2nd Lichess Titled Arena feat. Magnus Carlsen (DrDrunkenstein)

This is a 2-hour bullet chess tournament I provided commentary on without competing in it. The event was held specifically for titled chess players only, namely Grandmasters, International Masters, FIDE Masters, National Masters etc... This was the 2nd "Titled Prize Arena" held by lichess.org. The $1,500 prize pool goes to the top 5 players, with 1st - $1,000, 2nd - $250, 3rd - $125, 4th - $75, and 5th - $50. This tournament was played on January 18th, 2018, and featured many elite players such as Fabiano Caruana (Bombegranate), and the current World Chess Champion Magnus Carlsen (DrDrunkenstein).
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[@dinkleberg794]

Carlsen donated the money for the next prize pool but he’s basically just donating the money to his future self

[@alephnull4044]

Lol I never thought about it like that.

[@CortezPro]

You are right! AHAHAHAHAHAH

[@justinlewtp]

This is called investment

[@andrewpeters8357]

Lichess doesn't advertise though so it wouldn't really rake in any revenue.

[@andrewpeters8357]

True

[@ragilmalik]

"Carlsen's opponents resigned faster than i could assess the position" - comment of the year

[@idanreisinger3722]

Has no one else seen the coincidence at 1:14:21? The subscriber name and their game count, it's too good!

[@___717.]

good eye

[@sage5296]

Haha didn’t see that lmao

[@evan0465]

Genius

[@intrinia]

When you think you're pretty good at chess and then watch Carlsen...

[@adityavv96]

Carlsen saw Mate in 3 in 0.3 seconds

[@samvargas2868]

That was probably my favorite moments in the tournament.

[@shannu_boi]

What time

[@samvargas2868]

Was it 9:02 that you all were referring to?

[@加州猫主席]

If it's not complicated then not really great but I dunno

[@abcdefghilihgfedcba]

+THE SHIPWRECK 8:50

[@MahyarAccount]

ChessNetwork, this is a very good format of commentating. You should do it for every Lichess Titled Arena. Thanks for your great work!

[@Lufernaal]

1:01:34 1:04:51 1:23:41 1:26:01 It's funny too watch someone who is always impressive to me be in awe of someone else. Your laughter just shows how much Carlsen is far away from most of us. Makes me appreciate you guys and the game way more. :)

[@townsquare_chess]

The amount of times you went to look for someone else - then reverted back to Carlsen - is fantastic.

[@willianbueno7293]

I love you comenting these games Jerry please do it more of these videos

[@Gukslaven]

Honestly wouldn't mind watching Carlsen for the whole tournament.

[@glenm99]

23:55 "Which one is the super GM? Or are they both super GMs?" And I had this sudden flash of Magnus Carlsen sitting in front of a computer, a mouse in each hand... laughing madly to himself... typing gg at the end à la Andreschess....

[@franciscol7145]

At just 15 years old, IM (now GM) Alireza Firouzja ends up in 7th place. If I were a betting man, I would say that Alireza will take the World Champ title in the next 5 years.

[@MrSupernova111]

Here we are almost 5 years later. Good thing you're not a betting man!

[@sonymontes2059]

i have a question for u jerry,how come that u made an earlier notice of dr.drunkenstien.i mean where did u get the hint.can u tell us pls?

[@lukecash3500]

Jerry leaves to check out the field for a bit, and all of a sudden Andrew is getting brutalized by Carlsen. That sacrificing madness had "fatality" from Mortal Kombat going through my head.

[@lol_Ozma]

28:50 Lol the black knight eats his own queen

[@WildDogXD]

Osama Aijaz Haha xD also at 30:10 black queen appears out of nowhere

[@cogigo]

The Black Queen was in stealth mode the whole game. Scary. You can actually see white making to two moves in a row. Thats were the Queen moves. :-D

[@jbrassesco]

As far as I can see, you make two points for the first win, two for the second, four points for the third straight win and so on. And I've read that you get three points for a draw in the middle of a chain of victories. But I dont understand how come Penguin starts the tournament with these numbers: 030334032. Can someone explain this?

[@siddhuiitb]

jbrassesco 0 = loss 3 = berserk win 0 = loss 3 = berserk win 3 = berserk win (and it starts the streak) 4 = win (with double points) 0 = loss (and it stops the streak) 3 = berserk win 2 = win Or berserk draw The last 2 points could have come either by win or a draw in berserk mode. If it comes by a win, the player will be in a streak and his next game will give double points. So only the next score can tell if it was a win or berserk draw.

[@MrSlinky]

Why didn't you play in this tourney Jerry?

[@johnblack7862]

28:50 Black has a Q on d8, but then he takes his own Q with Nd8? Also, in the score white's moves are in the 2nd column and black's in the first? But Black's queen is still on the board (but not shown) and gets to h2 with check (white's king light's up to indicate check) but you can't see it. At the end of the game, the black Q reemerges and Jerry is like... "where did that come from??" :)

[@bluekeybo]

Love how you kept saying"so fast" for Carlsen. He's good too, just being fast won't get you much against these monsters. He's clearly better and faster :)

[@Goloso333]

When will be the next tournament? I would like to watch it or even participate to see how good or bad I can do it.

[@hamed6279]

Back when Alireza was an indistinguishable IM

[@MrSupernova111]

The good'ol days!

[@alanESV2]

Who is arka?

[@majkgmajkg2613]

I believe Anish Giri.

[@crinstir9673]

1:29:38 Who cares about 1st? 155, Let’s see .......ok ... ok I care about it. Hahahha

[@JadenYukiBruceLee]

at 24:56 black was wining by 6 and a half points according to engine so why did he resign? Qa5

[@4elove4ishee]

What was that sorcery with queen appearing out of nowhere around 30:00 in penguin game?

[@daSKAn]

Cheating?

[@___717.]

Nope, it appeared right as Andrew delivered mate. Just a glitch in the matrix. In the future take blue pill.

[@adamhare4469]

If carlsen played with 5 accounts all at the same time reckon he would probably come 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

[@MomchilAtanasovHome]

Not only did a queen appear at 30:15 , but the while king was glowing as though it under check :)

[@Dr_stogie]

11:51 you can play rxb3 bc after takes there's Qd4+ winning the rook on a1.

[@flippert0]

Carlsen plays superior positionell chess even with 1 minute.

[@SathvickSatish]

Why are you not a GM yet??? You aren’t a NM, you are more than that.

[@Niqqo]

Great video! 😊

[@storkenjamar3990]

30:15 ? What was that haha

[@cogigo]

brutal "giggle"

[@user-us4ws9px2s]

30:09 where did that queen come from?????

[@sarahamid2992]

Did that queen come out of nowhere

[@specipful]

You're tongue-tied at 1:14:37 Jerry, but if you look closely, 69misterfister69 subscribed, and the result between Arka50 and the penguin is 69:69!

[@august1268]

1:01:09 if carlsen thinks for 12 seconds there and decides to move the knight, you know that its a forced mate

[@dhammarosi]

DieserKanalistehnurzumkommentieren or he’s opening a beer or eating brunost

[@robertemond2877]

Touenament just a tiny bit too short to see Carlsen break 3000

[@supercool1312]

30:14 why did a queen materialise

[@SimonVonck]

MeneerMandje.. any dutch people?

[@jakobgrunstein1092]

the queen at 30:12 appears out of nowhere

[@dionysisstasinakis5171]

Don’t blink

[@johnnyhan6671]

Haha Dr drunkenstein

[@hoplahey]

How did you know Carlsen was in, and how did you guess the Doctor was the one?

[@davidsecker1181]

hoplahey WHO in earth is so good than Carlsen

[@hoplahey]

He guessed it at the start of the video before any games played, and the Doctor had 1500 rating.

[@gamemeister27]

The combination of the name, new account, and GM title.

[@neilh.4385]

Wait why didn't you play? I want to see Jerry vs. Carlsen!

[@adamsmith4043]

Wish you would have competed, Jerry. It would have been awesome to watch you play against Magnus Carlsen.

[@JordanMetroidManiac]

6:56 "So, let's see if we could figure out this is Carlsen, just by the skill..." 8:23 "Very difficult to defend this..." 8:59 "Oh, he pulled off the mate!"

[@aragornsonofarathorn3461]

Jordan Fischer this made my day

[@jamesotis4115]

miss your lichess titled arena coverage! these are fantastic!

[@ChessNetwork]

I miss covering the champ. He hasn’t played in one in awhile.

[@JB-ru4fr]

I agree!

[@lucky45bullets]

Best commentary + tons of giggling = best 2 hrs of my entire day. ^_^

[@sage5296]

30:11 what... how tf a queen just randomly appears on h2

[@Rithmy]

on 28:50 you can see that the black queen is there. And one second later the black knight just eats his own quenn wtf. and after that he moves it again... wtf

[@juggernaut4799]

yeah I checked it on penguin's video...it is some problem with Jerry's stream... in the game the queen moves to e7 after 28:50 but in Jerry's video it stays on d8 and gets captured by own knight hahahah!

[@patriark]

Some bug in how lichess shows the pieces in real time

[@pholtos]

30:12 - phantom queen? Where did that come from?

[@leomaster1000000]

yeah wtf

[@Ceronocero]

A wild crazy horse appears

[@miladibrahim1068]

pholtos it was bug. Happens to me most of the time

[@ahsanrahib9958]

crazy house!?? 😂

[@Ceronocero]

Oops, lol

[@nakulbam5067]

Jerry you are like one of the best commentators. Would love to see you commenting in big tournaments.

[@marfeddewrwz]

If he really wanted he could make lots of money since everybody already loves him.

[@nakulbam5067]

martín yeah exactly

[@TheNiceguy1156]

nah jerry wants to keep his identity anonymous online. I doubt he would ever commentate a big tournament

[@icecoldbigbog9937]

Queen suddenly appeared

[@___717.]

Definitely some orc mischief going on there

[@bugsbunny2539]

Actually, IM maciek_92 is moving 5 times during match but just time changing. it is noticed

[@marfeddewrwz]

Rogue Queen

[@iNeedPhone]

lichess.org/h4o70pNO the queen was always there, just a graphical glitch

[@kobyrosengard8721]

Great commentary. I really enjoyed this video! Also, what the heck was with that queen spawning out of nowhere at 30:12?

[@enginekid88]

Very good commentary! Jerry might be only a master chess player, but he is a GM at commentary.

[@VinnyG_Music]

Not even close. He doesn't analyze with anywhere near the depth of a gm

[@enginekid88]

I think his commentary is very high quality and I enjoy listening. And therefore rate it that highly. It's subjective.

[@igomesigomes]

I agree with you about the depth, but I guess enginekid88 means about being entertaining (which actually is something very important for a 2 hours stream).

[@marfeddewrwz]

Also who cares about depth, this is bullet. No time for depth. The moment you finish the explanation they are already playing another game. Also he is officially NM, but he is more than that. He is better than 99% of the viewers, so it's still instructive, even if it's not perfect.

[@CorriXGaming]

It is so much more pleasant to watch with your commentary Jerry! , Thank you for the instructive und entertaining video!

[@nxtgameroxs1268]

TOO STRONG, TOO FAST.

[@volt4ge965]

NxtGameRoxs :] I see what you did there

[@Chuckdrums11]

I think Carlsen knows opper can be super fast so he plays accordingly and makes dangerous positions that you need to think.

[@azmoz]

I NEED AN ANSWER FOR THE GHOST QUEEN

[@nonenone9680]

AzMOZ 9 Lag

[@Yan-dc9cb]

Lmao

[@animerandomness]

It's a glitch that has occurred on lichess. I've seen it happen a few times while watching somebody's game on my account. They have probably patched up quite a bit since then, because I have yet to see it on the new layout. The notation was also messed up on a few games as well. It has black's moves on the left, and white's moves on the right.

[@JohnnyBunning]

Carlsen is a beast

[@Danielmoen88]

8:51 - "4.2 is plenty of time" - Carlsen analyzes the situation and calculates he needs about 1 second to pull off the forced mate. That leaves 3.2 seconds to take a sip of water. Meanwhile Jerry (and us!) freaking out "2 seconds! 1 second! Why was there such a delay???"

[@mevancavich]

Jerry - why didn't you compete? I would love to see a game between you and Magnus!

[@andrewedis9907]

"DrDrunkenstien is human" 😅 maybe?

[@nenkenshainnenkov8790]

Andrew Edis true

[@nakulbam5067]

Wow what an incredible show put up by Magnus Carlsen

[@BlackPawnMartyr]

With all the jumping around i was fearing you would miss the Carlsen game with Arka involving the queen blunder/sac. But you got it!!!! 37:50 mark. Awesome job Jerry!

[@eshneto]

Great video, Jerry. Thank you for that. Too bad I can't spend two hours at one sitting, but I'll surely watch the whole video in parts. Great commentary, by the way.

[@Chuckdrums11]

You can speed up the video to 2 times. hehe

[@chopcornpopstick]

And if you want to hear what Jerry sounds like drunk, watch at 0.5 speed ;)

[@TwoCraZyEyes0]

omg the whole time i read it as tilted arena lol

[@rzebiak]

Where the heck did that queen come from at 30:12!?

[@jordanfox6555]

What if Carlsen is the drunken grandmaster? Like the more plastered he is the better he plays

[@TROPHYboy101]

B00ty had me like just like Tal

[@CiiTiiZzeN]

THE DOC also known as THE TWO TIME back to back lichess BLOCKBUSTER titled arena CHAMPION

[@wiscatbijles]

30:12 what was that?

[@2Stepzupp]

I think black resigned and lichess just glitched out saying white checkmated black. Perhaps the game when the game ended it's showing a glitched analysis board? Says white is in check, but no black pieces are pointed at it.

[@zillavanilla6353]

Yeah where did that queen come from though

[@Yan-dc9cb]

I know right??? What the hell lol

[@steeldimond]

I think the queen piece is glitched during the game so we couldn't see it. Because in the game you see white get checked by an invisible piece which is the black queen. So the queen was actually there but we couldnt see it.

[@DevN9007]

This is surprisingly very entertaining. Jerry pls cover all future lichess titled arenas

[@dogperson432]

Watch and subscribe so he can make enough money to do it!

[@bluekeybo]

Carlsen is a pleasure to watch! You kept saying how fast they were Jerry, but you never mentioned how good Carlsen is, even with 10 min his opponents wouldn't have been able to win :)

[@BMessemer]

Best quote: 2:03:58 "A beefy crew." LMAO! But the #1 most common catchphrase of the day...."BRUTAL!" Jerry this was so awesome to watch.

[@nugnug501]

At 40:48, white rook checks the king to force it away from protecting the rook on f6. Wherever the king retreats, the rook goes to f4. The white rook and queen will pick up the black rook regardless of where the black queen goes.

[@rizqiefajar]

excellent commentary Jerry. This would have been impossible to understand without you.

[@jphanson]

dr. drunkenstein ? d-does that mean carlsen....p-plays overwatch? youll *all* regret the *day you laughed* at doctor *draimison drunkenstein* !

[@flippyrolypoly5772]

I watch you for a very very long time now Jerry. First of all thank you so much for teaching me so much about Chess! And with all the respect, it was a little fun to see you struggle to keep up with some of these games. Keep up all the great work!

[@chessjimtv622]

Who's here under 500 views? :)

[@JP-lr8rr]

266 at the point I clocked

[@MisterBuckDancer]

All of this talk of "The Doc" makes me really miss "The Two Time". SDC represent 🤝

[@yamenhd6820]

Evan Flechsig hes coming back stronger

[@teogarciav]

1:42:40 What a beautiful convertion by Andrew the penguin... I'm faithful that one day he will be top 10 of the world. Incredible talent.

[@IschmarVI]

He seems to be interested mostly in bullet tho, so likely not a world champion. He might be one of the worlds best bullet players though

[@shawnmullen9298]

What happened at 30:10? You weren't blind. A queen just appeared next to the king?????

[@luisvalencia9962]

Shawn Mullen he joined halfway through the game, it glitched. The queen was there the whole time but didn't appear on Jerry's board.

[@shawnmullen9298]

Whispering Knowledge ah I see. Ty

[@alonamaloh]

Around 1:32:00 you give penguingim1 too much credit. Capturing the pawn was mate in 8.

[@chaparrito77]

@Chessnetwork 1:32:15 You didnt missed anything, but penguin did, it was mate in 7 at most, mate in 4 if Nxf6 after pawn takes on passant on f6.

[@nutmaster652]

have you ever played Carlsen in one of these events?

[@ChessNetwork]

+nut master I competed in the 1st titled arena, but no I didn’t get paired against him.

[@SathvickSatish]

nut master he could’ve been paired up in the first titled arena, but he didn’t. I would say if anyone could defeat Carlsen in bullet, it would be Jerry.

[@supercool1312]

ChessNetwork i wanna see u play him

[@dhammarosi]

Sathvick Satish and rebecca harris naroditsky 😊 beats carlsen almost every time in bullet

[@joshualogan6655]

@@dhammarosi Is this a joke? And yes, I am asking you 2 years late.

[@chakglanz4656]

You are excellent analyzing important games. Please go back to it!

[@Kyubo7]

man its almost 3am here, why am i watching this

[@mrgm_carlsen3379]

Kyubo7 same here 😄

[@SimonVonck]

Kyubo7 lol same

[@gredangeo]

Some guy with the name Jesse Pinkman. Niiice. :D

[@BOTzerker]

Jesse, time to cook!

[@NuclearErrorBG]

We gonna call him THE DOC! The TWO TIME BACK TO BACK!

[@gunfumaster1024]

I'm like just re-getting into chess, and the first game I see is just absolute fire and fury

[@BOTzerker]

I'm returning to chess and the first game I see is absolute fire and fury!

[@gunfumaster1024]

Hey English is hard man

[@PsychoSainten]

why did you not compete?

[@mrgm_carlsen3379]

wtf happened at 29:55???

[@sage5296]

Messi Fan I think somehow blacks queen is just not showing up somehow

[@bluekeybo]

I wasn't sure why you were jumping so much when you had already clicked the TV button. The games automatically redirect :)

[@fadesk6865]

30:13 that queen appeared out of nowhere??? Did it Warp into existence or was it a bug?

[@Rithmy]

it vanished at 28:50 when the knight ate his own quenn

[@0123451000]

30:13 what kind of magic is that .. Lol the queen shows from no where

[@realbeetlejuice]

your commentary is insanely good. best best best commentary.

[@johnblack7862]

1:28:40 Jerry is saying "what am I missing here... why is Magnus thining?" I think he's worried about Rxc7+ and ultimately plays Rh6 to guard d6?!

[@Jenterke]

DannytheDonkey, DrDrunkenstein, ... Watch out for the silly username with the double capital D's! Any guesses what it will be next time?

[@KF1]

30:10 lo and behold, resignation reveals the stealth queen and white is in check from his own bishop. Most of the time chess makes sense.

[@NotGettinAny]

"this guy" Let's check "this guy" out eh