Amazing how Black's light square bishop initially seemed doomed to passivity, but then it got to h3 and turned into a monster, staying there the whole rest of the game menacing the white king.
@antebagaric1970
2 жыл бұрын
Not just restricting the white king, but defending e6 square preventing any useful checks by white queens. if it didn't defend that square, 2 white queens would easily checkmate the black king.
@paperfart3988
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah it was definitely a 5 point bishop that game
@connected_passed_pawns
2 жыл бұрын
Story of a Phoenix Bishop raising from the ashes
@mikekokomomike
2 жыл бұрын
@@paperfart3988 It had the makings of a Varsity player
@mkakajoel5281
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikekokomomike Definitely not a hothouse flower
@trequor
2 жыл бұрын
That Medo backstory is essential to the channel.
@texasjoe557
2 жыл бұрын
I love Agadmator videos with my first cup of coffee. After that game I’m ready for whatever life throws at me today!
@ChinmayDhake
2 жыл бұрын
Really appreciate that status update on Medo. Thanks!!! Although I'll have to agree that I do the same whenever fish 🐠 is being cooked at home.
@schwebor
2 жыл бұрын
Thought the same thing about medo
@yuallisone3460
2 жыл бұрын
Is it medo, or meadow?
@schwebor
2 жыл бұрын
@@yuallisone3460 dont know, all i know is that im afraid of dogs, but he is a good boy
@BlazeSLK
2 жыл бұрын
@@yuallisone3460 I was unsure on a previous video, but I learned that Medo sounds like the Croatian word for bear, so it’s a popular dog name
@ChinmayDhake
2 жыл бұрын
@@yuallisone3460 I have seen everyone use 'Medo'
@RDSR19
2 жыл бұрын
Never ever thought even after 2 queens for white, black would win
@dark_magician_sdy
2 жыл бұрын
Same
@RiskyBisky11
2 жыл бұрын
Ironically nothing fishy about the position here, medo simply accepts the gambitted fish, he is just awaiting his meal. Completely winning position.
@alexglase765
2 жыл бұрын
Static piece value is ultimately a pretty lame system… at best it applies in simple endgames, but in the opening, minor pieces are worth more than rooks and in the endgame two connected pawns are worth equal or more than a rook. The ruthless geometry of the 64 squares never ceases to impress.
@anilbista7445
2 жыл бұрын
Two passed pawns on 6 rank outplays rook But not if they are below 5th rank
@halfaheartbongobongo
2 жыл бұрын
Doesn't matter in simple endgames either. If you're down a piece/the exchange often your best chance of drawing is to get rid of all the pawns. You can be up "+6" with two knights and still have a draw lol, and at a noob level getting to Bishop + Knight often has great practical chances. Rook vs Queen is technically a win but sometimes can't even be won in the 50 move rule. The specific material imbalance matters way more than the actual point count.
@aronuchukwuezugo615
2 жыл бұрын
1:09 and it was in this position that Medo found a completely new hobby
@StevenStJohn-kj9eb
2 жыл бұрын
Loved the intro, that was hilarious. Nice shout out to Guy Lafleur in the contributions.
@davidnelson4960
2 жыл бұрын
Props to mator for going straight to the middle of going to the good stuff.
@prblm.7790
2 жыл бұрын
I was always taught that queen is worth 9. I know its not preciselly said and it depends from situation, but everyone was saying that queen is 9, not 10
@jyotsnasrivastava6373
2 жыл бұрын
Thanks agadmator for making my day. I was getting bored and your upload definitely energised me😊
@animezoneamv9116
2 жыл бұрын
This is an old type of comment.
@Fuezekiel
2 жыл бұрын
We were indeed wondering about Medo so thank you for that
@xethnyrrow
2 жыл бұрын
And it was in this position, right before dinner was served, that Medo stole the fish and had a great dinner! As for the game, can you imagine having 2 queens and losing? As white too? That's gonna leave a mark.
@rileyvonbevern4652
2 жыл бұрын
Antonio thank you so much for your chess daily videos, they have certainly have improved my days over the past few years :)
@grzgrz6
2 жыл бұрын
Man, I wish Wesley had a lot more time, like few hours, to think about how to utilize his queens in the best way. The position, where NOT capturing a rook with promotion is better and then NOT capturing the newly promoted queen is better is just mindblowing, I so loved that.
@jhvscs
2 жыл бұрын
Did Meadow eat the fish?
@agadmator
2 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@Far3288
2 жыл бұрын
We attribute arbitrary values to the chess pieces to rank their worth, but Medo knows true worth: the cooking fish
@simonmultiverse6349
2 жыл бұрын
Once you told us the story of the three -gadmators: one was Agadmator and there were two others. You should make Medo the FOURTH -gadmator and you could call him Mgadmator.
@philipr1567
2 жыл бұрын
Or Adogmator
@simonmultiverse6349
2 жыл бұрын
@@philipr1567 Very good.
@shaundiltz5821
2 жыл бұрын
I've never resigned with two queens. That's impressive
@Infarlock
2 жыл бұрын
Wesley So: "I have a second queen!" Everyone: "What did it cost?" Wesley So: "Everything..."
@mikekeenan8450
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome game. Besides everything discussed in the video, it's a step towards redemption for the 4. Bd2 variation of the Nimzoindian, which makes a lot of intuitive sense but has generally been dismissed as weak. The first chess book I ever read (a reprint of some little "Chess for the Beginner" thing which I think was written by Frank Marshall) set the queen at 10 points, but nearly every other book I've seen sets it at 9. The second chess book I ever read (I. A. Horowitz's "Chess for Beginners") set it at 9, and justified that by showing that two _connected_ rooks generally beat a queen.
@SamuelPearlman
2 жыл бұрын
"Yeah, I forced Wesley So to resign when he had 2 Queens on the board." --LA
@jeffersonthomas1269
2 жыл бұрын
I believe he could have blocked with the knight at the end with knight to e4. After any trades with the bishop going firsts the king could move to help after the rook allowed him f2 by white moving it to help out otherwise. The end game would have had black down a bishop and that may be why he didn't even try it.
@4thjulybd809
2 жыл бұрын
The King is priceless, that's the point. Be a king not a simp
@garrysekelli6776
2 жыл бұрын
King is worth 3.2
@animezoneamv9116
2 жыл бұрын
@@garrysekelli6776 Nope ♾
@TheFilipFonky
2 жыл бұрын
@@garrysekelli6776 King is infinite
@garrysekelli6776
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheFilipFonky king can move to 8 different squares like the knight and bishop but also can castle giving it a slight advantage over the knight and bishop.
@dennoplit3728
2 жыл бұрын
@@garrysekelli6776 you cant give a value to the king, it's just different
@Aleksandar_Lukic
2 жыл бұрын
Holy shit I got a heart attack after you started with "if you're wondering why Medo isn't here .." glad he is fine and craving for fish 🐟
@mengekyosyaringanKamui
2 жыл бұрын
Levon ... this guy is a real beast Nothing is impossible even if ure opponent has 2 queens
@alecnilson6530
2 жыл бұрын
I can't say I've ever seen a queen pinned to another queen before, let alone while simultaneously being pinned to the king.
@adityapratapsingh9985
2 жыл бұрын
I was looking to suggest u this game bro. But you are too good and even faster to show this masterpiece. I Watched this game live at 2 am Indian time. Love from India . PS- Levon is my favorite chess player.
@chichoskruch21
2 жыл бұрын
Such a shame what happened to Levon with the candidates. He is one of my favorite modern players, his games are almost always entertaining to watch.
@hdmotivated
2 жыл бұрын
He seems to choke.. no reason he shouldn't of made it ..especially after beating hikaru the first game of the second leg
@rhwing5095
2 жыл бұрын
@@hdmotivated I would say he’s the only one who _doesn’t_ choke when playing Magnus
@hdmotivated
2 жыл бұрын
@@rhwing5095 well it doesn't translate to the big events..this like the 3rd time he choked going to the candidates
@pabloapostar7275
2 жыл бұрын
At 9:13 I was anticipating the queen moving to h5, not e4. Not sure if that would have been better.
@Quickness_Fitness
2 жыл бұрын
Ah, where two queens was basically the same as two rooks since all the action was going on in files; the ability to move diagonally did not come in handy for white.
@williamgoss4691
2 жыл бұрын
On paper two Queens sounds like utter domination of your opponent. But nothing is certain in Chess, the Sands are always moving and no one can accurately predict the outcome. A really compelling game and excellent analysis, thkz Agad.
@arunbeckham8384
2 жыл бұрын
This is truly beautiful game from Levon.😍
@damerkharmawphlang4196
2 жыл бұрын
Definition of positional. Positional masterclass by Levon
@arsenusthearsenalswagus4200
2 жыл бұрын
I thought for a second that So would make another spectacular save after Levon played Qf6. He also was losing against Xiong on their second game before finding a Bf1 move that just saved what seemed to be a completely lost game. GGs to both tho, I know they both were a little out of form after failing to qualify for the candidates.
@gjokogigovski4456
2 жыл бұрын
Great video as always. Btw, Ding Liren reached 30 games 👀
@jesusthroughmary
2 жыл бұрын
#suggestion Show Ding's 30th game that qualified him for the Candidates
@dennoplit3728
2 жыл бұрын
He already had 4 so he qualified a while ago
@jesusthroughmary
2 жыл бұрын
@@dennoplit3728 he needed 30 so four isn't exactly close, he played 28 in April
@imranshorifshuvo3787
2 жыл бұрын
the piece of info about medo attracts me the most :333
@prettyboirichie4583
2 жыл бұрын
I am so glad that Agad put a game with Levon winning.
@Vid11eos
2 жыл бұрын
At 12:13 after qd4+ why can’t Wesley play Kh1 ?? Instead of qe3 blocking ?
@OfficialFoliLucker
2 жыл бұрын
It's not that he can't play it but he simply blundered due to time trouble.
@issamharara1443
2 жыл бұрын
Do botvinnik vs smyslov 1954 game 7 brilliant game from smyslov
@user-co8ws1qk5k
2 жыл бұрын
It is so important to not to scared when you're opponent has two queens,said levon
@vinitkane250
2 жыл бұрын
So, as I thought of immediate King to G1 as well, am I atleast as good as defeated Wesley So?😀
@kellister9151
2 жыл бұрын
I have always been told that a queen is worth 9 points?
@animezoneamv9116
2 жыл бұрын
True
@shaundiltz5821
2 жыл бұрын
Medo is taking a break from fighting ghosts to smell fish being cooked. Acceptable Medo.
@billkillernic
2 жыл бұрын
14:09 What if Wesley played bishop to e4 instead in this position ?
@dimitriosdoulgeris4659
2 жыл бұрын
You first need to realize that the queen can't move before you dare to attack the most powerful and monstrous piece on a chessboard. Very nice tactic.
@honestabe411
2 жыл бұрын
When I was growing up the queen was 9 points … damn inflation
@vivekjoshi5207
2 жыл бұрын
Couldn't believe that two super grand masters play a completely locked center and queen side ...one of them went on to make another queen ..and then lost..! What a game.!!
@hex3845
2 жыл бұрын
As IM Levy Rozman once said, "Folks, pp on the pp". Put pressure on the pinned piece.
@jesusthroughmary
2 жыл бұрын
Tigran Petrosian approves
@bonmznsportn4768
2 жыл бұрын
Although its rapid, getting beaten with 2 queens on the board is absolute savagery.
@GoingNutsS
2 жыл бұрын
dat bishop on H3 did the whole job...seems like closing the diagnal with D5, came back as a boomerang at the end
@Puschit1
2 жыл бұрын
And moved only once the entire game
@Stolzenator
2 жыл бұрын
i was expecting a 'sorry about thar' after he opens with D4.... for some reason, agad is always sorry about something whenever the game starts with D4
@mohamadbakhshipur1061
2 жыл бұрын
Agad:"I mean....WOW😏" Me:wooooow
@davidanderson_surrey_bc
2 жыл бұрын
Agadmator: Talks about Stockfish. Medo: Stalks fish. Me: Settles for fish sticks.
@lawrenceehrbar8667
2 жыл бұрын
I am a N.Y. Rangers fan. Why are you bringing the Islanders into the conversation.
@ounalan
2 жыл бұрын
I think 3 light pieces roughly balance a queen, even better if they are well coordinated. However, always the specific position has priority. So a queen is 9± and a light piece is 3± depending on the position.
@samannoyb
2 жыл бұрын
You never know who's gonna win from his appearances in the discussion
@muhammedalthaf2145
2 жыл бұрын
Even a pawn is worth more than the queen in some situations
@mtaur4113
2 жыл бұрын
For those of you who are a fan of the French move, skip to 4:53
@gabrielemarchini6329
2 жыл бұрын
What if White at 6:08 plays QC2 instead of QxF1? Isn't It better as you have check and you pick up the bishop with the queen and you avoid QD4 check?
@oloyt6844
2 жыл бұрын
Eh probably still draw but you lose h2 pawn
@panda4247
2 жыл бұрын
Medo studying stockfish
@pineapplesareyummy6352
2 жыл бұрын
This is one of the rare occasions where I have seen the player with two queens lose (!!)
@vladislavurosevic7773
2 жыл бұрын
i almost chocked by the Medo comment, thanks Agad!
@askthepizzaguy
2 жыл бұрын
The whole "points" system for the value of pieces is like a lie-to-children (see wikipedia article on what that means... essentially, it's a simpler but wrong version of the truth, to help young people understand difficult concepts in a step by step process) In truth, a pawn can be worth more than a queen, even without promoting, if that pawn is about to assist in a checkmate of a trapped king. The value of pieces on the losing side is absolutely nothing if there is a forced mate on the board, while the value of the checkmating pieces and pawns on the winning side is infinite. But only in those positions. Or in positions where a pawn is forced to be traded for a queen to prevent promotion, things like that, where you are winning positionally even if down "material" because in order to prevent an immediate loss, the losing side has to trade away their material advantage. So the value of all pieces and pawns is variable, it is directly related to how well they are positioned to win and how poorly the opposing pieces and pawns are positioned to prevent a loss. When black has a massive attack on the queenside, a blocked center, but getting checkmated on the kingside, and both kings have castled kingside, what is the value of black's queenside pieces, which cannot reposition in time to defend the black king? They essentially do not exist, like a trapped rook or bishop. They are on the board but they no longer matter. That is why attackers can dump pieces and pawns for an attack, it is because the resulting vulnerable king loses to the remaining material close enough to attack that king, and won't be reinforced in time before checkmate. Position of the pieces and pawns are related to the time it takes for those pieces and pawns to either win the game with checkmate, or win enough material that a win is inevitable, or to defend their own king. If they cannot accomplish any of those things before the opposing army can, then their value is nearly nothing. Pieces have value if they can make something happen in time for the material imbalance to become irrelevant. If there is no winning tactic, no checkmate, and no danger of being checkmated, then and only then do the relative values of the pieces and pawns begin to matter. And even then, a blockaded bishop or a trapped rook isn't worth as much as a knight in certain positions. Chess is complicated. In order to dumb it down for us non-titled players, we are taught to memorize that this piece is worth more than that one. But in order to become better players we have to unlearn that rule, and learn that this pawn in this position is better than your queen, and that it is okay to let your queen hang if the pawn is about to promote and mate, or mate a trapped king. That these knights and bishops and rook versus a king are worth more than lost material elsewhere. That a couple pieces are worth more than the entire opposing army, in this position. But only if you can make those positions happen and there is no refutation. Which means we need to be able to calculate it out so we know there's no refuting it. Until we can do that, we need to remember the relative value of pieces. But even at the start, we are told the value of the king is infinite, so even with the lie to children of the value of pieces, if we can checkmate, then material is irrelevant. So there's still a kernel of truth in the lie.
@askthepizzaguy
2 жыл бұрын
In the final position on the board in this video, black's rooks were better than white's queens.
@lynk_1240
2 жыл бұрын
This is why I always have a hard time understanding why so many players think that being down the exchange means they lose. If you are able to mount an attack in the midgame where your Knight/Bishop will matter more than the opposing Rook, the exchange is easily worth it. Similarly, if you can force a relatively closed position and offer no open lines, Rooks are almost useless.
@squareroots6003
2 жыл бұрын
That bishop on h3 is the real hero
@ferlyorllyne2367
2 жыл бұрын
it was in this video that Medo have a completely new routine when Antonio is recording a video
@grcfalcon
2 жыл бұрын
Well in this game, pinning is winning.
@kayser_soze
2 жыл бұрын
What about knight to e4 ?
@koushikmajumder8870
2 жыл бұрын
If agad did not cover this match,it would be a crime to chess🤪🤪🤪!!! What a game❤️❤️❤️!!!
@Tod_oMal
2 жыл бұрын
The "sound" of cooking the fish? Are you cooking in "alive"? 😂😂😂
@SpectreInk
2 жыл бұрын
Two queens and Wesley still got folded. Damn.
@rockbore
2 жыл бұрын
Medo is on the case, lunch is safe from intruders.
@disco_sugar
2 жыл бұрын
"the whole is greater than the sum of its parts"
@rahilshah498
2 жыл бұрын
Info corner though 💯💯💯❣️❣️🔥🔥🔥
@FloydMaxwell
2 жыл бұрын
Great game. Complicated enough to interest these two great tacticians.
@widitruth
2 жыл бұрын
brilliant pressure until breaks down
@splash8627
2 жыл бұрын
The possible mates had me chucklin
@thethirdjegs
2 жыл бұрын
Aron Nimzowitsch talking about passed pawn. Meanwhile Cebuanos who call en passant as pass-pawn: i never knew we could do that in chess.
@yanceyward3689
2 жыл бұрын
My specialty is giving my opponent a second queen, but losing the game.
@ex0duzz
2 жыл бұрын
That bishop on h3 and rooks on f file was so powerful it made up for extra queens. The knight was also reduced to passivity so it didn't matter if white had an extra queen since everything was needed to stop him from being mated. Most powerful threat in chess is checkmate, points or extra queens don't mean anything when checkmate is the threat and you have no mate threat of your own.
@trequor
2 жыл бұрын
I think the extra queen was actually necessary to mount this kind of defence. I dont think a rook could have held off checkmate for so long.
@ex0duzz
2 жыл бұрын
@@trequor yeah my point was even the extra queen didn't help in the end, the rook was stronger than the queen due to the position and other minor pieces like the monster bishop on h3
@black350Z
2 жыл бұрын
There is no hope stronger than a dog hoping food falls on the floor while someone is cooking or eating.
@johnrony7962
2 жыл бұрын
13:43 beautiful move
@timmyshore3755
2 жыл бұрын
medo ! my grampa and i feel better when we know where medo is and what he’s doing. 👍
@lynk_1240
2 жыл бұрын
Activity modifier to your piece points can be HUGE!!
@MrK623
2 жыл бұрын
I have never found a source that gave more than 9 points for the Q.
@animezoneamv9116
2 жыл бұрын
At 8:55 I guess Agad was wondering why it's not Rook H to f6. Well because rook on e8 is pinned. And what an incredible game btw. This is the next level of chess I guess. Let's call the 23rd century chess.
@andor1988111
2 жыл бұрын
Wow, one of the best games recently showed!
@ibraahimnuhaadh9834
2 жыл бұрын
This is the only game that agadmator is not excited for pawn to b4
@garvhanda4277
2 жыл бұрын
" Medo enjoys the smell and the sound of the fish "" !!! Are you sure about that ?
@Pushpendra_singh96
2 жыл бұрын
Black's bishop here is a total underdog. All the time it was on h3 yelling it's friends "Guys let's pile up on the white king, I have got him in jail" And everyone started coming near white king because bishop had everyone's back.
@malawi3803
2 жыл бұрын
Best Channel Ever ❤️
@RupertMDoc
2 жыл бұрын
A queen is worth 9 (or 10), but a vulnerable king is worth -11.
@travisflesher89
2 жыл бұрын
Excellent agadmator. You're chess analysis really gets the point across in a way that makes my chess game better. Quite enjoyable to watch these videos. Thank you.
@humansareweird2866
2 жыл бұрын
"It seems like Wesley defended successfully" yeah only down a rook.
@matejalapatanovic6225
2 жыл бұрын
Its all about piece quality
@AkramSaheb
2 жыл бұрын
Levon brings a queen into the game @ 8:45 lol
@AmanfromSouth128
2 жыл бұрын
This is why we love Levon
@a.m.armstrong8354
2 жыл бұрын
Everything is relative..even a king with two queens.
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