You May Be Cool, But You're Not "Paul Morphy Hanging 3 Pieces" Cool

[@js684325]

Psst... Freeman appears to have been President of the Birmingham Chess Club the year prior, in 1857, and served as a fellow committee member of a chess congress in Manchester with Howard Staunton after whom the well-known style of chess pieces is named. I found another reference to Freeman from five years later, as "Dr. James Freeman" of Edgbaston (which is very near Birmingham). At that point he was apparently a member of the co-operative committee of a group that called itself the British Chess Association. This is the only reference to Freeman in a Google Books e-book edited by Johann Jakob Löwenthal summarizing the games played at the Chess Congress of 1862. This message will self-destruct in five seconds.

[@LeventK]

5 hour more likely

[@educationequity2731]

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[@stateofdecay2210]

Psst... deactivate the self destruction operation as it seems to be a very vastly knowledgeable piece of info ;)

[@ericrobinson7184]

Yeah, don't nuke the people, even if they are the pawns of the elite, we can help them.

[@kormityourboyyy491]

He also studied on high energy fields, teleportation and alien technology. No need to thank me.

[@stomesukel]

What dark corners on the internet are there about chess? I'm really curious now...

[@ss9392]

Gambits too dangerous to be shown on surface web

[@ВикторФирсов-е9ф]

It's A1 and H8. Other corners are white.

[@vrebds2484]

@euskoferre 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣

[@choi-r7108]

@@ВикторФирсов-е9ф You deserve a like, sir.

[@he0911]

You can buy a guide to the BongCloud

[@rahul0000nm]

James Freeman’s fashion style was ahead of his time

[@amansrivastava9890]

Did James tell u that?

[@onemoregame8369]

Lmao underrated comment

[@chandir7752]

If he really was ahead of his time why didn't he watch this video and play Qf4

[@zen_hayate]

Ohhhhhhhhhhh

[@fatimaabdeldaim4005]

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[@zakireyes8771]

Agadmator when displaying a quote on one of his videos in 2018: “When you see a good move, look for a better one” Agadmator in 2021: “No highs, no lows, only doge”

[@educationequity2731]

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[@skirk248]

@@educationequity2731 turn your comments on coward

[@trevorrogers95]

@@skirk248 I noticed when I was pressing the dislike button on the video that he also hides the amount of likes and dislikes like a little bitch.

[@stickiq4057]

Doge lives on forever

[@lowqualitychesscontent335]

@@skirk248 what happen in the link?

[@TheChessDude124]

Depression: *Exists* Agadmator: *We don't have that here*

[@1ksubswithoutvideos346]

LOL oh and btw I love ur vids especially the one about the Englund Gambit :)

[@he0911]

Always has been

[@flicker6741]

I just got Accused for not doing Lesson assignment from my teacher,thank God because agadmator even with that fucking teacher he can make me happy with his video

[@AUG_Glow]

@@flicker6741 had that happen to.me too stay strong m8

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

No depression here, only excellent days.

[@rahulsrinivas3224]

"A counter to Levy's counter to my London system counter"

[@educationequity2731]

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[@FredPlanatia]

Agadmator's new quotable phrase: "Counters, counters, counters!"

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

I love Agadmator, so humble

[@TheChessViking]

Actually it isn't a counter at all since it's just a new system based on Qxb2 instead of what Agadmator proposed with ...a6. The counter to Agadmator's ...a6 was btw mine as Gotham mentioned and gave credit for.

[@rodolfo6reyes640]

@@TheChessViking oh, you're that guy, cool

[@vihaanv9032]

Agadmator in 2019: Pause the video as I get my sip of water Agadmator in 2020: Feel free to pause the video Agadmator in 2021: Feel free to pause the video *checks his phone*

[@paki6277]

Morphy was a pure genius. Blindfolded playing 8 players at the same time. A real freak lol

[@dan7291able]

watch the documentary Magnus, he does the same, but more watch it for his battle vs Gary Kasparov as a 12 year old and kasparovs facial expressions are worth the watch alone lmao

[@theskoomacat7849]

"You can even blunder the rook" How does this agadmator person always read my mind

[@fantomop7447]

"Darkest Corner on The Internet" "Agadmatorino'' -2021

[@TheChessDude124]

lol

[@honeybadger2171]

Dark corners on the internet Dark Web

[@educationequity2731]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/a6qXfYKHrdWUq7s

[@fancytoxicsoda]

I read that as Ned Flanders.

[@trevorrogers95]

@@fancytoxicsoda lol I can see why.

[@JohnSmith-cx8co]

Can you imagine explaining to James Freeman after the game that thousands of people would be watching the game more than 100 years later?

[@ny9113]

Millions 😂

[@burzummmmm]

if i were him, i'd believe it.

[@OlympicFoil]

Oh hey I didn't know you were a chess fan dude! let me know if you're ever interested in getting a corrspondence game or something going 😄

[@bertfrankian4804]

In 1960 My Uncle, Edgar J Tchelebi, wrote a book in French, titled "Le secret de Morphy" Where he discusses and analyzes 77 of Morphy's games. The game shown above is game # 57 in the manuscript

[@Jesusismylordandsavior171]

Very cool. I'd like to get that book

[@theophilegaudin2329]

James Freeman did quite well for an unknown player here.

[@EternalHappElements]

Peak of hoodie

[@thegift1066]

All paul morphys games even in this era are just spectacular. His game play was just a beautiful sight

[@BinaryRex18]

Absolutely. In my mind he's not only the greatest ever chess player but also has one of the most entertaining styles - I don't believe he ever played a boring game.

[@tomer2724]

I love that only 6 mins into the vid you learn that this game was blindfolded, as if it was implied and didn't need to be said lol

[@mr.safensound4238]

Considering how many pins, forks and potential discovered attacks in this game, isn't it amazing? Morphy could plan his own attacks sure, but then he also cleverly saw off all his opponents threats in a wild and open game! He must have had crystal clear vision in his head. A rare ability we seem to be losing in our present modern life of constant distractions.

[@derekbeaumont973]

It’s in the thumbnail as well

[@NightRider0101]

@@mr.safensound4238 I believe people in the olden times didnt have much activities to do and had a lot of time for imagination. In today's world we are addicted to instant gratification, our minds are always engaged resulting in zero imagination and creativity.

[@mr.safensound4238]

@@NightRider0101 and lack of focus

[@NightRider0101]

@@mr.safensound4238 So true

[@wyatteichholz3139]

Instead of saying "A completely new game," for Morphy games you gotta say, "this position has never been seen again."

[@samriddhabiswas4753]

The time you reveal what "Agadmator" means is coming near.

[@praiseshishi2189]

Yeeesss mannn been waiting for this

[@stefanrendevski1837]

Idk about the whole name, but "mator" in croatian means "old person"

[@baldy318]

a god mater

[@anandbeh1139]

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[@canismajoris6733]

@@stefanrendevski1837 aga means yes, mator means old

[@christianbensel]

"They are not top players but they are people of great importance." Wonderful affirmation of human dignity for all!

[@baconian_road_construction]

Also Antonio: "He is India's youngest billionaire, but of course none of that matters if you can't play chess!"

[@akashroy-gq4vy]

"Help your pieces so they can help you" - Paul Charles Morphy

[@SouradipG]

After only 5 moves, they reached a position that's never been reached before... That's the beauty of Chess

[@Grayback1973]

Morphy's ability to find the best move was just incredible! I love watching analysis of his games.....thanks for these videos Aga!

[@CaradhrasAiguo49]

6:04 the position is lost for Black, but moving the f8 Rook (among other moves) can avoid immediate checkmate, but still results in losing the Queen.

[@tanayjain2658]

This shows the power of the bishop pair

[@joshmcgeough6823]

Love from Ireland 🇮🇪, maybe not as popular a game here as other places but your videos have me and my friends competing and getting better so keep it up. I’d say you might just be growing a few future Irish GMs without knowing it

[@georgemissailidis3160]

At 10:00, I think another good move for white is Qxh7+, followed by Be4+ (since black's king is forced to capture the Queen), that leaves black's bishop hanging on the d4 square

[@AndersonNeo12]

"in those days it was not just about beating your opponent, you also had to be cool while you did" - Agadmator

[@rkrmtest]

In the end, Morphy's Bishops were looking straight into the eyes of James' king 🙂

[@chrisdavidson8525]

This is up there with my favourite Morphy games - incredible! Thanks for sharing!

[@gordon9163]

I didn't own a hoody until I started watching Agadmator.

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

Hoodies seem to be all the rage with chess video streamers these days ...

[@DeanMoriartyTTBS]

I just saw the most epic youtube ad for agamators london course. Excellent

[@akashpanday3583]

"No highs, no lows, only Doge" -Elon Musk Seems like Agadmator invested in Dogecoin

[@beric0bartman]

"invested"

[@foildamnation4680]

He is a smart guy

[@josephpeeler5434]

Fool's gold. Crypto is bullshit. It all ends badly.

[@josephpeeler5434]

@@beric0bartman Yeah, all crypto is speculative bubble.

[@josephpeeler5434]

@@foildamnation4680 Not a wise guy evidently. You kids are going to have to learn the hard way about speculative bubbles.

[@thegorn]

1:50 Ireland only has one GrandMaster... who is actually from Russia... lol

[@baycorllabel]

So is he from Russia or Ireland? Decide already...

[@ignacioandresv3170]

Is it me or Freeman seemed like an extremly strong player? Even in supposedly losing positions he still defended quite well, I would have certainly lost if I was on Morphy's positions.

[@giriiyer3968]

I felt the same thing. Didn't find anything wrong with any of Freeman's moves, except for queen to d7 which only seemed like one move late, that's all. But after Freeman saced his knight every move by Morphy was losing in every variation for Freeman. It was an awesome game in my opinion.

[@thesuyashkumar]

At 5:28, Agad -" now Qg4 is A TERRIBLE THREAT." Medo runs toward the door to checkout the threats. (seems like) Nice. 😂

[@whitesheep20]

I was able to find all the best moves when you paused the game

[@iannowwe]

I find it hard to believe Mr.Morphy played this violent game blindfold, moreover, against 8 masters in one sitting. 🙌

[@NDakovic]

This opponent was good, but this kind of game is exactly why we have so many closed responses from black.

[@capturingstories8870]

Very coll.. 7k to go, road to 1million subscribers. Congrats Antonio... Keep uploading videos, very educational and entertainment..

[@sohumsharma2892]

8:18 just crazy how he played king to h1 and didn't capture Bishop . Mr. Morphy is really strong

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Thanks Agadmator for bringing to my awareness what a Great Chessplayer Paul Morphy was I’m not aware of a lot of Chess history but thanks to you am learning the sensational play players like Paul Morphy were capable of

[@tanishjambhekar7642]

Agad:ohh..theres nothin to show Agad after thinking bout morphy saga:there's everything to show

[@ya0urt]

When I start a Morphy Saga video on this chanel, I EXPECT Agadmator to welcome me back to the good stuff. I wouldn't watch the vidéo without it. And I love you chanel man Keep it up... The good stuff ;)

[@jordanbeaudoin8425]

"You can even blunder the rook" haha. So many options on how to lose while playing Morphy! =D

[@rufushanna4489]

Agadmator notification comes up My thumb: SPEED

[@TheChessDude124]

lol

[@PROofHAPPYWHEELS]

10:58 just moving the rook down apart from moving the other one to the h file is checkmate too but quicker

[@imashu5634]

"No highs,no lows,only Doge"

[@sickofseeingjustsomeguywit8168]

I wore a hoodie today for the first time. It felt good. I felt like a part of something. I shed a tear.

[@brucknerian9664]

9:50 what if Morphy's Bishop at d5 to e4 threatening immediate checkmate? The pawn move against the Queen doesn't seem to be as aggressive or as effective.

[@TurboSixxSpeed]

you explained about what the hoodie guy avatar is for, but forgot to mention Paul Morphy also got the Morphy head for such a worthy performance this game. for real though, this is an incredible game, even today in normal playing conditions, but during an 8 man blindfolded simul is just mind boggling.

[@thathighguy8624]

I’m from Ireland and I’ve recently joined a chess club!

[@MistaJay7]

I love to see new videos about Morphy! Great work!

[@rishirajsingh53]

Why does he do that "Sorry about that"!!!

[@dimitriosdoulgeris4659]

How on earth can a human being play simultaneously AND blindfold against 8 opponents? The obvious explanation is that Morphy was no human. He was something else. Brilliant game.

[@nicktomato7]

it’s insanity, and morphy was a zillion years ahead of his time. Just for what it’s worth, nowadays, the largest simultaneous blindfold record is timur gareyev, who played 48 people!! at the same time, blindfolded, and got 35 wins, 7 draws, and 6 losses people have taken chess too far lol

[@King.Mark.]

As an irish chess player it is sad to say that every chess club i have been in was located in a pub ,i do not drink my self and think this could have something to do with it lol, i lov3 chess and hope we have a G.M of our own one day 👑

[@brendanward2991]

In the meantime - as it may be a long wait - let's claim Morphy as an ex-pat.

[@roadhockey]

Should be in the library

[@King.Mark.]

@@roadhockey That's where they teach the kids cause there not aloud in the pubs, libraries are closed at 8 pm and the main chess clubs start up about that time, I'm sure there are some clubs in Ireland that are not in pubs but not where I'm at ,anyways all are closed now over covid so online chess it is 😉

[@michaelmacdonald5792]

Thanks for your work Antonio, really great content!

[@Vamshk]

That hoodie guy plays chess very well, seen in many of your videos

[@djbobbiehill]

If I was looking for Mr. Freeman I would start by looking at who he played in tournaments and maybe find someone talking about him or his games

[@Cowboy-vp2so]

Did anyone else get an Agadmator chessable anti-London system ad when they clicked on this video?

[@nobodyspecial2835]

What a title!! Wonderful! Thank you. It's crazy how "cool" you make chess. Interesting and innovative. Top notch engines and Ag's perspective is a beautiful combination.

[@marthadunkley6758]

thank you Antonio for the brave attempt at the authentic accent for the place of my birth Birmingham :)

[@oracle7858]

I got a chessable ad and heard agad’s “hello everyone” along with background music and got so confused

[@khalilnaouai4702]

this is indeed the good stuff, always happy to see a new morphy video first thing in the morning

[@sohamzade3901]

This James Freeman dude was quite strong!

[@nicholasanonymous6796]

After years of me asking for you to analyse this game, you finally analyzed it! Its my favorite chess game of all time, this game deserves more attention its so attacking and beautiful.

[@giriiyer3968]

Same thing over here. I have asked many to analyse this game but seems no one knows about it. I consider it among the top ten of all and definitely among my favs and blindfold simul,mind you. The level of genius of morphy,indicative so to speak. Awesome game.

[@nicholasanonymous6796]

@@giriiyer3968 finally someone who understands me! Yes man its such a unique bold, creative game where the quality morphy produces and freemans fighting spirit makes this game a memorable one. Yes freeman wasnt a master but i felt like he played like one and morphy was playing blindfolded but thats what i think made this game so great. Freeman probs knew he only had 1 shot to knock off morphy and brought his A game and morphy being blindfolded probably forced him to think real deep and use his visualization skills to the max. Freeman played like a 8/10, morphy a 9.5 i know theres millions of games but this truly is definitely my favorite.

[@nicholasanonymous6796]

@@giriiyer3968 btw i also saw this game on historical chess videos last year on youtube. Went back and Just noticed you commented on that video. Thats how i found the game, how did you?

[@giriiyer3968]

@@nicholasanonymous6796 well let me first be clear about one thing. Don't judge players of that era bcoz you have not heard about or there is no information. History and documentation of history are hostage to the the writers especially when something like chess wasn't considered serious in those dayst to be documented. We must thank those diehard fans who left behind this rather hazy and sketchy piece of history,but the fault should not be laid at Freeman's doorstep. As for Freeman I thought he was a wonderful player and there must be more. I'm very curious to know more about him. Yes actually I saw this game first time in a local hindi channel in india but the presentation was very bad. Then I watched in HCV (great channel by the way) and I was floored by the stunning beauty and artistry of this game. Since then I've watched it innumerable times and the deacon game. It is bcoz of these games I consider Morphy the one only goat in all of chess history. By the way thank you so much for your quick reply and nice words A very good day to you my dear friend.

[@nicholasanonymous6796]

@@giriiyer3968 brother i coudnt of agreed with you anymore. If anything i believe freeman played brilliantly and always had thought to match morphy to the bitter end was a achievement in itself, but as you said and which i agree with that morphy was the g.o.a.t. and yes we must thank everyone who helped to keep chess records, players and the game survive and keep their legacy alive through own efforts of recording who they were etc. Agreed and im sure there were many other games like this and players like freeman who were lost in time but with use of big data and the increase of chess i hope we can learn more about freeman and other great lost games and gentlemen.

[@dzeplous]

Whenever Agadmator leans to his right, it's not to adjust the volume.. he is patting Gothamchess :P

[@educationequity2731]

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[@elegomeskin]

Levi of GothamChess is approaching 1 million subscribers of which I am one...

[@rawdaaljawhary4174]

AHAHAHA I love this. Love Levy, but yeah, stay in your lane, Agad flexing.

[@playboyv12]

Captures, captures...

[@liamcolleran2584]

Hello from Ireland. Don't know why we don't play more chess but here's maybe a cool fact. The Irish word for chess is "ficheall". Ficheall was an ancient game and nowadays we don't have the rules so we just call chess ficheall. Ficheall was used to decide many disputes in ancient Irish myth. (Ireland has two official languages: English and Irish. Internationally Irish might be more commonly known as Gaelic. Gaelic is just an anglicised version of "Gaeilge" the Irish word for Irish.) :-)

[@timo5563]

agadmator should commentate all blindfold games blindfold.

[@educationequity2731]

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[@andrewmcroberts2497]

Your so close to 1 million subscribers. A congratulations in advance from Australia!

[@exs1803]

What a wonderful game. Attack and counterattack. So many options.

[@pradyumnamundhe8643]

Me looking at the subscribers count... Michael Scott *intensifies* "All right it's happening!!"

[@Schlain666]

Morphy: Crushes 8 people simultaneously while blindfolded. Me: Have yet to win a single game of chess.

[@paulharris2331]

Play the Evan's Gambit. You'll win every single game, guaranteed.

[@adkaquatics212]

👍

[@vihaanv9032]

@@paulharris2331 ya

[@sussygussy5457]

Hey that’s me too lmao

[@irfanadib1470]

This guy looks like he's going to get a million subscribers someday.

[@brianbarry6280]

hey antonio, im from ireland and chess has been on the rise lately! hopefully we will have some gms in the future

[@vinayvekaria3400]

Will you bring back the podcast series? Would love to see Carlsen, Firouzja, Caruana etc. on it!

[@zeda4014]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Edward_Freeman - - He was an American painter, but also a diplomat and author who lived primarily in Italy during this era. It seems likely to me from the Wikipedia entry, however, that he painted at least one of his paintings probably in London, see the sentence, "In his painting The Savoyard Boy in London (1865, Smithsonian American Art Museum). Freeman makes parallels between Italy’s internal struggle for unification with the American Civil War." - - That's under the heading "Artistic Career in Italy", first paragraph, in the Wiki article. So we have a notable named James Freeman occasionally visiting England during the same era - - and maybe some notables from Europe traveled to England to see Morphy play. And James Freeman was a fairly famous painter at the time. If it was an elite bunch of folks playing the simultaneous as you indicated James Edward Freeman, famous painter and diplomat visiting from Italy, could have easily been the hoodie guy.

[@ColHogan-bu2xq]

This game is a masterpiece of talent.

[@altpathikrit9864]

Several years later something similar happened in the famous Aronian vs Anand game at Wijk Aan Zee 2013

[@johnquincyadams8983]

Agadmator is reaching 1 million !!

[@nrlstatsandanalysis]

Watching at 8:45pm in AUSTRALIA

[@mhjbara3712]

i believe for in 99.9% this Murphy is the most talented player in all of chess history. .

[@Thundrgod]

The white squared bishop is just standing there to be captured but is like "I'm Immortal "

[@bobbywok]

At 7:10 after Black's Qf4 Morphy would win instantly with Be4, which would have been more efficient after the game continuation as well.

[@suhail_69]

Nope, pawn h6 defends that..

[@Riskninjaz]

Awesome stuff agadmator. Congrats on all your recent achievements. Too many to mention. New channel, subs, article. #chesslegend. 😁😁👍

[@hemilshah7032]

10:01 does bishop to e4 also work? It threatens queen to h7 checkmate so u must capture the bishop then rook takes and white wins the queen!

[@juandiaz3651]

Hey Agad, now that you are nearing 1M I just wanted to remind you of what you said long back that when you hit 1M we would ask FIDE to make Rashid Nezhmetdinov an honorary GM. Thank you very much for your amazing work at promoting, teaching and bringing chess to everyone no matter their skill. And congratulations in advance for hitting 1M subscribers!!! Edit: I am aware that I already commented the same thing but just in case Agad didn’t see it I comment it again.

[@juandiaz3651]

Also I have a #suggestion: David Lariño Nieto vs Peter Gokhvat round 4 of the VI Sunway Sitges (played on 16/12/2019) (here is the link to the PGN: chess24.com/es/watch/live-tournaments/sunway-sitges-2019/4/1/50) I think it might be worthy of the sorcery series, or maybe it might not be that impressive, but it’s a great game nevertheless. Interestingly enough, some call Lariño the “modern Spanish Tal”. Anyways, congrats on 1M!!

[@punyashilshahare2152]

0:11 that 'Obviously' was powerful 😆😂

[@wolfie8748]

Good stuff and the hoddie guy basically cures anxiety.

[@BinaryRex18]

At 12:38 why doesn't Freeman move the rook from e8 to f8 to defend the f5 pawn?

[@joseluiscastillo4730]

"Counter to Levy's counter of my london counter" agadmator incepcion, the parallel of the reaction of a reaction of the reaction... the matrix will soon be rebooted

[@SmrkljoSrbija]

Svaka ti cast. Samo nastavi sa svime sto radis svakako si najzanimljiviji sahista jutuba. Pozdrav iz Srbije

[@swatichatterjee8544]

Morphy's opponent was so aggressive that he almost played e4 1:32

[@Igor-dn4tp]

I think next week, on friday the 12th you will reach 1 million subscribers! Amazing channel and always happy when new videos are bein uploaded 🤤❤♟

[@jorgeeduardodussanvillanue46]

All the chess people making bank off courses (which is not wrong at all) and Antonio teams up with Chessable to deliver a free course on his line. This man is a true blessing. I hope Chessable gave you nice compensation for that sacrifice!

[@adraino7345]

I’m not staying up late I’m just on Agadmator time

[@omarbassam821]

Every time you bring Morphy saga I remember Mr. Barnes

[@durooham2535]

who else need more Morphy games.? Plz upload more game

[@iakovzhitomirskiy1569]

Well one of my uncle's name is James Freeman but I guess it's not him😂

[@switchblad333]

4:07 "for example deliver checkmate" that would seem like a good idea yeah

[@vrebds2484]

I like Paul Morphy (hairstyles)🙋🏾‍♂️

[@DeepakKumar-yk8cb]

So you haven't seen his Style in real life

[@vrebds2484]

@@DeepakKumar-yk8cb I only knows 2 styles of Paul Morphy... 1 is his hair style, 2nd is his playing style.... I liked both styles but the 2nd one is too difficult to follow 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@Zawnpuia1640]

At first I thought it was headphone 🎧😅 Edit: it was when I started watching agamator and when I started chess

[@vrebds2484]

@@Zawnpuia1640 🎧😃😅