Blitz Round 18: Carlsen vs. Duda | D5

[@rocklobster1764]

This was a fun Tournament. Magnus looks like he's really having fun, he's the happiest World Champ who's not the World Champ possibly in History.

[@Meators]

Hes not a champion anymore :)

[@eXhumer]

@@Meators He is both the World Rapid and Blitz Champion still…

[@Meators]

@@eXhumer these are just subcategories ;)

[@JasonHernandez-ix3ru]

@@Meators Good news is, I think everyone would rather be the best player in the world instead of the world champion. :)

[@Meators]

@@JasonHernandez-ix3ru it takes really a lot to become champion, why do you think Magnus lost longer games?

[@mustafaalmukhtar1604]

1:52 this might be a very quick game 124 moves later:

[@dariuszpys9307]

"It was over before it got started!" oh hell no, Duda is a fighter and it shows! Congrats to both players.

[@Kenobi-One]

Huge shout out for Duda for a great fight and forcing Magnus to show his best!!! 🇵🇱

[@sampaio]

Duda great player and the futur of chess. Can become world champion if he tries hard.

[@OldWardrober]

After Nf3 I was like "okay, that's it". But then Duda still managed to deliver some excitement. That endgame was tense af.

[@frednibe]

Wow! Instant epic endgame. One that will be remembered.

[@NotQuiteFirst]

Great way to end the tournament, both really fighting hard for a nail-biting finale

[@johart309]

7:16 Duda having a Jim Halpert moment. lol

[@davidnguyen4353]

I don't even play Chess nor understand it well but seeing Duda enter Magnus's territory of weird opening is exciting.

[@michaeloconnor6264]

The king is back

[@gusleffers9265]

Please upload more of these raw games!

[@golendorfjules1838]

Showing why he is the goat, that was massively impressive, 99,9% of super gm would have lost this endgame with such little time.

[@aarishtickoo9389]

3:48 commentator suggests e6 instead of qc7 which hangs a full queen

[@CWPWWRESTLING]

18:16 goat walk

[@kamilmaagowski9202]

it's interesting that it was Magnus whose hand was shaking more in the endgame

[@vibovitold]

well, why wouldn't it? only Duda had any practical chances to win it. with two connected passed pawns, he was able to keep on pushing, and Magnus had to keep on defending, which is extremely tasking. objectively speaking, Duda missed several opportunities to win. (noone can blame him, of course, it's impossible to find engine best moves under such short time controls).

[@manuelzrm1265]

Only 3-1 seconds per move yeah!! Easy

[@awriter1214]

Imagine if someone played 'I'm a barbie girl' in between the game

[@awriter1214]

Dumbledore not being the minister of magic

[@iamtheteapot7405]

Yasser and Var are my two favorites!

[@sergiroca87]

Amazing the fast and on the spot every time they play for 6 minutes with 10 secons on the clock to lose the game and the tournament!

[@Bobo-Vieri]

The endgame was crazy😲😲😲

[@florians.8952]

Why didn't Magnus try to exchange the rook for the two pawns in the endgame to force a quicker draw? Rd8 f.e. on move 98?

[@elcomentar9059]

Carlsen para rato tiene para ser campeón mundial por más años. Es casi il alpha Zero humano 😁😁. Partidas empatadas y logra victorias 😱👍👍

[@ulrikof.2486]

Not a boring game 🎉😮

[@SouthernStreetTV]

Intense match !

[@nma5276]

JUST GIAT

[@cjmorphy]

goat ??

[@TheKajma11]

Duda's willing to win is magnificent, as always

[@genks178]

Who won? Is it a draw

[@iwzx507]

Who won?

[@markrobertson3054]

Draw and magnus is the champion

[@TheBorinken]

Is there a reason El Senior Yasser is the only person in the universe to call all its “Mikhail’s” “Michael”?

[@dsrguru]

I think Russians usually refer to English speakers named Michael as Mikhail, so it seems reasonable to do the reverse. Steinitz insisted that people call him William in English instead of Wilhelm.

[@vibovitold]

well, it's technically the same name : ) isn't Charlemagne also known as "Charles the Great" in English? i'm pretty sure John the Baptist wasn't literally named "John" either, nor Columbus - "Christopher"

[@tiziano4302]

Mio padre

[@streetjustice4287]

Lmao is magnus in shorts?!?! When you’re #1 for that long in anything you can begin to challenge traditions

[@nomoreblitz]

Duda! Duda! Duda! draw

[@pitqa0786]

you have to be careful playing against chessgod

[@shauntaylor6040]

What was Magnus drinking-meths.

[@luzbellcam1768]

Bear

[@cjmorphy]

lag!! amf!!

[@justsomerandomweeb2678]

What's amazing about this game is that Duda started playing very unorthodox, therefore making the game a bit harder for Magnus to control, and then midway through Duda managed to take control of the game somehow! But in the end, the 🐐 Magnus still won in the most absurd way

[@vibovitold]

you phrased it as if you think Magnus won this game

[@dariuszpys9307]

This game was drawn. He probably means that Magnus won the event, but idk. :D

[@manuelzrm1265]

​@@vibovitold a draw was a lost for duda

[@freewheelburning8834]

shame

[@eyalcohen3745]

sorry but i cant stand yasser seirawan commentary ..too many oohs and aaas..sounds like a bedroom talk..besides the fact that he always try to control the conversation..grow up

[@9inetales]

That old man who commentate the game should blunder most of his games when he's younger 😂😂😂😂

[@kayblis]

He was a 4-time US champion (for reference, Nakamura is a 5-time US champion and Caruana is a 2-time US champion)

[@vibovitold]

Seirawan at his peak was the world's number 10 (see July 1990 FIDE list). to quote a certain engineer: "not great, not terrible". maybe he didn't blunder that badly

[@aquiliusjensen2929]

@-everything6526 he clearly doesn't know what he's talking about. Probably a 500 elo who started playing weeks ago.