Fabiano Caruana vs Magnus Carlsen | Game 1 - 2018 World Chess Championship

[@DextahPC]

Hey Jerry. It’s Bluedasher. You used to give me chess lessons when I was 13 years old. I’m 21 now and in the Army. Just got back into chess after 5 years off and I feel so much more compelled to learn it in depth and take it seriously. Of course I stumbled across your channel again and I’m proud to see that you’re sticking true to what you love. Take care, friend.

[@ChessNetwork]

Hey! :) Great to read that Bluedasher. Long time... Thank you for your service.

[@wesmoto2550]

whats your rating now dextah?

[@DextahPC]

1800 classical on lichess @@wesmoto2550

[@wesmoto2550]

@@DextahPC damn thats really good man. thank you for your service I just got out after 4 years

[@koyaaanisquatsi]

I just want to take a moment and say thank you Jerry for what you do. I got into chess because of your channel!

[@Joshman345]

Yes, his in depth knowledge of the game makes commentary a treat to listen to.

[@aarona493]

"I could draw this position." -Jerry

[@LthiagoR]

Epic, then apologysing for that. lol

[@jaydavidrn82]

I believe he could!

[@0077725]

I figure I would reply to your comment because it has the most thumbs up. Anyone who is interested in paying for the Live Stream of these championships on worldchess.com (which is $20) let me say the following (as I have bought it): The live stream can be slow to update the virtual chess board, some people had major problems with the cameras not working (not really me, mine was mostly fine) and apparently there are channels on youtube that have basically the same thing but for no cost. I'm happy with paying, but it may not be necessary. As for Jerry's twitch coverage: his Lichess board is slow to update (so sometimes several moves are made before he is aware), but his analysis and commentary are top notch, so much so I ended up having the livestream and his channel up in different tabs and I ended up watching the entire match. Highly recommend watching if you are able to.

[@Narrowcros]

That endgame was very easy to draw

[@rmendeljacobs2832]

@@Narrowcros I can hear the sarcasm lol

[@Badbishop4point3]

Didn't watch any other review. Waited for yours. Good work sir.

[@frocify]

So did I 👍

[@MMondayTTuesday]

and I ...

[@Sitzriese]

and I

[@julienbo]

Me too. I was seeing all those quick online video but didnt want to know the outcome.

[@diegeigergarnele7975]

I've seen it partially live but missed the middlegame so I also needed this to know

[@parkerscanlon6784]

Jerry would have won

[@rainerrafferty]

dude lmao

[@isaacstevens5415]

Jerry is obviously actually "Jerry" Kasparov undercover, using special software to disguise his voice.

[@silverzero9524]

@@isaacstevens5415 lol

[@monhousmoked8896]

but he didnt

[@govindhramamoorthy8721]

Burst out laughing when you said: " white looks to pack up and run"🤣🤣🤣🤣 Jerry, you're awesome man!! Thanks for the excellent commentary!!

[@lol_Ozma]

Yeah I laughed too

[@guyfawkes469]

Failing to convert a winning position must have made Magnus sleepless that night.

[@dallasmavsfan41hove]

Jerry, I've been watching your videos with my young, chess obsessed son all year. I was so glad that you did the live commentary. You were fantastic. I watched pretty much the whole thing all day and then covered highlights with him later. Thanks for doing a wrap-up as well. You are a horse, wow...keep up the great work!

[@michaelferguson8438]

Thank you for coverage. Your teaching style of explaining resonates the best for me, and hopefully many others.

[@Dakakeisalie]

As a terrible chess player but enjoyer of your videos, I would appreciate if you put the a-h and 1-8 scales on the chess board. I can't remember where your callouts are quickly enough because I'm a noob. Thanks

[@Asdayasman]

From W's perspective, it's a-h along the bottom, 1-8 from bottom to top.

[@cptnoremac]

@@Asdayasman Yeah, but it still takes time to count.

[@leftaroundabout]

I never managed to learn which square is which until I played a couple of games on a board which had *no* letters and numbers. If you look it up, you only get distracted and memoise the position _on the boundary_ instead of the position on the board.

[@Asdayasman]

cptnoremac Only until you get used to it. It's like typing - I don't have to work out where every letter is any more because I've done it so much.

[@cptnoremac]

@@Asdayasman Good for you, but not everyone wants to do that.

[@mooneulogy8717]

I'm positive Magnus saw the rook g3 idea but wasn't willing to risk a miscalculation. That's a move he would play in blitz immediately with nothing on the line

[@threethrushes]

Sometimes being the Champion requires steel balls. Sometimes it requires being cautious. You could forgive Magnuts to err on the side of caution but wouldn't we love him to unleash the power of the dark side he has in blitz!

[@deridivisstar884]

I'm sure he just messed up.... He should have done the move. Didn't you watch Jerry point out the victory if Magnus played the move?

[@mooneulogy8717]

@@deridivisstar884 didnt you read my comment?

[@deridivisstar884]

@@mooneulogy8717 yeah, I'm just saying he time to think about the move so how did he miss it.

[@il2xbox]

Game was so long even the computer got tired lmao

[@maxcoy1771]

Was watching this in between classes throughout the school day, what a journey. Loved the commentary Jerry, can't wait for the next game

[@Owen_loves_Butters]

Imagine having to think very hard for 7 hours straight.

[@markyoung5467]

Well done for producing a really good video this quickly - thanks very much Jerry

[@kennethwright8081]

Thanks for you time and effort Jerry. It doesn't go unnoticed we appreciate it.

[@11Brawlman]

You commentate and analyze chess like no one else does. I can't find one person who teaches the way you do, keep up the good stuff!

[@chriscosta9248]

I was watching you all 7 hours and as soon as you upload the game again I watch it, I am prob a bit crazy

[@Luper1billion]

my favorite coverage of the world championships, thanks for the good work

[@InDaTuBe101]

hey thanx so much for posting so promptly. You are a legend Jerry

[@tosin4arsenal]

Thank you Jerry! For taking your day to produce this for us!

[@naturalsquasher]

Cricket is a day long sport and there are at least four commentators that rotate during the game. We need four Jerrys for these long chess matches. Thanks for live streaming and also making this wonderful analysis. I hope you got good rest last night.

[@user-ox6vc2zc3h]

I've been waiting for this... thx Jerry! I got to catch a few moves live with you today and have been waiting to see the entire game. Thank you for the great content!

[@RoyGazoff]

Thanks, Jerry! As always, full and useful comments. Saving time, making things instructive.

[@umchoyka]

I love your WCC coverage. I look forward to it every year!

[@maxischmidt1299]

For the next days/weeks I will turn into an addict, consuming every analysis that you post. Thank you for your work!

[@dgmisal1979]

Been waiting for this all day! Thanks, Jerry!

[@isaacstevens5415]

Thanks for making these great videos so fast!

[@kakashi76767]

Great analysis as always. You were very sharp and entertaining during the livestream. Magnus must be absolutely sick... This kind of missed opportunity really bothers players, especially Magnus. Meanwhile Fabi gets a psychological boost knowing that he escaped multiple lost positions. The pressure of his first world championship game won't be so bad in the next games. Sometimes this kind of thing turns Magnus into the Hulk tho, lol. Fabi won't like him when he's angry...

[@trevorbavarskas3106]

I love it, well said!

[@julianr7124]

Trevor Bavarskas I agree!

[@nr1771]

Carlsen missed some opportunities, yes, but on the other hand, drawing a game as white is not what you want.

[@jangtheconqueror]

@@nr1771 I think so too, usually white has black looking for draws. The game was probably hard on both of them

[@futuropasado]

Fabi didnt played to his best level also, Magnus doesnt play alone, theres a opponent.

[@ProffessorJoe]

Even though carlsen missed a win, he's gotta gain some confidence from this game. First game with black and he had a decisive position? Seems like Carlsen is out for blood this time and isn't holding back. I'm even more excited for the rest of the games now :D

[@kevnation5556]

I would disagree. Failing to convert on an objectively winning position has got to hurt Magnus's confidence, even if he is the world champion. And it seems that he's been failing to convert these positions quite frequently of late (even against Fabiano at the sinquefield cup). If anything, I think Fabiano comes out of this game feeling more confident for the rest of the match, knowing that Magnus isn't playing up to his world champion potential.

[@Xanthopathy]

are you two dumb he's purposefully draining caruana

[@kevnation5556]

@@Xanthopathy yea i'm dumb

[@futuropasado]

Fabi was nervous and DIDNT PLAY WELL also thats why magnus was better. It's not like Magnus plays alone you know, the opponent plays also. I'm tired of magnus fans.

[@rodgerszulu8023]

As Fabi gets used to the pressure of the WCC we are likely to see very good games from him.he was playing at 49% his normal strength.

[@letownia]

Guess who's back. Back again. Jerry's back...

[@jolan111]

how i know that's gonna be a good morning? I wake up and see on my phone KZbin alert: "New video from chessnetwork"

[@auffff779]

Great video, thank you very much for it! Little suggestion: can you please for the rest of the games pick side that is on the bottom side of the screen at random? It would be great to keep intrigue till the end :)

[@smason]

Many thanks for the analysis - wasn't able to hang in for the entire match.

[@charbroiledmonk1033]

I came for the analysis and left when I woke up in the morning

[@fallenangel4888]

was waiting for this upload from this morning :) Thanks Jerry

[@emild.6739]

17:00 why he has added 47min on timer?

[@tongpoo8985]

They gain 50 minutes on move 40. So he got 40 minutes and thought for 3 minutes.

[@thelordananas1741]

Thanks Jerry for your work! If you wouldnt be there, people with not so much money as me, couldnt really afford to pay for the stream and follow the games live. I am really thankful. :)

[@williamsvieira]

Awesome work Jerry!!! i know its exausting do live 7h live coverage and a 30 min resume !!! I Just love your work !

[@thomasbrooklyn1820]

Thanks for this coverage and the insightful commentary.

[@tomogian]

Great video, thanks Jerry!

[@floating1801]

you are awsome jerry! thx for this!

[@bentowers7382]

Grats on busting 10k views on twitch Jerry! You deserve it, and all the subs that came with it :)

[@d638]

Great video! You have an amazing voice and make the moves easy to understand

[@ZER0--]

Good video and analysis. Thanks.

[@hemannjatia2062]

I love ur vids you are so brilliant at knowing what the moves man.

[@alieskandari6036]

Nice puzzles Jerry!Thanks

[@handsomedog9056]

Thanks for the great analysis, Jerry!

[@isaacstevens5415]

I can't remember a game 1 that was so crazy.

[@mazymetric8267]

Have you seen Spassky-Fischer 1972, game 1?

[@isaacstevens5415]

@@mazymetric8267 Ok, so that was a weird game, but for this to be the craziest game one in more than 40 years is pretty cool. Actually, on second thought, that game was boring up until Fischer went off his rocker trying to win a drawn endgame and trapping his own bishop. Before that weirdness, it was a pretty tame game.

[@mazymetric8267]

​@@isaacstevens5415 Okay. How about Topalov vs Anand 2010 game 1? It is one of the very few World Championship games involving a piece sac.

[@bluekeybo]

Loved it live Jerry! Please add the board notation on the screen for the YT videos :) Can't wait for the next games!

[@markedwards9247]

Congratulations on being the main commentator for LiChess on the world champs Gerry ! I thought you did a great job, and gave great insight and analysis in your own entertaining way. I guess KZbin could be your part-time job now LOL.

[@MrDaale]

Great analysis, great channel. Thank you for your content.

[@josephsiciliano3681]

Great analysis , Jerry !

[@johnbrittpottery]

Thanks Jerry!

[@gianfrancob6352]

exellent coverage

[@iceshadow01]

More excited for the next match than Jerry was excited about g5

[@cptnoremac]

h2!!!

[@snowfloofcathug]

Was looking forward to this!

[@WilXuH]

Jerry, it doesn't matter who wins, you'll always be our #1 champion!!

[@vikramsrinivasan8176]

Down to the wire. I slept during live match yesterday after time control. Thanks for quick upload. This is the 1st thing for me in the morning 👍 Caruana never went in attacking mode. I felt he played for the draw from the beginning.

[@bdbestxyzIII]

You're awesome Jerry!

[@wish]

Legendary Dedication

[@The_Irate_Penguin]

Am looking forward to the games in of 2018 championship you have posted I of course did follow the results at the time, but not the games in detail. A far cry from the 1960s and 1970s where, as a youth, one would devour every game listing in the papers, and wait for the next issue of the Soviet Chess Federation monthly magazine (I forget what it was called, but it was available in multiple languages and so chock-full of commented listings and analyses thagt one could easily o.d. :-).

[@RxBrooks]

Great review

[@7erdogdu]

Marijuana is doing well so far.

[@michaelgamba7674]

wat?

[@lol_Ozma]

You mean Caruana? Lol

[@lewperez]

Considering he din't have any advantages at any point and Magnus had multiple chances to win.. i wouldn't really call that "doing well"... good a draw anyways.. its rather lucky.

[@il2xbox]

Magnus + Caruana = Marijuana

[@PretentiousStuff]

@@lol_Ozma worldplay on magnus plus caruana

[@14zrobot]

This rare time when Magnus plays like a human. With inaccuracies and time trouble. I like this championship already

[@philipp7484]

When was Magnus in time trouble?

[@Radimkiller]

What? It was Caruana who almost ran out of time.

[@nabildanial00]

There was a moment in the game when Carlsen made like 6 Stockfish top moves in a row. He just couldn't find the finishing blow later on in the game.

[@futuropasado]

FABI HAD INACCURACIES TOO. Thats why magnus had advantage.

[@dalesmith7310]

Without time trouble Carlsen made 4 mistakes. Caruana made only two mistakes with severe time trouble. Not a good complete game for Carlsen.

[@ScottBub]

Can you constantly show the engine’s assessment of the positions on future videos? Not with best moves, just assessment.

[@yonatanshenhav1208]

A good video, thank you

[@attention_shopping]

do you happen to have the entire vod? I remember watching it on Twitch and you mention it here -- unfortunately I didn't save the VOD D= I'd love to see this game and game 6 live reaction

[@anjanisingh5873]

You are the best chess analyst on KZbin i know, Jerry.

[@jgrob64906]

Great, tnx

[@pk10006]

Nice touch showing the computer graph at the end... Will be interesting to compare this against the upcoming games.

[@grahamduthie4637]

Hi Jerry. I'm subscribed to a lot of chess channels, but for this championship you are an easy pick. You manage to make extremely high level chess both understandable and enjoyable for a patzer like myself. Keep up the great work.

[@ryaghnaramansanthosh3140]

Hi Jerry, at the end of this tournament I want you to make a compilation video on "lessons to learn from the tournament".

[@Earthesion]

The g5 hype on stream was incredible.

[@simninja714]

Very nice video

[@frocify]

Pop quiz, who is the best chess commentator on KZbin? 😀

[@frocify]

It's definitly Jerry! 👍

[@markedwards9247]

Gerry is pretty good and a very strong player in his own right. He is my fav commentator, but I like to listen to some other as well. ChessBrahs are fun :) Magnus has a good channel as well, although he obviously won't be commenting on this one.

[@sundaradhikari3701]

Swidler, Jan, jerry, Denial_king In order.

[@nofanfelani6924]

@@sundaradhikari3701 who is Jen?

[@sundaradhikari3701]

@@nofanfelani6924 Jan Gustafsson, n sorry i wrote Jen.

[@bryanjohnson1125]

Best voice to fall asleep to, ever.

[@MindFlowersDotNet]

Thank you Jerry!

[@FishAnimations]

It has begun!!!

[@nmgaro2156]

Game 2...when it will be played??

[@holyketchup4068]

'I feel confident in drawing this position.'

[@cowboybebop9332]

Jerry what's with the 90's looking chessboard?

[@DraoxxMusic]

This is actually the best first game we could ever hope for. Missing a win on a winning position is the best way to make Magnus angry which will (hopefully) make him play much more crazy chess in the next games.

[@wcsdiaries]

why not queen g2 at 11:28 for the free knight?

[@irfanyamashita7184]

Rf2

[@ashishkumar-kc9ne]

How to check these games on lichess.org and chess.com???

[@risentempleoutreach8131]

Agadmator and you are my favorite chess channels.

[@jaydavidrn82]

Many players that are not gms have had students that are strong gms

[@andreialexandruparfeni7129]

Don't like Ben Finegold's weird jokes?

[@michaelferguson8438]

Seattle Vegan Cyclist Ⓥ jerry first then adagmador.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

I had to stop watching agadmator because he always calls the notation for every single move. It gets tiring hearing constant letters and numbers for 20 minutes. I don't know the point, the coordinates are already visible on screen.

[@jonnamechange6854]

Thanks, but commentary is too quiet ( or perhaps I'm going deaf)

[@grkoste]

Jerry, do you use an engine in preparing your videos? I was surprised that you didn’t comment on the possibility of 26. Rxf4.

[@ChessNetwork]

Yes. That was one of the points I intended to share for this review but forgot. 😒

[@kakashi76767]

It was cool hearing you have an "Ah Ha!" moment after Magnus played Nf4 instead of Bf4. After Fabi captured with the bishop, you were puzzled for a moment when you thought Magnus would recapture with the bishop. Then you saw that he was going to recapture with the pawn. You also saw the possibility of 38 ...Rg3! a few moves ahead, while Magnus missed it! You should be the world champion!! ;)

[@ninesrodriguez6641]

So nice to listen to you Jerry, I feel like I am listening a fairy tale, thank you!

[@aungoo1311]

Thanks...

[@RedOctober_]

Nice video

[@salsamusic4474]

Is any lichess link to this game?

[@sjtnt]

Jerry your voice is exhausted! Long day on the job!

[@Alessandro90933]

I wish good luck to these two warriors, and may the best man win.

[@kimtaewoo3274]

14:05 Did Caruana had 1sec on the clock?

[@KingoftheJuice18]

0:16 why are you about to get kicked off?

[@sightf2]

Already better than last years

[@FactThat]

At 11:29 Why black don't move Queen G2 and black will be able to pick up the knight?

[@ex0duzz]

Is there a 30 second increment after every move? Or what's the time format? 90 min for first 40 moves then what? And is there going to be post game interview or analysis at all? I can't remember if the last match had them or not.. haha