In this game Magnus had a 99.4 accuracy. And if you delete the last move its an 99.6 accuracy (99.7 is the highest possible accuracy). So in this game he played like the best computer in the world for 46 moves.
As a kid I learned how the pieces move but I never thought to 'study' chess and actually try to improve at the game, so, here we are at 55 years old (and after watching The Queens Gambit :-) ) and I've learnt more in a couple of days than I have done in all my years of life! I have to say that this guys enthusiasm for the game is downright infectious so a big thank you to Levy and keep up the good work :-)
Wow, this is so similar to me! Only learned how pieces move in the childhood, learned more about chess in days than in all years before combined, and also inspired by the Netflix's TV show! Damn! I wonder, how many similar stories exist, and how much Quenn's Gambit brought to the world of chess.
Haha.. Exactly the same here ! Just passed 1600 here, but it all depends on how much time i can put into it how fast i climb. This game is amazing! Levi analyse so everyone can understand!
For everyone wondering at 14:39, the black queen cannot take the rook on d4 because of Qg5+ and then exd4. White should not immediately play dxe4 because of Rxh6
Imagine Levy and Agadmator doing commentary... Ah yes that's a mate in 29, great move by the knight to fork the bishop and pawn... And stuff... Would be an absolute delight.
@@shanelawson5072 actually, the year before Caruana Wc match was Carlsen's worst year. But after that match.. He basically won everything in 2019 and on. Just look for it. He went back to his peak on 2019.
@@usernameispassword4023 Supercomputers are better than people in a game with no hidden information - who would've guessed. And because of that reason, you go ahead and call Magnus washed? Then wtf would you call every other current pro? lmao Also it is far too early to call anything a "peak". The man could play for 20 more years and peak in 10 for all we know.
It shows the quality of the highest levels of chess. It's not just their insane calcualational skills (being able to effortlessly see many combinations ahead), but also their positional knowledge is on a different level
@@josefmalar7837 relax, Magnus currently just toying with Alireza. For now Alireza barely able to reach semifinal in most elite tournaments. But yes he is extremely strong and still young. I am sure he can be a world champhion contender one day.
yes explanation- what's his father's title? carlsen right? and in one of his lessons he made on his own app he mentioned he have had beaten his father and sister when he was 10. So yes magnus had beaten carlsen.
Your story telling is really strong. You make chess really interesting, even when not looking at the board. You have a nice way of moving through a story. Appreciate you making chess digestible for people.
When you say the best Magnus game ever, I can only think of one thing: really? This game was not as attractive as even a normal Mikhail Tal's game. just a boring positional game. Today is Tal's Birthday man. you should analyze one of the magician game!
This looks like a Karpov game: constantly increasing the pressure without actually taking anything and wait for the opponent to make a move that will open the door to a particular strategy. It's all about positional pressure that leads to an end game with very little (if none) chance for the opponent to win. I love these games!
It seems like that describes most of Magnus's games. Not a lot of fireworks, just deeply understanding the position and slowly but surely outplaying the opponent.
This video is now out of date. Magnus played the greatest game I’ve ever seen in the third place play off in the World Cup last week. Truly outstanding by him
Andrew Court its basic ladder checkmate , when you force the king one rank/file towards the edge of the board.. that check was to force the king either up a file so the rook mates or down a file so that the ladder could continue ..
More players have played immortal games against Topalov. Plus, Aronian also played his immortal game against Magnus, and it was much nicer than this one honestly
14:28 after Rd4 interfering with the rook's defence of the queen, why can't black play Qxd4, defending the rook, and attacking the queen? If exd4 then Rxh6 and black is up a rook. Edit: looks like Qg5+ intermezzo allows exd4 on the next move, winning for white.
Levy, your analysis is absolutely spectacular and hugely underrated. Big things ahead in the future without question. Sending my best wishes from Ireland!
Levon aronian has a lot of my respect,he either wins a great game,or losses a great game,but when he plays,it is always a great game,your victory is great only if ur opponent is great,so levon clearly is a legend in my opinion.
me too! at my level people love to trade away everything in the opening to keep it simple, but honestly i really love "messy" openings like this one. so much more interesting!
you do a really good job of making the chess interesting. i've seen a ton of chess commentators that do a phenomenal job of explaining but don't do a great job of holding your attention. you did a great job both explaining and engaging
Thank you Levy. I watched this video and tried using some of the concepts in my blitz games. I had a fool trashtalking me as he locked in his light square bishop. I rerouted a knight, traded off his most active piece and forced a resignation. It wasn't super high level but it was enough for me. Thanks again!!
Hi Levy! What's really impressive about Magnus' performance in this game is that he played like an engine. That's the observation you make when you say that all his moves work together perfectly, seamlessly pushing forth the attack, building advantages, little by little, until he wins, not by brute force, but by Napoleonic style outmaneuvering, both tactical, locally, and strategic, when you consider how one moves enables another one way into the future. According to Stockfish 12+ Magnus had Average centipawn loss of 8. Let that register. Just take that in. No mistakes, no inaccuracies, no blunders. Aronian had 24, with a mere 5 inaccuracies, no outright mistakes or blunders. By all accounts Aronian had a super GM perfromance. But Magnus played this like Stockfish would have. And as anyone who's played a top engine knows, you don't have to make a mistake to lose against the computer. It's just by sheer strategic calculating power that the computer slowly takes you apart, just as Magnus did here. The level of his performance is unprecedented. He is in a league of his own. Also, nice clickbait!
Hey man just got to 1300 (started from 300😅), I wanted to thank you it’s only because of you and agadmator that i got this far, so keep up the good work and continue to inspire new chess players like myself
Such a tatical game.. Magnus at his best and Levon looked like he played nearly perfect. Also such a good analysis of the game.. you really break down games well Levy
This is a totally different level of Chess altogether. I love the planning and of course a few people get to say "I love when a plan comes together"!! Thanks for bringing it to the layperson like me.
I remember seeing a tournament live and Magnus was in a must win situation with black to win the tournament if I remember correctly and he played some ultra-aggressive opening , sacrificing everything on the D and E file from the beginning but his opponent was playing only forced moves mostly. I can`t remember the game but that was the best game I`ve seen Magnus play.
I can't believe that position at 14:45, can it really be right? Rd4+ "The only move that wins, and it's beautiful" ? Isn't black simply winning there with QxR, PxQ, RxQ. What am I missing? - AAAH, that one had already been answered further down here. Qxg5+ first, and only then PxQ. OK, guess it will be a while before I can take on Magnus or Levon.
Watching Levon with the Magnus, it was suddenly so clear. The Magnus would never stop. It would never leave him alone. It would never give up, never surrender, or get weak and knock over the king, or say it was too busy to beat him easily. It would always be there. And it would die to beat him. Of all the would-be champions who came and went over the years, this thing, this Magnus was the only one that measured up. In an AI world, it was the most machine-like person.
8:10 no it´s not ok, cause the knight can check you on f4 and you cannot take back wit your knight, cause he can take your knight the with his bishop and you cannot take back, cause you pawn is pinned
I am really enjoying this series and want to thank you for helping me improve my chess skills you was also one of the first youtuber that introduced me too chess so just want to say thank you for sharing your chess knowledge. I guarantee a lot of people would say the same
Couldn’t understand you at all when I was a complete beginner at chess. But now that I am a bit more of an amateur and understanding the game a bit better, loving the content
At 14.41 taking the rook does work for black right. Because white can take the Queen but then black would capture white's queen with the rook, and he will be up a full rook.
Awesome explanation, makes even a low rated as myself player understand. Thank you. You have an innate ability to have anyone understand GM’s games. Keep doing it.
Unstructured learning content. All bullshit. No one will ever get better watching these videos.
You are right.
@@GothamChess holy, you read comments on video this old?
@@GothamChess LMFAOOO
bruh
pin of late shame!
Levy out here solving the YT algo. Good on ya, young man!
Put Magnus in the title. EZ Clap
This is me and because of it, I'm playing chess again for the first time in years. Quality content.
How to change bot
@Chris P learn to read lol
Why are people using this embarrassment of a site when lichess exists
I’m basically a novice at chess, but I can even understand how masterful this is because of your commentary
@@louellawhitehead3173 Nice nice nice video man keep them coming
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That’s exactly how I would have played it
Same, every single move that Magnus guy played was "meh"
@@nanomoltoalto1589 Right? No creativity. Coulda beet him there smh my head
Dang bro I guess you're just built different
@@specificocean588 Indeed I am
Said by a man who hasn't been a World champion
In this game Magnus had a 99.4 accuracy. And if you delete the last move its an 99.6 accuracy (99.7 is the highest possible accuracy). So in this game he played like the best computer in the world for 46 moves.
Why is 99.7% the highest possible?
@@opticpower7542 that's because nobody is perfect, and you can't just sight read people's moves all the time. So sometimes, you may blunder
it's actually possible to get 99.9 accuracy. i saw it in a website once so i might link it if i find jt
Hans is better
@@johnnydeclanbarnes116 i am better than that kid
As a kid I learned how the pieces move but I never thought to 'study' chess and actually try to improve at the game, so, here we are at 55 years old (and after watching The Queens Gambit :-) ) and I've learnt more in a couple of days than I have done in all my years of life! I have to say that this guys enthusiasm for the game is downright infectious so a big thank you to Levy and keep up the good work :-)
How are you doing now? Climbing the chess ladder?
Is the grind still going?
Same
Wow, this is so similar to me! Only learned how pieces move in the childhood, learned more about chess in days than in all years before combined, and also inspired by the Netflix's TV show! Damn! I wonder, how many similar stories exist, and how much Quenn's Gambit brought to the world of chess.
Haha.. Exactly the same here ! Just passed 1600 here, but it all depends on how much time i can put into it how fast i climb.
This game is amazing! Levi analyse so everyone can understand!
For everyone wondering at 14:39, the black queen cannot take the rook on d4 because of Qg5+ and then exd4. White should not immediately play dxe4 because of Rxh6
Thank you I was wondering what’s wrong with the move
Thanks for explaining
thanks, was wondering about that
Thanks for explaining. I'd literally have taken the Black Queen immediately and lost my Queen in the sequence.
That's right, I didn't think about that possibility
Wait... I thought this series was gonna be every loss Magnus ever had
Overused joke..... come on bruh
Shut up
That series won't be long
Not enough content, better off using all of hikarus loses to Magnus
Yea I saw ur joke on the last video😂
Great video, definitely one of his best games.
Meh. I think it's mostly luck...
@@rakrul lol do you really know him ? You don't even know what magnus is capable of.
@@Light-sv2li bro trust him he's 3000 elo legit bro
Well Mr.Rukrul, can you give me a detailed essay to why chess is mostly luck?
rukrul Tell me you’re rated under 1200 without telling me you’re rated under 1200
imagine levi going to a major chess tourna and just starts narrating every move and every intent of the player.
Imagine Levy and Agadmator doing commentary... Ah yes that's a mate in 29, great move by the knight to fork the bishop and pawn... And stuff... Would be an absolute delight.
They are not allowed to speak of other games during matches. Do not give Chessmasters bad ideas. After the game for sure.
I'd watch that anime lmao
David Howell already does this lol
Carlsen makes sacrifices giving him the upper hand in 10 moves perfectly, then here's me who doesn't see a mate in 2
Don't be so hard on yourself, Magnus missed a mate in 2 last week
Magnus hung his queen in a game in like jan of this year don't worry lol everyone makes mistakes
"and after bishop takes, you don't take back.... it's not checkers." I'm gonna keep that quote with me forever in this game.
''This is Magnus at his peak!''
You can say that about any period of time between 2013 and right now
Nope... After the Caruana WC match Carlsen conceded he wasn't as strong as previously.
Carlsen is fucking washed... Stockfish is rated 1200 ELO higher
@@usernameispassword4023 who cares?
@@shanelawson5072 actually, the year before Caruana Wc match was Carlsen's worst year. But after that match.. He basically won everything in 2019 and on. Just look for it. He went back to his peak on 2019.
@@usernameispassword4023 Supercomputers are better than people in a game with no hidden information - who would've guessed. And because of that reason, you go ahead and call Magnus washed? Then wtf would you call every other current pro? lmao
Also it is far too early to call anything a "peak". The man could play for 20 more years and peak in 10 for all we know.
It shows the quality of the highest levels of chess. It's not just their insane calcualational skills (being able to effortlessly see many combinations ahead), but also their positional knowledge is on a different level
Chess is so fun for magnus cos he doesn’t get to play magnus
he has Alireza..... then fun ends :-D
@@josefmalar7837 relax, Magnus currently just toying with Alireza. For now Alireza barely able to reach semifinal in most elite tournaments. But yes he is extremely strong and still young. I am sure he can be a world champhion contender one day.
@@samuelsibarani6297 that day has come
"Chess isn't always competetive, chess can also be ... beautiful" Beth Harmon"s quote really suits this game, its just mindblowing art by Magnus.
11:52
"After bishop takes, you don't take back. It's not checkers" lmao 🤣🤣
LOLLLLL
Lo
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I feel attacked
My favorite line
Can we just appreciate Levy's analysis on this one 🙏🙏
Has Magnus beaten Carlsen tho?
Best comment here.
Has Nakamura ever beaten Hikaru?
Yes. He has a sister and the reason we have Magnus is because as a child he wanted to beat his sister
yes
explanation- what's his father's title? carlsen right? and in one of his lessons he made on his own app he mentioned he have had beaten his father and sister when he was 10. So yes magnus had beaten carlsen.
@@thegorn agadmator said they drew
Meanwhile I'm basically playing head or tail at 800 elo
same here
head or tail
Your story telling is really strong. You make chess really interesting, even when not looking at the board. You have a nice way of moving through a story. Appreciate you making chess digestible for people.
Is this Magnus Carlsen’s best game? Are there others, in your opinion?
His bongcloud against Wesley is legendary
Yes, there is a shortest game of Magnus Carslen career where it ended draw because Magnus wants to Poop..!!
When you say the best Magnus game ever, I can only think of one thing: really? This game was not as attractive as even a normal Mikhail Tal's game. just a boring positional game. Today is Tal's Birthday man. you should analyze one of the magician game!
Anand has his best game against Aronian too🤔🤓
Bobby Fischer's best game
This looks like a Karpov game: constantly increasing the pressure without actually taking anything and wait for the opponent to make a move that will open the door to a particular strategy. It's all about positional pressure that leads to an end game with very little (if none) chance for the opponent to win. I love these games!
It seems like that describes most of Magnus's games. Not a lot of fireworks, just deeply understanding the position and slowly but surely outplaying the opponent.
Everyone has their greatest games against Aronian lol
Its an old joke
@@pranshusinha7266 who cares LOl
Maybe he is an aggressive player that allows people who calculates long variants to shine
Fact check me on this tho
It is like levon forces the opponent to be more creative than ever...
Really now i am felling sad for that poor guy,hope he also gets some
I swear i feel like my brain cells just increases by watching these videos
This video is now out of date. Magnus played the greatest game I’ve ever seen in the third place play off in the World Cup last week. Truly outstanding by him
Your comment is now out of date
The rook-queen dance at 13:50 is beautiful. Thanks for the engaging analysis Levy!
Look at what he said at 1444 though????
Andrew Court its basic ladder checkmate , when you force the king one rank/file towards the edge of the board.. that check was to force the king either up a file so the rook mates or down a file so that the ladder could continue ..
Anand then Carlsen. Why does Aronian always fall prey to these legendary players' immortal games 😂
isnt that a way to make himselph imortal as well? :P
gate keeper hahaha
@@Overlordsen he guides others to a treasure he cannot possess
More players have played immortal games against Topalov. Plus, Aronian also played his immortal game against Magnus, and it was much nicer than this one honestly
Happened to topalov as well lmao with shirov karpov and kasparov
One of the most brilliant chess game explanations out there; absolutely fantastic!
14:28 after Rd4 interfering with the rook's defence of the queen, why can't black play Qxd4, defending the rook, and attacking the queen? If exd4 then Rxh6 and black is up a rook. Edit: looks like Qg5+ intermezzo allows exd4 on the next move, winning for white.
Thanks. Makes sense with the edit
saw this too, was wondering about Rd4 as well, because that gives black advantage
@Nathan Smith Coz if queen takes Rd4 then there is Qg5+ check and the king has to move and you can capture the queen in the next move
Yep, Qg5* intermediate move works perfectly. What an amazing game!
11:55 "you don't take back, it's not checkers" LOL
14:36 Qxd4 - Qg5+(only move). Levy did not mention, and i found only 4 other checks for white.
Thanks for pointing this out.
Because it does not work .
White can check Black's king and then capture Black's queen .
And if Black blocks the check with the queen white captures with a fork on the rook.
I was about to comment on this because I didn’t think of that check, thanks for pointing that out.
good point Andrius
I love how passionate you were when explaining this match
Anish Giri: Was I a joke to you?
YES
The game felt so suffocating. "Do anything but I won't let you breath" type of vide
"You dont take back. it's not checkers" chess quote of the century
2:46 “Magnus is showing his first kind of poke”. Spicy!
The best games of MC are those which no one actually understands how great they are
Vishy's immortal against Levon was insane - would love to have that featured.
Nice nice nice video man keep them coming
Yes lol
Non ci credo, sei proprio tu 😍
So well explained. Makes us ordinary people able to get a glimpse of Magnus' genius.
I wanna see the best “Sad Hikaru” ever to be sad.
Levy, your analysis is absolutely spectacular and hugely underrated. Big things ahead in the future without question. Sending my best wishes from Ireland!
Levon aronian has a lot of my respect,he either wins a great game,or losses a great game,but when he plays,it is always a great game,your victory is great only if ur opponent is great,so levon clearly is a legend in my opinion.
The thing with carslen is that he just winds and you don't know where it came from. No big sacrifices, just perfect moves
6:51 i LOVE when games look like this, so many pieces left after the opening
me too! at my level people love to trade away everything in the opening to keep it simple, but honestly i really love "messy" openings like this one. so much more interesting!
That strategy was in chess beginners book, page 14. Pretty easy.
you do a really good job of making the chess interesting. i've seen a ton of chess commentators that do a phenomenal job of explaining but don't do a great job of holding your attention. you did a great job both explaining and engaging
That's where the 1,44 M followers came from!
Thank you Levy. I watched this video and tried using some of the concepts in my blitz games. I had a fool trashtalking me as he locked in his light square bishop. I rerouted a knight, traded off his most active piece and forced a resignation. It wasn't super high level but it was enough for me. Thanks again!!
And he was 25....I was getting blitzed daily just figuring out being an adult. Unreal.
Hi Levy! What's really impressive about Magnus' performance in this game is that he played like an engine. That's the observation you make when you say that all his moves work together perfectly, seamlessly pushing forth the attack, building advantages, little by little, until he wins, not by brute force, but by Napoleonic style outmaneuvering, both tactical, locally, and strategic, when you consider how one moves enables another one way into the future. According to Stockfish 12+ Magnus had Average centipawn loss of 8. Let that register. Just take that in. No mistakes, no inaccuracies, no blunders. Aronian had 24, with a mere 5 inaccuracies, no outright mistakes or blunders. By all accounts Aronian had a super GM perfromance. But Magnus played this like Stockfish would have. And as anyone who's played a top engine knows, you don't have to make a mistake to lose against the computer. It's just by sheer strategic calculating power that the computer slowly takes you apart, just as Magnus did here. The level of his performance is unprecedented. He is in a league of his own. Also, nice clickbait!
Hey man just got to 1300 (started from 300😅), I wanted to thank you it’s only because of you and agadmator that i got this far, so keep up the good work and continue to inspire new chess players like myself
how much time did it take
@@justvibration1 about 7-8 months
The man is simply GOAT .....No other words to say...
Breaking this game down so perfectly, is as impressive as the game play itself. Thanks Gotham.
14:39
But you can take that rook, then pawn takes d4, then rook takes h6
14:40 he could play queen takes rook, pawn takes queen, rook takes queen and then get it to a near tie
“Magnus was at the peak of his capabilities”
Is he not just getting better? 2020 magnus V 2015 magnus who wins?
I would say 2020 Magnus, he is a beast right now (I'm not trying to downplay his game in 2015 tho)
@@he96765 no..2015 magnus or 2019
We will never know, so leave it.
Magnus' brilliance in the game matched by Levy's brilliance as an analyst
This is crazy good analysis and commentary. Thank you so much Levy!
When I watch Magnus Im always like "there's no way he meant that" because its always so perfect
The ad in between really killed it for me
I wouldn’t be suprised if Magnus Carlsen gets a ELO rating of 4000 by next year
Really happy i found this channel, rly nice content and well explained games.
Your energy is really inspiring. The most captivating chess analysis I have ever seen! Amazing content
Such a tatical game.. Magnus at his best and Levon looked like he played nearly perfect.
Also such a good analysis of the game.. you really break down games well Levy
By showing up Carlson has giving his opponent a severe psychological disadvantage
Haha, true.
"This ain't checkers!" - made me feel better lol
1:00 I swear I heard Eric Rosen defense
Happens to me every time
This Magnus guy seems good, maybe he should play competitively
Do you want a cookie for this extremely overused joke ?
@@yeagerist977 Yes
Carlsen - Kamsky, Saint Louis, 2013, is certainly worth a look.
14:43 you can take because if pawn takes queen rook takes queen and if queen takes rook and queen takes rook queen takes queen
i want to play against magnus just to see how bad i'd lose
I would love to see Daniil Dubov’s best game in this series ♥️
well said Shivangi. I agree.
This is a totally different level of Chess altogether. I love the planning and of course a few people get to say "I love when a plan comes together"!! Thanks for bringing it to the layperson like me.
I know nothing about chess but I love your videos. You have tremendous skill in making chess accessible to a total chess noob.
I remember seeing a tournament live and Magnus was in a must win situation with black to win the tournament if I remember correctly and he played some ultra-aggressive opening , sacrificing everything on the D and E file from the beginning but his opponent was playing only forced moves mostly. I can`t remember the game but that was the best game I`ve seen Magnus play.
I can't believe that position at 14:45, can it really be right? Rd4+ "The only move that wins, and it's beautiful" ? Isn't black simply winning there with QxR, PxQ, RxQ. What am I missing? - AAAH, that one had already been answered further down here. Qxg5+ first, and only then PxQ. OK, guess it will be a while before I can take on Magnus or Levon.
First time I saw I was thinking the same thing. It will take some time for me too XD
Everyone's best game: I won against Magnus!
Magnus' best game: I played myself...
Can’t count the opening moves if you aren’t going to count the opening bishop move lol
Watching Levon with the Magnus, it was suddenly so clear. The Magnus would never stop. It would never leave him alone. It would never give up, never surrender, or get weak and knock over the king, or say it was too busy to beat him easily. It would always be there. And it would die to beat him. Of all the would-be champions who came and went over the years, this thing, this Magnus was the only one that measured up. In an AI world, it was the most machine-like person.
“And after bishop takes, you don’t take back it’s not checkers” that had me dying lol. love this! Magnus the GOAT 🐐
omg daniel radcliff does chess-videos now PogChamp
btw: epic video!
7:50 haha the Russian is showing "in thiz pozishon"
Sounds like Ivanchuk
11:34
Why didn't Levon played Bh2+, Magnus's queen is gone.....
There is a pawn on g3
It’s not chess anymore, it’s art. The thought flow is as fluent as any brush stroke.
I don't believe that Magnus did all the in depth planning that you articulated. It was probably more like instinct.
*Magnus coughs
Levi: This just shows what a great player he is
but he is :d
Cmon, we all know the best game in magnus career is the double bongcloud draw
I think its Aronian's bad that lots of players find Brilliancies against him
😭he is the king maker
8:10 no it´s not ok, cause the knight can check you on f4 and you cannot take back wit your knight, cause he can take your knight the with his bishop and you cannot take back, cause you pawn is pinned
thanks for making top level chess strategies more accessible! great video
This isn't a chess game, it's art.
I am really enjoying this series and want to thank you for helping me improve my chess skills you was also one of the first youtuber that introduced me too chess so just want to say thank you for sharing your chess knowledge. I guarantee a lot of people would say the same
Eric commented, Anish commented, but I doubt Magnus will :(
I don't think he will. At most, he will mention this through his tweet.
Couldn’t understand you at all when I was a complete beginner at chess. But now that I am a bit more of an amateur and understanding the game a bit better, loving the content
At 14.41 taking the rook does work for black right. Because white can take the Queen but then black would capture white's queen with the rook, and he will be up a full rook.
Awesome explanation, makes even a low rated as myself player understand. Thank you. You have an innate ability to have anyone understand GM’s games. Keep doing it.
Whats the accuracy according to Stockfish 11/12?
99.9999 repeating ... probably.
Aronian's accuracy was 98.3, Magnus' was 99.1
What a great post, first time seeing your commentary, I found it instructive, engaging and your enthusiasm is quite joyful!
Man that was such a surgical beat down.