Entire Chess World In Meltdown Over Bizarre New Opening

Entire Chess World Freaking Over Bizarre New Opening - Magnus Carlsen takes up this bizzare chess opening Viih-Sou! Played By Brandon Jacobson against Daniel Naroditsky with success and now everyone taking up this crazy chess, including Magnus Carlsen in this early Titled Tuesday chess game on chess.com 7th May 2024 early tournament.
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[@cryptoskywalker1714]

“Mom and dad completely ashamed. Get back out there, you loser of a pony.”🤣 That was hilarious.

[@floodo1]

lolololololololol

[@GaryMillyz]

That was amazing- actually laughed out loud

[@adamrad2220]

I actually laughed out loud at that comment.

[@RandomGuyOnYoutube601]

I cringed.

[@sombra1111]

​@@RandomGuyOnKZbin601 Wow! You must be so cool! The life of the party! Do you have a best friend already? Pick me!!

[@jafulton89]

Magnus went 7 wins 3 draws with this opening for those interested lol.

[@richystyles]

Can't wait to see Gotham's video on this 😄

[@thebenc1537]

Magnus could have that same record if he playe 1. Nc3 ... 2. Nb1. lol

[@HelloWorld12347]

very conveniently ignored the 1 loss. 8.5 out of 11. The lost game against Paulius Pultine seems like the antidote to this opening. The bar just never picked up. It just went lower and lower right from the beginning till the end.

[@giovannip8600]

Where do you see it?

[@billj4525]

Considering how bad his positions were in all those games, that score is remarkable. He had atrocious positions every game. Completely losing. It's almost like he was trying to give his opponents extreme odds.

[@joseraulcapablanca8564]

Magnus was angry that someone else had tried a stupid line, he had to show who was boss. thanks James

[@zanetusken]

Why the fuck would anyone get banned for any legal move?? So stupid.

[@QuantumHistorian]

Lol, excellent trolling by Magnus. If I didn't know better, I'd say playing this is a hint that he thinks that player was unfairly banned.

[@uduehdjztyfjrdjciv2160]

So he thinks Brandon really strong enough to rape naroditsky with this opening? it was not just sole lucky gam, Brandon shredded danya in big amount of games😂

[@mikecroke6078]

Honestly there might be something to this theory

[@robinwells5343]

Exactly what I was thinking

[@paulsontag9233]

Where else can you hear Charles Bronson dialogue from Telefon? Brilliant job covering the latest controversy!

[@yahz137]

Can you explain why that's not a hint that he thinks that player was unfairly banned?

[@Etherglide]

Magnus deliberately played this opening to exonerate Jacobsen. Nobody is banning Magnus for a4.

[@user-sw8vb2qo8y]

Was the guy really cancelled for playing a4? Did the woke mob infiltrate chess too?

[@kevinmathewson4272]

@@user-sw8vb2qo8y wokism: famously, the belief that old traditions should be upheld at the cost of anyone who doesn't fit in.

[@iwakuralain3064]

​@@kevinmathewson4272conventions, not traditions

[@bigredneck789]

​@@kevinmathewson4272yawn

[@Arphemius]

@@kevinmathewson4272 Not necessarily old, but _established_ traditions, yes.

[@johnwest7993]

I don't think GM Jacobson cheated. I think he got very proficient with an unusual opening and its development and caught very strong GM's like Daniel by surprise.

[@DipanGhosh]

Yeah makes sense. Also the tilt of losing to such a disgusting opening is a factor to consider.

[@paulsontag9233]

He’s written an essay on Reddit saying this!

[@end.olives]

Also playing with 3 min on clock makes it work like a charm

[@ammarkhan7371]

Yeah and when we know we are winning specially like this then we feel that nerves or we get scared thinking he is a cheater or something

[@mendelson6052]

@@paulsontag9233He’s a redditor? Gross

[@twinny619]

The amount of disrespect shown here by giving all his opponents the exchange, he's on a different level to all

[@billj4525]

His score given the massive advantage all his opponents had is pretty amazing.

[@DavidEmerling79]

Spotting grandmasters the exchange in the first few moves of the game with ZERO compensation and then going on to win is a remarkable achievement.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Classy protesting by Magnus here.

[@Etherglide]

Spot on my friend.

[@garygolem]

13:01 "hang on, I just lost the game... What did I do?" Story of my life

[@user-jg7hn4sf2p]

Btw The point is that Rf8 can be played in Kf5 line

[@guyf9028]

I think this is why Magnus is pushing for more Fischer/960/Freestyle chess. You have to think on your feet and there's no one better at that. He just starts with any old opening moves and if he digs himself into a hole, then the fun comes for him in figuring out how to get out of that hole.

[@AlwaysForgets]

Countless of players are better at that, Magnus is known for his great memorization of entire games, the chess/Magnus popularizing episode of 60 minutes claimed it was over 10,000 but it is much greater than that and it keeps on growing. Magnus is where he is at precisely because of that, if he were anywhere close to the best at thinking on his feet in chess he'd be 3000 OTB or at least 2900, because perfect chess memory plus perfect chess intelligence would make one virtually unbeatable.

[@radscorpion8]

@@AlwaysForgets but are they really so different? What does it mean to think on your feet? It means you mentally have to move pieces while retaining a perfect image of the board after each move. So that requires the use of memory anyway. This idea that memory is used ONLY to remember complex lines is silly, its used in both cases. And the better your memory is, the deeper you can "think on your feet" and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of various positions. I think he likes 960 because, often times you can get away with certain extremely well practiced lines, and be in such an advantage that you don't need to think on your own that much afterwards. And that's where chess is sort of being ruined. But its not a battle between memory and the ability to play spontaneously, unless you are in a bullet or rapid chess scenario, but it is honestly difficult to consider that real chess anyway.

[@zoobiewa]

​Working memory and long-term memory are very different things. ​@@radscorpion8

[@Dc-kk9bd]

This isn't a new opening. Literally every beginner I've ever played has tried that same thing

[@snwyn]

Lmao I used to play it too when I started out xd

[@RobertJWaid]

The difference is every beginner that played it lost to someone slightly more experienced.

[@Dc-kk9bd]

@@RobertJWaid any opening will lose to someone better

[@John-dw5pn]

@Dc-kk9bd too funny 😄

[@RaindropsBleeding]

I used to play this opening before I learned the names of any openings

[@deepsouthcountry2566]

"mom & dad absolutely ashamed" 😭😂😂

[@armynyus9123]

I think we begin to need TWO eval bars. One for: If the best moves WOULD be played. The other considering the propability to find them, in the availble time given.

[@allanshpeley4284]

Correcting for elo on the second bar might be good too.

[@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573]

If the best moves *were to be* played. FTFY. You can't use "if" and "would" in the same clause, unless it's something like "if you would like some coffee".

[@armynyus9123]

@@apokalypthoapokalypsys9573 OH! I beg a pardon, connected with a big thank you! ..were to be played sounds so much better. Now I'm curious: "WHEN the best moves would be played.'" - would THAT be correct English?

[@CGoody564]

​@@armynyus9123 no; I believe "if" would be correct, because "when" implies an inevitable certainty, while "if" leaves the possibility for it not to occur.

[@armynyus9123]

@@CGoody564 got it, ty!

[@user-sw8vb2qo8y]

It is not a new opening. It is a way of Magnus giving an opponent a head start to make the game more interesting. Anyone else would have gotten crushed.

[@gepardtilly]

Was like a football commentator, very entertaining.

[@mikecroke6078]

Of course magnus is playing this 😂

[@uduehdjztyfjrdjciv2160]

New imba opening "queen's rook gambit accepted"

[@daviddurbin7682]

I think that Jacobson should be exonerated

[@endthisnonsense7202]

I think that was Magnus' point.

[@daviddurbin7682]

Wow ask jeeves! That's an old school reference lol

[@epicchess2021]

haha

[@Flavourtorical3220]

"swashbuckling" lmao most British thing I've heard today.

[@briansmith3566]

Magnus excels at pulling people out of familiar waters and drowning them.

[@benjaminfranklinkivettiv9433]

Its just a fact. Magnus is just on a different level. Sometimes it seems he intentionally screws around in the opening and mid game. Just to see how many moves it will take him to win in the end game

[@JimJWalker]

If you think about it. Materially white is down 2 pawns (rook for a bishop). But, what is white gaining in return? White gets blacks best bishop, a tempo, free development of the knight on b1, and white sheds the queenside rook that normally goes undeveloped for at least 10-15 moves. It strangely makes sense.

[@larslover6559]

White doesnt gain a tempo here though. Its still just one piece development ahead. And also, putting the knight on the edge is hardly advantage

[@Puschit1]

Reminds me of the bongcloud incident. Hikaru played the bongcloud in a serious tournament and everybody was going to get bonkers how disrespectful that is. But Magnus happened to be a co-commentator and he played along, coughing up explanations why this is playable and so on. I mean, it's Magnus Carlson, if he says so nobody can prove him wrong. The confused faces of the other commentators was gold.

[@patrickmuller7334]

I want a link to that!

[@Puschit1]

@@patrickmuller7334 kzbin.info/www/bejne/p3K3nWdnhMudq9E

[@Puschit1]

@@patrickmuller7334 Link: watch?v=qATl41Ofjuo The commentary part with Carlson begins at 16:50 minutes but maybe watch the entire thingy

[@felixhuang6590]

Magnus Carlson does this on a regular basis, he plays meme openers against other GMs and still wins. That's why he's Magnus Carlson and the rest of us are mere mortals.

[@strek45]

babe wake up, the funny english chessman posted another magnus video

[@epicchess2021]

😆

[@alwaysfourfun1671]

Magnus playing this exonerates Jacobson.

[@thebenc1537]

The biship fiancheetos, the cheese that goes crunch.

[@dontvoteforanybody3715]

This is not new. I'm old enough to remember when GM Duncan Suttles was clobbering Canadian masters with this opening in speed chess. It was the mid-1970s.

[@epicchess2021]

Oh cool fair enough haha

[@daviddurbin7682]

Then Robert Frost reference. Cool video

[@epicchess2021]

yeah one of my favourite poems that

[@niarbasdeenohw]

(3:27)-wht/Magnus:Q/F4 -black, RK/E7 (error): [black, BP/C2, King can cover the pawn cauz no threat from wht/Queen] -wht, defense move, likely RK/C2 -blk, QN/C2 -wht, defensive move (doesn't matter) -blk, great position for a "trident" strike (wait to move 1 of the 3 pawns in front of king until threatened... -wht, in real danger...

[@sampleoffers1978]

That's why shenanigans with clock is such sin against the art on some sites because it's the real time reads of position that's so thrilling. Knowing to build or pivot with queen vs clock was story there.

[@golvellius6855]

This goes to show you that the same openings aren't just the go to openings to be competitive

[@tarasov9794]

0:57 "horrendous placement [of the knight]" - I think that is where the problem in thinking may be found, because it is way too early for this sort of qualitative judgement of placement, which depends on ones intent, the placement of enemy pieces and esp. the king. And also, the knight is rather fast for it to relocate wherever one wishes it to be on the board. Briefly: this estimation is early and rooted more in traditional thinking, rather than in reason.

[@exdejesus]

Awesome recap! Thank you!

[@segercliffhanger]

I hate echoing jokes if they're not mine, but fiancheato is good :). I might echo it further at the club. Ask Jeeves, too, thanks, I'll be using that as my own, so you know. The Magnus effect working like a charm again, where opponents are both stirred and shaken and simply can't sit in the accelerator as long as the former World Champion.

[@epicchess2021]

Haha yeah but I also stole that , that one from hikaru (fiancheeto) lol. I mean I borrow lots of phrases from all over 😁 and yeah agreed!

[@evelynn4273]

Can we now admit how much of modern chess is simply memorization and understand how chess players of today aren't necessarily better than players from the past?

[@zaksmith1035]

It’s not memorization of lines, but familiarity with structures that makes the opening so important. Knowing the themes and strategic angles of a position makes a GM able to get into and play the position more naturally and easily, without using time.

[@dmitripogosian5084]

@@zaksmith1035 But it looks like many are spectacularily (for their level) bad in endgames

[@reckoner1913]

Comparing blitz games today with inevitable blunders with classical games played in the past is incredibly stupid.

[@StickmanWithARocketSword]

Magnus obviously loves positions that challenge him, rather than rote memorization, or this game wouldn't happen. It was also a blitz game and somewhat of an exhibition by him. Classical vs classical, Magnus stacks up in beauty of positional chess with the best in history.

[@Overt_Erre]

It's memorization, pattern recognition, some creativity and playing with the opponent's mind. A lot of people like to discount chess as "memorization", but thatn is just the groundwork the game is based on. At some point you have to choose to make weird moves to throw the game into unfamiliar territory for your opponent, like we see in this video.

[@elektron2kim666]

I won a lot of my attempts in Bullet, online. It was a part of my openings for quite long any way. A passive rook doesn't do anything for a long time. Missing that bishop is worse.

[@GregJ22]

He had a mate in one against naka but decided to grind out the endgame instead.

[@HelloWorld12347]

thats a different level of simping. He obviously missed the easiest mate in 1 with more than 1:30 left on the clock.

[@GregJ22]

After trolling hardcore in the early event he decided to win the late one with 9.5/11

[@moosewild4239]

LOL " mom and dad absolutely ashamed". Brilliant commentary. Kudos

[@jesleysnipes3758]

absolutely love your commentary! laughed several times, keep it up

[@epicchess2021]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@CHILLknowsfootball]

When you're the best in the world you can do funky stuff and still eek out a win

[@kevinbyrne4538]

If a beginner played like this, he'd have his hand slapped by his instructor. Magnus: My opponent plays so badly that I can play like a beginner and still win.

[@mossig]

I used that opening every time 10 years ago to beat the Microsoft chess computer on the highest level. Just aggressively exchange away until there is only a few pieces left and then bore the computer to death!

[@paulsontag9233]

Where else can you hear Charles Bronson dialogue from Telefon? Brilliant job covering the latest controversy!

[@kingmo565]

It'll be hard to outdo the bizarreness of this opening.

[@Sagitarria]

once you are top of the standard moves it makes sense to start playing in the unknown spaces

[@robertlester9566]

This story is so amazing. Awesome MC is also now playing the line!

[@plasticrap4577]

Dang, that was wild! Great review! Thanks for all the input! Your details made this game so much more exciting!

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot glad you enjoyed!

[@radscorpion8]

13:00 i love how ruthless the computer is to all chess commentators. Always points out that you're wrong :P

[@nuke999170]

I used this opening years ago and it was pretty good against opponents that tend to overestimate themselves. I called it "The rook gambit opening"

[@samford5153]

Saw the thumbnail and was surprised to see Bam margera was into chess

[@theupperechelon7634]

Played against Norwegian opponents in 2004 that only opened this way. I've called it the Norwegian opening since.

[@wayneprescott5648]

That is some of the wildest most awesomely entertaining chess commentary I have heard in my life. Excellent, You should be sponsored and well remunerated, thank you!

[@epicchess2021]

Haha thanks a lot much appreciated

[@thui7889]

Magnus is King from One Punch Man. He wins by having opponents blunder, overestimating his powers

[@LeoMumford]

I understand. Like when William The Conqueror won against the Duke of Normandy in the battle of Hastings, this guy keeps giving his opponent targets in order to get his opponent to over commit his pieces and leave the King unprotected. Maybe the solution is to always move back to protect the king. That's what he seems to do and it works because the Chess pieces function best as a unit of pieces that are close to each other. If you leave your back line too far behind then you can be cut up.

[@JohnAlbertRigali]

William the Conqueror was the Duke of Normandy when he invaded England. He won against Harold Godwinson at Hastings.

[@raylopez99]

Amazing. Surreal play. And we learned about a Lucerna position from James, named after my friend Spaniard Luis Ramírez de Lucena.. That's why this channel is #1 for serious players.

[@nigelrhodes4330]

I basically played this identical game against my uncle back in the 90's who was a state level chess player, he hated me :) .

[@superuser8636]

My ELO is like 100 and I don’t know why this is a bizarre opening when I literally do this every time 😂

[@armartin0003]

I played this game before thirty years ago as white, but I lost when I took the pawn on A5. My father (also my chess coach at the time) lambasted me about my knights. I never opened that way again.

[@niarbasdeenohw]

(3:41)-blk, A/5 (error... according to pieces on board, as played)

[@pacman4568]

Chess is about sacrifices to give your opponent a piece up, then recover later while taking control of the centre. Knights and Bishops, baby. So many wasted moves and thinking only one move ahead.

[@HelloWorld12347]

Cover the Magnus-Hikaru game in Late Titled Tuesday. There is a very very easy missed Mate in 1 by Magnus (with 1:32 remaining on the clock)

[@epicchess2021]

Will do thank you

[@HelloWorld12347]

@@epicchess2021 thanks man. You are really funny. Keep doing the good work!

[@jonphebus6720]

Brother - you made this game so exciting - GREAT CHANNEL - instant subscriber!! I only play "at" chess = you made this feel alive!!!

[@epicchess2021]

Oh awesome thanks a lot appreciate the feedback!

[@ballhawk387]

Rule #1: when a great player makes a move that seems utterly stupid, you're being set up.

[@boreduser12]

Does Magnus go back to watch and see what the 3200 AI would have done? Feels like he just goes into the next.

[@ArkadiaII]

I've been playing this or double rook opening for 40 years with a win average. When I played above my position in school tournaments this would give me great stalemate outcomes and points for the team.

[@boreduser12]

Chess is basically people knowing what move to do when another move is done. There is no real time analyzing, unless you're Magnus.

[@Azhureus]

I used to play this when I was kid in a chest club. I mostly lost, but I still played it, it was fun.

[@spunkybrewster1972]

I have no idea about chess culture, but this seems like a NHL line brawl at the opening whistle.

[@epicchess2021]

unfortunately I have now clue about NHL so don't know what this is lol sorry

[@HowThatHappen]

Geeze man I hope Magnus doesn't get banned as well

[@maximos905]

I used to do this opening a lot when i was a kid and didnt know the fundamentals

[@eadghe]

Dude looks like Bam Margera in the thumb.

[@maco144]

@7:50 Why not black queen to D4 instead of knight? Start simplifying the advantage with a check.

[@kilrain_dev]

Ask Jeeves, man I haven't heard that for a time

[@mysticone1798]

Amazing! I wouldn't have believed it if I hadn't seen it myself.

[@MyNameIsChristBringsASword]

This is the first time I've seen your play by play chess and it's brilliant.

[@epicchess2021]

Thanks a lot appreciate it!

[@trentostgaard]

I just watched some FM on lichess defeat an IM 200+ rated above him in bullet a few times losing tempo out of the opener moving his knight back and forth on the original square many times before proceeding. I am inspired, an original idea, like passing turn in variants, here at least sacrificing an exchange is not too unordinary later on in a game.

[@sam-lz6pi]

Gutted for Kacper. He played so well.

[@simchazamir9285]

Great commentary.

[@niarbasdeenohw]

(3:50)-wht, Q/D2 (now has 50/50 because blk moved RK/E7 & didn't execute BP/C2 earlier... leading to exchange of pieces & up 3... no exchange, up 1...) *even if wht didn't move RK/C2 (take blk, BP) still woul have lost 2PWN+KNT... -blk, still has opportunity as board sits now... unless he makes another big mistake... then wht/Mag will have around 65/35 - advantage

[@steveurick3044]

Great videos. Explaining most moves so that beginners like me can understand, and always witty. Thanks!

[@epicchess2021]

glad you enjoyed thanks for watching!

[@zvonimirtosic6171]

All these GMs fall for the same trick, over and over again. Carlsen plays crazy openings for lure them forward, while in the back, their pawns stay cemented, pieces undeveloped. A big, big mistake. At that same time, Carlsen manoeuvres to structure his ranks for some sort of fortress or deadly attack.

[@HelloWorld12347]

he got destroyed by one of the players in early titled tuesday when he played this opening. Like literally the bar just kept going down and down since the beginning

[@dmitripogosian5084]

That is certainly not what happened in this game

[@KegstandOG]

If "garbage play" wins. Was it ever really garbage to begin with?

[@craigtodd8297]

I was doing this opening when Magnus was in nappies.

[@raygordonteacheschess5501]

There's a guy who's played this online for years it's very easy to bust...for me, since I know how to play the opening.

[@jeroenwillems5188]

Here was I thinking I pressed clickbait again. Just to watch an ever so slightly off book opening. Boy... was I wrong

[@epicchess2021]

Oh thanks lol

[@escrow9004]

How'd you get this theme mate? Very nice shade of blue

[@epicchess2021]

I think it’s standard on the tournament they apply it to titled Tuesday not me

[@michaelmassaro4375]

Tight game a lot of GMs like these Blitz style games Hikaru Magnus they play so many of them talented players playing with confidence they expect to win being they are the better players the only games I play are Daily games sometimes they’ll turn into a kind of Blitz game depending on how quickly players make moves have to admire the pros thanks for the game James

[@jhudson_tiedye]

Raw rook is a great opening, Ive been playing a variation for years, 1 a4, 2 b3, 3 Ra3, 4Bxa3. Or on the opposite side of the board for black. This variation seems much tougher to win, so props to those playing it. It does catch people off guard and I think they are more likely to make mistakes..I looked up my variation some time ago and I found a 2000 rated player that also liked to play it, I cap at around 1200 but id like to see this opening get picked up... Hikaru raw rook speedrun?

[@epicchess2021]

Would enjoy that

[@knightofyourlife]

This is not a bizarre new opening at all, what are you talking about. I have been using the side openings for years.

[@chrispysaid]

as someone who knows absolutely nothing about chess, this was very confusing and you seemed very confident about saying letters and numbers this was like the most confusing sports announcer ever

[@billkeithchannel]

IKR. But I did guess correctly the move that black was going to make in that pivotal moment even though I knew white was going to win (thanks to the video title). I completely forgot about that white pawn which did take that rook, and obviously so did he.

[@WilliamBarker]

It was a Stockfish opening....remember?

[@guimello_silva]

somehow I don't know Chess, but I find this very entertaining. I also love goats doing their thing

[@epicchess2021]

yeah same, love watching like Tiger Woods and Michael Jordan etc

[@Rocksite1]

I would tend to think Magnus is just trying to show his strength with a weird opening, as he often does. Of course, he's analyzed them deeply. Then again, he might very well be trying to exonerate GM Jacobson. Has anybody asked him if he was playing a weak opening to prove his strength, or if he believes it's a sound enough opening for blitz? I'd be interested to hear him describe the advantage the sacrifice gives one in that case. Then again, in demonstration matches, Morphy would spot his opponents a piece and still win. Maybe Magnus decided to test out the soundness of the opening this way.

[@epicchess2021]

He was doing it because another guy kept playing it and got banned for cheating!

[@Rocksite1]

​@@epicchess2021 Well, I guess you've recapped the basic known facts. That still doesn't answer if Magnus thinks it is sound, if he was trying to defend the guy's honor by showing it's sound, or just showing off. More to the point, has anybody ASKED Magnus any of this? Good chan.

[@Daeyel]

Sounds to me like he is proving a point. The guy was banned because he was 'cheating'. No, he was banned for embarrassing high level chess players who had not memorized the proper moves for that opening. He was banned for injuring someone's pride. And Magnus is telling them to go f^*$# themselves, because catching someone off guard by playing unmemorized openings is perfectly legit chess.

[@TymexComputing]

1:30 fianchetto (fian keto) ket like in kettle ;)

[@epicchess2021]

Yeah I was playing thanks tho

[@apollocobain8363]

1:32 LOL "Get back out there you loser of a pony!"

[@Smo1k]

2:57 rook move. That's where the foot slipped. Magnus played the early rook loss due to seeing that rooks are over rated in the early game: Position means more.

[@Smo1k]

qc5: Tell me again what happens if white exchanges?