Mysterious Mr. Potier || Morphy Starts The 8 Player Blindfold Simul in Paris!

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Mysterious Mr. Potier || Morphy Starts The 8 Player Blindfold Simul in Paris!

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This is the story of the birth of modern chess - when the possibilities of chess as an art, a science and a sport all converged.
The point of convergence was a young boy from Louisiana named Paul Morphy. At a time when America was seen as a backwoods nation with little cultural history and even less intellectual impetus, at a time when chess was considered the exclusive property of a few European countries, at a time when the game was played successfully by a handful of men wizened by years, Paul Morphy, in the brief span of 19 months and with seemingly little effort, defeated conclusively every player he met.
While today few non chess players even know his name, he was one of the most famous celebrities of his time and within the hallowed halls of the chess playing community he is considered by some as the greatest chess player of all time.
But this diminutive, unassuming boy rose to fame almost out of nowhere and once he secured his place in history, he retired back into that hazy unknown, shunning the public eye, never again to play serious chess. Not only was he one of great practitioners of the game, but also one of it's greatest enigmas. He's been given the sobriquet, The Pride and Sorrow of Chess.
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Paul Morphy vs Potier
Blindfold simul, 8b (1858) (blindfold), Paris FRA, Sep-27
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritsky Gambit (C27)
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@jonathandennerly7472 3 жыл бұрын

I was only able to find out that the player was called William Potier. 2 updates: The game was played at the Café de la Régence, which has been going since the 1700s From a book about the café called "Nouvelle Régence": "Young, impatient, audacious to the point of temerity, now enters the arena an amateur that we have seen, as a child, take part in the games of Grand Masters and a person whose name has already appeared in the records of the Régence. Mr. Potier. The occupations of this individual do not allow us to devote much time to him, but he has found in the solitude and silence the source of his progress. Full of love for science, he likes analysis and study; he therefore finds, by habit of his work, in difficult positions, excessively ingenious resources. Of a more cold, methodical, maybe too serious character, Mr. Potier belongs more to an English or German School of chess, looking for progress over distractions."

@haweesmohamed5908 3 жыл бұрын

Vast knowledge increased thanks ♥️

@strajder91 3 жыл бұрын

@agadmator should pin this one

@vgovind2533 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for improving my vast knowledge..... :)

@stevesherman1743 3 жыл бұрын

So it wasn’t the actor Sydney Poitier. 😜

@AsadAli-jc5tg Жыл бұрын

@@stevesherman1743o it wasn't him, but was he William Potier? No. I know this opponent from Paris. His name is Pottier, Eugene Pottier (born 1816) a member of Paris municipal council and a freemason. He was very bad at chess.

@randomaccount0073 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy’s attacks are mind-boggling.... Then your remember he was blindfolded

@william7yifans 3 жыл бұрын

and playing 7 other people

@sol8140 3 жыл бұрын

It surprised me that he isn't actually blindfolded, just facing away in the other end of the room. Not how I pictured it

@maskedcreator4525 3 жыл бұрын

Or like when your mind is trapped in a bottle.

@WorldofWar 3 жыл бұрын

I play on the toilet.

@william7yifans 3 жыл бұрын

@@sol8140 why is that surprising? blindfold chess just means they cant see the board

@ewnrid 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator is the perfect example of just solid good KZfaq content

@silverfalcon2119 3 жыл бұрын

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@ColdFridge1 3 жыл бұрын

The good stuff hits different than any modern games

@dummybugstudios6450 3 жыл бұрын

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@2highbruh 3 жыл бұрын

Yee, where the weed at? lolol

@mysticdragonex815 3 жыл бұрын

"To continue the match we must abandon the match." Literally me during a chess game

@kohchungwei 3 жыл бұрын

3 Certainties in Life: Death, Taxes & Agad's consistent uploads being consistently excellent

@stakagans 3 жыл бұрын

Consistently consistent

@johnaustin704 3 жыл бұрын

Which is part of the reason this channel has 1.06M subscibers today.

@noammosek1319 3 жыл бұрын

@Castor Tarantino dude the man needs to make money

@swallowtail7718 3 жыл бұрын

@Castor Tarantino Dude his content is free, and you're not forced to donate. Also there's no paid ad in his video what are you on about. Consider donating a small sum if you enjoy his content.

@saulsavelis575 3 жыл бұрын

@Castor Tarantino the prime reason for all yt channels is money

@jukaprazina7561 3 жыл бұрын

Finally.. The good stuff..

@jongpark6519 3 жыл бұрын

Even has the hoodie to make it perfect

@silverfalcon2119 3 жыл бұрын

Its far beyond good, this stuff is legendary

@richardfredlund3802 3 жыл бұрын

@@jongpark6519 i couldn't like your 'finally the good stuff' comment because it had exactly 64 likes. so i liked your hoodie comment instead :)

@LeventK 3 жыл бұрын

One "Hello everyone!" a day keeps depression away. Especially in a hoodie

@johnfasanoii4382 3 жыл бұрын

I AGREE 100% this is the best chess channel on KZfaq

@nickb102661 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to the “hood” stuff.

@HansNieman 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Levent 😤😤

@saulsavelis575 3 жыл бұрын

@@johnfasanoii4382 I said so when Agad had less than 100k subs

@CasualPrince 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy is just an anomaly. Of all the players I've ever watched his talent just stands alone. A nautral if ever there was one.

@dr.bluesfield3629 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy's the man! Studying chess is for wimps.

@rlkinnard 3 жыл бұрын

And Capa

@stateofdecay2210 3 жыл бұрын

this is the best online series now. with most great series like Game of thrones, the 100, the walking dead and so on... either are gone or delayed, this is what we have now, and the best part is when Morphy said the other guy (sorry I am bad in remembering names ) wont be able to win even a single game, it just makes it an excellent Saga or Series, I am eagerly waiting to watch what will happen, I even did not read the comment segment because I don't want this to be spoiled for me, Thank You Very Much for making chess so interesting and I wont even play chess maybe once or twice per week

@Snoflakes_1 3 жыл бұрын

Daniel Harwitz

@parsafakhar 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy: *plays a really good move Lowental: IT'S SIMPING TIME!!

@sullywinn4225 Ай бұрын

Lol, not always. He also liked to pretend to find better moves than Morphy. Oftentimes, they were complete blunders 😂

@kohchungwei 3 жыл бұрын

The way we are abandoning Harrwitz for the moment is exactly like how the main character has to go off for a (fetch quest/side mission)

@skirk248 3 жыл бұрын

It appears that someone min maxed his stat line

@ScienceFan33 3 жыл бұрын

The way we are abandoning Harrwitz for the moment is exactly like how Harrwitz abandoned match with Morphy

@Curze123 3 жыл бұрын

“Best move is F6” Never thought we here that out of Agad’s mouth lol

@ProfessorOfLogic81 3 жыл бұрын

If only Morphy had known it is actually becoming a lawyer that is a life wasted.

@saulsavelis575 3 жыл бұрын

he knew both, but money were good back then

@TurboSixxSpeed 3 жыл бұрын

agadmator should do a video summarizing Morphy winning a case. "and it was after that argument, the defendant pleaded guilty as there was nothing more to do here."

@user-vw7rz3nb9u 3 жыл бұрын

@@saulsavelis575 he was born rich

@saulsavelis575 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-vw7rz3nb9u because was born in lawyer's family

@masterjax2449 3 жыл бұрын

lol if you're good at chess, its a sign kf a wasted life

@Rspknlikeab0ssxd 3 жыл бұрын

How Morphy can play with such strength and elegance and absolute sight over the board while blindfolded against several players who as a consequence have several times longer to think about their moves than Morphy, I'll never know. What an outstanding player!

@lemsdarkapprentice2535 3 жыл бұрын

If you thought his moves were good, look at what PCM did the next day after these games: "The next morning, Paul Morphy dictated to Edge all the moves of his 8 blindfold games, including possible variations. For two hours, Morphy dictated the moves and hundreds of variations of all eight games."

@toodle361 3 жыл бұрын

Reverse Stafford Declined?!? Eric rosen must be so sad right now

@WorldofWar 3 жыл бұрын

I remember Antonio when you had 100k subs. Amazing to see you have over 1 million and growing. KZfaq king of Chess

@GeneralArmorus 3 жыл бұрын

ah the boss of the magnificent 8. nobody knows who he is, and our hero takes him down blindfolded

@vaibhavjoshi5620 3 жыл бұрын

Finally Morphy saga

@MultiShifties 3 жыл бұрын

Video 5 of requesting that we award Morphy the Morphy Head! We need this!

@sortehuse 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy always has the Morphy Head! :)

@MultiShifties 3 жыл бұрын

@@sortehuse He needs to be awarded a bonus morphy head! Like the other players whenever they play a brilliancy!

@sortehuse 3 жыл бұрын

@@MultiShifties A two-headed Morphy?

@ddkapps 3 жыл бұрын

The Morphy head was already awarded. Can't you see it? It's right there covering his regular head.

@sortehuse 3 жыл бұрын

@@ddkapps I'm not quite sure how to tell the difference between Morphy's regular head and Morphy's Morphy head :=?

@guidoe.manfredi8351 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy went for the Petrov defense before Petrov was even born, what a master

@Beerfish777 3 жыл бұрын

Harrawitz's theme song apparently was 'Sir Robin The Brave'

@mattparks747 3 жыл бұрын

When 'ere he saw the Morphy Head He bravely turned his tail and fled Brave, Brave, Brave, Brave Sir Harrwitz

@tomhejda6450 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Lowenthal for being an excellent commentator.

@taboopancake28 3 жыл бұрын

There are supposed to be thunderstorms tonight so a hoodie-guy video was just so fitting.

@mihneatirca 3 жыл бұрын

I get so excited when I see a new Morphy saga video.

@dielectrictruth1040 3 жыл бұрын

Nothing better than the Good Stuff. 👍

@mainman879 3 жыл бұрын

Had to pause the video and go and get my hoodie, always honor the hoodie guy!

@dimitriosdoulgeris4659 3 жыл бұрын

Another case of Morphy crushing his opponent while we are given a couple of seconds.

@georgederleres8489 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy : Spotting tactics while playing blindfold vs 8 opponets Me: Looking at the board for 3 minutes to decide my move. I blunder my queen.

@lemsdarkapprentice2535 3 жыл бұрын

me too

@michaelthomas6152 3 жыл бұрын

I just want to say thank you for this saga. Paul Morphy has been my idol for playing chess. My favorite book is the chess players about Paul Morphy.

@EdwardBrowne-sm9li Жыл бұрын

Being from Louisiana, and a former member of the Morphy Chess Club, and Echeques Carre Chess Clubs, I have a fondness for all of Morphy's games, win or lose. Whether he played a quick knockout, or a strategic tactical game, each of his games is a masterpiece.

@danceswithstone 3 жыл бұрын

10:05 another fine example of mastery.

@myrnap.2951 3 жыл бұрын

Loved your presentation on Morphy's game. Thanks!!! ♟

@sebastianrex6697 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy shows how beautiful chess is ❤️...

@oscarfernandez7386 3 жыл бұрын

That pawn push on f4 by morphy to prevent the bishop from influencing, looks like an alican block

@TheMattOliveira 3 жыл бұрын

Loved the quote, now I feel better

@pavlestojanovic270 3 жыл бұрын

8:12 man when I have a bishop like that it just gets trapped cause I forgot about it, but in Morphy's hands it slices the entire diagonal smh

@waqqashanafi 3 жыл бұрын

The fact this was a blindfold simul with 8 players... is more amazing by a factor of 100.

@lemsdarkapprentice2535 3 жыл бұрын

if you thought his moves were good, look at what PCM did the next day after these games: "The next morning, Paul Morphy dictated to Edge all the moves of his 8 blindfold games, including possible variations. For two hours, Morphy dictated the moves and hundreds of variations of all eight games."

@tusharkumar3998 3 жыл бұрын

Plot twist the unknown gentleman from the simul was a time traveller who travelled from 2021 lockdown to 1858 as he just made an account on lichess

@wtfpwnz0red 3 жыл бұрын

Back to the good stuff!

@r2d2Sebba 3 жыл бұрын

This is like a drama show starring Morphy 😅it's too awesome 😎

@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy! I'm sorry, I couldn't restrain myself!

@r2d2Sebba 3 жыл бұрын

@@schwindsichtigaderechte5293 10x 😅

@goksukara1451 3 жыл бұрын

Finally, the good stuff is back! So exciting

@ShamChowdhury13 3 жыл бұрын

Agad:Hello Everyone Subscribers:Ah finally good stuff back😊

@dallassigrist6968 3 жыл бұрын

So excited to get back to the good stuff!!

@Skeepers192 3 жыл бұрын

Potier declines the reverse Stafford Gambit. A travesty.

@aligindahouse7777 3 жыл бұрын

The most talented player of all time

@lemsdarkapprentice2535 3 жыл бұрын

100% agree

@kaustubhpatil4537 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your efforts. We were waiting for the Murphy saga😌

@aleksandarjovanovic7525 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Morphy attempting reverse Stafford. Excellent stuff

@hassansafieddine5033 3 жыл бұрын

7:05 "saying this doesn't work but the problem is, yes it does" LOL

@paperprincesspaper1308 3 жыл бұрын

Our good friend Lowenthal was the Agadmator of 1858! The original uploader of the Morphy saga on his YouTownCrier channel.

@naveenkondeti4163 3 жыл бұрын

No one literally no one: Agadmator : Sorry about that.

@naveenkondeti4163 3 жыл бұрын

@Nakul Agarwal what's the idea here?

@curedbytheonomy 3 жыл бұрын

I wake up everyday hoping for more of the good stuff.

@wyattclough6204 3 жыл бұрын

“Looking for 8 people that are good at chess, but not great. Must wear a hooded sweatshirt and have a black void where their face would be.”

@davidanderson_surrey_bc 3 жыл бұрын

The only downside for Morphy with these blindfold exhibitions is that he doesn't get to see the souls of his opponents leave their bodies at the end.

@Qhsjahajw 3 жыл бұрын

#suggestions It is Symyslov's Bday our 6th WC Symslov vs Botvinik ('The Passed Tense')game 7, 1954 WC French, Winawer.

@abulkhairchowdhury6875 3 жыл бұрын

AGADMATOR!! BEST CHESS CHANNEL EVER MADE!!

@vivekmohan7785 3 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed a lot by Murphy's Saga

@txaipotier1939 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't know that Morphy played against my ancestral

@ofer1261 3 жыл бұрын

Are you french or do you have french ancestrals?

@txaipotier1939 3 жыл бұрын

I've french ancestrals, french Immigrants that moved to Brazil, I'm brazilian, unfortunately, I've no idea about Potier family in french :(

@harrysharp3838 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy had a laptop with a chess engine loaded concealed in the bath room.

@SamiChess90 3 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately, it was a steam chess engine, so the smoke was rather suspicious.

@aL3CnR 3 жыл бұрын

i see the good stuff i click

@michalstrba5928 3 жыл бұрын

"Morhy opens with e4... as he usually does." as Agadmator usually says.

@user-gi4re7hh5u 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy,s greatest innate talent was chess👑💪

@victorAPR96 3 жыл бұрын

Love that agad keeps throwing shade at lowenthal

@cr0mag732 3 жыл бұрын

Even after being told the move I still couldn't understand it at first

@facespaz 3 жыл бұрын

Some say the one thing that shocked the Parisians more than the sight of an 8 opponent blindfold Simul, was the fact that the chess player performing this feat was a GoAT...

@Taffoman 3 жыл бұрын

It's really weird that these chess matches are like "We don't know who this person was. Well anyhow: here's his chess moves" :D

@Seallussus 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy might have been blindfolded. But his opponent did not even have eyes.

@ramaduguakshaychess708 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator: hello everyone me: hello world 🌍

@guslopez8760 3 жыл бұрын

I was on the edge of my seat that game was amazing

@chizbot7326 3 жыл бұрын

Finally back to the good stuff :)

@manishlamichhane301 3 жыл бұрын

Ready for the sleep, laying down in the bed! Agam : Hello Everyone! with a hoodie guy! Me: Oh! Its a hoodie guy...time to wear hoodie😏🙄

@williammaxwell4172 3 жыл бұрын

Agad is actively frustrated with Potier not playing RH5 you can hear it in his voice LMAOOO

@DVal-bl7hm 2 жыл бұрын

Whoa. Morphy's games were so brutal and ruthless. Potier's position seemed so dismal after f5 and Bf4. And the tactical possibilities were just endless.

@efai 3 жыл бұрын

I still don't understand how can play someone blindfold, but play blindfold simultaneously against 8 players is unimaginable for me..

@thegorn 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy. just like Dewa Kipas, really mastered the tempo

@josephasghar 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. Poor guy was hit by a chess juggernaut.

@williamgoss4691 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant Mr Morphy again; just amazing. Thks also for such through exposition.

@michaeltellurian825 3 жыл бұрын

That Kf8 move instead of castling was a mouse slip.

@olebogengtshenolomosepele1171 4 ай бұрын

I'm in 2024 and it still blows my mind how someone blindfolded can see all those moves with the constant unpredictable moves and pieces to focus on, he sees all of that in his minds eye blindfolded, bizzare.💀

@sullywinn4225 Ай бұрын

Morphy must have been so disgusted with all these breaks his opponents "needed." HE was the sickly one staying up until 4am 😂

@buxeessingh2571 3 жыл бұрын

I first saw the picture at 3:00 in an old American Heritage magazine in the 1970s.

@pauldacus4590 3 жыл бұрын

OK, now I am starting to question the contribution list... he got *$5.70 from AL CAPONE!!*

@AlphaLackey 3 жыл бұрын

FWIW in that gambit from the start (the Boden-Kieseritsky, I always knew it as), I always thought after black played ...d6 that N:e5! was the move. Black cannot capture because B:f7+ deflects the king from defence of the queen, and after ...Ke7 to defend it, then Bg5+ and the queen falls. And if ...Be6 to defend the diagonal, then B:e6 f:e6 / Qh5+ mops up. That line is good too though!