He Blunders AGAIN?? || Magnus Carlsen vs Vincent Keymer || FIDE World Cup (2023)

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Carlsen, Magnus (2835) - Keymer, Vincent (2690)
FIDE World Cup (chess24.com) [30] 2023.08.10
C77 Ruy Lopez, Anderssen variation
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 Bc5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 d6 8.d4 exd4 9.Nxd4 Bd7 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.Nc3 O-O 12.Qd3 Bb4 13.Ne2 Qe7 14.O-O-O Rfe8 15.f3 Qe5 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Qxc3 Qxc3 18.Nxc3 Nh7 19.g4 f6 20.h3 Nf8 21.Bg3 Ne6 22.h4 Kf7 23.h5 Rad8 24.Rhe1 Bc8 25.Rd3 Bb7 26.Nb1 c5 27.c4 Bc6 28.b3 Rb8 29.Bf2 Rb7 30.Nd2 Reb8 31.Be3 Kg8 32.Kc2 Nd8 33.f4 a5 34.e5 fxe5 35.fxe5 Nf7 36.Bf4 dxe5 37.Bxe5 a4 38.Bc3 axb3+ 39.Kb2 Re8 40.Rxe8+ Bxe8 41.Rd5 Bc6 42.Rxc5 Bd7 43.Bd4 Bxg4 44.a4 Ng5 45.Be3 Nf3 46.Nxf3 Bxf3 47.a5 Rb4 48.Bd2 Ra4 49.Kxb3 Bd1+ 50.Kc3 c6 51.Kd4 Bf3 52.Bc3 Bg2 53.Rf5 Bh3 54.Rf4 Be6 55.Kc5 Ra3 56.Kb4 Ra2 57.Kb3 Re2 58.a6 Bh3 59.a7 Re8 60.Re4 Ra8 61.Re7 c5 62.Rb7
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[@magnus9179]

Stupid vlogger to much your explaine this is not good

[@FranciscoNorepinephrine]

Pin of shame

[@drsomto007]

Just shut up , and get lost

[@ST-nr1hm]

Agad following Levy in the chess pin of shame game!

[@CorneliuZeleaCodreanu9]

Behave, you ill-mannered knave!

[@srinath_shenoy]

"and it was in this position that agadmator gave you the pin of shame"

[@rhysgriffiths9675]

Aside from from the missed knight tactic, Vincent basically played top engine moves the entire game, up until Bg2 where his 'best' move was to give up the c-pawn for free. Incredible how Magnus can force his opponent into a position where they play perfectly and still have to give up a pawn to hold onto a potential draw. One of my fav Magnus games of all time.

[@chrisdavis2161]

this is the first accurate comment I've read... I watched that game unfold on the stream and it was clinical the way Magnus complicated the postion to make the endgame a sharp precise line to a game that was dead drawn..

[@Wisdom.Phoenix]

Which engine? It might as well be deep blue if you don't specify

[@Philiopantheon82]

Just incredible how Magnus can convert those seemingly drawish game into victory, his grinding technique made Vincent Keymer exhausted physically and mentally. His ability at endgames are just out of this world.

[@aaronmiles3846]

It wasn't drawish, he was completely lost.

[@paulharris2331]

I believe the emphasis was on the word seemingly. Also he didn't lose so it wasn't completely lost.

[@elg7365]

​@@aaronmiles3846if you say so after watching the lines from an engine

[@Philiopantheon82]

​@paulharris2331 Thanks for clarification brother, indeed the word (seemingly) was my whole emphasis, because even Peter Leko the commentator along with Danya has mentioned that the game is very hard for Magnus to win and Keymer can actually hold.

[@samukis272]

Yeah he won that on the back of VIncent's exhaustion. It's a bit of a shame really.

[@eitansalama2921]

This game was such a grind.

[@toSirius]

Keymer beat himself. Carlsen effect saved Magnus. If Keymer had considered a few more seconds, Carlsen would be home.

[@Zeb369]

@@toSiriusor maybe the best end game player to walk the earth won an end game. Keymer had like 5 positions with only one move not losing. It’s so difficult to defend

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

@@toSirius No Vincent didn't beat himself. Magnus almost beat himself (like he did yesterday when he blundered an even more obvious tactic). You can say Vincent missed the win, but he certsinly didn't lose due to that. The position after the queen trade was still ultra solid for Black

[@toSirius]

@@tatsuyasigh1906 Keymer beat himself. Carlsen effect saved Magnus. If Keymer had considered a few more seconds (17...Nxe4), Carlsen would be home. fanboi

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

@@toSirius Lol that's called missing a win. Missing a win isnt the same as beating himself. He didn't blunder into a losing position. Never seen player missing winning moves but holding a draw before? What part of that logic that you don't understand?

[@Wargasm54]

We all knew Magnus was a beast. But now we also know you can’t sleep on Vincent.

[@patogordo1385]

Vincent is crazy good

[@pRODNEYgy]

Yeah, magnus literally slept on his loss. Such an unprovoked blunder and vincent punished him right away.

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Big difference isn’t Vincent much younger than Carlsen I don’t think Carlsen will still be ruling I couple years just my opinion of course

[@patogordo1385]

@@michaelmassaro4375 he will be probably ruling until he gets tired

[@michaelmassaro4375]

@@patogordo1385 probably but for myself I’d rather see more competitiveness against him other players being able to win more vs the Great Magnus but yes I agree Magnus is Unique he’s the Best

[@sui3o]

agad traveling but still pulling out those games for us, *much respect*

[@moatazmady1086]

Magnus kept picking up the moves that gives him the advantage and avoides any draw chances. 🐐

[@hb7137]

no he didnt thrive for advantage he was looking for closed position(ready to play inferior moves) which he can play for hours and make something out of nothing

[@unlockyourturkish]

That "My wife beats any wife at chess" line with $69 donation 😁

[@giovannicorno1247]

Incredibly difficult endgame, well played by both. Unfortunately for Vincent he missed the winning tactics but he is playing fantastic chess, and Magnus as well, obviously. Very good analysis by Antonio as always.

[@muhamadfadli8486]

Vincent playing like 2800 but Magnus just doing Magnus things

[@compositeur8455]

missing a win isn't 2800 play lmao, Magnus just got lucky

[@unknown-unknown69]

​@@compositeur8455 Are you 2800 ?? 🥴🥴

[@rodafowa1279]

@@unknown-unknown69 You don't have to be 2800 to understand someone didn't play like one. Magnus made a game (and tournament) losing blunder, and Vincent missed it. Furthermore, Vincent realized he missed that golden opportunity, he was clearly shaken.

[@susorzo4342]

@@rodafowa1279 mhm

[@compositeur8455]

@@unknown-unknown69 higher rated than you

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

I've seen this happens in many sports: you play a great player, you have him down but the nerves get to you right before the finishing line. You let him stay in the match a bit longer and then his class starts to show. I can't wait for tmr

[@drsomto007]

Exactly

[@compositeur8455]

Keymer threw a winning streak against Magnus and the match. Got too nervous and gave Magnus the win.

[@toSirius]

@@compositeur8455 yes.. he is young and this experience make him stronger

[@alex86fire]

@@compositeur8455 Everybody says magnus blundered in this game. And it was a mistake according to stockfish. I would however love to know how many people would find in the first place that there was a winning move in that position. It's easy to say mistake/blunder with a chess engine next to you. Not all mistakes/blunders are equal. Not all drawn games are equal. Again I wonder how many people would have been able to draw this endgame against magnus. I imagine very few because from a certain point on it was only drawn according to stockfish, with perfect play and a lot of one moves from black. That is not that reasonable to expect from players, especially down the clock. There was also a game between Duda and Parham where at one move, stockfish said Parham was winning. After looking at the winning line both commentators said it wasn't reasonable to expect any player to find there was a win there. If you knew it was a win, you could maybe find it in the given time, but to first realise it was a win sounds quite impossible. Parham was supposed to play same Kh5-Kg4 moves until Duda was left out of moves (about 5 or so I think) to then leave him with a zugzwang which would afterwards lead to a win. An absurd line to find for any human. Long story short computers make us all experts but chess, thankfully is still played between humans.

[@RaiAdarsh-bi8bh]

@@alex86fire yeah in that duda game those king moves were ridiculous no one could have found it in that given position where you don't know if there is win or not those lines are ridiculous we can't except from players to find those moves. But these new 1000 rated players after seeing the line from engine thinks its easy to find them while they blunder there whole piece for free in there own games

[@MBCisum]

They had a nice line in the live commentary; Magnus played Rb7 because it forces Bg2 which then Magnus can play Rxg7 winning the bishop. Very clean by Magnus.

[@FranciscoNorepinephrine]

Man's straight cappin'

[@quazzydiscman]

That's an awesome sequence, thanks for sharing!

[@mootooboo]

​@@FranciscoNorepinephrinewhom?

[@FranciscoNorepinephrine]

​@@mootooboocap

[@mootooboo]

@@FranciscoNorepinephrine 🤡

[@herrulkich9369]

After this game my respect for Magnus Carlson even raised further. I imagine this was psychologically a very hard challenge for him.

[@osgubben]

Carlson 🙈🙈

[@patogordo1385]

Carl’s song

[@chrisdavis2161]

there's no O's in his name bruh...it's Carlsen

[@cristiangdc618]

Carl’s on

[@christopherpoblete8562]

Carlos

[@GoodKnightChess]

22:08 No I think the move after ...Bg2 is Rxg7+ picking up the bishop on g2, I guess this is why Magnus didn't even bother taking the pawn on g7 earlier. Nice video, great game💯

[@moodman6426]

22:08 I think the point is if u go bg2 here than there is rxg7 and u take the bishop next move. If you play Rb8 instead than there is kh7 rxa8 bxa8

[@ForeverHobbit]

thank you for this, i was wondering what was wrong with that position and he ignored it. If you just play b8 check it's not a forced queen, i can just leave your rook there and move the king, if you take my rook i take with bishop. That check on g7 is what made it impossible

[@saifkrid8705]

Even after b×a8 it doesn't matter he's still winning...he will get closer with the king and he has another passed pawn on the c file bcz the black pawn is already dead

[@charmewithcem4830]

„Its the move that matters not my face“ I will tell that to the next woman I approach

[@AkhilIsaacJohn]

I turned the stream on at the exact moment vincent blundered with the bishop, then watched magnus squeeze water out of a stone.

[@GoodKnightChess]

I bet Mikhail Tal would've spotted Nxe4 one whole day before the game even started😂

[@Joe-td6ow]

Yea both player missed the line

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

@@Joe-td6ow It's interesting that (according to Magnus), Vincent flinched when he played a3, which ofc informed Magnus of the blunder. So I wonder wat went through Vincent mind there

[@patogordo1385]

@@tatsuyasigh1906interesting

[@prayasjain8583]

​@Joe-td6ow Magnus found it and kept his poker face until vincent played his queen capture move.. after that magnus was like 😱😱😱😱 you can check live stream of that moment

[@Joe-td6ow]

@@prayasjain8583 thanks I will check

[@YesPlease1]

21:50 You missed the point of not playing Rxg7+ first. It's to keep the king on g8. This way, Bg2 can be met with Rxg7+ with a fork to pick up the bishop.

[@davidholland4713]

The number of times Agad said one of the players found the only move testifies to the strength and resilience of both players.

[@Tylerjms7]

Agadmator, “I’m not going to spoil anything” also agadmator titles the video “He Blunders AGAIN??” Haha

[@stocktips69]

it was actually Hikaru from the high rope

[@patogordo1385]

He didn’t spoil

[@martinskoda8725]

Amazing Magnus. Vincent made one little mistake on the end and yes, Magnus squeezed water from stone

[@MsMaine619]

Great explanation...thank you, great work !!!

[@altanjeel8882]

Endgame KING 🔥

[@akelakela5524]

Thank You antonio for your hard work

[@arbolfest]

Como siempre, disfruto mucho los análisis de este canal. Gracias!!!!

[@MegaJohny777]

Incredible game. Incredible explaining! Thank you Agad!!

[@jaikumar414]

The greatest player ever period. Best in all the skills, to name a few, 1. Patience 2. Consistent best moves for as long as required 3. Pressurise opponent to make mistake 4. Handle pressure 5. incredible calculation and best end game master

[@FloydMaxwell]

Great video of a great game!

[@matiasg1234]

at the end, if Bg2 attacking the rook con B7 and indirectly defending their own rook on A8, Magnus had Rxg7with check and then picking up the bishop. Incredible come back from Magnus, hope he wins this one, though his last two games were not that good, a better opponent will not "believe" in his moves as this young GM.

[@TheWayofGrace89]

Best analysis in awhile, loved it.

[@keilannosu]

one of the best covers so far from thousands videos i watched, high class showdown!

[@Marie-live2love]

Dear Agadmator, I have been watching your videos for years now and I wanted to thank you for being such a rock in the chess community. I grew up in a very ustabile environment and your rock solid work is such a safe place for me. Thank you.

[@williamtrakas3142]

Unreal game and one of your best performances on the channel Agad! Thrilling and thorough commentary!

[@Blunkfist]

at 22:08 if bg7 rb8+ actually draws, white would have to capture on g7 instead to win

[@GoodKnightChess]

Agadmator has mastered the art of titling his KZbin videos😄inducing curiousity without spoilers. I had to click immediately I saw the notification😂

[@patogordo1385]

I see Agad I click, I’m a simple man

[@GoodKnightChess]

@@patogordo1385 💯

[@taylorpace5222]

Incredible chess by both players, excellent analysis on this one by Agad too.

[@abdulfaheem950]

Magnus of all time 🐐🐐🐐

[@jr-db9ox]

Fantastic channel. Question though at 22:12, right at the end. After Be2, followed by Rb8, Black needn't take on b8. So wouldn't Be2 force White to take the pawn on g7 after all, with a fork on the bishop?

[@alahiri22]

Magnus shows class, winning on demand against an awesome young player... Tiebreak should be exciting

[@fabianhauser708]

I fear Vincent will be out of gas too much after this close loss. Tie break should be in Magnus' hand 😕

[@ExtraMaritalAffairs]

#Suggestion GM Koneru vs GM Khotenashvili - Taking all the risk to win on Demand

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Great effort by Vincent tense endgame Magnus playing his ‘A’ Game Ne4 a pretty difficult move to find I wish Vincent would’ve found it I would have loved to see him beat Magnus Great Game by Magnus definitely the Superman of Chess maybe his opponents should try the Kryptonite Gambit 😂 Thanks Agadmator

[@andreiserban1638]

!!Brilliant chess video.

[@_UnknownEntity]

I did enjoy the longer video! 👍👍

[@doublechinmask3744]

Mind-blowing game.Such a deep moves by both players.Vincent finding crazy lines,move after move but still not enough...How strong is Magnus?

[@jeremiahakinlabi7232]

The amount new games we see daily or weekly is actually insane.

[@thomashunt9012]

Good work you had me into this

[@nicbentulan]

2nd : Good job Vincent! See dreams do come true. When you serve your overlord Magnus, you get gifts/rewards. Like shopping in the hospital of Dr Faust. When Hikaru baselessly sided w/ Magnus' baseless accusations against Hans, Hikaru was rewarded w/ the 2022 WFRCC. When Vincent Keymer baselessly blacklisted Hans Niemann, Vincent was rewarded w/ a classical win!

[@user-bo3en1vb1f]

Former Master here: at the 19:10 mark, when Magnus gives up his outpost on c5 to play Rf5, is the line…Bd5!? lost, because Rd5…cd; Kd5 is forced, and the divided a5 and c4 pawns are awkward to get going when the Black King makes its way over? Any help here?

[@williamgarner6779]

This looks playable to me. I was about to comment the same line but scrolled down and finally found yours.

[@Huckleberry2]

I saw this too and used an engine to play it out and it eventually leads to white getting a queen and winning. Wondering why Agad said it wasn't a playable move...

[@user-bo3en1vb1f]

@@Huckleberry2 👍

[@stoutlager6325]

That's wild that Leko hadn't seen that kind of tactic before. When I looked at this game this morning I took a few minutes to understand why the knight sack is so strong. It's just not the kind of thing you normally get out of a piece sack for fork kind of tactic.

[@mpw621]

great analysis !

[@rejeskie]

That was a worthy game to review i enjoyed it. Thanks Antonio

[@das6109]

Wow Vincent has been doing insanely well so far. Really impressive fortitude here. Obviously making good use of his time to not bleed too much while maintaining good positions, and still performing well once he reaches time pressure. Whether he manages to knock Magnus out (what an insane upset that would be) he's got a huge reason to be proud about this result.

[@jarlardo]

Outstanding game by Magnus

[@COMB0RICO]

Exciting game. Thanks from Philippines.

[@tejraju]

Hey @agadmator, I'm a novice at chess but enjoy learning from your videos. Quick question, why do you say bishop 'pair' when you mean a single bishop. For eg at 2:07 you say "Magnus gave up his bishop pair"...while his other bishop is still on the board. Pair means two right? Or is this how chess language is? Each time I pause the video to see if I am following or did I miss both the bishops being lost.

[@peters972]

What if bish on g2, when rook to b8 rather move king to h7, then if rook takes bish can pick it up. Does that help? 22:18

[@mr.schloopka1124]

When they reached the rook and bishop endgame, I already knew this would be such a great game. Either Keymer would play it perfectly or Magnus would grind it, eitherway I loved the game

[@tusharagarwal3600]

Vincent is a superb player, playing against Magnus and fighting to this level is incredible...But yeah Magnus is an end game machine, very difficult to beat him in that.

[@chandrasekharmukherjee2794]

Everyone involved is incredible. Magnus, Vincent and and Agad.🙏

[@inaiovitoiu3635]

@22:10 after Bg2 white's Rb8 would be a draw. The winning move is capturing on g7 and then on g2

[@benben-zh4rk]

Thanks for not putting spoilers. It's anticlimactic when chess videos say results on title.

[@disstair3875]

That was rough. I went into watching this video thinking that I already saw a spoiler of Magnus losing. I fully expected to watch Magnus lose this one. whew!

[@das6109]

I hate when the title spoils the result, so I appreciated this misleading (but accurate) title.

[@ymtonemanlaer4088]

14:06, move 41 (if I'm not mistaken), Magnus played bishop d4. why not c4 instead?

[@0hadi0]

4:57, actually pawn to a3 is THE blunder!

[@AbhishekYadav-rm4hw]

16:13 "You cannot go up the board then Knight captures on c4 check picks up the bishop so you might as well go down the board then knight captures on c4 check picks up the bishop". When there were 2 legal moves.

[@SenatorBluto]

😅😅😅😅

[@408nickanthony]

Damn…. BRUTAL! I felt that in my gut for Vincent

[@dzllz]

Amazing game !! 🔥❤️

[@vileyogabear3183]

This game was crazy I can't imagine how they managed to calculate of all that

[@tapanisydanmetsa6714]

This was the most exciting game I've seen recently!

[@nyc730]

This for sure qualifies Magnus to be the Capablanca of the endgame in the 21st century! Brilliant game and ...jaw-dropping technique!

[@mamaBucketvfx]

Man, magnus would haunt me in my dreams. Such a grind for hours showing what happens if he doesn't hold back

[@chrisdavis2161]

this game was a psychological victory for Magnus...

[@adameywinter6623]

Now thats a clash of giants.

[@arielzabatecuizon5147]

it's incredible that Magnus and Vincent play the b4 square in one game.

[@victormubanga734]

Just on time agad

[@MarkB-vp9ki]

What's the format in the tiebreaker? Who gets white?

[@shoaibaalam8978]

"Its the moves that matters not my face." ~agadmator 1877-2011

[@patogordo1385]

His face matters

[@awesomeninja234]

Vincent couldn't believe he was winning against Magnus. If it were anyone else Vincent would have found the Nxe4 tactic.

[@stoutlager6325]

I'm not so sure. That position is not normally the kind where you would have the instinct to stop and calculate deep. Of course he'd find it if it were presented to him as a puzzle but during a game is a different story. To find it you have to have some idea there is something to find on that move right then and there.

[@pythonproject940]

This is the best chess channel, keep it up!

[@dickmacgurn590]

I did not find that tactical shot for Vincent. Even after you explained it I still couldn't see it lol. What a complicated game! Magnus dragged him in a deep dark forest 😂

[@MKNa0501]

"It is the moves that matter, not my face", this cracked me up

[@FiveYearOldLookUp]

Nice analysis

[@davidmasse2829]

It was a great game. Even a 2690 GM fails to check all of his captures in this one. It shows how it's easy to say check all your forcing moves each turn. But it's much more difficult to actually do it. After that miss by Keymer, the play on both sides is out of this world good. The end game here is very complex and difficult.

[@apecmmr]

#suggestion show todays Humpy's game from worldcup, I think the checkmate pattern is awesome

[@davidoconnor1773]

"They say 'when there's a night there's a way', sometimes, there just isn't a way...." Antonio is hilarious for no reason!

[@MatthewSchlegel]

This is why Magnus Carlsen is the greatest endgame player of all time

[@toSirius]

because luck in opening?

[@Herkario]

@@toSirius because you have to see it on the board, not through an engine.

[@dereknichols4376]

@@toSirius Becauxe he didnt rely on engine prep for opening

[@chrisdavis2161]

I was watching this live with my homefish running... he calculated that endgame to perfection

[@mauricemeijers7956]

Unbelievable

[@josaalberts]

22:15 If Bg2 then Rb8?? would be a blunder since the bishop would guard the a8 square. Just Rxg7 wins a bishop, thus winning the game.

[@deccyboi4218]

amazing game

[@svsnmurthy2227]

Very nice

[@lennyvlaminov9480]

Incredible endgame

[@aytugyalcn5647]

At the end Bg2 doesn't lose to Rb8, in fact it is a draw. It loses to Rxg7 picking up the bishop.

[@varohcan]

Masterpiece of a youtube

[@tatsuyasigh1906]

#suggestion Bacrot Ettiene vs Vidit. Some nauseating complications in that chaos of a game

[@spinity8468]

This game is just so good!

[@canozcolak650]

Amazing Magnus👏

[@davidgriffiths7696]

I was about to start thinking about Magnus’ decline reasserting itself with rating points dropping off post 2800 player etc, but then he suddenly focused and played a perfect strategic and tactical game. The will to be the best is still there seemingly, but which Magnus is coming tomorrow?

[@PeterKambey]

what a nice game...

[@mayukhc18]

"It's funny how the entire game of chess revolves around the b4 square" ~ Agadmator

[@BickNosch]

at 22:10 how is it game over for black to go g2 with bishop and defend his rook from white's rook when it moves to b2? genuine question, i'm not the greatest at chess lmao. because if white rook captures black rook after blacks king moves out of check, the bishop perpetually blocks a promoting pawn correct?