Chess Sacrifices: Magnus Carlsen Top Eight Amazing Chess Sacrifices (up until 2014)

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Info about Magnus Carlsen
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Magnus Carlsen
Carlsen Magnus (30238051906).jpg
Carlsen at the 2016 Chess Olympiad
Full name Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen
Country Norway
Born 30 November 1990 (age 27)
Tønsberg, Vestfold, Norway
Title Grandmaster (2004)
World Champion 2013-present
FIDE rating 2843 (April 2018)
Peak rating 2882 (May 2014)
Ranking No. 1 (March 2018)
Peak ranking No. 1 (January 2010)
Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen (Norwegian: [sven ˈmɑŋnʉs øːn ˈkɑːɭsn̩]; born 30 November 1990) is a Norwegian chess grandmaster and the current World Chess Champion. A chess prodigy, Carlsen earned his grandmaster title at the age of 13 years and 148 days.
Native to Tønsberg, Carlsen was introduced to chess at the age of 5 and played in his first tournament at the age of 8. He earned his grandmaster title in 2004 and was competing successfully against the world's strongest grandmasters by 2007. He surpassed an Elo rating of 2800 in 2009 and reached No. 1 in the FIDE rankings in 2010, becoming the youngest person ever to achieve those feats.
Carlsen became World Champion in 2013 by defeating Viswanathan Anand. In the subsequent year, he retained his title against Anand, won both the 2014 World Rapid Championship and World Blitz Championship, thus becoming the first player to simultaneously hold all three titles, and reached a peak rating of 2882, the highest in history. In 2016, he defended his title against Sergey Karjakin.
Known for his attacking style as a teenager, Carlsen has since developed into a universal player. He uses a variety of openings to make it more difficult for opponents to prepare against him and reduce the effect of computer analysis. He has stated the middlegame is his favourite part of the game as it "comes down to pure chess." His positional mastery and endgame prowess have drawn comparisons to those of former World Champions Bobby Fischer, Anatoly Karpov, Vasily Smyslov, and José Raúl Capablanca.
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Playing style
Carlsen had an aggressive style of play as a youth,[201][202] and, according to Simen Agdestein, his play was characterised by "a fearless readiness to offer material for activity".[203] As he matured, Carlsen found that this risky playing style was not as well suited against the world elite. When he started playing in top tournaments, he had trouble getting much out of the opening. To progress, Carlsen's style became more universal, capable of handling all sorts of positions well. He opens with both 1.d4 and 1.e4, as well as 1.c4, and, on occasion, 1.Nf3, thus making it harder for opponents to prepare against him and reducing the effect of computer analysis.[204][205][206] He has said the middlegame is his favourite part of the game as it comes down to "pure chess".[204] In a 2016 interview, Anish Giri said: "Magnus and I are very close in terms of style, but in our approach to the game we're total opposites. Magnus tries to put the accent only on play, getting away from preparation, but for me preparation plays an enormous role."[207]
[Carlsen] has been known to say that he isn't all that interested in opening preparation; his main forte is the middlegame, in which he manages to outplay many of his opponents with positional means. ... Carlsen's repertoire is aimed at avoiding an early crisis in the game. He invariably aims for middlegames that lend themselves to a strategic approach.
Jan Timman, 2012[208]
Garry Kasparov, who coached Carlsen from 2009 to 2010, said that Carlsen has a positional style similar to that of past world champions such as Anatoly Karpov, José Raúl Capablanca, and Vasily Smyslov, rather than the tactical style of Alexander Alekhine, Mikhail Tal, and Kasparov himself.[209] In a 2013 interview, Peter Heine Nielsen said: "The days of big novelties are over, and that fits Magnus' style well."[210] According to Carlsen, however, he does not have any preferences in playing style.....
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n the January 2006 FIDE rankings, at the age of 15 years and 32 days, Carlsen attained a 2625 Elo rating, which made him the youngest person to surpass 2600 Elo (the record has since been broken by Wesley So, Wei Yi and John M. Burke)...
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[@ThatOneScienceGuy]

Dynamic potential. Dynamic potential. Dynamic potential.

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[@unberyl]

that's kind

[@exs1803]

All these games are very enlightening. Showed the complex tactical winnings moves that people like me would never be able to think of. Great games.

[@marcusuneson9432]

Small note: the first game is not against Swedish GM Thomas Ernst (as the video says) but rather against the Dutch GM Sipke Ernst.

[@justanotherkid4ever]

Very good introduction and explanation of concepts. A well used half hour :)

[@BuffDemigod]

Great stuff, man. Thanks for doing this.

[@mohammadsarshar8717]

great compilation of sacrifices, thanks for the video

[@shikharbaral8235]

Excellent Analysis!!! Thank you very much for your time in preparing this video for us.

[@pavelow67]

Yous sound very technical and cool when you talk, you should defiently consider narrating more things

[@BillyStewartGuitar]

I believe watching your videos has helped me so much! I could actually see some of these moves coming. I can't say I would have played them if I had the position but still understanding MUST come before application. Thank you KC!

[@judhudon6235]

Marvelous presentation. Thank you so much. You give alternate lines but not too many like some analysts.

[@mmartel]

Gorgeous chess. Wonderful analysis and commentary. Thank you!

[@cameront3768]

Fantastic video!! Great job as always, hello from New York...

[@advancednutritioninc908]

excellent collection! Great Analysis !! Thank You !! Liked !

[@MetroWord]

I love it. I do pawn sacs to open lines when I feel I'm behind or will be stuck defending but I love his thinking to do sacs like these when there is no demand for something bold. These give courage to trust in piece play even more. Thx for the share!

[@ramarp8784]

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[@christianscholte2982]

I only watched number 8 so far and can't believe that a human being can play so many moves in his head. And this for moves which most people probably wouldn't even consider and bother to think about...

[@lucasdelbel7376]

Indeed

[@Firstname_Surname]

I don't actually think he plays everything in his head, I believe he does some basic calculations and goes with his intuition, seems more reasonable.

[@akshayan1340]

Christian Scholte Carlsen's Human???

[@fourtime7]

Great video. What a beast!!

[@technowey]

Thank for posting this excellent video. I can see it was a lot of work to create this. The level of some of this chess is way beyond my level, particularly that last pawn sacrifice. All I can say is, "Wow!" I did see the earlier queen sacrifice where a rook mated the next move. I saw that right away because I know that pattern. But I'm 60 years old! It amazing to think a 12 year old child played that well.

[@richardfredlund3802]

very nice video...enjoyed thank you

[@VioletFlameScotland]

Excellent! Particularly fascinating to get your analysis of his sacrifices from 12 and 13 years old.

[@inconnu299]

mind blowing. thx Trifon

[@DarkNSinth]

The funny thing about the first one shown is... Black had two moments where if he had just stopped, moved his queen from A5 to B6, he could've potentially saved himself... but instead he just refused to move it from that potential mating spot.

[@DavidEsotica]

Great watch

[@coolhanu1]

Well I think at 0:48 white could have used bishop to take the pawn at H6. The opponent will surely try to take the bishop out by pawn at G7 as knight and bishop together can end the game will little help. Take bishop at E7 by knight-check. Thrust the queen Forward at E5 and then take knight out even if king try to evade use queen to give a check and then take the knight out- check. Only one move for the king H7. Move D1 rook to D3 and then to G3. Then move the queen at G7. It's checkmate. Black will not take any hasty move for checkmate due to H1 rook and it's own pawn at E6. It will not take much sacrifices either, making pieces available to attack second time if needed. I know Carlsen is genius but if I would have been in his place I would have done this. The sacrifices are only a bishop and a knight if anyone one of the rooks come to E7 in between.

[@williamjefferson8280]

Samarth Shrivastava The sacrifice doesn't work. If only chess was this simple.

[@khairulaizad]

perfect at speed 1.25

[@estd1759]

Excellent stuff.

[@dhirajraut8953]

Beautiful presentation. ..fearless magnus

[@PatrickFestaPatman]

Excellent.

[@FForFurther]

I can't see dynamic potential at this level

[@willyoung9941]

First game is not against Thomas Ernst but against Sipke Ernst

[@michaelcollinscollins4711]

Thanks a lot I never realised Magnus had these tactical wins

[@Moonscope]

it's better to avoid tactical positions rather than to play tactically

[@jaimebenito620]

I don't find the first "sacrifice" with Ng6 that impressive (I thought of it myself, and I'm a weak player), but in any case, I fail to see any substantial advantage for white after 2. Ng6 Rfe8 3. Nxe7+ Rxe7. Both sides are likely to lose their minor pieces at some point, and the picture seems quite drawish afterwards to me. Or am I missing something?

[@williamjefferson8280]

Jaime Benito de Valle Ruiz 18...Rfe8 19. Nxe7+ Rxe7 20. dxc5 and white is a pawn up. 21. Bd6 is also a threat.

[@KillianDefaoite]

18:51 Doesn't Qf5 work here for white?

[@divkheav6952]

Would it be possible to upload in 720p or higher? Great video KC!

[@dickzapper2438]

why would you need to see 2d chess in HD?

[@divkheav6952]

on mobile the image isn't that clear unless it's 720p

[@GuitarSlinger2112]

divk heav can't tell if sarcasm... lol

[@kevinbyrne4538]

I had to laugh as I watched this video. WOW ! He's a kid and he's crushing these GMs with these beautiful but ferocious mating attacks.

[@gabydewilde]

that knight at #9:07 lol I don't think I've seen that level of intimidation before. #16:51 just play rook h5 anyway #27:07 why not king e8?

[@FForFurther]

27:49 why didn't queen take the bishop?

[@billkillernic]

So I found all the sacrifices (not choosing a random move but predicting the variations following atleast the ones that happen and some other if not all the plausible ones ) but I still suck at chess im not rated but I think im about 1400.... 1650 tops maybe...

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+Bill Killernic Join a chess club

[@Thebuttah95]

I hear "dynamic potential" is the word of the day

[@MeetMeViceVersa]

Why did he move the rook at 3:34 ? It gives the enemy the free checkmate if the queen moves to E1 which he apparently just didn't see.

[@XPKpianist]

E1 was covered by the white queen.

[@MeetMeViceVersa]

Oh thanks. I had some tunnelvision on that.

[@wbretra]

Impossible to watch with subtitles on! "thanks Chi and then we see Queen things" "me Jimmy would replace them checkpoints some nights thanks"

[@bubbayellowblue2105]

10:13 "points go smooth voltage" - Subtitles lmao

[@DormerStone]

Magnus is a G

[@LAndrei]

at 12:25 it seems a draw for me. am i missing something?

[@pjofs]

at 21:05 why noy just queen to B8 it's a much easier/faster checkmate, right?

[@pjofs]

+Matthew Hromadik aahhh, completely missed that, thanks! (these things are probably why Im so bad at chess :/ )

[@darkydes2857]

+Pjof S i think instead of QB8 D6 is forced mate and he missed it if queen takes d6 mate on C8 and rook cant move next move d6 takes rook mate

[@pavelow67]

+Matthew Hromadik didn't see that either, thanks

[@davedelfino]

No, Qxd6 is checking the King on h2 and it should be a draw

[@drnantz]

The guy is a freak. Wow.

[@thestash7953]

12:19 should have played be7

[@josephcoleman57]

9:35. how did l not see that? That's one of those so obvious that it's not even with the title being what it is. I guess that's why l lose so often lol

[@meteoraguy231]

What was I supposed to do in those 10 seconds?

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what software/website is this?

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[@joewilliams6182]

brilliant

[@g.berenstein683]

why not knight f7 first??

[@stefanholbek2449]

Many great solid masters like Capablanca, Botvinnik, Petrosjan, Karpov ... Many great tacticians like Aljechin, Tal, Larsen, Kasparov ... Many brought great ideas to the game ... the list is too long ... Mr. Carlsen has done it all! Especially having been the best for a decade in times with advanced computer analysis and a zillion games available for everyone ...

[@wariorman21]

on 21:19 , you could just move white queen to C8 and get a checkmate. Wtf lol

[@josephcoleman57]

What does that mean? He was 2474?

[@nightless4762]

look at the subtitles at 5:02 haha

[@Firstname_Surname]

hahahaha so funny m8.

[@TcheQ]

Please rename video to "Magnus plays White"

[@isaacnetero4583]

dont get it

[@kwesimensa-wilmot3012]

ALL THESE MAGNIFICENT SACRIFICES INTO A POCKET SIZED BOOK? IWILLBUY MANY WILL PLEASE REPLY

[@jonathanbosma9932]

first one was Just a terrible misstake by taking the knight. would end in a tie if he didnt

[@TheJocopista]

why do you say G SEX and not G six?

[@planeswalker1233]

cuz wid Magnus its always the Gsex baby!

[@peteypetepet3471]

Sh

[@ilikecommenting6849]

I like your videos but your “ill give you ten seconds to pause the video and find the move” is extremely annoying. There’s no need for the additional ten seconds as I can simply pause after you say “you can pause the video to find the move if you like”

[@wariorman21]

holy shit, you made these games sound so boring

[@paultime2895]

If I turn the sound off I can watch the moves, but, your speech is a low growl as you don't pronounce clearly and your narrative is valueless.

[@koreProduces]

great compilation of sacrifices, thanks for the video