Who Dares Question Me? || Capablanca vs Hodges || Rice Memorial (1916)

[@ahmedwaheed3153]

A move with the knight back is often the strongest move unless it isn’t

[@komodo-wx7lr]

He was trying to neutralize the bishop that was looking at his position

[@janjool]

I see the Couch gambit/Accepted variation has been fruitful.

[@ahmedwaheed3153]

Apparently, the couch has magically returned to appearing in the videos along with the smiling emoji and of course Mido

[@ahmedwaheed3153]

My nickname is the same as the dog’s name and I like to spell it Mido, there isn’t really right or wrong with this name

[@plaguedoc1403]

" I'm sure all of you see it without pausing video " don't say that pls, it hurts my tactical feelings

[@rogerfedererc5315]

Can relate with you mate

[@mohamedhamdi4014]

same feeling

[@nyarlathotep1743]

Just imagine how badly we scrubs would be wiped off the board by these average, normal, unspectacular chess players who just instantly and casually saw that whole exchange in the time it took agad to say "Im sure you all see it so Ill just show it".

[@sotospan8409]

Lol I thought the same thing.

[@pfsloan2597]

"The Story of the Couch" a furniture cliffhanger brought to you by Amagador's Chess Channel.

[@IgnatzKolisch]

This is one of those wonderful Capablanca games that just has that feeling of irresistible inevitability.

[@raduionita6327]

For 400k subscribers can you make a clip about how do you prepare? It would be amasing to see that. Cheers!

[@arnaldosandoval453]

Great idea: #suggestion For 400k subscribers can you make a clip about how do you prepare? It would be amasing to see that. Cheers!

[@leovinci3149]

Agreed

[@ricardolinscaldas7529]

He already made his 400k live

[@niels8195]

amacing

[@wasekhasan1094]

its 800k+ now

[@mauriciolira4359]

12:05 It should BE ANALYZED: ... bxc(3); the THREAT of CROWNING is so Powerful that it Negates White the possibility of the Knight Forking the Black King and Rook via e8, because after the Check, Black King moves (for example, toward the Knight: Kf8), then if the Knight takes the Black Rook in c7, then the pawn advances to c2 and CROWNS as a QUEEN in the next move, as the White Rook cannot move back to b1, because of cxb1!

[@adithiankaruvannur6990]

It can be countered with Rbc6, I think. And the rook will end up trading one rook, and gobbling the other 2 pawns before it can promote

[@sidneyfrattinijr.9700]

I wish that this Capablanca saga didn’t come to an end. He’s in my top 5 list

[@edmundlangley1433]

Antonio !!! Congrats on your new furniture. Your lazy dog looks happy on the new sofa set!!!

[@willdemeyer6397]

Capablanca always makes it look so easy

[@zebra3stripes]

I never expected Teddy Roosevelt to lose by getting his horse stuck.

[@edp7476]

Bully for you, zebra!

[@nyarlathotep1743]

Underrated comment of all time

[@fizwizzle1989]

It’s hard when you’re playing pre beard Guevara

[@edp7476]

@zebra3stripes Now did you know, Teddy was actually forced to walk up the last part of Kettle Hill in 1898 because his horse had been entangled in barbed wire? Seriously, his horse DID get stuck and it helped T.R. become famous. Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in 2001!

[@GotoyourhomeBall]

Bro you have a sick following, well deserved too, I appreciate how you present the games, I send you 1 million high fives

[@evihas1]

#suggestion Please cover Khismatullin vs Eljanov, euro-championship 2015 in Jerusalem, where Khismatullin sacrified a rook and created the most amazing mating net I've seen in my life

[@elaadt]

Yes! Another Capablanca brilliancy. This game should be added to the sorcery series.

[@johnnyc3492]

Medo is so happy with the new couch. Good pupper.

[@egregiousarts6080]

New Couch!!!

[@richardsleep2045]

Thanks, I love this Capa saga.

[@richardfeynman5560]

Breathtaking brilliancy by Capablanca!

[@AzzyAkari]

Mid day video making my day much more excellent!

[@johngrey5806]

I strive to click "Like" even before the "Hello everyone!", especially if it's a game with Capablanca, or Tal, or Ivanchuk!

[@ahmedwaheed3153]

Who dares summon the Cuban genius

[@Rinehart9]

Sean Godleys videos are loud but they are good like this telling a story about fishers tournaments. Thanks

[@chrisoconnell3943]

Agadmator, congrats on reaching almost a half million fans! Keep up the great work!! Out of curiosity, in growing your channel from 1000 to 400k subscribers, how much have your chess skills improved?

[@pazdziochowaty]

After Ne4, black could go d3 instead of dc3 which disconnects Bc2 and Ne4 so there are 2 white pieces hanging

[@Kidlink77]

New couch boys!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great game I’m glad I’m able to take a look back and find games I hadn’t seen before especially a legend like Casablanca Games like this beat some of the games being played today Thanks Agadmator

[@AndersonNeo12]

Agadmator's couch and dog: "hello everyone"

[@stevenwisdom5059]

The Cuban legends games are always instructional.

[@extrudersfx4571]

I had just begun writing a trollish, aggressive comment on the lack of information about the couch, but was immediately put in my place by the finnishing words right before I managed to articulate something.

[@mouradzd2790]

I think this photo of Albert Hodges was taken just after Capablanca's last move in this game

[@wsemenske]

Medo looks to be having an existential crisis with the new couch

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

Great Game From The Great Capablanca!

[@manu-ox4fe]

Capa style has ruffed many feathers thru the years cause the romantic chess was dying and Capa is the one who did the mercy killing. My favorite chess is the one where it's difficult to pin point the losing move. So many times I have though I'm playing an even game I exchange a few pieces and dammit I'm lost.

[@extraordinarylife2028]

My thoughts was this, Nxb4, Cxbd then rook x b4. Thus protecting the pawn on c4 and then could advance the pawn to to a4

[@ExPwner]

At 11:28, why not capture with the knight on b4 to create a passed pawn? Couldn't black put up something of a defense there?

[@bwill325]

wait? the final position in the game, isnt black winning? if you capture with the b4 pawn, then if white captures the castle you push the pawn for a queen and it cant be stopped no? the pawn takes control of the b1 and d1, no piece would be in time to stop it

[@tremapar]

Would seem so on first glance, but if black tries to push the pawn, white can capture on b8, then has a forced mate sequence. Black pushes pawn again, white goes to g8 with check. Then g2 pawn can come up and finish mate, doesn't matter there will be a new queen. In general, this results from Capablanca's beautiful position. Near the black king, the white knight and pawn control g5 and h5. So getting a rook back there behind the king means death for black.

[@bwill325]

@@tremapar Ah very nice, I missed the g2 check. Thank you.

[@ars_nii]

If you watched until the moment when the couch was mentioned, you are an excellent subscriber!

[@tenthousand_days]

#suggestion Hello Antonio, I've noticed that you only covered 3 games featuring the Dutch defense. I would really love to see you cover more of them since you are by far the most excellent chess knowlage master I have seen, you have me completely hooked on chess ! I've been a subscriber for a long time now and I'm really looking forward to the expansion of my vast knowlage. Keep up the great work! Pozdrav iz Bosne :D

[@leonidaspavlidis6051]

What about if at 12:05 instead of black pawn b4-b3 takes the white pawn at c3? I think Black can make a Queen or at least can save the rook (at b7 if white rook go to a6 to save the queen birth at a1 then) and give a big help to his pawn (if pawn moves at c2 and white rook at a1, then black rook at b1!)

[@oliverangermuller9827]

I thought the same. But it doesn´t work as Black gets check mated. 1. - bxc3 2.Rxb8 c2 3.Rg8+ Kh6 4.g4 c1Q# or 4.g5 fxg5#

[@leonidaspavlidis6051]

@@oliverangermuller9827 Very nice, i had in mind only the words of agadmator that he will lose his rook and i didn't check for any checkmates

[@oliverangermuller9827]

@@leonidaspavlidis6051 I had to put up the position to find g4 🙈

[@andrewptob]

New couch! :-O

[@nemlas85]

at the ending position why not to bring forward the b4 pawn to c3? it seems that even with the loss of two rooks he can get a queen against an awfully exposed king in the back ranks. if he could use that to take at least a rook from a fork or trade the other pawn, then it is not a lost game.

[@Ithinkthisisaman]

Being down 2 pieces is bad (also I saw a lot of games where 2 rooks > a queen in an endgame like that) and if pawn g2 --> g5 it's an easy checkmate too from the 8th rank.

[@harrisbobroff9813]

Rarely comment anymore, but this I need to watch five or six times just to see it once.

[@nosferatu5500]

Do you have a new sofa?

[@vincent5318]

New couch on deck, very nice!

[@prakashsardar1082]

The famous two rooks game of Capablanca

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

7:06 Why bishop didn't go back to g4 attacking the rook? Now pawn cannot block bishop & as it's already forwarded right?

[@edp7476]

True, I wondered the same thing and was surprised it wasn't covered. White would probably have to move the rook since blocking with the bishop looks like a bad option. I'm guessing white would play Rf1 and black then moves the bishop back to avoid getting trapped. Of course, if white wants, he can move the rook back to d1. But it's unclear to me how it would play out. White would not want to trade bishops or draw by 3x repeat rule.

[@carlos_kay]

Sometimes the strongest move in the position is couch back.

[@carlingtonme]

I feel ROOKED,no couch story! :P Great game lacking only a wild eyed Gelfund!

[@carron979]

12:02 b takes c3 and how does Capa stop the pawn without giving up a rook? Hodges has time to queen before having to deal with a mate threat! I'm too lazy to calculate 'till the end...

[@yinghongtham6142]

You can just play Ke3 to stop the pawn. Or more sneakily: Rxb8 c2 Rg8+ Kh6 g4 And it's mate in 1

[@carron979]

@@yinghongtham6142 good! thanks...

[@jackanderson719]

near the end to the game what happens if Hodges takes on c3 with the pawn?

[@an9em0n]

Lasker says this, Capablanca says this and let's say Tarassch says that. Both of them are very strong who you gonna listen to? Tarassch: Both? Am i a joke to you?

[@vybezz_899]

Thanks for this game ❤️❤️❤️

[@AkumaAPN]

So much build-up for the story of the Couch!!!! I'll be expecting a truly masterful chess game to make up for the inevitable disappointment of the Couch story, unless it was something epic like a Ninja Attack.

[@Jimmy.Leonardo]

Make a 10-hours video of you saying "captures, captures, captures...".

[@shadowman7647]

I have a doubt, if Hodges played c3 sacrificing the rook on b8, the pawn would have been promoted to queen there was no stopping. Of course he couldn't have won but maybe a perpetual he could have saved the game. And might have won if capablanca panicked.

[@AkumaAPN]

I was thinking about this too, but I do not think it was possible. If black captures on c3, white can respond with King to e3. If black continues to push, King can come to d2 and prevent Promotion. Black cannot use the Rook to take away the D File, because white's Knight is covering d7. Also, without the Rook Exchange, white's other Rook still guards D. And if Black initiates the Exchange, the King is still too close. Basically, the King is too close, and there's no stopping him! Since Promotion was not possible, the difference in material was too much. Black's King is too far from the action, White's King is ready to help, and the remaining Black Rook will not be able to do much against the other pieces. One last thought, if black pawn captures at c3, and white King comes to e3, black could abandon the passed pawn, and move Rook B to c8, to temporarily avoid any further exchanges. But being down a whole piece, white will eventually be able to trade down. Black has no future here.

[@stevenpenning705]

at 8:54, what is capablanca played rook to d8 wouldnt he be up a knight, after the rook exchange followed by a check?

[@anandamohan847]

I think it could be that black would play B x e4 Then Kx e4 and N c6 which would mean black’s knight would be able to be activated as there is no need to capture the rook on d8

[@jamestickle3070]

BTW I like the nice leather couch. It’s the color of a nice Cuban cigar.

[@sozibrahman8504]

Yes....I like that color. Color of camel fur too

[@jamestickle3070]

Sozib Rahman ironically you can also smoke a camel

[@sozibrahman8504]

Lol....true. I like camel very much tbh. But it's so expensive here I can't afford. You made me miss that.....damn

[@pierrepetitjean618]

maybe at the end Hodges could have tried pawn takes c3 what after? rxr c2 rg8+ kh6 ng4 kh5 rg7 h6 rh7 kh4 kf3 h5 g3+ kh3 rb2 or simplest for white?

[@psymon3823]

Where's the analysis on the move with the couch back?

[@ryanbach2422]

Agadmator is now in a completely winning position

[@Velzen5]

After Rab6 bxc3 is possible. And it id worth looking t white's refutation

[@elijahmartin8841]

I was thinking the same thing and had to look at comments to see who else saw it. Because if blacks pawn captures at c3 and white takes blacks rook, the pawn advances to b2 and white cant bring the rook down before it turns into queen!! Right?

[@elijahmartin8841]

Nevermind, somebody answered 9 hours ago. Whites king would come to gobble up the pawn if black captures at c3.

[@boaconstrictor3754]

9:03 Hey Jose! Your king is on e4!

[@johnhamlin7055]

Your puppy rules! on the new couch!!!

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

11:17 rook to A8 would have defended the knight right? Then why "no saving the knight"?

[@Ithinkthisisaman]

I think white can re-maneuver the knight to d7 --> b6 --> c8 (and it's too passive position for black to do anything about it).

[@edp7476]

Yes, I see what you mean. I want to know what white would play if black played Ra8.

[@Ithinkthisisaman]

@@edp7476 Well I think after ra8 --> knight d5. Black can't even move the knight if he decides to bust open b4 with pushing b5, because the knight can recapture at the end. On the other hand after ra8 and knight d5, black's knight can't go to c7 because both white's knight and rook controls it. So let's say black plays something else, h6, then white simply plays knight b6 kicks the rook from a8 away let's say to b8, and then simply white plays knight c8, black rc7, white ra6, black rc7-->c8, white ra5. After that white's goal is to move the rook from d6 to b1 and push a3 or something. and then pile up on the last pawn with the help of the king and push it to a glorious victory.

[@edp7476]

Yes, Nd5 should win for white. It will still be a long fight, and worth noting that black can indeed save his knight, but will lose a pawn and ultimately the game. I also looked at another line. After white Nd5, black could play Nb1, but then white Rb6 would win in a similar fashion because black still loses a pawn.

[@egregiousarts6080]

Can you cover Kasparov vs Anand in this line?

[@AnemoVideo]

That's a brilliant couch behind you, sir

[@bradpataky3205]

New couch!!!! Nice

[@RolandsEglitis]

Dear Agadmador, Could you suggest me a nice chess board set to buy in an online shop at a price of 40 to 50 EUR? What would be a proper size for it? I want to compare the prices and quality that I can get in Latvia with other parts in Europe.

[@johnmarkcastillo3692]

At 12:19 what if after rook to b6 black simply captures pawn to c3? Is it not winning for black? Can anybody help me find the best response for white?

[@crypticityabound2792]

John Mark Castillo Maybe Rxc8, c2; Rg8+, Kh6; g4 is a forced checkmate

[@johnmarkcastillo3692]

@@crypticityabound2792 Thank you so much.

[@luszakaryan1049]

congratulations with the new sofa

[@bogdanp.6956]

How do you guys manage to see like 4-5 moves ahead without even stopping the video? :( To me everything seems so hard :(

[@amoldivo]

Capablanca's playstyle is probably the only (positional) one that I enjoy and gives off the "wow" vibe, imagine these guys played in the era without engines... I've never even seen Magnus or other top players do it this often... the other would be Tal, but that's completely different playstyles...!!

[@jacobstork1180]

What about doubling rook on the b file in the spot that he resigned

[@ExPwner]

I thought that too!

[@ismaelali6499]

thank you my friend for this game

[@prakashsardar1082]

Please explain Capablanca vs Abraham Kupchik, Havana chess tournament, 1913

[@tomitimbulong8882]

11:49 b4xc3 RxR c3-c2 black forced draw

[@empanadero_]

Wow Theodore Roosevelt is really good at chess

[@StoshGalumpke]

Very, very nice. Thank you

[@oguzhanozbek5429]

11:49 bxc3 ?

[@scurtin99]

Capablanca WAS the machine!

[@egregiousarts6080]

Hodge looks like Teddy Roosevelt, lol

[@gixxerfixxer4159]

He really does!

[@alexcheloo786]

someone's making the big bucks... new couch :)

[@erdemozgur7399]

#question when was the last time carlsen lost a game?

[@matt_byrne]

the couch is beautiful

[@jamestickle3070]

So by now JRC has a firm grasp of opening theory?

[@cmc2110]

I played the same line today against Magnus Age 25 with white and got a draw

[@AshishKumar-fl2vs]

What about the couch?

[@pinkninja2463]

what about the giveaway?

[@horacioariash]

the couch!!!

[@williameckert306]

In the final position, why couldn’t black try bxc3?

[@somewhere6]

White will play RxR in reply to bxc3. If Black then continues pushing that pawn, white then has R-N8ch and a forced mate follows shortly, If in reply to RxR, Black tries any move other than pushing the pawn, the mating sequence still follows or white can simply retreat a rook to stop the pawn. Black cannot allow RxR, therefore moving or capturing with the b pawn is to lose very quickly. The position is hopeless.

[@hakim7894]

5:27 Why cant Black castle?!!

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Black could castle but made an inaccuracy bringing his knight back to defend the Bishop as Agadmator explained the move was unnecessary as white would not be able to win a piece because white had his own back rank issue

[@rageagainstthemachineragea2497]

I Love That Dog!

[@bilbobaggins5136]

What if black had moved 38.... Nb4?

[@MrK623]

Nice couch and dog.

[@narengopal2085]

I was curious why black couldn't take the pawn on c3 and promote for a queen at the end. But it seems white can allow it and go for a simple mate tactic. Nice video.

[@somewhere6]

Correct! The mating sequence is forced.

[@agentm-8389]

More Capablanca brilliancy

[@gterippa8588]

Is your roku channel down??

[@bakermantop]

the old couch resigned

[@ahmedwaheed3153]

D5, D5 ... intense calculations ... D5 by black

[@ramshaar2597]

Great game