@@johns7530the thing about playing a GM is if you try to play slow and defensively, they're going to win. If you play aggressively and make them defend.. you're probably still going to lose, but you at least have a chance of inducing some blunder massive enough to take advantage of!
Agreed... I feel like if this were a shorter time control then maybe this game could have been very different. but one could say that about all games, I suppose@@psymar
I once read in a chess book "If you want to see wonderous combinations, you'll probably be disappointed studying the world's best as they generally see such combinations beforehand and do all to prevent them from happening. No, if you want to see great combinations - the most exciting ones, you often need to watch lower level players." I'm sure that's not entirely true but the sentiment stuck with me.
but the best defensive games are fought by the best players, I enjoy those just as much as attacking ones, although im with the minority who likes it that way..
@@ghostgurl17 You are right- you can always show what "wonderous combinations" would have occured had the player not defended properly as part of the post analysis.
Not necessarily true. It depends on style and style clashes. For instance, Dubov, Rapport, (among players of ages past) Tal, Polgar all attempt(ed) to create or force positions where a lot of tactics take place. But it's not *always* possible to force that style of play against a solid and risk-averse opponent.
Magnus's opponent from Georgia is strong, and streaky. I've seen him beat much stronger players but today was not his day. What's impressive about 2700+ players is how consistently strong they are, they don't have "off days".
Probably depending on what lines the opponent plays or what pattern there’s on the board. Reminded me of the story of Annuseirawan when he specializing in side pawn opening for a short while and he destroyed other GM’s with ease. Then a person manage to draw him quite decisively and afterward everone seemed able to do so without much problem.
It's worth noting that in the second blocking scenario you mentioned (9:16), after Qa8+ Black also has the option of blocking with the night on d8, rather than the rook. White still achieves checkmate by *sacrificing the queen* and recapturing with the rook. In this line, White's knight on f5 is crucial -- it covers e7. In all other lines you showed, that knight wasn't necessary to the checkmate. But this line demonstrates that without that knight, the rook sacrifice wouldn't succeed! In other words, this mate involved EVERY PIECE of White's (other than the king). [Edit: Okay, at least two other commenters noticed this line, too. But I think I'm the first make the point about the knight on f5.] 1. Re8 Kxe8 2. Qe4+ Ne6 3. Qa8+ Nd8 4. Qxd8+ Rxd8 5. Rxd8#
Yeah I showed it the wrong way haha and yeah that final line you show is a nice one also, very picturesque finish. Amazing how tactics always seems to flow when pieces on right squares and enemy pieces on wrong squares
"Remember from this game, always get your king to safety" If you know the rules, you can break the rules ... unless you are playing against Magnus.... but then, quite frankly, nothing helps
he utilizes pins a lot more than I do. I'm usually happy if I can pull 1 off in a game, but he makes a habit of trying combinations where I try and stray away from them because I often end up on the losing side of them. Good instructive game.
What is even better is that in the knight block variation, you can take the rook with your queen, sacrifying it, and you still win by recapturing with your rook. A rook and queen sacrifice for a forced mate, what a beauty.
It is great fun to see games like this. Fantastic play by Magnus. Not only are the moves brilliant, but he has to see them many moves in advance. At the same time it is very depressing to see this, realising that this level is so extremely far higher than what I can ever achieve myself. Thank you for presenting this game, with great analysis.
I spotted this too. The interesting thing is that it relies on White's f5 knight to cover the e7 square. In other words, all of White's pieces were necessary in this checkmate -- something that wasn't obvious from the other variations.
At 8:07 I actually found Queen takes B5 sacrificing his queen after Black takes with Knight. White then uses D1 Rook to take D7 Rook... Nothing Black can do after that. If black refuses to take the Queen and does something else, its still a loss. I didn't even see the solution Magnus took, since I stopped looking after I found this solution. Queen sacrifices are even more fun.
@@epicchess2021 you should do an epilogue video with that line, there's a good 3 minutes worth of content and each variant is beautiful in its own right to be honest.
If politicians knew and used chess on that level instead off pander to their own, we would live in a better healthier society and in a better world. Thanks for the video, Incredible ingenuity by Carlson.
Always get your king to safety! If playing Carlsen that means that your first move should be Kd0 (if playing white. Kd9 if playing black) and continue with the king that direction.
@@epicchess2021 Yes they started very early, but regardless of dedication some people's brains will never be wired to reach 2500. I'm 1500 and played 5,000 games. My absolute peak I bet is 2000 if I started at 7.
really cool man, it helps me as i am starting to do blindfold stuff, blocking with rook on d8, you can even sac the Queen and still deliver mate, i sleep 2 hours on this and never saw Bc7, that is magnus indeed, thanks for the lesson mate
Oh cool yeah blindfold is really fun when you get into it and yeah i defo missed the most beautiful line in this game a lot of ppl pointed that one out to me! Cheers for watching
First time viewer. Really love your video mate - specifically how you explain each variation but also doing it in a slow and beginner friendly way. Keep up the good work - you’ve earned my sub!
Until he blundered badly with 27...Qg6. Now black position was lost, but no checkmate in near future yet 27...Qg6?? 28. Bc7 Now black should have played 28...Bf6 29. Bxd8 Bxd8 30. Re5 Black is exchange down and white rook is going to massacre black pawns, clearly lost position, but no checkmate. Instead of 28...Bf6 he played even worse blunder 28...Rd7 which forces mate in 5. 29. Re8+ Kxe8 30.Qe4+Ne6 31.Qa8+ Nd8 32.Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8# We have to remember : every beautiful checkmate is bad blunder from opponent. Levan blundered twice in a row, Carlsen does not forgive mistakes like that
FINALLY! Someone who knows how to present chess in an easy to understand manner. I've been getting so frustrated with other channels who speculate on possibilities so much that I get oversaturated with information that isn't necessarily relevant to the match being played. You explain things perfectly. Thank you and subbed! 🙏
After Magnus played 1. Re8+!! Kxe8 2. Qe4+ Ne6 3. Qa8+ Rd8 he would have played 4. Qxd8+ as it is far more aesthetically pleasing 4. ... Nxd8 5. Rxd8 Mate, but "Epic Chess" should "definitely" have explained what happens after 3. Qa8+ Nd8 4. Qxd8+! Rxd8 5. Rxd8 Mate! :)
Also the world cup is good because of how short the matches are compared to a world championship match. Ordinary gms have a chance against players like carlsen when they wouldn't in a world championship match
haha I never time my videos I just record and whatever they are they are. Also it's anything over 8 mins these days that TH-cam then puts a mid roll ad in, so hitting 10 mins is neither here nor there anymore. Thanks for watching anyway, hope you enjoyed
hi, the videos are lovely, always ! - but at 9,20, if u would show it with a queen sacrifice also, then a rook also can give a mate?, ( I just thought ), and the last one, 9,33 he doesn't need to win the queen with a fork even, thx anyway, all the bests
It's hillarious that in almost every chess video i watch they refer to Magnus as "the World Champion". Talk about a title devoid of any real meaning or significance for Ding Liren, kinda feel bad for him, but its still very funny. FIDE must realy look at this and make some changes or else noone will care about the World Championship in a few years if this keeps happening.
"Brave decision giving the World Champion the center." Magnus is still the best in the world, but not the champ anymore. I know it will take some time to get used to this.
Hardly. Ding is a paper champion literally hiding from the world because he can't live up to the expectations of being a world champion. He is not even top 5 atm. Magnus still leagues above the rest.
@@ChessJourneyman That's what I said, didn't I? Magnus is still the best in the world, but he cannot be called World Champion, because he is not the official FIDE Champion anymore.
Magnus is a genius, but people must be getting tired of playing him now. I mean, draw him in a tournament & you might as well book your flight home. Its getting boring.
Yeah altho Hikaru has been going toe to toe with him lately so that is a genuinely exciting match up especially because so often faster time controls these days
I once played Levan Pantsulaia in Georgian championship and got completely destroyed. But Magnus avenged me 😂
Yeah the top guys make very strong players look like babies haha
Give credit to his opponent for playing without fear. Really showing up and willing to fight. Regardless of outcome he took the challenge to Magnus.
I would take challenge to Magnus too if I played him, and I would lose in about 5 moves (or maybe less). : )
@@johns7530the thing about playing a GM is if you try to play slow and defensively, they're going to win. If you play aggressively and make them defend.. you're probably still going to lose, but you at least have a chance of inducing some blunder massive enough to take advantage of!
Agreed... I feel like if this were a shorter time control then maybe this game could have been very different. but one could say that about all games, I suppose@@psymar
Absolutely.
Fought lika beast.
I once read in a chess book "If you want to see wonderous combinations, you'll probably be disappointed studying the world's best as they generally see such combinations beforehand and do all to prevent them from happening. No, if you want to see great combinations - the most exciting ones, you often need to watch lower level players." I'm sure that's not entirely true but the sentiment stuck with me.
It rings true. Chess puzzles rated 1500 are some of the most fun because they’re combos that only come up in 1500 games.
but the best defensive games are fought by the best players, I enjoy those just as much as attacking ones, although im with the minority who likes it that way..
@@ghostgurl17 You are right- you can always show what "wonderous combinations" would have occured had the player not defended properly as part of the post analysis.
Not necessarily true. It depends on style and style clashes. For instance, Dubov, Rapport, (among players of ages past) Tal, Polgar all attempt(ed) to create or force positions where a lot of tactics take place. But it's not *always* possible to force that style of play against a solid and risk-averse opponent.
I just think of all my brilliancies that will never been seen. 😉
Magnus's opponent from Georgia is strong, and streaky. I've seen him beat much stronger players but today was not his day. What's impressive about 2700+ players is how consistently strong they are, they don't have "off days".
Probably depending on what lines the opponent plays or what pattern there’s on the board. Reminded me of the story of Annuseirawan when he specializing in side pawn opening for a short while and he destroyed other GM’s with ease. Then a person manage to draw him quite decisively and afterward everone seemed able to do so without much problem.
It's worth noting that in the second blocking scenario you mentioned (9:16), after Qa8+ Black also has the option of blocking with the night on d8, rather than the rook. White still achieves checkmate by *sacrificing the queen* and recapturing with the rook. In this line, White's knight on f5 is crucial -- it covers e7. In all other lines you showed, that knight wasn't necessary to the checkmate. But this line demonstrates that without that knight, the rook sacrifice wouldn't succeed! In other words, this mate involved EVERY PIECE of White's (other than the king).
[Edit: Okay, at least two other commenters noticed this line, too. But I think I'm the first make the point about the knight on f5.]
1. Re8 Kxe8
2. Qe4+ Ne6
3. Qa8+ Nd8
4. Qxd8+ Rxd8
5. Rxd8#
Yeah I showed it the wrong way haha and yeah that final line you show is a nice one also, very picturesque finish. Amazing how tactics always seems to flow when pieces on right squares and enemy pieces on wrong squares
MAGNUS is playing his best chess at the moment
"Remember from this game, always get your king to safety"
If you know the rules, you can break the rules ... unless you are playing against Magnus.... but then, quite frankly, nothing helps
Yeah true lol 😂
he utilizes pins a lot more than I do. I'm usually happy if I can pull 1 off in a game, but he makes a habit of trying combinations where I try and stray away from them because I often end up on the losing side of them. Good instructive game.
What is even better is that in the knight block variation, you can take the rook with your queen, sacrifying it, and you still win by recapturing with your rook. A rook and queen sacrifice for a forced mate, what a beauty.
Agreed, I missed a trick there!
Those hours spent on puzzle rush really paid off.
It is great fun to see games like this. Fantastic play by Magnus. Not only are the moves brilliant, but he has to see them many moves in advance.
At the same time it is very depressing to see this, realising that this level is so extremely far higher than what I can ever achieve myself.
Thank you for presenting this game, with great analysis.
No worries and thanks for watching. And yes very true haha
"Tanya reacted to the move like this"
*reduces volume*
*and he sacrifices the ROOOOKKKKKKKKKKKK*
Can't wait for levy's recap
'He know he is going to be positional crushed by Magnussen, so he tries it tactical' had me up in tears. If only I would have known this sooner 🙂
Haha yeah that is the secret 😗😂
The other nice mate in the 2nd variation you show after ...Ne6, is Qa8+, Nd8 instead of the ...Rd8 you show. Then Q:d8, R:d8 and R:d8x
I spotted this too. The interesting thing is that it relies on White's f5 knight to cover the e7 square. In other words, all of White's pieces were necessary in this checkmate -- something that wasn't obvious from the other variations.
Thank you. You are the only channel to cover Qe6 defense during the forced mating sequence
Ah cool and no worries thanks for watching!
Bruh. It's obvious what happens lmao
"Chess is a game with 16 white and 16 black pieces, and the color which is played by Magnus wins."
😂
At 8:07 I actually found Queen takes B5 sacrificing his queen after Black takes with Knight. White then uses D1 Rook to take D7 Rook... Nothing Black can do after that. If black refuses to take the Queen and does something else, its still a loss. I didn't even see the solution Magnus took, since I stopped looking after I found this solution. Queen sacrifices are even more fun.
Yeah that line is beautiful, amazing how the tactics so often flow in superior positions/poor opponent king and piece placement
@@epicchess2021 you should do an epilogue video with that line, there's a good 3 minutes worth of content and each variant is beautiful in its own right to be honest.
If politicians knew and used chess on that level instead off pander to their own, we would live in a better healthier society and in a better world. Thanks for the video, Incredible ingenuity by Carlson.
Thank you!
Always get your king to safety!
If playing Carlsen that means that your first move should be Kd0 (if playing white. Kd9 if playing black) and continue with the king that direction.
I could live for a million years only focusing on chess and never get this good.
Yeah same haha, all of those super GMs stared at like 7 and dedicated their whole lives
@@epicchess2021 Yes they started very early, but regardless of dedication some people's brains will never be wired to reach 2500. I'm 1500 and played 5,000 games. My absolute peak I bet is 2000 if I started at 7.
You can block with the bishop in e5 too, but well...
I thought the moral of this game is never cockblock Magnus when it comes to the Botez sister.
found both moves immediately, feels good man
really cool man, it helps me as i am starting to do blindfold stuff, blocking with rook on d8, you can even sac the Queen and still deliver mate, i sleep 2 hours on this and never saw Bc7, that is magnus indeed, thanks for the lesson mate
Oh cool yeah blindfold is really fun when you get into it and yeah i defo missed the most beautiful line in this game a lot of ppl pointed that one out to me! Cheers for watching
Simply the best.
Really enjoyed the video, thank you for posting it : )
Thank you!
First time viewer. Really love your video mate - specifically how you explain each variation but also doing it in a slow and beginner friendly way. Keep up the good work - you’ve earned my sub!
Thanks very much appreciate it! And cheers for the kind words
yes this is one of the clearest analyses i've seen on youtube for beginner chess, keep it up! @@epicchess2021
His opponent kept the game fairly level for a long time… so tough against Magnus 🤷🏻♂️👏
Until he blundered badly with 27...Qg6. Now black position was lost, but no checkmate in near future yet
27...Qg6?? 28. Bc7 Now black should have played 28...Bf6 29. Bxd8 Bxd8 30. Re5
Black is exchange down and white rook is going to massacre black pawns, clearly lost position, but no checkmate.
Instead of 28...Bf6 he played even worse blunder 28...Rd7 which forces mate in 5.
29. Re8+ Kxe8 30.Qe4+Ne6 31.Qa8+ Nd8 32.Qxd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxd8#
We have to remember : every beautiful checkmate is bad blunder from opponent. Levan blundered twice in a row, Carlsen does not forgive mistakes like that
Well it's easy to find Qd4 but the problem is the king flees to h7 hence the deflection sac to kick it off.
Absolutely crushing
bishop f6 is to remove the back rank checkmate thread aswell as defenmd the rook
FINALLY! Someone who knows how to present chess in an easy to understand manner. I've been getting so frustrated with other channels who speculate on possibilities so much that I get oversaturated with information that isn't necessarily relevant to the match being played. You explain things perfectly. Thank you and subbed! 🙏
thank you appreciate it!
You didn't show Nd8 block with the Qxd8 queen sacrifice. Same idea, the point being the rook is sufficient to deliver checkmate.
Yeah You’re right I missed a trick there, a few people told me now that it would have been the more beautiful way! Cheers for watching
After Magnus played 1. Re8+!! Kxe8 2. Qe4+ Ne6 3. Qa8+ Rd8 he would have played 4. Qxd8+ as it is far more aesthetically pleasing 4. ... Nxd8 5. Rxd8 Mate, but "Epic Chess" should "definitely" have explained what happens after 3. Qa8+ Nd8 4. Qxd8+! Rxd8 5. Rxd8 Mate! :)
True!! That would have been the more aesthetic one
Great recap of the game - thanks.
Thank you!
Great game! At 6:46 what is the defence against Qxb5?
The defence is that black isn't forced to take the queen. Also you hang your knight.
These memorable games made him among the best chess players in history!
Yeah what a legend !
Also the world cup is good because of how short the matches are compared to a world championship match. Ordinary gms have a chance against players like carlsen when they wouldn't in a world championship match
i think that shorter games =\= higher chance against the blitz wc
@@deutscher1a i said shorter match not shorter games. The classical format is the same
@@blue_red_screen im not native and switched something up, sorry for that misunderstanding
Excellent game and what a finish.
Talk about having a full awareness of the board, right? I mean that a8 square was not easy to spot for a combination.
Yeah agreed! He saw so fast as well
Fantastic analysis!
Thanks a lot
Great recap brother!
Appreciate it!
8:32 enjoy, save yourself 8 minutes of your life
Been there done that but hey Magnus is top Dawg.
Magnus is incredibly lucky that I wasn't his opponent that day.
Agreed 😁
Beautiful ending by Carlsen.
Let’s not forget king h1 was the top engine move
There's actually 4 blocks in final position, not 3 like he said. Be5. Still Qa8 leads to mate though.
Oh yeah whoops! Thanks
Nice job explaining the game. Subscribed.
Thanks very much appreciate it!
Wow great play by Magnus.
Love your channel :)
Thanks Neo appreciate it! Cheers for watching
wow what a Magnus move
Thank you!
you worked really hard to stretch this out to 10min
haha I never time my videos I just record and whatever they are they are. Also it's anything over 8 mins these days that TH-cam then puts a mid roll ad in, so hitting 10 mins is neither here nor there anymore. Thanks for watching anyway, hope you enjoyed
Levan played pretty well though. Props to him.
Magnus pants'd his opponent once again.
Good lord, these guys are good.
hi, the videos are lovely, always ! - but at 9,20, if u would show it with a queen sacrifice also, then a rook also can give a mate?, ( I just thought ), and the last one, 9,33 he doesn't need to win the queen with a fork even, thx anyway, all the bests
Thanks and yeah you’re right that was the best line!
The rook sacrifice was my first guess and I saw it immediately. Difference is, I have no idea why and Magnus does!
Haha I can relate to that 😆
Incorrect there were e 4 blocks, bishop e5
Yeah I forgot about that one ! Thanks, I will pretend I was just testing everyone… cheers for watching
simple find......ANY player....expert level and above would have seen this move
After Qe6 and Rd8 why can’t he protect with Qc8? That protects the rook and attacks the white queen.
Qe4+, Qe6 to block, Qa8+ and there’s no qc8 because the rook is on d7. So rd8 forced, and queen takes d8 is checkmate
It's hillarious that in almost every chess video i watch they refer to Magnus as "the World Champion". Talk about a title devoid of any real meaning or significance for Ding Liren, kinda feel bad for him, but its still very funny. FIDE must realy look at this and make some changes or else noone will care about the World Championship in a few years if this keeps happening.
Everyone knows Magnus is the best, but what is FIDE supposed to do, cancel the WC? What was Ding supposed to do, not play?
Feedback: for some reason your board doesn’t show the last move. Makes it hard to follow my man!
Ah yeah I’ll enable that again ! Thanks
New chess guy to me but I like your style. Very calm ... normal
Thanks a lot appreciate it! Cheers for watching
Same thing, quick but nice explanations
we don't want magnus smashing people up since he rarely does we want firouzja smashing people up
Who does this Pants guy think he is, trying a fancy no-castle against Magnus? Good beat down.
Nice video!!!
Thanks a lot
Magnus is the best at mating in chess.
I will have to mate in some other way.
Just an impeccable beating. Puppet play.
"Brave decision giving the World Champion the center." Magnus is still the best in the world, but not the champ anymore. I know it will take some time to get used to this.
Hardly. Ding is a paper champion literally hiding from the world because he can't live up to the expectations of being a world champion. He is not even top 5 atm. Magnus still leagues above the rest.
@@ChessJourneyman That's what I said, didn't I? Magnus is still the best in the world, but he cannot be called World Champion, because he is not the official FIDE Champion anymore.
@@ChessJourneyman that take on Ding sounds like projection.
Oh crap yeah complete accident! Just rolls off the tongue I always forget still
I recommend 1.5x speed
10:01=double monetization. I see what you do...
What happened an advert or something? There were 2 in this video yeah but forget what times
Be5 is 4th possible block though.
Oh yeah whoops haha
You sacrifice the queen and take with the rook! Not the other way around...
More beautiful true !
magnificent.
Nice one
I wish indian daredevils played in this game!!😮 . my choice would be pragg vs magnus!
Poor king too late to castle D;
Just a good ol square fight? What can really be said?
So is this magnus guy good?
So they say 😁
I clicked off AMAns chess video like, I'm sick of chess videos. then I saw this video and clicked on it like a sucker. lol.
I hope was worth it…!
ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED?!
😁😁one of my favourite films of all time
Thank God he cut off the man-bun
Hahaha
Well I think levan should move to japan
I’m not following that comment I’m afraid!
pantsu is japanese for underpants.@@epicchess2021
Probably no one like him.
Magnus is a genius, but people must be getting tired of playing him now. I mean, draw him in a tournament & you might as well book your flight home. Its getting boring.
Yeah altho Hikaru has been going toe to toe with him lately so that is a genuinely exciting match up especially because so often faster time controls these days
🫨😬❤️😎
Im terrible at chess ♟️
Doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the show 😁
👍
Magnus isn't the World Champion. Hasn't been for a while.
Oh yeah I think I made a mistake in this one! So used to him being I forget at times
Same. I always forget. Didn't think I'd see the day tbh.@@epicchess2021
🙅🏻♂️
That woman’s voice was annoying
😆 haha Tania is cool tho tbf
guy, you talk too much!
Yeah not for everyone!
leviathan pancreatic plsyed pretty good tho
Genius!
Magnus is the GOAT
Damn it man! My dog just did a great big dogshit in the yard
😂