Better Player is "Always" Better || Carlsen vs Gelfand || Chess24 Legends of Chess (2020)

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Magnus Carlsen vs Boris Gelfand
chess24 Legends of Chess (2020), 24.7.2020, GAME 1
Sicilian, Pelikan (Lasker/Sveshnikov) variation (B33)
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. exd5 Ne7 9. c4 Ng6 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Qb4 Qb8 12. h4 h5 13. Be3 b6 14. Be2 Be7 15. g3 a6 16. Nc3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. O-O O-O 19. Bxh5 Bd8 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nxd6 Be7 22. Bc5 Bh3 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Ne4 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxf1 26. Rxf1 Qc8 27. Qxb5 Qg4 28. Qc4 Rf4 29. d6+ Kh8 30. Qd5 Raf8 31. d7 Rxe4 32. d8=Q Rxd8 33. Qxd8+ Kh7 34. Qd1 Qf5 35. Qd3 Qg4 36. h5 Kh6 37. Qd2+ g5 38. Qd6+ Kxh5 39. Kg2 Qf5 40. Rh1+ Rh4 41. Qd1+
The chess24 Legends of Chess is the 4th stage of the $1 million Magnus Carlsen Chess Tour and features Magnus Carlsen and his predecessors as World Champion Vishy Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. It consists of two stages, a 10-player preliminary, where each player plays each other once, followed by a knockout among the top 4. Prelim ties are played as 4-game rapid matches, while knockout ties are the best of 3 such matches. The prize fund is $150,000, with $45,000 for first place, while the winner also qualifies for the $300,000 Grand Final.
The time control is 15 minutes for all moves with a 10-second increment from move 1. The winner of a preliminary tie decided in rapid games gets 3 points. If the score is 2:2 an Armageddon game is played, where White has 5 minutes to Black's 4 but a draw counts as a win for Black. A winner in Armageddon gets 2 match points, while the loser gets 1. The knockout format is the same except before Armageddon there are two 5+3 blitz games. No draw offers are allowed before move 40. Official website: chess24.com/tour
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[@varadkousadikar9424]

There should be a "Barnes head" for those who play like Morphy but end up losing the game

[@JoBhavesh]

Hell yeah

[@rushabhkadam392]

U studied in sb Aurangabad, am I correct?

[@ramimagdi7525]

Hahahaha this is so funny

[@varadkousadikar9424]

@@rushabhkadam392 yep

[@rushabhkadam392]

@@varadkousadikar9424 me too I was 1 year junior Used to take same school bus I live near your house besides innovation school

[@kmfmaa]

Me: *considers f3 agadmator: that i hope none of you considers f3... me: ofc not :)))

[@HussainAli-sb5hb]

Lol i thought of the same😂

[@Melomathics]

It would be a mistake to not consider it, as it's a pawn attacking two major pieces, but it would be an even bigger mistake to then play it.

[@ephraimb8671]

@@ryanflanagan9624 whats your problem dude

[@olleydrum9016]

😂😂🤦‍♂️😭

[@AlcyonEldara]

Exactly ^^ I was looking at it, I was starting to notice the mating idea and then I hear "none of you considers f" XD

[@itwasinthispositionerinoag7414]

0:00 Hello everyone 0:03 14:12 Legends of Chess Tournament 0:35 Sorry about that 0:44 5:10 Captures captures 1:26 8:36 A lot of nasty discoveries 2:10 Completely new game 2:56 Great outpost 3:15 Castles castles 4:26 8:24 Oh that Mr. Gelfand 4:38 5:04 5:12 6:58 8:50 Double attack 6:23 Completely winning 7:44 What happens if you go pawn grabbing 9:07 Very sneaky d6 check 9:51 Give you a couple of seconds 10:02 Enjoy the show 10:09 12:52 13:13 Nothing more to be done 11:10 I hope none of you are considering f3 11:36 Wow those are weird arrows 12:46 It was in this position 13:50 It's always the better player who is better

[@nafiuislam5963]

Is it only me who was waiting for this comment? 🤔🤔🤔🤔

[@danishmalik2185]

Always the better player who is better. Lol

[@daturadubs7423]

@@nafiuislam5963 Big NO

[@DuBmonkey4]

it was in this positionerino agadmatorino lol I actually love this guy

[@milosnikolic1790]

I just dont know, what is he always sorry about? 😂

[@eddiefieseler2323]

agadmator: "pause the video and try to find this move" me: "take the piece duh" agadmator: "you cannot take this piece as it completely blunders the game"

[@talp0ne747]

Eddie Fieseler I feel you bro...

[@icarusflying1814]

Hahaha every time bro

[@triathlontimmy]

me too! 500 level player checking in haha

[@ernstgottschalk8023]

same

[@ounobaga1829]

You just don't use the World Chess Championship line against the World Chess Champion.

Maybe he tried to prove something

[@rickross9829]

@ I presume caruana chose this line for a reason

[@Gold139]

for real lol. i dont think magnus has ever lost to a sveshnikov line since 2018

[@rocchirodrigo]

@ thats may be, but Magnus analyzed it exhaustively with his team for the WCC, so you have to be damn sure about attempting something.

[@josiahross5383]

@ Boris wanted to prove that he too could lose in this line... and he was right!

[@JerricksSelvakumar]

The "Stronger" player is "Always" Better and Lucky as well. - Jose Raul Capablanca!!

[@SumNutOnU2b]

Agadmator #suggestion pin this comment!

[@bharattrilok]

Not “always” lucky and better

[@cptnoremac]

I'm here before the "I'm here before the timestamp guy" comments.

[@madaxe8894]

🤣🤣

[@azufendei544]

It was in this position It was in this positionerino agadmatorino resigned the game.

[@i_play_chess_8564]

Hahhaha this was actually funny

[@aabishegaabi6047]

@@azufendei544 😂😂😂😂

[@AarushAgarwal]

I got called out real hard with that pawn to f3 blunder

[@joshuarattai5686]

Same. I felt like a child being scolded

[@starboiklem8381]

I got called when he said you don't even need to pause the video to see the winning move and i couldn't find with a pause 😂

[@scottfowler]

0:25 Agadmator: "It's the line that was played in the World Chess Championship match between Carlsen and Caruana so most of you probably know it" Me, who can't remember my own openings: "Of course"

[@taylorg8509]

English and sicilian for the win!

[@QuanMinh-rb3bb]

Everyday is a bad day until I hear that "Hello everyone"

[@cygnustsp]

Effing right

[@imrlew8204]

Until I hear ,,Sorry about that"

[@Platypus_egg]

Then everyday is a good day because my man uploads every 5 hours

[@leadnitrate2194]

Lesson: don't play Magnus's pet line against Magnus.

[@MehediHasan-dl7le]

Every line is Magnus' pet line.

[@rocchirodrigo]

Chess is his pet game. Just don't play Magnus :D

[@rocchirodrigo]

But you must have the balls to play against WCC prep qnd sacrifice 2 pawns against Magnus, truly a Barnes guy

[@pratikparmar8709]

Don't play against magnus

[@andyalvarico6139]

Me: how could Boris let Carlsen fork his queen and rook?? agadmator: that i hope none of you considers f3... Me: ofcourse.. ofcourse.. I saw that. ofcourse

[@jwatson181]

I wanted to play f3 so bad!

[@kamalmaheshwari878]

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[@alimehraban5040]

Agadmator: "I'm sure you can see the move without even pausing the video" broooo you expect a lot from me :) I didn't even think about Kg2.

[@reyalomarooz]

he is talking to good players whom about 2000 ratings not for noops

[@danveitch4258]

"I'm not saying any of you were thinking about it.." Oh, I was very much thinking about it.

[@bhuvneshpandey28]

Magnus really understand chess so much. He knows when to go on a endgame when to still play middlegame

[@electrowizard9279]

It would be so funny if Boris actually wanted to play a6 but due to a mouse slip he played b6 and Antonio going crazy over here 😂

[@christianneo1736]

Agad: i hope none of you cosnsidered f3 Me: ofcourse who would do that. *laughs nervously

[@yahia1355]

I did

[@kamalmaheshwari878]

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[@surveersingh2552]

12:17 Agad has very high expectations of us "enjoyers of the show"🤣🤣😂😂😀

[@leadnitrate2194]

Yeah I was thinking Qd1 to exchange queens and go into a winning endgame 😂

[@stademeister15]

@@leadnitrate2194 bro same!! I even commented to that effect

[@SaiKiran-km8fn]

I applaud Agad for uploading this so fast !!! You are the best !

[@DexM47]

8:44 "This is a very beautiful move that doesn't really work but it still is beautiful" 😄

[@reyalomarooz]

hahahahahahaha this agad is very funny

[@peters972]

I love the drama of “and in this position firstname lastname resigned the game”. It is a little bit like the judges hammer. Nice for a t shirt.

[@onion7496]

Me:- f3 looks like a good move. Tony:- "I hope none of you are considering f3." Me:- "Smashes head against the wall."

[@Chemi5]

Who else was considering F3😂😂😂😂....dont lie

[@arogueburrito]

@Michael Craig McGee I considered it. For like 0.3 seconds. It's best to calculate the most forcing move first

[@doublebirdie]

I love chessplayers humour, never hurt anyone, but still hilarious! Clever nice people!

[@kamalmaheshwari878]

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[@SonoOccupatiTutti]

"This is a very beautiful move that doesn't really work but it still is beautiful". 8:43 And then everybody look for the subscribe button, if you were already subscribed, you should unsubscribe in to be able to subscribe again. Always great stuff @agadmator

[@jmmaglinaocpa]

I feel sad when he says 'Of course you all see it' and I don't. ☹️

[@EcstaticGod]

Just saw your 4 player game against Eric Rosen, nakamura, and Levi. It was super entertaining!

[@Rspknlikeab0ssxd]

#suggestion Hey Agadmator, I watched chess.com's video earlier which was the top chess players estimared rating by accuracy (so I think by move accuracy and not elo). I recorded the peak rating of the players who held the highest rating of all time throughout the years, and I found these results. The video started with Paul Morphy, so his predecessors were not included. One name on this list really caught my eye. I did not think that Harry Nelson Pullsbury would have made this list! I rewatched your video on the man who invented 1.d4 (Pillsbury) and I was impressed with his play. I'd love to see another of his games, as he isn't as represented on the channel as any other of these great legends. Here is the list. Paul Morphy- 2563 rating in 1855. Harry Nelson Pillsbury- 2596 rating in 1900. (+43) Jose Raul Capablanca- 2786 rating in 1919. (+190) Robert James "Bobby" Fischer- 2916 rating in 1969. (+130) Vladimir Kramnik- 2931 rating in 1999. (+15) Garry Kasparov- 2973 rating in 2003. (+42) Vladimir Kramnik- 2982 rating in 2009. (+9) Magnus Carlsen- 2988 rating in 2015. (+6)

[@yourn4m3h3re]

Magnus is such a positional beast! Thank you for another excellent day. :)

[@trymme5343]

Can We just appreciate how Agad never clickbaites

[@עמיתשלו-ב8ג]

"Carlsen replied with a6 and Magnus was able to win that game" 1:52 hahahahhahhaaha

[@radhab5408]

there is some magic in your voice

[@n20games52]

Yeo, it;s always the better player who is better. :D Great coverage and excellent games!

[@rocchirodrigo]

Sacrifice 2 pawns against WCC prep against Magnus, that Boris truly has the Barnes's spirit!!

[@pranitmunjal9719]

1:52 in the vid. Just like the " Hikaru drew with Nakamura " moment 😂😂

[@austinwheeler3665]

Best Magnus game I’ve seen in awhile. Clinical.

[@frozenmoon998]

And it was as of this video that Boris Barnes makes his introduction to the chess community.

[@vincentmbwende9131]

The better player is always better and that's why we call him the better player.

[@daffyyy7291]

I love the content man, keep going! :)

[@FloydMaxwell]

Amazing game. Great coverage, as always.

[@TheTrainwreck666]

"Wow, those are weird arrows!" - my fav Agad moment! 11:35

[@manojbala6870]

Lol when Ne7 was played, I also thought it was Magnus with the black pieces too until that point in the video. Didn’t notice the pictures at the side of the board. So, well done Agadmator

[@ShareefusMaximus]

@4:25 That's cold, how you did Boris. Mr. Barnes was a kamikaze.

[@anhquang9644]

3:40 Someone pls explain for me why don't we play bishop G6 capture on F7 with check and only after that move the queen?

[@horseprawn3922]

It doesn't look like the best idea in the position; you win a pawn and open up the king but at the expense of losing your light squared bishop and opening up for the rook on f8. In that line black looks like it has a lot of activity. That's my take anyway...Not exactly a pro, but the light squared bishop seems pretty important here.

[@stilltraceable6753]

11:15 😂 the confidence he has in us

[@TheHomelessNinja]

Is there a place to watch these online games live? I've just recently found your channel and its renewed my love of chess. I've never been anywhere near good but I still love it :)

[@Luke_Meyer]

You should do a video on Reti's 11 move "Sucker Punch" game vs Tartakower (1910) - he sacrifices his Queen and it leads to a really cool, Bishop/Rook checkmate

[@Patkall]

Magnus is a real monster in chess. I cannot imagine anyone else being world champion, while he is around, he's truly the best chess player of all time, his brain is probably like a mini computer.

[@trushilvyas9794]

9:20 How do you attack half a rook? Does that mean attacking a bishop or knight? 😅😅

[@Kings_Quest]

" The better player is "always" better. " Yes Agadmator, and every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. You are an excellent inventor of titles.

[@coleabrahams9331]

@Michael Van der Elst “Hello. I’m Jamal. In every 60 seconds in Africa, a minute passes. Let’s stop this. Thank you very much.” (Btw I’m African😂)

[@williamjones1337]

I was considering that bad F3 fork. Thank you for teaching me the error of my ways.

[@himanshusinha9298]

i love that the agadmator is uploading almost straight after the game with full analysis

[@maulerXX]

What a beautiful game by Magnus.

[@patrckhh20]

"It doesn't really work, but it's still beautiful." -Agadmator, on my life.

[@harshrajjadhav940]

Magnus chilling whole day on a yatch and then smashing super GM's left right and centre

[@surajrawat1002]

@8:02 how can magnus promote his pawn to queen??.it's totally impossible...if possible, then someone please show me the lines of that variation.

[@yanceyward3689]

"I hope none of you were thinking about f3 forking the queen and rook". I was- I seem to always think about ways to get myself checkmated.

[@emanuelrosenthal4271]

Sveshnikov is my favorite line that I'm incapable of playing.

[@rayr323]

9:47 What about f3 now since we have the knight covering the b3 pawn?

[@MoMo-ff2pe]

Guys help me out here please at 9:10 why isn’t F3 a good move? What am I missing? The knight is protecting G2 so shouldn’t it be fine?

[@ExcellentHealth]

What did you last discuss with Fischer? (question to Boris Spassky from the 2016 Spassky interview on chess.com) "What first move was stronger: e2-e4 or d2-d4. We agreed that it's the latter, because the pawn is protected by the Queen. Bobby always called me. I've never bothered him by the phone. I knew that he would again start discussing his own "Fischer chess" with me. I didn't approve of the idea. Too many variants. But he insisted."

[@Hubythereal]

11:11 "chuckles, i'm in danger"

[@manoloseguramacdonald7247]

1:50 "Here we reach this position...." and Medo goes to sleep and doesn't move for the rest of the video

[@unknownh3540]

4:39 doesn't black have rook a4?( even if nxf5 then rook takes b4 then nxe7+ black plays nxe7 and after bishop takes b4 black is better right?)

[@jules_4ll4rt_95]

4:41 can't Boris play Ra4 to kick away the Queen from the diag then captures and put pressure on the bishop ?

[@MrMakhitta]

3:40 hmm.. Why wouldn’t white grab the pawn on f7 with check before adressing black bishop on a5??

[@electrowizard9279]

I was going to watch Tal game as there was no recent upload but to my happiness here it was!

[@KumarGaurav23]

Kindly help me understand how do organizers prevent cheating in online chess tournaments ? Thanks in advance!

[@stephenarnold6359]

At 6'23": not "two pieces and the rook for the queen". Black is to play and takes the knight so it's a rook and bishop for the queen.

[@oystein1997]

Stephen Arnold The knight is protected

[@saneernavab2531]

No the knight is defended

[@leeboger7303]

At 9:57, doesn't Rc1 lead to mate? (Instead of Ng5). If RxN, then Rc8... if RxP at d7, then Rc8+, followed by Qg8...

[@TheForgottenMan270]

Carlson’s a magician when it comes to speed chess.

[@fienddube]

11:35 h5! Awesome

[@mrjeb1208]

"The quickest way to victory, im sure you dont even need to pause the video" Me who spent 5 minutes to find queen to D1 for a pin: uh yeah totally king g2, so obvious

[@Eleuthero5]

Magnus is a human engine. Such precision!!

[@sebastianrex6697]

I was considering f3 thanks agad...

[@antonienewman9379]

Me: f3 looks deadly Agad: I hope none of you are considering f3

[@nikhil0046]

We "weren't" definitely thinking about that f3 move😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@prashobhjames8346]

please do a video on magnus vs vasyl ivanchuk

[@nosystem1098]

11:13 I did consider f3, but only for a split second. Does that still mean I'm hopeless?

[@worstrappen]

11:10 "I hope none of ur thinking bout f3"...bro I am still thinking about how carlsen found out the previous move and registering it in my brain!! 😂

[@santoshnarayan3603]

Agad what about the tournament

[@fausg537]

4:14 Boris should've played rook A4, ez knight correct me if im wrong.

[@sphamandlangidi749]

As a matter of fact, I was actually thinking about f3. I would've been screwed.. 😅😅

[@MojitoTube]

Agd: I am not saying that any of you thought about it Me: I actually thought about it 😂😂

[@Sunny99639]

It has a positional understanding

[@pizzapimp8128]

Can anyone here recommend the best engine/database combo for training and analysis? I used to be a low level tournament player in my youth, and I’m getting interested in playing again. I haven’t played in a few years (last tournament I played was 1990 😳) and I really need to relearn some openings. What are some good options? I have both a Windows based laptop and and Apple desktop, I would prefer to use the laptop for this I think. Any input appreciated.

[@griffinstaats1209]

it’s hard to believe Magnus isn’t even the peak of chess. All his moves seem so perfect.

[@zippyclips719]

I mean if you're talking about engines then yes but magnus is arguably the best chess player of all time.

[@griffinstaats1209]

ZippyClips he is the best of this era yes. i think we have about 1 more era left of human development in chess as young prodigies can start to study more and more advanced AI. many world champs have touched on this and said there is no best player, Magnus would be nothing without his predecessors, just like every world champ before him.

[@devangagarwal8098]

10:07 after Ng5 what if black plays Rfd4 attacking the queen and if the queen captures Qxe5, black plays Rd4xd7 grabbing the passed white pawn.

[@devangagarwal8098]

but isntead of Qxe5 if white plays Qe6 then black is lost completely.

[@beyondalpha1072]

How long before Magnus catches Bobby Fisher?

[@bobcabot]

ja most of us remember that line! of course...

[@cygnustsp]

So much thanks antonio, you are the best

[@cygnustsp]

Very nice try boris but Magnus is the best

[@MTG10]

Now the thing is who is a better player.

[@kamalmaheshwari878]

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[@mohamadalrashed9064]

"It's always the better player who is better" Agadmator 2020

[@smokestation]

Sorry about that never gets old

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

I still don't understand what agad does in the beginning of most of his videos where he says sorry about that and then reaches down... the volume and sound of the pieces seems to me to be the same before and after he changes whatever it is he changes.

[@rastkoratajac8782]

13:22 why can't Queen block??

[@aleksandartepic6773]

Why is no tournament today? :(

[@TheMarksT]

Awesome, complex battle!

[@今晚打胖虎-z9c]

11:19 damn!!! how did you read my mind!!!!!

[@vaibhavasrivastava3957]

The only move i spotted in the whole game was f3 only to know it was blunder and a mate in two😂😂😂