Magnus Carlsen's Immortal Zugzwang || Dubov vs Carlsen || Chessable Masters (2020)

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:28 Without further ado 0:40 Sorry about that 0:47 My bad 1:05 Castles castles 2:05 Completely new game 3:03 Nice stifling move 3:32 Captures captures 4:01 Triple attack 4:27 6:37 Give you a couple of seconds 4:38 6:47 Enjoy the show 5:08 8:42 Nothing to be done 5:42 Nice in-between move 5:52 8:03 Gobble up 7:09 Gobbling pigs 6:02 Of course completely winning 7:57 En passant 8:20 Very low on time 8:36 Position from the thumbnail 8:38 It was in this position 10:30 Poetic way to end the game 10:45 Zugzwang

[@panda4247]

9:57 green square

[@TheProSunny]

@@panda4247 agad bingo!

[@melsy9355]

Why 😂😂

[@cagnusmarlsen4050]

5:27 and as of this position agadmator gained access of opponent's bishop.

[@hanshansen1990]

Nice spotted mate

[@malandyrocks4911]

Yeah. Hahaha. The opponent's bishop was hypnotized.

[@littleoceankid]

Hahahaha I was thinking who else noticed lol

[@douggieharrison6913]

a real alpha makes moves for his opponent

[@EC-pf1tr]

lol yeah as soon as I saw this I went to go look in the comments to see who else had spotted it

[@saleembaba5144]

Forcing your opponent to resign by playing h6 without attacking anything is just beautiful.

[@SamuelPearlman]

I can picture Magnus employing BLUE STEEL, piercing Dubov's eye sockets as he dramatically plays ... Pawn to h6! Dubov hangs his head, and shakes Magnus' hand.

[@magnafire1]

He knew he had nothing. And knew his time was so low he could play any move and just watch his clock expire.

[@cs4155]

@@SamuelPearlman too much anime

[@SamuelPearlman]

@@cs4155 I guess that's what I was going for, though in my mind it was live-action. I've never watched animé but happy to take recommendations if you have any!

[@zambot264]

@@SamuelPearlman blue steel is zoolander ref

[@raulmoura2480]

Lol “nicely develops his pawn”

[@barlin4972]

@Peter Mortensen No! At 02:46....

[@LeventK]

@Peter Mortensen *L I A R*

[@Just99jacob]

I wish I could develop my pawns as nicely 🤣

[@geoffreycolpitts8163]

You're all wrong. He was thinking about it at 0:49, when he moved the knight, and we all know it's the thought that counts.

[@raulmoura2480]

Geoffrey Colpitts lol

[@PaulAllen8.30]

5:25 Agadmator is so strong that he can use his opponent's pieces to defend checkmate. Not even the rules of chess can stand up to the mighty Agad!

[@magnafire1]

That is too funny. How did Agad think his opponents bishop could stop check mate hahhaha. Sad I didn't catch this. We just tend to believe what he says all the time without examining if he is right since we assume he is using engines. Lol I mean he does use engines but it's when he adds his own 2 cents that are mistakes sometimes.

[@ainsbass]

@@magnafire1 I don't think mistakes of this nature are common, this is just a simple oversight.

[@peibolvq7217]

I stopped when this happened and came looking for this comment lol

[@Mikesco10]

wow didnt even notice hahahahaha

[@LeventK]

They aren't mistakes just happy little accidents

[@niklasvandetten610]

Carlsen casually reminding us how good he really is, this game is a real treat!

[@gniewomircioek6845]

casually. He's winning almost every tournament.

[@ChrisHyde537]

Gniewomir Ciołek But he lost in Banterblitz to Lawrence Trent. The beginning of an inevitable downward slide into obscurity. After four WCC’s (all flukes) his luck has run out.

[@SpiceCh]

@@ChrisHyde537 Carlsen is not likely to fade into obscurity considering his track record

[@bepohal]

@@ChrisHyde537 yeah, it was only luck he won all that games... what an idiot comment lol

[@kg_1720]

KING MAGNUS 👑

[@durbinho7089]

5:27 Imagine you're playing chess and your opponent uses your piece to stop a checkmate

[@clownpocket]

Completely winning.

[@gniewomircioek6845]

Nothing left to do :P

[@dzan5191]

It was in this position that agadmator released 3 videos in one day.

[@eugenedenamarca9117]

When GM's play some crazy games it would be crazy if agad won't make a video out of it.

[@namne11]

even the Nakamura Dubov game was wild. I hope he analyzes this. Maybe tomorrow. Even Antonio needs a breather.

[@yemioffem4015]

@K M try to relax, it was a harmless comment... Avoid negative energy whenever you can...

[@shawnfreeman3932]

clearly winning

[@akshatpandey8571]

5:25 you will get checkmated as that bishop is white's bishop lol..

[@crazyinsanechessplayer2208]

Exactly lol

[@avikumarirm]

If black captures bishop then black will get back rank checkmated after rook takes black rook with checkmate

[@1CO1519]

Just crazy stuff

[@aalzidi]

It is good to know that someone is awake here 😀

[@KurdishYoutubeKSAS]

😂😂😂

[@akiskanakakis4619]

Magnus is actually so good he can defend using the enemy pieces 5:25

[@cinegraphics]

He bribed the enemy piece

[@drHouse-gb2kt]

He hijacked the Bishop. Guy is on another level

[@elektrogamer-roblox8717]

Akis Kanakakis magnus didnt play that move

[@akiskanakakis4619]

@@elektrogamer-roblox8717 Yeah but agadmator said he could defend mate using the white bishop.That's the joke XD .

[@thutonakedi3804]

They play these crazy games so that you can show them😂

[@agadmator]

No doubt :)

[@lm10219]

@@agadmator Have you tried Shogi? Can u do a video on it, with your opinions, introducing it?

[@0wenfox]

Haha!

[@yashastheborg6395]

@@agadmator Not really, all the games in the previous round before this were drawn

[@czl29]

@@agadmator we don't mind... lol. Ty

[@yasinyaqoobi]

Me: surely something can be done here. Agad: there is nothing more to be done here.

[@roamin_candle743]

Agadmator is the ESPN of the chess world.

[@nrspinelli]

ESPN wishes

[@Kuddochan]

Except ESPN pundits are generally pretty clueless about what they're talking about

[@reotseng3299]

He’s the Woj of chess haha

[@robbor3198]

ChESPN

[@realAdamClinch]

Everybody gangsta until Agadmator says "And it was in this position..."

[@LeMasterYi]

5:25 Agadmator is so kind that he considers blocking his attack with his own piece.

[@georgebradley4583]

In my opinion you don’t post enough! My day always brightens up when I get a Agadmator notification upload.

[@Karthik-vi9hk]

1:50 "those guys were onto something wild playing crazy engine lines back in 2007". I guess that's what agadmator would say about all my games as a 1200 player.

[@P.sherman45]

5:31 when your pieces dont let you chekmate your apponent

[@firex60747]

1:05 Captures Captures evolved to Castles Castles.

[@ounobaga1829]

Still waiting for a Castles, castles, then castles, castles, castles, and castles, castles after that, then finally castles, castles

[@crimsonblade2519]

"You cannot castles because of castles"

[@nikolaadzic1684]

Did he just defend the black king with white bishop? 😁

[@jiriblahos4051]

Yup, it's your friendly neighbourhood bishop.

[@adityavv96]

😂

[@nilseisenhauer-fickler7486]

there were plenty of mistakes in this video - .maybe 3 videos a day was too much :D

[@hanshansen1990]

Jiří Blahoš Nice one mate

[@magnafire1]

When you try to avoid checkmate you have to use your opponents pieces. It's the oldest trick in the book lol

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Morphy Head or Tal's head to Carlsen for the sacrifice would have added more value.

[@iPiglet-t5z]

we need Magnus head when the strongest defensive move by the engine is not enough to suppress Carlsen's attack

[@dominicgalang7728]

i just came here to hear the signature words of agadmator, "SORRY ABOUT THAT" thank you!

[@danielhaslam5179]

5:26 Even Agadmator is susceptible to the good old beginners “I thought it was my piece” mistake 😂

[@jomz3721]

5:27 Yup, they updated the game after 2000 years, as you can now move your opponent's piece to defend checkmate

[@joekerr5418]

Zugzwang is really Carlsen's specialty

[@unpong01]

Overload the opponent with decisions. Eventually, they are going to get decision fatigue and collapse.

[@MohamedZashim.R]

what is zugzwang

[@bryantimothy8616]

@@MohamedZashim.R it is basically when all of your moves are so bad you would rather not move at all..

[@varadkousadikar9424]

At 5:31, white bishop can save black from getting mated by going to f8... Lol

[@amdcagme]

varad kousadikar f8

[@bogdanhobinca290]

Trust no one, not even your pieces.

[@varadkousadikar9424]

@@amdcagme corrected !

[@michaeldallen234]

This is one of the few channels that actually deserves a subscription

[@michaeld519]

I like that how you threw in the explanation at the end about the queen for newer players. I'm sure there will be people who give you shit about simplifying some explanations, but this new surge of players needs somebody to explain the game in ways they can understand and I'm glad you're stepping up to the challenge, sir.

[@justinm.8578]

Man I always smile in amazement when I look at Agadmator’s subscriber count. I remember being here 2 years ago when I started following chess, and it makes me happy that Agadmator’s channel keeps on growing. Onward and upwards!

[@PushyPawn]

There's not even a rival chess channel worthy enough to have a subscriber battle with.

[@kamjohn4977]

Sees agad, clicks agad. Simple.

[@karimkhalaf2011]

" there is nothing to be done" absolutlly true

[@kentuckymn4367]

Make merch that says "Captures captures captures!" Ill buy whatever it is u sell, shirts, coffee mugs, lunch boxes! Pleeeeeease lol

[@UAre_madness]

There is such merch

[@PushyPawn]

I will buy those. Just make sure they're NOT "Made in China".

[@nedmerrill5705]

"capture fest!"

[@csl9843]

@sdgagd fsafasdf I knew China, but Bangladesh? I'm actually fully Bengali so that's news to me

[@gonzoraoul]

@@csl9843 You don't know about the garment factories in Dhaka?

[@ahmadaz1886]

"'Chess is a addictive drug , it changed a lot of lifes"

[@bLiZcHaRgE]

I appreciate you Antonio! Thank you for uploading even though you told us that you should already be resting for the day. You dropped this K I N G 👑. 👏👏👏

[@nedmerrill5705]

Dubov was doomed when Carlsen played Qd3. Incredible bind, Carlsen's game played itself.

[@1m2ogaming]

Playing with a lot of pins is cool but it's easy to screw it up. They're also not playing classical.

[@halneufmille]

Yes, it reminds me of the best games by alpha zero. Putting your opponent's pieces out of offensive options is almost as good as capturing them.

[@edoardoprevelato6577]

Don't know about doomed with rapid, but yeah, that was an engine level move by Carlsen. So nothing new under the sun really. ;)

[@reneeshparappurathu1874]

I see no one wants to talk about the two 1800s and their engine prep back in 2007

[@deathmetalalchemist5861]

honestly, I'm surprised this position hasn't been reached before with all the semi slav games around the Topalov-Kramnik era where it was the most popular opening at the highest level....c5 is a common idea in many lines, I guess this very specific one hadn't been reached before....

[@Nagantios]

Always a pleasure to watch. Keep up the good work, Agad!

[@flamouri]

Nobody is born cool Except of course : youtubers who post 3 videos the same day

[@oneautumnleaf622]

When agadmator uploads you should be as early as u can

[@dhavalvyas4226]

Hey Agadmator, first, I would like to express my gratitude to you and your fascinating channel, learnt a lot of moves and tactics from your channel. I'd like to request you to please make a video on all the openings with their strengths and weaknesses that will be a great support for us. Thanks in anticipation...

[@christianereis7361]

Another Zugzwang game by Carlsen! Brilliant game! I think Magnus's brain works like this: "Let's lose this game and win the next one in style!"😆

[@kamitebyani5309]

Thanks for all the great videos. Watched all 3 videos

[@davidanderson_surrey_bc]

...and it was in this position that agadmator told us how much he really enjoys showing us a game with only one queen on the board and an early zugzwang.

[@CheesecakeCLE]

Your videos are awesome. Upload as many as you want per day and I'll continue to watch. Your videos got me back into chess a lot. Thank you!

[@JustTheAstronomer]

wait at 5:26 why wouldn't Magnus get checkmated the white bishop wouldn't retreat he would be attacking ?? or am I being dumb right now

[@nirolf12]

He made a mistake, it's mate xD

[@JustTheAstronomer]

Florin Buffon okay thank you for confirming with me I felt like he would never make a mistake about chess ever xD so it made me feel like maybe I was wrong

[@nirolf12]

@@JustTheAstronomer he makes a lot of mistakes, it's normal

[@KyleMechler]

Really glad you covered this one. Tons of patterns to learn here for my newbie eyes!

[@raymendez3403]

From this moment I will like every video you upload just for the love of the content and I’m grateful for your hard work Agadmator THANK YOU

[@jaycavalli6061]

Absolutely phenomenal KZbinr.

[@BuggatiWeryon]

10:00 Two pieces are too much for the queen three pieces are basically always a go :D I love you Agadmator!

[@phenix2403]

queen is almost always better than 2, and almost always worse than 3

[@XBox360Quest]

0:40 the "sorry about that" I am always waiting for XD

[@dcuoshankjones3587]

8:11 couldnt white have played KnightC4? Would have blocked the rook in the C file since its being defended with the pawn, unpins the rook and queen which would allow them to cause some threats on the A file right?

[@dwijshah2393]

Dude the "castles castles" is just soo satisfactory

[@princedev48]

Cheers mate! Really enjoyed the game

[@subussi]

never have i gotten here so early, hello agadmator!

[@kingdave5917]

I not agadmator but hi

[@viktoryaakovez983]

Those queen sacrifice lines were amazing! Extremely beautiful

[@TheMarksT]

I watched this live and wondered how Dubov missed the pinned Knight and subsequent forced moves. But I see now how he was getting strangled to the point of Zigzwang in the end. Thanks for showing the problems Daniil was struggling with here. He cames so close to qualifying too. Great job. Ps. Makes me feel better about a game I lost too with a pinned Knight recently. Could happen to anyone, especially when playing Magnus though here, lol. Thx again.

[@johnlenk2774]

Always a good video! Thanks for mentioning those of us that don’t know a lot about chess, but enjoy watching it.

[@cloudsaretalking]

And it was in this position that Magnus basically said “you take your time”. What a poetic finish, indeed!

[@avinashnayak7398]

h6 was also the move that created the Immortal Zugzwang for Aron Nimzowitsch And that was also played on move 25.

[@jancesenek668]

7:51 Why didn´t Magnus play Rc2 straightaway instead of a5, am I missing something?

[@Whitsoxrule1]

I love that in this game and the original "Immortal Zugzwang", the final nail in white's coffin for both games was h6 :) poetry

[@Equal16]

@Agadmator just a suggestion that when one player resigns with plenty of pieces on the board, please spend more time explaining why a position is hopeless - for us amateur chess players we would find that valuable. In this particular video, it was nice to understand the comparison between Q vs. R/K/B, but it would have been great to see a couple variations demonstrating the power of the 3 pieces versus the Q. Thanks

[@avramrotar6716]

@Agadmator, when you made that mistake on 5:25 you made me think of Tal's (ghost) knight, that was supposed to deliver checkmate, only to realize after minutes of calculation that it was his own knight. This time though, it's sort of reversed :)) Not to mention, this really looks like a Tal game :)

[@sethbushnell5051]

So proud of myself, I always pause and look, never with much hope that I will find "the move", but I got both of them this time! I love you agad

[@magnuswieroed6649]

1:13 wooden shield!

[@italotrivisan9767]

2:50 he doesn't "nicely develop his pawn to e3", I think. He did that to fix black's pawn on e4 so that black's bishop isn't that effective and that pawn remains a target for the future.

[@frozenmoon998]

Me: *watches agadmator's new video* Agad: *sorry about that*

[@alfredoag3]

00:39 the earlist "Sorry about that" i can remember.

[@riefkymaulana8009]

actually im really curious, what did u do on 0:42 u did this in every single of your video

[@yvennguennoun3438]

6:45 how about queen takes knight on d2 ? If white rook takes, then black bishop takes the rook and threatens the white queen while being protected by the rook on d8. The white queen has to move horizontally and then comes rook to c1 which wins back the sacrificed queen. Black is then up a knight (potentially a rook if the queen is misplaced and on the wrong side) and one pawn (even though it's doubled) it seems like a perfectly winning situation to me. Instead, if white queen takes then black just one a free knight. Can anybody tell me if it's right or wrong ?

[@heshamabdelmaksoud]

5:27 the Bishop can retreat hahaha

[@leventcelik6597]

5:27 It's a black square bishop, not a black bishop Antonio Agadmatorino.

[@gouravsahni5001]

Beautiful Game.... enjoyed a lot...👌🏻👌🏻

[@user-dw4dq1if1m]

Just opened this video, wish agad give Magnus the Morphy head in the end.

[@SrinivashM29]

I've played Re2 twice, once while playing the Giuoco Piano and once while playing the Ruy Lopez. Got hammered both the times.

[@vulcanus30]

2:46 Nicely develops his pawn :)

[@hellyea489]

From c5 onwards, everything magnus plays is so agressive and doesn't give dubov a chance to breathe. Magnus is such an amazing player.

[@ExPwner]

So brutal they couldn’t even air it on the news!

[@Pipolag1]

Great video as always...thanks Agadmator! Tip: I know you have the PGN in the description. So I find myself copying it and pasting it on a chess site to look at the graphical analysis. Would be nice if there was a link in the description to the lichess or chess.com import game page with the game's PGN so we can quickly see the analysis of where one player went wrong and stuff and play around with alternate moves. Thanks again.

[@cygan144]

Amazing content as usual. But mu biggest question is that, What are you really pulling their underneath the table agadmator?

[@alessandrobruno_ibonaz]

6:35 why not Bxd7 with the idea of Qxb3 in future?

[@philosophyphilosophy903]

TCEC superfinal is currently going on and it is providing players good opening preperation.

[@bhaveshmanglani2173]

Would you consider the move b4 to push the knight away a mistake in hindsight? Compromised the pawn structure and setup the zugzwang.

[@benjaminzelahhoward430]

@5:25 this isn't Agad first time doing this. From how to defeat the world champ. to using oppt. bishop to defend mate...... Anyway this move has been reached during the 1354 chess championship......

[@kvtassel]

At 6:44 why not have the bishop take the night and then have the queen take the rook?

[@psychicspy1234]

8:07 what’s wrong with bishop capture

[@austino99]

Of course we dont mind ty agad! also btw love the maroon shirt, dope color on you.

[@michaelhart7569]

Appropriately, h6 was also the winning move in the original Immortal Zugzwang Game between Friedrich Sämisch and Aron Nimzowitsch, (Copenhagen 1923).

[@muhammadvikral4367]

5:27 nothing weird there, just world champion's perk, "you can control your opponent piece to defends against checkmate

[@aravbaid3105]

Really a nice game for Agad to analyse

[@antoniobreaux1584]

Magnus is a freaking genius. Hate him all you want, but he is the undisputed champion.

[@baderb52]

I’ve always wondered, are the two seconds to pause or to think of the move? Anyway doesnt matter as im always here to enjoy the show

[@gomishsharma]

@agadmator y not play kingE2 to defend the night in a couple of moves and free the queen from knights defence?

[@CrowdPop]

I love when he tells us it's a brand new game

[@Eleuthero5]

Amazing. h6 was also the last move of the famous Saemisch-Nimzowitsch Immortal Zugzwang Game.

[@ShadowNelt]

9:56 how'd he put that green highlight on the queen?

[@amateurchess8044]

Please cover previous game of which carlsen got beaten of Dubov with the black pieces.

[@I_Am_Midnight-i]

5:26 glitch in the matrix guys, sorry about that

[@samueldesmondtuah1421]

What a time this war between Carlsen - Dubov and Nakamura is quiet amazing

[@namayogerald3329]

Thanks Agad for the daily chess analysis. More love from the chess fans in Uganda, Africa.