Ding vs Carlsen || The Attacking Genius || St. Louis Rapid & Blitz GCT (2019)

[@mosesbaffourawuah3954]

Agadmator: does absolutely nothing Agadmator: Sorry about that

[@zerquix18]

He's kind of Canadian

[@sneeblads]

Is sorry about that a shirt yet?

[@t0jota]

He's adjusting the volume, but he keeps it a secret

[@homoeodesk1070]

He added an arrow....

[@thomasmahoney4991]

Uploads pretty much daily with high quality, highly informative videos with interesting analysis, and even when he goes on holiday he continues to upload when no one would expect that much commitment from him. The GOAT = Agadmator

[@jaswanthkrishna1091]

most importantly, 60fps!!!

[@kolumann]

Thomas Mahoney persistence is the key of a successful youtuber. he of course knows that. he is clever you know

[@shantoreywilkins651]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🤗🤗🤗🤗😻🤩😍

[@internetcrap7]

Jaswanth Krishna why is that important?

[@jadreaidy2969]

2:36 queen captures invisible pawn 4:36 magnus moves ding's queen what a gentleman

[@mrsmith7538]

Too many analysis make agadmator crazy

[@jv00-y1z]

lol

[@puct9]

Agadmator blundered the analysis

[@Cholo8943]

Also in minute 7:30 you're up the Exchange instead of the whole rook!

[@TranceGate92]

Ding is gonna be world champ he is so good!

[@_rmradziq8537]

Well yes he is

[@BrianBrinces]

he is!!!!!

[@cyin974]

Comment that ages well

[@sydneysitwala]

Wow. Well done

[@MedWaliid]

U really called it !

[@devlin2427]

Angry Magnus means the next 2 opponents get crushed. Quite a few nice games in the first day.

[@mercedesbenz989]

I was drinking some tea and spit it all over the place

[@da96103]

You are quite right since Magnus won both games 2 and 3.

[@georgeray649]

That's a powerful statement bro.

[@mukmin01]

Magnus next 2 games: Lose to Fabio Caruana and Aronian LMFAO

[@devlin2427]

@Enver Sancak I was right for the first day. If I could guess the future I would probably be much richer.

[@eccentrichorse11]

4:36 Never knew Magnus made moves for other players. Perhaps that is why he is World Champ

[@Sifo_Dyas]

Oh big deal! The dude misspoke. Pat yourself on the back, rabbit ears. 🙄

[@jackdaniels1749]

@@Sifo_Dyas take a joke

[@da96103]

Magnus also likes to move pieces of players at the next table.

[@Ajay-pd6pb]

Congratulations you are an excellent listener of chess match analysis.

[@Sifo_Dyas]

@@jackdaniels1749 you're probably right.

[@manuadhish1322]

11:33 It was important to mention that taking the rook is not possible because of perpetual check Qd1+ and Qh5+.

[@happyhourstogether6060]

Manu Adhish thanks mate didnt notice that until you mentioned it🤘🏿🤘🏿

[@da96103]

Carlsen's last trap but Ding made it out just in time.

[@Vynetic]

not only that but you have mate in 2

[@adamvarsanyi7228]

thanks mate! i was thinking why not to capture rook

[@kwstassketo]

was pawn c8 also winning?You get a queen+ a checkmate threat with Q g7

[@daniloburic3980]

#Suggestion MVL-Raport, Queen sac

[@waitz27]

Analyzing that game should be a walk in the park...

[@inumakitoge1327]

awesome game

[@aphexon.]

Just drag queens have sacs

[@actofcruelty1633]

You are the reason I started playing chess again. Thank you for that and keep up the good work! :-)

[@johnathant6735]

Act of Cruelty Same here

[@actofcruelty1633]

@@johnathant6735 Nice to hear. :-)

[@travism8597]

same here

[@vladavasiljev]

Wow, what a beautiful game! Real clash of titans. Amazing attacks and differences.

[@rogerscottcathey]

Brilliant play by Ding. Almost an immortal, if not truly. A beautiful game.

[@janmeyer911]

Carlsen was sneaky a second time with his Qxh5. trying for perpetual ideas

[@arsenalfanrichi]

Exactly, I was thinking when looking at Qxg7+, after promotion, taking the Rook, it was only once I saw Ding's move that I realized Carlsen had a perpetual there lol

[@robespierre3364]

Wow I simply love his Passion behind this youtube Channel.. Thank you very much Antonio for being such a wonderful person 💕♟

[@Eric-jh5mp]

I was in St. Louis as part of a family vacation. We didn't realise that Rapid/Blitz was happening then. We went to the chess hall of fame, which is across from the St. Louis chess club wheee this was held. My parents payed for me to enter so I could watch one of the rounds. I watched this game happen along with Karjakin vs Caruana's draw 3 feet from the players. It was awesome. Excited to see your analysis!

[@MatsMatsuo]

in 3:14, 13. Qb3was played by Ding, a really strong and brilliant move to be mention was castle(13. O-O), sacrificing the bishop, well, it's not actually a sac, cause you will get the piece back due to tatics, but in the end of the variation, white remains a lot better, for anyone curious about this variation, analize it with an engine or by yourself

[@StevenStJohn-kj9eb]

What a fun game. So much threat -> response, threat -> response. Ding was using both sides of the board and finding ways to ratchet up the pressure every move. Inspiring.

[@owendavidmalicsi5900]

6:24 just Rxd8. if king takes on f7, Rd7 check picking up the bishop and ur up a pawn. if he takes the rook on d7, just rook takes bishop. and agaion ur up a pawn

[@n20games52]

Magnus was on the defense the whole game. Excellent play by DIng!

[@pas5294]

At 11:30 maybe balck queen f7 would have made a mexican standoff because black queen threaten white rook and white queen faces black rook. It would have maybe been a draw idk

[@sheryinmoua8486]

11:05 for those who are wondering-- why not just promote the pawn? because black has Qh5 and Qd1. it would be a perpetual. you must check black's king. Agad did not mention this.

[@14b3am]

That Ricardo Milos turn at the start before saying hello everyone was epic

[@MultiWouf]

I gotta say, I love the things you say when you tell ppl to pause the video. Like "grats, ur an excellent executioner of deadly ideas". Makes me laugh every time

[@mrrobot790]

The dedication you have for your channel is unrivalled on the platform. Good job sir 👍👍👍

[@sid7607]

Many games this round were incredible Mvl-rapport Magnus-rapport Ding-fabi I don't know how but agadmator should do them all 😅 #suggestion

[@da96103]

Agad should outsource some games for Medo to comment.

[@samus1421]

what a beautiful discovered check at the end. 'last move' is referred to as a 'spear mate.' when i was = 25 i ran into an old Professor & chess master at a local coffee house. i asked him for a game. he said: 'yeah, i can spare 10 minutes.' i defeated him by playing this exact mate; the 'spearing mate.' similar to a 'smothered mate.' that was a good day.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Yes, I see the 'spear' pattern. Thanks. That will help me remember the mate.

[@ThisSentenceIsFalse]

I've not heard that name anywhere else, but it really is a useful name to remember the pattern.

[@panda4247]

Well played by Ding! Kudos for beating Magnus like that

[@jeremiahlyleseditor437]

You look much calmer in your new space. Keep up the good work at making these.

[@astralwanker2864]

And now: Angry Magnus is on loose! Keep your GM’s safe in home.

[@johnnytest3230]

11:21 can you just also push the past pawn because it threatens mate

[@mosesbaffourawuah3954]

Thought the same too

[@dusanpetrovic9381]

Me too

[@datphan6839]

black has a perpetual, Qd1

[@kosed6696]

Seems reasonable for me, cause you are not only threatening mate on g7, but you also promote to a stronger piece...

[@BruteZ7957]

Qd1 Qh5 perpetual. If you try to escape that by playing Kg3, f4 check will open up a discovered attack on undefended white queen. After Kxf4 Qxe5, Kxe5 there's no way for white king to infiltrate the position. It will be a draw.

[@ashishahire2827]

I was eagerly waiting for this thank you agadmator!

[@overdosingontomatoes8619]

LOVE THE FAST UPLOADS!! KEEP IT UP!!

[@cematabaykara3430]

If you also hit the like button before watching, congratulations you are an excellent subscriber!

[@denzmamolo8349]

I don't know why but everytime I watch an agadmator video, my mind just immediately smash the like button.

[@leelayoutube9294]

Hello fellow humans, Leela would like to add the best missed win during this game: At 9:10, the best move for white was actually c4. Your rook is under attack and you cannot play Qb5 anymore, so what are the options? If you'd play -...a5 - Nice counter-attack, but I can just take your knight. (+3,67 - Qxb6 Rxe5, Rf1 Qd7, c5 Rg5, c6 Qd5, g3 Rh5, c8=Q...) -...Rd7 - I can just play h3 and play this out, the other c-pawn is coming (+3,83 - h3 f6, c5 Nc8, Bd6 e5, Bq7 Qd2, Rf1 Nxd6...) -...Rxe5 - ...and you are just down the exchange after Rxe5 Qd7, after which I eventually push my other c-pawn... (+4,49 - Re1 Qxc7, c5 Nd5, Qc4 Qc6, Ra1 g5, g3 h5...) Have a wonderful day, Leela (All searches are done to 4.0M nodes with the 42850 network, no TB)

[@leelayoutube9294]

As an addition: h3 is given as +2,95 while c4 is +4,77 at 1.0M nodes.

[@harissiddiqui9336]

Please show the MVL- Rapport game, the Queen Sac one. Thanks. Amazing game

[@josephdestaubin7426]

RD5 x BE6 at 9:07 seems like a more direct route for Carlson to take to checkmate.

[@maciektrybuszewski9964]

There's not many games in the database where you see Magnus not making a single attacking move.

[@techbgp6013]

You made my day #agadmator, watching the very first video on my new phone.,,& seeing carlsen is crushed like this..😍😍

[@harsh12ind1]

Was really waiting for your video of this one. Thank you sir :)

[@AcidicDelusion]

Ding is underated. Superb player.

[@emmanuelkouros9318]

Agadmator at 11:03 you can play c8Q and you threaten to capture the rook and checkmate on g7.

[@mustafaadam781]

long time to me to flow your channel , nice game and good strategy form Ding

[@michaelclonaris5082]

At 1:20 what if instead of Pawn a4 what if Pawn to e5 attacking the black knight that’s pinned to the Queen?How does black counter this please?

[@ebwholesaler]

- " Let's agree to PEACE after this nice WAR !... " (Both Kings, handshaking after a great battle)

[@67L48]

I can't see moves, so can someone explain why at 11:02, the winning move couldn't also be to queen the pawn? Rook can't immediately capture, because of the mate potential at G7. I know that MC's queen can harass DL's king a bit (H5 > D1 > H5, etc.), but I think it's all a waste of time and either the king walks up near his queen at E5 or there is a queen exchange at some point ... leaving DL with a Queen-Rook against MC's Rook. This would also offer an improvement to Agad's oft quoted phrase -- my favorite endgame is the one where I have a *queen* and my opponent does not.

[@67L48]

Maybe the pawn on F5 prevents the escape and it's a perpetual check. QD1, KH2, QH5, KG3, QG4, KH2, QH5, and so on.

[@christopherstanley9997]

was watching this live and after the 3rd round i was thinking to myself.... damn agadmator is going to have to make a lot of videos for this first day, 5 queen sacrifice games! what a day of chess!

[@SDaniel209]

At 6:20 white can play rxd8. If king captures rd7 gets the bishop and rook capures white just captures bishop leading to an endgame where white is 2 pawns up

[@yacinechina4770]

Great and deep analysis as always by agadmator!!!

[@AK-rx6hv]

5:17 why didn't Magnus take that undefended C3 pawn with his queen and simultaneously threatening the knight? I saw this live.. and wondered then as well. Was hoping you would have mentioned it here? What am I missing?

[@Majora96]

I think if Qxc3 Be5 threatening mate and setting up a discovered attack on the queen. Qc5 instead and the following Nc4 both to stop Be5.

[@AK-rx6hv]

Couldn't he just have played Qc5 IF white played Be5 AFTER taking that pawn? Just curious. Thanks

[@Majora96]

@@AK-rx6hv then Qxg7 checkmate

[@wladimirpustovalov9734]

3:41 I think a really good move is white bishop capturing e6 pawn. No matter what white is winning the exchanges and also much ground

[@petararmanda8342]

The whole day 1 was really amazing with like 4 queen sacs.

[@gavenblsn4753]

what i found at 11:07 is this. pawn is pushed and promoted to queen; followed by Qxg2 if black does not defend g2 square. if black does, then take the rook with the newly promoted queen. it is either checkmate or two queens and a rook vs a queen. thoughts?

[@VR471]

Do you know what? Black DOES NOT have to defend g7(Its not g2 like you said, it's g7). What most of us overlook is that our opponent may have other useful moves than the one we expect him to play. In this case, Carlsen has Qd1+, Kh2.... and Qh5+!!! Draw by repetition. I'm not going to tell you what happens if king moves to g3 after Qh5+ because it's so obvious.

[@W4rfire]

And one more questions for 11:21: simplay playing c8=Q is wrong because of of repeated moves after Qd1+, Kh2, Qh5+ and so on, right? Because otherwise I can see no way out for black here, or do I miss something? Rxc8 would lead to Qxg7#

[@psybranet]

Absolute destruction. We need this Ding to return pronto

[@MrDannyg77]

Ag you missed an opportunity to show some interesting resources. After black plays Qc7, you can ignore the threat and sac that bishop to get a good attack. Check it out. Also the position at @11:45 is called the Swallow’s Tail mate. The two pieces near the king look like the tail of the bird called the Swallow.

[@ChessSerbia]

#Suggestion MVL vs Rapport round 3

[@jishanshaikh4]

Ding didn't have to protect the bishop on c4 in the opening. Its nice little tactic, the broadcaster GM Yasser analyzed in the live stream. Please don't miss such nice tactics. #suggestion @agadmator

[@anotheraccess2518]

3:07 there is a crazy engine line after 12. ... Qc7 white just simply castle, and after 13. ... Qxc4, the line goes 14. Nxe4 Qxc2 15. Nxc2 Be7 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Nd7 18. Bxa7 Ke7 19. f3 h5 20. Bd4 f6 21. Be3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 e5

[@anotheraccess2518]

9:10 also an almost impossible move to find after 31. Qb4 Qd3, white plays 32. c4

[@travism8597]

11:37 "and it was in this position Magnus Carlson resigned the game " yea you don't hear that alot

[@ex0duzz]

@5:12, what happens if black plays e5 after Bf4, forking knight and bishop?

[@ethereal7419]

White can get out of the fork by playing Nf5.

[@Paul-vl9hw]

@@thatisamazing912 calm down dude.

[@alexanderkrumov4296]

Great stuff as always. P.s Could you please turn up your microphone for future videos?

[@jryer1]

Wow, nice win by Ding, pressure on black the entire last half of the game was very apparent

[@whitekiltwhitekilt1611]

Hello there Agadmator. Exciting match. Ding is Wise. CheckMate in the center of the board is difficult. Queen sacrifices declined more than once. Ding played His game. Thank u.

[@JJ-kl7eq]

I believe that Medo is actually a spectator at the dog chess tournament that’s also running at this time, The St. Bernard Rabid and Spitz. Cujos to last year’s winner, the Taco Bell chihuahua.

[@da96103]

Might as well Medo is not here. Medo would be traumatized by Carlsen's display here and Agad would have to take him to the psychiatric vet.

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

The RABID St. Bernard: bites kill! :)

[@emsnewssupkis6453]

And Cujo is one scary hound dog of a player.

[@greatwhite_Pirate]

At 11:13, if we push the pawn its also winning. Coz it brings the queen into the game and threatens mate in one!

[@hassenoulefki]

exactly that's a mate in two the move showed and played is unnecessary

[@manuadhish1322]

No its a draw because there is a perpetual check Qd1+ and Qh5+

[@greatwhite_Pirate]

Yeah i got that after reading cmmnts

[@hassenoulefki]

ah fool me my bad i didn't see that

[@LavrencicUrban]

JUST ABOUT TO ENJOY ANTONIO'S TRILOGY! WHAT A TREAT!

[@W4rfire]

Sorry if the question is too dumb for most here, but why can't Ding simply play e5 now at 1:17? Because of Nxe4, Lxd8, Nxc3, bxc3, Bxc3+? Would that really be an davantage for black? Or is there something else I miss right now?

[@chessmagician2024]

doesn't rxe6 not work at 9:53 because black has rxd4 in response? preventing mate and threatening to take the rook next move? I guess the queen can jump in to g6 but idk if that's a forced mate or not tbh

[@zoeylockwood]

at 6:25, why doesn't white capture the rook on d8, followed by capturing the bishop on b7?

[@chrishauser5505]

Great game from Liren!

[@nonothik]

7:29 "You're down the exch... er... a full ROOK!"

[@josephcallahan1664]

Well played Ding! Is this a preview of the next championship match?

[@gregocanepa]

Question: in 11:21 could it also be pawn to C8 and after black rook captures, white queen to G7? Wouldn't that be checkmate as well?

[@fullMontyist]

No worries with the change of location. A fresh scenery is always appreciated.

[@nittur1008]

#question Hi, agad... For a beginner end game study is recommended, but with sneaky attacks like the fried-liver attack studying openings would make you not lose in the beginning. So as a beginner which is the best way to start learning?

[@damohanson5393]

Thanks for the heads up on Medo. After all he does add a lot to the Agagmator ambience.

[@kevinjulian7416]

#suggestion can you increase your video volume, somehow the last few videos since you move have pretty low volume on my devices

[@sanjaymistry573]

11:02 Pawn c7 to c8 is checkmate in just 2 move, no need to sacrifice queen.

[@michaelwei7577]

11:23 What about promoting the pawn directly? Either you get an additional queen and win the rook, or you checkmate on the next move.

[@davidcopson5800]

You missed Qd1+ forcing a draw.

[@michaelwei7577]

@@davidcopson5800 Thank you for your clarification!

[@davidcopson5800]

@@michaelwei7577 No problem. Chess is a complex game which can change rapidly within a couple of moves. It is easy to miss something when you focus on the 'obvious'. That's why chess is brilliant but also difficult.

[@shankara3853]

At 11:14 won't just promotion do the trick?if rook captures Qxg7# If uncaptured thn white is a whole queen up ...or is there something am missing?

[@shankara3853]

Can someone plz clarify

[@kai9720]

11:15 Wouldn’t it be better to first promote the pawn, and after rook captures Queen to g7 is checkmate. Am I missing something?

[@anujmehta8979]

That's what I saw too. Not sure what I missed, but maybe black doesn't capture the queen and somehow hangs on for a draw?

[@shailendrakoyande]

@@anujmehta8979 yeah there is perpetual check Qd1+ and Qh5+ it is therefore draw

[@davidcopson5800]

@@shailendrakoyande Absolutely. I've pointed this out to several others who asked the same. You need to consider everything with chess; it is easy to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

[@arnaldosandoval453]

A 3 videos weekend, wow; thanks for the update on Medo's

[@rentumamao457]

Can someone explain to me why e5 was not played by white when black played b5? Thanks

[@HargroveNation-100]

11:10 isn’t it possible to just go c8=Q as in if the rook captures c8 then checkmate On g7 and if any other move Qxc8 I cant see anything else but it looks promising

[@davidcopson5800]

Black plays Qd1+

[@VinayKumar-ms2fx]

#suggestion. Increase your volume it's a bit low

[@gressorialNanites]

4:52 agadmator taking a tempo just to improve his position.

[@crewberggren7669]

HydroGlobus as soon a he said “let me just improve this” I knew someone would say this in the comments

[@svend555]

11:13 when i paused the video i thougt that pushing the pawn will win the game either you capturer on c8. and getting checkmattet on g7. Because the rook is covering the g7 square and the queen is eying it. and therefore will there be checkmate.? #Agadmatorresponse

[@zvone4016]

same question...

[@bhavyasrivastava1889]

I'm just not used to hearing "It was in this position that Magnus Carlsen resigned the game"

[@pikante2986]

This morning i was rly surprise when i saw agadmator in cafe bar Best,i was like wtf why is he not preaperring new video,and man u look much smaller on youtube.

[@napoleon2eme]

8:26 I found Qd1. Doesn’t that come with the same idea as Qe2?

[@affe15396]

Couldn't he also have played pawn to c8 because if he captured then with queen to g7 would be the end as well or do I miss sth. I'm not a good chess player I am just curious

[@affe15396]

@@tobyhawkins Oh thank you

[@VR471]

@@tobyhawkins That's a draw by repetition, not a stalemate.

[@tobyhawkins]

@@VR471 Sorry, that's what I meant. Thanks for the correction.

[@perchix5252]

8:30 why not Rxe5 insfead of Qe2? it is much faster, you still can't capture because of backrank and you lost a bishop

[@thanakorn7603]

Yeah winning a bishop is better than checkmate!

[@perchix5252]

Zytama better safe than sorry, grabbing extra material

[@yourimora5010]

White just plays Rf1. It's a minor advantage for Black instead of checkmate in 9.

[@thanakorn7603]

@@perchix5252 yeah you are absolutely right! Who likes checkmate anyway, if you could grab a bishop for free and equalize á la Anish Giri!

[@emmanuelquintana5200]

11:08 how about pawn to c8 sacrificing the queen and then queen to g7?

[@emmanouilpapalevizakis]

At 11:10 wasn't the winning move Pc8(become queen), because if he captures with the rook we have Qg7# (checkmate)???

[@VR471]

Why would black capture? Qd1+ and it's either a draw by repetition or mate in 2 with both of white's queens taking the role of silent spectators.

[@eyalitmanager]

Great game by Ding!

[@gavdav1299]

At 11:15, what about pawn to c8, bring a queen in, Rook captures c8, then queen to g7 mate? I found that line and thought for sure I got it right! Maybe next time

[@hamoonhassan2573]

Qd1+ Kh2 Qh5+ perpetual check leads to draw

[@MichaelChandra00]

Come here after Ding lost against Gukesh, heart breaking but we will always remember when Ding is almost a kryptonite for Carlsen. Wish him could won Rapid or Blitz Championship too to make up for his lost. Good luck Ding

[@kurtzipagan6704]

11:10 what's wrong with make a queen first?The rook can't capture because there's a mate in 1 in next move and it's queen g7 so for example the black moves his queen to g6 to help to the defense but the queen you just make will capture the rook so it's two queen and a rook againts one queen so it's too much in material.

[@kurtzipagan6704]

Never mind I just find queen d1,Black threatens white perpetual checks so it just leads to a draw hehe

[@golfelion2304]

Congrats to Ding. MVL vs RAPPORT game, another gem

[@TheFieryFledgling]

11:17 does c8 work? it seems like black is getting mated after that very soon. Did I miss something? Blacks King can't escape to g6 because Rxg6 will be mate and if black captures the queen on c8 than Qxg7 is mate.

[@davidcopson5800]

You missed Qd1+ forcing a draw.