Carlsen only has six armageddon losses out of 32 games in NorwayChess history: Nakamura in 2024 Abdusattorov in 2023 (draw) So in 2022 Anand in 2022 Tari in 2022 Caruana in 2019
Would have loved to see a world chess championship between these two. Imagine after drawing all the classical games, then all of the rapid games, we could watch them play faster and faster. Hikaru is one of the few who can stand up to Magnus in the faster time formats.
@@abebuckingham8198 sure, number 2 in the world in classical, one of only 14 players in the history of the game to cross 2800, is not impressive 😂 I agree that in the era of competing Magnus it is hard if not downright impossible to get the title, that does not mean the others are not impressive.
I think that Hikaru deserved to win, though - his line was inspired, and if he had dared to play the moves that we found later, Magnus would not have had a chance.
@@bradleyw1753it's about the fight he puts out that makes the overall match so amazing, we know magnus has no real rivals that can match up to him so anything that comes even close works and hikaru is the only guy who seems to hold himself somewhat good against magnus after all these years
@@bradleyw1753 Simply Hikaru is the most consistent guy that Magnus has ever faced. It seems Hikaru's performance never get worse in every formats through the years so far that's why Magnus enjoyed playing him all the time. it's just Magnus is too strong
This is just psychological battle of world no 1 vs world no 2, showing how great they are especially Magnus when ran out of time. Truly match of the year
Everyone seeing the evaluation bar has been so deceiving and harmful to chess understanding. Quite often, even if the bar shows a big advantage, it ends up being a long complicated engine line that humans will simply not see, especially with little time left.
I remember watching some tournaments a couple years back where chess24 offered two different broadcasts - one with eval bar and one without. I wish they would bring that back.
Frankly, I saw the Kf1 move and thought it was simple enough. But Magnus saw so much deeper in such time trouble that the queen sacrifice to prolong the game was actually the only practical move to extend the game with how Magnus's pieces were hunting the White King. This was a most deserved win by Hikaru, because if he didn't play that way, the pawn would have been unstoppable. Props to Hikaru and Magnus.
Small question around 4:30, where Hikaru's Knight is hanging. Why can't Magnus take? If Hikaru goes Re8, Queen takes, Bishop takes and Rook takes. That means Knight + Bishop + Rook for Queen. Should be more than fair.
10:00 I was pretty sure its rook e1 because rook take rook then you don't take the rook but promote to a queen on d1 then rook take queen rook take rook check only move king f2 then knight d3 wins , but then i realized after queen promotion white could just take the knight because the queen cover e1 , really amazing how magnus found that with the time he has.
Magnus played well today. Everyone know Magnus cannot show his full strength in rapid chess, but he managed to keep up with his opponent, often referred to as the king of blitz.
Magnus is a demon in every section of the game . Strange that he lost on time . 7 mins n Magnus lost on time . But the comeback was pretty much Carlsenesque
"Magnus cannot show his full strength in rapid chess"... mate have you seen the ratings? Magnus is #1 in all three major time controls (classical, rapid and blitz).
Great play by Hikaru and Magnus as well coming back in the game after losing his Queen I would’ve liked to see Hikaru find that Kf1 move when he needed it but like so many players when time is of essence they miss the winning move Thanks Agadmator
I found the first two "pause the video" moves very quickly, but without an in depth analysis as to how they would work in all lines - so it would be scary to play them !
i found king f1 so fast i was wondering what you were even talking about with rook e1 check threat, you'd still have a queen for rook knight and 2 connected pawns on the queenside
I g one second increment in over the board armeggedon chess isnt enough although that creates thrill but two seconds increment would have saved the draw for carlsen
The whole point is not to give so much increment till time trouble doesn’t exist anymore. 1 second is the sweet spot over no increment. The 1 second is not for you to play on increment.
A world championship between these two will be the most watched event ever in the history of chess. Someone needs to be make this happen before they retire!
I am a novice chess player. @1:07 -- Why move your bishop to G4, when it is almost certainly going to be blocked by your opponent's pawn, forcing you to move your bishop, again? Was the goal to get your opponent to move his pawn? If not, then why bother with the bishop to G4 move?
I've heard others say that this time pressure is the point of Armageddon and I'm inclined to agree. The time deficit has to be a real drawback for Black, Black is not supposed to be able to play on increment in the end game. It would make getting a draw too easy
You said it's hard, but kf1 is not hard to find. Ofcourse that whole line is not easy to see. But if Magnus's only threat is to bring his rook down to e2, king to f1 is the easiest move to spot.
Thanks for the 3 pauses. I kinda found Kf1 on the 2nd pause. But I wasn't sure if that was the best. LOL, no way I would've found any of the moves if I had all the time in the world. Keep up the great videos, Agadmator. Treat to watch and learn.
didnt win the latest world chess championship, therefore is not the current world chess champion. or do you think that if someone won the world championship and then retired without playing any more matches, they would remain the official champion forever?
Amazing accuracy by both players in a complex game. Hikaru one of the best players never to play for world championship, assuming Ding defends his title.
Nothing wrong with being angry at failure. The key is to be polite to your opponent and the crowd and officials, but expecting no emotion is weird. If you don’t care, don’t play.
Agadmator : Yes
Q: How fast you wanna be ?
I like how the answer came first before the question
@@ASTONMartin-vf1ix Hi, Captain Obvious here. This is called a pre-move. Nicely done, OP.
Carlsen only has six armageddon losses out of 32 games in NorwayChess history:
Nakamura in 2024
Abdusattorov in 2023 (draw)
So in 2022
Anand in 2022
Tari in 2022
Caruana in 2019
Thank you for this information.
How tf would u know these tho 😂. Anyways...6/32 is still such a good score. What a 🐐
@@mubaraksenju7521 the Almighty database I suppose
@@mubaraksenju7521 this was on one of the live streams. When they interviewed Hikaru they did show this results.
@@mubaraksenju7521It was shown during the live coverage.
Respect for getting this out so quick
That's what she said
Would have loved to see a world chess championship between these two.
Imagine after drawing all the classical games, then all of the rapid games, we could watch them play faster and faster.
Hikaru is one of the few who can stand up to Magnus in the faster time formats.
7 menit Magnus vs 10.menit nakamura 😃
@terrarossa-tk6zu world championship classical matches rarely see results other than a draw.
Hikaru is not strong enough to be a world champion. He's fast but in classical time control he's simply not that impressive.
@@abebuckingham8198 sure, number 2 in the world in classical, one of only 14 players in the history of the game to cross 2800, is not impressive 😂
I agree that in the era of competing Magnus it is hard if not downright impossible to get the title, that does not mean the others are not impressive.
Yep, what a fantastic way to determine the world classical champion...
The real world chess champion is Fabiagnus Hikaruana Nakumarlsen.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Hikanus
Looks like he took the top 3 and put them into the blender.
True true true, sooooooo true
Any true-ers out there?
XDDD
Watched this live, Hikaru even apologized after the Armageddon. Such great spirit between these two❤
Hikaru is a child
@@FerrisMcLaren then how did you come into this world, I wonder 🤔
Magnus did looked disgusted but I guess that’s natural after a tough loss
@@FerrisMcLaren And you are a completely mature adult, right? lmao
@@FerrisMcLarenhahahaha cope mangoose fangirl. Hikaru remains king❤❤❤
Magnus was freaking frustrated. He banged his fist on the table lol
What a sore loser!😅
Great observation! 👍
@@cw6136yeah especially for us podcasters that are listening to audio only to save on bandwidth
Kasparov style
I think that Hikaru deserved to win, though - his line was inspired, and if he had dared to play the moves that we found later, Magnus would not have had a chance.
Got excited for Hikaru vs Hikaru at 2:20
Hikaru vs. Magnus always bangs!
Idk about always. We've seen hikaru get dominated many times lol
@@bradleyw1753it's about the fight he puts out that makes the overall match so amazing, we know magnus has no real rivals that can match up to him so anything that comes even close works and hikaru is the only guy who seems to hold himself somewhat good against magnus after all these years
@@bradleyw1753 Simply Hikaru is the most consistent guy that Magnus has ever faced. It seems Hikaru's performance never get worse in every formats through the years so far that's why Magnus enjoyed playing him all the time. it's just Magnus is too strong
Pause
Except when they agree a bongcloud..
Never ask for like, comment, Share... True gentleman. Best whishes for you
Much respect . Also no shouting etc, or crazy faces on video thumbnails.
@@indianfan1029not crazy but Chad like faces
This is just psychological battle of world no 1 vs world no 2, showing how great they are especially Magnus when ran out of time. Truly match of the year
I mean it’s a match where Magnus does start with less time so this is probably the most common way black loses in this format
destroyed maldnus carlosen in arma
@@universalplayz7496not really. Armageddon is way more advantageous towards black.
Match of the year? No
@@malsawmzela609magnus has 11 wins out of 12 white Armageddon game.
Everyone seeing the evaluation bar has been so deceiving and harmful to chess understanding. Quite often, even if the bar shows a big advantage, it ends up being a long complicated engine line that humans will simply not see, especially with little time left.
I remember watching some tournaments a couple years back where chess24 offered two different broadcasts - one with eval bar and one without. I wish they would bring that back.
Thought there was some dirt on my screen but I realized it's a goat ...
😂😂
I thought it's a horse
Frankly, I saw the Kf1 move and thought it was simple enough. But Magnus saw so much deeper in such time trouble that the queen sacrifice to prolong the game was actually the only practical move to extend the game with how Magnus's pieces were hunting the White King. This was a most deserved win by Hikaru, because if he didn't play that way, the pawn would have been unstoppable. Props to Hikaru and Magnus.
At 4:07 what about queen to c2?
8:47 what about knight C4? (I am too lazy.. somebody do it for me)
Thanks for always reading and getting feedback from the comments really nice to see the clock
This is the best rivalry in chess.
Small question around 4:30, where Hikaru's Knight is hanging. Why can't Magnus take? If Hikaru goes Re8, Queen takes, Bishop takes and Rook takes.
That means Knight + Bishop + Rook for Queen. Should be more than fair.
Do you mean the 3:50 mark?
after rook tskaes bishop white queen takes knight in tgea center which is now undefended. Always look for a couple of next moves after exchange !
10:00 I was pretty sure its rook e1 because rook take rook then you don't take the rook but promote to a queen on d1 then rook take queen rook take rook check only move king f2 then knight d3 wins , but then i realized after queen promotion white could just take the knight because the queen cover e1 , really amazing how magnus found that with the time he has.
Thank you for explaining... I had wasted lot of time thinking of it👍
@@sujankundaikar626
Your welcome 🤍
4:34 why can’t you still do rook e8 to win the queen?
Magnus played well today. Everyone know Magnus cannot show his full strength in rapid chess, but he managed to keep up with his opponent, often referred to as the king of blitz.
@emanuellucin who is referred to as the king of blitz?
I always liked his chess moniker "speed demon." And the level of respect he gets for blitz even compared to Magnus.
Magnus is a demon in every section of the game . Strange that he lost on time . 7 mins n Magnus lost on time . But the comeback was pretty much Carlsenesque
"Magnus cannot show his full strength in rapid chess"... mate have you seen the ratings? Magnus is #1 in all three major time controls (classical, rapid and blitz).
@@victoroliveira6828 and also won both rapid and blitz world championship last year
And once again our TH-cam hero posts another fine chess video with almost zero time left on the clock!
I love Magnuses passion. And Hikaru really did well in deciding what prep to use. Just enough to win some time on the goat.
Great play by Hikaru and Magnus as well coming back in the game after losing his Queen I would’ve liked to see Hikaru find that Kf1 move when he needed it but like so many players when time is of essence they miss the winning move Thanks Agadmator
You should also emphasize the one dominating the whole game and the point where situation turns around
Thx .. your videos are awesome
"Punish this insolence" is a phrase I will have to use more.😆😆
🤣
The standing handshake says a lot about this legendary matchup
he actually did find king f1, timestamp @2:40:30
He found it, but on the live stream that I checked he was talking about Nc2+ instead of Ng2+. Way easier variation than one that Agad shows.
Crazy game 😮
Doesnt the clock beep when the timer runs out first ?
What a battle!!! Between friends it is crazy
they are certainly NOT friends...
@@Jonathan-ec9ppall the top chess players are friends.
About 3:48
Punish Harrwitz for his great insolence and activate your inner Morphy.
4:34 instead of recapturing the rook you should check the king and take the queen
It's nice to see Hikaru at 2803. Playing for the enjoyment and entertainment aspect has definitely made a difference in his game
I found the first two "pause the video" moves very quickly, but without an in depth analysis as to how they would work in all lines - so it would be scary to play them !
Very interesting to watch in chess base india,...i suggest everyone to watch this match in that channel
When it comes to flagging, no one beats hikaru
0 World Champion 😂😂😂
Goat Magnus ❤
Can you consider going back to the old background or something similar. It really makes a huge diffrence.
i found king f1 so fast i was wondering what you were even talking about with rook e1 check threat, you'd still have a queen for rook knight and 2 connected pawns on the queenside
Only thing stopping magnus from winning is his own time...
cant believe hikaru didnt upload yet
He might be busy with the tournament
@@humbleguy1533 doesn't usually stop him. He uploaded it before your comment
@@dessertstorm7476 he even starts streaming DURING a match, when he goes to the confessional booth 🤣
What if instead of night g2 go night c4 discovery check and pick up the rook? Can anyone show this line if its better?
And in the first second we have a completely new video.
A fascinating game between two gladiators!!! 🤼♂️
Very exciting game 🤩!
At 9:32 instead of Rc2.. What about Rd1
4:32 if rook captures on f4 then rook E8 check and the queen is lost no?
Yes queen is lost but for 3 pieces rook, knight and bishop
@@sujankundaikar626 right but then a3 and you get the knight back, i dunno.
Tough loss. The way Magnus has turned this around is incredible.
I g one second increment in over the board armeggedon chess isnt enough although that creates thrill but two seconds increment would have saved the draw for carlsen
The whole point is not to give so much increment till time trouble doesn’t exist anymore. 1 second is the sweet spot over no increment. The 1 second is not for you to play on increment.
Time pressure is literally the theme of armageddon.
Agad premoved a whole video
"Insolence"...ok ok, I see you! Im going to make it a goal to use that word this week. Agad teaching me knowledge up in here. 😊
You know Magnus and Hikaru love each other like brothers.
Did anyone notice that Hikaru has two peg legs? He cut off his legs and replaced them with two giant chess pieces
A world championship between these two will be the most watched event ever in the history of chess. Someone needs to be make this happen before they retire!
10 seconds is crazy
8:04 why can't Hikaro take the black knight with his pawn?
why was the knight not taken by the rook as per the example
I am a novice chess player.
@1:07 -- Why move your bishop to G4, when it is almost certainly going to be blocked by your opponent's pawn, forcing you to move your bishop, again?
Was the goal to get your opponent to move his pawn? If not, then why bother with the bishop to G4 move?
@terrarossa-tk6zu Thank you.
I wonder if Magnus ever burns time on purpose just to make his opponents think he’s out of prep
I used to do that. Tends to cause opponent to stop burning time to find the best move.
I doubt it. Every second is valuable to them.
Grischuk intensifies
This is some great chess. Glad it was between these 2
It's an interesting time format for an OTB game; however, it may want to be tweaked to account for its physicality.
heh, they call it Armageddon for a reason)
I've heard others say that this time pressure is the point of Armageddon and I'm inclined to agree. The time deficit has to be a real drawback for Black, Black is not supposed to be able to play on increment in the end game. It would make getting a draw too easy
Time pressure is the point of Armageddon. Black is not supposed to be able to play on Increment, even if they play very quickly
Time pressure is the point of Armageddon. Black is not supposed to be able to play on Increment, even if they play very quickly
I watch a hell of a lot of AI chess, but Magnus and his gang always keep me interested in human play (with the help of agadmator, of course).
Show the pragg and ding game
Why Hikaru's rating is still 2794 ??
Please update it from nex match.
Where is Levon Aronian?
I don't know if I should be amazed or not as I'm finding all the right answers to pause the video moments lately
Excellent.
Wow. Great game
You said it's hard, but kf1 is not hard to find. Ofcourse that whole line is not easy to see. But if Magnus's only threat is to bring his rook down to e2, king to f1 is the easiest move to spot.
Cool video, first time i see Hikaru vs Hikaru match 😅
Just me got confused with agdmator swaping the names during the game?
Hikarus smile at the end 🤣
Who would have won if there was more time?
I want to know whether the position in which magnus lost on time was winning for hikaru
Thanks for the 3 pauses. I kinda found Kf1 on the 2nd pause. But I wasn't sure if that was the best. LOL, no way I would've found any of the moves if I had all the time in the world. Keep up the great videos, Agadmator. Treat to watch and learn.
Extraordinary game!
Love you !!!!
Lovely game of chess that
Pragg vs alireza , Armageddon match.
Nothing against the rest of the top players, but I would really love to see these two play for the world title.
when Magnus defeated Nepo in 2021 WCC, he no longer preparing for any match format.
What? Y’all dont follow chess don’t you. Hes been winning everything
How about Rcd1
#suggestion Caruana vs Firouzja round 7 Norway Chess '24
What "former" champion are you referring to? Magnus is undefeated in classical chess format matches...
didnt win the latest world chess championship, therefore is not the current world chess champion. or do you think that if someone won the world championship and then retired without playing any more matches, they would remain the official champion forever?
@@zoid_on_youtube Clearly the greatest chess player of our generation, fighting computer preps etc. who else???
Amazing accuracy by both players in a complex game. Hikaru one of the best players never to play for world championship, assuming Ding defends his title.
Great game
Agad is bullet 🏃
Can you pls tell me your fide rating?😅😊
Watch the previous video where Antonio plays live. He’s about 2200 rated on Lichess. He’s not an active FIDE competitor.
If u lose in armageddon do u lose classical points???
Magnus the goat!!! Literally saved the game
"Flagging the 🐐 today" - Hikaru Nakamura
Sir Pragu is finding his way to become a world champion ❤❤❤
Antonio is speed
Is Medo okay? I miss her rolling around
Is it ?
Nothing wrong with being angry at failure. The key is to be polite to your opponent and the crowd and officials, but expecting no emotion is weird. If you don’t care, don’t play.
Man vs Machine, and the Man won. a tag different but good news to chess community. thrash the engines and vantage bars.
The Grand El Clasico
good commentry !!!!!