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Excellent video, I joined Patreon because of your EFFORT in this video! Reminds me of your excellent books, How good is your chess, and test your chess. More like this, please.
Great video! Bit of a strange question, I recently picked up your book on the English Defence (loving that opening). I'm still working my way through it, but do you have any recommendations about how to continue if my opponent starts playing the london?
Note that Firouzja plays Kc3?? with just 3 seconds left in his clock. The pressure was immense, even for the fastest player on the planet, and he blundered. He is not just young and super talented, he is also human. And Carlsen once again demonstrated his uncanny ability to create practical problems in the endgame, and use the clock as a key part of the chess struggle. This was very instructive.
Firouzja has a clock problem. At one point it was something like 80 minutes for Magnus, 12 minutes for Firouzja. But Magnus understands well the necessity to gain experience and mature, and Magnus expects Firouzja to be one of the best someday.
@@sleepy314 He certainly had a clock problem in this game, but he also had many different decision points at which he chose poorly, so I don't think we can generalize anything past this game, or even in this game I think mostly we can say he had a problem with nerves.
Typical Carlsen squeeze. It reminded me of the conversation that should have taken place between Najdorf and Boleslavsky in Zurich 1953: Miguel Najdorf: Are you playing for a draw? Isaac Boleslavsky: No. M.N.: So you’re playing for a win? I.B.: Mmm, not really. M.N.: Don’t tell me you’re playing for a loss!? I.B.: No. I am just making the moves that the position demands.
Kramnik and Polgar walked the Black king round the kingside, I finished dinner with a poorly hidden iPad under the table and got ready for the Armageddon. Refreshing for a hack like myself to see the losing move (and even the wooden piece!) the second it was made. Great coverage, as always. And ever so often :-)
Thanks so much for the fantastic coverage. Of all the admirable traits about Magnus’s game (and there are many), it seems to be his ability to pull victory from the jaws of a draw.
Nicht nur, dass es schön zu sehen ist, wie diese beiden Rivalen auf schmalem Grat zwischen Remis und Sieg/Niederlage manövrieren, darüber hinaus veranschaulicht Daniels Analyse an diesem Beispiel die Tiefe und Dynamik der Opposition im Endspiel. Vielen Dank für das Video, GM! Verdient alle Achtung und Unterstützung der community.
Thanks very much for the analysis Daniel.. future of chess looking great. The endgame here looks like it could be turned into a very detailed video analysis of corresponding squares :). Also, your final comment re: Firouzja too eager to draw. I remember Nimzo analyzed such a game in his My System where one of his opponents did that and ended up losing. I'm sure you know it. A refresher would be good. it's one of the dangers you face when playing and feeling a touch lazy .. Anand vs Kasparov was another one. All the best. Keep well.
Hopefully, in a couple of tournaments his nerve will settle down. Maybe it's just him playing against Magnus. His performance against everyone else but Magnus has been stellar.
Kind of reassuring that even a top GM, when in time pressure, can mess up the opposition. It's such a simple concept but one wrong move and it is all gone. Damn K+P endgames!
i actually think the opposite, i think Carlsen is afraid of firouzja , and if he isnt he should be cuz he is the next wc for sure ! unless someone comes out the woodwork under the age of 10 very soon.
You missed to mention the line,instead of bxa4 white can Intermezzo the kf3 move. It will end in : bxc3 kg2 a3 bc4 Nxg3 and After any recapture be2. With 2 pawns for the piece. Maybe practical chanche with opponements low time
Ok can someone explain @19:55, after Nd4+ why Alireza put his king on g3!!? This allows Carlson to get his nite to f4 and pick up white's key pawn. Alireza's bishop nicely covers the e6 square. Shouldn't it be enough to prevent black knight to ever reach the 3 squares from which his pawn can be taken?
Alireza: This is a draw Magnus: Yes, this is a draw Alireza: So, do we draw now? Magnus: Let's play this out Alireza: What about now? Magnus: Let me bring my king to d6 Alireza: Okay Magnus: Now, we can draw! Alireza: SURPRISE!!!
the amount of sleepy games ive played that suddenly turn freakishly and unexpedily shart in K and P end games is crazy ! thats why i love chess so much, you let your guard down for a second and a seemily dead possition is lost because of one square, you simply cant feel your way around aany possition, the subtletys are always there, this is why i love classical chess over blitz, i think furute eltie players may well understand these better and make classical redundant, but right now we cant do it !
Hey, Daniel. I wasn't able to find any videos of your own matches. Here's an idea - do you think you can make a series of your best wins and analyze them? I'm sure it'll be very educational.
Great video! By the way, what did Daniel say here 25:33? "[···] he faces Aronian in the final round. But, well, it is basically a dead something.." what is the last word?
@@brucebirdsanctuary1654 thanks a lot, I didn't know the expression. But yet it seems that after "dead rubber" there is still at least one more sound or syllable. It sounds to me like "dead rubber butter"..
This video was 26 minutes long - already way too much. This is always my dilemma: I want to make the game accessible, but at the same time I want to explore details when relevant to telling the story of the game. Some viewers think I should concentrate on just the game moves. Others, such as yourself, want more detail. You can't please all of the people all of the time.
@@PowerPlayChess yeah I understand. I am probably part a minority of your viewers that likes really long analyses. :) the line I found particularly interesting was the line with two rooks against rook, bishop and knight. It seemed to be a very technical but also a quite unique position, I thought. Anyways - really enjoy your work.:)
@@rohmann000 That was a very complicated line with a couple of ways for Black to play. Carlsen demonstrated a couple of variations afterwards and his calculation was superb - very accurate.
knowing about opposition the endgame was easy most of the time but with the pawns in between the king also had to step on rather random squares not having to match the field color of the opponents king? these moves looked tricky.
But howww? I thought you automatically solve any distant opposition positions once you are a GM. And that move was not even the hardest in this sequence! 😢😢😢
Great lesson!! This battle for first place in a tournament is a great reminder of another famous battle for first place: Geller-Fischer Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970. Fischer was given Pal Benko's spot. During the game Geller offered a draw, but Fischer declined, they fought a marathon drawish game, only to be blundered by Geller, after this game, Fischer went on to dominate the rest of the tournament, winning it by three and a half points, and starting his amazing streak of consecutive wins in the candidates until his defeat at the hands of Petrossian in the second game of the candidates final in Buenos Aires, 1971. Fischer did not qualify for the interzonal because he had not played in the US championship ( which was a qualifying zonal), instead he took Pal Benko's spot, the US chess federation had "purchased" Benko's spot for $3,000 dollars. A few years ago, Kasparov said in an interview that Magnus was a lethal combination of Karpov and Fischer. This comment is highly justified because of his long winning streak. Excellent work, and excellent analysis of the previous game Carlsen-Tary.
I came here hoping to see explanation of two "traps" mentioned in the post game talk with Carlsen (th-cam.com/video/TNPS_PAHi5w/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/TNPS_PAHi5w/w-d-xo.html) but you showed neither of those :(
I recall Nakamura stating that he did not study endgames (basically saying that he just figured them out at the board). However, he has lost several drawn endgames to Magnus. However, this faux pas by the youngster was quite a surprise.
Look at the video of the last moves if you have the time. Firouzja was exhausted, extremly nervous and in the end couldn't handle the pressure. Carlsen won this one by psychological means in my opinon.
wow, Firouzja really blundering this? Guess Levon or Fabi or the other elite and experienced players would play Kd2 there. Still a long way for that kid. :)
ha - they weren't even ranked as highly in the tournament - and plenty of them have lost to MC! So Ali's been doing great, and the time pressure at the end was just too much.
@@jamesgoudreau1940 Nah I know that he wouldnt blunder it with minutes on the clock, obviously. Still, I mean this is a basic. I cant see Carlsen or Caruana or Nakamura or Vishy or, ...list goes on, blundering that. Its insane. For me this is shocking.
@@BvBCrafty This is why even pro's and grandmasters still practice the basics because it happens and there is a history of this stuff man it isn't new. Pick your favorite competition and even at the highest level stupid stuff while it doesn't happen as often still does happen regularly.
@@jamesgoudreau1940 Maybe u get me a bit wrong here or you are new to chess. This endgame is pure classic. Thats what you teach your kids/student in pawn endgames, This is not like blundering mate in one or missing a fork, these are things that Ive seen from grandmasters. But these things are happening cause they are not aware of the situation and then its coming as a surprise. While in this case, you are not calculating different lines, worrying about this and that, thinking about plans and whatever. This one is pure. Probably the biggest blunder of the century.
fair to say it was nerves that caused that poor K move from firouzja.......and...that speaks concern for the young mans future........you can not shake uncontrolled at the board and continue a chess career.....i hope the young man...gets some help with his nerves.....learn how to relax...yoga etc......because the chess archives are littered with guys who ....shall we say....could not handle the game....
This game , In my opinion, was not worthy of analysis with all due respect to Mr King .It showed one player playing on opponent’s clock, carrying on despite having no advantage for many moves until it reached a known drawn position even a beginner should know and showing no sportsmanship and respect for the opponent of that caliber ,thus making him so nervous that he finally blundered. To me it sounds more like psychology than chess. I highly doubt even the winner is satisfied with this win.
I hereby strongly disagree! Time management and nerves are great contributions to chess as a sport, with tricks and tension. Magnus himself lost two easy rook endgames vs Levon when he was a teen prodigy, like Alireza is now. And, of course, he did not complained. Magnus learned, and became the greatest endgames ever. Alireza will learn too.
I found it very educational. A great game to review indeed! And why would Magnus not be satisfied? Fischer used to win many games in a very similar manner, playing out equal positions and finally getting the blunder. Nothing wrong with taking all your chances.
flex his muscles??.....lets be totally honest here magnus NEVER was better in this game.....and played for..what he unfortunately got.....A BLUNDER....from an uncontrolled nervous young man
@@jamesgoudreau1940 no not at that level. these are young players in the prime of their life. these positions would be memorized like a table base and it is just a couple pawns not having to calculate a queen ending. its only having to calculate the zugzwang. players at this level can play multiple speed chess games blindfolded
@@danielmanahan692 The pressure of playing the best endgame player of all time got into alireza and he was down to 10 secs,he got nervous and broke out of shackles.
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Excellent video, I joined Patreon because of your EFFORT in this video! Reminds me of your excellent books, How good is your chess, and test your chess. More like this, please.
Great video! Bit of a strange question, I recently picked up your book on the English Defence (loving that opening). I'm still working my way through it, but do you have any recommendations about how to continue if my opponent starts playing the london?
Note that Firouzja plays Kc3?? with just 3 seconds left in his clock. The pressure was immense, even for the fastest player on the planet, and he blundered. He is not just young and super talented, he is also human. And Carlsen once again demonstrated his uncanny ability to create practical problems in the endgame, and use the clock as a key part of the chess struggle. This was very instructive.
Firouzja has a clock problem. At one point it was something like 80 minutes for Magnus, 12 minutes for Firouzja.
But Magnus understands well the necessity to gain experience and mature, and Magnus expects Firouzja to be one of the best someday.
@@sleepy314 He certainly had a clock problem in this game, but he also had many different decision points at which he chose poorly, so I don't think we can generalize anything past this game, or even in this game I think mostly we can say he had a problem with nerves.
Here MC shows something extra, he saw the oponent's mental status. Sometimes things out of the board are also important.
That was highly entertaining, as always. Well done, GM King.
Thank you!
Typical Carlsen squeeze. It reminded me of the conversation that should have taken place between Najdorf and Boleslavsky in Zurich 1953:
Miguel Najdorf: Are you playing for a draw?
Isaac Boleslavsky: No.
M.N.: So you’re playing for a win?
I.B.: Mmm, not really.
M.N.: Don’t tell me you’re playing for a loss!?
I.B.: No. I am just making the moves that the position demands.
After centuries of chess games, and theory,
one of the most critical elements remains:
*the opposition!* (Kings in the endgame)
Kramnik and Polgar walked the Black king round the kingside, I finished dinner with a poorly hidden iPad under the table and got ready for the Armageddon. Refreshing for a hack like myself to see the losing move (and even the wooden piece!) the second it was made. Great coverage, as always. And ever so often :-)
The only KING whom IT IS a pleasure to follow, step by step, sentence by sentence, word by word. Thx a Lot!!!
Love this rivalry between the two players! Strong nerves will come with experience, it's incredible he's only 17!
there is no rivalry here, not even close
@@fixpontt give the young Firouzja some credit. 2nd place in this tournament of super GM's.
I believe at 17, Carlson already had those strong nerves.
@@Requiredfields2 go believe in your local Church!!
@@TheAliakbarazad I'm not a believer. I don't go to church.
This kid is a genie. I'm sure if he continues this path, he's going to become one of the greatests of the modern chess history.
Thanks so much for the fantastic coverage. Of all the admirable traits about Magnus’s game (and there are many), it seems to be his ability to pull victory from the jaws of a draw.
This game in a nutshell:
"It should be a draw.
It should be a draw.
It should be a draw.
It should be a draw.
Okay yeah, it's a draw.
WHAT!"
Mr King is getting better at making the suspense, I remember in the early videos I can tell who wins just into first 30 seconds of the video
Superb full-length coverage of the game, and thank you for a GM lesson on end-game long-distance opposition! :-)
Nicht nur, dass es schön zu sehen ist, wie diese beiden Rivalen auf schmalem Grat zwischen Remis und Sieg/Niederlage manövrieren, darüber hinaus veranschaulicht Daniels Analyse an diesem Beispiel die Tiefe und Dynamik der Opposition im Endspiel. Vielen Dank für das Video, GM! Verdient alle Achtung und Unterstützung der community.
Schöne Wörte. Vielen Dank!
That was good. Really good. Keeping the distance in the end game. #covid19.
I appreciate your analysis mr. GM king
Thanks very much for the analysis Daniel.. future of chess looking great. The endgame here looks like it could be turned into a very detailed video analysis of corresponding squares :). Also, your final comment re: Firouzja too eager to draw. I remember Nimzo analyzed such a game in his My System where one of his opponents did that and ended up losing. I'm sure you know it. A refresher would be good. it's one of the dangers you face when playing and feeling a touch lazy .. Anand vs Kasparov was another one. All the best. Keep well.
"One move draws" should be the title of the book about chess games in the 90s.
Great as always.
Magnus wins tournaments without even expecting it. Genius!
Lovely stuff, Thank you.
Alireza is a huge talent obviously.
Hopefully, in a couple of tournaments his nerve will settle down. Maybe it's just him playing against Magnus. His performance against everyone else but Magnus has been stellar.
Very instructive endgame there!
Magnus the great! Thanks for this:)
There were many places were carlsen could have just accepted a draw but the sheer willingness to win by trying everything resulted in this win
Amezing match ❤️🔥like your explanation ❤️
Interesting to hear Firouzja was nervous. He famously beat Magnus in the Banter Blitz Cup, but maybe playing him in person is different.
Kind of reassuring that even a top GM, when in time pressure, can mess up the opposition. It's such a simple concept but one wrong move and it is all gone. Damn K+P endgames!
somehow it's reassuring to see that even a super-GM can get it wrong
That ending was really similar/practically identical to a position in Euwe and Hopper's A Guide to Chess Endings.
I played against Euwe one time.
Firouzja was afraid of Carlsen. It is hard not to lose when playing in this mode. I hope he will get more confidence and experience in the future.
i actually think the opposite, i think Carlsen is afraid of firouzja , and if he isnt he should be cuz he is the next wc for sure ! unless someone comes out the woodwork under the age of 10 very soon.
Thanks Dan you ledge! 😘❤️
Love it!! Who did he blame this time? The board?
I've still faith on the young boy!
You missed to mention the line,instead of bxa4 white can Intermezzo the kf3 move. It will end in : bxc3 kg2 a3 bc4 Nxg3 and After any recapture be2. With 2 pawns for the piece. Maybe practical chanche with opponements low time
Ok can someone explain @19:55, after Nd4+ why Alireza put his king on g3!!? This allows Carlson to get his nite to f4 and pick up white's key pawn. Alireza's bishop nicely covers the e6 square. Shouldn't it be enough to prevent black knight to ever reach the 3 squares from which his pawn can be taken?
Alireza: This is a draw
Magnus: Yes, this is a draw
Alireza: So, do we draw now?
Magnus: Let's play this out
Alireza: What about now?
Magnus: Let me bring my king to d6
Alireza: Okay
Magnus: Now, we can draw!
Alireza: SURPRISE!!!
Could you add the small infoscreen; like you used to do with movenumber, moveplayed and time spent on the move.
the amount of sleepy games ive played that suddenly turn freakishly and unexpedily shart in K and P end games is crazy ! thats why i love chess so much, you let your guard down for a second and a seemily dead possition is lost because of one square, you simply cant feel your way around aany possition, the subtletys are always there, this is why i love classical chess over blitz, i think furute eltie players may well understand these better and make classical redundant, but right now we cant do it !
Hey, Daniel. I wasn't able to find any videos of your own matches. Here's an idea - do you think you can make a series of your best wins and analyze them? I'm sure it'll be very educational.
King steps on landmine finally
Magnus could probably play endgames like this in his sleep...
Great video! By the way, what did Daniel say here 25:33? "[···] he faces Aronian in the final round. But, well, it is basically a dead something.." what is the last word?
Rubber
@@brucebirdsanctuary1654 thanks a lot, I didn't know the expression. But yet it seems that after "dead rubber" there is still at least one more sound or syllable. It sounds to me like "dead rubber butter"..
@@Andre-pl2vg ...'dead rubber' but I'm sure we are going to see more fighting chess
@@ntrade thank you. Yeah, I thought it could be a 'but' spoken very fast, though I wasn't sure.
Love your channel above all others!! I am currently broke but when able will donate so you can keep the lights on :)
It is time for a global petition to add Magnus Carlsen to The Norse Gods & Goddesses list.
21:25 Kh2 is a draw as well
Why not Kc4 instead of Kc3? If kc6 then Kb4. If f5 then ef Kd5 Kc3...
Thanks for an Excellent analysis - if you want to, you can spend more time going into deep sidelines. :-)
This video was 26 minutes long - already way too much. This is always my dilemma: I want to make the game accessible, but at the same time I want to explore details when relevant to telling the story of the game. Some viewers think I should concentrate on just the game moves. Others, such as yourself, want more detail. You can't please all of the people all of the time.
@@PowerPlayChess yeah I understand. I am probably part a minority of your viewers that likes really long analyses. :) the line I found particularly interesting was the line with two rooks against rook, bishop and knight. It seemed to be a very technical but also a quite unique position, I thought.
Anyways - really enjoy your work.:)
@@rohmann000 That was a very complicated line with a couple of ways for Black to play. Carlsen demonstrated a couple of variations afterwards and his calculation was superb - very accurate.
As always👍
What an exciting story! Not least thanks to the stirring narrative. :)
knowing about opposition the endgame was easy most of the time but with the pawns in between the king also had to step on rather random squares not having to match the field color of the opponents king? these moves looked tricky.
See the book Peões Mágicos of MI H. C. van Riemsdijk.
The Magnus effect?
But howww? I thought you automatically solve any distant opposition positions once you are a GM. And that move was not even the hardest in this sequence! 😢😢😢
Nerves: sending teenage boys home in dejection since time immemorial.
Great lesson!! This battle for first place in a tournament is a great reminder of another famous battle for first place: Geller-Fischer Palma de Mallorca Interzonal 1970. Fischer was given Pal Benko's spot. During the game Geller offered a draw, but Fischer declined, they fought a marathon drawish game, only to be blundered by Geller, after this game, Fischer went on to dominate the rest of the tournament, winning it by three and a half points, and starting his amazing streak of consecutive wins in the candidates until his defeat at the hands of Petrossian in the second game of the candidates final in Buenos Aires, 1971.
Fischer did not qualify for the interzonal because he had not played in the US championship ( which was a qualifying zonal), instead he took Pal Benko's spot, the US chess federation had "purchased" Benko's spot for $3,000 dollars.
A few years ago, Kasparov said in an interview that Magnus was a lethal combination of Karpov and Fischer. This comment is highly justified because of his long winning streak. Excellent work, and excellent analysis of the previous game Carlsen-Tary.
I came here hoping to see explanation of two "traps" mentioned in the post game talk with Carlsen (th-cam.com/video/TNPS_PAHi5w/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/TNPS_PAHi5w/w-d-xo.html) but you showed neither of those :(
really sad ending to the game, I watched it live
never take on Carlsen in a king and pawn endgame
Ferjougia, was probably revved up by Magnus' defeat the other day and then sat at the board against the World Champ & though...sh1t 🤔😳🙃
Alireza on tilt.
In fact only Kd2 ist not loosing!
😧⏲😢
♟🧐
Please tell one person who wouldn't be nervous playing world#1? Magnus king of end games.
I recall Nakamura stating that he did not study endgames (basically saying that he just figured them out at the board). However, he has lost several drawn endgames to Magnus. However, this faux pas by the youngster was quite a surprise.
to me rc8 does look like a bad endgame at 13 min
Nice basic intro to opposition in this ending at: m.th-cam.com/video/lckOhL_R0Uw/w-d-xo.html
Isn't that embarrassing for some one at that level to loose a very simple endgame.
Even 15-20 years ago everybody knew: the young gm´s don´t know Endgames...in fact Carlsen ist the reason why everybody learns it again...
Kc3??!!! WHY FIROUZJA WHY?!
Look at the video of the last moves if you have the time. Firouzja was exhausted, extremly nervous and in the end couldn't handle the pressure. Carlsen won this one by psychological means in my opinon.
@@Curufin1984 Yeah that's what Carlsen said in the interview too.
wow, Firouzja really blundering this? Guess Levon or Fabi or the other elite and experienced players would play Kd2 there. Still a long way for that kid. :)
ha - they weren't even ranked as highly in the tournament - and plenty of them have lost to MC! So Ali's been doing great, and the time pressure at the end was just too much.
I think you are underestimating the power of time pressure and fatigue even at the highest levels that stuff is for real.
@@jamesgoudreau1940 Nah I know that he wouldnt blunder it with minutes on the clock, obviously. Still, I mean this is a basic. I cant see Carlsen or Caruana or Nakamura or Vishy or, ...list goes on, blundering that. Its insane. For me this is shocking.
@@BvBCrafty This is why even pro's and grandmasters still practice the basics because it happens and there is a history of this stuff man it isn't new. Pick your favorite competition and even at the highest level stupid stuff while it doesn't happen as often still does happen regularly.
@@jamesgoudreau1940 Maybe u get me a bit wrong here or you are new to chess. This endgame is pure classic. Thats what you teach your kids/student in pawn endgames, This is not like blundering mate in one or missing a fork, these are things that Ive seen from grandmasters. But these things are happening cause they are not aware of the situation and then its coming as a surprise.
While in this case, you are not calculating different lines, worrying about this and that, thinking about plans and whatever. This one is pure.
Probably the biggest blunder of the century.
I do not get it. Just maintain the opposition or distant opposition. Even a drunk expert can do that with 10 seconds a move
Sad ending and highly worst dream for firouza..
fair to say it was nerves that caused that poor K move from firouzja.......and...that speaks concern for the young mans future........you can not shake uncontrolled at the board and continue a chess career.....i hope the young man...gets some help with his nerves.....learn how to relax...yoga etc......because the chess archives are littered with guys who ....shall we say....could not handle the game....
This game , In my opinion, was not worthy of analysis with all due respect to Mr King .It showed one player playing on opponent’s clock, carrying on despite having no advantage for many moves until it reached a known drawn position even a beginner should know and showing no sportsmanship and respect for the opponent of that caliber ,thus making him so nervous that he finally blundered. To me it sounds more like psychology than chess. I highly doubt even the winner is satisfied with this win.
I hereby strongly disagree! Time management and nerves are great contributions to chess as a sport, with tricks and tension. Magnus himself lost two easy rook endgames vs Levon when he was a teen prodigy, like Alireza is now. And, of course, he did not complained. Magnus learned, and became the greatest endgames ever. Alireza will learn too.
I found it very educational. A great game to review indeed!
And why would Magnus not be satisfied? Fischer used to win many games in a very similar manner, playing out equal positions and finally getting the blunder. Nothing wrong with taking all your chances.
flex his muscles??.....lets be totally honest here magnus NEVER was better in this game.....and played for..what he unfortunately got.....A BLUNDER....from an uncontrolled nervous young man
Amateaur can draw this
Carlsen main difference is he is more serious about his job
Scandal for Ali
People really like saying penultimate. It’s becoming the new darling of pseudo intellectuals
Shhhh
how do grandmasters at this level not know their king and pawn endgames?
Its called fatigue and time pressure.
@@jamesgoudreau1940 no not at that level. these are young players in the prime of their life. these positions would be memorized like a table base and it is just a couple pawns not having to calculate a queen ending. its only having to calculate the zugzwang. players at this level can play multiple speed chess games blindfolded
@@danielmanahan692 If you check your chess history it will firmly disagree with your theory.
@Prasanth Sridhar Thats what I want to know :-)
@@danielmanahan692 The pressure of playing the best endgame player of all time got into alireza and he was down to 10 secs,he got nervous and broke out of shackles.