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unfortunately u r wrong mr. king. bd3 is indeed a rare move on EVERY level.
That was most certainly wild. I guess the players both managed to snatch draw from the jaws of victory here, hehe.
Looking at those standings, wow… when was the last time Americans were 1-2-3 in a major international tournament?
That was a wild and entertaining game. Thanks Daniel.
One of the biggest throws I've seen by Carlsen actually ever. The position looked so commanding, but it felt like he got a little bit too overconfident. It didn't feel necessary to allow the piece sacrifice on f4. It also didn't feel necessary to go into an endgame when White enjoys the more active pieces. And giving the rook on e4 really shocked me. It either wins immediately (which should be well calculated) or it gets extremely messy… Either way, great struggle!
P.S.: Nice Brentford cup you have there Mr. King 🙂
It seems clear to me that Carlsen is finding it hard to motivate himself to play classical chess right now. I hope he will find enough interest to make a comeback!
Great analysis of a very interesting game.
too much poker?
I can't recall seeing a Kopec System (at least it started out that way) at this level in years.
Thank you for this one! I played a similar game recently where my opponent crushed me positionally early but I ended up creating counterplay and mating. After the game I was very sad and thought this was a "patzer" game – now I see that I actually fought like Firouzja!
Neither of them seems to be at their best and that is that. Suddenly collapsed as any “mortal”. So much more fun on the other hand and more money for others too. As in the song “Radio kills the whatever star, computers kill the game of chess… or not
Chess is a hard and frustrating game. Carlsen got a winning position, then one careless move and all the advantage lost….see my games for ample demonstration of that! If Fabi does hold on to win the tournament it will be a huge boost to his confidence and do not be surprised if he goes on a run and back over 2800
good videos apart from the clattering at the start. can you consider changing that to be more ear friendly ?
Typical Firouza game! He created such total chaos that Carlsen went wrong even a piece up. Shouldn’t they really be making 80 move draws in the Berlin Defence? That was the way things seemed to be going a few years ago.
Wow, he made Alireza look like a beginner and then fumbled it like one at the end. 🙂
Such a strange game. I really liked Alireza's g5 move. However, I cannot believe he didn't follow it up with g4 sooner as you pointed out. It's like he was on his way to almost refuting Carlsen's opening choice but then decided to let him have the time to turn the tables on him.
Odd to think this and stranger to say it, but it always seems to me that Carlsen has such a better understanding of the game than Firouzja does. More than he should. As evident by his choice of openings where he just wants to take him out of book and play chess. Despite Alireza being 2800ish, I don't think he would have ever tested Magnus in a WC match. Not yet, at least. He's still young. Maybe in 3 to 5 years, well after Magnus has left his prime.
Great game by Carlsen up to the point he basically blundered. Positional domination
Actually Carlsen's 23.Qc3 was a mistake, allowing 23.–c5!, as Gukesh showed during the game. Now 24.Nxc5 is not possible because of 24.–Qxd6 winning a piece, and after 24.Bxc5 dxc4 the game is completely balanced according to Stockfish. But Firouzja missed the opportunity.
Fantastic video as always. Thanks!
Carlsen is well off form
Thrilling as ever, thanks.
Here's a thought, if that were an Armageddon game annotating for Informant etc would be tricky: how to distribute the ? and ! marks that makes sense?!
20:26 How is that a win for black; doesn’t white just play Nh3+ followed by Nxf2?
Loved seeing Carlsen use the old Kopec System against the Sicilian. I liked using it 40 years against players who loved the Najdorf. It threw them off balance.
It's a mystery to me why some channels have over 1m subs and rattle through moves with virtually no explanation, while your channel offers far more in-depth analysis in videos that are still perfectly reasonable length. I'm sure 100k will come very soon and then many more…
Carlsen needs the Botez sisters dancing behind him.
17:37 that Rh2 is not that casual for me 🙂
Delightful comments! Thanks!!
Super Firouza
Shame that Firouzja missed the win. Underpromotions aren't just for studies!
Excellent analysis . I’ve heard some people pronounce it Ar – mega- don . Kind of like it .
Wow
Playing under tremendous stress and time pressure nothing is ‘incredible’ during a chess game.
To me, the best commentator. No ups and downs. No exaggeration and/or bolding names. Just the game of chess. Superb!
After declining to play the world chess championship, i thought we would see a more commanding carlsen but not this.