Vaishali's Immortal || Introducing The Self-Fork!

[@MarianoAragunde]

"It would be the safe thing to do. But it would not be the cool thing to do" - I will definitely use this

[@retinet2634]

New favorite quote

[@fazex4185]

Very nice quote

[@johanandhira5429]

This quote is the reason why I sacrifice pieces, sac now think later

[@ejsampana426]

specially while driving

[@ojassonar3325]

That's Agad Immortal

[@CaptnCondor]

Me: “oh I get it. He can stop there rook check with the bishop!” Agad:” that is the root of all the problems.”

[@dogcodes]

Made me question myself as well after thinking blocking with the bishop was fine.

[@cleiru7859]

@@dogcodes typically the back rank is not a good place for a bishop lol

[@matteogauthier7750]

@@cleiru7859 neither is it for a knight no?

[@cleiru7859]

@@matteogauthier7750 well knight back is actually a good manuever. Whereas back ranking a bishop limits its control of squares and risks it being a glorified pawn

[@matteogauthier7750]

@@cleiru7859 In this case you're clearly right. I'm wondering tho, in a typical middle game, isn't it more common for a bishop to be tucked away on the back rank for later use, as Agadmator says sometimes? Knights might need more time to get back into the game. But it is true that knights are usually great defenders of the king.

[@jackreacher8324]

Congrats to Vaishali, she's playing incredible chess.

[@words007]

Truly Awesome gameplay. 👍👍🤯

[@rajbhattacharya4427]

She's amazing. I love seeing her games. Her brother Praggnanandhaa is also phenomenal.

[@prascena3235]

Introducing the SELF FORK 🤣 Something for me to learn for sure

[@kmart111]

this move is also in my reportoire... along with self check

[@terryprockiw3831]

@@kmart111 🤣

[@Gilmoy]

It's rare, but known, most famously in Aronian-Anand 2013 (Tata Steel) "Rubinstein's Homage" with 14..Bc5 15..Nde5. I've informally collected 7 other games of self-fork, and 5 of permitting a pawn fork. That makes it about as rare as Anastasia :) Fischer-Tal 1959 (Bled-Zagreb-Belgrade Candidates) had 12.Nxf5 13.Bd5 from prep, but Tal saw everything and won the endgame. Most spectacular might be Yu Yangyi-Li Shilong 2012 (Chinese Championships) 31.Nxe5 32.Qxc5!! simplifying QRNP for QRBPP, and that 1 extra pawn wins.

[@thiveifreeson4887]

That is exactly happening in EU self sanction or self defeat 🤣

[@TheMapman01]

I thought I was gonna learn some new moves ;)

[@thorn35]

Lets be real, if Agadmator asked you to guess which Grandmaster played white, most of you would assume its Tal with that disgustingly crazy self double knight fork lol.

[@mognuscarlson5393]

bruTal

[@timothyevans7383]

It was just beautiful.......

[@imonoke7903]

Lets not be real

[@HarrisonHajanika]

Much like Pragg, Vaishali has an eye for the beautiful. Vishy, Morphy and Tal would be proud

[@willbanks3793]

Self fork added to my repertoire.

[@bajiraosingham9495]

@@willbanks3793 It only looks Beautiful if we win 🤣

[@rohangeorge712]

@@bajiraosingham9495 true that lol

[@theprogressivemichigander6588]

Wow. It's amazing that people can even think like that. I don't think that Sethuraman should really feel too bad about not finding the best defensive moves to such a creative attack by Vaishali.

[@eclipseeffigy]

That was 28 moves?! Incredible game. Well played by Vaishali. What a beautiful chaos.

[@datogadelia]

Such a great game by Vaishali, beautiful win and very creative attack. well played. enjoyed whole video

[@luigisaintil413]

That’s just super. She’s really strong no wonder pragg is so strong he had to grow up playing her.😂😂😂😂😂

[@shimaalcarrim7949]

I'm usually broke, so I keep postponing this $Thanks. But I decided to at least start one 😅. Your presence is greatly appreciated my friend (in the chess world) / I'm glad there's an Agadmator on YT. How's your wife & kid? I know you don't know me, but I feel like I've known you for a longass time 😅 Magic of internet stardom

[@swatik2509]

You're very wholesome dude!

[@agadmator]

Both doing excellent. Thank you, good sir!

[@shimaalcarrim7949]

@@swatik2509 It's better than being a douche, I guess 😅

[@theazrael4423]

Pragu must be grinning ear to ear. She was the inspiration for his journey I believe, so many years ago

[@MattduCouloir]

We’re all ready for the next (and many more) woman super GM. Go get them Vaishali !

[@abdvillers9683]

Shannon a real one for letting her husband watch chess videos whenever he wants

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

Why does he need her permission? Sounds like an abusive relationship.

[@mr.folabibabatunde6686]

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc sarcasm left the chat 😭😭😭

[@ameyakale2739]

I do self-forks too... why don't I get my own immortal I wonder.

[@Shockprowl]

What a tactical masterpiece!

[@leoj37]

Eff the numbers! Agad is the original and still the best. Also, thank you for genuinely showing love to the children of India.

[@adityasundar324]

It is so beautiful to see what can happen within 64 squares and two minds. The difference between amateur players like us and professionals is that we are unable to foresee beyond two moves while these professionals go much beyond that and do them very quickly too!

[@FloydMaxwell]

Great play by Vaishali

[@jsanon1634]

What an exciting game. So complicated yet so beautiful.

[@apollyon1]

That had the tingle of an immortal all the way through. Incredible play.

[@smoorej]

That double knight self fork was insane.

[@zainquadri1206]

Greek gift in the middle of the board...!!! Sethuraman really got Hobson's choice... Die if I do, die if I don't...!

[@schwindsichtigaderechte5293]

How beautiful! And daring! Props to Vaishali, that's a masterpiece. The self-fork shall henceforth be part of the chess-curriculum!

[@Remioxen]

"The pin is mightier than the sword"

[@ebwholesaler]

Very nice to know that we have a great new breed of grandmasters coming up in the chess future !

[@tyronejackson9193]

I finally found one of the pause the video moves I believe it was the second one when she took the knight with the dark square Bishop I never get a chance to comment on here cuz I always get them wrong but I finally got one right and I'm so proud of myself cuz I get a chance to comment on the agadmator channel. True story I found the move without even pausing the video and when agadmator said the move I then pause the video and started to write my comment before even finishing the game I was so excited 😂

[@SafiuddinKhaja]

I founr the same one. And not just as a guess but with the logic too.

[@SirStarKnight]

Well done! :D It's a good feeling indeed!

[@didgonedoneitfasho1732]

"When two pieces are in danger. Hang a third." This was in an older video I forget who says it

[@YaseenKhan-kq1hh]

Tal

[@exs1803]

Enjoyed this game, so many variations, moves.

[@trevorweinbrecht7142]

Holy moly this is an absolute whirlwind.

[@titanchess781]

What a brilliant game by this woman!

[@tobiastriesch3736]

Vaishali's chess speaks for itself :)

[@VickyCruz]

06:36 Reg all the possibilities, why everyone forgot the bishop in BG4.. it can capture the attackers too right ..

[@rkghosh4145]

Exactly what else. What the black's light square bishop is doing here?

[@visgoth8910]

Because Qxd4. After black defends the knight with either queen or rook, for example ...Qa6, then white plays Qe5+. The only move from here for black is to block the check with the bishop and lose the kight. Every other move is mate in 10 or sth for white. Disclaimer: this is what Engine said, i'm not GM, but the two player will see that if the line gets play OTB

[@baphometic8767]

I'm glad Sethuraman could take time off from being a Lord of the Rings villain to compete in chess tournaments

[@ayoubarif3535]

"She took him into the deep forst 🔥🔥🔥" :agad

[@Scott-uz1cd]

first comment! well done vaishali! great find agad!

[@fisher00769]

Such incredibly creative attacking chess. Very well done by Vaishali!

[@CoolEntertainment]

The game of forks❤️ and always go for the cool move😎

[@davidwhite2949]

One of the craziest attacks I’ve ever seen

[@khalsasikhpunjabda]

The pronunciation for GM Sethuraman is Saitu-Raman Saitu means Bridge in Sanskrit /Hindi Raman is for Lord Rama

[@oumaima353]

That was beautiful!

[@hoodwiser7652]

What an incredible game, so much creativity and adventure, amazing.

[@rohangeorge712]

vaishali and pragg damn bruh those are two incredible siblings.

[@bhanuprakashp8488]

@Agad - Just a small correction on pronunciation of Sethuraman. E should be long like A in Cake and the A before m is also long like A in Barn.

[@anonymousstout4759]

That was so beautiful, self forking your Knights like that. This is so romantic chess

[@sagarraheja5514]

Incredible. Caption on the top is very apt for the game 😄

[@truthseeker8841]

This is the first time I found not one but two pause video moves and followed up with lines. My rating may reach 400 finally.

[@Newton_Xavier]

Three pause videos

[@truthseeker8841]

@@Newton_Xavier yep, but I didn't find the first one

[@Newton_Xavier]

@@truthseeker8841 5:25,11:23 and 13:00 three pause videos...

[@rickharold7884]

Love it !

[@xethnyrrow]

White's dark square bishop was so oppressive at the end there, amazing.

[@hampannashampanna33]

Great play by vaishali.....

[@aaronfuzion]

That forced capture for the pin at the end is so cool!

[@johnmcdonough955]

Indian's sons and daughters are playing innovative and imaginative chess which is a joy to watch.

[@onelongwordable]

Can I give more than one like? This is an excellent breakdown

[@Fake_Snail]

Thank you for the video!

[@basusri1120]

Superb attacking game by Vaishali, the very thought process is mind-blowing!

[@colinstewart1432]

The fact that chess is human and therefore flawed, is what makes it beautiful and interesting. Good game I thoroughly enjoyed it.

[@yggdrasil9039]

I played someone like Vaishali last night on lichess. They played King's Indian type moves, all single pawn moves and pieces kept behind a very restricted position for the first 20 moves, by which time I was up 2 pawns and their King was still in the centre. Then by move 30 I was in checkmate. Beware the quiet, defensive players!

[@GOUSE5740]

Agad is so excited to show this game that he gave the info of US championship 2022 instead of this tournament in the description . 😅

[@safariad]

That quote at the top of the video is INCREDIBLE

[@rdatta]

If memory serves me right, Vaishali had another self fork last year playing black. That was a stunning game as well.

[@rajinramkumar3899]

@Agadmator, From someone who is a fan of your insistence in pronouncing every names as correctly as possible, Sethuraman is a south Indian name pronounced as “Say-thoohRaa(as in Marcus THURAM the footballer, but please dont elongate the ‘ooh’ sound and Raa is like R+AAHH)-Mun(as in Munroe). SayThuraamun.. Keep up the good work. Cheers

[@hugooliveira4440]

At 5:30 if white bishop takes knight on d7, black can only take the bishop with the queen. But then you have the withe dark square bishop taking the other black knight on f6 with check. So either you win the black knight or you win the black queen on d7

[@davidsaldivia8552]

I thought the same, but at the end of that line the white knight at e2 is unprotected and taken by the bishop on g4

[@hugooliveira4440]

@@davidsaldivia8552 Thank you for your answer, but the knight on e2 is safe because after bishop takes knight on f6 with check, the king must get out to a square next to its black queen to defend it. After white queen takes black queen with check, the black king takes white queen and then white moves the knight on e2 to safety. And the game is over

[@nicbentulan]

Agad, the timestamps are wrong?

[@bhavani1089shankar]

Great going GM Vaishali all the best for your future

[@ashGT40]

my simple mind cant comprehend what's going on in this game.

[@markbradley5543]

That was quite a game!

[@JJ-zf7bf]

i always do self royal fork,

[@Dieselboater582]

Amazing 😮

[@nicbentulan]

Oh I thought this was from grand Prix...this is even better!!!! :D

[@nicbentulan]

Villain: Magnus Carlsen. Supervillain: Hans Niemann. Difference? (Not anal beads but) PRESENTATION Who's the biggest sore loser? Light Yagami (death note), Magnus Carlsen (chess), Garrett Adelstein (poker), Magnus Carlsen (chess960)

[@AhsimNreiziev]

@@nicbentulan Was that second comment really necessary? I mean, was it *really* necessary? *REALLY?* Then again, to a sick and obsessive mind like yours, I suppose it must have felt like it was. Which leads me to conclude: get help. Professional, trained help. You desperately need it.

[@nicbentulan]

@@AhsimNreiziev I already talk to psychiatrists and psychologists for my ADHD-PH. I am prescribed ritalin and pristiq. Now what?

[@AhsimNreiziev]

@@nicbentulan Well, that's good. You should definitely keep doing that. But I can't help but notice you also show extreme levels of Obsession and Fixation. In terms of Chess, this primarily manifests itself in an extreme demonisation of Magnus Carlsen, and an extreme glorification of Wesley So, even going so far as to write lengthy and multiple comments about them when they have nothing to do with either the video/game in question, and/or with the conversation. In other words: those 2 occupy your mind to such an extent that you can't help bringing them up, and either lambasting them or singing their praises (depending on which of the 2 we are talking about, of course), even when there is no external reason whatsoever for doing so. It is only your internal obsession, and nothing else, that drives you to bring them up in conversation. This is worrying from a Mental Health perspective. Which is why I strongly recommend talking with a Psychologist or Psychiatrist about these obsessive fixations. Luckily, it seems you already have one (or maybe even multiple?), meaning it shouldn't be too hard to bring it up in one of your meetings with them.

[@nicbentulan]

@@AhsimNreiziev 1 psychiatrist 1 psychologist.

[@karthiktata6715]

@agad - Hey not sure why the bishop on g4 was not used at all. it makes a lot of change to all the variations right?

[@varunalur4789]

Incredible!!

[@pajapatak7555]

And what do you say about, on 07:49 min. of the video, after black plays B D6, for white to play e5?

[@combcomclrlsr]

One of my favorites.

[@manuparmar1906]

At 1:33, what did he say, preparing to thin cattle the light square bishop

[@akashpandey3400]

"preparing to fianchetto the bishop". I am not sure if I answered your question as it is the dark squared bishop he is talking about.

[@manuparmar1906]

Thanks akash, satisfied with your answer.

[@pappaflammyboi5799]

2nd Q&A: If Nxf6 taking White's bishop, Na7+ forks Black's rook, forcing a king move or a block w/queen. This results in checkmate in 2 or Black incurs heavy losses giving up their queen or rook or both.

[@devaryan4971]

Show nihal vs Ding game

[@rohangeorge712]

i have also self forked, and sacrificed my knights. difference is it was unintentional and i self-mated :) (k i know that sounds weird)

[@discosugar]

mind trip

[@resu2026]

Wow what a great game!

[@chriswilkerson4074]

Beautiful. I didn’t find any of the pause moves. Tremendous

[@Beerfish777]

More pins in that game than a Hellraiser movie.

[@ravisejwal9556]

8:39 "This is not something you see very rare"

[@Shikharbajpai]

@9:21 If e5 captures d4 and then bishop a5 captures d4 knight g4 bishop can capture at d5 white bishop, does any one agree?

[@danburghardtinsurance6364]

At the 5:39 mark does BxN win a piece?

[@dineshssairam]

Piece sacrifices, weird moves and of course, the self-fork. If you hadn't put up the images and names of the players, I'd have easily assumed this was another Tal classic.

[@policedream270]

Thamilnadu from India😍

[@giriprasadkotte9876]

Nobody cares, Periyar

[@rajankushwaha64]

This game was definitely not about pawns !

[@muckalica96]

7:28 isn't bxd7 just winning a piece?

[@user-bu6of4gk3c]

simply tremendous

[@minigooshey]

wow what a masterpiece

[@raidenacer]

I have been self forking myself since I was 6...and I am 42 now.

[@god3769]

Hans Niemann would have said "The Self-Fork speaks for itself".

[@mrlucasftw42]

When forking oneself, one must be very careful.

[@kai45654]

That was a brilliant game

[@yourn4m3h3re]

5:08 what a traffic jam for the black pieces!

[@AutPen38]

Today I learned that when a pawn can take your knight, you should move your other knight so it can also be taken by the same pawn. What an amazing move!

[@bledathehun328]

Why does this tittle sound like a guess the elo episode?

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

So now when my opponent tells me to go fork myself, I'll know just how enjoyable it can be.

[@mcbain7392]

You can't be mad for losing like that, that was amazing.

[@vishnulakhotiya8737]

We want Nihal vs Ding also