Paul Morphy's Worst Game is Better Than My Best Game

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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 Journoud vs Paul Morphy
Paris it (1858)
Italian Game: Italian Variation (C50)
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nc3 d6 5. h3 Be6 6. Bb3 Nf6 7. d3 Qd7 8. O-O O-O 9. Kh1 h6 10. Nh2 d5 11. f4 de4 12. fe5 Ne5 13. Na4 Bb6 14. Nb6 ab6 15. d4 Nc6 16. Rf6 gf6 17. Bh6 Rfd8 18. Qe1 Ne7 19. Qh4 Ng6 20. Qf6 Qd4 21. Qf1 Bb3 22. cb3 Ra5 23. Ng4 f5 24. Be3 Qd3 25. Nh6 Kh7 26. Qc1 Rd7 27. Bg5 Qg3 28. Qe3 Qe3 29. Be3 f4 30. Ng4 fe3 31. Nf6 Kg7 32. Nd7 Rd5 33. Re1 Rd7 34. Re3 Rd4 35. Kh2 Nh4 36. g4 Kf6 37. a4 Kg5 38. Kg3 Rd2
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Paul Morphy: Pride and Sorrow of Chess by David Lawson
The Genius Of Paul Morphy by Chris Ward
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@jackobriant9321 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy was just doing the moves recommended by the chat.

@ivangary9182 2 жыл бұрын

instablaster

@sstriplet3429 Жыл бұрын

Lmao

@wot_hog 3 жыл бұрын

Let us not forget that Morphy got dreadfully sick shortly after arriving in Paris (he drank the water) and still insisted on going to the club to play in order to keep promises made, and with a splitting headache and very disordered bowels still managed to pull this win out of his... hat.

@mohammadaminsarabi6207 3 жыл бұрын

I didnt know..tnx for information

@mikekatz7997 3 жыл бұрын

when you say he drank the water do you mean like tap water? lol

@Zouzou123gen 3 жыл бұрын

thanks for this info

@ArchieStandring 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikekatz7997 yeh the water was contaminated and made him sick

@MrKhaz101 3 жыл бұрын

not to mention they used LEECHES AND SUCKED OUT HIS BLOOD

@anshkaushal6415 3 жыл бұрын

Fun Fact : This Morphy's Saga is 1 year Old.

@anturanggatantra2137 3 жыл бұрын

Is this the longest saga?

@abdelrahmanfahmy8432 3 жыл бұрын

Iam not sure it's the longest but definitely it's the worst

@marcjohn9404 3 жыл бұрын

A few things: Paul Morphy saga started in January 2020, so it's been about 14 months. 63 videos have been made, there were 85 videos in 10 months for the Capablanca saga. He also had 65 videos in less than 4 months during the Bobby Fischer story, so the Morphy Saga has been going for the longest (actually, about the same length as both of the previous sagas combined) and has the least amount of videos so far.

@user-lg9gu4vk5i 3 жыл бұрын

@@abdelrahmanfahmy8432 لانه الخصوم الي يوجههم ضعاف ؟

@abdelrahmanfahmy8432 3 жыл бұрын

@@user-lg9gu4vk5i نعم مستوى الشطرنج منخفض مفيش شك أن مورفي سابق عصره بس الخصوم مش مقياس

@StevieDisopolis 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator: "KNIGHT TO C6" Knight: Make me!!!

@fabiandaja6137 3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@nikostsiolis7102 3 жыл бұрын

*Night

@-petrichor-7263 3 жыл бұрын

Where?

@pixelthec 3 жыл бұрын

@@nikostsiolis7102 *knight

@RaynmanPlays 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy's like the main villain of a shonen anime arc. Journoud: "He's... he's _toying_ with us! We're nothing to him!"

@jackkrauser7068 3 жыл бұрын

" One punch Morphy "

@villeniemi7754 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah Morphy basically plays at the level he thinks is sufficient to win after an entertaining game. He really saw chess as a diversion to have fun with, I guess. Makes for fun games but I think most of us would like some kind of an answer to the question "How strong was Morphy really?" and you just cannot answer that.

@uwu-bk9te 3 жыл бұрын

Kono Morphy Da

@elonweintraub9758 3 жыл бұрын

I think you are right. That's what he was doing, but he was being an even bigger jerk to Journoud, because he didn't just avoid playing moves that would win the game too quick. He actually played moves that should have let Journoud win easy. But, he apparently rightly Journoud would never find the wins.

@davidanderson_surrey_bc 3 жыл бұрын

Journoud: I have just come back from the library. Shall we play another game? Morphy: Sure thing. I myself have just returned from the bar and would like to give Doctor Drunkenstein some inspiration.

@CasualPrince 3 жыл бұрын

'Pulling a Staunton...' I will use this line whenever my friends fail to show up to the bar or library.

@jessenichols9618 3 жыл бұрын

My friends call it a Tito (tito ortiz) he was known not to show up for his fights

@Tuntum1804 3 жыл бұрын

According to legend, morphy wanted to know if he could still win while being intoxicated...and he did

@vlastimil-furst 2 ай бұрын

I like how Agadmator said it: "Maybe they had two bottles of wine each" :D His opponent didn't seem to be at his peak performance either.

@harshrajbasant 3 жыл бұрын

Did anyone else expect him to say..."i am just kidding...Morphy didnt go for Evans gambit...i dont know why..its forced mate in 45..but okay..whatever"🌚

@johnwamsley1896 3 жыл бұрын

Yip, I thought he would say just kidding.

@vivekjoshi5207 3 жыл бұрын

@GrandeJota0526 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy was just throwing for content

@Sam-sf8by 3 жыл бұрын

Paul Morphy: "Cover yourself in oil"

@thatoneguy9582 3 жыл бұрын

We do a little sacrificing

@phillipanselmo8540 3 жыл бұрын

step 3) wait for your opponent to blunder

@lucasimonelli5038 3 жыл бұрын

@@phillipanselmo8540 step 4) don't blunder

@woj1803 3 жыл бұрын

march 2021, croatia „the dog captures” incident

@GilangRamadhan-03 3 жыл бұрын

kzfaq.info/get/bejne/edyajbR-lbrXiX0.html

@ZokiKiza8 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmators worst stream is better than my best one 😂

@davidanderson_surrey_bc 3 жыл бұрын

Well, you know, that's one of the differences between being young and being old. Oh, wait... you meant ANOTHER kind of stream...

@astaut2659 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc wait what

@KidKusU 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc *_wot?_*

@shepantherz1344 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc um

@mmmyeah7 3 жыл бұрын

@@davidanderson_surrey_bc it's ok I get it lol

@jeffbriem 3 жыл бұрын

This kind of felt like Morphy was playing with his food. He was toying with the guy.

@tigerboy1966 3 жыл бұрын

That's what I thought. Even I could see that Q-e6 was the best move, and this from a man who gets about 1 in 20 of the "I'll just pause this game" ones correct.

@PaulThronson 3 жыл бұрын

They were clearly playing Marti Gras style - where you play the SECOND best move you can find because your opponent can force you to play a different move unless they see one stronger.

@adeel9668 3 жыл бұрын

Wait I can’t tell if this is a joke or not? If it’s not can you explain what “marti gras” style chess means?

@happycreeperlol5235 3 жыл бұрын

I don’t get this joke either.

@elonweintraub9758 3 жыл бұрын

@@adeel9668 You could never win the game under those rules. Even if there were two ways to mate in 1, you wouldn't be allowed to play either as they are equally strong. Ok, I guess you could win the game if the only legal move is checkmate. But I don't know if such a position is possible to evolve under these rules.

@Joseferberger 3 жыл бұрын

@@elonweintraub9758 Bloody hell, if you have five moves which transpose into the same thing, you probably would also say by these rules you can't choose any of them?

@panda4247 3 жыл бұрын

I understood it differently, the opponent can tell you once per move to play a different move. So if there are multiple equally good moves, you can choose any of them, and if they tell you to play different move, you'll play any orher of those equally good moves. That is actually a pretty interesting game mechanism. But I don't know either, who or what is Marti Gras, and a quick search did not help me. @OP, would you please explain?

@dashengovender766 3 жыл бұрын

I think Morphy is one of my favourite artists in chess. 😂 Even when the art is abstract he still wins.

@lordofthesticks0 3 жыл бұрын

plot twist: morphy is just bored and decided to lose but he accidentally forgot to hold back more

@floretionguru2977 3 жыл бұрын

Many years ago I read in an book that it was often seen as good manners in Morphy's time to let your host (opponent) win the first game in a set. That would explain the bad moves but it wasn't their first game. As others in the comments have pointed out, he also got very sick after arriving in Paris.

@thefighterinhades 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, two bottles of wine please, I need to play like Morphy and Carlsen.

@Raghuveer2798 3 жыл бұрын

May be Morphy knew someone someday would make a video on this game and show how he could not be beaten even at his worst.

@GregoryWonderwheel 3 жыл бұрын

"Maybe they were drunk." LOL!

@kelemenaron2 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to comment this, too.😂

@reacher74 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they both had 2 bottles of wine each. Because 1 bottle of wine per person is not enough to get drunk ? Lol

@mohammadaminsarabi6207 3 жыл бұрын

This is morphy's worst game, hope you guys enjoy that! Agadmator 2021

@tylerhamilton9056 3 жыл бұрын

Morphys worst game: opponent resigns My worst game: checkmated in 5

@wyattclough6204 3 жыл бұрын

6:45 am I going crazy, or would black have been checkmated in the next move with rook to e8 had he not moved his bishop out of his a8 rook’s path?

@Curze123 3 жыл бұрын

“Welcome back to the Morphy Saga” WHERE IS THE “WELCOME BACK TO THE GOOD STUFF” INTRO ??? 😩😩😩

@damikem 3 жыл бұрын

This game was too bad to get the usual "Good stuff"

@thesmartguy11 3 жыл бұрын

That's an awesome USB Drive! Edit: The King USB Drive can be seen at 10:40

@pavlestojanovic270 3 жыл бұрын

12:00 now that's a wooden shield

@armwrestlingfan6804 3 жыл бұрын

"Maybe they were drunk" lol I thought I might be crazy to think the same

@the_potmo Жыл бұрын

This reinforces my theory that Morphy plays like a cat that has caught a mouse, but lets it run around juts enough to get it hope and then he bats it around some more for amusement. I think Lasker brought home the point that you should always make the best move. Morphy, who was used to playing giving odds, is perfectly willing, I believe to give his opponents a fighting chance, especially if it gives him the opportunity to paint a masterpiece. Thank you for not just showing sacrifice after sacrifice against horrible players. We get to appreciate his brilliance, but also we see his weaknesses and get an insight into his personality. I know this is an old video but keep up the excellent work. You have motivated me to waste hours of my day again (after 30 year on the wagon) and I am almost thinking of going to a bar or a library to share my excellent knowledge.

@alienrenders 3 жыл бұрын

That was certainly a bizarre endgame.

@luke46219 3 жыл бұрын

14:23 my man knows how to relax with some wine.

@tusharsurankar5958 3 жыл бұрын

14:24 😵Lol 🤣🤣🤣

@nosystem1098 3 жыл бұрын

How many of us can even imagine being so strong that even our worst game is a win?

@betzalelsacks7517 3 жыл бұрын

Just in case anyone wanted to know, at 2:10, the reason black played c6 was because Qb5+ picks up the c5 bishop.

@max1.013 3 жыл бұрын

KZfaq: 7 comments Me: can i see them? KZfaq: no of course not

@agm65maverickmissile52 3 жыл бұрын

I can

@josephdenson3323 3 жыл бұрын

If you use the sort settings it will update without having to refresh the page

@thegorn 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy was “playing with his food”

@humbertoblanco8656 3 жыл бұрын

Love this videos, they help a lot, thx u

@niklasp1447 3 жыл бұрын

I missed "hello and welcome back to the good stuff" In the beginning.. 😕😅 Naturally it gives me always a smile.

@michaelgarrow3239 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy- be like,, playing with his food...

@abolfazlakbari5325 3 жыл бұрын

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@william7yifans 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted agad to also point an arrow at the bishop after queen f6 and call it the pitchfork

@johnsmith1474 3 жыл бұрын

I check into this channel often but not every day. I love the sagas or series, could you PLEASE number the videos so they can be easily followed in order without trying to guess?

@gabrielmakoba9329 3 жыл бұрын

"2 bottles of wine" Paulo Costa: "Oh No"!!

@tracy1210 3 жыл бұрын

I love this channel! What an awesome channel. It's awesome for someone like me who like to learn chess!

@stanislavgalev9458 3 жыл бұрын

0:34 In the knignt’s notebook: Day 19712:They are always making me go to c6 and i am getting sick of it.I want to try new things in life.

@dielectrictruth1040 3 жыл бұрын

Love the quote above the board

@adriendel 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the amazing content as always! Just FYI: Journoud is pronounced [Joornoo] instead of [Joorno]. It is easily mixed up as Journaud [Joorno] would me much more common as a French name than Journoud [Joornoo].

@driesketels 3 жыл бұрын

Even the product placement is funny hahaha... the way he shows that chess USB stick...

@paulharris2331 3 жыл бұрын

That was a gift from one of his family members wasn't it?

@HaoPieldeoso 3 жыл бұрын

Knight to C6 - Agadmator, 2021

@stlabaleine3927 3 жыл бұрын

Love the title ! That sums up the power of Paul Morphy

@carltonascarf7694 3 жыл бұрын

Felt like I was watching pogchamps with the amount of mistakes

@usera1236 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Antonio

@weakbrainthrombosis 3 жыл бұрын

I think morphy was drunk for this one, or he was just messing with this dude.

@jms2342 3 жыл бұрын

"Two bottles of wine, each" 😆

@skipper5317 3 жыл бұрын

he is the king of thumbnails

@thomasmahoney9460 3 жыл бұрын

Thumbnails keep getting better and better

@SK-hv1bf 3 жыл бұрын

8:08. Discover check and also can pick up the queen by moving light square bishop to e3 😁

@suhail_69 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to the good stuff 😉

@danishmalik2185 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for completing this video

@suhail_69 3 жыл бұрын

@@danishmalik2185 😁

@pjaj43 3 жыл бұрын

7:50 you suggest that if white captures the bishop on f2 then bxe4+ wins a rook and the knight, but would be6+ winning the white queen be better? Or have I missed something?

@anilaogria5726 3 жыл бұрын

It's like Morphy was locked into a game plan, and refused to alter it as the game unfolded.

@daviddurbin3249 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome back to the good stuff!

@empiresoftheeast203 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator has been the best Chess mentor I could ask for

@natsfan2399 3 жыл бұрын

His love of the game is infectious.

@zadiequest341 3 жыл бұрын

Chess engine: 10 missed wins, 1 pair of shades.

@DarkPeter 3 жыл бұрын

Hello Agadmator I love your content from Slovakia!

@derrickstorm6976 3 жыл бұрын

"Two bottles of wine, each" 😂

@mysteryGuySaysHi 3 жыл бұрын

"pull a staunton" now it's officially here guys

@toodle361 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos bring me joy in a very very difficult time in my life thanks Antonio 🙏

@joha4574 3 жыл бұрын

Cheers bro

@roytelling6540 3 жыл бұрын

something I just thought of LoL PMSL when are you going to get a FULL USB chess piece set LoL

@tiina678 3 жыл бұрын

Antonio, I hope you play against your bot in chess.com and analyse the game. It was very amusing to watch Levy draw his bot twice.

@ilanouh 3 жыл бұрын

I thought he wouldn't go for the Evan's Gambit, hence instantly making this his worst game

@icissmyaxe1273 3 жыл бұрын

14:26 -maybe they have 2 bottles of wine each - Agadmator

@lynk_1240 3 жыл бұрын

When you are so good that you can't even lose when you are trying to

@2highbruh 3 жыл бұрын

Lol, yeah, I mean, he must have been sleeping in between the matches and still won them. While, even when I think wide eyed, I still miss obvious damn moves.

@dreamwalkertunes 3 жыл бұрын

I was so pleased with myself that I found the move; and then I realized after a couple seconds, that I found the move because it results in the thumbnail XD

@vladanvidakovic2660 3 жыл бұрын

Evo malo pomoći za izgovor: "Café de la Régence" se izgovara "kafe d la režans". Journoud će pre biti Žurnu jer se 'ou' izgovara kao naše 'u'. Uz ove male ispravke eto još malo pa dva miliona! Pozdrav.

@Sam-zq4yx 3 жыл бұрын

At 7:46 if you play black bishop to e6 they can pick up the white queen

@Anacronian 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy put that phone down and pay attention!!

@mihneatirca 3 жыл бұрын

I'm stealing "to pull a Staunton"

@xHanz0x 3 жыл бұрын

I think the Saga will be more interesting when AGAD start covering the match between Morphy and Anderson since Anderson was probably the strongest player that Morphy ever faced. The fun fact is that all story is rolling about the long series of games played vs Morphy before meeting Staunton while in fact Anderson was the strongest player that Morphy had ever faced. (Sorry AGAD if i did spoil it for you :P)

@julianfeldman1603 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator, the game in the description is completly wrong. Check that out. Great video!

@Bix25 3 жыл бұрын

Agadmator should definitely open a third channel where he cover only Evans gambit games

@mahjoubahmed6509 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy is actually playing on a lot of money this game so he can really be pressured by that

@reaperisgood 3 жыл бұрын

I dont think the PGN is right. When I loaded the pgn for analysis, it doesnt play the evan's gambit @agadmator

@purp1e300 3 жыл бұрын

I think a lot of this game from morphy can be explained by your quote. "morphy was an artist not a butcher" A lot of these best moves are butcher moves

@purp1e300 3 жыл бұрын

@Tom Ross TV watch agad’s video to the game at the opera

@swannhs 3 жыл бұрын

I expends daily more than 2 hours with this channel. Thank you so much to make such a beautiful content. Love you from Bangladesh.

@gron9418 3 жыл бұрын

At 10:00 if black moves the bishop he also threatens checkmate idk if this is a move but looks hard to deal with

@akashroy-gq4vy 3 жыл бұрын

Back to back Evans gambit games.. like it

@aaronbruce5568 3 жыл бұрын

4:54 AlphaZero. AlphaZero always knows.

@arnaldosandoval453 3 жыл бұрын

Murphy played like he was drunk or with a very strong hangover, perhaps he expend too much time at the Pub before this match.

@argandzero0 3 жыл бұрын

This was still the good stuff.

@Time_X_1234 3 жыл бұрын

9:35 The position is so complicated even Agadmator blunders checkmate in 1.

@kda1832 3 жыл бұрын

Actually queen E6 there could end in repetition or even checkmate for black so he must’ve calculated that far ahead..after Ke8, QxH8, he has rook E1

@jishnukalra 3 жыл бұрын

@agadmator the PGN that you've posted in the description is of wrong one

@TheAxeliono 3 жыл бұрын

It felt like this whole game morphy was trying to win AND humiliate Journoud and just ended up playing himself. The funny thing is he still won lol

@agusspp6551 3 жыл бұрын

I think he was just playing with his food.

@dhruvangdave3695 3 жыл бұрын

At 6:47,there is possible to check mate by Re8...

@themagicartist3295 3 жыл бұрын

#suggestion you could show on which move you are, while analysing :)

@Pinky149 3 жыл бұрын

The game notation shown below the game doesn't appear to match the game in the video. I'm trying to find my favorite missed tactic from the video, in the notation. I'm looking for Qb4 followed by c5 somewhere, but I don't see it (missing Qe6+ and Qf6+ winning). I'll go play over the game notation and see it perhaps it's just cut off before this happens.