The Power of Tal's Smile | Fischer vs Tal | 1959. Candidates

[@agadmator]

Also, check out Bobby Fischer's first Win against Tal :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWmpoaWVbpKDrqM

[@manigopal92]

agadmator's Chess Channel Tal deserved that #1 Rank but I would like to mention that Paul keres too played spectacularly in this tournament. Just wanted to give him due recognition. Thank you

[@akhildavid3802]

You look like Decaprio

[@gjfdgaud]

at 9:00 what will happen if white take the f7 pawn? I didn't play this game on the board but it seems that Rxf7 will result in Be7, the only possible move for black then white can capture h7 pawn before bringing Re1. if that makes sense..

[@topalov96]

@agadmator's Chess Channel - 4:26 , Tal's not only attacking the knight, he's preparing a check mate as u can see

[@orakatokansek]

Ynad Lunar thats an idea too but maybe just because black has bishop, trade will make white weaker :( idk too, because im just a casual player.

[@geonerd]

There is more to the story than Tal giving a simple smile. :) From his autobiography: (Tal fans REALLY need to get this book!) "...Fischer first wrote down QR-K1, without a doubt the strongest move, and he wrote it not in English but in European, almost Russian! And he not very deftly pushed the scoresheet towards me. "He's asking for an endorsement!" I thought to myself. But how to react? To frown was impossible, and if I smiled he would suspect ... 'trickery.' So I did the natural thing, I got up and strolled around the stage. I met Petrosian, made some joke to him, and he replied. But the 15 year old Fischer, who was essentially still only a large child, sat with a confused expression on his face, looking first at his second, and then at me. He then wrote down another move, Q-QB6+..." (And went on to lose.) "After the game, when I asked Fischer why he hadn't played QR-K1, he replied, "Well, you laughed when I wrote it down." "

[@sissyfist]

geonerd what the heck language is "European"?

[@jangtheconqueror]

@Karpov Liam I guess the notation is similar but not the same to Russian in Eastern Europe?

[@micheldebard6200]

@@sissyfist I think he meant that Fischer wrote it by using algebraic notation rather than descriptive notation (which was typical of english speaking countries). Most European countries would use algebraic in that time, but not Anglo-Saxon countries

[@micheldebard6200]

btw, if I'm right, then the account given by geonerd (probably an extract from an old english edition of Tal's autobiography) makes it a bit confusing, because it uses descriptive! It should (imho) read "...Fischer first wrote down Re1, without...."

[@gustavogoesgomes7874]

omg this is so sad and funny at the same time, poor little bobby haha

[@abhir7823]

Now more people know about 1959 candidates than in 1959...

[@NoobofArchon]

Nice observation :)

[@Winnersneverquit19]

Yes

[@soumaryyabhattacharyya4664]

Coz there are more people maybe?

[@innosanto]

Because of Internet and KZbin. And because people found out how big a talent Fischer was.

[@cheddar53021]

I. Shall

[@gergelymann8636]

"I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves" -Robert James Fischer "No u" -Mikhail Tal

[@qvueui]

Really nigga?😹

[@user9675]

when was the quote said.... maybe this game taught him something

[@aayushmandeepdhakal8736]

This quote was said way after this match. This game taught him something.

[@TheKritter91]

@BourneRoot guess thats why Fischer has such a battle hardened face... whereas Tal has a childlikeness about his demeanor

[@bahaaaddintaleb401]

He actually only said that to psychologically miss with Spassky because he knew it was important Lol

[@shuckLedurkins]

That dog is fighting ghosts

[@alvinhadiyan1506]

yeah, it took my attention too.

[@cinquine1]

That dog is a master of stealing the show haha

[@marcjohn9404]

Lol that dog was havin' a wig out.

[@xxx_jim_the_reaper_xxx]

@@cinquine1 Dog Shilling Ghost Gambit Accepted!

[@larissastevenson3720]

I love that dog so much!!!

[@TheJenemba]

I really enjoy the extra information you give and the little stories you tell. This channel is not only about the game itself, it also teaches you about the history of chess and about famous chess players, it is really interesting and entertaining. Keep up the good work! +1 sub

[@agadmator]

Welcome! :)

[@Wish-cn8lq]

Name Less I so agree. I became a fan of Mikhaïl Tal after watching Agad’s channel. Didn’t know tal until then 😛, clearly I’m a noob at chess. Love this channel. I start my day with watching his post haha

[@danielfox3434]

Yeah, but he sucks at playing chess.

[@raghunathdahal16]

Well said

[@daarom3472]

@@Wish-cn8lq Agad is truly a great analyzer. My other favorite is Matojelic. If you want to hear someone speak really passionately about Tal, watch his channel as well ;) (@agad hope you don't mind me saying, I appreciate the both of you!).

[@pavels8890]

if Tal would smile at me i would jump out of the nearest window so Fischer is kinda ok

[@magnafire1]

If he smiled and handed you a thread you would walk away and be found hung in the bathroom. Jk

[@alekhinesgun9997]

magnafire1 wtf?

[@jp32123]

@@magnafire1 dude wtf man?

[@magnafire1]

@@jp32123you should have asked that to the the guy with the original post. It is obvious we are both joking? Or at least I am.

[@magnafire1]

@@jp32123 By the way, you can not be hung on a thread. Any humans weight would snap it, so my point was him jumping out the window for a smile was so dumb that he would probably also attempt to hang him self on a thread and succeed.

[@anasbouayad6826]

"White king is naked, Fisher can continue checking him" Nice

[@farhanext.8385]

😂😂😂

[@zayncharania9182]

I’m your 69th like

[@woofmeow3722]

Underrated comment!!!

[@VisheshkumarGavel]

"THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF SACRIFICES THE : CORRECT ONES AND MINE " - TAL

[@luiswohlrab4847]

,,Bobby Fisher resingned the game" huh... never thought I would hear this sentence...

[@xxxBWRxxx]

That's exactly what I was thinking! It's like hearing about Carlsen resigning...

[@Kamiks-iz2ln]

why the spoiler, why the spoiler?????

[@XxMVPxDawg]

@@Kamiks-iz2ln You read the comments before watching and want to complain about spoilers....smh.

[@magnafire1]

But he was only 15. Might have not ever resigned in his 20s because he hardly ever got beat.

[@Iam-a-live]

Well its Tal

[@wot_hog]

I don't think Tal smiled at Fischer to psych him out. It was probably just a congratulatory smile for having found the best move that would defeat him. But Bobby, being unsure of himself, let himself get psyched out of making that best move. Hats off to Tal.

[@bernardovidigal1306]

thats how i imagine it too but you cant know for sure

[@conceptmachine01]

People at that time simple play Caro Cann in front of fisher for a draw tactic but tal made different there 💀 unpredictable

[@francecountryball9413]

Tal was like if he is about to lose he would laugh lol so probably your theory is perfect

[@fel44ony3]

Fisher was 15 year old, so not hard to psych a child. And if it wasnt a psych, then it's not that hard/strange that a 15 year old child read that the wrong way and thought it was a reversed psychology trick...

[@imjonathan6745]

most people who has pride on their crafts will blame anything for their failure just like how magnus carlsen blamed a wrist watch for losing because as he said he got distracted, its just coping mechanism.

[@Supware]

This should be an annotation symbol. !! "brilliant", ?? "blunder", ?! "dubious", :) "while grinning at opponent"

[@agadmator]

:D

[@Supware]

Your reply makes me think I should not have written that down

[@agadmator]

Not at all, I completely agree :)

[@nicknumber1512]

Doesn't matter; he's now going to take it back, make the wrong comment, and lose this thread.

[@FancyNoises]

XD @@nicknumber1512

[@manigopal92]

Tal deserved that #1 Rank but I would like to mention that Paul keres too played spectacularly in this tournament. Just wanted to give him due recognition. Thank you

[@agadmator]

It's Bobby's fault. Losing 4-0 to Tal and going 2-2 against Keres. If he lost all 4 to Keres as well, Keres would have won :D

[@manigopal92]

agadmator's Chess Channel Lol indeed. But We all know Bobby Fischer, too Unpredictable especially at the age of 16. :D

[@kilimanjarno]

Its three hours since I saw this video, and I've been thinking about the smile and the Fischer's response. Given Tal, he smiled because he was happy for Fischer that Fischer found the right move. Given Fischer, he distrusted that the smile could have meant happiness for Fischer, and instead understood it as Tal laughing at him, and then played the wrong move. Tal smiled a lot, had a very easy and frequent smile. There are videos of him playing with Fischer and his glee at witnessing the game is abundant. It's actually sad; Fischer would have been lucky to have some of Tal's innocent emotionality.

[@raylopez99]

You must be GM Gennadi Sosonko?! - :) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennadi_Sosonko (Sosonko has authored five non-technical chess books centering heavily on his chess life in the Soviet Union and his relationships with and memories of both leading Soviet players and lesser-known characters in chess history)

[@fritzvold9968]

Tal won the world championship, he was eventually checkmated by a terminal illness, not by any lack of discipline.

[@kilimanjarno]

true of course.

[@FancyNoises]

@@kilimanjarno Wait, are both replies true?? :D

[@ordoordo]

Two years after this game Tal was defeated by Nezhmetdinov in such a beautiful way, that Tal's response to his defeat was, "This is the happiest day of my life" :)

[@eyto96]

Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened :')

[@mariustrica9047]

:')

[@bussin1337]

[@TheBarber5550]

That's exactly how I feel when I finish watching the Lord of the Rings trilogy.

[@viktoronopko2090]

Will you analyse some Karpov games? Would be awesome! 👌🏻

[@eurickevardone2976]

Or rather, in the case of Re1, didn't happen.

[@daanishyachhabra4108]

I love how you put so much emphasis on the pictures of the players. And I really appreciate the effort you put into finding them. It kind of strips them of their grandeur and shows them at their most vulnerable. They're no longer just the names of people who dominated the game, but people who were probably nervous before a match against the other...

[@KeshavKumar-po5th]

Daanishya do you play chess?

[@nszone5611]

Holy cringe

[@TwentySeventhLetter]

Showing the faces of people who often have their names turned into historical statistics does so much in humanizing the game and its community. It's such a subtle touch that it took me until reading your comment to truly appreciate it, so thank you.

[@GMGChessGames]

Sicilian Attack: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oaDcmoSkhNR8qbs

[@daveshif2514]

Idk ppl r saying this is cringe but the ppl who comment on this channels vids are pretty toxic.

[@colemanadamson5943]

Demonstrates profoundly the psychology of chess. Without the "smile" information, this game/video would loose much of it's import. No wonder agadmator has over 200k subs. Beautiful chess presented with well researched background. This is my favourite chess channel on KZbin.

[@pratzgosain]

These pictures you show before the game are awesome. Just brings me back to 1959 and I feel am watching them live. Never realized watching chess could be so much fun.

[@HartHunt]

Came here to second this. The pictures you ise already help, and these pictures from the match ups help give the players their distinct personality even more.

[@AM-sp6je]

I'm ready. Bring me the next points table to memorize.

[@agadmator]

Coming soon!

[@stephaniegasso8809]

Points tables to memorize?

[@PsychInOz]

Thanks for another great video! Regarding the “smile” on move 22, I thought you might enjoy this quote, taken from Kasparov’s My Great Predecessors book: ‘A famous position: it was here that a widely known psychological duel took place between us,’ related Tal. ‘Fischer first wrote down the move 22 Rae1, without doubt the strongest, and wrote it not in his usual English notation, but in European, almost Russian! And not very deftly he pushed the score-sheet towards me. “He’s testing me out,” I thought: would I frown or display my nervousness? I could force myself to smile, but Bobby was no longer a child, he would understand. What then was I to do? I very much wanted him to change his decision. And so I calmly stood up and began walking alongside the board. I shared a joke with someone, glanced for appearance’s sake at the demonstration board and with a contented expression returned to my position. I am sure that all this time Fischer was looking at me, and not calculating variations. He cast one more glance at me (I endured it), crossed out the move on his score-sheet and gave the queen check!’ When after the game I asked Fischer why he didn’t play 22 Rae1, he replied, ‘Well you laughed when I wrote it down!’

[@md.mehedihasan9450]

May be the rarest event on earth is "Bobby Fischer resigned the game." Love Mikhail Tal - The magician from Riga.

[@bableshdabral3888]

Agadmator:Starts talking Dog: Starts fighting jhon cena

[@TheTlcarvalho]

Every video from this channel with Tal's smile is enough to make me smile too! This is It, one of his power!

[@mrmoisha287]

Now more people know about the 1959 candidates than the 1959 candidates

[@bussin1337]

Mr Moishä Haha nice one. But I think you have to remove the comma, kinda confused me

[@kimtaewoo3274]

I couldn't understand what Mr Moishä jokes about.

[@bussin1337]

김태우 He's sayin that more people know information about the 1959 tournament than the candidates themselves

[@albertk5572]

No doubt Fischer was amazing and great! But Tal by far was the most magical player. Surprises never ceased and his genius never stopped. What A memorable player 100%.

[@brandonlarranaga]

I would've loved to see Fischer and Tal play Alpha Zero. They are just creative enough to shock the world.

[@KavasPVP]

@@JKennyPro Leela easily refutes tal's ideas

[@Tempusverum]

Those chess engines practically record every game in history. I'm always running into cheaters online. "I wonder if he knows opening theory?" Seconds later and I'm dead.

[@djLagwayEnjoyer]

@@Tempusverum I started playing on chess.com and would beat players rated about 800 (I know very low but I learned how to play like a week ago lol) and then every other game it seemed like I was playing someone rated like 500 and destroying me in like 10 moves, instantly playing each one. So I switched to lichess and I have a rating of about 900 but I could see players on chess.com use engines all the time and I don’t even see the point of it.

[@adityaxt]

@@djLagwayEnjoyer lichess ratings are highly inflated, 900 rating on lichess is around 500 on chess.com. But since this is an old comment perhaps you know that now

[@thomasaskew1985]

The fireworks still reverberate. Wow! What a game! When these two attackers got together, it was a slugfest from opening to endgame. I have seen this game in print but your analysis makes it come alive. Keep up the good work.

[@jmadventures9830]

The dog is the reason why this channel is so great. Wow. That's awesome stuff.

[@VictorIturriozPalleja]

I finished today the 1959 Candidates Tournament. What a joy. This channel is my favorite thing in KZbin. Keep covering vintage tournaments like this please!

[@Wish-cn8lq]

At 4:29, tall is actually not just threatening capturing knight on A4, but also checkmate on g2 with the queen. And that’s why Fischer responds with his queen to f3 move.

[@locutusdborg126]

My two favorite players. These games are so much more fun than the plodding positional play of today, IMO.

[@jobsmine]

it's amazing how young Bobby was. It was like he was alone playing with his grandparents. Truly brilliant game by Fischer.

[@volodyanarchist]

When i see Tal's games i'm as excited as your dog was in the beginning of the video!

[@joshuam4835]

This was a fantastic game. It is interesting watching these two greats play this game; it really makes one realize one's own shortcomings in strategy. I am OK at Chess, better than average perhaps (whatever that means), but both of these guys are unbelievably great. Thanks for posting this.

[@samlsmithmusic]

I'm only commenting to say how much I enjoy you and your channel. You have a great way about you, very calming and listenable and interesting, an all around great personality, and you are so smart and knowledgable about your topic. This is really a treasure, your channel, so thank you!

[@andreytatarinov1669]

love your dog:) good vids, great channel. Greetings from Russia:)

[@the470m]

Beside the chess stories, witch I really enjoy, this channel helped me improve my game. I'm not really responsive to chess lessons. I find those really boring. Instead I listened to these stories and what was most important to me, was that mr agadmador explained the approach one need to have while playing chess. The things you need to take in consideration. His perspective on chess was the real teacher, cause I understand now where I have to look to improve and how to more effectively tackle a chess game. Thanks!

[@GeraldM_inNC]

Fischer had a win in hand, and then changed his mind because Tal smiled at him. Wow!

[@andyschrodinger9821]

Fischer had more approval on Tal's smile instead of his own moves... This shows how legendary Tal was

[@yuyutsusingh2089]

0:17 dog running in sleep

[@gajendrenmaal2173]

I Have been binge watching your entire channel and besides all the lovely explanations and etc....Your dog is another spectacle of pure joy :)

[@jamess650]

"I don't believe in psychology. I believe in good moves" - RJF Mikhail Tal: grins across the board

[@kaldir6452]

I just wanna show my appreciation for this channel, i stumbled across it about a month ago when i started getting back into chess and now i watch these videos everyday, i really enjoy the content and seeing the games and the commentary is making me a better young chess player everyday, love the work you're doing.

[@geonerd]

Hey! :) If you're gonna do a few games from the 1960 championship, please consider game eleven. Tal played the Reti as white and slowly bulldozered Botvinnik off the board, ending the game with a nice kingside assult. As I understand it, this game utterly crushed Botvinnik's spirit. Botvinnik could cope with loosing games like 1 and 6, two "typical Tal" madhouse efforts, and he had even rebounded to win games 8 and 9, bringing the score to a 2:3 and himself back in the match. With this momentum, Botvinnik was keen to overhaul the challenger. But to be so comprehensively positionally outplayed in the eleventh encounter left the champion visibly shaking and stunned immediately after the game. Botvinnik didn't win another game, despite having a few very favorable positions courtesy of Tal getting a little too adventurous from time to time.

[@agadmator]

I will cover all the games :)

[@moonboy5851]

I love that photo of Tal! I’ve never seen him as a young man - just as the old guy. Wonderful photo.

[@Jaisean]

Tal: *smiles* Fischer: “okay, I resign”

[@saruhasansaruhasan3845]

Wow

[@efraincorderoortiz6903]

Damn... A smile changed the whole game. Such beauty.

[@23deepakiyer76]

0:08 that irresistable dog in the back

[@johnpedouify]

You have completely opened my mind to a deeper understanding of chess that I didn't even know existed. Just wanna say you have great content and subscribing because the first 3 minutes of this video blew my mind. Keep it up!

[@jasonz9902]

Your last video convinced me to subscribe. :)

[@agadmator]

Welcome! :)

[@Diegel]

Great game! I would really enjoy seeing more Fischer vs Tal games especially from 1961 onward as Bobby became stronger. Thanks for all the the great vids!

[@ujjwaldixit4648]

#suggestion 1972 candidates

[@agadmator]

We'll get to it :)

[@ujjwaldixit4648]

agadmator's Chess Channel hey agadmator please do a live stream of playing with subscribers

[@wixom01]

You bring back memories about writing the move down b4 you move it. I never did it because it always stressed me out that my opponent could see it and gave him a few extra seconds thinking time each move, which would add up. And back then we used descriptive notation rather than algebraic (1. P-K4 ... instead of 1. e4 ...). Yep, I'm that old. /sigh

[@gabrielvictor3061]

Dudes the dog having seizures was amazing.

[@andreasgoransson]

Tal won the game, but Fischer learned something important about mind games: never divert from genius master plan. Great video, thanks!

[@justsomeguywithagoatee8337]

*"You so fuckin' precious when you smile"* -Tal probably

[@zacharycarnahan7917]

Dude, I love your dog. Great side action to an already enjoyable program.

[@JoeOliech]

The dog is having a spasm attack at the beginning 😂

[@rahultn5125]

Mr. Awesome a mere sneeze propped up as a spasm attack. Haha.

[@श्री-छ1ज]

Fischer was out of the box❣️ i loved how he played 👌

[@shalmimehta2402]

In every Mikhail Tal game i saw, the opponent resigns! :-)

[@konservesatranc4455]

Your analysis are very good. One of the best on KZbin. Thank you.

[@dhanarputra555]

Tal is the only USSR Chess master at those time whom got Fischer admission and respects through the heart. Simple, because Tal is reckless and fearless of any challenge. At the same time, their games give Fischer so much advantage to learn.

[@purpleglasses4511]

when i first watched this and was new to amazing chess players and only knew fischer, i was rooting for him. a month later i'm rooting for the great mikhail tal :D so many amazing minds in chess it's insane, i truly have you to thank for introducing me to them thru your channel!

[@High_Priest_Jonko]

Bobby wasn’t talking about Tal when he told Dimitrije “If I don’t win against Smyslov tomorrow, I’ll cut off my ear” (Bjelica, Chess Meets of the Century, p. 118). But he did write “If Tal doesn’t behave himself, I am going to smash out all of his front teeth” in a letter to his mom (Marshall Chess Foundation Archive). Also, here’s a rare clip of Tal staring down Bobbby Fischer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4jWZXyKYsqZn5I

[@brd55]

You are the best in explaining chess games! Very exciting to watch your videos!

[@TrikzOnTip]

Who came here after cob commentary

[@akashkunwar]

me

[@daveshif2514]

Tal smiled and it was so cute bobby resigned with a blush

[@tevlxnk458]

That dog is crazy man😂

[@DeepakSharma-jz3fc]

I believe this is the best game i have ever seen!!! Thanks a lot for such a great game!! :)

[@bumheadization]

Nice haircut.

[@wouldhave4998]

Connal MacDonald Look at the photos of Tal and Bobby. Those are nice haircuts. Antonio's haircut is just hair. Short, shapeless hair. The standard haircut for all of Eastern Europe.

[@lecobra418]

Great game, super tactical, I like that one because it is full of prophylactic moves on both sides and it is helpful as a player to understand the importance of calculation to correctly find the correct move order, because even the greatest plan can fails if you mess up the move order.

[@Ivanoristovski]

Is there gonna be a quiz on 1959. Candidates?

[@rawwdawgg4801]

😂😂😂😂

[@agadmator]

There really should be :D I'll see what I can do :D

[@Ivanoristovski]

I was hoping I could advance directly to the finals because I found the video of "The Tal look"! kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4jWZXyKYsqZn5I

[@johngrey5806]

I'm ready for the test!

[@Lewis08]

The end of a great series :( please carry on doing these mini- series on the channel!

[@paulbatthephys]

I’m sure you have seen it, but please please please cover magnuses win in the last round of today’s pro chess league. It starts with a double pawn sacc and Magnus doesn’t stop there. Almost immortal game level there...

[@agadmator]

Haven't seen it. Got any link to it? :D

[@paulbatthephys]

here it is: www.chess.com/live/game/2646845964?username=magnuscarlsen

[@kaelinjoel9328]

Last 10 moves are beautiful.

[@vinaykoul9035]

Thanks a million for showing wonderful games and neat commentary.

[@KevinToddMusic]

Imagine Tal as a general... i think Zap Brannigan said it best: “Turns out these killbots have a killing limit; so, I just kept sending wave after wave of my own men at them!”

[@daveshif2514]

Stop exploding you cowards!

[@yassineleon4955]

you have the happiest dog in the world, you must really love him/her

[@raghavsyt]

Aa gaye Samay k bolte hi 😂😂

[@Laey_iSasuOcchio]

Totally enjoyed this. Yes a beautiful game indeed. The things that can come in mind when fathoming a Tal chess game.

[@hellaclownin]

How can you tell who wins the chess game Agamator is analyzing? Answer: The winner's quote is always listed at the top.

[@fergs1561]

15:55 It was Smyslov that Fischer said that about, not Tal. From Soltis’ Bobby Fischer Rediscovered “Bjelica recalled going with [Bobby] to a movie theater on the day Belle the final round to see ‘Lust for Life’ the Kirk Douglas film about Van Gogh. At one point, Bobby whispered to me ‘If I don’t beat Smyslov I’ll cut off my own ear.’ The next day he outplayed the former world champion by move 20 and won in 54 moves.”

[@rileysinclair5980]

Your dog is wild. Freaking out even before the intro is over.

[@ElectricBurgers]

Beautiful and reflects the best of the best of the game

[@prathamshrestha5313]

How many more can you keep making these types of videos.

[@Johaylon]

What the hell was this game? So much fire on the board. Awesome.

[@TioRubens1]

This is the game number 17 on the book "my 60 memorable games". You should read some of the comments by Fischer when analyzing a game featured in this amazing book #suggestion

[@agadmator]

True. But for this game, he claims he had a win in this game, which wasn't the case. Books written in pre computer era are indeed very valuable, but can contain errors in calculations. No author was immune to this :)

[@TioRubens1]

Well, I don't know in older versions but in my book (I bought recently with the amazon gift card :D) it says that he resign after b2... If you want I can send you photos of it

[@ZuttoKiller]

not saying he won the game, but saying at some point he had a winning position, i do believe agadmator meant

[@TioRubens1]

Well, he points out a bunch of mistakes he made.. I think it has some valuable sugestions that could be used in the video, but again, it is just a sugestion

[@ZuttoKiller]

Yeah i agree that reading the book could still be a good read, but apparently i was just correcting a misunderstanding you had about what agad said

[@BirdDawg1]

Your dog is hilarious! Great channel!

[@avsaucyboi9733]

Hey Agadmator! Love your content and enjoy every video you make! Just in need of advice. I’ve been playing chess competitively for about 6 months in my school chess club. I’ve twice encountered a feeling where I don’t play as well as I usually do. I can play really strong one day, the next I play like I don’t know anything. Any suggestions to help with this issue?

[@Red-cr4oo]

Just play better lol

[@vahidmasmaliyev6381]

3:38 'Queen captures the knight' is so satisfying, I replayed it 9 times ))

[@eternityfps5177]

Your dog is literally insane.

[@tarakatutube]

I really enjoy your commentary! You are such a natural . Well done !

[@ravikumar9394047133]

Never underestimate if Tal smile at your move. . Just believe that you became part of magician show. . There can be many Grandmasters but Tal is GrandMagician 🤩

[@smoker6683]

Tal gaslighted him with his smile alone. That's impressive.

[@ABHISHEKMISHRA-vy5gi]

After samay

[@vrishankpandey8537]

I'm really impressed of Bobby Fischer's intelligence throughout history, his peak rating at the time was 2785 which was considered a Mount Everest back in the time!

[@vigneshr8956]

Me scrolling down comments to find out what ur dog is doing😂

[@HT-kt9op]

Excellent moves by both players!

[@hansoskar1911]

I like that you feature a lot of awesome games, but aren't there awesome draws? Like someone pulled a few suboptimal moves in the midgame and pulled out a draw? The majority of chess games at the highest level are drawn but people get a false impresion about chess if you only show wins.(and man, I love awesome checkmates)

[@renate8290]

Hi Agadmator, thank you for all your videos!

[@anoopsrana]

The game of chess teaches more life lessons than all the holy texts combined. ~anoop rana