What a brilliant game by levon. Using a rook and a bishop and four pawns to pretty much bring a king and queen to its knees. And it goes to show that you don't need a queen to win a brilliancy. Well played by levon.
In a way, Levon's fallen queen was a tribute to Magnus's mother, assuring him to continue. Play the best game with pieces left and win, of course with the blessings of the fallen queen!
Condolences to Magnus and family on the passing of his mother . Probably, Levon sacrificing his queen was because of the psychological impact of yesterday's game (Gukesh - Vidit ) . Also , this game has shades of Carlsen- Nepo game six in their world championship match .
Amazing game! It's so nice to see the, "old Levon" show up in a match. He outright humiliated Gukesh in this game to the point I was laughing at times.
Dang, that queen sac was somewhere between Leela and Stockfish. Has it been that long since Levon was 2800 that people have forgotten his prodigious talents on the 8x8? It's not like his talents are fading either... the challenge is the almost superhuman competition he and others now face, competing with GM's with thousands of high level games under their belt, raised by computers and AI. What a treat to see an old hand like Levon (just 41...lol) put on a performance like this. Bravo!
It is amazing how many great players were born into the era of Magnus. Levon, Fabi - these guys all had a shot at being world champions if it wasn't for Magnus.
That's every era. Nimzowitsch. Keres. Bronstein. Geller. Korchnoi. If it wasn't for the likes of Alekhine, Capablanca, Petrosian, Tal, Fischer, etc. they'd be WC's too.
Only one can be on top. There's a big number of players who are close, but not getting there. Although you might expect WC title coming from one to another. However the format of challenging the title is such, that it really favors a long stay for a very strong player.
@@ndnd7614 You need to UNDERSTAND History and what OTHERS who know History mean! Fischer's era is NOT just 1972-1975, but it is from about 1965-1975! In this period Fischer DEFEATED all other POTENTIAL Champions like LARSEN, TAIMANOV, GLIGORIC, etc.
Absolutely amazing. Indeed, how does he do it. He somehow envisioned the potential of the position when they basically just entered the middle game, before anyone else could. Hope Levon has many years of art left in him!
I came across Antonio’s site during the pandemic, and have enjoyed watching daily games ever since. I’ve seen hundreds of games, but this one for some reason stands out. Brilliant moves and masterful execution. Incredible game. Thank you for sharing.
All the love sent to the GOAT Magnus. I hope he's doing alright. I selfishly hope I'm the first in my family to die so as to not experience that pain. ❤ Secondly, a brilliant game by Levon. He shows exactly how you can win without a queen if your pieces are harmonized. Finally, Agadmator deserves much respect and appreciation for his tireless contribution to this beautiful game with these breakdowns. Awesome video.
Levon’s technique in just consolidating all his pieces without a queen while pushing his pawns toward promotion is masterful. That queen sacrifice was intuitive, but he knew that with the bishop pair and a rook vs an active queen and bishop was doable. The pawns were just unstoppable.
This endgame is very similar to the legendary game 6 between Magnus and Nepo in their world championship match. But I think that was with knight and rook and pawns vs. a helpless queen.
I don't think it has anything to do with engines or education. I think it has to do with Levon's artistic spirit. Everybody has a different philosophy in life. The Romantic players are interested in not only winning but doing it in a certain way, or creating something that they see as "beautiful", sometimes at the expense of results. Probably this style will always lag a little bit in terms of results, but on the other hand it captures the imagination and interest of people when they see stuff like this.
@devadathans5506 YOU do NOT understand the comments of others! NO comment LIMITED the period to ONLY when they were "World Champion"! Comments referred in GENERAL to players like "Nimzowitsch. Keres. Bronstein. Geller. Korchnoi, etc." NOT becoming World Champion because of "DOMINATION" by others like Alekhine, Capablanca, Petrosian, Tal, Fischer, etc. And I ADDED a few more names like LARSEN, TAIMANOV, GLIGORIC.
As soon as I saw white with a fully operational bishop pair AND a rook, I was like Black is done for. There's nothing Black can do there. Every colored diagonal square is being sliced, and the rook can cover everything in between. Of course the real beauty came later tho when Levon masterfully pushed his pawns and king to victory.
The difference between: Gm´s playing "something, something something" Agad is playing "something, something, something" Me playing "something, something, something" Feel free to pause the comment and try to find the diffrence while i´ll give you a couple somethings. Without further ado, and i know everyone found it. When i play "something, something" it doesn´t work 🤷♂☺
Exactly, let's play chess. I'm totally amazed at it too because somehow I figure Gukesh would have stayed neck and neck to a draw. Yeah that was pretty incredible
