8134]

6:38 r/oddlysatisfying

[@HomeSliceHenry]

The play leading up to the king-queen fork was absolutely insane. A true genius

[@stever5478]

Thank-you for your explanation, time, passion and understanding. It is appreciated.

[@mikeratkiewicz6720]

Really enjoyed the video man. Definitely going to check out what else you have.

[@nosystem1098]

What a beast; love his games. He even looks scary. If I saw him sitting across a board from me, I'd say, "Thank you, but no," and leave.

[@SeanLiu4]

6:10 "he's protecting this bishop as if it's made of gold..." 😂😂😂😂

[@Dartitis-26]

It's interesting if you think about it. So darn many people like this quote. I think you have to be somewhat intelligent to like this sentence.

[@marko514]

Explanation please?

[@cinereo_argento]

@@marko514 Relics.

[@PavelDGromnic]

What Antonio has really brought home to me in his comments and analyses has been the amazing generosity of spirit among chess players. The broadmindedness and open good sportsmanship, as well as the appreciation of other players is really cool to see. There have been exceptions to that, but it's important to remember that these are the exceptions, and that the great players are great for many reasons, not just their skills at the game.

[@luisllontopbarahona3188]

Thank you for the recommendation to watch Nezhmetdinov's biography.

[@PrinM1000]

Great game! Rashid has no reverse gear. His wins are some of the most beautiful in chess history.

[@gillrowley]

Congrats on 2 million views for this. Sadly, it only allows me to like it once.

[@agadmator]

Thanks Gil. Once is quite enough :)

[@mirnicht6183]

Nezly!!!

[@yunogasai5416]

@@mirnicht6183 kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpmmoYOiebJjiLM

[@trocchiettoski]

This is also the best youtuber sacrifice of the history. You recommend to see another youtuber and we remain even more fidelized to your honesty (and amazing analysis skills)

[@joseluiscastillo4730]

After the third view, and a long analisis, I get the sense of this move, 4:41 20. Bc3 This is to put black's queen on d8, and then to allow the massive fork, 6:39 30. Nf7 It's so amazing the deepness of some apparently harmless moves made by Nezhmetdinov

[@saugatbasnet4452]

Let's take a moment to appreciate KZbin's algorithms for bringing us here.

[@themightysquid]

I watched “The Queen’s Gambit” on Netflix last week. Haven’t looked up anything on chess since. Netflix must be feeding KZbin their viewers. Mmmm?

[@ameliakozlie7227]

How to reach 2800 in chess: Have your last name end in ov

[@Peakfreud]

So true. Or catch a life sentence in prison Some of those dudes play with out a board and just call out moves from cell to cell for an imaginary board in their heads. Serious waste of talent.

[@MultiAsdag]

Well in Russia in their formative years it was miserable thanks to communism (misguided leader's version anyway) so they only could drink vodka and play chess. Created some chess champions forged of iron.

[@ubaidhassan2677]

Like Magnus carlsov or Fabiano caruanov

[@bait5257]

@@Peakfreud what

[@22centsworth]

Thank you very much for this fun, inspiring video. I am quite old but quite new to chess and found it extremely enjoyable.

[@dry5555]

Nez is my favorite player and this game is my favorite of all-time.

[@agadmator]

Glad to hear it dry :) A verry nice game indeed

[@veryblackcat]

agadmator's Chess Channel Jessica's Fischer is definitively the best video around about Rashid! The one about Rossolimo is excellent too!

[@agadmator]

+veryblackcat That's why I recommended it :) So enjoyable to watch

[@seddiklamperoug7712]

my farvourit player too and his sacrifices are way better than tal's

[@Dan1elAndrade]

I don't understand this queen sacrifice. It wasn't even a short term sacrifice, it was positional, he ended taking advantage of the sacrifice so many moves ahead!!!!!! THIS IS CHESS

[@joeb4142]

Daniel Andrade This is chess played at the highest level

[@140TrillionSuns]

rashid is the only one who beat tal 3 games a row.Rashid game was so insane even tal cant understand what he had in his mind

[@SJNaka101]

Saf 299 yeah but that's why bobby was more consistent, and also the very reason that led bobby to quit the game. He wanted to play to win but it was boring beating people with thoroughly analyzed lines

[@jeffreypajarillo1111]

Rashid Neshmetdinov was a mentor to Mikhail Tal. Mikhail Tal learned from him.

[@smrtfasizmu6161]

If I remember correctly, this was the video that got me into chess, both into watching chess and playing chess. The KZbin algorithm brought me to this video several years ago, it then brought me to this video today again and I am glad that it did. It was a pleasure to watch this video again.

[@dmsalomon]

I think this game highlights the emotional side of chess. The sacrifice arguably didn't give a better position, most would agree that at best it was even. But the move was so aggressive that it shocked the opponent into making mistakes that were capitalized on. It was the mental fortitude that won the game.

[@thebigpicture2032]

Agreed! Black should have been able to convert that game.

[@maxnullifidian]

I just watched the biography of Rashid, pretty interesting and informative. I like his style!

[@WilliamJonesChess]

01:00 Recent game instead of Na5, Qa5 was played between Yu-Duda in January 2020 in Tata Steel 01:21 Never seen Qh4 before. I thought Qd1 was the move to force Black to make a decision about the Nd4 05:15 Tactic 1: how does white crash through 06:05 Bd4! is amazing; just to preserve this bishop, and continue attacking 06:24 Tactic crashing through winning everything 07:23 Nice quote from Poluyagevsky and Tal both losing to Nezhmetdinov

[@semphony100]

Thats the type of content i watch on 9:00 am good morning great video watching on 2021

[@yedidsion]

All of Rashid's games are beauties; Even the games that Rashid has lost are a joy to watch.

[@JohnWbechtel2]

I had never seen this game. I agree with you, one of the all time greatest

[@MadderMel]

All my life I have mainly studied the positional players , when I should have been studying these guys !! It's no wonder my games show the imagination of a flea !

[@melissagrenier2200]

Wasn't that sacrifice 100% positional? It made the kingside holes very hard to defend with the fianchetto bishop gone. The tactics that rose from it took a while to come up.

[@melissagrenier2200]

Oops 2 yr old comment lol

[@bob..1976]

Nice... you wore a t-shirt on your instagram refering to this game. Thanks for keeping me busy finding it. It is a great game!

[@janzenalleman2952]

I just started getting into chess and this shit is crazy, seeing moves so far in advance. Wonderful play✌🏼

[@Zanenoth]

I think Rashid managing his pawns and rooks so well in the beginning really setup that endgame. He inevitably had more room to hide his king while still being offensive with the rooks and knights. It was just getting past that mid-game hiccup that was the trick. Well thought out. 40 minutes of what could happen if I sacrifice this queen. Maybe Chernikov should have stayed at the table.

[@nimrodarsenal]

See you again in 2 years when it pops again in everyone’s recommendations

[@John_II]

Watching this in March 2021. It's amazing how far you have come, Antonio.

[@lidyawayne9233]

Two minutes ago I was watching a Ted-ed video about squids’ defense systems and somehow I ended up here and I haven’t played chess for like ages...Very interesting video though.

[@survivaloftheidiots6239]

this is just another level of chess, absoluetly insane..

[@locutusdborg126]

Beautiful game. I love games that engines cannot predict.

[@agadmator]

You and Rashid also, it would seem :)

[@riffz6065]

Engines predict all moves buddy. That's how they're designed.

[@riffz6065]

jqbtube Actually you're the imbecile so kindly fuck off.

[@Cronuz2]

Itburns is correct. Calling him an imbecile truly reflects horribly back at you not even being smart enough to realise..

[@Cronuz2]

chess engines go atleast 40 steps deep, so loving something an engine doesn't like is like loving bad chess. While I am all for more fun chess, horrible chess is not more fun.

[@gruntalope805]

Wow. Amazing game! A+ content as always. Thank you!

[@johnprice3341]

How do I get on this level? I could almost never think of offering my rooks like that, and I could never think of actually not taking the rooks if they are offered...

[@47albatross]

i want my outgoing message to say,"hello everyone", with Agadmator's voice.

[@The_Xeos]

I remember trying the move on SF9 at the time and it told me that the position was going from +0.3 to -0.3 with the queen sac (so not a terrible move but not the best either). Even though the move was still great for the strategic idea, context of the match (avoiding a dead draw) and the psychological context (not easy to stay focused when a madlad sacs his queen against you), well it still was not the best move for engines at the time. But what about now, as Leela just won the TCEC, heh? We all know leela has a better positional understanding than SF and is less materialist, so I wondered. Guess what? With the net used in TCEC, at 1M nodes, Leela confirms the Qxf6 move! Yes, Leela would have sacced her queen too in this position! Well, until 1M5 nodes, after that she loses her ovaries and goes for Qh6, but even at 10M nodes, she still considers Qxf6 as the second best move (from +0.16 to +0.13). Now, you can't even say that the move only work against humans anymore, this move is objectively confirmed by the best modern engine. And he played that in 1962? What a legend.

[@TheMe26]

Leela would probably repeat twice before sacing Thats why it rates qh6 first As it is infact the best move by the standards of the algorithim used to rate positions But its not the strongest move

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci for this. My daughter asked me about chess when Queen's Gambit came out. I watched it and it was a great representation of a great game and culture.

[@subelotodo999]

Finally youtube recommend me something worrh to watch.

[@johnnyquest6115]

"Protecting the Bishop as if it was made of gold." LOL! I'll remember that for the rest of my life.