Agadmator
{{short description|Croatian YouTuber and chess player (born 1987)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Agadmator
| image = Agadmator.jpg
| caption = Antonio's profile picture at Chess.com
| birth_name = Antonio Radić
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|6|16|df=y}}
| birth_place = Križevci, Croatia
| module2 = Chess career
{{Infobox chess player
|child=yes
|country = Croatia
|title =
|FideID = 14531348
|rating = [https://ratings.fide.com/profile/14531348 1954] (May 2025)
|peakrating = 2010 (July 2010)
}}
| module3 = {{infobox YouTube personality
|embed=yes
| channel_handle = agadmator
| years_active = 2016–present
| subscribers = 1.3 million
| views = 800 million
| stats_update = 13 May 2025
}}
}}
Antonio Radić (born 16 June 1987), better known as agadmator ({{IPA|hr|agad'mator̩}}{{cite web |last1=Radiç |first1=Antonio |title=True Meaning of agadmator |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6lBiQiI0Q8 |website=YouTube |date=8 February 2021 |access-date=16 June 2023}}), is a Croatian YouTuber and chess player. He has one of the most popular chess channels on YouTube, and was the most subscribed chess YouTuber from 2018 to late 2021, when he was surpassed by GothamChess.{{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |date=31 October 2018 |title=Agadmator - the man who has 290,000+ followers on YouTube |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Interview-with-Agadmator |access-date=1 September 2019 |website=ChessBase India}}{{Cite web |date=18 September 2021|title=The Top YouTube Chess Channels|url=https://www.chess.com/blog/SamCopeland/the-top-youtube-chess-channels-congrats-to-gothamchess-on-1 |access-date=December 19, 2021|website=Chess}}{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLNIE1ETA14 |title=Current Largest Chess Channels {{!}} Subscriber Count History (2007-2023) |date=2023-07-08 |last=MaxData |access-date=2024-08-16 |via=YouTube}} Although he does not participate in many international chess tournaments, he is active on various online chess platforms, including Lichess and Chess.com.{{cite web |title=Agadmator |url=https://lichess.org/@/agadmator |website=Lichess |access-date=1 September 2019}} On his channel, Radić reviews recent tournament games from top players, historical matches, and chess compositions. He occasionally features his own real-time rapid games, played on Lichess.
Background
Radić is a resident of Križevci, Croatia,{{cite web |url=https://www.krizevci.info/2018/02/21/antonio-radic-svojim-youtube-kanalom-mogu-svakoga-zainteresirati-za-sah/ |title= Antonio Radić: 'Svojim YouTube kanalom mogu svakoga zainteresirati za šah' |first=Hrvoje |last=Belani |date=21 February 2018 |language=Croatian |access-date=17 November 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Ninan |first1=Susan |date=4 August 2020 |title=Agadmator: From smalltown Croatia, an unlikely chess phenomenon |url=https://www.espn.com/chess/story/_/id/29591948/meet-antonio-radic-creator-agadmator-most-popular-chess-channel-youtube |access-date=4 September 2020 |website=ESPN |ref=ESPN}} and was introduced to chess at the age of four by his grandfather Anto Krnjić, a FIDE Master. He later stopped playing and did not return to chess until he was 17 years old.
YouTube channel
Radić created his YouTube channel in 2007 while he was working with his father, who had a job as a wedding videographer, posting wedding videos to promote their business. He began posting chess videos in 2016. Once he reached 20,000 subscribers, he left his job as a graphic designer for his father's wedding photography business to focus on the channel full time.{{cite web |last1=Johnson|first1=Ben |title=The Perpetual Chess Podcast Ep.160 |url=https://castbox.fm/vb/220151428 |website=The Perpetual Chess Podcast |date=14 January 2020 |access-date=1 May 2020}}
Almost all of Radić's videos follow the same format: a detailed analysis of one chess game. He typically posts new videos on a daily basis and consistently reviews games from big tournaments within 24 hours. Many of his reviews of historical games are organized into series; for example, games from the World Chess Championship 1921 match.{{cite web |title=Capablanca vs. Lasker - World Championship Match 1921 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiJE_DXl4kA&list=PLDnx7w_xuguEcHvN5JaeSguICUQubgjdh |website=YouTube | date=26 June 2019 |access-date=1 September 2019}}
His most popular video, titled "The Greatest Queen Sacrifice in Chess History", has over 7.4 million views as of March 2024. In the video, he analyzes a game between Rashid Nezhmetdinov and Oleg Chernikov from 1962.{{cite web |title=The Greatest Queen Sacrifice in Chess History - Nezhmetdinov vs Chernikov (1962) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G90SVhxKeig |website=YouTube | date=19 July 2017 |access-date=11 May 2021}} On 7 February 2021, he became the first chess content creator to cross the million-subscriber mark.{{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |date=8 February 2021 |title=First Chess Channel to Hit 1 million Subs |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwgu3ru_4hk |access-date=10 February 2021 |website=ChessBase India YouTube channel}}
In 2020, Radić started a podcast called The agadmator Podcast,{{cite web|url=https://open.spotify.com/show/3pWiSYim8XJFpVlekF79rS?si=zOkhcHY7Qw6Q0ZQZrbjZoQ|title=The agadmator Podcast|website=Spotify |access-date=June 13, 2020}} which is hosted on his YouTube channel and various other platforms.{{Cite web|title=YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrFa4B0Ghjk|access-date=2020-06-28|website=www.youtube.com| date=27 June 2020 }} He also has a second channel, "Agadmator's Other Channel" where he plays video games, namely Hearthstone and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.{{Cite web|title=Agadmator's Other Channel - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/c/agadmatorsOtherChannel|access-date=2020-10-21|website=www.youtube.com}}
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|u=AGADMATOR|title=Agadmator}}
- {{FIDE}}
- {{cite web |url=https://agadmator-library.github.io/ |title=agadmator-library |access-date=16 February 2023}} (Github database of videos searchable by filters, or moves entered into a chessboard.)
- {{cite web |url=https://followchess.com/news/agadmator-be-consistent-and-make-content-that-you-enjoy-yourself/ |title=Agadmator: "Be consistent and make content that you enjoy yourself!" |first=Shubham |last=Kumthekar |website=followchess.com |date=11 June 2020 |access-date=12 June 2020}}
- {{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/chess/story/_/id/29591948/meet-antonio-radic-creator-agadmator-most-popular-chess-channel-youtube|title=Agadmator: From smalltown Croatia, an unlikely chess phenomenon|last=Ninan|first=Susan|work=espn.com|date= 4 August 2020 |access-date=21 August 2020}}
- {{cite web |last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |title=Agadmator - the man who has 290,000+ followers on YouTube |url=https://chessbase.in/news/Interview-with-Agadmator |website=ChessBase India |date=31 October 2018|access-date=1 September 2019}}
- {{cite web|last1=Shah |first1=Sagar |title=First Chess Channel to Hit 1 million Subs |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwgu3ru_4hk |website=ChessBase India YouTube channel|date= 8 February 2021|access-date=10 February 2021}}