Witsch Hunt | Nimzowitsch vs Capablanca | St. Petersburg (1914)

[@OriginalAimbot]

You know you are following a saga when the protagonist goes from no knowledge of opening theory to praising his great predecessor's knowledge of opening theory.

[@gg-qz2tb]

Loool

[@michaeltellurian825]

No he didn't. There was no opening theory. Morphy came up with the moves over-the-board that eventual opening theory identifies as the best moves. You missed the point of Capablanca's comment.

[@thejupiter1744]

Flamboyant Thug I think he meant to say that Morphy had no FORMAL knowledge of opening theory but had a NATURAL opening theory. A bit surprised that Capa rated Morphy so highly because in 8 games against Paulsen, Morphy lost 4 , drew 3 and only won ONE game.

[@Dan1elAndrade]

@@thejupiter1744 What? Morphy won just one game against Paulsen?

[@andrewberthelsen2817]

In the final of the first American Chess a Congress in 1857, Morphy defeated Paulsen + 5 - 1 = 2

[@zombieman9509]

You open a history book for us, present the situation and settings in a perfect storytelling manner, let us into the beautiful games.. you transform the data of the games into a wonderful experience of seeing the magic unravel before us. You are indeed a great presenter of legends, Agad. Thank you so much and please never stop.

[@adventuresofdavid]

Love these...full of rich history and vast knowledge for all to enjoy...so feel free to share the video....ill give it a couple of seconds. ...as usual. ...just nice sip of water....cmmh....aahh..and for those of you who able to share you are an excellent sharer of Agad videos and for those who just wanna enjoy the show. ...

[@xCorvus7x]

Mhm... very nice.

[@rossmitchell5453]

Probably the weirdest comment I’ve ever seen

[@manuelper]

I love old pictures like the ones you showed. Thank you Antonio.

[@mmartel]

Capablanca made this win look effortless. Amazing player. This series really makes you appreciate his unique brilliance. Thank you!🙏

[@rogerforsberg3910]

Thank you for the GREAT QUOTATION by Capo about Paul Morphy. It's gratifying to learn that the unquestionably brilliant & talented Capablanca had such a great opinion about the Paul Morphy's chess genius -- half a century before!

[@kamitebyani5309]

What an amazing list of players in that tournament. All of them are the giants that current players stand on.

[@Talj_wow]

When you imagine how chess has been played before, without computer analysis, absolutely beautiful. I love old chess , Agadmator, you are my fav. KZbinr by far.

[@donjose9485]

Is it crazy that agadmator controls my sleeping schedule

[@PLABSCORE1]

You're good, it's considered standard theory nowadays.

[@rldb]

Met too...

[@droceretik]

@@rldb Who did you meet?

[@varadkousadikar9424]

i could not know even 1 percent of this if agadmator were not there

[@ergunakdogan8772]

What's the idea here? The idea is great videos, incredible vast knowledge and awesome analysis. Thank you Antonio.

[@DEroHq]

Loving the series through and through! Cappa's description of Morphy makes me want a Morphy series next.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

#Suggestion Show a game between Nimzowitsch and Amos Burn so we can see the Witsch-Burn.

[@nyaamojini8146]

I give you this medal 🏅

[@xCorvus7x]

Seconded 🏅

[@xCorvus7x]

Alternatively for the same effect a game between Nimzowitsch and Blackburne. #suggestion

[@droceretik]

So, which games should he drop?

[@JJ-kl7eq]

Drocy! How are you buddy? How’s the puppy?

[@Lakis2519]

These photos are like small lessons of history. I find them as enjoyable as the game itself. Keep it up Agad

[@cfgauss71]

So, without further ado, just one more thing...

[@UpperCrustthe3rd]

Cracked up at this

[@thejupiter1744]

Wow 😮. These videos are not only wonderful but they also improve ones own game at the same time.

[@droceretik]

Wow, what a startling revelation.

[@thejupiter1744]

droceretik Thank you 🙏

[@PoshMudcrab]

This is in my opinion the best chess channel in KZbin. He not only provides excellent games and analysis but also a lot of backstory, information and pictures that give a better understanding of the importance of the games played. Absolutely love this channel, cheers :)

[@kingsgambit]

15:38 "he didnt get his revenge but you know, what are you gonna do?" - exactly me whenever I lose a rematch on chess.com ...

[@dhilrukshanpradeep7265]

Watching the entire Capablanca saga improved my chess alot. My rating went from 1800 to 2100 in lichess just by watching these games. Thanks #agadmator for this wonderful Saga

[@davidsmaruj6761]

The fact that agadmator has close to half a million subscribers is insane! Keep going man!

[@NottoriousGG]

You know your vast knowledge is increasing when you read the line up and go, thats a stacked tournament.

[@spaceghost7807]

Nimzowitsch doing his best Bishop impersonation, staring diagonal from the camera.

[@poppyonline4034]

Lmao 😂😂😂😂😂

[@sineebkarappilly9041]

Savage line about Capablanca's dark bishop "the bishop cuts the board into half"

[@tonyho-idt-c5445]

At around 8:13: "it's unlikely that Nimzowitsch will be ever be able to strengthen the center with F3. we have F3..." -Agadmator

[@bigbadbyte]

Love the capablanca series. Do morphy next?

[@mariovanderwal1695]

He already made videos on Morphy's best games and besides that, Morphy really didn't play as many games, let alone tournaments, as other players.

[@captainnautilus9578]

@@mariovanderwal1695 enjoying the Murphy saga now? XD

[@eobardthawne7126]

Eff Morp

[@tanvish.19]

@TheCheeser ehhhhh

[@philippdoldi5514]

vast Knowledge: 00:00 (what real subscriber watch), the game : 5:03

[@APPLEZACKS]

Philipp Doldi you are an excellent subscriber

[@DipanGhosh]

Where is Mr. Skipperino?

[@george474747]

I think even excellent subscibers can find these useful when re-watching games.

[@philipduffy6581]

Yep I miss skiperino

[@MrKULVIS]

You have the best chess channel. Going through the story of each game and showing photos adds so much to the experience. Great analysis too!

[@beckowdoto3848]

The photos and parts u already shared with us are very good to let us go back and live with them a little bit so good work done man thx

[@saezra881]

#Suggestion I think one of your strongest qualities as a youtuber is getting us invested in the games and giving more life to them besides just moves. I wanted to suggest that I think it would give some depth to capablanca and others when you do these sagas, if you could change his picture depending on where he was in life at that moment. I keep the visual of capablanca in my head during this time as a never aging middle aged man and then I find out that he was 14 during this game or that game and then it clashes with this mental image I have lol. Thanks for the videos agadmator!

[@droceretik]

Capablanca. Respect.

[@elaadt]

5:00 lets dive straight into this game.

[@xNoPanicMetin2]

Who even dislike on this guy, great work keep it up

[@SouperSaiyan96]

The pun game is strong with this one

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

Been watching your videos now for a year and I've gone from 1000 ish rating to 1400 just from your video's teaching me, I'm even getting your quiz moments now most of them in under 30-40 secs.

[@droceretik]

Well done!

[@vidiveniviciDCLXVI]

@@droceretik Thanks.

[@azhaganbabu708]

I had one of the "please feel free to pause the video and find the move" moment without him actually saying. So at 11:47, Qc4*Kc3, then b2*Qc3, then Rb4*b1 is checkmate. Of course Rd4 can go to d1 and Qg5 can come back to c1 but all this can captured to get a backrank checkmate. I feel so great about this lil move man. All thanks to you I will always pause the video in my mind and look for the move everytime. Long live mator!

[@challisraider356]

The elderly gentleman with the beard is Grigori Yefimovich Rasputin, while the man standing on the right is, of course, Алекса́ндр II Никола́евич AKA Tsar Nicholas II, immediately before his execution by the Bolsheviks (for his bourgeoisie crime of increasing his vast knowledge of chess by watching Agadmator's chess channel). Frank Zappa also makes an appearance.

[@CarlosNLopez]

What a great job you are doing agadmator! I fell in love with chess again thanks to your channel. Thanks!

[@charles7866-o1l]

Love the photos! Excellent vast knowledge!

[@a.i.newton847]

Love the mature Capablanca, he will be tested when he faces more complex closed middle games. The style of play is unforced and builds natural positions always setting up pawn structures that are winning.

[@SilmarPlaysBGs]

Hey agadmator! Today I found out about The Turk automaton and I think that it might be cool if you made a video explaining the story behind it and showed one of its games #suggestion

[@jackiesingleton2351]

I 2nd that!!! That is a VERY interesting saga in the history of competitive chess! I would love to see a vid on that by Agadmotor. P

[@krytycznyziemniok2394]

So did Morphy know any opening theory?

[@stefanf922]

There really wasn't any opening theories at the time. There wasn't much written about chess, real study of opening theory didn't start for another 40 years. He was mostly just winging it across the board with every game. That's why he's considered one of the greatest.

[@vincentsartain3061]

@@stefanf922 Imagine Paul Morphy being born in the 1990's and dominating the chess scene today; with the added benefits of computers and other modern technology, combined with that steel trap mind of his, he surely would be a force to reckon with against the likes of Carlsen and other modern top players.

[@heroricspiritfreinen38]

@@vincentsartain3061 doubt it He would have too much learning to do Carlsen would be laughing 😂

[@vincentsartain3061]

@@heroricspiritfreinen38 You are entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. I cannot (and therefore DIDN'T) say with certainty that Morphy in our time would defeat Carlsen and other top players, but again he was considered the world's best player in his day and he achieved that reputation at a very young age and SANS computers and labor-saving tools and devices that would give him more time yet to study, analyze, and further improve his playing strength. Morphy was one of the cornerstones of modern chess theory upon whose fruits of labor have been bequeathed to today's players. And you still think that Morphy, snatched in time from the cradle and transported and raised in the mid to late 1990's, would be a pushover for Carlsen? I think Carlsen himself would be laughing at YOU.

[@SuedeStonn]

@@stefanf922 I wouldn't say there were no opening theories, as popular openings like the Guy Lopez and Philidor Defense have been used and gone over for centuries. The theories weren't greatly explored or dissected until the turn of the 20th century but quite a few were known and used (such as the KG and Scotch).

[@aristopleb]

6:29 "This character," Nimzowitsch proudly pointing at his chest, "will have a different game."

[@szymonskalski5795]

#suggestion Please show the game which got the brilliancy prize in this tournament Joseph Henry Blackbourne vs Aron Nimzowitsch

[@trevorseropian5739]

The vast knowledge is much appreciated friend!

[@alphabeta2732]

I always check KZbin each hour desperately waiting for your videos. Thank you so much Love from Humanity

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great game Nimzo gave it his best Casablanca on the next level Great game thanks Agadmator

[@elegomeskin]

Capablanca's critique of Morphy's openings is knowledgeable. Words based on experience and study by a gifted genius.

[@droceretik]

Capablanca's. Morphy's. Using an apostrophe after the 's' is incorrect as it denotes a plural. Correct use to signify ownership is between the subject and the 's'.

[@stateofdecay2210]

18:19 untameable knight huh!! also reading the book was an excellent idea, thanks, you really make our day

[@manigopal92]

My God. Those pics 👍🏻

[@emmanuelvakakis1374]

At 2:11 one of my favorite photos in chess history. Standing from left to right S. O. Wainstein, F. J. Marshall, A. A. Alekhine, N. J. Maximow, Aaron Nimzovitch, B. E. Maljutin, P. P. Sabouroff, E. Talwik, J. O. Sossnitzky, N. A. Znosko-Borovsky (rear), W. Rubinow, D. D. Korolew, N. N. Lochwitzky, E. A. Znosko-Borovsky. Seated from left to right I. Gunsberg, J. H. Blackburne, Dr. E. Lasker, Dr. S. Tarrasch, Amos Burn, Prof. R. Gebhardt, A. K. Rubinstein, Dr. O. S. Bernstein, J. R. Capablanca, D. Janowski.

[@eyalitmanager]

Keep the fire-ON Antonio 🔥🔥🔥 Great work!!!

[@sevenheadedmirror8505]

Fantastic cover of Capablanca love this saga so much :D

[@richardsleep2045]

lol oh goody it's agad. Great vid. I wonder if Capa was ever tempted to ask if Nimzo minded him playing in the tourney because, y'know, he wouldn't like to dilute the tone of the event with inferior players! lol

[@ericsbuds]

those photos are superb. very cool you found the Capablanca quote about Morphy.

[@george474747]

What a tournament lineup! Of course, I'll be on the edge of my seat waiting for a return of The Black Death.

[@charlock2614]

No

[@droceretik]

You have given yourself that I.D. because you are in love with Medo? Does Medo know? Do you fantasize about Medo when you go to sleep at night? Buy some chocolate coated dog biscuits for him.

[@panda4247]

I don't see Skipperino Agadmaterino (or what was the name) here. Is this your new nick? Or are you somebody else?

[@joepoppy3264]

The only opening theory I know concerns beer 😂

[@petersontaylor2000]

3:42 Ah, that cold look of Capablanca towards Lasker!! 🧐

[@manu-ox4fe]

It will take sometime before Capa become the best in the world. For now enjoy his progress and the greatness of Lasker.

[@markattila9835]

I really enjoy your chess games channel content, great work.

[@calebhefty5992]

Finally found the correct line during a "couple of seconds."

[@allenramos5722]

2:45 Aron Nimzowitsch: Oh oh hope you get my good side Other chess masters: *NIMZOWITSCH LOOK AT THE DAMN CAMERA*

[@droceretik]

ha

[@vladocvijetinovic]

#suggestion Alekhine saga. A lot of dramatic and interesting stuff there

[@yawarfareed]

These videos are helping me a lot

[@mikecabral1579]

Thanks really enjoying this.

[@richarddennis365]

So...... Morphy didn't know any opening theory either :) No wonder Capablanca likes him so much ;)

[@michaelbrobbey5429]

#suggestion Agad pls do 1946, 1951 WCC…keres,bronstein,botvinnik…

[@macrisimusx8676]

At 13:37 after Brka8. What's up with Wknd1? Opens a discovered defense of the white queen to the pawn, and attacks blacks rook. Best square for the rook would be back on b1. Also White's knight would defend Bqnc5 check. White can then push pawn to a6. Any thoughts?

[@droceretik]

Pretentious poppycock.

[@alexandrutoader2172]

After Capablanca Qc5 why not Na4 forking the Queen and the rook?

[@manofmartin]

Quite enjoyable! Thanks for your time and research!

[@shaunthomas1684]

Agadmator: "What're you gonna do?" at the end. Hilarious!!!

[@thedeadfishproject]

Was Lasker checking his cellphone during the game? Things really changed from that time... (3:25 min)

[@droceretik]

Have they? No. OMG.

[@mustafaadam781]

two greatest players thank you for the game

[@drfredostein4410]

Gotta love Marshall and Capablanca wearing tuxedos with tails

[@tonyennis1787]

7:56 I think people get too hung up on tempos sometimes. Nimzo has 2 pieces off the back row, and so does Capa. Then Capa moves his Q again.

[@raza3017]

Hey did anyone else notice that capablanca is giving a cold stare to Lasker in both pictures? I mean with the context of negotiations and everything, it makes sense lol

[@droceretik]

It's just your imagination. He is looking to the right at about 30 degrees at something or someone out of shot. He is not looking at Lasker at all. You can deduce all that from this image? You either have a vivid imagination or are delusional.

[@raza3017]

@@droceretik lol i was talking in the context of the heated negotiations that were covered by Agamdmator.. it was meant to be a joke.. no need to get so aggressive bro.

[@marin4311]

People were'nt already completely familiar to photography by that time.

[@JediSawyer]

AT 7:50 in the video I would have moved white queen on A6 to C4, it would seem to be a better attacking position for white and I don't think that Capablanca would have moved his queen to E6 at that point.

[@droceretik]

You should have been playing chess in that era. Headlines may have read " Jedi Sawyer defeats Capablanca yet again with a superb attacking display.

[@mahdivaliyev5483]

At 13:50 with the move of Knight a4 seems like could hold the game

[@amangoel1575]

Thats exactly what I was thinking

[@simonskucas3226]

Nice idea but after queen captures the pawn on a7, the knight is pinned, he can't take the rook because of Qxa1 with check, getting the rook back and also attacking the knight

[@andreytatarinov1669]

i think Qxc2 is making white to trade queens while taking a pawn. then a7 pawn is gonna be taken and it ez for black

[@simonskucas3226]

@Kenan Yeah it's also a sufficient way for black to get a winning endgame

[@adityapatidar7171]

Which book you will suggest a biginner to learn basic principles and different kind of openings?

[@johanseinen8245]

@11:47 after Rxd4, isn't there Rxb2 winning? if you take the Queen with Rxc4 then Rxb1,Nxb1 and Rxb1 checkmate and you can't take the rook on b2 because of Qf1 checkmate

[@azhaganbabu708]

It is. Checkout my comment. Its the same idea. But a slight variation. Instead of Rb2, queen captures knight and if pawn captures queen, then rook captures on rook on b1 is also checkmate! Cheers! Great to see another one pausing at the exact moment.

[@stamatisarvanitidis2430]

Azhagan Babu yes but after Qxc3 then white doesn't capture the Queen but the rook on c4

[@stamatisarvanitidis2430]

Johan Seinen after Rxd2 then white captures the rook instead of the Queen and you just lost a Rook as your queen is under attack

[@philmofo8569]

@@stamatisarvanitidis2430 well, no. Because Qf1 is checkmate as well

[@philmofo8569]

@@azhaganbabu708 i dont like Qxc3 because it lacks force. You are just exchangeing material. Rxb2 feels like it forces white into submission

[@Darth.Caedus]

Capablanca was a phenomenal player. His calculations were precise

[@jasonc0065]

Black's style is highly reminiscent of the Benko Gambit: Queenside pressure compensates for extra pawn.

[@droceretik]

Please explain in more detail.

[@xCorvus7x]

15:18 Can white not just capture the rook on a7? This would at least diminish the material disadvantage, wouldn't it?

[@NottoriousGG]

These sagas make for such an interesting mix of novela, chess and history.

[@aashishmeshram85]

Finally wait is over (love form India)

[@bakhtiyorallaberganov8062]

Boris Evgenievich Malyutin (August 14, 1883, St. Petersburg - 1920, Rostov-on-Don) - Russian chess player, one of the founders of the St. Petersburg Chess Assembly and the All-Russian Chess Union. Editor of the chess departments of the newspapers "Rech" and "Modern Word" (1908-1912). Participated in many St. Petersburg competitions (best result: All-Russian Amateur Tournament, 1909, 4-6th place) and side tournaments of the German Chess Union. The initiator of the match by correspondence "North-South" (1911-1912) - the first mass chess competition in history (more than 150 participants). The son of a major general, after graduating in 1903 with the gold medal of the Alexander Lyceum, served in the management of merchant shipping, then in the financial department of the State Duma's office [1]. In July 1914, he was a participant in the Chess Congress in Mannheim - interned and returned to Russia only in August 1916. In 1917 he had the rank of collegiate adviser.

[@Ph3nomen0N]

16:26 - insert Will Smiths "oh that's hot" joke here :p

[@Remi-B-Goode]

The group photos are amazing, nice catch and researches thanks u! But I have doubts about the Capa citations, + "technique strategy, tactics knowledge, unconcevable "for us"!" (at the worst he said "for me", but maybe he never said that, or the citation is ok!). Thank you for cool game and infos - and yesterday answer :-)

[@abhijitroy7781]

15:12 the extra rook is falling on a7... Isn't it?

[@abhijitroy7781]

Ya but white rook is also falling on h3.. My bad

[@jamesknapp64]

at 9:22 why is Bc1 a bad move defending b2 pawn?

[@droceretik]

Spend about a minute of your time and find out.

[@najmulhasan7572]

but he didn't get his revenge but what u gonna do 😂😂😂 love u chess master.

[@Himanshusingh-sj1ie]

At 13:55 knight to a4 @agadmator what next please tell me

[@cygnustsp]

"Without further ado" :: quotes vast knowledge for 60 seconds::

[@marijanbilic1360]

😂

[@RasttCZ]

7:50 love the way he says "redytobepushed"

[@Giltr0y]

It's like a dream team - all star - line up. Damn

[@marthadunkley6758]

Looks to me as if Nimzowitsch may have been added later as he was assumptively not there for the session. It was a relatively common practice to do this back then by cutting up prints and rephotographing the montage.

[@rockbore]

thank you so much for sharing.

[@timothywaters8249]

At 11:46, rook captures pawn on b2 would be a forced mate.

[@luminamathavan8894]

#suggestion Emanuel Lasker vs William Steinitz. Clash of Champions

[@amosdraak3536]

🤙🤙

[@gluteus_maximus1]

In Lasker v Tarrasch photo, is Lasker checking his next move on Stockfish 9 perhaps? LOL

[@tiggerwoods8829]

The bearded gentleman in the photo is Billy Gibbons from ZZ Top, obviously.

[@arunh3]

In the final line when agadmator said Capablanca is up a rook, that rook could be captured by white queen in the next move... 😂