We Tried to Play Sharp Against Judit Polgar :)

[@williamgoss4691]

I’ve always admired the style of Judit’s chess playing; aggressive but with great instinct and amazing strategic thinking. And in the community game she demonstrates all those winning traits. Very Cool. And thanks Agadmator for heading up the opposition in a fair and interesting way.

[@zetristan4525]

No she doesn't! Black committed suicide before she could get going. She even missed the obvious f6 winning play - really poor show here

[@MrKonquer]

@@zetristan4525 what if she knew this already and wanted to see how spicy black could’ve made the position?

[@zetristan4525]

@@MrKonquer There was nothing much in the game: she hardly even had time to cross to the other side of the board🤣 When Black committed suicide by giving up f5 and then f6, she just stayed put [Maybe you're onto something, since any strong player would immediately at least think, What if f6!?] and Black then committed suicide again🤦‍♂️ So much online chess has become banter instead of robust analysis.

[@elijahvictor4077]

I just love everything about you and this channel. This is the best channel for chess.

[@omni-man3137]

Indeed ,A place where *Enjoying chess* has higher priority than anything else.

[@ukashk1071]

Unlike Levi's channel where he makes fun of low rated players and milks magnus for content

[@leonardcharlesnew1591]

I don't think Judit missed f6, I think she maybe was just trying to squeeze a bit more out of the game and didn't want to embarrass us by beating us in under 20 moves rather than under 25 moves 😆

[@individuotipo]

"Some people were writing that she had f6... hehe... in the chat. I imagine that those were extremely strong players in the chat." Antonio, as elegant as always.

[@sergensen3330]

I thought the same thing. Even tho he thinks they are cheaters, he always leave the door open. I mean, ofc he would becuse he's been watched by all the community...

[@v4vun]

But f6 is a very natural move, even if you're not wining a piece, you play it and check with bishop so the king move and they can't castle

[@Ash-rx5wl]

@@v4vun very easy to call it natural if someone tells u it's "winning". None of us in a game would be like, " oh f6 is winning for me right?" Some of us would play f6 but just for the sake of it "looking" like a good move, only to throw away the advantage 5 moves later

[@omni-man3137]

One minor thing I noticed in agadmator videos that because it's focus is chess and not opinionated view of someone or something ,it ends up giving a very pleasing experience where you just enjoy chess in a pure form than involving in some side fight or e-brawl. E-brawl may sound interesting to a certain category of folks who have abundance of time to throw in for nothing. Thank you Agad!

[@pussdesttoyer17]

*its focus

[@MrSupernova111]

Absolutely! This is the main reason I don't watch other chess channels. I have zero interest in gossip or feuds between chess dorks. I'm here for chess and its all I care about. Agadmator always keeps it simple and to the point.

[@MAC0071234]

But now you ironically made the comments section "toxic" where people will bring up how much they hate "e-brawl" or how much they hate people who do that and the "creators" who encourage that. So congratulations. You for no reason brought up a "side topic" while praising agad for not featuring "side fight" or "e-brawl" (which to be fair, he has, but props to him for keeping it to the absolute minimum.) PS: I am writing this in the most calm mood and just pointing out the stark irony. I am not mad or anything, as people often assume that's the default mood, and for good reason. People sometimes loose perspective of what they themselves are doing whilst the are busy criticizing others.

[@willheartsill8322]

The only thing that’s opinionated is the communities love for the Evans gambit 😎

[@MrSupernova111]

@@MAC0071234 . The only thing ironic is your lack of comprehension. The OP is giving credit to Agadmator for consistently bringing us drama-free entertainment. But you found a way to be critical of that. In your view, we should censor anything that doesn't appeal to us while the OP is merely choosing what to consume.

[@rahulbanerjee9968]

streamed for 5 hours and now made the video of the game too! huge applause antonio.

[@obi1kanobihellothere346]

thanx 4 all the fun, agad!!! it was a priviledge to be there and suggest blunders

[@omni-man3137]

😀😂

[@robw9986]

Polgar crushed us for our great insolence.

[@alanboston4208]

Thank you so much for making my day brighter. Win or lose, your videos exude class. They convey an aura of one must be an "old school" gentleman first at all cost. In a world that is losing its way, I am forever greatful. Look forward to wishing Medo, a happy 16th.

[@Josh_Fredman]

Thank you agadmator for letting us participate in a game against one of the greats of chess history! It was a pleasure!

[@jascha1867]

5:16 Antonio trying hard not to call out his community for cheating

[@educationservices7350]

hahaha- the head-scratch gave it all away

[@Kolfonik]

Hehe, yeah. He's as polite as always.

[@trequor]

Nah, with 2000ish people watching a few of them will be strong enough to see that. It's not like it's a crazy combination, bishops checks with discovered attacks are very common in openings like this and the F7 square is a widely known weakness for black.

[@pekillas2593]

@@trequor indeed but quite a few people were recommending all the engine moves which antonio clearly knows

[@trequor]

@@pekillas2593 In pretty much any one of my games I'll find 2-5 top engine moves myself. I'm only 1300 in rapid. It's not uncommon. Now if the same people keep recommending top moves all the time then that is suspicious.

[@bloomtwig76]

I think this is a reasonable game for a community with a diverse skill level, like us when playing against a great player like Judit Polgar

[@thebitterfig9903]

I hope we get the Polgar saga one day.

[@berunkasuteru]

playing the knight out instead of recapturing on f5 is probably the most dubious decision from the game

[@mtekleel]

Lol we decided on that didn't we?

[@linminhtoo]

yea, it just gave white something for nothing

[@winrar42]

Loved this game! Watched along with my grandmother who plays chess as well. We voted some moves, and a few were played! Exciting and fun game

[@Mike14Gr]

Bro, you and your grandma play chess and watch agadmator? You have a grandma with super rare interests (and that's really good)

[@winrar42]

@@Mike14Gr she’s very good at the end game

[@hhgygy]

The Queen of Chess just dominates. Szép volt, Judit!

[@hhgygy]

@@kovy689 What's this bullshit? You are talking about the best ever female chess player who is no more active, just a retired champ why are you comparing her to active GMs?

[@hhgygy]

She is a GM forever isn't she?

[@badgoogle9938]

@@kovy689 you had to mention super GM's, making your point ridiculous. She will forever be a GM, regardless of the fact she hasn't competed in years.

[@P.sherman45]

Lol that coward deleted his comment

[@Wendygiraffe]

@@hhgygy I’m assuming they deleted their comment

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

*I loved ❤️ it the way medo 🐶 was sleeping behind him, she wasn't interested in this game because she already knows who's going to win* 😊

[@alanyajmorgan]

Don't take it too hard, Antonio. I admire your honesty. Much more shameful would be a rando chess community beating the great Judit! This format wasn't thought through. Any loss by Polgar would have been suspicious. You lost the game but you protected your community. Indeed, it seems you protected many from themselves. Thank you for doing the right thing in an unwinnable position.

[@alpha007org]

I wholeheartedly agree. If there was a "poll" or a similar system where a community would suggest a move, there would be hundreds of people running stockfish at depth infinity and other chess engines. This was the best decision and we can be proud to be beaten by Judit!

[@tastytesty]

Agree with you, some other boards are sus

[@vitthalsuryawanshi4893]

Totally Agreed

[@hirukashiro5995]

@@noobdernoobder6707 or it shows that the majority of people were just in it for fun, turns out not everyone is that sweaty and dumb enough to think it is a proud achievement to beat her with an engine, sometimes i also forget that there is still good in humanity lol

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@hirukashiro5995 A lot of people are like that though

[@yosht6110]

5:23 that's a very nice way to call backseaters

[@paulcervenka]

Judit is one of my favorite players. Love her style, her back story, her memorable games, and of course this massive Judit vs the world type of tournament hahaha.

[@zander9486]

This was so much fun. Thanks agad!

[@Seanus32]

We should have taken the pawn and continue naturally. She maintained and converted the advantage beautifully.

[@Noelito40]

You just have to take your hat off to these brilliant players! They are just so far ahead of us mere chess mortals. 😂😂 She just toyed with us. Chapeau!

[@grahamberends6613]

Super idea playing against Judit. Happy to watch it. G

[@rickharold7884]

Hey that was totally fun!!! I love u (all) getting to play the master. I remember playing a friend all the time early 90’s who was a candidate master. He kicked my butt all the time. I learned a lot !

[@DBnewb]

you should cover some of the other games played. very interesting stuff. great video as usual agad. thank you

[@stephanebelizaire3627]

Bravo Mrs Polgar , Well-done !

[@deanbarclay7793]

Well done, community, and well done, Judit.

[@anonygent]

I think you played well against Judit Polgar. As they say at the Oscars, it's an honor just to be nominated.

[@afchehiro]

Medo would have won without us

[@hj-xb2tr]

With only one of his quick couch circles needed to find the right moves in time

[@themistoclesofathens4178]

"extremely strong players in the chat" LOLed at that

[@carlo9524]

Moral of the Story. Let Agad play. When he needs help then that's the only time he'll ask for suggestions.

[@magnificcenTCG]

It was after this move the community gracefully resigns and their Elo rating drops to just below 1400

[@nesagljivic]

I love kamikaze style that community picked in this game.

[@kalyanp5504]

Judith is such a brilliant player and has been on the horizon for a very long time and has beaten most of the contemporary greats in tournaments. I wonder how many major tournaments she has won.

[@JuergenFaas]

Getting crushed by Judit Polgar, it can´t get any better.

[@user-pp7cb6jt6e]

Most crazy amount of ideas I have seen on chess board

[@darth_hansel4466]

that was super enjoyable, more of this plz :)

[@andrewschroeder9502]

We played two pawn gambits against Judit Polgar. That's the good stuff.

[@adityakelkar9181]

Loved the 'quote above the board'

[@SamuelPearlman]

Judit knew better than to challenge the Agadmator Community with the Evans Gambit!

[@bobpourri9647]

D'oh! I thought you wanted moves we SHOULDN'T make!

[@vasuimemyself]

"GRACEFULLY RESIGNED"

[@AwkwardTurtle311]

Team agad didn’t do the best, however we did resign with grace 💯😩

[@ybab-j]

big respect for trying to play sharp, with style.

[@CubanCubeFan]

Nice to a game many of us collaborated on featured!!

[@2perspectivevideos312]

The people saying she had f6 might not all have been using an engine. I'm rated 1750 on lichess and saw it quite fast. Very often in these positions the white knight can't be taken with the queen because of a Bishop check which opens an attack on the queen. It was a very similar position and you just had to to see the pawn move to f6 to open the bishops diagonal with a tempo. Afterwards it's quite easy to see what a good move it is. Suprised Judith didn't find it..

[@maxcaplan2016]

I guess she would also have had to see the continuation after Nxf6, which appears to save the knight. I think the winning continuation then for white must be Bg6+ (forcing Kf8) followed by Qb3 to threaten mate on f7 with no good way for black to block, although I haven't checked this with the engine. I imagine this is what she did not see...

[@2perspectivevideos312]

@@maxcaplan2016 yes, maybe you are right, im sure Polgar is slightly better than me 😅😅😅

[@vrishankpandey8537]

We really should have won that pawn by play Bf5 instead of Nf6, just for the sake of playing uniquely we did a mistake. Judit missed f6 and we had chances but still after that blunder we blundered again to win a free diagnal, castling seemed better to many people. But good game played by Judit she destroyed us in only 23 moves. She really is good against the Silican.

[@mislavivkovic9996]

I am so privileged to join this masterpeace

[@robbier3785]

Masterpiece? Lol calm down

[@keshavitiwari5792]

@@robbier3785 yep a masterpiece and we are proud of that.

[@mislavivkovic9996]

@@robbier3785 why f5 was great move cmon we play Judite

[@robbier3785]

@@keshavitiwari5792 just because a group of chess fans played against a retired GM doesn’t automatically make this game a “masterpiece “. You can be proud of getting waxed by her all you want but relax on declaring this to be more than what it was. You also might want to look up what masterpiece means. You obviously don’t know

[@WW-pg1ro]

@@robbier3785 who hurt you?

[@sirfelneus3799]

My prep 😭This was my main opening as of late, look how they massacred my boy 👌 i thought nobody played the quick f5 in the kalashnikov except me

[@methanbreather]

see it this way: you are now in a very high profile club of people destroyed by the great Judit Polgar.

[@rinteirintei4828]

Judith polgar.hmeltha,chess thiam ka ngaisang lutuk che

[@GiDaOne]

I could see from how you spoke that you got your asses kicked by Judit even before you mentioned it was a "very short game", sorry but I laughed :) Great experience though!

[@davyanonymous9674]

Judit Polgar is my favorite player of all time. Maybe the best attacking player in history.

[@afollowerofchrist5789]

@5:26 Extremely strong players in the chat. Agad, I think you mispronounced "Extremely strong engine users".

[@academyofchampions1]

Judit is such a treasure

[@Bobby-fj8mk]

Hi Antonio - we should have done better. We needed to follow sound chess book advice: castle early, have our 3 pawns in a line in front of our King, have at least one piece as well to defend our King, Not have our Queen in the middle of the board but in a safer position, not send out a Knight on a silly expedition.

[@jesseertman3889]

I think a cool feature to put in is the players ratings at the time of the match 👍 would be cool to know

[@DarrylHart]

Judit deliberately didn’t play F6 to give us a chance ;)

[@alucardoVin]

definetely better to watch this video rather than 5hour stream. shame the match didnt reach proper Endgame.

[@paulrhyne4]

Happy Birthday Agadmator!

[@marcmaster7911]

It feels like fought a super power

[@BobToothpick]

Based agadmator with the Oogway quote

[@vigneshmallya9597]

Hoodie missing agad!!!!!

[@andrewma3565]

You done us proud boyzzzz

[@usptact]

Great demonstration of the fact majority is not always right.

[@bobpourri9647]

Community first move: "Resign"

[@BlueForte]

I wanted to see the French Defense!

[@michaelemerson1949]

Screenshot. The day my game was featured on agadmator as the hoodie guy

[@pjoazure]

What a fun game. Unfortunately no Evans Gambit :(

[@davidgriffiths7696]

“Blundering the game terribly”😆 Wasn’t so bad against a top player, but still a proper moment to throw in towel.

[@bobpourri9647]

I told you we should have let Medo play the game!

[@pauldacus4590]

Chess grandmaster beats the random rabble of chess patzer's. How shocking. She's lucky she didn't play me, I have a simply unbeatable strategy. Undoing my last 6 moves that got me to checkmate.

[@angc214]

Forgot to wear your hoodie today. Don't mess with a good tradition.

[@MTXChess]

More minds is not always better when it comes to chess!

[@74subutai]

We all had a headache

[@chopincookies]

#suggestion Magnus-David Navara Champion Chess Tour: Charity Cup Round 6-for David Navara flowers at the end!!

[@HalDanGhor]

Congratz @Agadmator for your performance vs Judith! - AbbotHayes from LiChess. :)

[@HalDanGhor]

Of course the game was short, but I liked your own analysis out there. :)

[@stflaw]

After f6, Nxf6 isn't horrible. f6 certainly isn't crushing.

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

04:03 😊 F6 pawn, *(Anyways Judit gonna defeat us easily)* 😂 If captured or not, white bishop gives check from g6, it forces white king to go to d7 behind the knight or king goes to f8, that is away from the queen

[@yashasvitathya]

I love judit's game♥️🤗

[@KRYME9]

AGAD from time to time could you please do a video for beginners who want to learn how to play chess? At least to know how to move pieces

[@humansareweird2866]

That game was tough to watch

[@mickbadgero5457]

No one plays chess like the Dragon Warrior.

[@fennofir7791]

agadmator demonstrating the new chess piece in action, the Knife 8:28

[@AKnipp412]

Have you previously covered the Kasparov vs the World game?

[@TheOrigamiPeople]

At 5:25 Judit had to take that knight at D5 otherwise the knight could have captured the white bishop on E3 attacking the white Queen.

[@discosugar]

The Be Sharps

[@wchambers3849]

Judit Polgar, enough said!

[@OzerBergman]

My friends at the bar were not impressed.

[@alexandrenr]

Great patience Antonio!

[@CubanCubeFan]

Yes. At times during the game it seemed Antonio was thinking "why did I let the community suggest the moves?"

[@pjoazure]

#suggestion Lei Tingjie vs. Bibisara Assaubayeva at World Teams 2019. Queen sac included!

[@timetraveler0002]

judit great player as always

[@mfilarowska6935]

3:55 Why couldnt you defend f6 (capture with that knight instead with the bishop) ..queen is protected by other night,,so you dont lose a piece??

[@lwalker8785]

After Bg6+ Kf8 is forced and if White plays Qb3 threatening mate in one you have to play Nd5 to prevent the mate, so you still lose the knight. These are such nasty things as happen when your king is caught in the middle of the board.

[@AmmoBoks]

It was a fun event

[@CubanCubeFan]

It certainly was!

[@deadpoolgaming8161]

*it means thousands of average chess players aren't equivalent to 2700 elo rating* 😂

[@tmbhbnt8281]

nice game! how do I check the games for the other communities?

[@liameeeeeee]

I appreciate the master oogway quote

[@danielquigley2695]

4:20 -- can you step back the knight to capture the pawn? This line wasn't shown.

[@berunkasuteru]

The bishop still gets to come to g6, then queen to b3 and you're off the board all the same.

[@danielquigley2695]

@@berunkasuteru thank you

[@isabellam1936]

I hope you can feature more games from women in the future. Representation matters a lot. The reason more women don’t play chess is because they don’t see as many women playing to look up to. You could help change that since your channel is so influential.