The Man who "Invented" 1.d4

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Antiphlogistine, periosteum, takadiastase, plasmon, ambrosia, Threlkeld, streptococcus, staphylococcus, micrococcus, plasmodium, Mississippi, Freiheit, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, athletics, no war, Etchenberg, American, Russian, philosophy, Piet Potgelter's Rost, Salamagundi, Oomisillecootsi, Bangmamvate, Schlechter's Nek, Manzinyama, theosophy, catechism, Madjesoomalops.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury (December 5, 1872 - June 17, 1906) was a leading American chess player. At the age of 22, he won one of the strongest tournaments of the time (the Hastings 1895 chess tournament) but his illness and early death prevented him from challenging for the World Chess Championship.
Harry Nelson Pillsbury vs Emanuel Lasker
"A Harry Situation" (game of the day Aug-23-2015)
Cambridge Springs (1904), Cambridge Springs, PA USA, rd 6, May-03
Queen's Gambit Declined: Pseudo-Tarrasch. Primitive Pillsbury Variation (D50)
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c5 5. Bg5 cd4 6. Qd4 Nc6 7. Bf6 gf6 8. Qh4 dc4 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e3 Ne5 11. Ne5 fe5 12. Qc4 Qb6 13. Be2 Qb2 14. O-O Rc8 15. Qd3 Rc7 16. Ne4 Be7 17. Nd6 Kf8 18. Nc4 Qb5 19. f4 ef4 20. Qd4 f6 21. Qf4 Qc5 22. Ne5 Be8 23. Ng4 f5 24. Qh6 Kf7 25. Bc4 Rc6 26. Rf5 Qf5 27. Rf1 Qf1 28. Kf1 Bd7 29. Qh5 Kg8 30. Ne5
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@jasonbarrette4980 6 жыл бұрын

This Bishop is immortal. Love that phrase.

@TheDeathstriker123 6 жыл бұрын

jason barrette Yeah, after all, he's the ONLY one in the entire Catholic Church that didn't touch a boy. He was too busy assisting checkmate.

@bmjw18 6 жыл бұрын

OMG That was epic!

@hyerinjun2468 4 жыл бұрын

2:54 "This game was played in 1904" seems like the dog has enough history lesson and just walk away

@Vahe345 6 жыл бұрын

Quality chess channel! Everyone else is boring. He is great! Great attitude! He loves the game and loves doing these videos thats why its so easy to watch and learn!

@dannygjk 6 жыл бұрын

Morphy also had an amazing memory. It seems all the chess greats could not only play crushing chess but mentally were generally phenomenal.

@MrSupernova111 2 жыл бұрын

Indeed! Its mindboggling how some of these old masters picked up the game intuitively and became world class players without all the resources that we have today. Cheers!

@donkbonktj5773 Жыл бұрын

@@MrSupernova111 He was an absolute genius

@GNU_Linux_for_good 4 жыл бұрын

This channel is getting more and more interesting as we all learn a lot of the history of chess. Thanks.

@arnaldosandoval453 5 жыл бұрын

Antonio, what an evolution in your channel between 2017 and 2019, even medo put some kilos on and the 2019 sound is impressive ... thanks for your channel :)

@xyon9090 6 жыл бұрын

*Those words in the description....*

@dominikg1673 4 жыл бұрын

"Schlechter's Nek" WTF? xDDD

@MangoPuree 4 жыл бұрын

but whats micrococcus lmao

@adib3011 4 жыл бұрын

@@MangoPuree some bacteria....

@meirzhan1 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy the way you commentate all the action. and i like your english much, it's smooth and fluent, although i can hear something like a slight slavic accent)

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. And you are correct, I'm from Croatia

@jcb3883 6 жыл бұрын

Use my quote : "Taste my Pawn Sac." For all the gambit players. 😁

@besmart1360 6 жыл бұрын

I need to say thanks to this man. I became a d4 player and I am crushing my opponents. Nice video Antonio :)

@mounahistan5266 6 жыл бұрын

Pozdircã Petru what is u ratin

@kirbymarchbarcena 6 жыл бұрын

"It's not enough that I should succeed-others should fail" Well, may the Force be with you!

@MrSupernova111 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Agad, I've been a long time follower since around 2016 or early 2017 when your channel was in its infancy. I thought I had seen just about every game for at least the next couple of years but somehow I missed this masterpiece. I had heard of Pillsbury but never knew about his chess genius and his tragic short life and I'll have to study his games in the future. I decided to look him up because his name was mentioned in "Capablanca's Best Chess Endings" game #25 (Marshall vs Capablanca, New York 1918). This isn't the game that was referenced in the book but I'm happily surprised with this gem. Thanks for another wonderful video of a long forgotten chess master of the past. Cheers!

@itzMoJo67 6 жыл бұрын

may the force be with you Harry ~ Gandalf

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

That's attributed to Picard, not Kirk, if I'm not mistaking :)

@nmarbletoe8210 6 жыл бұрын

i sense a great disturbance in the genre

@jacobpeters5458 6 жыл бұрын

star gate

@UncleDansVintageVinyl 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Pillsbury is one of my favorites.

@dandiaz19934 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent content! You're the man!

@jro3213 2 жыл бұрын

I'd never heard of Pillsbury before this video, thanks very much for this gift! Although his story is tragic, what might have been...

@johngrey5806 6 жыл бұрын

I should draw a picture of an "Immortal Bishop". Something like a corrupt pope who joined the dark side, or a Lich - an undead cleric held together by sheer willpower alone. No mortal blades can harm him.

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+John LaBrie I want this picture :D

@BloodPuls3 6 жыл бұрын

Did you ever draw it? :P

@chengzhou8711 6 жыл бұрын

Gimme

@srikanths7873 6 жыл бұрын

At 7:55 instead of Bishop D7, why can't the black rook capture the white bishop?

@ro0b0 5 жыл бұрын

@@srikanths7873 Ne5 forking the king and the rook

@gillrowley7264 6 жыл бұрын

I remember not long ago you were thrilled to get to 10,000 subscribers. You're almost to 20K now. You must be doing something right! :-)

@MrSupernova111 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when he had about 3k subs. Now, over 1 million. Who would have thought? lol

@vinsonshinabery6989 6 жыл бұрын

Another sharp game to learn from. Thanks!

@Lostmychops 5 жыл бұрын

Hey man - just wanted to add my voice to the chorus of people championing your videos. I think I must've watched them all at least once by now, and although I'm still a terrible chess player I find them very informative nonetheless. Keep up the good work!

@Kathayne636 6 жыл бұрын

Best game commentaries I've ever seen. You go nice and quick and still manage to explain the positions.

@d3sbb 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks to you, a few friends and I have started playing. We are awful but very enjoyable, much appreciated.

@facespaz 5 жыл бұрын

Pillsbury could have been one of the greatest ever if he'd only been healthy. Kind of reminds me of Sultan Khan how we never saw their full potential, but the glimpse they gave us revealed genius. To me he's the third best American after Morphy and Fischer.

@donkbonktj5773 3 жыл бұрын

I agree, for me he is top 3 most naturally talented in history after Morphy and Capablanca

@kitcarson2776 5 жыл бұрын

Agadmator: "The Man who "invented" 1.d4" Me: "delet"

@NORDFLEISH1 6 жыл бұрын

Am liking your chess channel more than any of the others - always interesting, brief and insightful. No need to respond.

@pimogens 5 жыл бұрын

Reuben Fine claims that Pillsbury (white) played this opening against Lasker in S:t Petersburg 1895-96 and lost after 7. Qh4. He then analysed the variation and concluded that 7. Bxf6 was a better move. He saved his discovery for eight years until this game when he had the chance to try it on Lasker again, this time with success. (Fine: The World's Great Chess Games, Andre Deutsch 1952). Sad that Pillsbury died so early, for him of course, but also for chess - HNP and EL met several times and "produced immortal chess on almost every occasion". A match between them would certainly have been a great event. Thanks for a nice channel!

@gregorykendrick4245 5 жыл бұрын

Your show is great love the games and history of the game of Kings thank you

@words007 4 жыл бұрын

I have been addicted to agadmators videos from past 2 weeks . I haven't seen a single checkmate on board in any of the games.

@austinpundit6321 5 жыл бұрын

At 7:55, Pillsbury could have played Ne5+, forking the king and rook. Instead he played it a move later.

@SigurdurGunnarsson 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for fantastic chess videos! :-)

@Ray-ku1sj 6 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos, keep up the good work. Ray

@jonathandasbach7733 6 жыл бұрын

The thumbnail confused me since i was trying to figure out what knight to e5 would do in that position ^^ great video!

@kingdomofchess 6 жыл бұрын

Great video! You are really promoting the game making it very interesting with the backstories and stuff! Btw what's your username on Lichess?

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+Chandrajeet Rajawat Guess :)

@kingdomofchess 6 жыл бұрын

agadmator's Chess Channel haha, How silly of me. I followed you. Am CjSunny there on lichess. Keep up the great work. Wish you lots of success. :)

@nigelfarage4119 5 жыл бұрын

His user name is IloseAlot

@kenanchristiansen 6 жыл бұрын

Hehehe, at the end of the vid when you thank the subscribers I was like, "C'mon Agad, don't be afraid to feel baby!"

@somnathchavan579 6 жыл бұрын

Looks like your dog also enjoys your videos! Always there around!

@johnwarner3968 6 жыл бұрын

Another great blast from the past. Medo didn't like the d4 move! When it was played he got up and left. Smart dog. He could have been more insulting and licked himself once d4 was played. He's done that before. Very well mannered. The game within a game no doubt. Quadrupedal attitude aside.

@wolfgangwilhelm9699 6 жыл бұрын

1:55 for Croatians it's much easier to remember words, if they not include any vowels. Let's try. I Poland there's a village called "Wytrzyszczka" ;)

@NYCBG 5 жыл бұрын

@ 2:55 the Dog leaves. He has heard it all before.

@santiagoosella9987 6 жыл бұрын

i just love that "HELLO EVERYONE" at the very beginning of any video ^^

@kenanchristiansen 6 жыл бұрын

"Antiphlogistine, periosteum, takadiastase, plasmon, Schlechter's Nek, Manzinyama," Are you sure these are actual words? They could be insults he hurled over the board to to take his opponents off-guard. Just kidding, nice list.

@waterprosld55 6 жыл бұрын

Antiphlogistine was a medicine I used as a teen that was by far the best cream to made acne disappear. It would make everything golden overnight!! I've looked and looked for years to find it again, with no success. It was probably declared carcinogenic by the FDA!! Haha!!

@kenanchristiansen 6 жыл бұрын

Okay, enough! Enough!!! I resign... :P

@dannygjk 6 жыл бұрын

Morphy also had an amazing memory. It seems all the chess greats could not only play crushing chess but mentally were generally phenomenal.

@adonisadmirer2752 5 жыл бұрын

Many of these are just words borrowed from Greek. They look kinda funny to me, some of them. Except for those pertaining to ailments.

@greensleeves6005 4 жыл бұрын

Phlogiston was the original name for oxygen I believe. Dephlogisticated air was what you’d get after burning a fire.

@frankiegee6135 6 жыл бұрын

It's hard to stop looking at your dog. Because he is so elegant.

@imtrinity94 5 жыл бұрын

One of the best game on ur channel

@danielhill3665 Жыл бұрын

This time traveling thing has me overwhelmed. AGADMATOR.😅

@russellfroggatt 6 жыл бұрын

Really good content as usual

@williamgarner6779 3 жыл бұрын

Pilsbury was also a checkers (draughts) master and enjoyed beating unsuspecting chess masters at what they thought a game for kids and old men. Here is a nice item from wikipedia: Pillsbury was a very strong blindfold chess player, and could play checkers and chess simultaneously while playing a hand of whist, and reciting a list of long words.

@psyvatordarkpsy5284 6 жыл бұрын

Half of these words have greek origin so it's really easy for someone who studies (ancient or modern) greek to remember. late 16th century: modern Latin, from Greek periosteon, from peri- ‘around’ + osteon ‘bone’. mid 16th century: via Latin from Greek, ‘elixir of life’, from ambrotos ‘immortal’. modern Latin, from Greek staphulē ‘bunch of grapes’ + kokkos ‘berry’. same with micrococcus and streptococcus. mid 17th century: from French athlétique or Latin athleticus, from Greek athlētikos, from athlētēs. Middle English: from Old French philosophie, via Latin from Greek philosophia ‘love of wisdom’. mid 17th century: from medieval Latin theosophia, from late Greek, from theosophos ‘wise concerning God’, from theos ‘god’ + sophos ‘wise’. early 16th century: from ecclesiastical Latin catechismus, from ecclesiastical Greek, from katēkhizein.

@joeraymond2589 2 жыл бұрын

You should also take a look at a book called "Masters of the Board" which features games from all the great chess masters of the past. That is if you can find a copy somewhere, or it's not out of print.

@samiraljubory6223 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you brother

@ramupujari7091 5 жыл бұрын

Hello agadmator we likes very much, of about d4 openings,from india

@magnoliaroadchurchjonesbor24 6 жыл бұрын

In 1958 several times I drove 10 miles to the public library that had an encyclopedia with chess games and I copied Pillsbury games by hand in my study of chess as a high school junior.

@ite.ad.joseph 6 жыл бұрын

Great chanel man!

@stillnessinmovement 6 жыл бұрын

dave merrick is a dork. it is enough to succeed. it is the foundation of sport and games, to show respect for your opponent.

@stillnessinmovement 6 жыл бұрын

I do too. but I don't agree at all. if your opponent makes a stupid move, and you win, it does not mean your a good chess player, but only that he made a mistake. a real competitor wants to face and beat top competition. only second tier competitors want to win based on other's failure. plus, it's not gentlemanly.

@suntzu6122 6 жыл бұрын

Naw, I disagree about it not being gentlemanly. What.. were supposed to just let them lose when they mess up? Its not our responsibility to make our opponents play smart.

@0wenfox 4 жыл бұрын

Hahaha kickass words! Loved them all and said them pretty good!

@LazarosGaming 6 жыл бұрын

Nice video, well done Antonio

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+Albert Einstein Thanks Einstein :)

@moseyalong1 6 жыл бұрын

You are very, very, good at this ! Could you tell us what your day job is ? Thanks !

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

I work in marketing for a local company.

@vishalgirdhar1300 5 жыл бұрын

Medo leaves as soon as game starts 😂

@Knif3Point 5 жыл бұрын

Wonderful.

@itzMoJo67 6 жыл бұрын

great video, keep it up !

@nicholasanonymous6796 4 жыл бұрын

Damn that was a beautiful game by Pillsbury

@sujathasubramanian7853 3 жыл бұрын

Pillsbury is now my new chess role model

@thebmc101ify 5 жыл бұрын

this bishop is immortal,.... greatest thing i've ever heard

@shankara3853 3 жыл бұрын

He captured so much with his queen...nt something we see a lot these days

@andrewhall7930 3 жыл бұрын

Morphy, Pillsbury, Fischer, all Rimbauds of Chess, all geniuses. Americans had a habit of leaving just as they hit their prime.

@ze_rubenator 6 жыл бұрын

* Looks at the words in the description * Hey, Streptococcus, I contracted that once!

@Robi2009 6 жыл бұрын

I think you have put wrong PNG in the description, as it starts with 1. e4 e5 moves.

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

Fixed it, thanks you :)

@LoaffLord 3 жыл бұрын

9:00. What is preventing QxF7? I see the checkmate in 6 but couldn’t it have been less than that depending on blacks next bishop play?

@REDRAGON12345 6 жыл бұрын

good stuff

@mounahistan5266 6 жыл бұрын

Can u tell where do u bring up these kind of old games ?

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+Mouna Histan From books mostly

@dannygjk 6 жыл бұрын

Mouna Histan Try to get old books with brilliant games. For example, The Golden Treasury of Chess-I.A. Horowitz. It has instructive games by the strongest old masters.

@srikanths7873 6 жыл бұрын

At 7:55 instead of Bishop D7, why can't the *black rook capture the white bishop?*

@BluJellu 6 жыл бұрын

If rook takes the bishop, Ne5 wins the rook.

@richardoneill4314 5 жыл бұрын

Try chessbase.com on google and you will find all the old games ..warning...you will get hooked on chess

@huh_wtf 5 жыл бұрын

This was such good chess.

@NicholasBarry 3 жыл бұрын

What were the most common first moves before d4 was considered a "serious" opening?

@dylanpreston3949 6 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite game I've ever seen. The immortal bishop move really impressed me. But this wasn't a blitz game was it? I just want to know if they were calculating on there own time?

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

It wasn't a blitz game.

@amyalindaily3781 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@BRIANREYN1 3 жыл бұрын

At 6.31 minutes of the video when White plays Ne5 the pawn cannot capture as it's pinned but the Black Queen should capture the Knight on e5.

@r.i.a.n.63 Жыл бұрын

Came here to say the same thing. I really want to know why that didn’t happen. I might have to do some analysis tomorrow. Seems he was so hung up on the pin he missed that obvious move. @agadmator

@BRIANREYN1 Жыл бұрын

@@r.i.a.n.63 The white Queen could then capture the black Queen as the pawn is still pinned by the white Rook on f1, this is something obvious which I missed when first watching this game being played.

@user-kv9mh9jw3t 6 жыл бұрын

Nice thank you

@tzkro 6 жыл бұрын

not me and my prede but my great prede by kas, great channle man !

@joeraymond2589 2 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid you are wrong... Steinitz first met Pillsbury when he was only about 11yrs old and Steinitz lost that game. Imagine the World Chess Champion losing to an 11yr old boy! This game is in a book called Pillsbury's Chess Career. I know because I own that book! The next time they met Pillsbury was all of 20yrs old and he beat World Chess Champion Steinitz again.

@petrosk4158 6 жыл бұрын

good game, but wrong moves in the description or did I miss something?

@arfmacute8427 6 жыл бұрын

oh man, this is one scary game

@leoff2 6 жыл бұрын

show any chess from Person of Interest. I think it shows Finch vs Machine and Finch vs Elias on the series

@stavrosfay8454 5 жыл бұрын

Wait is that a one hundred thousand dollar donation? Or one hundred dollars, the comma is throwing me off

@giocaliban 6 жыл бұрын

"The king is in the mating net" 8:28

@vvkhari1 3 жыл бұрын

I understand one thing here: every human should be given thee basic affection, care and a knowledge of taking care of the health aspect. Pillsbury, Alekhine, Tal were few of the best chess players ever existed who died due to poor health care attention. Hard drinkers and chain smokers.

@crazy9932 4 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to see the review of the chess game from Pixar in the intro to a movie.. old guy v.s himself. It was funny

@justinjackson0601 6 жыл бұрын

hello agadmator, what is the trap you play in the Russian game after white captures your knight on c6 with their knight.

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+Justin Jackson Not sure really, I call it the russian Gambit :)

@johnbuford7163 5 ай бұрын

Harry was from my home state of Massachusetts. Died way too soon.

@ninepoints5932 6 жыл бұрын

After the last Ne5 move, can't the bishop just go back to e8?

@advocatetsapoga7787 3 жыл бұрын

I always fall for the immortal bishop 😢

@vrebds2484 5 жыл бұрын

Those words(Pillsbury remembered) in the description is difficult to read 😫😇 even though he can remember it reverse too🤔😲😱

@brawnybone9734 6 жыл бұрын

You forgot the little pictures on the left margin of the players.

@andresfelipecanobotero8814 6 жыл бұрын

Please review Deep Blue vs Kasparov!

@d10MuffinMan 6 жыл бұрын

How do pro's know when to resign and when not to? For eg, did Lasker actually see 6 moves ahead?!

@quonomonna8126 4 жыл бұрын

show us your analysis of an agadmator game!

@werners5191 5 жыл бұрын

"So yeah..." Enough said.

@rahulmistry5019 3 жыл бұрын

"Let's try some word association, first word: Ambrosia"

@dmaster20ify 6 жыл бұрын

Well that is practically inventing d4. By winning with d4 and giving it popularity he got the patent for the opening. It is strange that persons didn't consider d4 to be a serious opening. That is to show you that even us might hold beliefs that are not correct. We believe in Chess engines like gods. Forgetting that the computer is only evaluating based on our ideas. What a fright when 32 piece tablebase are created and we discover that alot of our assumptions were wrong? - That e4 looses because of zugzwang. - h4 wins because of the devastating king attack. - What if human beings reclaim their dominance over engines only to discover that black wins because white gets the first move. In which black wins with by zugzwang because all first move that white makes worsen his position?

@ElderNerwal 6 жыл бұрын

It is strange mainly because it's not true. Change was gradual. Morphy only played 1. e4 but later with the extension of tournaments and a more systematic approach to the game players started to expand their repertoires (London 1883 saw a good deal of experiments with Nf3, c4, d4 or f4). Steinitz and Zukertort had quite a lot of d4 games, including in world championship matches; both Lasker and Steinitz played 1. d4 in their 1894 championship match; all that before Hastings 1895, where half the players (including almost all the top ones) had already 1. d4 in their repertoire and played it more than once.

@alienrenders 6 жыл бұрын

There have been various engines that have been developed over time and some engines without any opening book will discover most/all of the known opening theory on their own. The reason engines have opening book is so they don't always play the same opening and because these are all well established. There's no point in wasting computing power for them. People are free to play outside the book from the start against an engine and it doesn't end well for the human player. Short story is that your assumption that engines only evaluate based on our ideas is patently false.

@slingerfrancis4674 5 жыл бұрын

at 5:47 why not queen takes pawn on a2?

@vbeis0 6 жыл бұрын

When will be your next subscriber tournament?

@agadmator 6 жыл бұрын

+Lukas Cohen Tomorrow, I hope. If not, sunday for sure

@vbeis0 6 жыл бұрын

Yess! Well i hope it won't be Saturday because it would be the only Saturday of the year where i have school :p

6 жыл бұрын

would have gladly added you on Hearthstone but your tag number is missing :( anyway, really enjoying your vids !

@giriiyer3968 3 жыл бұрын

Dear agad sir? I have a question to you? Pillsbury Vs Morphy,who would have won? And Morphy Vs Lasker,,who would have prevailed? It's just a question.thks if anyone can answer me.