Magnus Escapes the Impossible!

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Liang, Awonder (2643) - Carlsen, Magnus (2852)
Pro Chess League (chess24.com) [4] 2023.02.15
C11 French, Burn variation
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.Nf3 c5 8.c3 a6 9.Bd3 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Bh4 Bc5 12.O-O O-O 13.Nb3 Be7 14.Qe2 Qc7 15.Bg3 Bd6 16.Rad1 Bxg3 17.hxg3 e5 18.Rfe1 Re8 19.Nd2 Bg4 20.f3 Be6 21.Ne4 Qb6+ 22.Kh2 Bxa2 23.b3 Bxb3 24.Rb1 a5 25.Nxf6+ gxf6 26.Qe4 Rac8 27.Qh7+ Kf8 28.Qxh6+ Ke7 29.Rxe5+ Kd7 30.Bb5+ Kc7 31.Rxe8 Qxb5 32.Rxc8+ Kxc8 33.Qf8+ Kc7 34.Qxf7+ Bxf7 35.Rxb5 a4 36.Ra5 Bb3 37.g4 b6 38.Ra7+ Kc6 39.f4 b5 40.g5 fxg5 41.fxg5 Kb6 42.Ra8 Kb7 43.Re8 a3 44.g6 a2 45.Re1 Kc6 46.g7 Bg8 47.Kg3 Kd5 48.Ra1 Ke4 49.Kg4 Kd3 50.c4 Bxc4 51.Kf5 b4 52.Rc1 Bg8 53.Kf6 b3 54.Rc8 a1=Q+
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[@ayushgupta0010]

This does it. Let's vote to add a new rule to the Principles of Chess: "Never go to an endgame against Magnus unless you are at least up two pieces."

[@ianson3]

And a hammer. A big one.

[@stoic-wy6ge]

There is always an lndi@n commenting buIIsh!t. I really thank you guys.

[@karthikchakkirala2038]

Or a former world champion

[@maithevnesegirl6404]

Or just don't piss away your completely winning advantage.

[@chazzabh]

You can’t add a Rule to Principles 😂😂

[@markangus3252]

LIang snatched defeat from the jaws of victory. Spectacular swindle from MC.

[@jeythegrey]

Magnus winning this game is truly Awonder I'll see myself out

[@yogapp701]

Getout

[@dark_magician_sdy]

Lmao , no stay 🤣

[@maithevnesegirl6404]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/poTKkGmKba2liMk

[@ellipticallyambiguousone7875]

he played incredibly but Magnus is Magnus

[@davidgarner3275]

I appreciated that- stick around, please!😂

[@jasonminturn311]

Props to Awonder. How many of us have been in that situation where you have a winning position and just let it slip away in a few suboptimal moves? Really feel for that kid...

[@kingmarin5820]

He has absolutely no idea how to play endgames though.

[@mohammadomarfaruk825]

I watched the game thinking Magnus was going to lose I never imagined winning this game

[@detectivemarkseven]

Imagine how Awonder felt lol

[@tonyb9735]

Anybody can make a blunder, especially under time pressure. In fact, isn't that rather the point of rapid chess?

[@maithevnesegirl6404]

Watching it live, it was like, "wow, Magnus is really getting murdered here, when will he just resign it?" The entire round was crazy, it was like all 4 Chessbrahs were losing, with Magnus being decapitated live on stream, and then they got 3 draws and a win to end the round and win the match.

[@thereaper7505]

Agad: let's see how Magnus escapes the position in the thumbnail. Me: who jumps straight to the video without seeing the thumbnail...🕶

[@amiramir-fk3bj]

what is thumbnail mean?

[@bryanchong1364]

@@amiramir-fk3bj the picture of the video

[@IAmDavid91]

"The hardest game to win is a won game." Emmanuel Lasker

[@KoskiK]

Having recently started learning chess, this seems to be especially the case in the beginning, as most people just resign when they blunder so I hardly ever get to play a winning position in end game so when I do get there, I have problems capitalizing with my piece lead.

[@IAmDavid91]

@@KoskiK there's no end to learning and improvement. Just keep playing and practicing. You'll definitely get better

[@LakshitSinghBisht]

@@KoskiK I also had same problem some years back.

[@JimmyBoosterCrate]

"..against Magnus Carlsen." - Me

[@IAmDavid91]

@@JimmyBoosterCrate this is gold 😂

[@jalureswara2719]

Awonder why, Awonder how, I wonder how Magnus escaped just like that.

[@asodiperl3937]

Awonder why, Awonder chat, I wonder how Magnus escaped just like that.

[@gangshivam]

Awonder how, Awonder why Yesterday you told me 'bout Magnus die But all that I can see Is just a broken Awonder Liang I'm turning my head up and down I'm turning, turning, turning, turning Turning around And all that I can see Is just another broken player.

[@TheMarksT]

Great try and even greater escape! Awesome battle here!

[@mugbhary]

From a losing position drawing the game is one thing but winning due to a minor blunder by the opponent is incredible . Magnus is a freak

[@melzz]

That blundered bishop become the hero at endgame. Maintain both attack and defense, amazing

[@BREAKocean]

He was perfectly placed it's insane

[@ZeLoShady]

Respect to Awonder for going for that win. He could have just taken that draw position but he chose to take a more challenging path instead.

[@anthonyschlott916]

Except, in hindsight, he got too greedy and a draw would've been a more favorable result than a loss.

[@ZFosterZ]

Yes! I’ve been wanting to know how this played out after learning of it recently.

[@lukeleg6982]

I love you Agad! True man of the people to show us another platform that will decrease your own hits to make your content more accessable. I still watch your videos every day, but it's nice to know that if I want to look up a specific player I can now do so easily! You're the man!

[@mindblowing4ever]

It is not another platform. It still points to his youtube videos. Please use the tool before commenting.

[@lukeleg6982]

@@mindblowing4ever is it part of KZbin? Hmmm no. If you wanted to watch a specific video would you need to check out multiple videos? Definitely. Comment stands. I'm sorry my being happy and surprised and loving Agad because he's but all about the money has caused you pain.

[@wot_hog]

Awesome database-and now the ability to search by a particular term, like "immortal" has been implemented! Thank you!!

[@JW-qd3ol]

Yes!! That's amazing!!

[@MikeWal2]

At one point you mentioned *in passing* when Black played a5 (intending a4 to defend the bishop on b3) that the b3 bishop could also be defended by Queen to e6. The problem is that Nc5 would fork the b3 bishop and the e6 Queen so the bishop would be lost on the next move.

[@jdarov]

Just plugged into engine and that is indeed the top engine move very nice spot! Best response is Qc8 so after Nxb3 e4 Bxe4 Qxc3 black is at least up 2 pawns for the bishop which only gives white a +2 advantage. Which means for me that in about 2 moves I'll blunder the queen and lose anyway but for a GM is completely winning

[@viorry1829]

I felt like magnus just doesn't take his opponent seriously. He definitely knew bishop a2 is not good, but he also knew his opponent is not good enough to capitalize on it. It's a mindgame. Magnus is just toying with his prey

[@jrock2460]

Pretty terrible when you have Magnus’ balls so deep in your mouth that you actually believe he would jeopardize his chance to win “on purpose”. He plays to win. Period.

[@viorry1829]

@@jrock2460 OOF what a tough guy talk lol. Of course he's not losing the game on purpose, that's quite a stretch from what I actually said. If you have such terrible reading comprehension, you better get back to school both to fix that nasty attitude and your education

[@donuttsu9233]

it’s actually because magnus saw the games on the other boards weren’t going well and thought he had to go for a risky move to try to create winning chances. he was afraid if he played for a draw the team would lose the match.

[@kunalsingh4418]

@@donuttsu9233 he was right too. If he hadn't won, they would go to blitz playoff. This was the decisive game.

[@doone8849]

the video library is great! only thing missing is a filter for time format, ie b/B/R/C

[@luigisaintil413]

That’s a mean come back by Magnus. I think it’s just like adgamator said playing. Bishop capture a2 wasn’t the engine move, but everything else was just perfection. That’s the difference between Magnus and everyone else he made a mistake, but you have to play with engine precision to capitalize on it or he will turn the tables on you. Truly the most op player in our time.

[@jimhofoss9982]

that was an incredible flip

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Tough loss definitely looked good for him at first I’ll try to watch the game again I pick up more after watching a game more than once Thanks for the call

[@ali_p_q7920]

0:45 I thought the standard way was slapping their face with a glove.

[@Figgy20000]

You could always Fart in their general direction

[@jman2050]

Magnus really showing how important precision and discipline in the endgame is. Liang allowing himself to get outmaneuvered while having rook vs bishop and +2 pawns is tragic.

[@anthonyschlott916]

Well, he's only 19. And this game will probably be one he will never forget.

[@FM-ft8pe]

Just a note Shorter formats work both ways. Rapid chess or not both players given equal time.

[@arjun_singh_gangwar]

After Ra7 check on time9:05 by Liang , Carlsen could have moved his king to b8 instead of c6. This would have forced Liang either to leave the a file or move to a6. in a6 case, Magnus would move king to b7 and thus getting the rook.

[@armaanmalhotra9042]

🔥🔥

[@AM-jz5wz]

Crazy how one rook move essentially caused awonder’s down fall. Had he blocked the pass pawn from moving with the precise move his rook would be protected by the pon giving him ample time to promote his right side pons. However under constant pressure of promotion caused by the imprecise move with the rook, he doomed the position to either a draw or worse as shown 😮

[@SamuelPearlman]

You hear that Mr. Liang?... That is the sound of inevitability... It is the sound of your death... Goodbye, Mr. Liang...

[@andreaberton3684]

Of course he was allowed, some how, to do that, but escaping this, even with a couple if mistakes of his opponent, is out of this world👏

[@4starrawks]

Never go in on an endgame with Magnus, when DEATH is on the line!

[@sejfudinbosnjakovic1252]

Amazing Magnus..

[@the_visapurkar4044]

A wonderful game 😊

[@camilorojas1744]

Well, what can I say. The master spoke for himself

[@troywakefield9250]

The Magnus effect was strong with this one

[@stavrosvoya4795]

Magic Magnus!

[@folsomboy86tbone15]

Do I remember this correctly? Did Fischer also incorrectly capture a pawn (a2 or h2) with his bishop against Spassky in game one of the 72 world championship?

[@gtb1944]

Hey Agad, just FYI the name Liang is pronounced with one syllable, so not "Lee-Ong" but like "Lyahng", it most closely rhymes with strong/long but the vowel is more "ah" like shah/blah.

[@brukujinbrokujin7802]

Its romanized name so its okay to pronounce it latin-like. I live for several years in china and even people there have different pronoun for the same name. For example warm can be called Wen or Woen depending on dialect. Not to mention hundreds of small tribes that you dont even know the dialect. romanized chineese name can be pronounced as-is, because the native language itself does not have singular pronoun. Another example is russia Ivan. It could be called Ai Ven or I Van or Ai Van. All correct

[@esfera2181]

@@brukujinbrokujin7802 you're wrong

[@hakuroze]

@@esfera2181 No, he is correct. Arguing how to pronounce chineese name is like arguing how to pronounce David as De-vid or Da-vid. As long as the person understand and doesnt mind

[@texasjoe557]

Wow. Awonder had him!

[@mikeh2385]

Awonder collapsed in epic fashion under immense time pressure

[@uncleacid6973]

6:40 am, and I could be sleeping, but now I have found something that's needed much more.

[@nicbentulan]

my 2nd comment: Please cover in Philippine women's chess - WGM Janelle Frayna, the female Wesley So, who upset Georgian GM (really GM not just WGM) Bela Khotenashvili at the 2022 world blitz? There's a 12-move UNDERPROMOTION puzzle there. #suggestion [Variant "From Position"] [FEN "6k1/6b1/1p1P3p/6pP/3pPpP1/p2NqP2/6K1/5Q2"] 1. Qd1 a2 2. Qb3+ Kf8 3. d7 Qe2+ 4. Nf2 Ke7 5. Qd5 Kd8 6. Qf7 Bf6 7. Qe8+ Kc7 8. Qc8+ Kd6 9. e5+ Qxe5 10. d8=R+ Bxd8 11. Qxd8+ Kc6 12. Qa8+ Kd7

[@philswiftreligioussect9619]

This game was so beautiful I'll say Magnus is the GOAT

[@userac-xpg]

what a great game!

[@marinojelenkovic8236]

"Brah Carried" 🤣🤣

[@truthcrackers]

wow what a comeback!

[@rickharold7884]

so close but the magnus haze had it's effect

[@yairkama7015]

Magnus can squeeze water out of rocks when it gets to end games. It's inconceivable.

[@aminmahendra199]

do you guys think in 1:18 Bb5+ is better than d3?

[@ameyakale2739]

Man, Awonder must have been devastated.

[@pabloolmoamadeorigattibern2076]

Love the library! Increadible, I was just desiring something like that to study more seriously and not just enjoy the show... THANKS THANKS THANKS (Would be amazing to have the number of moves or the leanght of the video (if it is easier..)... if it is not to much work , PLEASE :D ...)

[@johngeier8692]

A Houdini level escape.

[@johnmallette3143]

GG

[@Noelito40]

Avonder did what many of us do...forgot that your king is a piece too! He tried to run his pawns up the board rather than having them escorted by their king! 😁

[@TheSmeckledorf]

The phrase that describes picking up the A pawn by Magnus is "maximum disrespect".

[@philippmetz5405]

magnus chadsen just made it close on purpose

[@IAmDavid91]

No, he just shows that this saying is true "the hardest game to win is a won game"

[@IAmDavid91]

It's actually Chadgnus 😁

[@whizkid4386]

Naw his opponent had it in the bag and blew it. No worries, crybaby Carlsen won win this tournament.

[@IAmDavid91]

@@whizkid4386 you seem to be a Hans Niemann fan 😅

[@jrock2460]

Pretty terrible when you have Magnus’ balls so deep in your mouth that you actually believe he would jeopardize his chance to win “on purpose”. He plays to win. Period.

[@Cryptorocker2000]

wow that was insane. Magnus was Running more than Forest Gump on that one.

[@Cryptorocker2000]

Run magnus Run

[@Jayako12]

#suggestion I... I would just love you to comment on one of my favourite queen sacrifices, the 1990 Juan Manuel Bellón-Kiril Georgiev game of Terrassa.

[@lukasantos6991]

5:20 Qe6 is impossible due to Nc5 forking the queen and the bishop

[@hkvamshi8754]

Magnus is a chess engine.😎

[@Andyconda14]

Ok I’m reading all my end game books collecting dust on my shelf 😂

[@nedmerrill5705]

You need to win all three phases of the game to beat Magnus (just like Capablanca).

[@vendysatria]

I think Antonio needs to update Magnus' picture on the left side. his hair has definitely grown up now

[@bahaaeddineturk6601]

thanks to the new search technique i found this master piece ''Lasker Against The Windmills - The Mexican Immortal!''

[@agadmator]

New technique is a gamechanger

[@kkakdugiman]

That's why he's the World Champion! He escapes the impossible!

[@whizkid4386]

Crybaby Carlsen simply got lucky against an inexperienced opponent who didn’t take his chances when he should have.

[@maddogtannen6984]

@@whizkid4386 he knew his opponent was inexperienced. He would never have risked it like that with a stronger player. So its not just luck, he also knew what he was doing

[@glispie]

@@whizkid4386 Imagine calling the 5 time world champion just lucky lol

[@scythazz]

Magnus was given a chance though… no matter how many times you are world champion, he was objectively lost. There is alittle bit of luck here, you can’t deny…

[@glispie]

@@scythazz Every chess player who has ever played more than 5 games has had a completely lost position before. He capitalized on mistakes that his opponent made better than his opponent capitalized on mistakes that he made.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Right Magnus has a superb end game you made valid points as far as when White had the King on the run he should’ve stole more pawns he would’ve had better chance promoting one of his pawns for Queen he gave it his best shot with that Rook move that Magnus could do nothing about or he’d lose his Queen tough loss Good Game

[@markjacobjangao3732]

Amongst ding and nepo being the world champ would be half baked knowing magnus is just around the corner not playing the thing

[@philcolbert7864]

I never know what the time control is in these games

[@jambellen3090]

Awonder got the b pawn push but that rook to b4, the most important square, he didn't see it

[@3uolll]

GOAT

[@afrozsings]

#Suggestion Quang Liem Le vs Josefine Heinemann from the pro chess league

[@BaddAtom]

Magnus playing with his food lol. wow

[@carlosaugustoayresdesouzam8739]

Magnus has the resolve Fischer had to go until the end trying to win. I admire this resolve so much, but Liang is a powerful player and I hope this doesn't bother him and serves as a lesson.

[@milkcarton5172]

"Brah carried" -Anish Giri, 2023

[@rajesh7285]

Wouldn't c4 be a better choice after B*f7 IF B*c4 Rc5+ else next move Rb5 and capture a pawn shortly.

[@faisalmutakif5356]

Vielen bilabela

[@toptwitchchannel]

magnus never miss

[@swaggy3987]

Awonder was left awondering how he fumbled the bag

[@Jethaji292]

#suggestion please check out the levon vs pragg game grom wr chess masters 2023, its a fun game Absolute brilliant chess

[@electrowizard9279]

It's Awonder how he managed to lose this game but again Magnus is champion for a reason

[@josephcallahan1664]

Dang! Liang had it. That's Carlsen for ya.

[@JamesSmith-bo3po]

It we be interesting if Wesley So plays against Awonder. Will it be So Awonder or Awonder So?

[@troytheriot8679]

It might rapid chess but this also young eyes and should more faster

[@TimChump]

I like gobbling up pawns in a winning situation, now I feel vindicated

[@nadizver388]

Magnus, where are you from ? Norway is one part of frozen Pluton.

[@Ankhelinos]

Magnus is very Carlson. Endgame Magnus is magnus.

[@xaviernegron6214]

Inspiring quote by Anish

[@markangus3252]

That's how you make a pile of Canadians sweat.

[@hanzo6288]

magnus should do a Turing test

[@farteinjonassen7523]

That's my last queen standing by the board Looking as if she were alive. I call that piece Awonder now Robert Browning

[@adamhelmsing3521]

How!?

[@joneichelberg6432]

I actually watched the game on Chess Brah's Twitch channel. I made a comment stating Magnus was sabotaging the Brah's match. I happily ate my crow at the end.

[@askill8695]

Saw that comment lol

[@taitslong3417]

Magnus _Offers sweet victory to Liang_ Liang _didn't take it_ Magnus _at least a draw_ Liang _Nope_ Magnus _ok now I'm handing you a sour defeat_ Liang _can't sleep for a week_

[@jamesstevens9032]

The king hunt put his king in a more active position in the endgame

[@user-cm5fm5tf6d]

I feel "pause the video" move is much easier than before, let s say two months ago! Have I become so much stronger or agadmator does it so we enjoy even more the show?!

[@salahsaadsalah7509]

I haven't noticed myself, so it could be you improving. But at the end of the day it's not up to agad, it's up to the players and their moves

[@jaydwivedi9860]

Magnus wanted to win a losing game from a -10 position. He has done it in rapid game. Classical is not too far off.

[@hdmotivated]

This would never ever happen in classical..too much time ..maybe he would of gotten a draw in classical but never a win

[@Figgy20000]

@@hdmotivated kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKLWin-ObNmKq6M He literally did it vs Nakamura in a Classic Game. +10 for white Nakamura had him in absolute Zugzwang but missed the win and proceeded to complete lose the game.

[@rogerstone3068]

Interesting that we have to introduce weakness into our chess (through time) in order to keep it entertaining. The full classical game is less fun now that we know we are only children in this world, and the big grown-up engines could crush us any time we dare to take them on.

[@CaptnCondor]

“If you play King f8, your chances of survival exist”

[@VokeVideo]

Agad is my favourite chess man. Calm. Hyper doesn't suit chess. You know who I'm talking about 🙂

[@munen343]

Does magnus and Liang know they are playing the French beforehand, or do these super GMs have to memorize everything?

[@peterwinters8587]

After the game Awonder changed his name to Ablunder