A Winning Position against Carlsen isn't the Same as Winning | LCC Round 7

[@ehsan2k2]

proof that “winning a won game is the hardest thing in chess”

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Kheili ham ali ali...😃

[@kavehramzanzad]

@@mohammadaminsarabi6207 mibinam ke parcham iran balast hameja (:

[@rrrrtre4820]

دوشواری نداریم که 😂

[@azharudeensalim]

carlsen is the toughest player to beat, really playing endgames like a machine.

[@Yzeyr]

Some people say he thaught himself to play chess by playing himself for 4 hours and beat stockfish 28-0

[@PikachuFilmz]

because his mind is quicker than all chess players

[@shards7992]

That was alpha zero joke

[@_kanyeWest]

Some people say you can't spell 'taught' but I don't like to judge

[@KHFREAK999]

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[@vincent5318]

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[@bozydarboski9407]

Yeah the mailman is in my top 10 villains

[@usfazli]

I felt horrible for Adams. He looked so devastated and totally crushed during his post match interview with Maurice. It really shows how precise modern chess has become. If a top grandmaster does not play the absolute best move in the position , he gets crushed despite playing a perfectly acceptable natural move. Anand's defeat in the last round and today was also example of the same

[@harryandruschak2843]

The phrase "perfectly acceptable natural move" does not compute.

[@usfazli]

Harry Andruschak i meant you dont have to make blunders in the position to lose the game. Very natural looking moves are also not good enough. Today the move a3 was a brilliancy from Ian against Anand. No one in the commentary could visualize that move during the analysis but it was the engines top move and that move crippled anand today

[@boblavey3474]

+usfazli Nah all human chess players still make plenty of mistakes (even Carlsen). It's just much harder to see and exploit their mistakes at the highest level.

[@FearMyRain]

True but you could say that about any "human vs human" activity. In fighting if you make one wrong punch that seems natural, you could be counter hit because of it and lose. In hockey if you make a pass that seems reasonable but wasn't the optimal pass, it could result in a break coming the other way. At the highest level play, mistakes become more costly and even making the 2nd best play might be game-losing.

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[@uzmanpsikologortacikizler3763]

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[@zan7838]

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[@usfazli]

Man you are my top chess analyst Please also cover the MVL win today against Karjaken

[@AnastasisGrammenos]

use the #suggestion tag dude!

[@FreethinkingSecularist]

I love how short and sweetly you share these games! Had I not seen this game live I would have been even more grateful of your coverage! You continue to make me proud to have been a monetary supporter of your kickass channel!

[@atsourno]

With a tempo on the Queen

[@CartanSubalgebra]

*wit a temmpo on de quuen

[@scienceguru7576]

With ideas of....

[@toikissa8734]

and this is of course winning for white...

[@sophiegrey9576]

You can't take this Knight

[@adnantamimi1128]

Let's see what happens if you capture this knight.

[@timothysiahaan8977]

The difference between Carlsen and others is the unwillingness to resign in a losing position. He will keep playing his best, which often makes his opponents at one point blows the advantage. This kind of attitude was also the feature of Fischer.

[@JordanNexhip]

Bruh all my opponents are unwilling to resign XD That is not what separates Magnus from the others at all lol

[@timothysiahaan8977]

Jordan Nexhip I should have written "among other top grandmasters".

[@tacticalchunder1207]

Jordan Nexhip it is among the top levels.

[@numchies8172]

amazing how fast you pump out these vids! thanks!

[@meh____1992]

Just started getting serious about my game so floated around several channels looking for an entertaining while educational one -- you are by far the top pick. Thanks for doing what you're doing :) hope to see the channel go to higher highs. Earning the subs for sure!

[@kamitebyani5309]

tony you broke the 60k subscription!! 100k coming up soon. Congrats

[@kamitebyani5309]

Hey coolie looks like his next stop is the 100k club... he is definitely on that train

[@Snufz760]

He’s growing fast

[@oscaro.172]

For those wondering: at 3:19, you can't play Kh1, because after Nf2+ Kg1, Nh3++ Kh1 (if Kf1 then Qf2#), here comes the beautiful queen sacrifice Qg1+ Rxg1, and a beautiful smothered mate: Nf2#. It's a pity agadmator didn't mention this.

[@oscaro.172]

Also, I'm not really good at chess, so correct me if I missed something.

[@oscaro.172]

Muhammet Talha Uyar, yep, I meant Qg1+ Rxg1

[@islomkayumov4552]

11:20 After the check of kd7 then nb8+ is a right move, not bb5. As for bb5 black would answer ke7.

[@inception6824]

One wrong step and Carlsen manages to pull out a win.. Absolutely extraordinary

[@thecouchpotato4652]

At 11:11. Why not playing Rook to A5 with the threat of checkmate at A1 the next move? Why do you have to play Rook to C7 as black?

[@dylanfreeman15]

All lines from Ra5 end in white getting checked until Rxa5

[@Scofield9975]

U r right,i think.It was a best move in that condition.There is no way to defend this move.If carlsen plays be2 to avoid check from rook then the rook will kill the knight

[@vhcblade4469]

Be6+ will eventually win the A5 rook with discovered check. Example: Be6+ Kd8 Rd7+ Ke8 Nc7+ Kf8 Rf8+ Kg8 Rxf5+ Kg7 Rxa5 Putting black in an even worse position, though still losing.

[@farhanhaikhan7307]

5:04 What? A rook for a pawn chain??? That's crazy!

[@Scofield9975]

I am big fan of magnus carlsen's position improving skills,his endgame and everything in chess.

[@IndigoBassNotes]

I have also been working on collecting swindles, The American champion GM Frank Marshall was welll known for winning "lost" games. I believe it shows good emotional control to be able to do this, to not become discouraged.

[@davidgaku6907]

Too weak too slow!!

[@stevenxu5747]

And not very smooth

[@mhlengindlovu2414]

That maneuvering by Carlson at the end was beautiful

[@rk1darko]

7:26 Why can’t Kxe3 and must be Rxe3?

[@alekssavic1999]

This channel is amazing

[@jamesfleming1155]

Aleks Savic Agreed. He went up 10k subs in like a week and a half!

[@topspin242]

You have the best chess channel by far congratulations! Hope you hit 100k subs real soon!

[@travis5125]

It'll never happen.

[@vitakyo982]

At 11:03 , instead of king to c8 , why not rook to a5 ?

[@prafulgupta2218]

Hey Can you make a series playing on the Magnus carlsen app against his different ages. Also can you please make a series for most general openings for white and black highlighting the basic mistakes amateurs do during openings and how to exploit them. I ask this because I think most of your viewers would be like me, beginners in chess. I for sure would love watch your theory videos for different openings and end games. And thanks a lot for such awesome content.

[@agadmator]

+praful gupta I'm planning something like this, will do it eventually

[@mamooking]

Good idea

[@Anonymoususer44569]

9:48 why doesn't Carlsen move rook to h8?

[@tylerlee328]

I was so proud of myself when I got the pawn to E3 move right. I didn't know why it would work but it just felt right.

[@rohanjadhav3225]

11:14 adams missed a winning idea after Na6 simply Ra5 going for the back rank .

[@yousefshnaiwer6936]

It is not winning... Because of bishop e6 with check... After that in a couple of moves black loses his rock to a knight or a bishop

[@arpitkumar4525]

I really don't understand why top players offer draw in equal position. The starting position is also equal why don't they offer draw on move 1 then? In fact chances of mistakes are more in complicated endgames than in any other stage of game as players now prepare 20 moves of theory. Only offer draw when it is dead drawn like opposite colored bishop or blockade and there is no way for your opponent to make mistake. That's what makes Carlsen a champion and he won the game even though he played badly.

[@sswise12121212]

Exactly!! wow this needs to be the top comment players make mistakes and blunders all the time why not try and see if a blunder can be made

[@TheMe26]

arpit kumar players offer a draw because of what you stated simply too much risks for a position that you cant force a win in you simply have to wait for the opponent to blunder or risk blundering yourselve or in most cases where none of them blunders it ends up in a draw

[@donaldslayer]

White has an advantage on move 1 so it's in whites interest to move rather than draw, also it wouldn't be a game if every match was a draw

[@arpitkumar4525]

NoxiousRebug white has very little advantage. It is considered equal. And that's what I am saying that it wouldn't be a game if every match was drawn. There's everything to play for in complex and equal endgames. In this tournament many players have drawn in unclear positions on move 30(when they are allowed to offer draw).

[@Mwuesse]

There are a few factors. The most important is that you get half a point for a draw. If you reach a position in an endgame where (arbitary figures) 85% of the time it will be a draw and then say 7% white wins and 8% black wins it you would rather just take the half point than risk losing when you have such a minimal edge. However, in the beginning of the game the edge is much more significant - white is around 38-39% to win and black is somewhere between 26 and 30% to win - as you can see 10%+ edge is hugely significant compared to maybe a 1% edge in some end-games. Carlsen is an end-game beast though so his percentage to win in the end-game is going to be way more significant than the average GM so ofc it makes sense for him to carry on. I doubt he would be so tenacious in grinding out end-games if that wasn't his strength.

[@dalsenov]

At 11.27 1...Kd7 2.Bb5 is not good because of Ke7 ,but instead 2.Nb8 check and if Ke7 than Rf7 check, keeps the rook for white and capture black's rook.

[@sohomsaumeep5619]

At 6:44, Why wouldn't carlsen go for a2xb3? Is a rook too much for those two knights and the doubled pawns?

[@jonb4978]

9:44 rook h8?

[@cs3225]

Love the videos. Quotes are great too. Thanks.

[@agge123456]

Towards the end game (wish I knew what move it was, that would be a good feature to add), when Magnus plays Knc3, couldn´t he capture the pawn on b5? Rxb5 results in Rxc4, Rxc4, Bxc4+, K moves, Bxb5. Now Carlsen is up a piece. What am I missing?

[@agge123456]

Srry, Carlsen plays Knc2 of course

[@KriceKaber]

Good commentary, respect.

[@User-ip9dg]

0:00 is a winning position for Carlsen

[@XDR2201]

White’s opening is like reverse Leningrad Dutch Defense.

[@hisuianarcanine9379]

Can someone explain why black can’t win the game with rook to a5 at 11:11?

[@yashmathur7949]

Ra5 would be met with Bd6 check eventually winning a rook by a discovered attack.

[@Alfetto8]

Adams' Qd3 gave me the chills, so powerful.

[@vincentcharles0496]

What's wrong with Rook a5 threatening checkmate when the knight attacks it?.I am.talking about move 54.

[@erdemguner6858]

Wow, ı didnt know that kevin de bruyne can play chess.

[@CabroVGC]

Why could knight not capture instead of rook in the pawn e3 variation at 7:26. I feel like that would have left white in a better position still having a rook and not be as bad as rook captures

[@adityapranavbandaru5907]

1:29 capture with the light square bishop!!!

[@nintendomario007]

What about rook to A5 from C5 instead of to C6? 1 move from checkmate, can't pin rook to king.

[@thehappyfellow5500]

best chess channel on youtube !

[@HuzPro]

can u change the picture you use for magnus carlsen? its a very old picture, maybe use something from the wcc?

[@XPWHACTL]

when he is talking about the e3 at 6:20, could someone explain how knight e2 isn't a good move?

[@einked9692]

hey guys. I am just starting so i'm bit lost, why can't black play e4 to e3, then rook to h1 at 11:45

[@MKD1101]

Where can I find your drawn game with Boris Spassky?

[@mithunraj6529]

M.K.D. I don't think agadmator played with Spassky, Mato does :)

[@mccoccoach-gaming5679]

Checkmate in 2 at 10:50 if rook moves from c5 to a5 preventing the fork and threatening mate with rook from a5 to a1

[@lightningprowess6031]

Lol,if rook moves from c5 to a5,nc6 black will lose the rook

[@ericsbuds]

do top players talk to each other during games in tournaments like these? maybe mind games or bluffs or anything like that? are there unwritten rules of chess etiquette for things you don't say over the board maybe?

[@devjyotichakraborty6904]

When Carlsen played Na6 why couldn't Admas play rook a5?

[@ahmedkarrar6270]

Best chess channel

[@mikesummers-smith4091]

I compliment you on 'new lease on life', which is correct (as any lawyer will tell you, because 'lease' is a legal term). Many if not most native English speakers wrongly say 'new lease of life'.

[@Aso.K95]

//Suggestion : Carlos torre vs Lasker (1-0)

[@beardthedog865]

#Suggestion, Herman Helms, have you covered him before?

[@TheOpinionatedPerson]

I saw the idea behind the pawn push, but to be fair I couldn't calculate all the variations so it doesn't really count

[@RoshanLal1590]

@11:10 knight to a6 is played... Wat if black rook moves to a5 threatening checkmate

[@pietrotettamanti7239]

Sry, wrong position. I think that Rc7 is the problem here.

[@asrini4u]

At 11:09 why didn't black play Ra5 threatening checkmate with Ra1+ ??

[@asrini4u]

After a sequence of checks, black will loose the rook at a5.

[@oscaro.172]

Wouldn't the game be alright for Carlsen if at 6:48 he played axb3 instead of Nc3? What's the problem then?

[@yunussamuel1054]

Oscar O. axb3 bxNc3. bxc3 Re8 Nd5. Trade rook and black better.

[@MCAlexeyPegushev]

Rd1+ wins the night on b1

[@oscaro.172]

Thanks Alep, I missed that.

[@cr35t23]

Damn, Magnus Carlsen is a savage!

[@silentstorm4509]

3:06 i think black should play 13.re8-c8 so black could be strong centre control and danger pass pawn at e4, adams has started to be elder

[@joonalaukkanen9660]

silent storm Rac8 is better. Brings yet inactive rook to a sort of active square, also forcing the line covered in the video. Rec8 would be inaccurate, because the a-rook would be "out of the game".

[@spaceghost7807]

You're the best man. I love your vids!

[@ItsAllAboutGuitar]

How much of this was mental? Would he have won had the exact same game been played except it wasn't Carlsen?

[@rajeshagarwal6840]

Agadmator your title is wrong.carlsen with because the wrong moves of Adam.if levon or mvl is in Adam place carlsen will resign before extra time.

[@user-dx8nj7qj2g]

11:10 why cant black do rook to a5 threatening mate i dont see a way for black to stop it in one move.

[@abhimanyookarve5778]

@11:11 why not Ra5??

[@Youtube_Globetrotter]

One of the first thing I learn as a newbie was not to move your f pawn to early if you where white. The world champions starts with 1. f4.

[@weeooh1]

Would like to see Carlsen vs Alpha Zero. I'm aware that even Stockfish can easily beat Carlsen, still interested how AZ would deal with top rated human.

[@farhanhaikhan7307]

4:40 Knight takes Knight is better right?

[@JuicersSuck]

Carlsen should have lost to Naka last game as well. Instead of being 0-2 his last 2 games, he's plus 1.5. The chess gods are on his side.

[@Treegrower]

In the nakamura game, he just won because of time. But yes, he's a hard man to beat.

[@chronicmp3297]

6:20 Cant you refute it with Bf3?

[@jordiperellogelabert1770]

Thanks a lot for the video!

[@eurindowding3061]

After Na6 you missed Ra5 threatening Ra1 mate!!!

[@Audacitycs1]

At 10:57, black rook to a5 White in response have to check with knight or rook but king would have moves to survive. End game with throwing that rook from a5 to a1 with nice little check mate imo. Anyone?

[@lightningprowess6031]

Knight to c6? black will lose the rook

[@Audacitycs1]

yeah better to resign the game.

[@pietrotettamanti7239]

Zain Ali Merchant You would get a fork between rook and king, therefore losing the rook.

[@Audacitycs1]

check my previous reply. Better to resign the game I agreed. :)

[@Erfan-x8p3c]

well couldn't you move to a5 after he moved the knight ?

[@hsudio]

11:13 after Na6, Ra5? aiming for a1 and threaten knight?

[@yousefshnaiwer6936]

bishop e6 :)

[@switchblad333]

What is Carlsen's iq?

[@redhorizon7225]

11:14 Na6 Ra5??

[@stasyszy]

qe5 can not Ng4 discover check and win the queen ?

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Seems to me that from the position Carlssen dreaded, much stronger persecution of White's Queen is possible than what Carlssen let on, and without the need of allowing that Queen to immediately take more pieces and also without trading the 'black' Bishop for merely a pawn - instead I think putting the OTHER Rook on that c8 square, and mobilising ge Knight and that Bishop to attack White's Queen would possibly have brought a lot of satisfaction

[@psychoassasim1934]

i really wonder why adams didnt play ka5 at 11.09 it seems legit and theres checkmate at next move also

[@DeeWu]

Looks like it maybe possible for White to walk black king down board . Be6+, kd8, rd7+,ke8, nc7+,kf8, rf7+ then kg8, ra7 discovered check wins rook.

[@alexglaz9485]

Agadmator--what is your nationality?

[@mohammadaminsarabi6207]

Magnus is awesome.😎

[@donderdag1918]

Magnus showing weakness against both Nakamura & Adams, both of which should have been able to win against him. Could be interesting times if he don't step up his game

[@Scy]

He's sick. And still won a losing position. Give him a break.

[@64517H]

The man has got flu, cut him some slack! besides Naka and Adams are no spring chickens.

[@aaronaaron5861]

is flu even an excuse? when i got flu the worst thing happened to me is sneezing, nothing else. i don't get physically or intellectually weaker just because of a flu. a "real" man will never use flu as an excuse. this guy says the truth, carlsen isn't perfect, he is human after all. naka and adams played the opening really well and got into winning positions but the (imo) boring carlsen always excel in end-game. the difference is, a stronger player like nakamura won't lose even after blowing all of his advantages.

[@Scy]

If all you had was sneezing then you didn't have the flu. Smartass. I once lost a leg in vietnam, those other guys who complain about it are just pussies. Except I was never in vietnam, and I still have both legs.

[@tacticalchunder1207]

Aaron Aaron since when is flu just sneezing? Do you even know what it is?

[@Shockprowl]

Oh man, poor Mickey Adams! Gutted for him, but well done Carlsen.

[@mr.wholeworld2606]

Please show a end game with no pawns

[@stumpycube1298]

Very nice video I subbed 😃

[@agadmator]

+Stumpy Cube Welcome! :)

[@tedceldor]

Winning a won game is the most treacherous...Emmanuel Lasker.

[@pokerandphilosophy8328]

Indeed! When I solve tactical problems of the sort "white to play and win", and after I found the solution, I often proceed to play the resulting "winning position" against a chess engine and get crushed.

[@kathini]

I feel really bad for Adams

[@toompie69]

I wonder who has the best record against Carlsen?

[@tomisthlm]

4:40 c2 check?

[@dimecanal]

why two knights at the end if he could take with the knight and leave a rook and a knight for him

[@nicholasgranat2999]

He’s brilliant

[@LeroiPOV]

Why can't you capture on @2:53?

[@hfheivfjevevfheiwogbfbdjfj4893]

The Queen is defending

[@omkarnadkarni7253]

Same title is applicable for nakamura vs carlsen match

[@Kamil-kv6lv]

I think that at 9:55 rook g5 gives a draw.

[@ThanosVarvi]

I came here after watching Sherlock Holmes and I saw the quote of Sir Arthur at the top... Wow that's a bizzare coincidence.

[@justlurkin]

Theory has taken a lot of the scheming out of chess. Now its about who's stuffed the most memorized lines in their head with sprinkles of genius here and there. Only low level players without much theory can truly prove their cleverness by through chess.