Chess Is Entering The BIG STAGE

[@palmtreegal3]

I actually enjoy watching freestyle chess more than regular chess because I feel like I know just as much as the commentators. We are learning together

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

You are a funny one. 😂

[@Oppenhymenn]

I actually enjoy watching toddlers play football more than professionals because I feel I know just as much as players. We are learning together. Could I be any dumber?😭

[@nikuriso]

why not call it fisher random? what a move to uncredit someone

[@weswes5876]

Freestyle Chess is awesome!! That last champioship was very fun to watch.

[@winfredj9820]

Freestyle Chess is not a chess.

[@Carbine64]

​@@winfredj9820 Ok, then what are Hikaru, Magnus, Wesley, Ian, Dubov and hundreds of others playing? Checkers? Fortnite?

[@rcs4320]

What is freestyle chess?

[@georgetsagaris8518]

@@rcs4320it’s a form of chess often known as fisher random where the back pieces (everything but the pawns) are shuffled in order to make the games more unique and interesting. It’s fairly popular as well among professional players

[@Harkirat-xb3fw]

Freestyle is garbage.... Keep the real chess alive otherwise it will kill everything

[@kayu8345]

There are only two groups of people who care about Freestyle Chess. +2700 players, who have studied openings too much. Players under 800 who lack the attention span to study openings (other than the London).

[@MadaraUchiha-iu3ld]

This is actually accurate. As a spectator for me freestyle or regular chess makes no difference since I have zero opening knowledge.

[@gamma9141]

@@MadaraUchiha-iu3ldyeah I found the complexities in WCC just fine following in TakeTakeTake. I was able to feel what was a wrong move intuitively. And same will apply for GOAT style chess too

[@Gabriel-ns2cn]

20:04 Levon comment here, comparing these sports with the classical chess is really smart, makes lot of sense

[@URSAStraps]

Great open conversation. Loving the content on your new channel. My main feelings about the TTT app is that its too Black & White - all the images of players are black & white. Id like the option to have a colour mode. Also, the "Games" schedule on your app is really unclear as to which games have been played and which have not. I have often found myself clicking through multiplle dates to find the most recent results. I'd much rather have the played dates be clearly marked as in the past on the "games" tab and also for there to be a date option so you can view schedule dates in DD/MM/YY or MM/DD/YY. Im in the UK so DD/MM/YY is way more easy for me to read. But I love what you are doing. I used to work in video game esports & I think you should team up with some esports commentators like Michal 'CARMAC' Blicharz who can help you make this game make sense to people who have no real interest in playing chess but enjoy the DRAMA! Like me! I cant play at all but love watching the on-going drama of Magnus, Hikaru, Ding and all... Best, simon bysshe

[@simonbysshe]

[@Somane27]

Love the sneak peek of the new version of Fantasy Chess🙏🏻

[@akashsinha2880]

Levon is always chilling.

[@lionelp2062]

Two great champions! It's a pleasure to watch Magnus on your video. I watch this moment from France!! ⌛🇧🇻🇫🇷

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Love the intro music.

[@emonokari82]

Looking forward to more In-Studio Live Coverage of assorted Chess Events in 2025. Kaja, Maud, & Hammer have great studio chemistry together. Hoping to see more.

[@pointgiven7857]

Great group.. Simon fit in nicely too. Very enjoyable.

[@digital_matt]

Bobby Fischer: 960 Gary Kasparov: schism Magnus: Freestyle 🤙🤙🤙

[@sangram2058]

Should've added a thumbnail of the people that talked. I would have been more interested to watch. Have better thumbnails, please.

[@15OgLoc]

No.

[@damianoledda5497]

In regard to the SCC in Paris, which was an AMAZING EVENT (I admit i wanted Hikaru vs Magnus in the final) to me is kinda incredible and lovely that the very final between Magnus and Alireza ,and the match for 3rd place between Hikaru and Hans have pretty much the same views. I see that as the future of the speed chess format, with that competitive e-sports games set up and crowd.

[@nikhildawani2913]

Magnus and alireza had around 160k views and hikaru and hans had around 90 k views,what are you even speaking??in no world hikaru ever gets same views as magnus and in magnus vs hans views were 200k +

[@manuelmed98]

This is kinda like Coca-Cola welcoming Pepsi to the market. I love chess and the chess world! So much realness.

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

Take Take Take has made Magnus work harder than ever

[@digital_matt]

I feel like there's an interesting parallel with the argument that perhaps players who can find the better positions faster are the better players and the way engines provide their analysis. Perhaps the way to advance the human side of chess is to find the players that can faster sort out the lines to ignore, like engines.

[@BrajeshKumar-hm9sw]

I think it's good that this freestyle and esports thing provides an opportunity for player to earn. Otherwise, I don't care about them. Classical chess is the real chess.

[@antoniantoniantoniantoni]

Meh, the real chess doesn't have castling. Preferences evolve and that could be the case with Fischer Random.

[@Ancz7]

As long as both you and your opponent get to play each colour, long form freestyle is great

[@nickperez1577]

Magnus Sounds like he’s sick. He won while he had a cold. GOAT

[@Tar_kat]

Wow! Exciting times for chess! So inspiring to see how different entities of that game work together towards the game's better future that will include more people and will attract more attention. With the best player being the moving power throughout the years for that change of direction of chess.

[@cptmaj]

WCn did guess the move. They did that right and also banter chess. Banter chess was awesome for learning. To Have Larry C vs Lobron explain their moves was a real time explanaition.

[@santosht05]

Take Take Take should establish office in India 💛

[@cydajock]

this video feels like i’m voluntarily showing up to a board meeting

[@carlosalcibiades2065]

"What was the highlight for you, Levon?" "Yeah, I think..."

[@keithwald5349]

Does Magnus have a bit of a cold going?

[@RW729]

Sounds like it

[@chesstacticchannel2867]

How about freestyle chess + MMA as a new variant?

[@13suns]

Your Intro nusic is good

[@System.Error.]

I thought the FIDE world cup would be streaming lol

[@renishisrael9520]

Fischer Random Chess is the actual chess (creativity + critical thinking)

[@BeammeupSpotty]

kaja is a great moderator and spokesperson. she has great energy and command of language. Good luck!!!!!

[@villbuzeep2043]

Why doesn't opening prep matter as much in speed chess formats. Is it just because there are too many games to have enough opening prep for? It seems like rattling off 15+ moves in a speed format where you know the pitfalls of responses would be even more deadly than in a slower format.

[@Coricot]

My guess would be that it’s not worth the time since there are too many games to prepare and not enough time to capitalize a small edge out of the opening.

[@Julius-chess]

The reason is that in speed chess players can simply play relatively dubious openings if they dont feel comfortable in some main line. There is simply not enough time for your opponent to figure out why this is not a known opening and why it "doesn't work" so they wont be able to punish it. In classical between well prepped players if somebody plays a move in the opening that the other guy has never seen then its already clear that this move cant be good and you can simply stop and think for half an hour and figure out how to punish it. Whereas in speed chess you just gotta move.

[@manojlds]

Yeah I would have thought opening prep is even more important in speed chess.

[@joaoramos7160]

​@@Julius-chessYes, I believe this is the exact answer. Just watch Hikaru or Magnus play, they play every sort of opening and sometimes get slightly worse positions, but end up outplaying the opponents either way. Ofc if you go into a super theoretical line in the Petroff against Fabi in a blitz match he'll probably blow you out of the board with his prep alone. But if you play a more dubious line then it's a chess game.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Play is so fast, you so be able to play anything you have prepared. 😊

[@NotTheWheel]

Fischer Random was always gonna be the final form of Classical Chess.

[@unatardedelibroscafeyfilosofia]

We need a magnus netflix show like queen's gambit, and then a kasparov and capablanca

[@bassam8788]

This is awesome!!! I’m really eager and fully enthusiastic to see the big step for the chess in the upcoming year👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@mattwilliams7454]

Making chess tournaments and events easier to watch and keep track of. Leaderboards. Getting quick updates and recaps. Take take take has already ironed out a lot of wrinkles. I think it will go on to do well.

[@b_tang]

exciting times for chess

[@priyanshgoyal9417]

W thumbnail..🎉

[@hamedzahmati4530]

Your app is amazing but it is too slow and lagy, better to use more powerful server

[@cropcircles5697]

Get that man some Lemsip!

[@KK-tc6xq]

These guys have a good life. So much better than the 9-5 jobs that most of us have to endure

[@lightofscorpio9396]

seems fun

[@t.s..]

You need to hire Mr. Take take take - Nakamura 😅🤗 great content. Wish you grow up fast. Hilsen fra Oslo

[@oliver-04]

he is already a partner

[@connorpowers2786]

They did.

[@AnjelLee-f8c]

Next they need Anish, Danya and Peter. 😊

[@michaeloconnor6264]

Chess is comparible to s sport like baseball. The triple crown of hitting. If Magnus wins Blitz, freestyle,speed . He is the goat

[@tadcreator]

Hey, today I’ve been trying to follow games in the CCT finals. However it was kind of messy, because games were shown live even though they ended some time before, so I didn’t really know what was going on. It would be nice if you could fix it.

[@gamma9141]

This is Game of Thrones in Chess 😂

[@pt7258]

If you see classical chess, especially preparation, it shows the new way chess can be played. "A new discovery, how chess can be played" Faster time control and freestyle is also good but demeaning the classical chess as monotonous is way off. My thought.

[@digital_matt]

I think the best players of chess in the world regularly having this opinion means something. Especially in a time when the best chess players are computers, classical format isn't ever going to be groundbreaking in comparison. If it is, it's because we have computers not because of the grandmasters thinking for 30 minutes.

[@lobsterboy8148]

Let’s goooo

[@bones3158]

I’m here for more chess content!

[@akshaypatel8673]

Magnus is still crying on classical matches which is main thing in chess. In rapid & blitz players don't have time to think when time is too low and they end up loosing even in winning position which is not chess. Also freestyle chess one player gets advantage if he is white.

[@Truthfully12312]

Rapid..fans could not understand the move..longer format they are able to relate…enjoyed live commentary from you people and chess base ,Gotham and all…watched welcome of Gukesh…it was like a football World Cup winner welcome..and will continue like forever as it looks. With India 1.5 billion people and chess as household tradition..champions has bought it to central stage..

[@kieran1990able]

Magnus's voice is gone 😅

[@agentraydg839]

RIP ➕

[@adityajha8701]

please change opening song to something happy

[@Damage_Inc]

Magnus is such a funny guy because he always holds back a smirk when someone tries to make small talk. The difference between Magnus and most people is that he actually is above small talk lol.

[@TooCuteToSell]

Poor Magnus is sick and getting everyone else in the room sick too 😅

[@moveabledo]

Freestyle doesn't allow a novice player the ability to see the openings they know on the board. It makes it much harder to enjoy

[@ChessUnderFireLearningJourney]

Did anybody already comment on Levon's sweater?

[@poogapooga3176]

that money grabbing two-faced hypocrite would back-stab magnus at any moment!

[@tomast1323]

Were they recording this in a helicopter?

[@Tooesi]

noen må gi bror en halspastill og en paracet

[@sharamall]

chess960 is not fun to watch, magnus may like playing it but it's really boring compared to classical. chess being XD random doesn't make it more interesting, it makes it less engaging

[@krypt1ccc739]

Maybe it doesn't make it more interesting to you, but why is it boring to watch compared to classical? It's the same game; Nothing about the actual gameplay is random - the better player who analyses and understands the position better wins.

[@markor2476]

Strange body language there. LOL

[@krypt1ccc739]

I follow counter strike esports and lets just say please keep the sportswashing out of chess🙏

[@brianwoods9266]

Faster classical chess format idea 💡 Each game has two halves, like American football. 45 minutes each half = total 90 minutes The players and the fans take a :15 minute halftime break in order to study the position.

[@zangrat]

Why do people always try to Americanise everything! Terrible

[@TheFreestylePianist]

Who else read Big Savage on the thumbnail

[@susankang6995]

Lesgooo

[@RahulKar-j7t]

Why india is not playing in the tournament?

[@Amayuscula]

The youngest reigning FIDE world champion was Ponomariov, who was 3 months younger than Gukesh.

[@Kindasad-t7d]

Not true

[@digital_matt]

Thats why most of the announcements specified "undisputed"

[@HarshVardhan-tb4df]

he was lame

[@amritt_bhai]

He is not official.

[@killakame-3434]

MeH

[@SaiPavanK]

I think instead of white playing first we should start having a toss in chess well...

[@maxuser1221]

1st comment

[@tyredsauce]

Well done, you were actually first

[@FriedrichEibl]

nah

[@maxuser1221]

@@FriedrichEibl lol you wrote to every comment...you have be more useless than even me :D

[@Ayatron34]

Lol the big stage of Magnus playing more joke events instead of actual serious classical tournaments.

[@Gush27]

What is a “joke event”? He is the reigning blitz and rapid world champ mind you… Why does he have to play what you consider “serious classical tournaments” (he still does)?

[@TheBorinken]

A real visionary you are, Sir.

[@lobsterboy8148]

Dude still plays in all the serious classical tournaments, just not the candidates

[@srproductions5650]

This might be the stupidest comment I have ever read on KZbin

[@johannes.f.r.]

He'll be in Wijk aan Zee next month. But this is their job, if this is where the demand and the money is, they will follow.

[@brianwoods9266]

I hate freestyle chess. Please, keep that event completely separate from classical chess. That way one can add a dragon piece or a Yoda piece. Do whatever one wants to just keep it in the variant league.

[@lukaspark4051]

Don't like the CEO being a part of the conversation

[@FriedrichEibl]

first

[@kedar4762]

I didn't mind the intro music initially, but the more I watch Take Take Take, the more unpleasant it sounds.

[@krypt1ccc739]

I actually love it but each to their own.

[@iridium8341]

Without Russian players its a joke. Chess is not entering the big stage, still in petty politics stage.

[@RuiPedroMJDias]

Lol

[@80-80.]

Russian players are getting weaker every year now, but Nepo was in the WC finals a short time ago, I don't understand what you're talking about.

[@redeyexxx1841]

No Russian player currently at the level of Magnus and the prodigies aren't Russians either. It's mostly Indians

[@salahbasheer340]

1st

[@FriedrichEibl]

liar

[@salahbasheer340]

Go and sleep

[@نرفشتاين]

ياصحبي استفدت ايه ​@@salahbasheer340

[@salahbasheer340]

Whose friend 😂

[@Azakirub]

Chess is entering a downward stage. Computers have ruined it. The proliferation of faster time control events has cheapened the game and "take take take" says it all.

[@hon3220]

Ok old ass time' to sleep .. your boring world championship is already over..

[@simohayha6031]

Making rapid the norm would be ideal. Rapid, 30 min, is good enough to get still very good, high accuracy games while being fast enough to actually watch live.

[@Gidddy95]

Oooooh, Danny is so salty because Gukki won the WCC. 😭😭😂😂😂😂

[@Gidddy95]

no one is watching that shit bruh